Hand - Carved, Custom - Fitted Rifle
Stocks A Specialty Of Bill Ross
Combine all the qualities of a
vigorous young man with a sense of
adventure, a desire to succeed and
a hope for fresh new opportunities
a love for hunting, fishing, hiking,
camping, a general yen for the
great outdoors, and an apprecia
tion for rugged beauty of nature,
plus the keen eye and steady hand
of an artisan and you have - Bill
Ross.
Bill Ross is the youthful appear
ing (he ought to be. he’s 22), tow
headed driver on Naughtin Bak
ery’s base delivery route who in the
space of one short year of resi
dense in Kodiak has become well
known among a wide variety of
people.
He is known to the men in the
commercial fishing fleets for his
expert lettering work in painting
names on vessels.
He is known among many local
artists for his excellent charcoals
of local scenes.
However he is known among
many local hunters and sport fish
ermen who have frequently run
into him along the streams and
lakes with his fishing pole or seen
him toting his rifle in the hills.
He is perhaps best-known and
most appreciated by local gun buffs
among whom the ownership of one
of his beautiful hand-carved rifle
stocks is considered a mark of de
stinction and a source of envy.
A rifle stock carved by Bill Ross
is custom fitted to the individual
and each stock takes many days of
patient effort before it is even to
the stage where the finishing work
can be begun. Intricate and beauti
ful inlays made of contrasting
woods make the final stock a real
object of art.
The stocks themselves generally
are made from Myrtle, Walnut or
Bird’s Eye Maple with the grip
caps and fore-end pieces along with
any decorative inlays made of Rose
Wood or other contrasting woods.
Working in a tiny closet size
workshop in his home, Ross has
been able to turn out only a very
limited number of stocks for per
sonal friends in the area and since
his first stock was seen in local cir
cles he has had to turn down many
requests for stocks and repair work
on old rifle and pistol stocks due
to a lack of time.
Ross studied art in college which
might explain his expert lettering
and sign painting ability as well as
his fine charcoals.
Although he took woodworking
in high school and “found it a sat
isfying course,” he has had no oth
er formal training in woodworking
HARBOR LIGHT
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH
Sunday School.10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship ... 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening ... 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study
and Prayer. 7:45 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Jay Blackshear, Pastor
Transportation—Call 6-5314
Church of God
6th & I Streets
Fred Mamaloff, Pastor
Sunday School . 10 a-m
Morning Worship -11 a-m
Evening Service . 7 p.m
Mid Week Service.7 p.m.
Wednesday
and his gun stocks are largely the
result “many hours of trial and
error.”
His wife Char-Lee, who also
comes from Indiana and is a sister
of Terry Wolf, manager of Kodiak
Cleaners, also has fallen in love
with Kodiak. They have four chil
dren, all towheaded boys: Brett,
4; Chris 3; Scott 1%; Bill Jr. 3
months. During the past week they
moved in the Aleutian Homes nd
eventually hope to be able to build
a home here.
“The only thing we miss in Ko
diak is water skiing.” says Ross.
However it probably is only a mat
ter of time before he begins carv
ing out a pair of water skis.
Hoonah Pastor
Pentecostal
Special Speaker
The Harbor Light United Pente
costal Church announces that spec
ial services will be held Friday,
Saturday, & Sunday of this week
Rev. Don Fisher, pastor of the
United Pentecostal Church at Ho
onah, Alaska, will be special speak
er.
Rev Fisher is the state young
people’s leader for this organiza
tion and also Sunday School direc
tor. Jay Rlackshear pastor of the
Kodiak church, reports that Mr.
Fisher is a very capable minister
and encourages everyone to hear
this dedicated man of God preach.
Saturday night services are des
ignated as young people’s night
and a special invitation to all
young people is extended.
Rev. Fisher will teach the Adult
Sunday School class on Sunday
morning at 10 A.M.
Evening services begin at 7:45
P.M.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.
Mirror Classifieds bring results.
Christian Science
Society
Sunday School. 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Service.11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Services
.2nd & 4th Wed.
8:00 p.m.
Reading Room. .2nd & 4th Wed.
7:30-8 and 9-9:30 p.m.
Located at 31 Benson
near Cope St.
The Community Baptist Church
fThe Big White Church on the Hill 17 Mill Bay Road
Dr. Fred Young, Interim Pastor
Sunday School — 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship — 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups — 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship — 7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m. Wednesday
“HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE”
All denominations are Welcome
Berean Baptist Church
REV. CLETIS LEVERETT, PASTOR
L. B. LINDSEY, S. S. SUPERINTENDENT
A Bible Believing Baptist Church with
a Real Coiicern for Souls of Men.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00
EVENING SERVICE ’L00
PRAYER MEETING (Wed.) 7:30
“For the Word of God and the
Testimony of Jesus Christ.”
P. 0. To Close At
Noon On Saturdays
Effective next Saturday, Aug
ust 3, the post office will close on
Saturdays at noon, instead of 1 P.
M. as is the past, Postmaster Wil
liam Lamme announced today.
Man hour and service require
ments were carefully considered
before the change was decided on,
Postmaster Lamme explained.
There will be no change in daily
hours, he added. The post office
will continue to open at 9 A. M.
daily except Sunday, closing at 5:30
P.M. weekdays and at noon Satur
days after tomorrow.
SOL URIE VISITS
Sol Urie, well known Seward
businessman was in Kodiak this
week visiting with his sons Martin
and Sid along with whom he owns
Solly’s office here. Although Mr.
Urie has been a visitor to Kodiak
many times previously in the past
three decades, he was “greatly im
pressed with the general business
activity of the area.”
SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST
CHURCH
Services 10 a.m.
»h«ne 486—2422
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NOTE OF THANKS
The Grey Nuns and personnel of
Griffin Memorial Hospital wish to
extend their sincere thanks to the
Elks Lodge which donated and in
stalled two TV sets in the men’s
wards of the hospital.
St. James
The Fisherman
Episcopal Church
North Blvd.
Holy Communion . 7:30 a.m.
Family Service .... 10:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
Holy Communion .. 7:30 pjn.
Rev. Donald Bullock 486—5626
Guild: 2nd Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Kodiak Assembly of God Church
195 Mission Road Phone 486—2491
Pastor Wm. L. Cummins
Preaching a changeless Christ in a changing world
SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday School . 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship . 11:00 a.m.
Christ's Ambassadors . 6:30 p.m.
Men’s Prayer Meeting . 7:00 p.m.
Evening Service . 7:30 pjm
Wednesday Women’s Prayer Meeting. 10:00.a.m.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting . 7:5M pjn.
Friday Prayer Meeting . 7:3b p.m.
CHURCH of CHRIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL . 10:00 A.M.
CHURCH... 11:00 A.M. — 6:00 P.M.
ED KNAPP — Evangelist
PHONE 486—5628
(Meeting in Old City Hall at Rear of Volunteer Fire Dept)
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Mary’s Church and School
SUNDAY MASSES
6:39 a.m. — Hospital Chapel
8:30 a.m. — Church
10:30 a.m. — Church
CONFESSIONS
Daily and Sunday Before Masses
Salturday 7 to 8 p.m.
Rev. John Marx Phone 486—2474
KODIAK DIRECTORY
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CLUB
No. 187
Meets 1st & 3rd
Thursday at
8 p.m. at the
Elks Club
KODIAK LODGE NO. 1772 BPOEj
[Meets every Friday
evening
at 8:30 p.m.
Visiting Members Welcome
BARTENDERS LOCAL 875 A.F.L.
Meets on 2nd Sunday of every
month, 12 noon at
Fishermen’s Hall.
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CARPENTERS UNION
LOCAL 2162—KODIAK, ALASKA
Meetings Every 2nd Thursday
of the month.
No. 295
KODIAK
LODGE
F. & A. M.
Meetings — Stated 3rd Monday,
8 p.m. at Kodiak Masonic Temple
BUSINESS it PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN’S CLUB
Business Meeting—1st Monday at
7:30 p.m.
Dinner Meeting—3rd Monday at
7:00 p.m. at Montmartre Inn.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Regular meetings 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays, 8 p.m.
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
Hours of Business
Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 soon
Sundays and Holidays, Closed
Wires may be filed during the
closed office hours by dialing 110.