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"gf'fews off America’s Last frontier _
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Center Program
Today.— (Saturday)
6:80 Men's softball,schoolgrda,
6:00 Dance
LIBRARY CLOSED
Sunday:—
Open I pm
3:00 to 5:00 Iibrary open.
Mrs. Floyd Cook
7:00 Ping-pong championship
Monday:—
10 to 4 Craft classes
2:()t> pm Junior Folk Dancing
(omples only)
G:30 pm Softball,school grnds
(Women’s)
7 to 9 library Open
Esther Wiley
Tuesday:—
10:00 on Craft classes
2:00 Jr. Folk dancing (adv.)
6:30 pm Softball (men)
7 to 9 Library open
Margaret Lightfoot
8:15 American Legion & Aux
diary meeting
Wednesday:—
2:00pm Beginners folk-dancing
(under 12)
3 to 5 & 7 to 9 Library open
Sister Hilary - Audrey Kraft
Bertha Saeman
9:00 pm Square dancing
Thursday:—
2:00 Adv. Jr. Folk-danoing
6:30 pm Women’s Softball
7-9 l ibrary open
Marion Curtis
7 30 Adult leathercraft class
8:30 Bingo (adults)
Friday:—
2 00 Beginners Folk dancing
(under 12)
7 to 9 Libre ry open
Dorothy Clark
7:00 Oil Painting class
(Paul Bond)
9:00 pm Pot O' Gold Dance
Receipt of a number of attract
ive new children’s books was re
ported by the Kodiak Commun
ity Library at the Community
Center this week.
All of the fiction and mystery
stoiies in the several thousand
book collection at the library are
now on the shelves in alphabeti
cal order according to authoiS
and work is progressing on the
task of sorting aod cataloguing
the non-fiction.
Kodiak’s fast Communiiy
Center softball team will play
three games in the NOB League
duiing the coming week.
The Bears will meet the Fleet
Weather nine on Saturday (Ju
ly ft) evening. Next Tuesday
they play the Civilian Club pas
timers and on Wednesday will
tangle with the PCS 1400 team.
The squad will leave the Com
munity Ceuter at 6 pm on each
of the above evenings. All inter
ested softball pla\ers are cordial
ly invited to make the trips
The Townies scored their sec
ond win of the week Thursday
night when th y defea ed the
Marines, 3 to 2, in a sparkling
eame Jack Wagner’s home run
scoring Elmer Ltean ahead of
him, won the game for the
I cals
The paitv of 8 tourists arrived
on schedule Sunday, t) be met
by one of Kodiak’s sunniest
SAFETY DEPOSIT SERVICE
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We have safety deposit boxes for
rent at a small cost where your War
Savings Bonds, Insurance policies,
Other valuable papers or jewelry are
protected from fire or other losses.
days.
Taken in hand by a Chamber
of Commerce committee headed
by James Martz, the group were
shown local points of interest,,
including the site of the old Rus-|
sian mill near Mill bay.
On Sunday evening the group
were guests at a special dinner
at the VFW club. The party left
on Monday via PNA.
General District
Still Closed
The general district and Kar
luk still remain closed to com
mercial salmon fishing, Mareus
Meyer, agent for the Fish &
Wildlife service, said today.
The Red River area opened
Monday, and is remaining open
indefinitely. It is reported there
are "more boats than fish” in
the area.
The Chignik area will close to*
night at 6 pm to reopen at 6 am
July 14. Alitak will also open at
6 am on July 5.
James Martz, new president of
.the Rotery club presided at his
first meeting Tuesday at the
VFW club
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson gave a
short talk on the objects of Rot
ary, one of a series on Rotary
pr.nciples.
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed Otto Vokarek, Los Angeles;
John C. Hughes attorney, M.
James, assistant director of the
Fish and Wildlife service, of
Washington, DC. T Smith,
game warden of Chignik, Will
iam fliagston, fish buyer for the
Washington Fi?h and Oyster
company, and Bob Johnson, son
of Dr Johnson.
Lyman Allen, former school
principal at Ken^i, Homer and
Seldevia, has been named as sup
erintendent of the new Territor
ial school at Fort Riehardson. He
is a brother to Mrs Lorena Fiz
er and Mrs Farnces Patterson of
this city.
Walter Sipprell, local Alaska
Steam bip agent, left by plane
Monday for Seward, for a con
ference with officials of the com
pany who are arriving there from
Seattle
De'ails of Mr. Sipprell's ex
pected transfer to Seward will
be among the things discussed.
John C. Hughes, local attorney
has opened an office in the small
| building on S Brooklyn which is
adjacent to the C. C Naughton
residence, it was formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Naughton when
he was commissioner.
Bill Erskioe engineer on a
boat at Port Williams arrived
here yesterday by plane to visit
his father W J. Erskioe
for
MUSTERQLF
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Subs On Cruise
Will Visit Kodiak
Four Pacific fleet submarines
and a sub-tender will leave Pearl
Harbor in mid-July for a 2-mouth
training cruise in.Arctic waters
The vessels will cruise in the
Bering and Chuckhee seas
The vessels are expected to
visit Adak, Kodiak, Seward and
Juneau.
The group includes the tender
Nereus, sub Boarfish, based at
San Diego, and subs Cabezon,
Caiman and Kand Chub, based
at Pearl Harbor.
Mr. and Mrs. nharle^ M
and daughter returned to Kodi*h
Wednesday via PNA after a vac
ation trip that took them to
Portland and Seattle.
They saw the George Blinn’t
in Auburn, where George cot
has a sporting goods store. U
Anchorage they ran into Bill
Lewis, who is doing garbap
'hauling. They also saw the Jot
Loughran’s. making preparation!
for a drive down the Alcan high
way.
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