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This Week’s
Basketball
By Joe Floyd
In League play over the week
the games went about as expected
except for PNA getting knocked
over by the Independents by a
score of 48-47 with Clete Lever
ette pouring in 23 markers. Dennis
Quamen had 14 for the victors,
while PNA’s Foose had 17.
Thursday nights 8:15 game saw
D&A rolling over Medical and
Dental by the tune of 72-43 with
A1 Hoghey sinking 31. Labrie had
18 for the Medics.
Monday night PNA knocked off
the Medics again, winning 55-53, in
a close one. Herling of PNA had
22 while Sorensen of the Medics
had 23. Kraft’s in the second game
came from behind to whip Solly’s
40-39. Kraft’s Osbefcoff had 12 for
the winners, while Norton for the
losers had 11.
On Wednesday night’s action the
Medics gained their first win of
the season at the expense of the
Independents, winning 5143. Ex
Kodiak Bear star, Cletus Leverette
continued with his league leading
point total with 30 counters, boost
ing his three game total to 76 for
a 25.33 average.
Wednesday night’s second game
saw scoreless Curley’s take a beat
ing as Solly’s really began to roll
with a 55-25 win. Butch Strope was
high for the winners, with 11 while
Burnham had nine for the losers.
City League Action This Week
Monday Night, 7 p.m.—D&A vs.
Independents. 8:15 p.m., PNA vs.
Kraft’s.
Thursday night 7:00 p.m., Kraft’s
vs. Medical and Dental. 8:15 pjn.
PNA vs. Curley’s.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir:
The following article was taken
from a national magazine:
Senator E. L. Bartlett
Alaska:
“The Constitution states the
right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.
It does not say the right to bear
arms should be carefully regulat
ed. Guns for hunting, for shooting
and for emergency should, of
course, be available to all respon
sible adults.
Guns should not be available for
the indiscriminate use of juvenile
delinquents, children under age.
They should not be available
through mail order catalogs. They
should be licensed and such as
Sten guns and submachine guns
should not be available in any case.
The right to bear arms is not a
license to run wild.”
I was both amazed and shocked
to read the above article by Mr.
Bartlett, our Alaskan Senator. Fire
arms registration of any kind or
the licensing of firearms, other
than the type already required,
such as machine guns, is the first
step of disarming a free country.
This is history.
From Senator Bartletts attitude
it appears thait he doesn’t want our
children to own firearms or hunt.
Hunting and shooting is one of the
greatest sports in the United
States. It must be, since there are
over 35 million gun owners.
Firearms registration may sound
alright to people who don’t know
any better, but the only people it
will help are the Communists, for
eign countries wanting to invade
the U. S. and crooks and gangsters
of this country. When the people of
a country are disarmed, the coun
try will fall. This too is history.
There was only one exception, this
was England. The only reason that
she didn’t was because the U. 3.
stepped in. Otherwise Hitler could
of taken her with ease. This I
know because I was there. Of all
the Anti-Gun Laws proposed in the
U. S., about 70 per cent were back
ed by Communists. The other ones
were pushed by law officers and
politicians wanting dictatorial pow
ers. The rest were by people, most
ly women, who didn’t know the
damage these bills could do to a
country. Some of these people will
tell you that disarming the people
will cut down on crime. Check
London and New York, they are
supposed to be disarmed. What are
their crime rates? Firearms kill
very few people in the United
States, the 1960 survey is as fol
tpws: 1.4 people killed by fire
arms, this includes accidents. 22.5
people killed by cars. 1.2 people
killed by choking on foiod that they
were eating. Finally 5.4 people
killed by blunt instruments such
as kitchen knives, scissors, base
ball bats, hammers and so on.
If we are going to register fire
arms, we should also register ball
bats, kitchen knives, fists and so
on.
If a person wishes to kill some
one he can always buy, steal or get
an old gun, that will do the job
like the old army rifle used to kill
President Kennedy a few days ago.
John R. Morton
New Hotel . . .
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The money would be returned af
ter construction had started and
the completion date of the hotel
was approved by the council.
This action was designed to keep
out bidders who might just bid
high to purchase and hold the land,
rather than develop any facility
which would be beneficial to the
city.
Hillstrand was directed to make
formal written application listing
the area he needs, so the sale
could be advertised. To now no ap
plication has been received, nor
has the city announced the tide
land sale.
Hillstrand outlined plans for his
hotel which would actually include
45 hotel rooms and 15 motel units.
The installation would be locat
ed on piling straddling the break
water, about 300 feet out from
shore.
Letter to the Editor
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I wish to extend my thanks and
those of my mother to the many
people of Kodiak who showed their
concern for the safety and welfare
of the two of us who were aboard
the Audrey V last Sunday.
I particularly wish to thank the
men aboard the vessel Sea Quail
for responding to our Mayday Dis
tress Call and, along with others
here in town, relayed it to the
Coast Guard.
I also wish to express my sin
cerest thanks to the gallant men
of the C.G. Cutter Bittersweet who
came to our assistance during the
rising storm at the time and who
made such a mighty effort to res
cue both Mike Smith and myself.
Through no fault of their own they
were unable to find Mike after we
capsized, but this was simply a
case where they couldn’t possibly
be in two places at once.
Jerry Williams
On-Base School
Red Cross Drive
Nears 100% Mark
. Kodiak On - Base School an
nounces the conclusion of its Jun
ior Red Cross membership drive.
With nearly 100% participation by
the school, a total of $54 was col
lected. These funds will be utilized
throughout the school year for var
ious projects which will be decid
ed upon by the JRC Council.
Shortly after the termination of
the drive, delegates were elected
for the JRC Council. These repre
sentatives are: Third grade, Jeanne
Bonneson and David Vosgien;
fourth grade, Harold Merrill and
Joyce Turner; fifth grade, Kathy
O’Donnell and Monte Barnett;
sixth grade, Idilia Pickerill and
Doyle Hensley; seventh grade,
Mary Lauber and William Jones,
Jr.; and eighth grade, Marcella Ko
zak and William Stephenson.
On Nov. 18, JRC Council held
its first meeting at the home of
Mrs. H. Kracow. At this session
the Council elected its officers who
are Idilia Pickerill, president; Mar
cella Kozak, vice-president; Wil
liam Jones, Jr., treasurer; and
Doyle Hensley, secretary. Other
orders of business involved plans
for Thanksgiving and Christmas
activities.
JRC prepared Thanksgiving fav
ors and decorations for the Naval
Lutheran Confirmation In Kodiak
The Naval Station Chapel was the scene of the first Lutheran Con
firmation services in Kodiak on October 16, 1963. Three Kodiak
young people, having studied for over a year with Pastor Joseph
Frenz of the Anchorage Lptheran Church, were confirmed at serv
ices conducted by Pastor Frenz. Those confirmed at this service were:
Marya Springhill, daughter of Mr. and (Mrs. John Springhill; Donald
Darnell, son of Mr. and A|rs. R. L. Darnell; and Kathleen Carlson,
daughter of Mrs. Chester Carlson, all of Kodiak.
Marya Springhill, Donald Darnell, Pastor Joseph Frenz and Kath
leen Carlson.
Station hospital. Christmas prepar
ations are being made for gift boxes
to be sent to remote native vil
lages, a Christmas program for the
Naval Station hospital, decorating
the Christmas trees in the hospi
tal and men’s brig, together with
possible activities in the town of
Kodiak.
Other projects for the near fu
ture include a series of album ex
changes between JRC and similar
groups in other parts of the United
States and foreign countries. In
the next week An album will be
sent to a grade school in Salonica,
Greece.
The Red Cross field representa
tive on the Kodiak Naval Station
is Robert H. Eckhart. Mrs. H. Kra
kow sponsors JRC with Sue Rein
hart, Helen D. Case, Duane D. Mer
cer and Willis O. Benson acting
as faculty advisors.
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