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Pacific Northern
Airlines
(There was no plane Sunday)
'INCOMING:
Jack King, Burlingame, Flor
ence Eby, Vernon Bali Ira Dun
egam,.Hansen, Ruth Wadsworth,
Bernard Uminiski, Mable Davis,
Nellie Johnson, Mrs 8 S & Jan
ice Finley Miss Stewart, Viola
Daniels, B J & Mary Congatelli,
C V.Abbott, Mrs St. Claire, Ed
ward Pagano, Veronica smith,
Mrs. Lynn Rasmussen, Buute,
JVrford, J H Weritland, Eugene
Buckner, Vernon Ball, Arvilla
Undermnd.
OUTGOING:
S A Nave, Walter Savikko, W
J fiohneider, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Parrott, Robert, Tony, Rosabell
& Donald Parrott, George Ven
ard, Fred Willets, Mr. & Mrs. B
W McCormick, Doug Lohse
NOTICE
We, the undersigned, wish to
express our sincere appreciation
to everyone who so graci rnslj
donated funds or personal ser
vice, or both, which made possi
We the beautiful funeral arrange
■•ents for Mrs. Cecil R King
The balance of funds was pie
sented to Father King to be us
ed for erection of a suitabli
monument, or as be may de^n
best.
Mrs John Hubley
Kia Lund
Claudia Kilgoie
The city council has votei
that a letter of appreciation hi
sent to Captain R R. Sutliff
commandant, NOB-NAS, for thi
recent Navy donation to the
Community Center.
No decision has yet been made
on replacements on the police
force, the police committee re
poits. Police Chief Belmont Mc
Cormick and Patrolman Leo R.
Davis both resigned recently.
Henry Gonzales is acting chief
and William Wilson is the other
I member of the force as it now
stands
Two applications for the j
chief’s job have been reoeived
from Edwin Longcor, bus driver,
and Keith Cofer, formerly a
member of a Navy shore patrol
unit.
George Magnusen will be add
ed to the police force as a pat-j
rolmaa beginning today, L. K.
Wodlinger, chairman of the pol
ice committee, announced yester
day
j Magnusen, who resigned asj
' police chief earlier this year, is
* also slated to take Jack All
I man’s p'ace as fire chief.
, Au open house fo members
I of the Volunteer Fire Depart
i ment and their guests will be
held Sunday, from 3 pm, in hon
or of retiring chief Jack Allman.
The at'lair will be held at the
Firehall
i _
1 Juanita Savoy was off work
this week at the Island Fountain
after severely cutting her finger
in an ice cream making machine
She had turned the machine off,
but put her h»nd in it before the
' blades had stopped whirling
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, O. A Torgerson was named
i chairman of a committee tc
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study the facts of (he steamship
problem and possible solutions.
The appointment was made by
V. G. Ellis, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, at the
luncheon Thursday- A long dis
cussion was held on the strike
situation and its effects.
Frank Beals and Marcus
Meyer are building a new struct
ure on the Fish & Wildlife
grounds opposite the Russian
church, to be used as an office
building.
Lt. Edward Day, son of Myr
na Perkins, paid a surprise visit
Wednesday from Anchorage, to
see his wife and child and moth
er. A family dinner was held for
him at the John Gibbous resi
dence.
You can go to the Polar Bear,
Victory, Casino, Belmont and
Jack’s restaurants and find good
steaks, fried chieken and a big
wholesome meal.
At Chuck’s & Lill's, the Is
land fountain and Knudsen’s you
can get the most delicious sand
wiches
At the Club Montmartre and
Beachcombers between 8 pm and
the wee hours, you can find
course dinners and all that goes
with them
But there’s only one place on
Kodiak Island where you can be
served Different 3h'nese Dishes,
Mexican, Creole, Italian and
French dishe3—also delicious
sandwiches & soft drinks—and
that’s the Good Eatin’ YUM
YUM, at 232 So Brooklyn Ave.
(Closed Mondays.) (adv.)
Election of officers by the
American Legion was held Tues
day night at the Community
Center, with the following chos
en:
Commander, Reuben Tesarik;
Vice Commander, Bill Bailey;
Adjutant, Eugene Erwin; Ser
'geantat arms, Kenneth Berg;
Chaplain, ChaWes Ruch
I L J Norman, past command
eer, and Ren Russell were chosen
| for the executive committee.
j Cribbage enthusiasts of Kodi
I ak and vicinity are invited to
' test their skill—and luck—in the
(November championship tourna
ment at the Community Center
next Thursday evening, Novem
iber21 Play will start at 8:15
pm and the entry fee is fifty
> eents. Handsome prizes will be
1 awarded the ohampion and run
ner up
Defending chamoion is George
Keeling.
Fwen'y-five candidates for
the Kodiak Community Cen'er
basketball team are now wonting
out eve y Thursday night at
1 NOB through the courtesy of
I Navy officials. The squad has a
i number of prospective stars,
and will be ready for games with
the service outfits in a couple of
weeks
Practice tilts closed Thursday
workouts with Harold Heglund’s
five losing a tough tilt to Lloyd
Cannon’s t.ossers while a Fighting
Forty squad composed of Kodtak
business men divided honors in a
double header with Kay Wade’s
, squad, Marty Fanning and
• Wade starting for the youngsters
while Stan Nelson, Harry Christ
opherson, Pete Hjelmeir, Ralph
Shupp, and Ken Wade surprised
even themselves when they held
their own.
All basketball enthusiasts are
invited to work out with the
team but must sign up by Wed
nesday night of ea«h week in
order to make the Thursday trip.
Free transportation is furnished
through the courtesy of Smitty’s
Transfer Co.
j “Road To Utopia"
Leads To Orpheum
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and
Dorothy Lamour gambol about
Alaska in their newest and fun
niest laugh hit, “Road To Uto
pia”, which plays at the Orph
eum theatre Sunday and Mon
day.
According to Esquire magaz
ine a Kodiak bear plays a role,
also.
Robert Volberg, base employe,
who was reported earlier in the
week as missing, turned up
Thursday safe.
He and a Mr Healey, military
officials report, had gone on a
bear hunt and were due back
Monday They were delayed by
motor trouble on their boat
The marriage license of Julius
Kreklow, of Tigerton, Wis ,and
Dorothy Bmitenfeldt, of Caro*
line. Wis , was filed at the Com
missioner’s office this week.
They were married at the Hill
side Chapel, NOB, on Oct. 20 by
Chaplain J. A. Whitman.
Attendants were Charles I.aw
and Mellie Johnson.
Bud Owen, chairman of the
dance committee for the Har
vest Ball, announced that the
sponsors named for the dance
are: Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Torg
erson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sipprell, Dr. and Mrs. A.Holmes
Johnson and I>ee Bettinger.
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