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Nightingale of the North
The record of the United States Coast Guard in service !
and protection to the Territory of Alaska is one of the finest
of all the government services.
A case this week illustrates our point. The village of
Perryville on the Alaskan Peninsula was stricken with a
whooping cough epidemic. It requested medical aid and assist
ance. Despite the distance and the unpredictable weather
along the chain the Coast Guard delivered the serum as well
as a Navy doctor and hospital corpsman to give aid to the
stricken village.
In the Coast Guard’s “books” the deed is probably listed
as routine. To the villagers of Perryville it must have seemed
like a benevolent act of God.
In the past the Coast Guard has made countless missions
of a similar nature. We who have witnessed or heard of many
such acts are prone to accept them as routine too.
Every Alaskan should take pride in the record of ac
complishments such as that the Coast Guard performed this
week.
We should also actively and verbally express our apprec
iation to the men who comprise such a fine branch of the U. S.
service.
Miss Marco Kiilsgaard, for
mer Kodiak first grade teach
er, will teach kindergarten at
Ladd Field at Fairbanks this
year. She has been attending
school in the states since leav
ing here in the summer of
1950.
Four suits for divorce have
been filed in District Court.
They are as follows: Tina
Reft from Albert Reft; Edna
Drey from Joseph Drey; Don
na E. Dahl from Arthur Dahl;
and Olive Joan Erickson from
Walter Erickson.
New Projects
Would Help Town
The first principle in the
democratic way of life is to j
vote, Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
told the Rotary Club Tuesday
following the regular weekly
luncheon at the Montmartre
Inn.
Mayor Bettinger outlined
briefly the financial, social i
and cultural advantages that |
would result from Kodiak’s >
acquisition of a modern school |
building and an adequate wat
er and sewer system.
He told of the work done,
here and in Washington in an
effort to acquire government
approval of the two projects I
the city and Independent
School District hope to see
uuiii. in tiie near luiure.
In urging the club members
to vote for the city bond issue
and the ISD bond issue, he
pointed to the increase in pop.'
ulation that would result from j
the two units because of the
increase to the local payroll. I
A public meeting will be
held Thursday, Sept. 27, pre- ■
ceding the election of Oct. 22
to explain the bond issue and
to answer questions, Mayor
Bettinger said.
Guests attending the meet
ing were Orin Kuhnley, sup
erintendent of the Whiz-Hal
terty cannery; W. L. Smith of
the Bank of Kodiak; Sanford
Saari, RFC representative
from Seattle; Harry R. Fore
hand, Seattle, Cmdr. George
Koch, USN, Kodiak Naval
Station, Rev. Norman L.
Smith, skipper of the Evan
gel, Rev. Fred Crozier of A
fognak, George Wick, school
teacher, Capt. C. H. Duborg,
USS, Charley Hack, Cuyaga,
Indiana, 0. Smith, manager
of the officers’ club at KNS,
I and visiting Rotarian Peter
Frandsen of Oroville, Calif.
HEALTH
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Health is our most precious asset.
To keep it, Kodiak must have a good water supply and an
enlarged sewer system.
Our city officials have worked long and hard to make these
possible. They can be had by voting for them on October 2.
The city only has to pay one-half the cost. Even that will
be spread over 20 years with a small 2% interest rate. The bonds \
will be held by a friendly federal agency. A real bargain!
Vote YES on October 2.
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Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Ssattle(.-P)— An agreement
for ending the waterfront
strike at Seward was reported
yesterday.
Albin L. Peterson, federal
labor conciliator, now at Sew
ard reported a settlement was
reached during Thursday
night.
The week-long longshore
men’s strike got underway a
week ago when workers de
manded a 46% wage different
ial to cover the cost of living
contract which was signed in
June and provided a 15% diff
erential.
Washington (A1) The gov
ernment raised the canners’
price on Alaska red salmon,
explaining: that the higher
ceiling price was expected to
make up an expected loss be
cause of the small pack this
year.
The new ceiling amounts tc
slightly more than a 10 per
cent boost. This raises the
price of salmon from $29 tc
$32 on the 48, one pound tall
cans. Alaska red salmon FOB
Seattle is raised from $30 to
$33 on one pound flat cans and
$58 to $19.25 on half pound
cans.
Hospital News
Medical attention: Mrs.
Margaret Lightfoot, Mrs.
Henrietta Hawkey, Mrs. Car
oline Miller, Mrs. Mary Shera
tine, Mrs. Angelina LaLande,
Alex McPhee, Jackie Healey.
Clyda Matfay, Nick Inga.
A bill of sale for a four
room house from C. H. Gund
lach to Stanley Paul and Ven
i Cries McNallen has been re
corded. The property is situa
ted on U. S. Survey 444, RG1V
of Tract G.
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Six Fishermen
Receive Fines
, Six fishermen received fines
totaling $175 recently when
they pled guilty in U.S. Com
■ missioner’s court to the pos
session of an illegal size mesh
i lead.
The complaint was signed
by Roy Lindsley, FVVS en
i forcement agent. The men, A.
0. Christenson, Robert Rein
stra, A. N. Howard Sherman
i E. Paulson. Charles E. Stone,
Jr. and Clarence Reynolds
were arrested in Deadman
Bay on July 4.
| Christenson, skipper of the
1 boat, paid a $50 fine. The re
maining five men each paid
1 $25.
APW, Health Dept.
OK City Plans
j The engineering firm of
i Hubbell and Waller of Seattle
! has wired the city council that
the Alaska Public Works and
: the Territorial Department of
I Health have approved the pre
liminary plans for the new
water and sewer system for
^ Kodiak.
j The city plans to purchase
the new system from the APW
provided Kodiak voters place
their stamp of approval on a
proposed bond issue October
j 2, when the general city elec
• tion is held.
Two religious movies, pro
; duced by the Moody Institute
' of Science, will be sponsored
by the Youth Fellowship at
; the Community Baptist
Church.
The date of their showing
depends on the arrival of the
film in Kodiak, the Rev. R. N.
Wilkinson said yesterday.
Titles of the films are To
Every Creature and The Voice
of the Deep. The public is in
vited.
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