Torgerson Opens
Third Bank
An open house at the third
bank established by the offi
cers and directors of the Des
ert Bank will be held today at
Indio, Calif., 0. A. Torgerson,
president, announced this
week.
Torgerson, founder of the
Bank of Kodiak, left here in
the fall of 1947 to retire. Since
then he has been instrumental
in the founding of banks
at Palm Springs and Cathe
dral City, Calif. The third
bank, at Indio, will open for
busines Monday.
Mrs. Gallina Jaryz is work
ing at the City Market.
Kay Wade Honored
Kay Wade, former Kodiak -
ian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Wade of Fairbanks, has been
named as a candidate for the
American Spirit-Honor Medal,
according to the Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner.
Wade was chosen by popular
vote to represent the 1000
men in his training battalion
at Shepard Air Force Base.
He was approved by an ex
amining board of officers, be
cause of “having displayed
outstanding qualities of lead
ership best expressing the A
merican spirit, such as honor,
initiative, loyalty and high ex
ample to comrades in arms”,
according to the citation from
the commanding officer of his
base.
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[Nine Navy
[Fliers Dead
, Nine navy flers were killed
and one miraculously survived
in the crash last Friday of a
navy Privateer flying a rou
tine mission from Adak. The
plane belonged to a Kodiak
based squadron.
The four-engined plane
crashed on Little Tanaga Is
land after taking off at 7:27
am. It was found seven hours
later by search pilot LCDP,
Charles W. Rich of Bozeman,
Mont.
Frank W. Mullick, airman
metalsmith first class, of Oak
land, was the sole survivor.
Quick thinking by Mullick
saved his life. Following the
crash he was thrown from the
wreckage with his clothing a
fire. He continued to roll down
a slope to put out the flames,
was -stopped between two
boulders on the beach. He
then lost consciousness.
A search and landing from
Adak arrived and found eight
of the nine bodies. Mullick
was not found until after dark
and then only after one of the
search party spotted the red
light on his life vest.
He was taken to Adak for
medical treatment and late
this week his condition was
reported as good. He will re
turn to duty soon.
The big plane was the same
type as that which crashed on
Amok Island three weeks ago
with a loss of 12 lives.
The nine killed in the crash
on Little Tanaga were identi
fied by the navy as Lt. Berdel
A. Cook, Pensacola, Fla., Lt.
jg William H. Diana, Jr., Wil
kes-Barre, Pa., Ens. Frank H.
Sutley, Bessemer, Ala.,
George Y. Jenkins, aviation
machinists mate. Alameda,
Calif., Don R. McNair, airman
Eden, Texas, Anthony C. Mo
lina, airman, Del Monte, Cal
if., James G. Mallard, aviation
machinists mate chief, Los
Angeles, Wilford E. Tacie,
airman, Port Huron, Mich.,
Marvin P. Huber, electronics
chief, New Iberia, La.
Rotary Sees Film
A 16 mm color movie of Ja
va showing its mineral and
agricultural resources was
shown to members of the local
Rotary Club Tuesday following
the regular luncheon at the
Montmartre Inn.
The lilm was produ ced and
distributed by the Standard
Oil Co. of California.
Guests attending the meet
ing were Rotarian Peter
Frandsen of Oroville, Calif.,
Capt. C. H. Duborg, USN,
Kodiak, 0. E. Collins of Kar
luk, William L. Smith, Bank
of Kodiak, Carter Seymour,
new Kodiak chief of police,
and Dr. Beach Barrett.
Jules Radinsky was selected
as the Rotary representative
to work with other local social
and civic groups to provide
for Kodiak to subscribe to the
Alaska Music Trail program
which will tour the territory
this fall and winter.
Cancer Crusade
Nets $800
The Kodiak Cancer Crusade
netted about $800, Paul Dup
ler, chairman, announced this
week.
Approximately half that a
mount was raised at the first
rodeo held at Tom Nelson’s)
raneh.
Sixty percent of the funds
will remain in the territo.y to
aid individuals suffering from
cancer, and another 20% will
be used in Alaska for research
The balance will go to the na-'
tional Cancer Society.
Dupler has expressed his
thanks to the following per
sons who assisted in the cam'
paign: John Gibhons, Nelson,
M ss Lilian Morris, Miss Irene
Brooks, Mrs. Carl Huer, Lt
Frank Tr nk, navy pvblie rela
tions officer, and the Boy
Scouts.
Mrs. Adele Jacobson of An
chorage arrived here Sunday
by PNA for a several days’ vi
sit with Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Cardinal. Mrs. Jacobson
works at Providence Hospital.
Breakfast will be served at
the Elks’ Club on Brooklyn
Avenue tomorrow from 9 am
to 3 pm. Ray Boggs, club chef
will supervise the preparation
of the cuisine.
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