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"News of oAmenca’s Last Frontier’
VOL 18 NO 11
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 23. 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Rainbow Assembly No. 7
Formed By O. E. S.
Institution ceremonies and
the installation of officers of
Kodiak Assembly No. 7, Order
of the Rainbow for Girls were
held Wednesday and Thursday
at the Masonic Temple on Mill
Bay Road.
Mrs. Dora M. Sweeney, Su
preme Sub-Deputy Inspector,
came to Kodiak from Juneau
to be installing officer of the
ceremonies. The local Assem
bly of Rainbow Girls is spon
sored by the Order of the Eas
tern Star, Kodiak Chapter 13.
Miss Virginia Foster was se
lected by the Advisory Board
to be Worthy Advisor of the
new Assembly. Mrs. Audrey
Naldrett is Mother Advisor
and members of the board are
Mrs. Lilllian Radinsky, Mrs.
Florence Cushman, Curtiss1
Gushman, Emil Knudsen,
Mrs. Doris Smith, Mrs. Doro- ]
thy Rshwer, Mrs. Mildred
Rextrew and Dr. A. Holmes j
Johnson.
mere are 4U girls between
the ages of 13 and 18 who
make up the Assembly. Be
sides Miss Foster the members
are Kristen Ahlstrom, Elsa
Anderson, Sheila Brillon,
Carrie Lou Burton, Barbara
Crittenden, Lena Lou Deveau,
Jacqueline Foster, Carol
French, Kathleen French,
Lois Goudie, Hazel Hartman,
Irene Hicks, Joyce Howe.
Others are Laurabell Huser,
Carol Jennings, Carol Johnson
Anita Katelnikoff Arlene
King, Jo Ann Knudsen, Vir
ginia Lee, Frances Ann Lind
sley, Barbara Moffitt, Lila
Olsen, Alice Ponchene. Nancy j
Price, Gale Prouty, Diane j
Radinsky, Linda Rockstad,
Betty Schreiner, Iris Schrei- j
ner, Janice Scroggs, Alyce
Simeonoff. Mary Jane Smith,
Jean Frances Smith, Merrel
Stephens, Nancy Templeton,
Pauline Toshwak, Myrna Wal
koff and Dona Van Buren.
Members of Kodiak Chapter 1
13, OES, were the institution
and installation officers.
Former KNS Teacher
Goes Outside
Mr. and Mrs. Donald V.
Lawvere of Glarks Point stop
ped in Anchorage recently
while on their way to Juneau
and the Outside for the sum
mer.
Lawvere, former superin
tendent of the school at Ko
diak Naval Station, is National
Education Association repre
sentarive for Alaska. The
Lawveres plan a visit to Cuba.
Father Gerasim Schmaltz
was in Kodiak this week.1
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Graduation Held
For Eighth Grade
Diplomas were presented to
81 Junior High School gradu
ates Thursday by Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, president of
the Independent School Dis
trict board. The exercises
were held at the U.S.O.
The valedictory was given
by Thomas Lee and the salut
atory by Frances Lindsley.
Superintendent Ivor Schott
| presented the class for gradu
tion.
1 The class prophecy was j
read by Mary Lirdgrenandj
the class history by Hazel j
j Hartman. Mrs. Wanda Fields j
played the processional and I
recessional.
The benediction was given
by Father Raymond Talbott,
S. J. and the invocation by
George Wick.
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TV Station
For Anchorage
The first television station
in Alaska is expected to begin
operations in Anchorage be
fore the end of the year. \
Representatives of the Nor- j
them Television Corp., which'
is building the new station, |
said an application has been,
filed with the Federal Com- j
munications Commission in |
Washington, D.C.
A representative of the cor
poration said it would take
three or four months for FCC
processing before the actual
construction on the station
can begin.
Several Anchorage residents
have invested in the firm. The'
transmitter and studios will
be located in the Mount Me-'
Kinley apartment building. j
Lohse Purchases
Doghouse
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Lohse
have purchased the Doghouse |
from Mr. and Mrs. Josephj
Raymond. The transfer of the
business was made on May 15.!
Raymond started the Dog- j
house restaurant several years J
ago and has been the proprie-1
tor ever since.
The restaurant will be open'
from 11:30 am until 2am, the'
same as when Raymond owned
it, Mrs. Lohse said yesterday, j
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Pvt. George Dragland of Se- j
attle was recently assigned to ]
the local ACS station.
Bank Deposits
$5,000,000
Wednesday the Bank of Ko
diak will celebrate having
passed the $5,000,000 level of
deposits by a banquet for its
employees and local stockhol
ders.
In July of 1952 the bank
celebrated passing the $4,000,
000 mark with a banquet.
Marshall Crutcher is presi
dent of the bank.
The bank began business in
March of 1940 and has con
tinued with local ownership
and management ever since.
| Each time that bank de
posits have climbed another
million dollars the occasion
; has been celebrated by a ban
i quet for employees and stock- ■
holders.
The committee in charge of i
arrangements are Mrs. Crut-,
cher, Mrs. William Smith, |
Mrs. Mary Sorum, Mrs. Os
car Hanson, and Mrs. Ernest
Harding.
Oscar Hanson will serve as
toastmaster Wednesday even- j
ing. !
Anchorage Vets
Coming Here
Anchorage— Approximately
25 members of the Veterans
of Foreign wars expect to at
tend the department encamp-1
ment in Kodiak June 2 to 5. I
James W. Cothran, com
mander-in-chief of the nation
al organization, will be pre
sent at the encampment. Al
though other national officials
have attended previous Alas
kan encampments this is the
first time the commander-in
chief has made an official visit,
local members said.
Students Enjoy
Annual Picnics
Kodiak school classes this
week celebrated the end of
the year with picnics and
parties at school.
Monday, the seventh and
eighth grades went to Ft.
Abercrombie for their outing,
and Wednesday the fifth gra
ders hiked to Mill Bay.
Other classes, including the
first, second and sixth graders,
took their lunches to school
Wednesbay and picnicked in
doors. i
On Thursday the high school
students boarded Alfredj
Anderson’s boat, the Alf-Jim, j
and went to a nearby island ,
for their picnic.
Tom Renshaw resigned his
position at LaLandes’ Kodiak
Bakery and will seek employ
ment with the contractors at
KNS. he said yesterday.
Marie Anderson Leading
in Kodiak Queen Race
Near Record
Bear Taken
A near record Kodiak bear
was shot in the Karluk Lake
area early this week by John
Day of Medford, Oregon. The
big animal’s skin is II feet 8
inches in width and 10 feet 2
inches in length.
This is the second bear tak
en by Day, Last year he hunt
ed and took pictures of bear in
the same area. On last year’s
hunt he was accompanied by a
photographer from Look mag
azine.
The big bear was shot with
a featherweight Remington
800 magnum. The rifle was
“cut” down to a 22 inch
length barrel and weighed on
ly five pounds, 10 ounces. Day
made his kill with two shots
from approximately 300 yards.
He was using open sights, he
said.
Carl Clare of Chicago also
shot a large bear. The hunt
was under the supervision of
Alf Madsen, local big game
guide and outfitter. Others in
the party were John Cushing
and Malcolm McDonald. Vince
Daly flew the hunters to the
lake and returned for them in
his Grumman Goose.
Day also took along around
200 pounds of photographic e
quipment including movie and
still cameras.
The skull measurement of
the bear was 12i inches in
width and 17J inches in length
According to the official scor
ing system for North Ameri
can big game trophies, adopt
ed by the Boone and Crockett
Club, Day’s bear is only a lit
tle short of the world’s record
The world’s record is held
by Roy Lindsley, local FWS
agent.
The skull ot Day s bear may
shrink a little before official
measurements can be made.
According to the rules of the
Boone and Crockett Club mea
surements for record cannot
be made until 60 days after
the bear has been killed.
The Oregon hunter plans to
return to Kodiak this summer
to obtain more movies and still
pictures. He plans to bring his
family with nim.
Douglas and Robert Daw-j
son, JrJf sons of Mr. and Mrs.;
Robert Dawson, will return
early in June after their fresh- [
man year at colleges outside. |
Bob will go directly to Port
Bailey but will come into town
on July 4.
Marie Anderson continued
to lead a field of six candi
dates late yesterday as g com
mittee tabulated the votes for
queen of the Annual Kodiak
Fourth of July Celebration.
Miss Anderson, sponsored
by the US.O. Junior Hostess
Corps, had 32,000 votes. Run
ner-up in the contest at the
close of the second week was
Carolyn Gallagher with 23.000.
She is sponsored by the Elks.
Arlene Herring, Alaska
Communication System candi
date, had 7,000 votes; Cherie
Stover, candidate for Donnel
and Acheson, had 5,100 and
Virginia Foster, Knudsen’s
Fountain representative in the
contest, does not know how
many votes she has. The tic
kets for her have not been
turned in. It was explained
that they will be turned in
this coming week by her spon
sor. Sally Heitman has 0,700
votes. She is supported by the
VFW.
i lickets for the contest aro
on sale and may be obtained
from merchants and from tbo
candidates. Price is one dollar
and each ticket entitles the
purchaser to 100 votes for his
choice for Kodiak queen.
The winner will reign over
the festivities on July 4 and
will also receive a $200 ward ■
robe. Elliott Hymans, USO
director, is chairman of the
committee which is handling
the contest.
Kodiak’s annual observance
of Independence Day is tradi
tionally the biggest and best
event of the year. This year
James Bennett, well known
KNS employee and Kodiak
resident, is general chairman
of the celebration.
Many committees are work
ing on plans for the parade,
booths, games, races, ex la
tests, dances etc.
One big attraction scheduled
for this year is a fishing boat
race. Merrill Coon is chairman
of this committee.
Street dancing and a carni
val are also planned. John Gib
bons has been named chair
man of this event. The usual
prizes for the winner of the
base-town marathon, girls and
boys bicycle race and best and
most original costumes will bo
awarded.
The Libby McNeill and
Libby cannery at Moser Bay
will be in operation this year,
Ray McFarland, superinten
dent, said yesterday. If he can
find housing he plans to bring
his family to Kodiak this sum
mer.