Sears Enters Into Halloween Spirit
Employes at Scars store in Kodiak entered into the Halloween spirit
Wednesday and customers there were happily surprised to see the
entire crew decked out in costume. The five Sears Halloween cos
tumed employes are, from left to right, Patty Dixon,, Phyllis Farber,
Donnie Robertson, Ann Souter and Noreen Carter.
State Highway Dept. Has A Release
Few Facts But Story Is Enchanting
A release from t he State of
Alaska Department of Highways
dated Oct. 29 was received in the
office of the Mirror on Wednes
day.
Lake road. Aside from that, the
facts in the release are exactly cor
rect except for the exceptions.
Oh, well, it’s election time.
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The release reads: “Several
years ago a Kodiak businessman,
driving across frozen Island Lake
on his way home from town,
crashed through the surface. He
and his passenger escaped without
injury, although they suffered a
cold dip in the icy water, and the
pickup truck was later rescued.”
The incident referred to was
when Emil Knudsen, enroute to
Kodiak in his pickup cracked
through the ice not too long ago.
Emil was alone at the time and
the truck is still at the bottom of
Island Lake.
Towards the conclusion of the
release, it says that “Construction
also has begun on the Island Lake
Road to connect the lake’s north
shore with the city of Kodiak —
scene of the sinking commuter
mentioner earlier in the article—
and should be completed this year.
Settlers will no longer need to de
pend on boats in the summer and
the strength of the ice in winter
to provide access.
As pointed out, Knudsen was
alone—on his way to town—the
truck is still out in the lake—and
to the best of our knowledge, there
is no construction on the Island
Funeral Services
For D. Steadman
Held Here Monday
Final rites for Daniel Steadman,
39, were held Monday at 2 p.m.
from the Kodiak Mortuary. Burial
will be at the Arlington National
Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Steadman was born in Had
lock, Wash., in 1923 and was a vet
eran of WWII serving in the Phil
ippines. Much of his childhood was
spent in Ketchikan.
Survivors include his wife, Ver
na, and step-children, Gary Alan,
David, Diane and Zoya. Two chil
dren Bonnie Lee and Nancy Lee of
Los Angeles by a prior marriage
also survive, as does his mother,
Mrs. Lavinia Steadman of Seattle,
two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Weaver of
Everett, Wash., and Lorrayne Grif
fin of Seattle.
At the time of his death he was
employed at the Kodiak Naval Sta
tion.
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Museum To Open Sunday 2 To 4
The Kodiak and Aleutian Island
Historical Society museum will be
open for visitors each Sunday
afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. through
out the winter months.
Visitors are invited to enjoy the
exhibits of early native and Rus
sian artifacts, selections from Ko
diak's abundant plant and animal
wildlife, and photographs of early
day Kodiak.
Organized groups may make ar
rangements for touring the mu
seum at other times in the week
b> contacting W. Gregory at 48ft
5457.
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Mirror classifieds bring results
Will This Produce Progress?
• Governor’s Slush Fund (Depressed Area)
$500,000
• Biological Research Division (Fisheries)
Entire State of Alaska —Less Than $300,000
— Eliminate These Abuses —
VOTE FOR
E> POWELL, CHUCK, Republican
House of Representatives
Elect. .. N. J. Nick
BEGICH
State Senate
(SOUTHCENTRAL AT LARGE)
My Opponent WORKED and VOTED
AGAINST.
.the KODIAK FERRY
and DNSH AIRFIELDS.
“Journal of the House <|f Representatives, 2nd Legislature, 1st Session, 51st day—My opponent voted against
your ferry ” “Anchorage Times, Oct. 19, 1960, p. 13-My opponent said “Homer-Kodiak Ferry should be dropped
because it is not now practical. Same Anchorage Times news article —My opponent opposes bush air ports. Chan
nel 11 KTVA Television, Oct. 31, 1960—My opponent campaigned against the Kodiak Ferry in a special television
program.
Vole for
NICK BEGICH
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