J uneau^-AIaska
"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
0TWT7 NO. 4
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 22, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Councilman;
Resigns
A special meeting of the coun
cil was held Thursday to eonsid
cr the resignation of Leo Sears,
^aooncilman, one of the 3 whose
farm has one more year to go.
Sears said his resignation was
submitted because he understood
there was objection to his serv
iag when he lives in the East
Addition, not a part of the city
e(Kodiak. The resignation was
accepted. Unde city ordinance
it will be necessary that an ap
pointment be made to fill the
sacaney.
In an open letter Mr. Sears
captained his action as follows:
"To the citizens of Kodiak:
"Inasmuch as you conferred
apon the writer the honor of
Cboncilman, I feel a candid ex
planation of my resignation is
toe.
"At the time of the last elec
tion it was the honest belief of (
ay self and others that the city
fiaits on Mission road extended
la about 150 feetsouth of Spruce
itreet. This entire area from the
lari Brunstad residence to the
■tbove point has pa d taxes each
war.
it has recently been deler
lined that this area, due to a
echnical slip-up in the pa9t, has
lever legally been brought into
be city limits.
"I have curiently become
.ware tha although I have every
noral right to act as your coun
;ilman 1 still do not have the
egal right I therefore felt ob
igaied to resign in order to prot
:ct your interests. Were I to re
nain on the council it is possible
kat any person so inclined could
abotage and scuttle the entire
11 ’Sorts of your local chosen gov
Tiunent
“It is my firm tielief that a
olid foundation has been started
1 or an economically sound Kodi
i. You and I realize that at
iresent we are almost entirely
lependent upon the Naval base
We also know that our vital
leed »s local industry. Common
ense tells us that the w»iy to
;et this is:
1. Obtain ihe Army dock.
2. Arrange for erecting of a
old storage plant.
3. Obtain a small boat harbor
4. Overhaul our antiquated
chools
5. Demand and obtain fair
j'Oinpetitive prices in Kodiak.
“When these things are achiev
ed we will be travelling on our
iwn feet. We know what we
rant and need, eo let's back the
lew council with our opinions
fjind cooperation and we’ll have
etion aplenty and will come out
* top of the heap
* “Remember in electing your
,«w councilmcn: 1—They must
i
Oil Product
Prices Up
A raise in prices of local oil
products was announced today
b> Merrill Coon, local .Standard
Oil agent.
Effective March 20 motor and
aviation gasoline, kerosene and
Blazo went up 8 tenths of a
cent and diesel, furnace and
stove oil and automotive diesel
fuel went up 7 tenths of a cent.
The company announced the
increase was due to increased
cost of crude oil.
With a further increase of 1
cept due to the new Territorial
tax on automotive fuels gasoline
is now being sold for 27 and a
half cents a gallon.
Fuel oil is now 14 and a half
cents a gallon.
A joint installation of officers
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and of the \uxiliary will be held
at the VFW Club on April 1 at
8 pm.
The public is invited to at
tend.
Jake La Follette, local taxi
driver, left on the Denali on a
vacation trip.
R. E Krautter, of Old Har
bor. returned on the Denali after
a vacation trip to the States.
Sewing Group Meets
The sewing gruup of the
Kodiak Red Ctos- will meet ev
ery Tuesday and Thursday from
10 am to 4 pm at the Commun
ity Center.
Women who are unable to sew
at the center may call and take
garments home to complete.
There is a large amount of hand
sewing to be done.
Mrs. Alfred Owen has been
appointed vice chairman of the
local Women’s Volunteer Service
group and Mrs. Robert von
Scheele is Production chairman
in charge of the sewing project
for war refugees
be honest. 2 -They should be
property owner.-. 3 —He must be
so situated so he cau spend am
ple tune to perform his duties.
' I urn confident that, in the
com ng election for the purpose
of legally establishing the status
of the Mission district that this
area will show its faith in gov
ernment by voting to become a
part of the city. In the meantime
many of us wiil continue to pay
our taxes. How can we better
help ourselves than by pooling
our resources and punching in
unison at the right time and
right place
“In closing I wish to thank
you for the trust you placed in
me and I hope that in small
measuie I have lived up to your
expectations.
“ Yours for good government,
Leo Sears.’’
Filings Light
At Deadline
Filings closed Monday, with 1
candidate each filed for mayor
and school board, and a low
number of 6 filed for the 3 vac
ancies on the council.
Lee Bettinger, incumbent, will
iun unopposed for the mayoral
ty, being filed by the Centra]
Labor council. That group also
filed Leon “Ole” Johnson, sole
candidate for the 3*year term on
the school board.
Last week the Labor council
put up W. J. Wheeldon, Norman
Noble and Jack Hinckel for
councilmen, and Eugene Erwin
was filed by petition.
This week 2 new petitions
were filed for council, naming
Olof H. 0<son, looal carpenter,
and Ted Rozak, manger of the
Kodiak Electric Association.
Stanley Nelson, incumbent
filed by the Central Labor coun
cil last week, withdrew officially
this week.
Voters are again reminded
that they have just one more
week to register for the election
on April 1 Registration closes
next Saturday at the U. S. Com
missioner’s office promptly at 4
pm
Yesterday 183 had registered
as coniDared to 131 at the same
time last year.
BPW Elects
Mary Sorum was elected pres
ident of the Kodiak Business
and Professional Women’s Club
i at the annual meeting Monday
evening, to succeed Lilian Morris
the charter president of the or
ganization
Other new officers are Peggy
Sutliff, vice president; Lillian
Lamme, recording secretary; Ma
bel Fenner, corresponding secre
tary; and Bette De Young,
treasurer.
During the business meeting
preceeding the election, the
club voted down a motion to
write a letter o protest to the
Saturday Evening Post for 'ts
recent “Hangover Town” article*
Fleet a Chris! ophersou conduc
ted a spelling bee to select the
team to pa ticipate in the Kodi
ak Spelling Bee on April 29. The
five best spellers who will repre
sent the BPW are June Wilson,
Mary Sorum, Ellen Dawson,
Marion Curtis and Jeanne Craw
ford.
Editor's Note
Since preparation of the edit
orial on page 4 and subsequent
to the removal of the advertising
involved we have learned at least
2 of the advertisements were re
moved without the knowledge rf
the adverti er. We regret it was
not feasible to check with the in
div’dtia's.
Boat Phones
Get New Spot
Colonel T. J. Tully, command
ing officer of the Alaska Com
munication system, announced
today that tentative approval
has been given to allocation of
a frequency of 2134 kilocycles
to be used by commercial boats
possessing radiotelephone facili
ties in communicating with ACS
coastal radiotelephone stations
in Alaska.
In order to obtain the perman
ent assignment of this frequen
cy it will be necessary for boat
owners to file formal application
with the Federal Communica
tion Commissioe for the use of
2134 kilocycles
It is estimated 3 weeks will be
required for FCC action after the
first applications are received.
ACS stations will continue to
monitor 2783 until the use ofj
2134 is permanently approved.
Persons interested in attending
I a course in leather-craft are in
vited to register at the Commu
nity Center within the next week.
Hours of the sessions will be de
termined after the group is
formed.
The new class, particular}’ for
novices, will be under the lead
ership of Miss Margo Kiilsgaard.
Cost of the course will be $1 60
i to cover cost of tools and text
books, plus the actual cost of
materials used by each individ
ual.
Mrs. Anita Maan, daughter
of Mrs. Ben Kraft, returned to
Kodiak Sunday from vxhere t-he
has been slaying with her hus
band in the Aleutians after a
very roundabout trip.
Sne left Adak but when the
plane got t* Kodiak t couldn't
land and went on to Anchorage;
it next returned to Kodiak,
couldn’t land again, and this
time decided to go on to Seatile.
The next day the plane left for
Kodiak and this time made it,
arriving here Sunday.
Mrs. Janet Saunders, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Milton ft.
Smith, left by plane Wednesday
with her son Craig lor San Fiao
cisco, where she will take a boat
to Hnolulu to join her h isband
who is stationed in the A.my
Engineers.
Mrs. Frieda oliun and daughter
Beoma and Mrs. Stanley Nelson
left on the Denali Mrs Nelson
is making the trip to leceive spe
cial medical attention.
Robert King returned on the
Denali with his daughter, Ar
lene, the latter having been ta
ken outside for eye treatments
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Mdzgar
1 arrived on the Denali after a
vacation trip that took them to
1 os Angeles
Search
Extended
A search for Mike Kerr and
Ray Harmon was extended this
week as the first week brought no
sign or the missing men.
Tommy Clanopffer, who is
heading a searching party, wired
early this week that a search
from Ahkiak island to Katmai
bay had disclosed no sign of the
missing men, missing since the
beginning of the year.
At Kanatak residents reportetf
the two men were there in Nov
ember and left for only a few
i days to return but had not been
seen since,
Clampffer said he would refuel
at Karluk and as the weather
permitted continue the search on
the mainland as far north as
Cape Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Negreth
arrived on the Denali. Mr, Neg
reth, who formerly worked for
Pat Lynch, is returning to em
ployment in the transfer com
pany.
Mrs. Paul Herring and daugh
ter Arline ieturned home after
spending part of the winter with
relatives in Vancouver, B. C,
Mrs. W. J tVheeldon left on
the Denali and while in the
States will visit relatives and
seek special medical attention
for a band infection
To Show Coins
One of the most complete col
lections of early American cnins
in existence will be shown at the
Kodiak Community ('enter to
morrow (Sundav) evening to ob
serve the opening of National
Coin Week. The va uablt collec
tion will be on display after 8:30
pm and its owner, Mr C. C.
Saeman of the Seattle Coin Club,
will spend the evening at the
(. enter to discuss the coins and
answer questions
Mr. Saeman who was honored
this week by receiving a placque
) making bun a life member of-the
Seattle Coin Club, also will dis
play one of the few collections of
pres dential medals in existence.
There i" no admission and all
' are cordially invited
Bank Adds Cashier
Nathan Ttylor, of Brewtbn,
Alabama a rived here by place
Sunday and has been added to
the staff of the Bank of Kodiak
as cashier.
Mr. Taylor has had banking
experience in Brewton ami Mo
bile and or 1 year, in 1942,
j worked in the Bank of Alaska «;t.
Skagway.
His wife and two children will
join him at the end of the school
year.