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Available Road Construction Funds
Increased An Additional $125,000
May Begin Work
Later This Year
City Manager, Bill Poland, has
received word by telephone from
the Juneau office of the State
highway Commission, that the City
mi Kodiak will receive $325,000
lor construction of the Federal
Arterial Primary route F.A.P.—
II, instead of the original $200,000
grafted under the Federal Aid
Highway program.
This1 is provided thg ^city is^able
to furnish matching, finds on a
10-1 basis, or $32,500. The Kodiak
sets ■■ Tax Street Construction
Fkmd has more than ample funds
meet this requirement.
:Tbe street to be constructed be
gins at the comer of Brooklyn
Avenue and Alaska Way, runs
northeast along Brooklyn Avenue
tp the junction of Rezanoff Drive,
thence up Rezanoff Drive to the
inaction of “J” street at the rear
mi the ACS site, thence along “J”
street to the northeasterly city
Knits near Potato Patch Lake, or
as far as the appropriated funds
will permit.
Included in the work will be
peeper storm drainage and paving.
Sidewalks, curbs and gutters will
he constructed at least along the
Brooklyn Avenue stetion. Fur
ther construction will depend on
rests.
The City has been given until
July 1, 1959 to acquire needed
nrhgts-of-way for the project.
Will Grant Ay
For Oozinkie Road
JUNEAU (&.—The proposed
Kodiak -0 u zinkie road has been
declared a part of the State high
way system, qualifying it for in
clusion on Federal aid highway
projects in Alaska.
Sen. A1 Owen was advised by
Gov. Wade Thursday that a certi
fication had been signed identi
fying the route as part of the
system. No road may receive
Federal aid matching funds un
less it is part of the State high
way system.
The new designation for the
proposed route clears the way for
consideration of project on its
construction program for the next
fiscal year. Engineering studies,
to be made this year, already
have been approved.
GARDEN CLUB
TO MEET MARCH 11
The next meeting of the Kodiak
Garden Club will be held at the
home of Mrs. Leona Dickow,
Mission Road, on Wednesday,
March 11.
New members and guests are
invited to attend.
CHARLES FARRELL IN TOWN
Charles Farrell is in town in
ccsnection with the Town Club,
for which he holds a lease. He
leaves again for Anchorage, but
will return next week. _
Since this is a project of general
public benefit, no special asses
ments will be levied against ad
jacent property owners, nor will
assessed valuation for tax purpose
be 'Increased. , ;f
. In order to accomplish as much
wotfk as possible with available
funds*; the gity is seeking ease
ment grants from owners of prop
erty adjacent to the proposed
street. In most instances require
ments will be a strip only three
and' a half to five feet wide across
the front of the property, or less
than the width of an ordinary
sidewalk:.; By ‘granting an ease
ment, a property owner does not
lose title to the land, but rather
grants the use of it as part of
the right-of-way. In this instance,
this would only be a part of the
right-of-way needed for present
or future sidewalk construction*
with the exception of the south
side of Brooklyn Avenue.
If right-of-way acquisitions can
be accomplished by the deadline
date, Poland stated* bids will be
let and construction started in
the summer of 1959.
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City To Publish
Delinquent Tax
Property Here
The delinquent tax rollls are
now in process of preparation,
according^ to City Clerk Doug
Preston. This will include a fore
close list for 1955, 1956, and 1957,
he said.
Chapter 174, Section 35, S.L.A.
1957 requires that this list be
prepared and published. The City
Council voted at their last meet
ing to proceed with its prepara
tion for the years mentioned.
POLIO CLINIC MARCH 14
A polio clinic will be held at
the Kodiak Health Center from
10 to 11 am. on Saturday, March
14.
Businessmen Form
New Association
Don Wolf was elected president
of the newly formed Kodiak Small
Businessmen’s Association, at an
organizational meeting Sunday,
held at the Elks hall.
Other officers are Harry Felton,
vice-president and Emil Kraft,
secretary. An advisory committee
consisting of Basil Clark, Russ
Wright; itftminy Gallagher, Elinor
Gottsehalk and Frank I rick was
appointed by the president.
The group being formed as a
means of assisting smai. nes
ses in this community P “ .ter
themselves, and initiate 'po3 ries
that will bring xiew business to
Kodiak.
Sixteen members were signed
up at the meeting. Bylaws for the
new organization were read and
adopted. ^
Renowned Artist"
In Concert Monday
Jakob Gimpel eminent piamis£
is the third artist to appear in
the Alaska Music Trails series Of
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concerts for this season. He will f
present a concert on Monday,"
March 9, at the high schpbl aticft-.
torium, ‘beginning at 15 pin. ‘ 1
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His program will be‘ made up
of selections from the works of
Baeh„ Beethoven and Brahms.! He
will begin with the magnificent
Organ Toccata in C iujor b\
Bach, for which he 1 choseo
the fine . Bueni tiransc;iption. t‘ It
will be followed . by 'i. :e lovely
Beethoven “Andariti favori,” . a
single movement originally inten
ded for the great Waldstein So
nata:
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MR. JAKOB GIMPEL
Alaska Artist's Show Here Tomorrow
An exhibit of paintings by one
of Alaska’s foremost artists will
be held in the Bank of Kodiak
tomorrow, beginning at 2 pm.
The artist. Eudora Preston, who
has lived in Kodiak a little more
than a year, came here from Fair
banks, where she resided more
than thirty years. She has tra
velled extensively throughout
Alaska, painting wherever she
went. In her works, she portrays
the clear atmosphere of the in
terior, the mistiness of the coast
al regions, and the deep character
of the faces that are typically
Alaskan.
Mrs. Preston is probably best
known for her portraits of the
Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut 'and
•their way of life than for any
other one subject.
Her works are of Alaskan sub
jects exclusively, excepting occa
sional work of the region of the
Canadian Yukon. Among them are
familiar scenes of everyday life
in the North as Alaskans see it,
with particular emphasis on por
traits of “natives” and pioneers.
Most of her work is in oils and
pen and ink with water color
washes, the latter a technique of
her own development.
In order to gain inspiration as
it were, and an insight into the
true Alaska, Eudora has travelled
widely throughout this vast land,
along its rivers, highways and
trails. She has visited old-timers
in out-of-the-way cabins, as well
as all types of truly Alaskan en
terprises such as canneries and
mining operations. Travel by
‘bush' plane is her favorite, she
says. She goes alone to a village,
and uses it to travel farther into
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the hinterland as opportunity
permits. She is well-known in
of the Arctic villages.
Seeking new inspiration and
subjects, the artist came to Ko
diak, Dec. 13, 1957. She and her
husband, Doug have purchased a
home on Mission Road,, where
they reside. She now seeks to put
on canvas the activities and people
of this area. Already she has
travelled over some of the Island
and to the outer Aleutian islands,
by mail boat. Her paintings now
include marine scapes of Kodiak's
rocky coast and fishing life.
Mrs. Preston is listed in “Who’s
Who in Alaska” and “Who’s Who
in the West,” the only* Alaskan
artist listed in the latter. “Story
Time,” a Preston work, hangs in
the White House, a gift of the
City of Fairbanks to President
Eisenhower. Other paintings hang
in the University of Alaska mu
seum, the new University of
Alaska’s women’s dormitory; the
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Along The
Waterfront
Several boats were committed
to inactivity due to-aetion weath-.v
erwise. On.-it be. "whole, canneries
kept working . moatr/.of : the time/
despite the; wind :tand snow.
Several bodts-lafj* iiV’aif'the Stan
•tdard Oil dock';^aitiftgr a lull in
the wtodsi-"Fifty’Wile Winds were
prevalent - yestefday* at Karluk
Seen at the--dock Was the SUN
RISE, Alaska King Crab tender
the RUTH Lj the DO R, both
fishing, crab for Rube in. TJiey
head westward-as sooi weather
permits. < i There : » was • fe.*o the
TOT™ and.:the<McKINlfcY, both
hauling for5 King*: Grab* Inc. The
LEADING LADY;-Johnny Katel
nikoff’s boat pulled out- .
At Alaska, Kipg ^rab, Inc., crtflb
have been 0Qm|ng(in fairiy steady
There was only one days proces- ’
sing of shrimp.
Ray Skrmetta from New Or- *
leans, who has an interest in the
shrimping machines, was in town
for a few days. He left Thursday.
At Alvine’s Marine Repair, the
crew is working on Tiny Cichoski’s
SKIPPY.
Ice continues to form on the
surface at the small boat harbor,
but no damage was done by wind?
recently.
It might be pointed out that
fresh shrimp cannot be purchased
at the cannery, due to a wage
arrangement with the shrimpers,
but fresh shrimp can be pur
chased from individual boats; from
time to time.
The Kodiak Bears:
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Score Near Upset;
The Kodiak Bear quintet were
nosed out of an upset win in the
opening nights play in the West
ern Alaska Class A cage games
Wednesday night when they were
defeated by the highly touted
East Anchorage team by a wwe,
of 61-60. ' 1
Kodiak, playing only its seventh
game of the year against high,
school competition tunned ton; a
fast break and outside shooting
that kept the East team off bal
ance a good part of the game.
Kodiak got off to a good start
when Arnie McKechnie hit turn
from the side for Kodiak giving
them a foui*nothing lead. After an
Anchorage time out, Tunk Jrmes
scored for the side, but then Dan
ny Olsen scored again for Kodiak
giving his team a 6-2 lead.
The score wound up 14-10 at
the quarter mark.
The second period found East
staying from 4 to 14 points m the
lead with a spirited drive by
Kodiak narrowing the count to
26-33 in half-time in favor of
East.
Midway in the final eight min
utes, the determined Kodiak team
began intercepting .Vnchorage
passes and keeping the pressure
o» the eventual winners.
.W0> 1:52 left
Larry Owens Anchorage made
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