Inspector General Officer Here
SP4 Preston Shively, armorer of the local Guard unit stands stiffly
at attention in ranks as Col. Willis H. Davis of USURAL inspects,
.both him and his Ml rifle. Col. Davis was in town this week to
conduct the annual Inspector General Inspection of the unit. He
is not unfamiliar with Kodiak, having conducted prevous inspections
and being garrisoned here with the 201st Infantry Regiment
stationed here and at Sitka during World War II. However at that
time he spent only one month here enroute to the Aleutian Islands.
He recalls that the army maintained an Engineer Sawmill Co. at
Woody Island to provide lumber at that time.
Chiniak Air Force Station Wives Hold
Organizational Meeting At Mecca Club
The wives of the personnel at
the Chiniak Air Force Station
gathered Wednesday, Feb. 13, at
the Mecca 49 Room for the pur
pose of forming a Chiniak Wives
Club.
Mrs. Gloria Jacques was chair
man for this first affair and as
sisting her as hostesses were Mrs.
Sylvia Zonoff, Mrs. Pat Monell,
Mrs. Marilyn Rensvold, Mrs. Karen
Hallmark, Mrs. Sara Whitlatch and
Mrs. Jean Hallmark.
After an excellent luncheon,
which was served at tables deco
rated to express the Valentine
theme, an election of officers was
held. Elected as president was
Mrs. Jean Hallmark and elected as
secretary-tureasurer was Mrs. Rose
Smotherman.
Among those who also attended
the luncheon were Mrs. Ruth Heck
man, Mrs. Joan Banks, Mrs. Betsy
Rapp, Mrs. Barbara Harris, Mrs.
Yvonne Chellew, Mrs. Louise Han
cock, Mrs. Donna Reed, Mrs. Betty
Knapp, Mrs. Lianne Neale, Mrs.
Hazel Foley, Mrs. Barbara Hurrell,
Mrs. Helen Falker, Mrs. Zif Bailey,
Mrs. Anita Lowenberg, Mrs. Dee
Malloy, Mrs. Joan McCreary and
Mrs. Phyllis Williams.
Future luncheon meetings Will
be held at the Mecca on the first
Wednesday of each month and will
begin at 12:30 p.m.
New Citizen
Mrs. William (Doris Bacus), lab
oratory technician at the Holmes
Johnson Clinic in Kodiak was one
of a class of 37 who became Amer
ican citizens in Anchorage on Feb.
15.
Mrs. Bacus, a native of Canada,
has resided in the states for 14
years. She came to Kodiak about a
year ago from Vancouver, B.C.
This Is To Announce That
Effective Friday, March 1
DOROTHY SPENCER
Has Taken Over the Lease
and Management of
THE MECCA BAR
THE '49 ROOM
THE MECCA LIQUOR STORE
Watch for Details
of the Big Grand Opening
Kodiak Naval Station Fighters Cop
Five Titles At Golden Gloves Meet
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When the Naval Station team un
der the leadership of former Navy
champions Frank Martinez, team
trainer, and Donald Arnold, team
manager, reported to Anchorage
for the Elks 4th Annual Golden
Gloves Tournament on Feb. 19-20,
they found themselves underdogs
with only 7 fighters. Other teams
boasted 12 and 14.
The first Kodiak fighter to enter
the ring was Tommy Woodruff,
light welterweight open, who
fought a powerful bout but lost a
referee’s decision to Thomas Lee,
a well seasoned fighter from Elison
AFB.
Then to bring a surprise to the
crowd and the biggest round of
ovation of the night, William
Brown of the Naval Station stepped
into the ring with Alaska’s welter
weight novice champion. Brown
brought the crowd of about 1,500
fight fans to their feet when he un
leashed a terrific attack on the
Champ. With blood streaming from
the Champs’ nose and mouth they
both fought like the champions
they were to the bell. In round 2,
with instructions from Martinez
and Arnold, Brown let loose an
other attack at the Champ and had
the Champ going through the ropes
for the finish when the bell rang.
BROWN WINNER
During the rest period the crowd
sensed a new champ and cheered
Brown on. When Brown met the
Champ in the center of the ring it
was “a pier 6 brawl.” The Champ
fought back gamely but could not
fend off the powerful Brown
Above the roar of the crowd and
the sound of the bell you could
still hear the announcer say, “from
Chicago’s westside, the new welter
weigh novice champion, William
Brown of the Kodiak Naval Sta
tion.”
The Kodiak fighters had 2 more
bouts that evening. John Cresto ji
Kodiak beat 37-year-old Staff Sgt.
Carl Newman of Elmendorf AFB,
a seasoned fighter who put up a
rugged fight with the younger
Cresto. The second night Cresto
lost a split decision to a tough
fighter from Eielson AFB. Roy
Wright, light middleweight from
Kodiak, lost a TKO in the third
round to another standout from
Eielson AFB.
WIN FIVE TITLES
The second and last night of the
Gloves tournament, under the keen
guidance of Martinez and Arnold,
Kodiak won 5 championship titles.
The last title fight saw Allan Wil
son of the Kodiak team win by a
TKO in 18 seconds of the third
round and become the new light
middleweight champion of Alaska.
Wilson, a civilian, had his oppon
ent in trouble from the first bell
when he attacked in Kodiak’s fa
miliar style. With blood spurting
out of both fighters, Wilson rushed
Carl Ashford like a demon. In the
rest period both Kodiak handlers
instructed Wilson to finish off Asn
ford. Wilson had Ashford on the
ropes for the finish but the belt
sounded and Ashford’s handlers
ushered him to his corner. Whe»’i
the second round was over thu
crowd was still standing until the
bell for round 3.
Then the referee announced that
Dorothy Spencer
Leases Mecca Club
Effective Friday, March 1,
Mrs. Dorothy Spencer is taking
over the lease of the Mecca Bar,
the 49 Room and the Mecca
Liquor Store from Herman
Schultz.
Schultz says he will remain in
Kodiak to work on his boat, do
some fishing and generally relax.
The establishment is owned
by Roy Snyder.
Mrs. Spencer is a former part
owner of the Beachcombers and
the Village Bar and has wide
catering and liquor management
experience.
Ashford could not make the 3rd
round and Kodiak went on to win
second place, beating out Anchor
age Boys Club, Elmendorf AFB,
Co. F Airborne, and NAACP of
Anchorage. Eielson AFB took first
place with hardly a margin be
tween their first place and Ko
diak’s second place.
The new Alaska champions of
the Kodiak Naval Station are: Al
lan Wilson, light middleweight,
open; Keith Willard, heavyweight,
open; William Brown, welter
weight, novice. Also in Kodiak’s
corner was Tom Gallagher of the
Polar Bear Cafe.
P.S. Special thanks to Frank
Martinez who wrote this. No sports
writer supreme I merely edited
and typed it.
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