Coast Guard Commandant, Admirals,
Four Congressmen To Arrive Monday
A visiting party of 12 high rank
ing military and civilian govern
ment officials, including Admiral
E. J. Roland, Commandant of the
United States Coast Guard, three
rear admirals and four congress
men, is due to arrive aboard the
Kodiak Naval Station Monday
afternoon.
The visiting party of dignitaries
is enroute to the annual Search
and Rescue Exercise in Honolulu
and is inspecting as many Coast
Guard units as possible while en
route.
Accompanying Admiral Roland
will be Rear Adm. James A. Alger,
Chief of Staff, U.S.C.G.; Rear Adm.
R. D. Schmidtman, Chief of Opera
tions, UjS.C.G.; Rear Adm. W. D.
Shields, Commander, 17th C. G.
District.
The four congressmen in the
party are Rep. J. Von Gary (Va.);
Rep. Silvio Conte (Mass.); Rep.
John R. Pillion (N.Y.) and Rep.
Tom Steed (Okla.).
Also accompanying the party are
A. E. Weatherbee, Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the
Treasury; E. C. Betts, Jr, director,
Budget Office, Treasury Dept.; D.
B. Strubinger, Assistant Commis
VFW Baby Show
Sunday, 2 P.M.
Tickets for the annual VFW
Baby Show are on sale at Kraft’s
Dry Goods, The Outfitters and City
Market.
Remember the show begins at 2
p.m. Sunday afternoon at the high
school ... so bring your little
King or Queen to participate in
this event.
sioner of Customs, Treasury Dept.;
and A. A. Hummels of the Congres
sional Staff.
The group will depart early
Tuesday morning and due to the
brevity of their visit they have re
quested no meetings with the press.
Frank Martinez
New Commander
American Legion
Frank Martinez was elected Post
Commander of the American Le
gion at Wednesday evening’s an
nual election of post officers meet
ing. Martinez, who is also Adjutant
of the local post, recently became
the first Kodiak Legionaire to hold
a state office when he was elected
District Sergeant-At-Arms of the
Western District of Alaska.
Also elected to serve the com
ing year were: Eugene Berjeron,
1st vice commander; Herman Vest,
2nd vice commander; Nick Lakto
nen, Sergeant-at-Arms; and Carl
Rodli, Finance Officer.
Martinez was sworn into office
by Floyd Johnson, Past Depart
mental Commander of Alaska who
is in Kodiak in connection with his
activities as Deputy Director of the
Alaska State Veteran’s Affars Ad
ministration.
It was announced at the meeting
that the American Legion building,
which is shared with the Fleet Re
serve Association, has been sold to
Lloyd Cannon and that the post
expected to move into new quarters
shortly.
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Student Art Show
Saturday—Sunday
The art classes of the Kodiak In
dependent Schools invite the pub
lic to view a sampling of their tal
ents at a student art show to be
held on Saturday and Sunday, May
4 and 5, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the
downtown school.
Many areas of art will be repre
sented to include sculpture, paint
ing, design, ceramics, textiles and
drawings. Students will be on hand
to explain and discuss processes
and techniques. Plan to visit the
show—it is expected to be a new
and exciting experience for all. No
admission charge.
BPW TO ELECT
The May business meeting of the
Kodiak BPW Club will be held
May 6 at the home of hostess Mrs.
DonEta Robertson with Mrs. Helen
Schott as co-hostess. All members
are urged to attend this important
meeting for the election of new
officers.
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Kodiak Charter
Commission Meets
An organizational meeting of th*
Kodiak Charter Commission was
held at the City Council chambers
at noon on April 29, 1963.
Elected Commissioners Leon H.
(Ole) Johnson, Robert Hall, Thos.
Frost, Jr., Walter Kraft, Emil Nor
ton, Gene Sundberg, Jack Hinckel
and Charles Powell were present,
the only remaining commissioner
being A1 Hochberger, who is on
vacation.
Leon H. (Ole) Johnson was
elected chairman, and Robert
(Bob) Hall, secretary.
By concurrence, meetings will be
held at noon on the first and thirJ
Mondays of each month, with com
mittee meetings as needed.
The completed charter will be
published prior to its submission
to the electorate at the General
Election in October.
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