Atka Man Guilty
On Three Charges
Ralph Prokopeuff, Atka Is
land received $140 in fines and
50 days in jail when he pled
guilty to three charges in City
Magistrate Myrna Perkins’
court Wednesday.
He was arrested at 10:40 pm
Tuesday for molesting a wo
man. Wednesday he pled guil
ty to charges of being a pub
lic nuisance, being drunk, and
disorderly conduct. Chief of
Police Carter Seymour said
Prokopeuff had previously
been suspected as a peeping
tom.
Pat Cannon, president of
the United Fishermen of A
laska, was an incoming PNA
passenger Tuesday.
• ' V S.
To Use Loran Station
By First Of Year
j The Loran station now be
ing constructed at Spruce
, Cape will be placed in opera
; tion soon after the first of
January, Rear Admiral Joseph
Greenspun, Commander, 17th
Coast Guard District, head
quarters, Juneau, advised the
MIRROR this week.
Loran (LOng RAnge Navi
gation) is a method of naviga
tion which enables ships and
aircraft to determine their po
sition electronically, Adm.
Greenspurf s&TTk"**.**^
The Lqgjpi Transmitting
Station at^pruce Cape is on§
of three ! coikl^i^^thi €hil£
of Alaska Loran Chath, which
NEW LOW FARES
of
PACIFIC NORTHERN
AIRLINES
KODIAK to ANCHORAGE $35
KODIAK to HOMER $18.25
KODIAK to JUNEAU $105
Tax is not included in fares
♦
Ray Martin, District Traffic Agent
Club Liquor Store Phone 4131
Madonna J
Martini
t Entertaining Songs & Music
8:30 till 1:30 am
AT THC |
CASINO
I !
GAMES
Every Thursday Night
Dining Room Closed
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for the summer months
i j
Phone 3303 For Information
i OPENING DAILY 11 A M
~3fc
.will furnish loran coverage
for the Gulf of Alaska.
| The other two stations are
I located at Ocean Cape, near
(Yakutat, and Biorka Island,
■near Sitka, Adra. Greenspun
said.
The construction company
of Lytle-Green holds the con
tract for the job. A new road
to the station has been cut
from the station to the end of
Mission road near the present i
city dump. The road is still I
under construction and is im
-passable, at present, for-pj*s$
' eng^sSnefSg^; ~£k?{
AI contract for 3-phaS6. elec
trical power for the installa
tions has been signed by a
contracting offier of the Coast
Guard and officials of the Ko
dirk Electric Association
board.
The contract is for 10 years,
Emblem Club
Installs Officers
Kodiak Emblem Club No.
187 held its first meeting af
ter the summer recess on Fri
day, Sept. 7, at the Elk’s
Club.
In a colorful candlelight cer
emony the officers for the
coming year were installed by
Past President Sybil Boggs.
Following the installation 11
new members were initiated
into the club.
Eva Rochelle was installed
as president of the club for
the coming year. Mrs. Boggs
was appointed Special District
Deputy for the installation by
the Supreme Emblem Club.
The officers were in white
formals and wore their insigne
of office. Six officers of the
BPOE assisted in the ceremo
ny.
New officers for the Em
blem Club for the 1951-52
year are as follows: Mrs. Ro
chelle, president; Mrs. Boggs,
past president; Margaret Gib
bons, vice-president; Dorothy
Haag, financial secrecary;
Dorothy Rohwer, treasurer;
Agnes Hansen, recording sec
retary; Virginia Stella, corres*
ponding secretary.
Chairman trustees, Lillian
P. Smith; 2nd year trustee,
Mary Root; 1st year trustee,
Helen Seleen; marshal, Octa
Clark; 1st assistant marshal,
Freda Green; 2nd assistant
marshal, Elaine Banks; chap
lain, Agnes Crutcher; organ
ist, Betty Springhill; press
correspondent, Margaret Sut
liff; historian, Katherine Pon
te; 1st guard, Christine Tol
bert; 2nd guard, Ida Henry.
The 11 women initiated into
the club were Inez Graff, Eve
lyn D. Keener, Flavia Kim
ball, Maxine Madsen, Martha
Olsen, Vivian Panchot, Eliza
beth Renshaw, Helen Rock
ney, Lillian C. Smith, Medora
A. Ward and June E. Whitt
lieb.
Elks assisting in the install
ation were Leon Johnson,
Johh Gibbons, Orrin Kimball,
Florian Briner, Maurice Gun
derson and Ray Boggs.
District, Base
Get New COs
Washington^)— The navy
has announced the transfer of
Rear Admiral Edgar A. Cruise
from sea duty to command of
the Alaskan Sea Frontier and
the 17th Naval District.
He relieves Rear Anmiral
C. A. F. Sprague, whose next
duty has not been announced.
Captain Robert C. Brixner
has assumed command of Ko
diak Naval Station relieving
CDR. George Koch who has
been in charge of the station
since the departure of Capt.
G. J. Dow. "
Mrs. Brixner accompanied ••
her husband here from his last
station which was at the office
of the Chief of Naval Opera
tion.
CDR. Koch will continue as
executive officer at KNS.
Vernon Northrop, assistant
secretary, and Otis Beasley,
director, division of budget
and finance, Department of
the Interior, were expected to
arrive in Kodiak this week.
[ Joseph T. Flakne, chief, of
fice of territories, Alaska divi
sion, wrote Lee C. Bettinger
the two men are on an inspec
tion trip of interior depart
ment offices and projects in
the territory.
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Drug Stores
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you and yours, let alone the inconvenience,
and probability of disastrous fire without
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