^ Revive Officers
Called to Duty
• The Navy Department re
cently announced that Naval
District Commandants have
been directed to order to ac
tive duty 3,000 Petty Officers
irom the Fleet Reserve, Or
ganized Reserve and Volun
teer Reserve during the
month of September.
The new quota is comprised
of: Chief, First Class, Second
Class and Third Class Petty
Officers in the rates of Fire
Control Technician, Fire Con
irolman, Personnel man,
Ship’s Serviceman, Interior
Communications Electrician
*nd Dental Technician.
Also Chief, First and Se
cond Class Petty Officers! In
rates of Quartemaster, Ra
darman, Sonarman and
Electrician’s Mate. First.
Second, and Third Class Petty
Officers in the rate of Boiler
man, Gunner’s Mate, Ma
chinist’s Mate, Pipe Fitter
and Damage Controlman.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany freighter Coastal Mon
arch arrived at the city dock
Wednesday with 675 tons of
freight and cargo for town.
Following unloading opera
tions there the vessel moved
to the Donnelley and Acheson
dock to unload freight and
eargo consigned to D & A. .
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KNS Work
Begins
Construction at Kod’ak Na
val Station on the four million
dollar program which includes
housing units, runway ex
tensions, aviation gasoline
storage facilities and water
I front improvements started to
move this week.
The firm of Haddock, Mc
C lure, Gerwick and Swmerton
was the successful .bidder
for the Navy contract. It
has established offices in a
building on the cargo dock at
the base and began attempt
ing to recrqit local labor.
Due to manpower shortage
here during the commercial
salmon fishing season officials
of the construction company
will obtain lots o-f workers
from outside.
‘We would like to hire as
many local men as possible,”
an official of the company
said Wednesday.
Navy busses for construc
tion use have been turned
over to the company and they
were in use this week bearing
signs which read: "Special
Contractors Use.” ;
The contract ■ calls for the
construction work to be com
pletely by: ;June 1, 1952.
Local workers interested in
obtaining employment may
call at.the company’s office on
the Cargo Dock, at the Naval
Station. *
Navy Courses
Given Here
Unit No. 2 of the navy’s
fire fighting and personnel
rescue school from the Naval
Air Technical Training Com
mand in Memphis, Tenn., has
just completed a training
class at the ICodiak naval
station, and a similar program
is now beihg conducted at
Adak. '•
The unit under the direction
of Warrant Officer J. E. L.
Carleton and seven instructors
teaches the latest techniques
in fighting airplane crash fires
and rescuing personnel.
The unit has been on the
road for 22 months and has
conducted classes at 34 dif
ferent naval air stations on
the Pacific Coast and in A
laska. The mission of the
school is to train new person
nel in the most efficient
techniques of crash fire fight
ing and personnel rescue and
to give refresher training to
those already employed in
such werk.
Program Arranged
For Center
The following program has
been arranged for the com
munity center (Legion Hall)
for the summer months, act
cording to Mrs. Tiny Taaarik.^
Friday ni^Jji^ ldan«ngi‘'from
8:30,tq ll) ' %turdf»y niigfcta,
dsrtcmir^S^'to, 11: Sunday
lights,'social time Xrpm 8 to
11; Monday nights, square
dancing, 9 to 11.
Married
Miss Leona Mae Torgram
sen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Torgramsen, became the
bride of Thomas Barfield of
the navy last Friday in a
candlelight ceremony at the
Community Baptist Church.
The Rev. R. N. Wilkinson
performed the ceremony be
fore a large group of friends
of the couple. A reception at
the community center fol
lowed.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a whit^
satin gown and carried a.
bouquet of white roses.'
. Mrs. Art Jensen,.matron of
honor, wore an aquamarine
gown. Bridemaids were the
Misses Marie Chichenoff.
Mary Corgatelli, Barbara
WiM ?.nd Norma Chiehenoff
who wore summer formats,
and carried corsages of sweet
peas.
Homer Phillips of the navy
was best man for Barfield and
his ushers were B. H. Braun
lich, Leroy Whitesell, L’ R.
Foster, R. E. Leonard, C. A.
Wilson.
Lillian Torgramsen, sister
of the bride, was flower girl,
and candlelighters were two
other sisters, Janet and Joyce.
Mrs. Dewitt Fields played
the organ during the cere
mony.
Barfield is the son of Mrs.
J. J. Knight, Rte. 4, Plant
City, Florida.
Michael Folsom, young son
of Mr* and Mrs. Max Folsom,
returned recently from Skag
way, where be attended the
Pius X School this year.
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