Wakefields Bequeath Scholarship Fund
To Sheldon Jackson College at Sitka
Dr. R. RoUand Armstrong,
president of Sheldon Jackson High
School and Sheldon Jackson Jun
ior Cortege in Sitka, announces a
fifit of $1,200 from Wakefield
Fisheries for scholarship funds.
Dr. Armstrong and Howard
Wakefield, vice president of the
fishery, met in Juneau to discuss
the grant. Dr. Armstrong said that
the gift would be divided into four
$300 scholarships to be based on
academic work, citizenship and
general ability. Priority will be
given to qualified students from
Kodiak, Seldovia, Sand Point, Aku
tan and Aleutian Island areas.
Sheldon Jackson is a four year
Itigh school and two year junior
college located in Sitka. It was
founded by the Board, of National
Missions of the United Presbyter
ian Church in 1878. Students at
tending Sheldon Jackson come
tinom 52 Alaskan communities and
fine other states.
' A . $300* scholarship covers the
cost of complete room and board
for a student. One condition of
scholarship is that the student
iwttll in the* 10 hour a week work
program of the school.
Wakefield Fisheries, donors of
the $1,200 gift, are principally lo
cate! in Port Wakefield, Alaska..
President of the fishery, Lowell
Wakefieki, and his brother How
mid are lifedong residents of Al
mfca. Their uncle, S. Hall Young,
came to Alaska m 1897 and trav
eled from Ketchikan to Nome by
Mhg team and Indian canoe as one
If the first Presbyterian mission
aries in the area. Dr. Young mar
Med Fannie Kellog, a teacher at
ttur Sitka Training School, the
predecessor of the Sheldon Jack
son Junior College.
The king crab fishery, which
employs approximately 172 fisher
men and 226 shore operators,
Areezes their product for shipping
in Port Wakefield, Seldovia and
Sand Point. Their factory ships
Reefer King and the Deep Sea
cxfTy a normal crew of 32 men.
John Gibbons, who is in charge
of the new building development
at Port WakefieCd, accompanied
Howard Wakefield to Juneau to
witness the presentation of the
scholarship award. Mr. Wakefield
said that it was his hope that this
would be the beginning of a
greater effort on the part of his
operation to help young people
in their educational problems.
Teachers Attend
Educational Meet
A group of teachers, members
of the Kodiak Education Associa
tion, attended the teachers’ con
vention held last week in Anchor
age.
Teachers who attended from the
Kodiak schools were: Misses Con
stance Dandenau, Betty Ebert,
Geraldine Hofer, Maurine Nason;
Mesdatmes Ruth Belcher, Ruth
Bnedcberg, Edith Cavitt, Ctara
ellen Dawson, Melanie Draper,
Guyneth Kash, Helen Sc lOtt,
Louise Walker; Messrs. Ivor
Schott and Curtis Saxton.
Teachers who attended from the
On-Base School were: Misses Mar
jorie Bagley, Alice Hanratty,
Betty Harlor, Mary Lenox, Kath
erine Piedmont and Doris Ward
law; Mesdiames Dorothy Arnold,
Gladys Hoover, Gladene Stewart,
Lola Wiebe and Janet Williams;
Messrs. Winford Hoover, Herman
Calcote, Ford Johnson, Clinton
Kornegay and Boh Martin.
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POLIO
A Polio Immunization Clinic
will foe held April 2 from 1:30 to
11:00 a.m. at the Kodiak Health
Center. All four shots will be
given, and there is a charge of 50
cents per dose for adults.
The Community Baptist Church
‘The Big White Church on the Hill"
Sunday School — 9:45 A M.
Morning Worship — 11:00 A.M.
Youth Fellowship Groups — 6:30 P.M.
Evening Worship — 7:30 P.M.
Mid Week Service — 7:30 PM.., Wednesday
“HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE”
IKSEi S OUTFITTERS
Just in . . .
For men—
NEW SPRING SHIRTS
and SLACKS
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For the ladies—
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New CO Aboard
CG Bittersweet
Relief of command ceremonies
were held aboard the Coast Guard
Cutter Bittersweet at the Naval
Station on Wednesday, March 23.
LCDR Glenn M. Lobeuidger, USCG,
relieved CDR William E.. Dennis
as commanding officer.
CDR Dennis has been stationed
in Kodiak since July, 1958. During
hiis tour as CO, the Bittersweet
has been to Seattle and has visited
such Alaska ports as Juneau,
Ketchikan, Sitka, Cordova, Dutch
Harbor, Sand Point and Cold Bay.
CDR Dennis and his wife, Trudy,
left Kodiak for Pennsylvania and
Ohio where they will visit rela
tives prior to his being stationed
at the Office of Marine Inspection
in San Francisco.
LCDR Loboudger comes to Ko
diak with his wife Fay and daugh
ter Lani from the 13th Coast
Guard District Office, Seattle,
Washington, where he was Dis
trict Comptroller. They will re
side on the Naval Station.
The Bittersweet, whose main
duties are servicing aids to navi
gation and search and rescue, has
a complement of six officers and
fifty enlisted personnel.
Cub's Home State
Theme Of Meeting
Cub Scouts of Kodiak Pack 213
held their March Pack meeting
(Last Friday evening in the gym
nasium of the M&dn School. The
theme of the program was ‘‘My
Home State.” E*eh o£ the six Dens
featured Alaska with displays on
Alaska’s geography, sports, wild
life, history, industries and re
sources. Each boy and his family
also pinpoint©! their own home
states on the United States map.
Following the awarding of badges,
Chief A. L. Hooker showed his
color films on Alaskan elk, bear,
beaver and sea lion.
Awards given out were: Bobcat
pins to David Kraft, Dennis Loch
miller and John Fitzgerald; wolf
badges to Dennis Fannin, Billy
Amason, Ronald Harold, Mark
Johnson and Donald Larson; wolf
badge with one gold arrowpoint
and two silver arrows to Blake
Butler; a lion ihadge and one gold
arrowpoint to Richard Byrd; a lion
badge with one gold and one silver
arrow, one silver arrow for his
bear badge, and a two-year pin to
Neal Farber, and a gold arrow
point to Steven Rodli.
TAX
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Clothing Drive
Aided By Cubs
The Cub Scouts of Kodiak Pack
213 wi'jl lend a helping hand to
the annual Coast Guard clothing
drive on Saturday, April 9. Boxes
alf clothing labeled for the Cub
Scouts may be placed either in
driveways or on porches for pick
up. Trucks bearing Cub Scout
signs will pick up the clothing
from 1:00 to 3:00.
Infant, child and adult clothing
for all seasons is needed. It is
requ&dtpd that the artiales be
in good condition.
The cujtters Sitoris and North
neeJy native families living along
the Aleutian chain and northward
to Point Barrow on their aanual
Bering Sea patrol tills spring.
Collection boxes will be pieced
at Kraft’s Supermarket, Kmidsen's
Outfitters and Donnelley and
Acheson also.
NOTICE
1960 Assessment Rolls of the
City of Kodiak have been com
pleted, and the Board of Equaliza
tion will meet April 20, 1900 at
City Hall and thereafter except
Sunday, until April 27.
Antjie Huer,
Assessor.
wind will deliver the clothing to Pub. April 2, 9. 1960.
Lou Veerman
Agent
Phone 4521
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