Building Foreman
Arrives Sunday
A1 Long, construction fore
man for Wallis George, ar
rived in town Sunday evening
to continue work on the Ko
diak Ice and Cold Storage Co.,
Inc., building at the city dock.
Long was called to Juneau
last fall after completing the
oncrete foun dations for the
building.
He plans to hire local labor
to complete the job. Several
local business men hold stock
in the corporation.
Long returned to Juneau
late this week but said he
planned to return on Wednes
day.
Seward Mayor Cleared
Of Charges
Anchorage (A1) — A third
district court jury cleared Eu
gene Lanier of charges of ob
taining money under false
pretenses this week.
The twice-elected mayor of
Seward was charged with ob
taining $200 from the City of
Seward for a trip that he did
not make.
During the trial Lanier
vehemently denied charges
that he intended to defraud
the city in accepting the $200
expense money to attend a U.
S. Coast Guard meeting in
Juneau in January.
A verdict in the case was
reached after approximately
four hours of deliberation.
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Bjerken Charged
With Forgery
Harold M. “Mike” Bjerken,
Woody Is and resident, was
bound over to the grand jury
Tuesday by U. S. Comir.is
sioner A. M. Vokacek after he
waived preliminary hearing
on a charge of forgery,
Bjerken is charged with
forging the signature of Hil
ary B. Zoreb, of Cooper Land
ing, to two Employment Se
curity Commission checks
which total $111.
The complaint was signed
by U. S. Deputy Marshal
Clarence Dizney. Bjerken is
held in the U. S. federal jail
in lieu of $2,000 bail.
The checks were drawn in
favor of Zoreb and were for
$71 and $40, respectively.
After Bjerken allegedly sign
ed Zoreb’s name he also en
dorsed them with his own
signature.
A postal inspector visited
Kodiak early this week in
connection with the filing of
the complaint.
Following the endorsement
of the checks Bjerken cashed
them in different Kodiak busi
ness houses.
Denali Makes
Second Trip
The Denali, ASC Dassenger
vessel, arrived in port at 1 am
Wednesday with passengers
and freight for Kodiak. There
were 52 round-trip passengers
aboard.
Approximately 200 tons of
freight was unloaded and
loaded aboard the vessel be
tween 1:30 am and 5:50 am,
H. E. Spencer, city whar
finger, said.
Incoming passengers from
Seattle were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Rawson, Mrs. E. L. Craw
ford, Doris Lang, Mrs. Wesley
Loeffler and Lorna Loeffler,
Lt. W. McDaid, Lt. Scholtes,
Lucille Scogin, Mrs. Wayne
White and Cindy White.
Ketchikan to Kodiak pas
sengers were: Mrs. Ralph
Naughton and Charles and
Nancy Naughton. Sitka to
Kodiak, H. B. Crewson, Sel
dovia to Kodiak, Ann Leman.
Outgoing passengers for
Seattle were: D. J. Williams,
Margaret Armstrong, Ida
Cawdry, Mrs. L. C. Brown,
Mrs. Gladys Dana, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Drake and Larry
Drake.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lester
Minner and children were pas
sengers for Ketchikan.
Mrs. Elsie Cunningham,
Montague, Calif., arrived
here Monday for a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. H. L.
Spears of Kodiak Naval Sta
tion.
This is her first trip to A
laska.
Mrs. Ray Cantzler and child
ren left last week for th<
states. Cantzler, Alaska Com
munication System membei
will remain here to continu<
his duties.
foftn Set gent Dies
In Seattle
John Sargent. 49, former
Kod’ak resident, died July 22
in Seattle. He earlier suffered
a heart attack.
For the past 20 years he has
made his home in Seattle. He
is survived by his wife and
twm children.
Other survivors are his I
aunt Mrs. Fred Sargent of I
Kodiak and several cousins, j
Sargent was born in Kodiak |
and spent his youth here.
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|Ow«o Namea So
I Anchorage Council
Anchorage—A1 Owen, for
emen Kodiak resident and a
representative from the third
ivision in 1949 to the Terri
torial Legislature, was selected
as a new member of the An
chorage City Council last
week.
Owen will fill the unexpired
term of Dan Setchfield who
is ill. The seat will be up for
election in October.
While a resident of Kodiak,
Owen served a term as a
councilman on the Kodiak
council.
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