VOL. 21, NO. 51 KODIAK, ALASKA, DECEMBER 22, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
' Twas th© Night B©for© Christmas
• _______. ,
. . . And in a house in Tulsa, Okla., visions of sugar plums were all but
crowded out of the busy little head of Susan Huey by more pressing problems
as she got ready for a visit from that jolly old elf:
A boy plays from sun to sun, a girl’s play is never done; there, he won’t
find any cinders on my hearth” . .. “Hmm, looks awfully small up there” . ..
“Well, I'll just hang up my stocking” . . . “Now, I’ll sit here and wait in case
he gets stuck.” -
But before you could say Saint Nick, a little sleepy head was tucked all
snug in her bed. And she didn’t even hear “him exclaim ere he drove out
of sight, merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.”
Christmas Party
Saturday Morning
Calling all kids!
Santas going to be at the (Nation
al Guard Armory at 10 o’clock to
morrow morning for the annual
Rotary Club Christmas party.
Formerly held at the Orpheum
Theatre, the party will furnish fun
to the youngsters, with the usual
gift to be given to each child.
Boys and girls, under twelve
years of age, will be the special
guests of the Club and will receive
the special attention of Santa Claus
at the party.
Bill Worth On
Trip To Seattle
Bill Worth, well-known resident
here, left today for Seattle where
he plans to spesd about ten days.
He will visit a married daughter
there, returning to Kodiak in early
January. Mrs. Worth did not ac
company him.
School Receives
Federal Funds
$28,128 has been certified for
immediate payment to the Kodiak
Independent School District, ac
cording to the Alaska Congression
al delegation.
Payment is made under provis
ions of public law 874 as assistance
for federally impacted school dis
tricts.
Elks Hi - Jinks -
Set For Dec. 31
The annual Elks Club New
Year’s Eve Hi-jinks will be held
Sunday, Dec. 31 at the Elks hall.
The dance will feature the music
of Bill Lee and his Trobadours.
Breakfast will be served beginning
at 1 o’clock Monday morning.
Toip and Jerrys will be served
as usual New Years Day from 1
o’clock in the afternoon, by the
Lodge officers.
Former Kodiak Mayor Files Claim
Against Builders Off Aleutian Homes
(The following is reprinted from
a Portland paper)
Compensation claims of a dead
man’s estate and a former mayor
of Kodiak, were taken under ad
visement by U.S. District Judge
John F. Kilkenny.
Lee C. Bettinger, former mayor
of Kodiak, and the estate of Hugh
K. Dougherty of California have
sued Bay B and Lucillie Woodbury
of Portland and Aleutian Homes,
Inc. for an accounting of funds in
volved in a $4,230,000 housing de
velopment at Kodiak.
Betting, r nnd the Dougherty es
tate contend that they were to
share equally in certain commis
sions rendered them by Aleutian
Homes Inc. for services rendered
in establishing the housing de
velopment. Briefly, the plaintiffs
allege they were to share 22% per
cent of a so-called construction
differential, and the same percent
age of moratorium rentals of the
residences and of money paid by
the City of Kodiak to the construc
tion firm for installation of streets
and utilities at the development.
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HS Bears Plan
Charter Flight
The Kodiak high school basket
ball team will journey to Palmer
where they wil play the Palmer
Moose in a two game series, Jan. 5
and 6.
An attempt is being made to
fill a charter plane to the main
land city, according to Coach
Floyd. There are 14 seats available
for passengers at $37 round trip.
Anyone interested is asked to con
tact Coach Floyd. The plane will
depart Kodiak at 10 a.m. on the
5th, and will leave Anchorage on
the return trip at 12 noon on the
7th of Jan.
Postmaster Gives
Holiday Plane
PO Schedule
On Saturday, Dec. 23, the post
office windows may be open brief
ly in the afternoon after the last
flight of the day for packages
only, Postmaster William Lamme
announced today.
“It will help if people will pick
up thir packages immediately on
getting their notices so we can have
the shelf space,” the postmaster
added, "both COD and regular. We
got over 4 tons of boat mail by
plane from Anchorage last week
end, and over 5 tons on the Alaska
Steamship vessel."
The post office will be closed
both Sunday and Monday, Dec. 24
and 25, and there will be no planes
Monday, and none from Anchorage
on the morning of the 26th.
The post office will olso be clos
ed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. There will
be no planes New Years Day, but
regular schedules will resume the
following Tuesday.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Sir Walter Scott wrote several de
cades ago:
“Heap on more wood! The wind is
chill
But let it whistle as it will
We’ll keep our Christmas merry
still.”
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It’s going to take more than the
chill winds of late to keep out the
spirit of Christmas. Everybody has
a word to say about the wind, but
most people look to next week as
a joyous occasion.
The warmth and glow of Christ
mas is especially reflected, aside
from the religious aspects, in the
Christmas cards received from
people far and near. As negligent
as we are of our friends, we don't
deserve any Christmas cards, but
in they come—each with its mess
age of cheer and a reminder of a
friend—we’d like it to be known—
we don’t forget our friends, but
just don’t get around to send them
a greeting. But you who read these
lines will know—you have our best
wishes for Christmas and for the
New Year to come.
* * *
We had a lot of calls on the er
ror in an ad last week but no one
was successful in finding the one
we had reference to. Many were
close. They had the right ad but
the wrong error. Two different
errors were made in the Alaska
Steamship ad. A few copies gave
the sailing date of the Tatalina as
December 13,1961, which of course
was obviously wrong. The correct
date should have read January 3,
1962. The error, not so obvious
read “January 3, 1961. “The offer
still stands. Anyone bringing in a
copy with this error in it will re
ceive $5.
• * *
In a letter from Wilson F. Ers
kine, he writes: “The issue (Special
Edition) brought many nostalgic
memories back to both Mrs. Ers
kine and myself.” They have two
children, of which he says: “The
two youngsters are potential fu
ture Alaskans I am certain if the
correct opportunity ever presents
itself.” A review of a book written
by Mr Erskine entitled “White
Waters”, which dealt mainly with
his experiences around Kodiak and
Alaskan waters, was printed in the
edition. One of his fine sketches,
(iOontinued on Page 17)
Along The
Waterfront
The vessel SHERRY is reported
aground in M'alka Bay and is be
lieved to be a total loss. The vessel
is owned by Everett Le Van and
was skippered by John Eckart. ,It
was reported that the vessel dragg
ed anchor during a storm Wednes
day morning, Dec. 13, and was
blown in the rocks.
Bill Damery, Marine Surveyor,
flew over the area today to investi
gate.
t
Larry Matfay’s vessel the KISRA
is now hauled out at Alvine’s Ma
rine Repair undergoing damage re
pairs sustained when the vessel
broke the anchor chain and drifted
in on the beach at Old Harbor dur
ing a storm.