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"oAffTOS of (America's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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Kodiak Take A Bow
The First Annual Convention of the League of Alaskan
Cities ended officially Tuesday evening with a banquet that
well expressed the graciousness and hospitality of Alaska’s
oldest settlement and one of the newest and progressive in
corporated cities.
The city was honored to be host to such an organization
and further honored by having Lee C. Bettinger. mayor of
Kodiak for the past five years, elected president of tha League
for the coming year.
The delegates, from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Seward,
Cordova and Seldovia. and representatives of the various ter
ritorial departments were lavish in iheir praise of the wel
come they received.
Kodiak residents, Kodiak Naval Station officers, local
merchants, the Elk’s Club, Chamber of Commerce and Mr.
and Mrs. A1 Miller deserve a hearty thank you for their work
and effort that made the convention a success.
Jorgen Fredrickson, owner
$>f the Log Cabin Liquor Store,
returned to Kodiak Thursday
after spending several weeks
in the states.
Fairbanks (A*)—District At
torney Everett Hepp said an
investigation into an alleged
shortage of $13,800 in postal
funds at Point Barrow was
under way.
David K. Brower, member
of a prominent Arctic family
is postmaster of the Northern
most American settlement.
j Mary Loundree is employed
at Kraft’s Dry Goods Depart
| ment.
A floating cannery owned
' by Ted Fuller, formerly of
Cordova, arrived in Kodiak
last week. The cannery plans
to engage in crab canning
! operations here this fall.
j
j In a Notice to Mariners the
j U. S. Coast Guard announced
| that Daybeacon 20 in the
! channel entrance to Women’s
Bay was damaged beyond
j recognition and wouid be re
moved as soon as practicable.
DEPOSITORS LIKE 2%
On August 18 we announced that
savings deposits had risen to $817,000, a
new high record for Kodiak.
To-day they amount to $920,000,
another all time record. Our depositors
seem to like 2% interest paid on savings,
with the safety of insurance in the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Closed every Thursday
Hanking service ai N. O. B.f Fridays, Old Administration Building, 5:00 0:80 P M
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
LtllfcR 1 G EDITOR
October 29, 1951
Dear Lditor:
Read your “Public Opinion
Wanted” of October 20 last.
My husband was a City Fire
man for the past three years
of a city ? times the size of
Kodiak, before he was re
called to active duty.
Needless to say, your Sep
tember P. D. record is not
envious. But, look further at
the P. D. blotter dated Sep
tember 22. A civilian misde
meanor had $100 bail a Navy
man with the same charge
had $200 bail! Was the offense
twice as bad for the Navy
man? Another instance, a
woman’s bail was $25, another
Navy man with the same:
charge brought $150 bail! Was
his offence six times as bad?
Or, does the city need its cof
fers refiled?
More investigation «f in
dividual cases could be given
prior to trial with lower bail
in order to assure the truth be
brought to light.
“Just” . . . according to
Webster, in part, says: “equi
table in the distribution of
justice.”
What effect has your P. D.
had upon the local merchants
business the past two months?
Laxity? No! But lets not go
hog-wild with a book of tic
kets. Men have had power
without losing their sense of
values.
When Base personnel can
come to town and see the local
inhabitants drinking in the
streets, just what are they to
think? (Scene: Downtown Ko
diak October 24, 1951, 4:45
pm)
A policeman’s firearm is his
badge of office. The firearm
itself is harmless! It is the in
dividual who is either right or
wrong.
I want my children to re
spect and consider the police
man his friend, but if I have
to live in a town where the
P. D. follow my car day and
night I might as well go
further west.
I [signed]
D. B. G.
I
I
G. I. Payments Made
J Latest reports from the
j Veterans Administration is
j that payment on the second
G. I. Insurance dividend is on
schedule.
The VA claims that one
half of the eight million
cheks have been placed in the
mail. However, few veterans
in Kodiak have received the
second check.
G. L insurance policies
eligible to share in the se
, cond dividend payment are
those that have been kept in
force for three months or
longer, between their an
niversary dates in 1948 and
the corresponding dates in
1951.
Veterans are not required to
file applications for the second
| dividend. Payment of the
: eight million policies is sche
jduled to be completed for
April 1952.
LETTER TO EDITOR
(Editor’s note: The follow
ing letter was mailed to the
council. The MIRROR received
a copy from Rev. R. N.
Wilkinson)
October 31, 1951
To the Mayor and Council
Kodiak, Alaska
Dear Sirs:
A community is made up of
a great many different per
sonalities and attitudes, yet
the good community is one in
which differences are moulded
into a force working for the
moral gooe of all. Our elected
and appointed public officers
fulfill their responsibilities in
whatsoever measure they
make this principle real in
their deliberations. It is our
feeling that the forces for
moral betterment should back
every worthy effort in that
direction. Therefore, we of the
Board of Deacons of the Com
munity Baptist Church would
commend you for the worthy
accomplishments of the past
and we would encourage you
in every good effort in which
you may engage for the im
provement of our community.
May the blessing of God
rest upon you in all of your
work for a better Kodiak.
Very sincerely yours,
Rowland N. Wilkinson
Pastor
William W. Stone
Chairman, Bd. of Deacons
Hospital News
BIRTHS: *
To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A.
Fannin, a son. Oct. 29, weight
8 lbs., 5 oz., Dennis Eugene.
■ Medical Attention: James
. Martz, Wallace Rask, Tom
^ Nelson.
j NOTICE
| Digging across roads will be
I limited to necessary work
'only from Nov. 1, 1951
j through April 15. Special per
mission must be obtained from
I A. R. C. for any future cross
ings. 11-1C
i P. H. Stover, foreman
| Alaska Road Comm.
NOTICE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Office of the Auditor
Juneau
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
I, NEIL F. Moore, Auditor of the Territory of
Alaska, and custodian of corporation records for said
Territory, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that there has been
filed in this office on the 2nd day of October, 1951, the
written consent of all the stockholders of the KODIAK
HOTEL COMPANY, a corporation organized and exist
ing under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of
Alaska, to the dissolution of said corporation.
THEREFORE, in view of the above premises. I
DO FURTHER CERTIFY that the Kodiak Hotel Com
pany , a corporation, is dissolved, pursuant to Title 36,
Chapter 1, Section 146, Alaska Compiled Laws Annota
ted, t949, upon the filing in this office of the proper proof
of publication of this certificate.
(Official Seal of the IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF
Auditor of the Ter- I have hereunto set my hand
ritory of Alaska.) and affixed my official seal, at
Juneau, the Capital, this 2nd
day of October, A.D., 1951.
NEIL F. MOORE.
Auditor of Alaska
Kegglers Corner
With all the leagues hitting
their stride the past week,
many bowlers jumped off to a
good start.
The Firemen having bowled
six games and winning five
are out in front in the mens
division. George Magnusen,
their inspirational manager
and captain has a fine record
established with on average
of 21o for the six games
; played.
I The girls in white blouses
with the wcrd “GIL’S” on
back seem to be doing justice
for their sponsor by copping
all but two of their league en
counters thus far.
Nadine Lumdsen with an
average of 210 has set a very
high goal for the girls to out
do. Nadine bowls with Gil’s
i team.
Cecilia Carpenter has bowl
ed the high individual game
in the womens league with
248.
i For the men Tommy Ren
‘ shaw is high with 254 pins for
one game.
Juneau—The Office of Price
Stabilization amended the
General Ceiling Price Regula
tions specifically exempting
Christmas trees from price
control.
In issuing this exemption,
OPS noted that like the other
exempt products, Christmas
trees have certain characteris
tics which make the applica
tion of ceiling prices frozen at
base period levels inequitable
or impracticable.
NOTICE
Kodiak residents are urged
to boil all drinking water. The
chlorinator at the tank is be
ing repaired.
1 _
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of
the Kodiak volunteer tire de
l partment Nov. 5, in the fire
j hall at 7 pm. All members are
! urged to attend this import
| ant meeting. 11-5.