Hodiak Mirror
“cactus of America's Last frontier y
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5,00
Entered :n the Postoffice at Ko liak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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for the people shall not perish from the earth/—Lincoln
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or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
Clean Up
Kodiak’s annual clean up cvmpaign goes into the second
week today with little enthusiasm from residents and with
only a few actively taking part.
The city has provided trucks and workmen to pick up
the winter accumulation of rubbish and debris without cost to
the individual. For health’s sake, if for none other, everyone i
should join the campaign.
Despite the efforts of the Navy’s Epidemic Control
Team cases of Weil’s disease are still appearing in Kodiak. •
Piles of rubbish made a wonderful nest and breeding ground
for the disease carrying rats. Clean up today. Place the piles
of debris near the street. The city workmen will do the rest.
School Bids
Opened j
A Tacoma company headed
by Bergesen was low bidder
on the proposed new school
building for Kodiak, Donald
Wilson, director of Alaska
Public Works, informed Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson, president |
of the Independent School
District board, early this
week.
Bergesen bid $575,000 for
construction of the building.
The bid is higher than the
estimates and the amount of !
money appropriated for the 1
project.
A Hawaiian orchid wns the
unusual gift received by one
Kodiak mother May 11
Mrs. Milton H. Smith received
it, sent by air from California, \
from her son, Milton, who is
in the army at Fairbanks. 1
IN HONOR OF
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
and
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
’ An Act of Congress authorized the coinage of 50
| cent pieces to commemorate the lives and to perpetuate
. the ideals and teachings of these great American educa- '
’ tors. I
! They are for sale through banks for $2.00. The pro- !
. fit goes to two memorial funds named by Congress. !
[Orders for the 50-cent pieces will be taken by the 1 i
bank or at U. S. N. S. during Friday evening banking |! i
hours. Delivery will be made late in June. ! i
Closed every Thursday
Ranking nervine at N. O. B.. Fridays. Old Administration Building, S:OC 6 SI) V M
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AVA Director
Due Here
James W. Chadwick, Alaska
Visitors Association executive
director, plans to visit Kodiak
in connection with a territory
wide membership drive and to
stimulate enthusiasm for the
visitor’s program.
Edward Coffey, Anchorage j
AVA president, will accom-|
pany Chadwick to various
cities in the territory. They
plan to visit Fairbanks, Nome
and Kotzebue.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dupler
and children plan to leave
Monday for a vacation in the
states. Dupler will confer with
the sponsors of the proposed
housing project in the east
addition while he is in Port
land.
They plan to visit in Salt
Lake City and Ogden, Utah
and Denver, Colorado.
Martz Elected
Chamber Prexy
J. G. Martz was unanimous
ly elected to serve as presi
dent of the Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce for the 1952 53
year Thursday
Nominations were made at
a previous meeting of the
group and the election was
held Thursday following the
regular luncheon at the Mont
martre Inn.
Jack Hinckel was elected
first vice president and Oscar
Hanson second vice president.
Mrs. J. G. Martz was elected
secretary and William Smith
treasurer.
Outgoing C of C president
Merrill Coon and Clarence
Dizney were elected to the
executive board.
The C of C approved a pro-1
posed amendment whereby
the salary of the secretary
shall be set by the executive
board.
Other business of the cham
ber included a discussion of
the increasing traffic accidents
here and the passing of a
resolution to write the Ter
ritorial Highway Department
and request that a regular
highway patrolman be sent to
Kodiak.
Acting secretary Georgya
Ellis reported that 34 mem
bers have paid their dues for
the coming year. Last year
the C of C had 55 paid mem
bers.
New Phone Directory
Being Prepared
A new Kodiak Telephone
Company directory will be
published in July by the Ko
diak MIRROR.
Mrs. John Cushing-, owner
of the KTC, has ordered seve
ral hundred of the new books.
Deadline for placing ad
vertisements in the book has
been set for June 7.
Telephone listings for the
new book are being compiled
by Mrs. Cushing. To place ad
vertisements call 3123 or come
in the MIRROR office.
BPW Gives
Tablecloth
A hand crocheted table
cloth will be given to some
lucky person at 11:45 am
Memorial Day in front of
Knudsens. Members of the
Business and Professional
Women’s Club have prepared
the table cloth. For further in
formation see any member of
the club or inquire at Knud
sens.
The city council approved a
construction and sales agree
ment of the Alaska Public
Works for the construction of
the new reservoir and head
works for the water distrubu
tion system during a special
council meeting Tuesday.
Pacific Alaska Contractors,
with Shupp, Chase and Tol
bert, will do the work. Work
is to begin soon on the pro
ject.
Buy a Poppy
Of. Johnson Plans
Sailboat Trip
Br. H. W. Garvin, U. S.
Navy doctor at Kodiak Nava]
station, will take over Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson’s practice for
several weeks while Dr. and
Mrs. Johnson are away from
Kodiak.
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson plan
t.o navigate a sail boat from
Seattle to Kodiak this summer.
Dr. Johnson told of his plans
Tuesday during the Rotary
Club meeting.
Robert Hedloff has been
named as acting Territorial
Highway Patrol officer in Ko
diak during the absence of
Carter Seymour. chief of
police. He received notifica
tion of the appointment early
this week.
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Open Friday Evening* Until 9 pm
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Most "career girls” are planning for a “career" in their
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And while they are still at work, in order to insure that
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SUNDAY—25 MAY
All ELK. and EMBLEM Club members are most
cordially invited to atten^a Dinner Dance in the Club
Rooms Sunday, 25 May from 3:00 to 7:00 pm. Music fur
nished by the “Four Aces. ”
FRIDAY-13 JUNE
Next regular meeting of the Lodge.
FRIDAY—11 JULY
Last meeting until 22 AUGUST. However, a full
program of events is planned for the summer.
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WAPITI WISDOM.
With what confusion thinking’s fraught!
I sometimes think I’ll think no more,
For when I spend much time in thought
I unthink things I thought before.
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI