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CHANGE OF POLICY
* The announcement in this week’s
issue that The Kodiak Mirror will
appear on the streets on Fridays
instead of Saturday as hereto '
fore, may not seem much of a step
to our readers, but to us it is the
fulfilment of a desire of long
standing.
have felt for some time that
getting the paper into the hands
of our readers on Friday will serve
them better, and #vill also be of
:distinet-benefit t^our advertisers.
4 'ftnow^w#r ’'fcre breaking a,
tradition that has held for more
than 17 years —- we are quite
sure Saturdays won’t be quite the
same for many people with no
Mirror to read as they recline in
bed or have that first cup of
coffee.
Another dubious distinction
i comes crashing down with the
change—for we have remained one
of the few weeklies who publish
on Saturdays—Wednesday* Thurs
day or Friday is the usual date of
publication across the country.
Five years ago we lost the dis
tinction of being the only hand-set
newspaper in Alaska—this was an
other tradition of the past that we
were glad to get out from under.
We are just as happy to bring
abou^ ^is change.
We hope our readers will go
along with us in the change—you
will find the news a little more
timely; the items of news a little
frevsher.
Appearing on Friday, it will
without a doubt serve the adver
tisers to greater advantage, and
the public who look to the ads
tor the services they need.
Breaking away from tradition
is hard at times, but the overall
benezlts derived from the break,
make it worthwhile. Even our
newsboys, the stalwart youngsters
who brave wind, storm and rain
to bring you the paper every week,
will benefit. They, too, will have
their Saturdays free—to play, work
or pursue their hobbies, or sleep
in if they will. They can now go
with Dad (if he invites them) on.
a fishing, hunting or camping trip.
For those of you who want to
read the Mrror in bed, you can
stuff it under your pillow the
night before (we dare you to); or
those who like to read it Saturday,
or have gotten into an unbreak
able habit (a 17 year habit is
hard to break) or persuing its con
tents over a morning’s cup of cof
fee—you can put it aside ‘till then
(again we dare you to).
In any event, we will continue
to bring you the hometown news,
more up-to-date, and we hope
more extensive, but always “Re
flecting the News of Alaska’s Most
Historic Island.”
A Study That May Pay Dividends
* .
The current study of Kodiak's
potential industries by the Indus-,
trial Committee of the Kodiak
Chamber of Commerce is a move
in the right direction, in our opin
ion.
Long dependent on its one great
source of income, namely its fish
eries. Kodiak has now to turn.to
other possible developments,. It.
may well turn out to be tNat the
fisheries will still play the domin
ant pole in providing employment,
and the bggest payroll, but it is
also apparent that these will have
to be supplemented by possible
new businesses and enterprises.
The committee is calling for sug
gestions along this line. The ideas
gathered from the study and the
qtfestionaires sent out, might well
provide the answer to what the
future of Kodiak will be.
Here, There aad Everywhere
By SIG DIGUES
Housing is urgently needed for
incoming teachers, according to
school authorities. Anyone having
suitable rental property, or know
ing of vacancies coming_up, are
asked to contact resident teachers,
as indicated in another article
found elsewhere.
It is ironical that a situation like
this has arisen—what with many
vacancies noted in the Aleutian
. Homes project.
Maybe it’s time for a re-appraisal
of rentals, etc., in that area.
Item in today’s Kodiak Mirror
reads: 4 George Magnusen and
family left Tuesday for Tacoma,
etc.” This could be a routine item
except ft ' the fact that the depar
ture of George Magnuson doesn’t
come un~er the common occuren
ces category.
George was born and raised
here. He has seen Kodiak mush
room from a small fishing village,
evolve from a village to a city,
and he has played a vital part in
community life as the years went
by.
George has been connected with
the Kodiak Fire Department for
the past 20 years. 13 years of that
time he has been Fire Chief. Like
a true fireman, he took that job
seriously. Fortunately for Kodiak,
this paid off several times. Windy
nights, as is well-known, were
sleepless nights for George. He is
credited with preventing several
major blazes in past years by his
diligence, his evei-watchfulness,
-as he patrolled the downtown area
in the wee hours of the morning
on windy nights as a'l Kodiak slept.
George didn’t carry out the
functions of his job for glory, and
certainly not for ti e money to be
made, for there was little of either
to be gained. A volunteer fire de
partment such as ours offers little
of either. But he did have the satis
faction when he left here of
chalking up an enviable record of
few major fires, and a minimum of
damage—this in the face of the
fact that much of Kodiak’s build
ings are not the last word in fire
proof construction.
This is not a belated tribute to
George—he has been given proof
many times of the people’s grati
tude—maybe not as much as he
deserves, but a slap on the back
and public recognition from time
to time. He leaves with an inner
feeling that we are sure transcends
anything we might say—the satis
faction of doing a job well, and
showing results to prove it.
Before we leave the subject of
fires, we witnessed one—apparent
ly on the day of George’s depart
ure—and saw the fire department
in action. The Mathy Fitzgerald
fire was brought under control be
fore it had a chance to spread to
the treetops nearby, which could
have been serious indeed.
The volunteer firefighters re
sponded immediately, worked hard
and efficiently, with Herb Heglin,
former assistant to George, who is
now Fire Chief.
Don Nickefferoff has three baby
seagulls brought back from *his
fishing trip. He and his sister Judy
raised the fledglings until they
are now ready to fly.
This is to remind children who
see these little seagulls on the
beach anywhere below Mission and
Tagura roads not to throw rocks
at them or in anyway harm them.
Let them at least get the feel of
their wings. Parents might give
their children the word, too.
AMU Dormitory Campaign
Postponed Until Next Year
The campaign for dormitory
facilities for the Alaska Methodist
University has been postponed un
til next year, the University Cam
paign Office announced this week.
The date for the campaign next
year will be announced this fall.
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Oil Development
Topic Of Speech
T. S. Petersen, President of
Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia, will be one of the princi
pal speakers at the Fall Confer
ence of the Pacific Northwest
Trade Association at the Univer
sity of Alaska, September 3-5.
According to M. C. Coon,
Branch Manager for Standard in
this area, Mr. Petersen’s talk is
titled “Oil To The North.”
The speaker will review the gen
eral background and development
of the oil producing industry in
Alaska and Western Canada and
comment on the outlook for these
segments of the industry for the
present and from a long-range
standpoint. His talk will also in
clude discussion of current opera
tions in Alaska and legislation
affecting the conduct of the indus
try here.
Also scheduled to address the
Conference which has as its
theme “Our Awakening North
land” are Robert Major, Director
of the Royal Norwegian Council
for Scientific and Industrial Re
search, and (Chairman of the Nor
wegian Polytbchnical Association
from Oslo, Norway; Hon. Alvin
Hamilton, Canadian Minister of
Northern Affairs and National Re
sources from Ottawa; Hon. Robert
W. Bonner, Q. C., British Colum
bia’s Minister of Industrial De
velopment, Trade and Commerce;
Erwin D. Canham, Editor of the
Christian Science Monitor and
President of the Chamber of Com
merce of the U.S., as well as Sen.
Magnuson, Gov. Egan, and former
Alaska governor Heintzleman.
FAIRBANKS — (AP) — The
body of Savannah, Ga., airman,
S^Sgt. Smiley D. Giffen, missing
since July 6, was recovered Wed
nesday from the Yukon river near
Galena.
Change In Dance Date
CANCER CRUSADE DANCE
Satarday, Aagusf 29
Instead Of Tonight
LABOR TEMPLE
Donation S1.00
Ouzinkie Dance Will Be Held Tonight
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are flesh and blood humans just like yourself?. We enjoy our
work, we are glad we live in Kodiak, and try our best to help
make this community a better place in which to live.
YOU
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because our prosperity depends on you, if you prosper then
the community prospers, if the community prospers then we
all prosper, we have
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