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tetter To Rod Cross
Mrs. Merrill Coon, chair
man of the fund raising com
mittee for the American Red
T ross, received the following
■tter recently.
Dear Mrs. Coon:
Inclosed letter you will find
cash for the Red, Cross'
fund. Rope it does a’ little'
I know how-, it would '
ht Ip men overseas. When’;my!
in-other was in Japan.,and”'T.'e"
wrote me when he didn't have
any stationery and -wad s'c^- •
the Red Cross helped' .hini. I
knomv and have his' letters
with the headings—the “Red
Cross”.
I want to help some.
Thank yihi, sincerely
{name withheld by request)
Clam Canning Begins
At Whiz Halferty
Clam canning for this sea
son began at the Whiz Hal
ferty Inc., cannery here on
May5.
Clams from the beaches at
Swikshak and from Polly
Creek in the Cook Inlet area
are being processed and
canned.
Frank Me ’’onaghy, general
superintendent for the Kodiak
arid Cordova canneries arrived
in town for the start of
operations. Orin Kuhnley,
superintendent of the local
plant, is in charge of canning
operations here.
The clam canning eauip
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WAYFARER MEAfiOWBROOK CORONET
Come in and see the beautiful ‘51 on display
CLARK’S GARAGE
DODGE PLYMUUTH WILLYS
Oldest Oil Transfer l.n.
in Kodiak!
■ We limit our activities to hauling oil
consequently you can depend upon us
to serve you.
THOMPSON TRANSFER
Erich Mueller, prop.
PHONE 3131 or 4303
For a pleasant time
visit
WE MECCA BAR
Famous for mixed drinks
Hid
ENJOY OUR POPULAR
COCKTAIL LOUNGE
The friendly atmosphere will add to
your drinking pleasure
mem was installed an put in
operation last year. Early
this year a second story was
added to the clam canning
building for a web loft and
other storage.
Those employed on the clam
canning line are: Connie
Strickland, Jennie Sundberg,
Annie Christoff erson,' Cathe
rine Chichenoff, Anna Clark,
Dora Corgatelli, Lain a Earl,
Nancy Erickson, Dora Gregor
off, Patricia Hicks, Mary Hig
i gins and Doris Hoffman.
Also working" on the elam
line are Nadio Kopun, Rita
McLaughlin, Lillian Miller,
fina Reft, Carmen Propin,
Jennie Reynolds, Myra
, Robertson, Marian Rhoades,
| Marian Sautner, Murial Sis
j more. Hazel Simms, and Mar
{tha Swanson.
j Working in the loft are
( Laura Paterson, ' Betty Hall,
! Archie Hubley, Betty Weis
hian, Frances Hollenbeck,
Lauma Antons Raisa Popoff,
Aggie Levine, Tima Johnson,
1 Zena Robitoille and Margaret
Cannon.
i1 Others employed in the
clam canning department are
i Willard Hall, Ted Wiley, Lars
I Panamaroff and Lonnie
■ Scroggs.
j Pete Trones is forman again
this year. He has held the
.‘position for a number of years,
i Georgia Sumerlin is also em
ployed at the cannery.
Lee Matthews is clam filler
man, Walter Halferty works
at the scalding machine, Ear
Komm is port engineer and
Max Folsom is fireman. James
Connors is bookkeeper and J.
G. Parkinson is assistant
bookkeeper.
Mary Bolden is cook and
Palma Shane is assistant cook.
The Yarsh, tender, skip
pered by A1 Elstom, is haul
ing the clams from the beach
to the cannery.
Proclamation
Whereas the Armed Forces
of the United States, having
dedicated themselves to the
service of their country, are
now fighting on foreign soil in
defense of freedom; and
I Whereas it is appropriate
that we dedicate one day each
* ydar to the armed forces:
Now, Therefore, I, Jack
Hinckel, acting mayor of the
i City of Kodiak, do hereby
I proclaim Saturday. May 19,
11951, as Armed Forces Day;
j and invite the citizens of Ko
diak to celebrate that; day in
such manner as to honor the
members of bur armed- forces.
| In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of
Kodiak to be affixed.
Jack Hinckel
Acting Mayor.
Bob Hall Air Service flew
20 PAF cannery workers to
Lazy Bay Wednesday, Russ
Swartz, operations manager,
said yesterday.
fxMttivai D+vatapad
By Navy
The Navy Department an
nounced recently a nation
wide program to develop exe- J
cutive talent among its |
civilian employees.
The plan, with the approval |
of the Civil Service Commis-j
sion, makes available opportu-j
.nities for administrative!
training to outstanding civi-j
lian employees in Naval Ship-|
yards. Air Stations, Ordnance
Stations, Research Labora
tories, and other activities.
| Previously the program had
been limited to Navy 'em
ployees in the Washington,
D. C. area. ' :
Mrs. James Healey has ac-.
cepted the position as clerk-!
stenographer at the U. S. {
i Fish and Wildlife Service. ■'
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Open House Todev
At Hospital
Open house at Griffin
Memorial Hospital will be
from 2 to 5 pm today. Friends
of the hospital are invited to
call. : „.; , ,. .... .
The open house .ift.an .appeal .
event and yisitors.^yill t>e. per-.
mitted to inspect the new res
pirator and infant incubator
purchased by the Kodiak Iron
Lung Committee.
Refreshments will-be-served
during the; aftfernbeo the
lower floor. P-?’.
Anyone.liavihjf (dean * * -'Used •
or unuseci' paftferre
quested . ’to : ieaVe- ’' ''l tJWm 1 at
Griffin Memorial Hospital: -♦
The hospital "li‘ shhrt of
paper bags and1 ail cbrttribtr
tions will be appreciated.
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ISLAND FOUNTAIN
Try our delicious icc cream today
Sandwiches
Short orders
at any hour
DINNERS
SERVED
UNTIL 8 PM
Open at 6 am to 12 pm
Start your day with breakfast here
Get LaLande’s bread Here
on Sundays
ISLAND FLOR|ST
"Flowers By Wire'
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Boh Hall’s Air Service
PHONE 3281
Your locally owned scheduled airline
PASSENGERS
EXPRESS FREIGHT
Local mail service
ALL KODIAS island points
Shopping Service for Your Convenience
Office & waiting room:
Career Mission Rd. fiL Main St.
Servinq the Kodiak Island Area
with Dependable Airline Service