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Is This Good?
4 rumor is prevalent that a
petition is making the rounds
seeking to change the present
form of City Manager government
had reverting to the old form of
Mayor and Council.
Tliis would toe a grave error—
a step backwards to say the least.
An analysis of the two forms of
gowrnment, and KWiak’s needs,
should indicate the City Manager
form to be far superior — more
effective, exercising better control
of utilities, city functions, and less
costly in the long run.
Kodiak may be small, but it's
not that small that it can do with
out the services of a trained and
competent official looking after
its affairs on a full-time basis.
Street Numbering
Hats off to the Junior Chamber
of O'-itwerce who apparently are
taking n h'.nd the task of provid
ing :<»use numbering for Kodiak.
Tills seemingly almost vital need
for the town has been kicked
around these many years, and like
the weather everybody talks about
;t, bu'L nobody does anything about
If and when the JCs complete
this task, they will have performed
a job that will give them the en
during gratitude of many people
—strangers, visitors, and every
»nc.
Local Payrolls Are Best
A sad situation has developed
in the master of bread retail in
Kodiak.
The local bakery and the retail
stores,are having difficulties see
ing eye to eye. Without going into
the pqmts for argument, end no
doubt* they have nlerit on both
sides, we would like to urge an
early sqtHement. ,
Building local payrolls is best
for the economy of Kodiak. Every
dollar that is spent out otf town,
will have an effect on ail concern
ed, and an effect on merchants
and the general public.
The differences in the dispute
should be capable of being re
solved.
COMING
January Thaw
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April 22-23
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Come in any Wednesday for
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Mirrored Reflections...
By SIG DIGWJtf
As we sit here at the typewriter
we have had u varied display of
weather, which brings to mind
the fickleness of April.
April may he compared to a
woman (and some men, too), be
cause of its changeaibleness. We
arrived at the office in a snow
storm, which was laden with mois
ture and quickly changed to rain.
Soon, the sun was blazing forth,
filled with warmth and brightness.
What the rest of the day will
bring we don’t know.
Or the rest of the month, for
that matter. Some inkling, though,
can be gained from & look at the
climatology summary for April is
sued by the U. S. Fleet Weather
Central office on the Naval Sta
tion, who by the way is respon
sible for the sunrise-sunset infor
mation that appears in the Mirror.
The average daHy maximum tem
peratures prevailing for April in
the past has been 41.5 F. Average
daily minimum, 32.7. Monthly
mean, 37.1. The extreme maximum
recorded was 62.0 in 1936 and
extreme minimum 9.0 in 1924.
The average total precipitation
is given as 4.13 inches. The maxi
mum in 24 iiours was in 1947,
when it was 2.75. The average
c mount of snow recorded is 4.2.
One comforting thought: at no
ii:me during the month did the
temperature go below rero.
My good friend Jack Hinckel
sent in the following clippings,
which I think you will get a
chuckle and perhaps a sabering
thought from reading:
“Ord'narily we don’t quote much
from Eleanor, whose favorite pres
iden-.jfc. -aspirant is Adlai. But we
rather enjoyed her comment the
cither day when asked about all
the others of her party who are
seeking the top nomination, when
she said: ‘They all look like vice
presidents to me’.”
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
ADMISSIONS
Patients admitted to Griffin
Memorial Hospital the past week
were Mike Farsovitch, Rupert
Gurley, George Hlavin and Alfred
Modtland.
DISCHARGED
Those discharged were Mrs.
Beverly Horn and infant, Allen
Absten, Mrs. Ersie Johnston, Ka
lumpi Kapshon, Andrew Laktonen,
Andrew Christoffersen and Mrs.
Jane Melarvie and infant.
BIRTHS
A daughter, Mary Jean, weigh
ing 9 lbs. 4 ozs., was born on April
3 to Mhry Jane and Chester
Webber.
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CHINIAK AFS MANAGER
It was erroneously reported :n
last week’s issue of the Mirror
tihat Mr. Richard L. Cross has be
come the Phileo Station Manager
at Chiniak AFS.
The Station Manager is Mr. C.
Jrmes Paris of the Lockheed Cor
poration, the prime contractor on
the Discoverer - Agena satellite
program. The Phileo Corporation
is a sub-contractor to Lockheed nt
Chiniak, and Mr. Cross is the
Phileo Group Engineer.
Seme 4 acres of pore gold leaf
was used in the constructtoa of
an early church in Constantinople.
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NOTICE
It is not our usual policy te
reply to “unsigned” statement*
appearing in the Kodiak Mirror.
However, due to the half truths
contained in the third paragraph
under “Tax Facts” in last week's
paper, we wish to stiate, that KEA
is still a taxpayer. The 1959 state
legislature replaced the property
tax with a 2% tax on gross reve
nue. This tax is paid to the state
and refunded to the taxing author
ity in the arete earned (City of
Kodiak and the I>ocal School Dis
trict), less the cost expended by
the state in its collection.
This system of taxation is use4
in the majority of states in which
electric cooperatives operate.
KODIAK ELECTRIC
ASSOC., INC.
Eldon Lester, President
9-ln
F. 1 4
Harbor Light
Pentecostal
Chapel
Kenneth VV. French, pastor
Sunday Services
Sunday School .... 10:00 m.aa.
Morning Worship .. 11:00 a.m.
Evangelistic Service 7:45 p.m.
Weekday Services
Wednesday & Friday 7:45 pja.
“A friendly church with a
timely message.”
(Located on Mission Road,
about one-half mile from
postoffice).
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