Special Section
For Kenai Series
There will be a special seating
area for the Kenai-Kodiak se
ries for the adults who wish to
have a more comfortable seat
away somewhat from the color
and noise of Friday and Satur
day nights games.
The reserved seating area will
be on the stage in chairs. There
will be a limited number of tic
kets sold at $1.50 each and no
student or youngster will be al
lowed in the area unless accom
panied by his parent or parents.
The reserved seats will be
available only to those who are
willing to pay more for the con
venience at $1.50. It is recom
mended that you come early and
get yours for both nights to be
assured of a seat.
Season ticket holders will be
given seating in the reserved
area for an additional 25 cents
each night.
‘Lost Fishermen’
Memorial Active
Plans for the "Lost Fishermen”
Memorial apparently lagging have
taken on new interest as a result
of the Chamber of Commerce meet
ing. Thursday.
Emil Knudsen. who heads the
committee, with assists from other
members came to the conclusion
that a start could be made by using
a large anchor brought here from
Chignik Lagon and placing it atop
a boulder.
Chamber To Meet
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers are reminded that a joint
meeting of the organization will
be held Saturday noon at the
Town Club with visiting mem
bers from the Kenai C of C.
The Kenai chamber members
are due to arrive this evening on
three chartered planes to form
a rooting section for tonight’s
crucial game between Kodiak
and the Kenai Kardinals.
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Fairbanks Newspaper Describes Scene
As Alaska’s Flag Is Raised First Time
Ed’s Note:
The following news story ap
peared in Jessen’s Weekly pub
lished in Fairbanks on Nov. 28. A
number of contributions towards
the Bennie Benson fund came
from that city as a result, largely
from professional people.
At the hour of 4 o’clock in the
afternoon, on Saturday, July 9,
1927, the official flag of Alaska was
flung to the breezes for the first
time on the flagpole at the Jesse
Lee Home, one-and-one-half miles
north of Seward.
Those officiating at the cere
mony were Capt. Ralph R. Guthrie
of the United States Signal Corps,
and Privates Edwin S. Diehl and
Charles Harris.
The guest of honor was Bennie
Benson, 13-year-old Alaska Indian
student at the Jesse Lee Home, de
signer of the flag. Bennie attached
the flag to the halyards just belo.v
the national emblem and stood at
attention while the multicolored
folds of Old Glory and the deep
violet blue of Alaska’s official em
blem, studded with golden stars
of the Big Dipper pointing to the
North Star, fluttered about him.
While the pupils of the Home
sang the National Anthem, a troop
of Boy Scouts, of which Bennie was
one, stood at attention and in sa
lute, and citizens of Seward and
dignitaries of the Methodist-Epis
copal Church stood uncovered, the
halyards tightened and then climb
ing into the brilliant sunshine of a
perfect day, Old Glory led her child
to the topmost heights of the tow
ering flagpole, where both straight
ened out and fluttered proudly in
the cooling breezes blowing in
from beautiful Resurrection Bay.
Today, 35 years later, Bennie
Benson is a very sick man in a Se
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attle hospital. He was a sick man
when he visited Fairbanks and a
number of old friends, a couple of
years ago. For years he has been a
topflight airplane mechanic and
has made Kodiak home. Bennie has
had several operations to correct a
serious stomach condition and
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must undergo more.
Friends and neighbors at Kodiak
have already contributed $1,000 of
the $5,000 necessary, and on Mon
day of this week launched a state
wide drive for funds.
Contributions should be mailed
direct to Bennie Benson Fund,
P.O. Box 1307, c/o Kodiak Mirror
Newspaper, Kodiak, Alaska.
Mirror classifieds bring results.
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