Naval Station Troops 1, 5 and i are shown receiving 2nd class awards.
N.S. Girl Scouts Hold Court of Honor
Girl Scouts of the Naval Station
held a Court of Awards on the af
ternoon of May 7th, in the On-base
Grammer School activity room.
Mrs. Isabelle Oesterle opened the
ceremony; Chaplain Robert R.
Goffrier of MCB-10 gave the Invo
cation; and in the unavoidable ab
sence of Admiral H. H. Caldwell,
Commander J. R. Gotch presented
Curved Bar awards to four Girl
Scouts.
At the conclusion of the Flag cer
emony, National Anthem, Girl
Scout Promise, and songs, in which
all the troops participated, Mrs.
W. R. Clabom and Mrs. G. E. Ma
lone conducted a Fly-Up ceremony
for Brownies of their Troop 18.
Those who became full-fledged Girl
Scouts were Cynthia Carter, Rita
Clabom, Jennifer Collins, Diane
Harden, Joy McManus, Kathleen
Ray, Dorothy Worsham, and Karen
Zeamer.
Leaders of Troop 5, Mrs. L. D.
Herman and Mrs. G. T. Sloan, pre
sented Proficiency badges to Aleda
Angell, Pam Connors, Sheila Cla
born and Margaret Hamilton, to
Lucretia Hoover, Diana Herman
and Ginnie Goteh, to Becky Har
rison, Shirley Pajari, Allyn Wood
cock, and Becky Wright. Troop 1
leaders, Mrs. C. Fenner and Mrs.
C. R. Buse presented Profiency
badges to Carol Wells and Carolyn
Weisser. From Troop 7, those who
received badges were Libby Byrd,
Nancy Nave, Andee Nystrom Terry
Perry, Devia Worthum, Lani Lo
boudger and Donna Weisser. These
were presented by Mrs. L. G. Byrd
and Mrs. W. A. (Nave.
Second Class rank was earned
by Libby Byrd, Barbara Collins,
Judy Connors, Nancy Nave, Andee
Nystrom, Terry Perry, Donna Weis
ser, Devia Worthum, Lani Lobud
ger, and Carol Wells, and by Becky
Harrison, Alyn Woodcock and
Shirley Pajari. Three Girl Scouts
from Troop 5 earned First Class
rank, presented to them by Mrs.
Herman; they were Shirley Pajari,
Ginnie Gotch and Sheila Clabom.
The highest award in Girl Scout
ing is the Curved Bar. Commander
Gotch presented Curved Bars to
Margaret Hamilton, Lucretia
Hoover, Pam Connors and Ginnie
Gotch.
After retiring the colors, all as
sembled enjoyed refreshments,
later reported by one perpetually
hungry young miss to have been
“Cool, man, cool.”
Kodiak Track Star Sets State Record
George Richardson, Kodiak high
school senior set a new state record
in the shot put at the Western
Alaska track meet held in Anchor
age, May 6. The 195-pound senior
bettered the old state mark by
more than 6 feet with a toss of 49
feet, inches. The old record
was 42 feet, 7% inches.
Richardson also won another
first place in the discus throw with
a 129 foot, iy4 inch heave that bet
tered (his nearest competitor by 7
feet.
Don Buckingham, basketball all
tournament player, scored two
firsts with a 5’6” high jump, and
a 24.9 seconds 220 yard dash. Buck
ingham had another first in the
440 yard run but was disqualified
for changing lanes. His time was
55.7 seconds, while the boy winning
won with a run of 57 seconds.
Harry Wilson, running the mile
with a 65 second first quarter, won
easily with a 5.04 time, winning
a first place gold medal.
Wayne Kozak, a 15-year-old
freshman, scored an amazing up
set win in a field of ten boys to win
the half-mile event with a time of
2:21 seconds. This marks the sec
ond time a freshman has won a
varsity letter since 1952.
Boys placing in other events
were George Richardson, 5th place
in the 440 and tying for 3rd in the
100-yard dash; Reinhard Bierman
ski tied for 3rd place in the high
hurdles and 5th place in the high
jump. This was Biermanski’s first
time to try at the hurdles.
The Bears relay team consisting
of Richardson, Kozak, Wilson and
Buckingham won third place in the
880 relay.
Kodiak’s six-man track team
scored an amazing 39% points to
come in third in the five-team
meet. Homer won with 62 pointy
while Kenai was second with 49.
Other boys who are out for track
this year are Terry Jones, Roger
Wallin, Hugh Devlin, Cletis Lever
ett, John Vosgien. (See accompany
ing picture).
OFFICER RESIGNS
Desk officer on the Kodiak City
police force replaces Officer An
derson who resigned, according to
an announcement by Chief of Po
lice Roland Vickery.
A position is now open for a desk
officer, according to Vickery. Ap
plicants must be between the ages
of 21 and 38 years.
Death Comes To
Tichon Sheratine
Another of Kodiak’s oldtime resi
dents passed away when Tiehun
Sheratine, 86, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Walter Shurav
loff, on Mission road, on May 2.
The elderly Mr. Sheratine was
born in Afognak. He had served
continuously in the Russian Church
for fifty years prior to his retire
ment a short time ago. He has been
ill for some time.
The deceased is survived by his
two daughters, Mrs. Walter Shurav
loff and Mrs. Tom Frost, Sr., both
of this city. He had three nieces,
one nephew, seventeen grand-chil
dren. Tichon Sheratine was buried
in the Russian cemetery, May 5.
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PICTURED ABOVE are the boys who walked off with honors
at the track meet held at Anchorage May 6. (See story elsewhere).
With them in the picture are others on the Kodiak team. Left to right,
lower row: John Vosgien, Harry Wilson, Reinhard Biermanski,
George Richardson, Hugh Devlin. Top row, left to right: Terry Jones,
Cletis Leverett, Jack Trent, Don Buckingham, Wayne Kozak.
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KODIAK MORTUARY
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Mrs. Sherman flew here from
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visited here in 1945. She expects to
remain here about six weeks.
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