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Chamber Announces
KHI ember ship Drive
'Hie annual drive for members
feu {he Chamber of Commerce
will Ret underway this week, it
was announced at the luncheon
Thursday by President V G
I'Vlis, Men Kraft, G. W. Buhen
(hirf slid Max {.a Lande are on
the membership committee.
The chamber passed 2 resolu
tions. One urging adoption of
recommendations for better ship
ping as drawn up in Anchorage
a< the recent meeting of chamb
er delegates; a second to be dir
ected to the Secretaries of War,
Navy.aud Interior, asking that
mailitarjr lands in the Kodiak
Afogoak group be reviewed and
fund not being used be returned
t<* the public domain.
IWayor Lee Bettinger told ol
bis visit with the Chamber ol
Commerce of Portland and of
their great interest in developing
Alaska trade
Gttis^s at the luncheon includ
ed Vincent Root and John W
Keehlc
The Kodiak Rifle & Pistol club
is again meeting every Thursday
at 8 pm at. the city hall. The
pant 3 meetings were not held
tfecause of the bad weather and
the holidays
Mr. and Mrs A M Trip’ett
and infant left bv plane yester
day for Anchorage, where they
will make their home Mr Trip
lett drove taxi here
Power Interrupted
A pole near the Cheeehako
Grill that held a large transfor
mer snapped about t> feet from
the top shortly after noon Tues
day and the entire town was out.
of power for 58 minutes^ while
temporary repairs were made.
During permanent repair work
from Tuesday until Friday a
large section of town, including
>tlie side of Pillar mountain, the
I area wes’ of Brooklyu avenue
and a section of the buslnes sec
tion on the north side of Alaska
Way were without power or
I ghts. The dark area started at
Chuck’s and Lilt's and ran to
Brooklyn. Several businesses, in
Ieluding the Lyric theatre, closed
! until power wa« resumed yester
day.
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J The organization of the Treas
ury department was outlined in
a talk presented at the Rotary
club Tuesday at the Victory
cafe, by Marshall Crutcher, Ket
johikan accountant
j Kay Wade, student represent
ative at the club meeting, has
completed his term, and Joe
Hpi*man has been named to at
tend the meetings for the next
semes-ter
Guests included P. M. Peter
son Anchorage; Al Rundbaken,
FBI; Rev Glen Chandler, Ted
Rozak and A. A Owen.
j The Anchorage Times an
nounced yesterday that it is sus
pending publication temporarily
New Year’s
Resolutions
To be vigilant in eliminating fire
Hazards from my Home and Place of
Business.
To keep my Property l ully Insured
in Reliable Gompanies through my
Local Agent.
because of lack of newsprint.
Taxi business perm t renewals
have been approved for the fel
lowing:
V. J. Malutin, Harold Pratt.
Harry Lindgren, Chester Peter
son, A. V. Miller, James Gar
route, Walter Kizer, Bill I\rein
er, E. W. Sindeis, Katherine Ls
Follette, J. C. La Follette, Hans
Reeman, Kodiak Shopper, 1
each; A. V. Miller & Donald
Thompson, 1 together; and Mr.
and Mrs. Art Kizer, 3.
Two businesses, the Cub con
fectionery and Rita’s beauty sal
on, moved to new locations this
week.
On Monday the Cub, operated
by Mrs. H. M. Coulsey, moved
to the former OPA office in the
Lyric theatre building.
It’s former small building loca
ted on the Casino lot, had to be
vacated to make room for the
new building planned this year
by A. J. Collins, owner of the
Cadno.
The Cub building has beer
| purchased by Harry Ludrookand
I was moved to '.he Loran Whit
tington property nexr, to the I.oj
Cabin Liquor store. Mr Ludrook
who has been employed as baker
in the base cafeteria, is going tc
open a doughnut shop in the
building.
Second place to move was Ri
la’s beauty parlor, which moved
from the Robert Dawson build
ing atop city hall hill to a new
location between Smith’s Tailoi
shop and the Max La Landi
; house occupied by Mr. <fc Mrs I.
' J. Norman.
Hollis W. Mulford was giver
a $75 fine and a 90-dav susperd
ed jail sentence Saturday by U
S. Co mi-sionerC W. Buberi
dorf after he pled guilty to s
charge of a sault A. M. Tripletl
was th«j complainant.
There were 20 arrests in Dec
ember and $5-'4 coUeoted in fines
according to tbecity magistrates
report.
Jirn Pierce, former Kodiak
businessman, arrived Wednes
day from Fairbanks lor a couple
weeks’ visit.
He lias been mining in that
area.
Monthly championship dates
for tournaments at the Commun
ity Center were announced to
day by Director Ken Wade.
Cribbage players of this area
will compete for glory and prises
at the Center on Tuesday, Jan.
21 Jack Healey is the defending
champion. N
Ping Pong aces will fight it
out in s x classes— men’s singles,
junior singles, boys sfngles wo
men's singles, men’s doubles and
mixed doubles—on Sunday even
ing Jan. 19, with play starting
at 7 pm.
Mrs. Charles Johnson, of
Chuck’s and Lill's, left oy p’ane
Saturday for Richmond, Ca'if ,
, where she was called bv the ser
ious illness of hei father.
Mr. and Mrs. Ar'hur Holt,
accompanied by daughter Nan,
left by Diane this week on a visit
to tiie States. They said they
might go to Flo ida before re |
turning.
Hosvital News
Mr. and Mrs. Robert. Burgess
1 are the parents of a son Robin
Lee born on January 4, weight.
7 lbs. 2 oz.
Mr and Mrs. Pete Olsen, of
Afognsk, announce the birth of
a son, their see-nd child on Jan
uary 7 He will be named David
I.esfer and weighed at birth 8
lbs 9 oz.
Admitted during the week for
medical treatment: Mist- Mary
Setzekorn, Ouzinkie, Marv Ana
Simmons, and Betty Kizar, the
latter two having been dis
charged in a few days.
A substantial increases in the
census of the hospital has been
revealed with the closing of the
books for the year 1946 During
the past year, 477 patients wen
admitted, an increase of 137, ni
40 per cent over 1945, with ar
average of 8.88 patients per day
There were 58 babies, eight mon
than in 1946, and nine death*
the same number as the prev'oui
year, which brings the mortalit]
rate down to 1.04 per cent be
eause of the increased number o
patients. Four of these death
ocoured within 48 hours afte
the admission of the patient.
In specialized departments
statistics show 335 x-rays taken
forty-two major and fifty-eigh
minor opeiatiens for the year.
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