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News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VO' -13 NO 30
KODIAK. ALASKA OCTOBER 3, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
School Opens Monday;
New Kindergarten Hours
School will begin Monday,
October 5, in the new school
building. Ifunforseen develop
inents arise to prevent the
opening, an announcement
will be made over Navy radio
station WVCQ.
The kindergarten hours
have been changed. In order
to make it possible for chil
dren to ride the shopper, the
afternoon kindergarten ses
sion will begin at 1 pm and
run until 3:15 pm. Children
whose birthdays are in the
months of November through
April will attend the after
noon session.
The morning session begins
at 9 am and dismisses at 11:15
am. Children whose birthdays
are in the months of May
through October will be in the
morning se? s’on.
Apartments Sold
The Green Apartments on
South Brooklyn avenue were
purchased this week by Hugo
Gronlund and Carl Loberb i
from the firm of Poulson and
Sehock, owners of the Or
pheum Theatre.
The purchase price was not
given.
Elks Plan Ball
The Elks will hold a “Hod
Carriers Ball’’ on October 17. j
The event is for Elks only and
each member will be required I
to bring his own lunch in a
pail, wear his usual working
clothes and carry the tools of
his trade.
Bob Acheson returned to
Kodiak Sunday after spending
a week in the states.
Mrs. Acheson, who had gone
outside earlier to enter their
daughter Carolyn in college,
returned with him.
Merrill Coon, Kodiak Stan
dard Oil Company of Califor
nia, was an outgoing PNA
passenger for Anchorage this
week.
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Marc Tod Bettinger, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Bettin
ger, celebrated his sixth birth
day Thursday with a parcy.
Mrs. August Heitman and
son Patrick, and Mrs. Don
Crawford and daughter Dawn
Louise returned Tuesday even
ing after a six weeks’ vaca
tion in the states.
Don Lahom of the Aleutian
Homes, Inc., staff was an out-i
going PNA passenger forj
Portland Thursday. (
Late Bulletins
5 By Associated Press
Panmujom — Anti-Commu
nists prisoners in the Korean
neutral zone staged their
second mass breakout in an
attempt to discredit officials.
Two were killed and five
wounded by Indian guards
yesterday. This brought the
total casualties in the break
out to three dead and 10
wounded.
A spokesman said the guards
repeatedly warned the Chinese
prisoners to stop climbing the
barbed wire in the mass break
out effort. Some Indian guards
were reported injured in the
riots Thursday.
Cairo—Ex Premier Ibrahim
Abdel Hadi who rose to power
and riches under King Farouk
1st was sentenced to die on the
gallows this week for high
treason and conspiracy with
foreign powers against the se-i
curity of the state. The foreign'
power was not identified but1
speculation centered on Brit- j
ian, Rusda and “an eastern
Mediterranean country.” Of
ficials declared last month the
plot was to overthrow “strong
man Naguib” and restore ex
iled Farouk. I
Farrell Pa. — A U .S. Air
Force F84 jet plane terrorized1
this western Pennsylvania!
town Thursday with an acci
dental burst from a machine
gun which inflicted consider
able property damage and
narrowly missed a score of
persons. No one was injured.
The accident apparently hap
pened when the firing mech
anism of the plane which was
passing over the town tripped
accidentally. Fifty caliber
slugs struck 12 automobiles
and 29 business places and
homes, setting two autos afire.
The United Fishermen of
Alaska signed a contract with
local operators for king crab.
The agreed price is nine and
one-half cents per pound.
Those signing with the fish
ermen are Tslaii Siifoois,
the King Crab Company and
Walter Muller.
Mrs. Mildred Morrison has
been employed by Griffin
Memorial Hospital as a nurse.
She formerly was associated
with Providence Hospital in
Anchorage.
Ken Gosling of Aleutian
Homes was an outgoingr plane
passenger Thursday.
| Shupp Po ts
Trespass Notices
Five homes of Aleutian
Homes, Inc. have been built
on property allegedy owned
by Ralph Shupp. Leo Wynans,
head of Aleutian Homes, Inc.,
told the MIRROR yesterday i
that the matter was of small
consequences and would be
ironed out.
However, signs have been
posted on the property warn
ing against trespassing. Late'
yesterday, Ralph Shupp was j
unavailable for comment on
the matter.
| The five houses or '‘shells”
are in the original state and
are not painted or shingled.
The five houses are located
north of Morris Burnham’s
property on Carlson Hill. I
The dispute over the owner-1
ship of the property will not i
slow down the completion of
the project, Leo Wynans told
the MIRROR yesterday.
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Washington (.f)— A Fish
and Wildlife Service news re
lease from the nation’s capitol l
states that the Alaska Canned
Salmon pack for the past year
will not exceed 2,835,000 cases
as compared with 3,574,000
cases last year and 3,484,000 in
1951.
The decline is “due pri
marily to failure of pink sal
mon runs in southeastern A
laska and below average red
salmon catches in parts of
Bristol Bay areas of Western
Alaska.’’
Voters To Select Council,
School Board Member
Kodiak Men Buy
Ouzinkie Business
Two local men are planning
on going into business at Ou
zinkie. Tommy Renshaw and
Don Wolf recently purchased
the Ouzinkie Recreation Hall
from Sven Haakonson.
Wolf and Renshaw plan to
show 16 mm movies three
times a week and to stock the
place with candy, popcorn and
ice cream.
Wolf is associated with his
father in the Kodiak Cleaners
and Renshaw is currently
working on the housing pro
ject in the east addition. Both
men have been residents of
Kodiak for several years.
Yank* Winning
Fifth Series
Brooklyn (^P)—Carl Erskine
who didn’t have it on the
opening day of the World
Series was called upon to go
on the mound for the groggy
Brooklyn Dodgers in the third
and “must win” game of the
series.
The New York Yankees
were moving closer to the un
precedented fifth straight
world series title. Mickey
Mantle hit a homer with one
teammate on base in the last
game.
Kodiak voters will elect a
mayor for a two year term
Tuesday when they go to the
polls. In past years the mayor
has served for only a one year
term. A new ordinance, re
cently passed by the council,
makes the term for two years. >
Jack Hinckel is the Progres
sive Party’s choice for mayor,
he is running unopposed. The
United Labor party did not
enter a candidate for the office
of mayor.
Three council seats for the
two year term are open this
iyear. The big scramble for the
seats will be between Basil
Clark, Joe Kerrigan, Pat Can
non, Oscar Hanson, Jim Ben
nett and E. L. Lightfoot. The
first three men are supported
by the labor party. The last
three by the progressives.
Zora “Curley” Wilson and
Bob Blair are running for the
one year t< rm on the council.
Neither man has had previous
experience on the Kodiak
council. Wilson is the proprie
tor of a Barber Shop at the
Ship’s Tavern and Bob Blair
s head of the B. G. & M.
Amusement Co.
The mast discussed issue of
the election is the question of
the City Manager form of
government. The Chamber of
Commerce has endorsed the
plan and it is reported that
the Progressive Party favors
it but would not publicly an
nounce their stand for fear of
losing votes for their candi
dates.
While the voter is trying to
make up his mind on the
councilmen and determine it
he wants a city manager type
of government he will also be
confronted with a choice of
candidates for the Indepen
dent School District Board.
Mrs. William Smith and
George Sonntag are the two
candidates. Mrs. Smith is sup.
ported by the progressive
and Sonntag has filed indepen
dently.
The polls will open at 8 am
and close at 7 pm. The voting
booths are in the city hall.
Clerks and judges for the e
lection are Dorothy Rowher,
Patricia Herbrig, Dorothy
Clark, Eva Rochelle and Jus
tine Hinckel.
A new autoclave for steriliz
ing instruments has been pur
chased for Griffin Memorial
Hospital. The funds were pro
vided by the Emblem Club
and from the Kodiak Polio
Fund, Sister St. Hilary told
the Mirror yesterday.