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KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 10, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Graduation i
Thursday
Ten Seniors, forming the larg
4 graduating class in the Kodi
jkbigh school's history, will re
live their diplomas at gradua
* tisn exercises to be held Thurs
jj,Mayl5,at8 pm, at the
(bminunity Baptist church.
Chaplain J. A. Whitman, NOB,
nil deliver the commencement
address, and Charles Nettle,
Indent of the school, board,
till present the diplomas.
Harold Naughton with the
l^hest scholastic record, will be
aaiedictorian, with William An
fcreon, second highest, present
jgthesalutatorian address.
Others in the graduating class
im Kay Wade, Theron Torger
bb, Herbert Spiegel, Shirlee
Huffly, Jacquelm Jones, Joseph
Beitman, Robert Blaisdell and
Mildred Bettinger.
Nineteen 8th graders will take
part in the commencement, as
rtU as the Baccalaureate. Servic
atobe he d Sunday evening,
May 11, also at the church.
Parents and friends are invit
k) to attend the exercises.
Miss Blanche Brillon has been
■med women’s softball com
jissioner for the Kodiak Com
mnity Center for the coming
Mson
All young women who want
loplavare requested to sign up
tith M'ss Brillon at the high
shoal or at Erskine’s after
school hours.
The schoolgronnd diamond
till Ire reserv d for feminine
players ou Thursday evenings
wd it is hoped to have a series
if games with girls at the base.
Ford Obtained
For Raffle
A new Ford 4-coor sedan has
teen obtained in Seattle for the
win prize of the big raffle to be
kid in connection with the 4th
•f July celebration in Kodiak.
As last year, the raffle is spon
torcd by the Rotary club, the
Weey going into a fund for the
fevelopment of a playground
The Kodiak Cornunity Center
•ill be reserved for craftwork
ilwses on Mondays—from 10
•m to 5 pm—according to an
•ttouicement today by Direc
tor Ken Wade.
Art classes, sketching, oil •
Hinting, bead-work, leatbercraft
Hd other craft skills will be,
Wlit by a crew of volunteer
totthers under the direction of
Wade.
Registration fee for the sum
•erwill be $1.50 per person. On
other fees wil 1 be the actua'
*>st of materials used
Affair Sunday
For Mothers
Mothers ot Kodiak will be the
honored guests at a Mother’s
Day Reception and Tea at the
Kodiak Community Center to
morrow (Sunday) afternoon at
3 o’clock. An interesting pro
gram of music and entertain
ment has been planned for the
affair.
Attractive souvenirs will be
given to many of the mothers
who attend and there will be
prize awards for the youngest
mother present, the mother who
has lived longest in Kodiak, and
the mother with the most child
ren present. Theatre tickets will
go to the first thirty mothers to
arrive.
Dr. C. C. Bailey will be the
speaker. Musical entertainment
will be provided by Cherie Mor
rison, vocalist, and Bea Malutin,
accordionist. Members of the
Community Center advanced
Junior dancing class will piesent
2 dance numbers and also will
act as hostesses.
Refreshments will be served
at the close of the program.
Jess Blinn Is
High Bowler
Results of the opening night
Saturday of the Kodiak 5 pin
bowling alley in the former
Blinn hull have been tallied and
Jess Blinn rolled high for the
men with 278 points. In the wo
men’s division Mrs. Roger Smith
was high with 201. Mr. Blinn’s
average for the night was 229
and Mrs. Smith’s 151. Prizes
were given by the Kodiak Book
Fair
League play is being organized
and anyone interested may
submit the team name and mem
bera for the first, league play.
Alley houis are 6 pm to 12 pm
weekdays and 1 pm to 12 pm on
Saturday and Sundays.
'fympha* C. Hanks, noted
blind lecturer of Heber, Utah,
will make a series of public ap
pearances in Kodiak May 16,
sponsored by the Rotary club
and BPW.
Collect $1100
A first report on the Red
Cro-,s canvass of Kodiak for the
annual fund drive shows that
local volunteer workers have
raised over $1100, Mrs. Merrill
Coon, drive chairman said to
day.
The report is not fully com
plete but little more will be
shown when the final report is
completed. The goal set for Ko
diak was $2500. During the war
one drive netted $19,000 and lo
cal goals have been set quite
h’gh since.
Kraft Dock
For Safe
Announcement of sale of the
former Kraft dock, now operat
ed by the city under a lease ar
rangement, is contained in an
announcement elsewhere in this
issue
Interested parties will have
| one month to make offers, except
priority holders, who must make
them within a ten day period
from May 10
Terms will be allowed, up to
20 per cent cash and the balanee
in ten equal installments, with
■4 per cent interest.
Insluded in the property, to
be sold as unit, is more than S
and a half acres of land, a water
right, and 19 structures. (For
full details, see page 4.)
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Bear Hunters
Are Busy
A 9 foot 8 inch bear was bag
ged on Uyak bay this week by
Ross D. Siragusa. multi- million
aire president of the Admiral
Radio corporation, who return
ed to Kodiak yesterday with
Charies Madsen, Kenneth Tur
ner, treasurer of the same com
pany got a 9 foot 6 inch bear,
and both men left yesterday by
PNA to return to Shicago.
Siragusa was enthusiastic
about the hunt, his first. His tro
phy was unusually dark, being
almo-t black Chafles Madsen
said it was the darkest one he
had ever seen.
Don W. Maxwell, of Odessa
Texas, who was on the same
party is still out.
George Petty, the famed art
ist and William M. “Buzz” Faw
cett, of Fawcett publications, al
so returned this week and left
yesterday for their homes m
Chicago and New York, respec
tively
Fawcett got his first bear, re
ported as 10 foot 2 inches, with
a beautiful pelt. It was Petty’s
fourth trip, and he didn’t shoot
a bear this time because be is
now only interested in record
breakers
Fawcett got his b'ar on i\ar
luk lake. They returned with
pilot Bob Hall, who went, back
with 2 more hunters arriving on
Wednesday’s plane; A Waseff
and Harry Altice, both of Chi
cago Depositing those hunters
nail started back with the Pet
ty party photogographer, Daniel
Mannix, but developed engine
trouble and had to call for aid
from Uganik. Another plane is
being called from Anchorage to
go there to help him out.
John Gibbons, local contractor
got a bear this week on Afognak
island.
Open House, Tea
On Hospital Day
In keeping with hospital tra
dition throughout the cauntry
the Grey Nuns wiilj hold open
bouse on Sunday, May 11, in
honor of annual Hospital Day
This yearly observance was
instituted to perpetuate the
memory of Florence Nightingale,
whose work among the sick and
wounded during the Crimean
War is so well known. She it was
who braved public opinion in
her Victorian world, to establish
the first school of nursing and to
fight so yaliantly for better hos
pitals and public health service.
Her long life was dedicated to
caring for the sick and preparing
and inspiring others to do so,
and her name is held in benedic
tion throghout the enti re world.
The Hospital will be open for
inspection from two to five
o’clock on Sunday afternoon
Tea will be served by the mem
bers of the Hospital Auxiliary.
Hospital Notes
Sandra CulbertsoD, 16 months
was treated for severe cold early
in the week.
August and Patrick Heitman
are occupying adjacent beds,
both suffering from tonei lit is
Helen Knagin was admitted
for medical treatment on Thurs
day.
M. D. Lang, employed by the
Alaska Packers’ Association at
Chignik, is a patient at the hos
pital since Monday
Garden Clubs Meet
The Kodiak and NOB Gat den
Clubs held a joint meeting May
3 at the base, with the respec
tive presidents, Mrs. Alice Given
and Mrs. Myrtle Rosdter pre
siding
A talk was presented by
Chaplain J. A. Whitman, gard
ening officer, and others taking
part in the program included
Mrs. Edna Kraft, Mrs. Bea Na
chtweih Mrs Leo Davis and
Mrs. Alice Meyer. Refreshments
were served after the meeting
Clinic Announced
An orthopedic clinic will he
held at Kodiak May 24, for Ko
diak and island children. The lo
cal chapter of the Alaska Crip
pled Children’s association will
aid in the clinic, and will pay lor
board foi 2 crippled children be
ing btought here by Nurse Mar
ion Cutis to be examined. A
home is sought where the 2
children may be kept a few
days.
Nurse Curtis arranged for
from 7 to lb chihben to be pres
ent lor examinations.
Those taking part in the cl nic
will be Dr. Catherine S. Sher
wood and Mrs Regina Mendel.
Plane Goes
Off Runway
A C-54, arriving at the navy
base Wednesday at 6:30 from
Adak overshot the runway and
crashed in Chiniak bay but a
broken jaw suffered by one of
the 24 aboard was the oniy seri
ous injury, although several
were treated for cuts and bruis
es.
The plane overshot the north
south runway, running off the
south end before coming to a
stop. The runway ends with a
30-foot drop to the locky beach
below, and the plane dropped j
over the end, coining to rest
with its nose and left wing ia
the shallow water of the bay
The pilot, Lt. R. T. Hutsell,
was trapped m the crushed front
end but was cut loose after sev
eral minutes by rescue squads
under the direction of Capt. JR.
C. Sutliff. He received only mi
nor injuries.
Of the IS passengers, includ- i
ing military and civilian person- ,
nel, and 6 crewmen, the follow
ing were treated at the dispen
sary for cuts aud bruises!
Ensign Richard P. Kuapton, |
ARM D. H. Sawain, ACMM R
E. Workman, AMM P. L How
ard, J. V. Sucedo, S 1-c, and J
C. Price and F. W. Weaver, the
latter 2 civilians.
The mau with the broken jaw
was treated at the dispensary
and was then down to Seattle
about 2 hours later His name :
was not available
Young wompn of Kodiak are i
invited to a'tend an enlisted \
personnel dance at the NOR ;
Red Cross social center tonight, j
A Navy bus will leave the Com- j
tnuniiy Center at 7:45.
Julia Pond, of New Brunswick.
Canada, a recent arrival on the
Denali, will be employed in the
office at McConaghy’s cannery
this Season. Miss Pond is a
niece of Mrs McConaghy
Supplies Sent
To Old Harbor
Old Harbor village on Kodial
island which recently suffer
ed a flu epidemic that took 5
lives, was the recipient this week
of some relief supplies furnished
through the Welfare Agency
with funds supplied by the Red
Cross
To a list of families whose
names were furnished by nurse
Mai ion Curtis, who attended to
the needs of ihe village during
the epidemic, went 15 cases of
milk and 15 pints of cod liver
oil.
The shipment left Tuesday on
B>b von S'hreles' mail boat.