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KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 19. 1954
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Vokacek
Replaced
U. S. Commissioner Anna
Mae Vokacek received official
notice this week, that she is
to be replaced as of the 16th
of July, from District Judge
J, L. McCarrey, Jr. Her re
placement was not divulged in
tae letter from the Judge.
A^ina Mae has held the office
hire in Kodiak since the death
Gilbert Bubendorf in May
of 1948.
•Mrs. Vokacek was born in
Alaska on the 9th day of Sep
tember in 1909, in the city of
Valdez. Her father moved to
Alaska in 1898, entering the
Territory over the old Dyee
Trail near Skagway, the only
existing route at that early
date. Mrs. Dolan followed her
husband into the Territory in
1900 and they settled in Valdez
after Mrs. Dolans’ arrival.
On September 3rd, 1929,
Anna Mae accepted employ
ipent as Deputy Clerk in the
Third Division Cuurt. Two
jlears later she was appointed
(jihief Deputy Clerk by the
fete Judge Anthony Dimond,
a position she held for 15 years
She then came to Kodiak to
ijeplace Commissioner Buben
4*rf after his death.
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VFW Presentation Of
Ambulance June 20th
I
On Sunday afternoon at 4
the local VFW Organiza
tion will present the City of
fcodiak with the ambulance
they purchased for * he cities
use. Weather permitting the
sentation will be made out
'doors, inclement weather,
loors at the ESO.
Commander Ed Pagane,
ill commander of the i>ost
toll make the presentation
and Mayor Jack Hinckel will
•ethe recipient.
! The entire celebration will
be preceeded by a small par
ade consisting of the post
members, the VFW Auxiliary
members, the Drum and Bugle
Corps under the direction of
Paul Swenson, and the ambu
lance.
Town officials and dignitaries
from the base will be present
at the presentation.
Scouts See Movie
John Fetcher, manager of
the local theatre, stated this
week that the Boy Scouts
would be admstted free to Sat
urday's picture showing at the
1:45 matinee. The picture
Seqooia is an outdoor film de
pleting how life exists in the
great out-of-doorr.
One of two autombiles involved with a collision with a Phoenix-bound bus lies smashed
against the bus at the foot of a hill near Pomona, Calif. Two persons were killed and a dozen
others were injured. Officers said eight of the 15 passengers on the bus were hurt but none
seriously. The accident apparently happened, said investigators, when one of the autos
crossed the double line and hit the bus, which in turn hit the other car, (^wirephoto)
Streets Program
Given Go Ahead
By City Council
The City Council, at it’s last
regular meeting on June 15th
1954 approved the Street In
provenent Progrom submitted
by City Manager Robert E.
Shaep. It was recommended
that a number of "Access St.”
be built in the City during this
f.scal year.
The work can be accomplish
ed with the existing City
Crews and City owned equip
ment on a force account basis.
It may be necessary to rent
for short periods of time equip
ment and fill materials, or
grading heavy fills in order to
fully utilize the City crews
and equipment. The Steets en
volved in this limited improve
ment are: Wilson Street. 50’
ROW, approx 100 ft. (previous
ly approved) Paul’s Sub-divis
ion, 20’ ROW, approx 258 ft.
J. Street, 60’ ROW, approx
400 ft. Oceanview Sub-division
20’ ROW, approx 200 ft. I St.
between 6 and 7th Ave., 60’(
ROW, approx 400 ft. Erskine
Ave., 50’ ROW, Rezanoff Dr.
to Mill Bao, approx 800 f t.
Thorsheim Ave, 50’ ROW
approx 600 ft. Hillcrest Ave]
30’ and 40’ ROW, approx 200ft
Rezanoff Dr., between Mill
Bay and Brooklyn Ave., 60’
ROW, approx 900 ft. K Street,
East of 7th Ave., 60’ ROW, j
approx 400 ft. J St. East of j
7th Ave. 60’ ROW, 400 ft.
The work will start at the J
completion of the sewer and
water installations under unit
No. 4.
Fourth of July Parade
Plana Round Into Form
John Gibbons, Fourth of
July chairman of the parade,
announced the line of march
and urges all organizations,
units and individuals to par
ticipate.
The parade will form on
Brooklyn Ave., both sides of
Main Street. Proceeding south
on Main street passing the
bank where the reviewing
stand will be located this year
Then on out Mill Bay road to
the Community Center road to
the Russian Church. Coming
back on to Main Street at the
B & B corner and on into the
school grounds.
The whole city is asked to
participate and make this
parade the biggest and best
yet in Kodiak.
yet Convention Notes
The Kodiak members of the
deleg tion that attended the
VFW Encampment or the Ter
ritorial Convention returned
from Sitka on last Monday.
The elected Officers forthe en
suing year are: Alex Miller of
Anchorage as Commander,
Senior Vice Commander, Bob
Baer, Ketchikan; Junior Vice
Commander, Ivan Rezek, Sitka
Judge Advocate, Ed Pagano,
Kodiak; Chaplin, Glen Payne,
Anchorage; Surgeon, William
Doc Jackson, Juneau.
George Sontag was nominat
ed for the position of Territor
ial Commander but he stepped
aside and Miller replaced him'
Next year encampment will be
jn June at Juneau.
Sandra Perkins
U of A Honor List
Dr. Neil W. Hosley, dean of
the University of Alaska, re
cently announced that Sandra
Perkins of Kodiak, Alaska was
on the honor roll for the spring
semester.
Miss Perkins, daughter of
Myrna Perkins, is a junior
arts and letters student with
a major in mathematics.
Berger Co.
Loses Moil
.1 V.
The Berger Transportation
Company of Seattle lost the
government mail contract
running out the Aleutian
Chain.
The ship which rep laces
the “Ga.land” on the mail
run is the “Expansion'’ which
is owned by a company in
Ketchikan, Alaska. The master
of the Garland, John Pym has
been hired by the new com
pany as captain of the new
ship and he and the entire
crew will make Kodiak their
future home as Kodiak has
been designated as the home
port for the vessel.
The Expansion, with Cap
tain John Pym in complete
charge, will carry considerable
stock and merchandise which
they will sell directly to deal
ers and consumers at the
various towns at which they
call. |
The new ship will leave Se
attle approximately around
'July 5th with Kodiak as its
, first port of call.
r
"The Little Monster” a
a jitney owned by the Deveau
interests sank in Shellikoff
Straits while being towed by
the Kasiloff, last Monday
afternoon. The two ships were
engaged in fishing operations
for the Island Seafoods.
Holland’s seven-month-old Siamese twin girls, Folkje.
left, and Tjiske deVries, are shown at Leeuwarden before
they were separated by a delicate operation (June 13). Joined
at the abdomen for a distance of 8| inches, the twins had
seperate sets of organs. Condition is reported satisfactory
since the operation. (^Pwirephoto)