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VOL 11 NO 27
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 8, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
328 Enroll
In School
The enrolment for the ele
mentary and high schools of
the Kodiak Public School is
328 for the 1951-1952 year, 20
students less than the number
enrolled at the end of the
first week of the 1950
51 year.
Figures released by Super
intendent Ivor Schott reveal
that 275 students are enrolled
in the grades and 53 in high
school. However the high
school enrolment is expected
to reach 57 or 58 as some stu
dents are in town but have
not enrolled.
Miss Lillian Brychta of
Wichita, Kansas, has been
hired as home economics
teacher. She replaces Mrs. V.
G. Ellis, former Kodiak school
teacher, who had agreed to
work part time or until a full
time teacher was employed.
Miss Brychta is a graduate
of Kansas State at Manhat
tan, Kansas.
Sunday New Date
For Rodeo
The wild west rodeo at Kal
sin Bay will be held tomorrow
weather permitting, John
Gibbons, co-sponsor of the e
vent, said yesterday.
The show was originally
scheduled for Labor Day but
inclement weather caused the
postponing of the champion
ship events. However persons
making the trip to Kalsin Bay
were not disappointed as the
contestants put on a free show
of riding, roping and other
cowboy features.
If the weather is good rodeo
participants will try for the
Kodiak Island championships
in wild steer riding, wild cow
milking, bareback bronc rid
ing and calf roping.
Winners in the four events
will receive trophy belt buck
es.
The show starts at 1 pm and
admission is $3 for adults and
$1.50 for children. The VFW
will serve food and coffee dur
ing the show.
The Russian Women’s Club
will conduct a drive Monday
to raise funds to repair the
fence around the Russian cem
etery. At a later date the wo
men plan to hold a baked
goods sale.
Six years ago over $600 was
spent to put up the present
fence. During the years cars
or careless persons have
knocked it down or torn it up,
one of the women said yester
day.
Services Held
For Mrs. Sivesind
r uneral services were held
Tuesday morning at St. Ma
ry’s Catholic Church for Mrs.
Sylvia Catherine Sivesind,
who died at 5 am last Satur
day morning.
Mrs. Sivesind, wife of Har
old Sivesind, local carpenter,
had been ill for several
months and last winter had
undergone three major opera
tions in Seattle.
In February she returned,
much improved, to Kodiak,
but last week became serious
ly ill. Late Friday night she
was admitted to Griffin Mem
orial hospital where she died.
Father Louis B. Fink, S. J.,
conducted the services for
Mrs. Sivesind, who was buried
in the Kodiak city cemetery.
Mrs. Sivesind was born on
Feb. 27, 1897, in Cincinnati,
Iowa. She came to Kodiak in
September, 1941, to marry Si
vesind and had made her
home here ever since.
Besides her husband she is
survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Milton Kaplan, new of Seattle
two grandchildren, Milton, Jr.
and Joan Marie Kaplan, and a
son Walter McAllister of New
York City.
Mrs. Kaplan arrived here
Monday for her mother’s fun.
eral and plans to return to Se
attle today.
30 Day Sentence
For Reckless Driving
Alfred Christofferson, 20,
was found guilty of reckless
driving Wednesday, sentenced
to 30 days in the federal jail,
and had his driver’s license
revoked for one year.
U. S. Commissioner A. M.
Vokacek pronounced sentence
'after Christofferson’s attor
ney, Talmage L. Smith, pled
his client guilty.
Following sentencing the
commissioner suggested that
when Christofferson completes
his sentence he join the armed
forces.
She pointed out that Christ
offerson had appeared in court
before on similar charges.
Mr. and Mrs Jess Blinn and
daughters Marlyss and Beoma
left on the Denali for Seattle
Wednesday. The girls will ent
er school at the Sacred Heart
convent in Seattle. Mrs. Blinn
may remain outside for the
winter.
Mrs. Ray Shannon returned
to Kodiak Wednesday on the
Denali after spending a year
in the states. She has been re
ceiving special medical atten
tion while outside.
Concert Set
For Kodiak
Subscription tickets for the
Alaska Music Trail program
of three concerts will go on
sale this weekend, Mrs. V. G.
Ellis, chairman of the newly
formed Kodiak Concert Assoc
iation, said yesterday.
All church, civic and social
organizations in the city are
cooperating in the association,
which met Wednesday.
The three concerts will be
held in October, November,
and April on dates to be ann
ounced later. They will be gi.
ven in the Orpheum Theatre.
Tickets for the series of
three concerts will cost $6.00
plus $1.20 for federal tax.
Three hundred subscrip
tions must be sold, Mrs. Ellis
said, to guarantee the pro
gram for Kodiak. There will
be no reserved seats for the
program.
Other officers of the associ
ation are George Sonntag,
corresponding secretary and
advertising manager, and
Mrs. Pat Mitchell, treasurer.
Ti«kets will be available
from any of the city’s organi
zations, or from Mrs. Ellis.
Denali Here
On Final Voyage
The Denali made its last trip
of the year into Kodiak Wed
nesday.
The vessel brought II pass
engers to Kodiak and 300 tons
of freight. It sailed at 11:45
pm with the following passen
gers aboard from Kodiak:
For Seattle: Don Nelson,
Paul Rivers, John Berg, Ralph
Gibbons, Stephen Dunk, Mrs.
I. P. Leonard, Dr. and Mrs.
Beach Barrett and two chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Blinn
and two children, Mrs. M.
Lewsthof, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Frandsen, Mrs. John Rogers.
For Juneau: Mary, Edward,
and Walter Brent; for Ketchi
kan: Charles Hammond, Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Collins and
four children.
Incoming passengers from
Seattle: Mrs. F. T. Adams,
Mrs. Ruby Fetherston, Ethel
Ann Hoyt, Mrs. Ray Shannon,
P. Thortensen, Capt. and Mrs.
J. C. Tily; from Sitka, Her
man Kahutak; from Seward,
Charles Reynolds, J. C. Dodd,
Don Styke.
Mrs. Aline LaLande was
hostess Tuesday at a tea for
Mrs. M. Lewsthof, mother of
Mrs. John Erickson, and Mrs.
Evelyn Sullivan, mother of
Mrs. Pat Mitchell. It was
held at the Montmartre Inn.
Progressive Party
To Hold Caucus
a meeting or tne rrogress
ive Party of Kodiak will be
held soon to select candid
ates for the city and school
election set for Oct, 2.
The names of three resid
ents for councilmen for a
three year term, one council
man for a one year term, a
mayor, and three members of
the Independent School Dis
trict board will be decided up
on when the party holds its
yearly caucus. In past years it
has been held at the Orpheum
Theatre.
The only two “holdover”
members of the city council
are Bud Metzgar and William
Worth. They were elected for
two year terms at the election
last year.
Outgoing council members
this year are Jack Hinckel,
Henry Neseth and Ray Shan
non. One seat at the council
table has been vacant for sev
eral months.
Lee C. Bettinger has served
five terms as mayor.
Ouzinkie Man Dies
From Burns
Marka Yakoff, Ouzinkie res
ident, died Wednesday around
6 pm at Griffin Memorial Hos
pital of pulmonary congestion
due to steam burns.
He received the burns sev
eral days ago while taking a
steam bath in a homemade
banya at Ouzinkie.
Peter Orloff, also of Ouzink
ie, died in the banya after ap
parently suffering a heart at
tack. The men were both tak
ing a steam bath at the same
time.
Several days befor entering
the hospital Yakoff was held
at the federal jail for observa
tion. He was brought to Kodi
ak from Ouzinkie after he was
reported to be “acting
strangely”.
Yakoff is survived by his
wife Mary and a son Jacob.
He formerly lived at Kanatak.
His body was taken to Ou
zinkie for burial.
Orloff was also buried in
Ouzinkie.
Court Session
Postponed
The session of the Third
District Court, scheduled for
Sept. 24 has been indefinitely
continued, M. E. S. Brunelle,
clerk of the court, has infor
med Deputy Clerk A. M. Vo
kacek.
Stephen Dunk, FWS em
ployee, was an outgoing Den
ali passenger Wednesday.
Applies For
Bus Line
A franchise to operate a bus
system in and around Kodiak
will be given to Mrs. Tenora
Rockney, owner of the Shop
per, if it is approved by the
citizens of Kodiak at the Octo
ber 2 election.
The franchise was okeyed
by the city council at a special
meeting Tuesday evening, but
must be approved by 55% of
the electorate before it can be
granted.
In her application for the’
franchise, Mrs. Rockney said
that if it is granted, she will
purchase a new, larger bus,
with twice the seating capaci
ty of the present Shopper, will
give better service to Mill Bay
road, and will be able, with
the addition of more buses, to
serve the projected housing
unit.
The Shopper is currently op
erating under a for-hire lic
ense. The requested franchise
would not interfere with the
Kodiak Transit bus line, Mrs,
Rockney pointed out.
Several years ago a request
for a franchise was made bjr
John Gibbons, but he with
drew his application in favor
of Mrs. Rockney.
Boat Skipper Gets
Suspended Sentence
Driving automobiles when
drunk and drunk-and-disor
derly are charges familiar to
judges and commissioners,
but Wednesday Commissioner
A. M. Vokacek heard a cas«
with a new combination.
Peter Walkoff, Jr., 25, Ouz
inkie fisherman, was charged
with being drunk and disord
erly and operating a gas boat
in the channel between Don
nelley and Acheson’s dock and
Near Island.
He pled guilty Wednesday
and received a 30-day suspen
ded sentence. He also received
! a warning about operating a
boat while intoxicated.
New Phone Books
To Be Mailed
New telephone books will be
mailed today to telephone sub
scribers, Ed Cushing, manager
of the Kodiak Telephone Co.r
announced yesterday.
The new phone books were
published by the Kodiak MIR
ROR.
Cushing is urging all sub
scribers to destroy the old
book upon receipt of the new
one. ‘ If they try to use the
old one it just causes addition
al confusion,” Cushing said.