School Board
Plans Meeting
Members of the Independent
School District board will hold
a special meeting soon to
name a replacement for John
C. Hughes, ISD president,
who resigned, and to elect a
president to fill out his posi
tion.
Hughes plans to move to
Anchorage to enter partner
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j ship in a law firm there.
J At t.he special meeting
[teachers’ contracts for the
; coming year will be discussed
I and any replacements in the
i school’s teaching staff will be
I filled.
j Robert Acheson, junior
j partner in the firm of Don
! nelley and Acheson, has been
suggested as a possible re
placement on the ISD board.
GIVE TO THE RED CROSS
Dining and Dancing
CASINO
SPOUTING CLUB, INC.
for your listening pleasure
'ZSelett TVafateale
at the piano
LA LANDE’S
KODIAK BAKERY
Special
Assorted French Pastries
Drop in and shop from the most
complete line of bak.ery goods
ever baked in Kodiak
Max & Aline LaLande, props.
yumne
NEW LOW FARES
on
PACIFIC NORTHERN
AIRLINES
KODIAK to ANCHORAGE $35 (
KODIAK to HOMER $18.25
KODIAK to JUNEAU $105
Tax is not included in fares ;
Ray Martin, District Traffic Agent
SSI
■ ent Ceiling
Extended
A request that the city
council extend local rent con
trols for an additional 90 days
after March 31 was unanim
ously approved by the council j
Monday night.
Captain L. J. Dow, com
manding officer at Kodiak Na
val Station, requested the ex
tension is in a letter written
to the council prior to the pas
sage of federal rent controls
by Congress early last week.
The Pill which extends con •
trois until June 30, 1951 has
been signed by President Tru
man.
The letter from Captain Dow
pointed to the fine cooperation
that now exists between the
base and town and in request
ing the extension cited the fin
ancial burden that would ac
crue to enlisted men, officers
and civilian workers should'
local rent controls be dropped.
The council approved the
measure, following the read
ing of the letter, without the
usual discussion.
Local Firm
Sued By PNA
Anchorage (A5)— The Ko
diak firm of Shupp, Chase and
Tolbert, and the individual
members of the business were
named defendants in a suit on
file last week in District Court
by Pacific Northern Airlines.
The airline seeks recovery
of $2,627.31, which it claims is
owed for transportation fur
nished the defendants be
tween July 5, 1949 and Octo
ber 18, 1950.
The above amount plus six
percent interest has been
asked by the airline.
The labor lien filed recently
by Shupp, Chase and Tolbert
againat the Kodiak Ice and
Cold Storage Co. has been
fully paid, satisfied and dis
charged, according to papers
filed in the commissioner’s
office.
The lien said that the sum
of $2,282.95 was owing the
company for work done on the
storage company at the city
dock.
Whiz Halferty Plans
Cannery Addition
The construction of a
second story to the part of the
Whiz Halferty Inc., cannery
housing the clam canning
plant began last week.
The addition will be used
for a web loft and warehouse,
Orin Kuhnley, superintendent,
said yesterday. “We hope to
have the work on the second
story completed by the last of
April,” he said.
Last spring the company
added a clam canning line to
the regular salmon cannery.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nichol
son, local ranch own* rs, left
last weekend by plane for
T .lias, T
Bids Asked
By Navy
The Bureau of Yards and
Docks willjadvertise for bids
for the new construction at
Kodiak Naval Station this
spring, the KodiakL Bear, base
newspaper, announced re
cently.
Workjplanned this spring
will consist of runway ex
tensions, new taxiways, 28
duplex houses, waterfront
repairs and gas facilities.
The contract for the work
will be awarded in May and
actual construction is expected
to begin early in June. The
c iia. 11 -v i be a “lump-sum
contract” with bidding on a
comnetitive basis with the
lowest acceptable bidder re
ceiving the contract.
Mr. and Mrs. Galen Prouty
have sold lots 1A and IB of
the Tolbert sub-division to
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Kilgore
and a warranty deed for the
transfer has been recorded,
E. A. Pearson has pur
chased lot 1 block 12 £of the
Leite addition from Christine
M. Tolbert, executrix of the
Leite estate, and a warranty
deed for the transfer has beer
recorded.
Berts Drug Stare
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BABY SUPPLIES
Everything for
the little ones
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RHOADES
FURNITURE STORE
WES RHOADES, PROP.
Phone 4151
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Chrome Dinette Sets
Cedar Cliesis
Match stick window shades
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