Benevolent Son Beams Brightly On
Kodiak's 4th Of July Celebration
Following an inauspicious start,
the Fourth of July celebration Sat
urday proved one of the most en
joyable in years. Packed full with
many events from early morning
to tho midnight display of fire
works, the Fourth was celebrated
by huge crowds in holiday mood,
and in the traditional manner.
The day began with rain, which
only served to lay the dust, forr
before long a benevolent sun
beamed down on the days prceed
ings
The Kodiak Outdoorsmen copped
the (irst prize in the parade, with
a fire outdoors camping scene.
Pnze tor this was $50 Second
p~7e winner of $25 was the Ko
diak Baptist Mission for their float
entitled “Worship in the 49th”
TVtM prire of $?0 went to the
Kodiak Rotary Club for their float
featuring youth projects.
. .The Cijfb Scouts wore winners in
(ho marching 'units division, re
ceiving $10. Winner for the boy
with the best costume received
$o. He was titled* the Runaway
Boy and . did , just that after re
ceiving his prize, leaving no name.
Rita Johnson as Pocahontas woo
$5 for her costume.
A children’s float “Sailboat”
won $25 for th-j Harold Alexander
family. Special awards of $5 went
In the Lloyd Cannon children
dressed as flappers and a $3 award
for a small bicycle entrant, (no
name).
Reinhardt Biermanski was win
ner in the 18 years and up division
of the Pillar Mountain climb;
Teen Long, second; and Carl
Christiansen, third. Prizes won
were: $20, $10 and $5. In the Jun
ior division, Frank Heglin, first;
Frank Johnson, second; and Junior
Warner, third. Prizes were as
above.
In the Mill Bay Marathon, sen
ior division, Russ Kuster, Frank
Farr and Tom Henehan won in
that order, with Keith Beck trail
ing the pack. Cash prizes of $25,
$15 and $7.50 were won. In the
junior division of this event, win
ners were Norman Smith, Harry
Willson, Mike Nixon, all :*jceiving
prizes of $15, $10 and $5 in that
order. Perry Eaton placed fourth.
Fishermen took on Navy, Mar
ines and Coast Guard groups, eli
minating all comers and walking
off with a check for $50.
Winner of the greased pig event
won $5. Name not known.
Winners in other events are as
follows: 3-leggod, 7 and under—
Georgiana Babbitt, Virginia Chya,
first; Doug Anderson and Billy
Redick; 8-10—Carol Blakely, Gret
chen Veerman, first; Wes Wiley
and Lester Wiley, second; Jodette
McNallen and Linda Gouder, third.
12-14: John Morton, Steve Zeer;
Dorothy Chya, Lydia Olsen; Ed
ward Doveau and Tommy Reft.
Sunday
Special
Pound Cake..500 ea.
Blackberry Pie ... 600 ea.
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Sackrace: 4-5: Bobby Redick,
Don Kerringer, Chris Duros; 6-7:
Doug Anderson, Billy Redick and
Georgiana Babbitt; 8-9: Robert
Weaver, Ronnie Snyder and Wes
Wylie; 10-11: Carol Olsen, Bobby
Spencer and Barbara Allon,
Tommy Reft, Donna Bates and
Judy Acheson. 12-14: Carl Gouder,
Leonard Zeer.
Running events: 2-3: Judy Scott,
Ricky Heglin and Bill Stfndberg.
4-5: Johnny Deveau, Don Kerring
er and Vonnie Howard. 6-7: Ricky
Richardson, Elwin Hoover and
Charles Scott. 8-9: Paul Vande
Mark, Bobby Barnhart and Billy
Pfeiffer. 10-11: Charles Kocher
and Billy Watkins. 12-14: Kenny
Williams and Charles Kocher.
The rowing race was won by
Norg, with Les Selig placing sec
ond and Magnuson, third.
i-nzes won were $15, $10 and $5.
Jaycees Offer
“Thank You”
Guy Powell, general chairman
of the ce^bration, and the Jay
cees organization, sponsors of the
event, oLfer their thanks to all
those who assisted in putting on
the festival.
They particularly want to thank
the employer’s of Jay *.es mem
bers for allowing -time off for
work on preparations. They list
members employed by them to
the following firms and people as
offering assistance: Naughton’s
Bakery, concession at dance;
Chick Edris, assisting at small
boat harbor; Ben and Harriet
Guhrke, finance booth; City of
Kodiak; Police Department, Walt
Muller, Soap box derby; Bob Ebert;
Alaska Transfer, moving piano
and Queens float and Kim Clark.
Others who assisted were the
Marine’s marching unit, Chief
Bennett and the Navy Band, Jo
Keers and cast of Roaring Twen
ties, Curley Melarvie, Village Bar,
Rotary Club, Mrs. Betty Reed, 0.
A. Torgerson and Bank of Kodiak,
Kodiak Bear and AFRS-TV, Nix
on’s Dairy, Jim Garoutte, Rain
bow Girls,, KEA and Kodiak Tele
phone, Bill Criss, Queen contest
ants and sponsors, Little Leaguers,
Kodiak Baptist Mission, decora
tors for the dance, wives of Jay
cees and the Elks Club, together
with any others who assisted in
any way in making the celebration
a success.
Contest Winner’s
Guess Is Close
Missing the nuimber of beans
in the jar by just one won for
Merrill Gerdsen a brand new
Volkswagon, the prize offered
during the Fourth, of July Festi
val.
Actual count of beans in the
jar was 17,967. Gerdsen’s guess
was 17,968. Other close guesses
included one for 17,956 and 17,982.
The contest created quite a bit
of interest, some using slide rules,
others estimating by cubic dis
placement and some just plain
guesses.
U. S. C. G. Admiral
On Inspection Tour
Rear Admiral H. C. Moore,
USCG, Commander Western Area,
arrived at the U. S. Naval Station
here Tuesday from Anchorage.
RADM Moore, who is also Com
mander 12th Coast Guard District,
was on an inspection tour of Coast
Guard facilities in Alaska. His
headquarters is in San Francisco,
Calif.
Meeting the Admiral upon his
arrival were Rear Admiral A. W.
McKechnie, USN, Commander
Alaskan Sea Frontier and Com
mandant 17th Naval District, Cap
tain R. B. Jacoby, USN, Command
ing Officer of the Kodiak Naval
Station am1 Lieutenant Command
er C. L. ^arrott, USCG, acting
Commanding Officer of the Coast
Guard Air Detachment at Kodiak.
WINNING FLOAT—The Kodiak Outdoorsmen won first prize for
their float in the Fourth of July parade.
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