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rfNews of oAmericas Last Frontier”
7 NO. 35 KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 1, 1947 _PRICE 10 CENTS
Buildings
Approved
Building permits for 3 modern
l^proof buildings were approv
yittbe council meeting Mou
lt
Ore is a one story poured con
0te store building, being built
Lbcq Kraft on the Bite of the
Brown Bear cafe, destroyed
afcre. The building is 74 by 32
Lt, and foundation work and
U forma are completed. Estim
ated cost ig $17,000 and it, will
'tewed for automobile displays.
toother was for the Kodiak
fcfepbone company, on the site
/the old Brooklyn Rooms, on
wooklyn avenue, also destroyed
[ fire. The building will be 2
ivies, 45 by 25 feet, of concrete
feck construction. It is expect
/to be completed in 2 months,
i a cost of $lu,000.
IThe log office of the Patrick
K; Co has been demolish
reparation for the third
, to be erected by Lee
r on the corner of Har
ue and Marine way, ad
us bottling works,
uilding will be of mason*
w- otories, to be completed
■I months at an estimated cost
1*25,000
Again, the fir-d Tuesday in
e month brings the regular
onthly meeting of the Kodiak
Bb Pack No. 325. At the last
ce ing there was a good turn
it of both Cubs and parents
mg with a number of friends.
Ids month's theme is Cub
nut Ar ists. Several of the dens
^expected to piesent stunts,
■a No 2 has been reorganized
pder the leadership of Mrs.
nrland, and No. 3 will meet
Mb Mrs. Poland as Denmother.
Pa No. 1 ie made up of two
lys living on Crooked Island,
■mis Nixon and Denny Bab
«k. Come on, all you boys,
ritg your folks and bo at the
immunity Center at 7:00,
4 Bring your handicraft
^display.
F$rm Bill's Club
^ Local Elks met Thursday night
jtith jeky Weeda, Loyal Knight j
•Ithe Anchorage lodge and form- j
i a Bill’s club with Max La |
tnde elected as chairman
Section of officeis will be held
lthe next meeting, Thurs. Nov.
Pitt the Commissioner’s office
41 8 pm.
I All who have turned their ap
Jkmtions into La Lande and re
their temporary cards
be eligible to take part in
^meeting as well as all other
who are invited to join and
^omake the Kodiak club ®ne|
^tl»e best in Alaska.
Freighter Sails
The Coastal Rambler left Se
attle for Kodiak Thursday
The next freighter will leave
Nov 20th, and freight will be
accepted for it from Nov. 10 to
18 inclusive.
WaterRates
Going Up
As a solution to expenses
greater than revenue from the
Kodiak water system, the eity
council is proposing a rate in
crease and an amendment to the
city ordinance will be discussed
at the next meeting.
It was reported at the meeting
that revenue from the system
from April 1. 1947 to Oct. 28
wsa $7357.24, and that expenses
totalled $975<’.27. Tire system
still owes the city $11,505 49 as
unpaid balance on $14,701.27
i that the city advanced the
| system to cover the cost of the
freeze last winter
In the proposed new rate
: schedule (see complete schedule
elsewhere this issue) residences
will be increased from $2 50
monthly to $3.50, and apart
men Is from $2 monthly to $2 50,
with various increases in com*
I
mercial ra'es
Anyone interested in the pio
posed charge may present their
I views at the next council meet
ing where the new rates will be
discussed.
Permission has been granted
by the city for Leo Sears to
move a boiler through town, and
for Tcmmy Gallagher to move a
sk'd shack from Mill Bay road
to Mison road.
City Bids On
Dock Buildings
A new b d on 16 surplus build*
ings at the city dock, put up for
sale by the Bureau of Land
Management, is being prepared
this week
A. A. Owen, committee chair
man, reported to the council
Monday that a bid ot $750 had
l»een submitted, but that wo d
was received that the city must
bid the priority price of $1092
to obtain its proirity privilege.
The new bid was authorized.
As a step to providing for a
peddler's license the matter was
discussed at the meeting, the li
cense being proposed for anyone
having no established place of
business in the city who solicits
orders or sells direct to consum
er It would not. apply to sales-(
jnen selling to established places
n the city, and would not apply
to sale of products manufactur
ed in the Kodiak fishing area.
No decision has been made en
he amount of the license fee.
School Meet
On Sunday
Id an effort to reach a solution
for the lack of Territorial school
funds, a public meeting has been
called for 2:30 pm Sunday, Nov.
2, at the community center.
Everyone is requested to at
tend to discuss ways of meeting
the emergency.
PAA Plane
Reached
Ketchikan (^P)—Wreckage of
the Pan American Airways clip
per that crashed Sunday with 18
aboard was sighted yesterday on
an Annette island mountainside
by Wesley Monsen, son of Alf
Monsen, pilot ef the crashed
plane.
| He said there was no doubt on
j the identification and that ap
parently all were killed. The
plane was partially burned.
A Coast Guard searching
group, first to reach the plane,
reported no signs of life,
i
Cub Pilots
In Aleutians
George Truman and Clifford
Evans, flying 2 light planes
around Ube world, leftShemyaat
112:26 yesterday bound for Adak,
en route to Anchorage.
They were flying at 1000 feet
in formation with a PBY-5
and a B17.
The business meeting of the
Community Baptist church will
be held at 6:15 next Friday, and
not Wednesday as listed in the
Church Notes.
The Kcdiak Garden club will
hold its meeting at the home of
Mary Root, next Wednesday,
Nov. 5, at 7:30 pm.
William Worth has been ap
pointed to the city council to re
placed J. W. Patterson, who re
signed
Raise $1500
For ACCA
Approximately $1500 will be
presented the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association by the
Kodiak Retail I-iquor Dealers,
as the result of their Plymouth
raffle for the benefit of that
organization. The exact amout
will be known as soon as all
expenses are taken caie of.
The liquor dealers wish to
thank everyone who aided in the
catnp9’KQ
Power Off Briefly |
Electric power in the Mission
road area and the western por
tion of town was cut off a few
hours Wednesday eveniu* while
repairs were made on one of the
plant units, after a shaft on an
oil pump broke.
I
Campaign
Hits $5000
Campaigner in the annual
Kodiak Community Center fin
ancial campaign were optimistic
last night as they passed the
$5000.00 mark with about two
thirds of the job of contacting
Kodiak residents completed.
Campaign Chairman James Mar
tz and hie assistants have been
working night and day in an ef
fort to reach everyone but have
not had the time to c mplete the
job. The campaign goal is $8500.
Largest contributions in the
campaign were those of Ben
Kraft and W. J. Erskine, each
of whom gave $500. Other dona
tion ranged down to 7-year-old
Donny Wade’s pledge of $1.20,
to be paid at the rate of 10c a
month from his spending money.
He paid the first 2 months in
advance.
Assisting Martz on the drive
are Ben Kiaft, Jorgen Fredrick
son, Marcus Meyer, Leo Sears,
Henry Breckberg, John Gibbons,
Mrs. Maiian Fitzgerald aDd
Mis. Maijorie Gunderson.
The Community Center Cam
paign Committee wishes to ex
, tend its deep appreciation to all
those who so generously accept
ed and fulii led their 1948
pledges toward meeting the
S&500 goal.
All donations are gratefully re
ceived and any missed through
accident or absence from home
are still acceptable
| Kindly mail < r leave them at
the bank, commuoi'y center or
Orpheum theatre.
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Community Chest
Makes $6000
Approximately $6001) was lais
ed by the naval ba-e c immunity
chest raffles and carnival, it was
announced this week
The Plymouth sedan was wen
by H. F. Zimmermao, civilian
employe of the base sheet metal
shop; ACMM J G Bauery,
USN, won the radio, and M. W
Kelley civilian power house em
ploye, won the camera.
The marshal’s office reports no
fuither information has been re
ceived as to the relatives of John
Beck, who lost his life in the
Shtipp residence fire last week It
is expected he will be buried
bore this week,
Days Of 798
PromiseFun
This afternoon it’s for the
kiddies!
Tonight it’s for the adults!
And young and old, and those
who can’t make up their miads,
are promised a barrel of fun and
prizes at the big BPW Days ol
‘98 Carnival at the Community
Center this afternoon and even
ing.
Soapy Smith arrived in Kod
iak today and will be his usual
saponaceous self at the big af
fair.
Kodiak Kate will plav the
tunes you love to hear ou ber
gay piano.
And every minute someone
will have a chance at winning
valuable, useful and thrilling
prizes, from an electric ironer
and electric stove to electric
blankets, radios, jewelry, pot
tery and novelties of every des
jcriptton—plus an amazing array
of white elephants that may be
just what you are looking for
The fun will begin with the
children’s program at 3 pm
sharp, with hot dog and pop to
feast on and special children’s
prizes and games running con
tinuously. Mrs. Edyth Smith is
in charge of the children’s pro
gram.
In the evening, designed for
adults, children will be allowed
only when accompanied by par
ents, so there will be room for
all the various wheels and pad
' die con'ests where hundieds of
dollars in prizes will be offered
just in time for Christmas, too!
The evening performance will
start at 7:30 and run until much
later.
The BPW carnival is an an
nual event, and proceeds go to
help the Center in its laudable
program.
Bob Hope, rated as one of the
top te i stars for the past 6
years, cinches bis place, in the
Hollywood firmament in his best
role to date in the Orpbeum
;theatie’s Sunday and Monday
1 billiug, “My Favorite Brunette ”
j Hope plays a photographer
1 w o wants to be a private detec
tive, and suddenly finds himself
| in the middle of a murder.
J Murder mysteries of the Alan
Ladd—Humphrey Bogart are
taken for a gay ride and hilar
ious ribbing even while Ilope’g
own mystery works to a thrilling
■ conclusion
} Making life perilous ter Hope
are malevolent Lon Chaney,
blundering Charles Dingle and
sinister Peter Lorre. If you look
clo^e you might see Bing Crosby
and Hope’s favorite brunette is
Doiothy Lamour, who hires him
and fires him—the latter having
nnthmg to do with his iob.