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C.G. Rescues
Ailing Young
Greek Seaman
A 19-year old sick seaman was
brought to Kodiak by the coast
guard from aboard the Greek
freighter S.S. Ayios Dimitris 300
miles southwest of Kodiak at Sand
Point, Schumagin Island.
Constantinos Spirou was brought
to Griffin Memorial hospital with
a kidney infection by the Coast
Guard aboard a Grumman Alba
tross HU-16, a twin engine search
and rescue amphibian aircraft, at
5:30 Tuesday night.
The ship, whose home port is
Piraeus, Greece, was enroute from
Alice, B.C. to Singapore.
The youthful seaman is reported
to be responding well to treatment.
Kodiak to Aid
Victims of Fire
Plans are underway here by,the
Kodiak Chapter, American Red
Cross to reoutfit a Sand Point fam
ily burned out of their home last
Saturday.
Chapter Chairman, The Rev. Don
Bullock, was in contact with Sand
Point and was to receive later
today a list of the family’s needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gilbert,
and their six children lost nearly
everything in the fire which was
caused by an oil stove backfire.
The three older children were
severely burned and brought here
by Coast Guard plane for treat
ment They uere sent on to Alaska
Native Service hospital in Anchor
age Thursday.
Christine, 13, oldest of the chil
dren has 30 per cent burns. Loret
ta 0 and Carol Ann 6, had 20 and
ten per cent burns.
The girls were in the upstairs
portion of the house and had to be
assisted out a window to safety at
the height of the blaze. The young
er children and their mother were
downstairs and were not injured.
The husband was out fishing at
the time of the fire.
Some needs of the family have
already been met through the as
sistance of the Navy Wives and the
Chiniak wives.
Father Bullock suggested furth
er assistance wait until the familys
needs are fully determined.
Santa Available
Richard Lochmiller who former
assisted in the local Cub scout pro
gram knows where to contact San
ta Claus—in case anyone wants him
to appear in person. He said he ar
ranged for Santa to appear at the
Navy PX Toyland and is willing to
make arrangements for similar ap
pearances here in town. Anyone in
terested should contact Dick at 487
2228 or, after six, at 486-5456.
Abe Baily Leaves
Abe Baily, accountant with the
CAB who has been here since early
September, leaves tomorrow for his
home in Palo Alto, Calif.
Baily has been on assignment
here in checking the operations of
the Kodiak Airways, the latter be
ing a certified carrier.
HOLY COMMUNION SUNDAY
Services of Holy Communion will
be held this Sunday at 8 a.m. and
9:30 a.m. at St. James the Fish
erman Episaopal church. Regular
service of morning prayer is set
for 11 a.m.
Waterfront
Among things which we should
be working to obtain is the estab
lishment here of a new Coast Guard
District with Kodiak headquarters.
The local fishermen for the most
part have high praise for the men
and officers of the local Coast
Guard but are aghast at the boats
and equipment they must use.
Surely this country could provide
safer and better ships for the Coast
Guard in these harsh waters with
their dangerous turbulent tides
and storms.
&
Alaska Packers operations here
will close down tomorrow and be
gin again Jan. 2. Many of their
boats want to take time off for
the holidays — what with fishing
not up to par anyway — and can
nery workers, too, want a Christ
mas season vacation so they are
shutting down and will use the
time to make needed maintenance
repairs we are told. They have
made arrangements for those boats
who want to fish during that time
to deliver to other processors, ac
cording to Superintendent Pete Ma
rinkovich.
LOU VEERMAN
AGENT
486-2656
SAILING FftOM SEATTLE
S.S. Southport
December 30
Womens Bay, Kodiak,
Adah
MONTMARTRE
FLORISTS
is proud to present
and cordially Invites
the public to
attend kodiak’s first
Christmas
Floral Showing
SATURDAY
December 14
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
IN THE
MONTMARTRE INN
DINING ROOM
Refreshments Will Be Served
Door Prizes
Christmas Motif Cut Flower
and Candle Arrangements
Mantle Pieces
Door Swags
Centerpieces
give flowers — the ideal Christmas gift