"News of oAmencas Last Frontier”
|0U 7 NO. 27
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 6, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Derby Day
Extended
Eighty eager enthusiasts en
,«r«d Kcdiak’s Second Salmon
Evby last Sunday. From early
■awning till 5 pm. they fanned
over waters from CaDe
Jfcniee to Cape Chiniak and us
ed all the lures and scientific
pdgets designed to induce fish
te bite. They trolled from all
M«ner of boats, floats, skiffs
•ad dories—two of them even
(relied from an airplane. One of
A* entrants, Marshal Paul
■erring, estimated that the fish
•mb and fisherwomen spent
100man-hours seeking the wily
iL.
j
a* J/.UJ., nutu vuw juugvo
tloaed their books, the eighty en
trants had caught two tish! It
was a complete victory for the
denizens of the sea. The lucky
two were Johnny Cheaslek who
caught a 9 p<>und 6 ounce fish
■ear middle Bay, and Maurice
(Sanderson who captmed a four
and a half pounder in the chan
nel, Cheaslek's fish earned him
S35 00 in cash and a case of
Tboeer Minced Sea Clams don
ated by Frank McConaghy.
Gunderson received a $25 00 war
bond from the Bank of Kodiak.
With a sockfull of cash and a
doaen p:izes still on their hands,
the Salmon Derby Committee
announced immediately that a
Consolation Derby will be held
tomorrow (Sunday) All entrants
vko competed in the Derby last
Sunday automatically will be
eligible for tomorrow’s competi
tion New entries will be ac
cepted all day today at Knud
ko’s Kodak Fountain and the
Community Center and at the
Derby Headquarters at McCon
agby's Cannery tomorrow until
Spm Fish must be turned into
the judges fo> weighing not later
Clean 5pm
Four rash jackpots and a dor
«a prise awards—ranging in val
ue from $J 50 to $26.00—will be
awarded the lucky fisheimen;
eht committee hopes.
Rummage Sale
Ends Today
'n»e rummage sale sponsored
hy the Bapti-t church Women’s
Society goes into its last day to.
dhy at the Victory < afe, and to
enable late shoppers to attend
it will be open uotil 10 tonight.
For sale are all types of
clothing from infant’s to adult’s
and other articles, much of it
■ew mate ial and all at bargain
prices. Mis. P. J Watkinson is
chairman for the sale
Mrs Virginia Tesarik has
been added to the staff of vol
unteers at the Kodiak Commun
al Lib ary.
Cecilia King
Young Sailoi
Any < ne of the love
ly candidates would
have made a fitting
queen but a choice had
to be naade and to
Cecilia King, eharm
mg 19-year-oia Brunette, goes
the coveted honor of reigning as
Kodiak Queen for 1947.
Interest in the contest was in
tense until the last announce
ment Tuesday evening by Kea
Wade, master of ceremonies, as
tickets poured in on a committee
counting them in the Victory
cafe. Positions in the race chang
ed in several instances but Cecilia
maintained a lead tbart began the
week befoie to end at the top
with 240,400 votes. Queen Cecilia
was sponsored by O Kraft & Son.
Young Betty Kizer. sponsored
by the Rotary club, took second
place honois with 158,400, fol
lowed by Cherie Morrison, Public
Works Metal Shcp candidate,
with 131,100. Rita Gustaveson,
sponsored by Drake Puget
Sound, placed in the lop 4 with
111,300.
At the completion of the vote
count Tuesday evening Queen
Cecilia 1 was introduced to the
crowd in front of the Orpheum
theatre, along with the other
contestants who were present
The placing of a jewelled golden
crown on the queen’s b ow was
done by Mayor Lee Betliuger
after the queen had a good cry
with the aid of a handkerchief
borrowed from the mayor. Fath
er Fink presented aifts to all the
contestants.
Queen Cecilia was born in Ko
diak and attended school here
and ha - never t>een to the States
She is the daughter of Father C
K. King, letired former priest of
the Russian church. Sbe and a
sister had made boat reservations
to go to Seattle last year but the
trip was cancelled on the death
of their mother
A round trip plane ticket from
Kodiak to Seattle, provided
thr ough the courtesy of Northern
Airlines, goes to the queen, and
she plans to leave next Friday
and hopes to stay a month. Iu
Seattle she will visit 3 sisters and
a brother; two of the sisters she
has never seen as they had left
Kodiak tie tore she was boin.
Tohmor the queen a public
reception will be given by her
friends at, the Community Center
tomorrow (Sunday) evening,
starting at 8:30.
All of Queen Cecilia’s many
friends are cordially invited and
there will be dancing and enter
tammen and a buffet served by
a omni'itee of local uaat'ons.
G. VV, Bubendorf, local repre
sentative of Northern Airlines,
donors of the transportation and
Is Queen;
r Wins Car
Everybody went to bed Tues
day evening sorry because they
didn’t win the Pontiac in the
St. Mary’s Catholic church
raffle—including the sailor who
won it, but didn’t know it!
Blindfolded Queen Cecilia I
drew the lucky number (4054)
at 9 pm and cries of disappoint
ment rose from the crowd when
the address of the winner was
read as Mirimar, Calif. Alternates
drawn were Roy Snyder and Joe
Heitman, Jr.
Holder of the lucky number
was Max Gruetzner, AETM-2,
with a naval photographic squa
dron at the base, who had put
the home base in California on
his ticket as his address. Max
was not present at the drawing,
in fact, had never visited Kod
iak.
That night, he ere he went to
bed at the base he asked some
one who bad won the car, and
they told him a lieutenant by a
similar name, wbo they mistak
enly believed had won it
It was not until the next mor
ning when frieuds began con
g atulating him that he a-ked
j permis ion to come to town to
check on it, and learned defiu
itely that the car was his
Max, who is 19 years old, ar
rived at the ba e 3 weeks ago
with only $3 in bis pocket. The
first day an officer approached
him to sell him some tickets.
Max said be didn’t want to buy
any, but took one and promptly
forgot about it.
What to do about the car wa
no prob'em for Max. He is due
to get out of the Navy in March,
and had been worrying about
financial details of going to
school again. He attended the
University of Michigan 3 years,
majoring in ohemical engineer
ing, before enteriog the service
Now be has put the car up for
sale, and plans to use the money
to finish his education.
Max’s parents live in Roches
ter, N. Y , and he called them
long distance to share his good
news with them.
Ticket sales in the raffle were
the largest of any conducted
here, amounting to $9522. After
expenses over $6000 is expected
to be realized for the Ga*holic
church, a portion of which w ll
pay the indebtedness on the
present church building, the re
inainder to go toward a new
building
hotel accommodations in Seattle,
will attend and make a forma1
presentation of Queen Cecilia’s
tickets and reservations at the
Mayflower hoh*l
(Final queen ts’ly page 7.)
Freighter Due
The Alaska Steamship freight
er Coastal Monarch is due at the
base Sunday and id town that
evening or Monday morning,
Viola Sipprell, acting agent, re
ported today.
It has 213 tons of ireight for
Kodiak, including 4 cars, a cow
for T. T. Jackson and some hogs
for Swede Breckburg.
First Fall
Hunts Start
Witn the opeDiDg of the bear
season Sept. 1 came reports of
the first hunting party of the
season.
Charles Madsen, local guide,
left Monday with the first group,
consisting of Dr. and Mrs. M. D.
Garred, of Kentucky, and Hel
ene Fischer, who has hunted,
written and photographed in
Europe, Africa and North Amer
ica
Dr. and Mrs. Darted arrived
on the Denali.
Miss Fischer, arrived here
Sunday by PNA, after a trip to
the Arctic for color and picture?.
She was born in Switzerland and
still has an accent. Owner of a
ranch in the Southwest, her
work has appeared in national
magazines and she took the
photographs for a recent work
ob American ski spots, "Skiing
East and West ”
Miss Fischer said she had kill
ed Canadian grizzlies but that
shehadhtard the Kodiaks ate
much tougher and she wants to
find out
The party left Monday after
noon for Uyak bay.
Dance Postponed
The Barn Dance advertised on
page 2 by the VFW Club and
scheduled for tonight has bten
postponed until next Saturday,
Sept. 13, Lynn Markham, club
steward, announced ttday
The change was necessary lie
cause of the postponment to to
night of the dinuer for the Con
gressional statehood party.
Property transactions recorded
this week included:
Arthur Lev'ne to Bank of Ko
diak, residence, Lot 21 Block 14,
$2500.
Jorgen Fredrickson to Don'
Buchanan, frame building Lot |
12 Block 3, $490.
Zenia Gioosnickle to Tom Wil
liams, shack on Mission road,
$200.
Ragner Hansen to Una Han
sen. Lot 17 Block 19
Chock Johnson, owner of
Chuck’s & I .ill’s cate, announced
that he has made arrangements
to sell it to Mrs. Grayce High
tower.
Statehood
Meet Today
The House Subcommittee ou
Territorial and Insular Possess
ions of the Public Lands Com
mittee, originally due heie yes
terday, will arrive today at 1
pm, according to word received
late Thursday by Mayor Lee
Bettinger.
At the request of the com
mittee a hearing on statehood,
and on "any other subject of in
terest” to local citizens, will be
held from 3 to 5 pm at the Kod
iak Community Center. The
public is invited to attend but
all who desire to testify should
sign un ahead of time with May
or Bettinger, Vic Ellis, or Jack
Hinckel, so time may bealloted.
If desired, written reports may
be prepared for submission to
the committee.
The dinner set for last night
will be held tonight at the VFW
Club, with cocktails beginning
at 6i30 and dinner served at
7:30 Registrations for the din
ner indicate a large attendance.
At last reports the visiting
group will consist of the follow
ing:
Congressman Fred Crawford
of Michigan
Congressman Clair Engle,
Calif,
Congressman P E. Peden,
Okla
Congressman & Mrs J J Y.
I.eFevre. N Y.
Congressman and Mrs E. H.
Jenisou & son, 111
Delegate Bob Bartlett, Jo-eph
T. Flasne, George Sundborg,
consultant of he Alaska Devel
opment board; a Mr. Howe, of
ihe Denver Post; and iwo Aiiuy
intelligence officers of the Alaska
Depa-tment, Lt Col M. M Ir
vine and Capt. Tin mas Hu> h
ins.
School Enrollment
Reaches 283
Total enrollment for school
this year is 283 students, School
Superintendent Thomas Utter
back announced today.
Late registra1 ions are expected
to increase the figure, and may
bring it above last year’s total or
287, despite the loss of some
students at the base where 4
years of high school are being of
fered for the first time.
This year’s enrollment is div
ided between the grades, with
231, and the nigh school with 52
Largest class is the 4th grade,
with 42 students.
Pharmacist's mates are liavii g
a dance tonight at the base and
all town girls are invited.
Transportation will leave the
center at 7 30.