Round Trip, Kodiak To Juneau Covers
6100 Miles-Long Weekend For Brooks
Art Brooks, Kodiak insurance
man and president of the Kodiak
Area Chamber of Commerce only
wanted to go to Juneau and return
to attend the Alaska Association
of Insurance Agents.
He is a member of the board of
that organization.
iNormally the round trip is a mat
ter of some 1500 miles by air, but
it turned out that Brooks made
two trips to Seattle before his trip
home, or a distance of 6100 miles
altogether.
He left Kodiak last Tuesday and
flew to Anchorage. Wednesday he
continued his journey to Juneau,
and that portion of the trip went
off without a hitch.
However, as he boarded the
plane for the flight back to An
chorage, weather conditions neces
sitated that the flight go to Seattle.
So to Seattle he went. From Se
attle the plane started out again for
Anchorage but after circling the
airport in Alaska’s largest city for
30 minutes the pilot headed back
to Seattle, arriving there at 3:30
Chief Of Police
Warns Sleighers
And Ice Skaters
Snow and ice bring joy to a lot
of youngsters, but Chief of Police
R. E. Vickery warns that there
are dangers in sledding and ice
skating and asks the Mirror to
point up some of the potential dan
gers.
Chief Vickery says, “When you
go ice skating be sure the place
where you are going is in good
condition and to remember that
you can always buy a new pair of
skates but not a new life.”
The Chief also said, “We realize
that there will be a lot of sledding
now with snow on the ground, but
urge all youngsters to do their
sledding on North Boulevard or
the roped off area by the Catholic
Church.”
“There should be no sledding at
night unless it is in an area where
there is no traffic and this will be
strictly enforced,” the chief stated.
Chief Vickery concludes, “I
would also urge parents to talk to
their children about trying to hitch
a ride on the back of a vehicle and
such ‘fun’ can result in the loss of
life.”
Kodiak Police Dept.
Has Busy Year
Kodiak police officers in 1962
patrolled 27,337 miles and investi
gated 26 accidents of the 47 re
ported.
In the annual report to the City
Council, Chief R. E. Vickery said
that there were injuries in three
of the accidents and one death was
recorded.
In other “no-arrest activities”
the report shows that damage to
the cars involved in accidents
amounted to $11,162; there were
98 dogs picked up and 82 were de
stroyed.
During the past year there were
21 fire calls and the ambulance
was 'called out 63 times.
A total of 138 investigations were
made and 32 interviews conducted.
Family disturbances brought out
the police 14 times and in the
course of their work discovered
eight open doors.
The department also handled
three lost and found cases and ex
amined the complaints of four ju
veniles. A total of 32 cases were
turned over to the state.
a.m.
At 7:30 a.m., they once again
started for Anchorage and this
time the sailing was smooth and
he arrived in Kodiak about noon.
He has concluded that it was a
good thing they didn’t charge him
by the mile.
“The Music Man"
Here Next Month
Kodiakans will have the priv
ilege of seeing a top road show in
February when the “Music Man”
with an all-star cast headed by Rob
ert Preston and Shirley Jones.
The “Music Man,” based on the
life of Meredith Wilson was an
outstanding hit as a musical on
Broadway and it rated even greater
as a film.
The date for the road show will
be announced in an early edition
of the Mirror.
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Kodiak, Alaska
David Abston Recruited By Guard
David Abston, newest recruit in the local unit of the Alaska National
Guard, is congratulated with a sincere handshake by his Command
ing Officer, Lt. Ronald M. Chase, immediately following being sworn
into the Guard. Hereafter the 17-year-old son of Mrs. Verna Stead
man will greet his C.O. with a snappy salute. Recruit Abston will
receive training at weekly Wednesday night drills and, along with
members of his unit, will attend a two-week training stint at Fort
Richardson later this spring. Some time after that he will attend
a six-month training period at Fort Ord, Calif., along with other
recent recruits. The Guard also maintains special training schools
of varying length and many skills for which he may later qualify for.
Grandmother Local
Woman Dies At 99
Mrs. DeWitt Fields received
word last week that her grand
mother, Mrs. Susan Wccdon,
passed away on Jan. 9 in Brown
wood, Texas. Mrs. Weedon was 99
years old, having been born dur
ing the midst of the Civil War on
Dec. 8, 1963. She was born in
Brown County, Texas, and lived
her life t*ere. She has made sev
eral trips to the West Coast, and
made a trip to Virginia just three
years ago when she was 96 years
old.
In 1956 she had the distinction
of being the first one to be named
Texas Baptist Mother of the Year.
She reared 10 children, eight of
whom are still living.
She was very active until she
fell and broke her hip about six
years ago. When Mrs. Fields last
saw her in 1960 her mind was still
alert.
Besides her eight children, she
is survived by 18 grandchildren,
and about 40 great-grandchildren.