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An Epoch in Kodiak Rotary History ...
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Dist. Governor,
To Make Official Visit To Home Club
L>r. a. Holmes Johnson, Rotary
Governor for Dist. 504, who has
just completed several months of
official visitations to Rotary Clubs
in Washington, Canada and Alaska,
will make his official visitation to
his home Rotary Club on Tuesday,
Nov. 27.
After being elected District
Governor earlier this year, he at
tended a governor’s conference
held at Lake Placid, N.Y., and
then the Rotary International Con
vention held in Los Angeles.
Shortly after his return to Kodiak
he began his official visitation
trips, attracting wide attention in
the press for his expressions on
Rotary.
Prior to the official visitation in
Kodiak, a dinner will be held Mon
day night at the Mecca at 6:30, and
then the group will adjourn to the
home of Dr. Bruce Keers for Ro
tary assembly with all members
attending.
The assembly and dinner are a
preliminary to the official visita
tion.
COMMUNITY LEADER
Dr. Johnson is one of the 271
governors responsible for super
vising the activities of more than
11,200 Rotary Clubs with a total
membership of more than 524,000
Rotarians in 128 countries.
The Kodiak doctor has long been
associated with service organiza
tions. While practicing in Port
land, prior to moving to Alaska,
he held important offices in the
Northwest area YMCA and wa;
president of the Oregon Socia
Hygiene Society.
In Kodiak he was chairman o
the Civil Defense and Hospita
Units during WW II and has bet'r
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Bears Cop Two
League Openers
On Seward Trip
Coach Terry McMullin’s 1962
63 edition of the Kodiak Bears
got off to an auspicious start
this past weekend sweeping a
league double-header over the
Seward Seahawks by scores of
52-39 and 58-39.
The first game was a typical
opening game, Coach McMullin
said, with both teams committing
many bobbles. Richard Mize,
with 19 points, was the game’s
leading scorer.
The Bears were hitting the
hoop in the second game, as four
other players besides Mize hit
for between 9 and 11 points in
cluding Stan Sargent, Wayne Ko
zak, Harry McCormick and Rick
Lowry. Sargent was also cred
ited with 15 rebounds.
The Bears meet an independ
ent five on Saturday, Dec. 1, at
which time the Jayvees open
their season against the 1I.S. In
dependents in a preliminary
game at 6:30.
Kodiak’s Geyser At Night-Time
This unusual night photo, taken without flashlight, vividly explains
what happens when a city water line blows. This sight greeted
home-bound Kodiakans last Friday evening about 5 p.m. on Benson
Road near Aleutian Homes. Note Pillar mountain and the lighted
homes at the base of the mountain in the background.
—(Photo by Nick Rauch)
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Upon seeing me putting car
into cartons “casing up,” down :
our local APA cannery warehous<
the almost universal questio:
seems to be, “Well, how does i
feel to have to work for a living
My feelings on this are perhap
best expressed by the old gu;
working in a factory who looke;
up to see offering his hand, nom
other than Teddy Kennedy, thi
President’s brother who was cam
paigning for the U.S. Senate. Thi
old guy looked Teddy square h
. the eye and said. . . . “I’ve hear;
that you’ve niver worked a day ii
your life.” Then leaning over cor
fidentially he added . . . “Wei
Teddy me boy, let me tell you om
thing . . . you ain’t missed a thing!'
&
The city’s new de-icing machine:
have been installed in the smal
boat harbor. We will know whethe;
they will work when the cole
weather sets in. . . . The big barn
red barge down there belongs t<
Cecil Scholl who is turning it int<
a floating marine engine overhau
and repair shop . . . somethin;
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Young Navy Man
Admits To Rash
Of City Thefts
The Kodiak Police Depart
ment solved a rash of breakins,
Monday night, with the capture,
arrest and confession of Joe Da
vid McCall, 18, a Navy man re
cently arrived at the Base.
McCall was apprehended Mon
day about 6 p.m. by Chief R. E.
Vickery and Officer Lewis Lyle
at the Kodiak Cleaners, a place
he allegedly stole from four
times. The suspect also admitted
attempted breakins at the Ko
diak Jewelry store and the
Breakers Liquor store.
He was arraigned Tuesday be
fore Magistrate Mabel Fenner on
two larcency counts.
Drive For Bennie Benson Continues
As S550 Is Raised In First Few Days
Kodiak opened its heart and its
purse strings this past weekend
in an appeal to assist one of its
less fortunate but most deserving
citizens, Bennie Benson who as a
youngster designed the flag of
Alaska.
Nearly $550 was contributed in
less than a week since the appeal
was made to assist in helping to
defray over $5,000 in hospital and
medical expenses Bennie has oc
curred in the past several months
due to hospitalization and surgery
in Seattle.
Some of the contributions were
sizeable such as the first received
from Wilton White of Kodiak Mo
tors for $100, the Elks Lodge, $75;
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neseth, $25;
O. Kraft and Son, Inc., $25; Alf
Madsen, $25; Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Bell, $20.
But by and large most of the con
tributions ranged from $10 on
down to $1, and over half was
raised in one afternoon and eve
ning by Alf Madsen who made a
personal contact campaign in Ben
s nie’s behalf. Even youngsters came
* in with their $1 contributions to
*> the Mirror.
1 Meanwhile the Mirror and others
t are continuing the drive to help
Bennie whose flag has meant so
5 much to Alaskans and Kodiak. Ben
’ nie was released this past week
1 from the Virginia Mason hospital
; and is recovering, but it will take
: him time to fully recuperate and
he expressed through the Mirror
; column his deep gratitude in as
1 sisting him to overcome his heavy
1 financial burden due to unfortu
1 nate circumstances.
DRIVE CONTINUES
* The drive will continue for sev
' eral weeks. If you haven’t already
sent in or brought in your contri
bution, do so now. Or mail it to
* the Bennie Benson fund, P.O. Box
l 1307, c/o the Mirror, Kodiak,
' Alaska.
I A complete list of contributors
follows.
Contributors to the Bennie Ben^
son fund to date:
Kodiak Motors, Wilton White
$100, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bell $20,
Alice Parmenter $10, Mr. and Mrs.
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Extra Equipment
For Auto-Magic
Equipment for complete press
ing and finishing for Auto-Magic
Cleaners arrived on the MS Tanana
this week, according to Verlyn Ge
riene, owner.
During the week the equipment
will be installed and a grand open
ing is scheduled for Saturday, Dec.
1, at which time a door prize—a
mounted King Crab will be
awarded. Watch for details in next
week’s Mirror.
Explosion Tuesday
On Ketovia Kills
2 Crew Members
Three Kodiak-based vessels,
Ketovia, Leading Lady aRd the
Ripple were involved directly or
indirectly with an explosion, .
Tuesday night which ripped the '
stern out of the Ketovia and
killed two Homer brothers, Bob
and Allen Roehl. *
It is believed that the two men
who were dropping dynamite.
charges over the stern in oil
geophysical work were victims,
of a premature explosion of
nitroglycerin.
Two others were hospitalized
for treatment as a result of the
blast which occurred four miles
southeast of Kalgin Island in
Cook Inlet.
Jim Jones, skipper of the Ke
tovia and a brother of Ralph
Jones of Kodiak was uninjured
as was Rudy O. Wilson, a crew
member.
i -- Kodiak Kapsules ~
f (By Bill Mason)
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40 Mission Kids
Enjoy Elks Feast
It was a happy Thanksgiving, in
deed, Thursday for some 40 young
sters and administrative staff of
the Kodiak Baptist Mission as they
were guests of the Kodiak Elks
Lodge No. 1772 at the Elks Home
at noon.
Over 40 youngsters were treated
to turkey and all the trimmin’s pre
pared by Chefs Ed Kratochvil,
Russ Panchot and helpers.
The dinner was served to the
youngsters by a crew of Elk offi
cers lead by Exalted Ruler Tommy
Frost.
Little was left of the two huge
birds prepared for the feast in the
annual event.
Headline in the Cook Inlet
published at Homer reads: “Bull
Shooter Gets Jury Trial.”
They give ’em a trial in Ho
mer. Here we just try to leave
them sitting on the bar stool.
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Cmdr. J. E. White, P.I. and legal
officer at the base contributes to
our unabashed dictionary with his
definition of a bachelor:
“He’s a fellow who never made
the same mistake once.”
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Our appeal for funds for Ben
nie Benson brought heart-warm
ing results with our first con
tribution, a S100 check from
Wilton White at Kodiak Motors
and then Alf Madsen picked up
over S?00 more by bar-hopping,
Saturday night.
Another brought in $2 towards
the worthy cause, and they’re
still coming in with the sugges
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