American Legion
Will Embark On
Membership Drive
Upon official notification of Jack
Allman Post No. 17, American Le
gion, co-sponsoring this year’s 4th
of July celebration with Branch
165 of the Fleet Reserve Associa
tion. Commander Frank Martinez
- declared that his year of leadership
will be dedicated to further expan
sion of the Post’s community serv
ice activities and the continuation
of its long standing services for
diabled veterans and their families.
Martinez pointed out that Post
No. 17 would soon embark on an
early membership campaign which
would reach its climax on Veterans
Day, Nov. 11.
“1 realize that because ot per
sonal responsibilities, not every
veteran in Kodiak can take an ac
tive role in the American Legion,”
said Martinez.
“However, whether they are ac
tive or not in the various endeav
ors of Post No. 17, all eligible vet
erans can aid in the development
of the many programs of service to
community, state, and nation
through their Legion member
ship,” he said.
Mrs. E. Naughton
Condition Better
Harold Naughton of Naughton’s
Bakery flew to Anchorage last Fri
day to see his mother who has been
in Providence Hospital with a seri
ous heart condition.
He reported that she had re
sponded well to treatment and
early this week was released from
the hospital and will be at the
home of her daughter, Janet Lee,
in Anchorage.
This weekend, A1 and Dora
Naughton will fly over to visit with
her and will depart on today’s
plane.
Officers Wives Club Install New Officers
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Installed as new officers of the Kodiak Officers
Wives Club at a guest luncheon held June 13 were
the above pictured: (left to right) Mrs. E. D. Ba
ker, secretary; Mrs. W. S. Baker, treasurer; Mrs.
R. R. Raber, vice president; Mrs. L. D. Ekvall,
president; Mrs. R. A. Driggers and Mrs. E. J. Ko
zak, In-town and On-base representatives, respec
tively. Luncheon guests included Mrs. Will Troyer,
Mrs. Jack Hinckel, Mrs. Walter Kraft, Mrs. Lou
Veerman, Mrs. John Springhill, Mrs. Frank Walls
and Mrs. J. P. Jacques. Mrs. J. L. Williams, retir
ing president, was handed an ivory Billiken
mounted on an inscribed placque by Mrs. R. R.
Raber, acting vice president. Guest speaker was
Will Troyer of the Fish & Wildlife Service, who
gave a lecture, with slides, of the wildlife of the
island, particularly the Kodiak Bear.
Mainlander Rolls
300 Game At Elks
“The Jinx is off the alleys!” is
the word amongst bowling enthu
siasts in the Kodiak area since Ai
Preiss stopped in town from the
mainland and rolled the first “300”
game on the Kodiak Elks Bowling
Lanes last weekend.
Just 24 hours prior to Preiss’
record, Vic Marconi rolled 298 for
a new record. Preiss’ game was his
24th 300 game but the first one
sanctioned in league play. Next
Friday Marconi will begin his at
tempt to win the world’s record
championship for marathon bowl
ing.
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Vic Marconi Will
Try For World’s
Record Bowling
A World’s Championship for Ko
diak?
It’s all up to Vic Marconi who
has decided to set out to capture
the World Marathon Bowling Rec
ord at the Elks Bowling Lanes
here. And if donations from indi
viduals and firms continue as well
as they have so far, Vic will begin
rollin’ em early morning of Friday,
June 28.
The world record marathon
bowling championship is currently
held by another Alaskan, Bill Kum
mert, 35, of Kenai, who bowled 1,
009 continuous games in 71 hours
and 15 minutes and thereby de
throned Tony Bordinelli, also of
Kenai, who had held the title since
June of 1960. Bordinelli at that
time was 45 years old.
Donations are being collected to
defray expenses for such items as
bowling socks and shoes and alley
fees. The fee for bowling 1,000
game would be $600 alone. Any do
nations can be made direct to the
bowling lanes.
Marconi, a former radio techni
cian and now in the cab business
here, is 47 years old. He will at
tempt to set the new world’s record
for an endurance bowler using
three-fingered 16-pound balls. His
average is 186.
To give you some idea of the sta
tistics involved in attempting such
a feat, Marconi pointed out that
the present champion, Kummert,
averaged 14 games per hour and
walked about 80 miles while he
bowled the 1,009 games in the 71
plus hours. He downed 93,750 pins
and made a total of 912 strikes. His
average for the entire marathon
was 92.8 and it is estimated that he
lifted a total of some 100 tons in
manipulating the 5-finger 10 pound
balls he used. His high game was
240 and his low game was 7. Kum
mert used three lanes walking
from lane to lane rolling the ball
as fast as they came from the
chutes. He palmed the ball and
threw it rather than rolling it in
the final games. He was allowed
15 minutes rest per hour and due
to the effcts of some pills he took,
was allowed one break from bowl
ing for five hours during whi"h he
remained in the bowling alley and
„ walked around. A doctor was in at
tendance and made periodic check
ups.
Chris Mooney has sparked the
collection of donations to enable
Vic’s championship try.
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Pvt. Wallace McNeil, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Buster Richardson, has
been assigned for duty in Ger
many. During the past several
months he has been undergoing
training at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and
Ft. Dix, N.J.
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