"News of ^America's Last Frontier'
tL 7 NO. 2
JL
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 8, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
.egion Gets
jcense
4 club liquor license requested
'the American Legion Post 17
'g granted this week by the
jtrict Court at Anchorage, ac
ting to word received by
lie Foley, who will be steward
i the new American Legion
ilhe license request was direct
to the court after the city
incil took no action on it be
“iseof the eity ordinance which
ihibits granting of new retail
lets,
[he new club will be located
he rear of the Mecca bar in
(apace formerly occupied by
Mecca Lounge.
Vork of remodeling to separ
the quarters from the bar
t to provide a sepai ate ent
ee will begin Monday, Mr.
ey said. Norman Fjeldheim
: do the work.
). S, Commissioner G. W.
xudorl returned to Koditk
kday after a trip to Anchor
. and Fairbanks,
i Anchorage be filed su<t in an
rtto col ect $2100 from Pa
: Nor then Airline-1, which he
res is due for services as a
to operator. The complaint
es that he ran the radio com
nications equipment from Fe
'ary to 3eptember 1946. Buell
ibettis representing Bubeu
f in the action.
Villiam Wallace, Ji., age 4,
of William Wallace, local
i driver, who left by plane
Friday to go to his mother
jloueester, N. J., arrived safe
1 sound according to word
eived by his father. Leaving
day the young bov arrived in
w Jersey on Monday.
FW Club Picks
teward, Officers
A Dew steward and officers
re chosen by the VFW club
their meeting at. the VFW
b Tuesday.
iffice s are: Talmage L. Smith,
amander; Ted Rozak, senior
e commander; Walter Kraft,
iior vice commander; Elvin
ster, quartermaster; Leon
inson, post, advocate; Moe
tes, post chaplain; and Bob
iffith, trusteo. The first two
d the same offices last year,
e new officers will be sworn iu
the first meeting in April, on
ril 1
.. W, Markham, until recent
iperatcr of the civilian cafe
aand restaurant at the base,
inamed as new steward for
club, leplacmg Dorian Coog
Mr. Markham will also be hi
rgt o the dining facilities of
du’o, it was announced
Sees Livestock
Possibilities
| Washington, D. C.—In con
sideration of climate, accessibili
ty and character of the agricul
tural land, the Interior Depart
I ment recently estimated that
640 new farm families could have
“reasonable expectation of esta
blishing successful farm enter
prises” in the Territory.
The report was made following
a request, of Secretary Krug that
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment locate areas suitable for
veterans’ farming projects
Kodiak island is recommended
as a suitable area for 25 families*
Speaking of Kodiak the report
said:
“Kodiak, together with Afog
' nak, holds promise for increased
livestock production Since live
stock raising requires relatively
large areas, the opportunity for
group settlement is restricted.
“Kcdiak offers fishing and
possibly lumbering as supple
mental sources of income.
“Processing and marketing
facilities will be needed before
any material expansion of the
livestock industry on Kodiak is
feasible ” |
G'en Gardner of Chigmk had
j bis tonsils removed during the
j week
Storage Plant
Work Starts
A new 2-story addition to the
! main building of the plant of the
h odiak Cold Storage Co , Seat
ed on the channel in the Tagura
district, was started recently by
Bert Heglin and Henry Nesetb,
local carpenters
H F. MacDonald, owner of
the plant, said the addition will
provide a 20 by 20 workroom
and a cold storage room of the \
1 semes.ze The new unit wi’l be
used in conecti n with similar
3|.ace being made ready in the
original bui ding, which is 39 by
! 40 feet in size. The entire up
lstairs wi 1 be used for rental
I storage.
Forty storage lockers nave
been in operation the past wint
er, Mr MacDonald said, and for
this yeai’s fish operations at the
plant space in the 2 skid shack
additions will be used. Fish freez
ing racks for halibut, sole and
salmon will be installed. Fish
from individual operators will be
handled a^ last year, Mr. Mac
Donald said.
Crab operations will depend
on the market.
Future plans call for another
addition to carry the plant an
additional section on the bay
side, and also incl de a new pier
to the channel which Mr Mac
Donald said would allow for ex
pansion of the company's opera
tion in other fields.
Directors
Elected
Counting proxies, a bare 51
members provided only one over
the neces-ary majority at the an
nual meeting Monday of the
Kodiak Electric Association,
where directors were chosen for
the ensuing year.
Of 19 nominees, 7 withdrew,
leaving a field of 12 plus one
nomination from the floor for
Ben Sholl. Withdrawals were:
Wes Rhoades, Charles Skinner,
Walter Taylor, Jerry Sears, Art
Kizer, Maurice Gunderson and
Viola Sipprell. Twenty-threr
votes were cast for them even
after they withdrew.
The vote was as follows:
G. W. Bubendorf 46
Tuck Wheeldon 41
Leon Johnson 40
Norman Sutliff 40
Pat Lynch 34
Wilton White 34
Loran Whittington 33
Johnny Hughes 28
Jack Hinckel 28
Mill Vokacek 28
John Gibbons 26
Emil Knudsen 2b
Ben Sin 11 1
As 9 were to 'e chosen, the 3
way tie of the men with 28 votes
each wi’l make it necessary for a
drawing to be held to see wtio
gets the 8th and 9th plaoe.
The business meeting was
very short following the election.
KLA manager Ted Rozak re
ported a su;vey on rates was in
Washington, D C for consider
ation in rate reductions, but
that little relief was expected as
the present revenue is only suf
ficient for operating expenses
and payments on the plant.
G. W. Bubendorf presided at
the meeting, with Maurice Gund
erson as secretary
Movies were shown of local
scenes by Tuck Wheeldon and
refreshments were served.
A new stretch of sidewalk,
from the U. S. Marshal's office
past the Kodiak hotel to the of
fice ol Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
was installed this week by Owen
& Sutliff.
Footing the exoense was the
Kodiak Realty & Investment
Co., owners of the adjacent
property.
Dance Coming
A floor show, fortune telling,
fish pond aud Bingo will lie fea
tures of a dance being planned
for Friday, March 21, at the
VbW Club.
The dance is sponsored by the
VFYV Auxilary.
PBA Asks For
Jail Bids
Washington, D. C.—The Pub
lic Buildings Administration is
asking for bids this week for the
construction of a new jail at
Kodiak.
Drawings and specifications
have been completed and the
time for submitting bids will be
5 weeks, Delegate Bartlett re
ports.
The total cost of the buildine,
including all equipment and fur
nishings, cannot exceed $140,000.
Denali Sails
The Denali, with 530 tons of
freight for Kodiak, left Seattle
Thursday according to word re
ceived by Vic Ellis, in charge of
the local Alaska Steamship of
uce during the absence of Agent
Walter Sipprell.
March 15 is given as an esti
mated arrival time. The vessel
will call at Metlakatla, Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Jun
eau and Sitka en route here
Herring Plant
Changes Hands
The Apex Fish company her
ring reduction plant at Pent
Wakefield Alaska, near Kodiak,
has been taken over by a new
corpwation headed by 3 sons
and a daughter of Lee H. Wake
field, who wa president of Apex
Fish company. The latter will
retain the business name and
lease part of the plant for pack
ing salt herring.
The name of the new com
pany is Wakefield Fisheries.
Stockholders are the three sons,
I.averne, J. H. and Lee, and
daughter Carol One
Sale was recorded this week of
Lot 24 Block 19 by William and
Oaev McDonald to William
I Worth
—
Floating Court
Floats Again
For the first time since 1941
the floating court will take to
the water instead of going by
air, as this year Judge Anthony
J. Dimond and party will visit
We«tw’ard towns aboard the
Coast Guard Cutter Wachusett,
! a 254 foot stearn-powered vessel.
Towns and dates of courts
sessions are as foflow
Kodiak May 28
Larsen Bay June 2
Perry v fie June 3
Squaw Harbor June 3
King Cove June 5
False Pfiss June G
Naknek June 9
Dillingham June 13
St. Paul island June 18
Unalaska June 21
! Search On
For 2 Men
A search by boat was instigat
ed this week for 2 local residents,
Mike Kerr and Ray Harmom
who weDt to the mainland late
last year and planned to return
to Kodiak around New Year’s,
No reports have been heard on
the men since.
Tommy Clamffer in his boat
the Tippy left this week to seek
the men’s whereabouts. Accomp
anying him are Beans Anton,
Chuck Harmon, one of the mis
sing men’s brother, and Jacob
Aga, of Larsen’s bay.
Clamffer wired from Karluk
Monday that they were headed
for Kanatak.
The missing men had gone to
the mainland on a trapping ex*
pedition.
I
Richard Codd, who has been
in charge of Red Cross activities
at the base, will leave in about a
week for California for re-assign
ment.
He is being replaced by Art
Larkin who is returning to the
scene of former service during
the war.
Election of officers of the Bus
iness and Professional Women’s
Club will take place Monday
evening, March 11, at a meeting
at the Victory Cafe. A single
slate of nominees will be prepar
ed by Mabel Fenner, Dorothy
Haaa and Edna Kraft and addi
tional nominations will be made
from the floor.
The board of directors will
meet on Wednesday evening at
7:30 at the home of Justine Hin
ckel, to present their reports on
the past year’s activities before
retiring from office.
Edna Kraft was hostess to the
club at iis monthly luncheon
meeting on Monday.
Essays Read
Students who were the winners
lin the ‘ Why Kodiak Should Sup
port its Community Center”
contest were the guests of honor
at the Kotary luncheon Tuesday
at the Victory cafe, where the
prizes were awarded by Dr A
Holmes Johnson.
Fiist prize of $10 in the high
school went to Harold Naughton,
of $i0 in the grades went to
Ruby Larsen; and second prize
of $5 each went to Kay Wade,
high school, and Stella Scrogge,
of the grades. The first prize
winters read their winning ent
ries. The cash prizes weie donat
ed by Dr Johnson and 0. A.
Torgeison.
Other guests at the luncheon
included Richard Oodd, Art Lar
kin, Heibie Spiegel and Marsh;. 1
Crutcher