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KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 30, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Ex-Base
Man Shot
Mi'o Dibble, known to many
ia Kodiak during his resent em
ployment at the base, was phot
by police in San Francisco about
Nov. 17, according to a story
god pictures carried in the San
Francisco Examiner.
The storv said Dibble, mem
ber of a prominent San Francis
co family, was subdued after an
cashange of gunfire with police
tod a terrific hand to hand strug
gle in a hotel loom. Dibble had a
towel around his head to protect
him from tear gas. One bullet
had entered his che3t.
Members of his family said
Dibble served in the Navy as an
enlisted man before his discharge
2 years ago, and that he was then
a mental patient at Mare idand.
Upon his release he went to Ko
diak as a Navy civilian employe
and returned to San Francisco 6
months ago.
Members of his family, who
had been threatened by him, said
he had not been rational since
Vna return. He was not living at
home
Cordova—The Cordova Daily
Times has reduced to 3 publica
tions a week because of news
print shortages caused by the
strike, and is dying small quanti
ties of newsprint from Seattle.
Dancing activities get back in
to full swing at the Kodiak
Community Center next week
with a variety of programs for
young and old.
The Pot O’ Gold dances, now
attracting large numbers of Ko
diak young people, will be re
sumed on Friday. Novelty num
bers and prize awards feature
the program with music by the
best bands in the world coming
through the Center’s public ad
dress system Admission is free.
Dancing starts at 9 pm.
The Wednesday Square Dance
also will be resumed this week
with action starting at 9 o'clock.
. Plenty ot polkas, schottisches,
waltzes and mixer dances give
Variety.
Kodiak folk-daneing enthusi
asts are turning out on Monday
sight’s at the Center to learn
routines and step-out to the call
®g of Dr. A. Holmes Johnson
and Ken Wade. The Monday
evening sessions are limited to
adults.
The advanced junior folk
dancing group is now working
on dances for the Christmas pro
gram and is mastering the dainty
Swiss Mitzi-Peutchdi and the
Skaters’ Waltz. A beginners
dancing group open to all child
ren 8 years old or older is held
at the Center of Wednesday's at
d pm.
Breaks Wrist
Watching Dancers
Laurence Anderson, 7th grade
student, broke his wrist in two
places Wednesday evening when
he fell from a window from where
he and other youths weie watch
ing dancers at the Harvest Ball
at the Community Center.
He was hanging on the outside
of the 1st story window when he
slipped and fell the few feet to
the ground, it was his right
wrist.
Washington {£*)—The Bureau
ot Land Management announces
the appointment of Lowell Puck
ett as administrator for the new
Alaska regional office at Anchor
age. He has been regional field
examiner.
No regular council meeting
was held Monday night due to
lack of a quorum.
Because of Thanksgiving the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
was set ahead to Wednesday but
because of small attendance no
meeting was held.
The huge bone on display at
the community center, found by
Albert Oxford on a hunting trip,
has been pretty positively ident
ified as from a whale.
Bob Tolliver, formerly station
ed at Kodiak, is now at an army
camp near Crestline, Calif.
Announce Opening
The Alaskan Laundry, former
ly the Kodiak Home Laundry,
expects to open next Wednesday,
Leonard Irwin announced today.
The past few days have been
spent in cleaning and painting
the interior of the 2-story build
ing on Shelikof highway, and
equipment has been completely
| overhauled
Rifle Club
Picks Officers
The Kodiak Rifle and Pistol
club met Tuesday at the City
Hall and elected the following
officers:
Ted Rozak, president: Dale
Barton, vice president; James
Jonte, executive officer: Tom
Nachand, secretary-treasurer;
Wilton White, chief instructor;
and Anna Nachand, publicity
officer.
Vacancies in 4 other positions
are still to be filled.
Two committees are now try
ing to locate an inside range for
the club’s use. Men and women
18 years or older are invited to
attend the next meeting, to be
held Dec. 5 at the city ball at 8
pm. A beginner’i class is to be
organized.
School Plays
Garner Laughs
A Broadway producer would
bare had gray hair especially
after a bell didn’t ring and a
v ice fr^m the wings called
”ii g, ring”—but the audience
at. ihe Orpheum th^a'er Tuesday
thoroughly enjoyed the school
presentation of two playes, as
their laughter and comments
afterward testified The plays
were sponsored by the Black
Friars, school dramatic organs
cation, under the direction of
Janies Bennett, of the faculty.
“ChickeD in the Rough” was
a bright bit of amusment sup
posedly defeating an early
Thanksgiving, with sound effects
and “hep” dialog bringing
merriment Narrator Dou Rozak
told the story as Jim Pearson,
Betty Kizer Blanche Brillon,
Gladvs Pagano, John Clayton,
and Buster Jones, brightly enac
ted the various roles.
In “Make Room for Rodney”
Bill Oberholtzer fit the part of
brash and befuddled Rodney to
a T. He was ably assisted in his
antics by Donna Fitagerald,
Patsy Hellen. Marilyn Cham
berlain, Bob Blaisdell, Don
Rozak and Kay Wade.
Directed by James Bennett
the Kodiak High School band
furnished music during the
evening. Members of the band
were Lorraine Magnusen, piano;
Bob Magnusen, saxophone; Dean
Moore, accordion; and Joseph
Heitman, drums The band also
presented the new school song,
“Kodiak Loyalty”, with Mr.
Bennett, who wrote the words
and music, doing a vocal.
In a specialty act Tim Cber
noff Jr. made frequent appear
ances, showing up each time
with a larger tree as he paged
a local, resident who recently
lost a tree.
About $300 was realized from
the plays, and the mo*>ey will
go into a new gymnasium fund,
Mi. Bennett said
The players weie treated to
eats after the performance by
A1 Miller, of the Victory cafe,
who also made it possible for the
students to have a post-perfor
mance dancmg party in the
Victory dining room.
Chaplain J. A. Whitman
brought a Thanksgiving message
to members of the Rotary club
Tuesday noon at the Victory
cafe, as featured speaker of a
Thanksgiving luncheon that
included turkey dinner with all
the trimmings.
Guests were Capt. H. E. List
and Ted Roaak.
Banker O. A. Torger»>n told
of his experiences on his recent
crip aero*s <he Sta'es
Shooting Victim
Back At Work
Frenchy du Bos, who was al
legedly shot in the seek last
week by his estranged wife, was
released fr«.m the Griffin Mein or
ial hospi al the first of the week
and went back to work Thurs
day. He is a bartendei at the
Idle Hour Bar
He was shot through the neck
with a 22 rifle at his home dur
ing an altercation with Mrs. du
Boe. No charges resulted from
the shooting.
Ten youngsters of high school
aee arrived on Bob von Scheele’s
mail boat this week, en route to
school at Wrangell. The flock
descended on Public Health
Nurse Marion Curtis, who loan
ed a few to T. T. Jackson to
worK on his chicken ranch, the
rest going to the Mis Ion while
they await the Native Serviee
boat, the North Star, due this
weekend.
The children are: From Old
Harbor, Alexandria Tunohun,
Nestor Aquiak, Andrew Chok
wok, Peter Inga, Herman Kabu
|lak, Alfred Hanson; from Karluk,
Nick Ambrosia and Peter Noya;
from Alitak; Nina Alokli.
Local Girl
Weds In Seattle
A church wedding last Satur
day m Seattle united in marriage
Miss Anna Belle Metrokm,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eh
Metrokin of this city, and Don
ald Murphy, of Seattle.
The bridegroom wai formerly
stationed in the Signal Corps
here and is now employed in a
Seattle drug store.
The bride received all her
schooling at Kodiak, graduating
from high school in 1945. Sbe
was employed at Christy’s bak
ery before she left for Seattle.
Stocks Good
For Shopping
Christinas shoppers who have
worried about the effects of the
strike on local Christinas need
not be concerned, according to
local merchants.
Although some items planned
to be on band before Christmas
have not arrived, they report
that stocks in moat cases are as
large as last year and will offer a
wide range of choice to Yule
buyers.
Parcel post on the relief ships
and naval vessels Tor the past
two mouths have been huge, and
all types of items, from perfumes,
jewelry to clothing items are be
ing received in that manner for
local stores
Strike In
Deadlock
Seattle {.Jr)—A deadlock
loomed over obtaining approval
of both waterfront employers
and unions for release of Alaska
relief ships after Lt. Conadr. E.
P. Chester, Jr., Naval aide to
Governor Gruening, had been in
toueh with both groups. Yester
day was the deadline wbieh
Gruening set for a Seatt'e agree
ment or transfer of negotiations
to Portland for saili >g of relief
ships from that port.
Chester said at midafternoon
yesterday that the Marine
Trades council had reaffirmed a
previous offer to release 5 ships,
3 to be loaded at Seattle and 2
at Taoi ma, on condition that
the same wages be paid as if
worked by CIO unions.
Earlier the Waterfrjnt Em
ployers association offered to
grant a basie wage increases sole
ly for loading 2 relief ships.
Chester said he would notify the
employers immediately of the
Trades council offer and if no
modifications or agreement ap
peared possible he was ready to
fly to Portland to open negotia
tions.
The Grommet Reefer, 3rd food
relief ship for Kodiak (following
the LST and Kraft's charter) is
due to unload at Seward this
weekend and after stooping at
Seldovia will call at Kodiak. If
has mail and parcel poet besides
relief supplies.
It is expected here about next
Thursday.
Mayor Lee Hettinger returred
by PNA yesterday from Anchor
age after a private business trip
| to that area.
i
Jacke Nelson’s Fliers again
withstood all threats to their
supremacy in the Kodiak Pad
diebird League at the Common
ity Center Sunday. In the final
match of the evening the Fliers
used their superior freight and
| weight to defeat Tim Chernoff.
Jr.’s scrappy Cubs by scores of
15-12, 15-13. Nelson’s team
mates on the champion squad
were Bob Burgess. Kay Wade,
Ken Wade and Harold Heglin—
the latter taking Ken Wade’s
place in the final game when the
Center director went to the
showers with a badly pulled leg
muscle.
Earlier games in the tourna
ment saw the Fliers overcoming
Tommy Gallagher’s Polar Bea*-s
while the Cubs nosed out Charles
Jerling’s Jaguars The Cubs
whipeed Bob Lear’s Lions in H e
seni -final match. More games
wi'l be played tomorrow (Sun
!day) evening