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Sig J. Digree, Editor and Publisher
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Staff Photographer.George C. Ameigh, Jr.
W© Thank You
We were gratified with the re
sponse to our efforts in publishing
the Progress Edition.
We printed over 1,000 extra
copies which have almost been
sold out. By no means a complete
story on Kodiak, the edition is
but a beginning. Plans are now
being made for a bigger and better
edition in 1961.
Lett©r t© tli© Editor
To The Voters:
I am deeply grateful for the
confidence placed in me by the
voters of this District, and will
strive to merit that support by
diligent attention to state affairs
as they affect the residents of
this area.
I shall appreciate having in
formation regarding your prob
lems and your views, especially on
matters which were not discussed
during the campaign.
Vance Phillips
4040 Palmer Hiway
Mountain View, Alaska
John Graham
Pioneer, Is 76
John Graham, known to many
Kodiakans, who now resides in the
Alaska Pioneer Home at Sitka, has
a birthday this month. His name,
together with all the other pioneers
who celebrate their birthday in
December, is listed herewith. Date
and place from which they entered
home are given.
Ole Skogen, Dec. 2, 1887, Fair
banks; Knute Dalsboe, Dec. 3, 1883,
Sitka; John S. Rotay, Dec. 3, 1884,
Wrangell; Chas. Fratter, Dec. 5,
1873, Wrangell; Valentin Sorli,
Dec. 7, 1877, Talkeetna; Peter Slu
gen, Dec. 9, 1877, Wrangell; Elijah
Weaver, Dec. 11, 1875, Seward;
John Graham, Dec. 13, 1884, Kodi
ak; Paul Heinrich, Dec. 14, 1878,
Manley Hot Springs; Frank Hielo,
Dec. 15, 1887, Moose Pass; Mrs.
Effie Baldwin, Dec 18,1883, .Nome;
John Swartz, Dec 18, 1876, Craig;
Joseph B. Smith, Dec. 23, 1888,
Juneau; John Peder Oien, Dec.
25, 1870, Petersburg; John Willard,
Dec. 25, 1878, Sitka; Carl Jacobsen,
Dick Lee, Dec. 31, 1897, Ketchikan.
Dec. 26. 1877, Ketchikan; Bernard
Anderson, Dec. 28, 1875, Nome;
The address of these pioneers
is Alaska Pioneers Home, Box 198,
Sitka, in the event anyone wants
to send a birthday card, letter or
gift.
Memorial Services
A* Elk’s Ledge
Memorial services will be held
at the Elk’s Lodge on Sunday in
honor of the memory of members
who have passed on. The service
will be conducted by the officers
of the Lodge, headed by Exalted
Ruler Archie Zehe.
The service is scheduled for 2
p.m. Mrs. John Springhill will as
sist with the music. The public is
invited.
Your National
Guardsman
For the American people, my
family, my fellows, my sons to
come—I carry on. Born of ex
plorers, colonists, hunters in deer
skins; schooled in the wilderness;
fighting for our continent—-I car
ried on for the rights of man.
Whereever I was America on the
Wherever I was needed, when
ever I was called, I stood and de
livered. I came through. I was
America on the march. And now
today here I come again with all
free men. I am the ring of steel
around Democracy; the rampart
that you sing about; I am the
Citizen Soldier; the Nation in
Arms. I am the eyes of the cannon,
the marching refrain, the brains
of tihe tank, the nerves of the plane,
the heart of the shell. I am the
Liberty Bell; the salt of our youth.
I am the fighting man of every
outpost from Alaska to Hawaii to
Korea and beyond; from Panama
to Puerto Rico to Iceland and be
yond. Whatever the need, for the
spirit of Liberty, for the future
we’re making—I am your National
Guardsman, I am your shield.
On THe Screen
The late Clark Gable is gone, but
his name will be remembered for
some of the fine roles he has en
acted on the screen. He has turn
ed in notable performances in out
door roles and in comedy. Remem
ber “It Happened One Night?”
In “But Not For Me” playing at
the Orpheum Sunday and Monday,
Gable is at his best in a comedy
romance story of an aging theatri
cal producer whose head is turned
wdien his young lovely secretary
unexpectedly declares her love for
him.
This is said to be a picture so
packed with laughs that a lot of
the dialogue is lost in the roars
that carry over. Recommendation
enough for anybody.
The Saturday prior to the cfark
Gable show ft “Yellowstone Kelly”
with Clint Walker, Edward Byrnes
and John Russell.
Tuesday and Wednesday for a
double feature are two entirely
different films, “Wake Of The Red
Witch,” and “Tokyo After Dark.”
“Wake Of The Red Witch” was a
good sea story, and f the film ap
proaches ft in action and interest,
it should be good. The melodrama
with Tokyo as its local stars the
beautiful Japanese star, Michi
Kobi and American, Richard Long.
About an American G. I. accused
of murder.
Thursday and Friday, the show
ing of M-G-M’s “tom thumb,” a
musical adventure. In Eastman
Color.
Mrs. Trey Dies
PORT ANGELES, WASH Uf) —
Mrs. Minerva E Troy, 87, former
wife of Alaska’s governor in 1933
39, died here Wednesday. Troy
owned Juneau Empire from 1914
until his death in 1942.
Legionaires On
Nat’I Committees
145 of the National appoint
ments by the American Legion
were secured for Legionaires in
Alaska, according to Department
Commander Richard I. Eliason
and National Executive Committee
man Harold E. Stinger of Sitka.
Three Kodiak Legionaires were
appointed to National Committees.
They are Karl Brunstad, to the
Veterans Preference Committee,
John P. Trent, to the Rehabilita
tion Advisory Board, and Henry
White to the Membership and Post
Activities Committee.
Naval Station
Births
A daughter, Connie Linn, weigh
ing 8 lbs. 8 ozs., was born on Dec
ember 20 to Mary Catherine and
Frank Warren Jones LCD®, USN.
A son, James Forest, weighing
5 bs. 7Vz ozs., was born on Novem
ber 19 to Sonia Lee and James
Burton Goldsmith AC2, USN.
Bears Defeated
In two games played this past
weekend at Seward, the Kodiak
Bears were defeated by the power
ful Seward Seahawks.
In the games played Friday and
Saturday nights, the Bears manag
ed to hold their own for the first
half of play, but the Seahawks put
on a power drive in the last half
and emerged victor.
The two teams will be rematched
when Seward comes to Kodiak in
January. Games are scheduled
for Friday and Saturday nights,
Jan. 6 and 7, 1961.
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Acrid black and grey smoke billowing from a warehouse fire dark
ens the sky over the U. S. Naval Station at Kodiak, Alaska, on 17
June 1959 fails to slow the pace of a hard fought game between the
Chief Petty Officers’ and Seabees’ softball teams. The fire started
in a trash truck parked next to the building and quickly spread.
Navy firemen and members of the Kodiak Volunteer Fire Depart
ment battled the flames for several hours. Additional firemen were
kept busy wetting down nearby buildings threatened by intense
heat and falling sparks. Estimated damage to the buiding and its con
tents, mostly Navy Exchange and Commissary Store supplies, was
set at around a haf million dollars. The Seabees won the game 13-8.
Photo by Caskey
NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE. Many not-so-old timers will remember
the Base road before it was paved. The paved road above indicates
a great measure of progress.
The National Guard building is a fine asset to the community. Here
is seen a step in its erection some years ago. Slabs of concrete were
poured and then raised into position.
All the above pictures represent some phase in the development
and history of Kodiak. They were meant for inclusion in the Pro
gress Edition last week but due to space limitations were not pub
lished. The lower picture clearly demonstrates the type of housing
that existed in the hectic war and post-war years. It has since under
gone a face lifting as many other ‘temporary’ homes in Kodiak.
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