Town Topics
John Steffgen, who has been in
Alaska since 1907 and in Kodiak
ante 1939, pulled up stakes this
week and left by plane for the
States where he plans to locate.
He thinks Oregon may offer what
he has in mind.
Mr. Steffgen arrived at La
touche in the spring of 1907, went
from there to Valdez and that
fall located in Cordova where he
remained until coming to Kodiak.
His contracting here included
many buildings, among them the
Bank of Kodiak and the modern
K£A plant.
He was active in civic affairs,
being a member of the second
council after the city was incor
porated, and was a director of
the Bank of Kodiak.
He owns the house in Ta-gu ra
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Arthu
Holt, and retains other business
interests here.
He said before leaving that his
plans aren’t definite and that he
wasn’t going to say he wouldn’t
fte back, because he might.
Mrs. Helen Flechtner, who re
ceived word last week that her
brother, Pfc. Matthew A. Bari,
was killed in Japan, was inform
ed by the War Department this
week that his death came from
burns suffered in a barracks fire.
Harry C. Nightingale, S2c of
Kodiak, son of Mrs. Ann Night
ingale, is one of 1508 high-point
veterans whom the “Magic Car
pet” is bringing back to the
States aboard the USS Sanborn.
The Sanborn left Yokosuka,
Japan, Nov. 24 and was scheuled
to arrive in Seattle JaD. 9
Kimball De Young, of Chris
ty’s bakery, had an operation for
acute appendicitis at the Griffin
Memorial hospital on Tuesday.
Lack of a quorum prevented a
council meeting Monday night,
so the regular meeting will be
held next Monday evening.
Dr. Earl Graves, Territorial
veterinaiian, arrived Wednesday
on business for his department.
What
“G. 1.JOE
Wants!
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More than anything else, most returning veterans want
an opportunity to *talk things over”... get "the feel” of homefront
activities... find their place in our peacetime economy. A careless
"brush-off” hurts cruelly. So even if you haven’t a job for the man who
drops in on you, give him a little of your time...try to help him make
the proper contacts. He’ll appreciate it, more than he can tell you!
A message In the public interest by
RCHIE BREWERIES
San Francisco * Los Angeles
Alaska getsT^H!
a transfusion —
50 times a year
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From the tawny hills of Southern California, comes —»»
the lifeblood of today’s highly mechanized Alaska. This
tanker s holds are heavy with oil. . . gasoline for a bush pilot’s
plane, Diesel fuel for a salmon trawler, special greases, fuel for lamps.
It takes plenty of oil up here to keep wheels turning, lights burning, stoves
roaring. 1 o supply oil, Standard tankers or freighters carrying Standard prod
ucts nudge up to piers in Alaskan seaports throughout the year. From their
cargoes . . . and from transhipments up and down the coast . . . comes a steady
flow of petroleum transfusions.
From there, big storage plants and trucking systems funnel the oil to farms
and mines, fisheries and homes. It’s a clockwork delivery team that grew as
Alaska grew . . . and it will continue to grow as Alaska grows. For nearly half
a century we’ve been pioneering ways to serve the north country better.
STANDARD PRODUCTS
THAT SERVE ALASKA
RPM COMPOUNDED
MOTOR OIL—cleanses
carbon from motors,
keeps a tough film on
cold engines to cut
start-up wear.
CHEVBON SUPREME
GASOLINE—highway
version of a famous
l flying fuel perfected
I for war planes . . .
' starts faster, elimi
nates knocking.
STANDARD BURNER OIL
—100% distilled to va
porize completely, give
more heat with less
smoke, soot or clogging
of burners.
STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA. ..We've Grown With Alaska...By Helping Alaska Grow