rrNews of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 28
KODIAK, ALASKA
SEPTEMBER 19, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
$600,000 Given Kodiak
To Build High School
Plans Prepared
By Architects
Kodiak has one of 23 allot
ments from the fiscal 1954 ap
propriations for the Alaska
Public Works. The announce
ment was made this week by
Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay.
The allotment for Kodiak is
$680,000 and is for the con
struction and equipping of a
o»e-8tory reinforced concrete
fire resistant frame high
school now under construction.
Line drawings of the pro
posed new building are being
prepared by William Arild
Johnson and Harry E. Botesch,
architects of Everett, Wash
ington. They are working
closely with the members of
the Kodiak Independent
School District board.
Johnson was the architect
of the new elementary school
which is nearing completion.
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Rainbow Installs
Mew Officers
New officers were installed
in Kodiak Assembly, Order of
the Rainbow Girls, in an open
meeting at the Masonic Tem
ple last Saturday. The event
Is a quarterly occurence.
Sail Prouty, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Galen Prouty of!
KNS, was installed as Worthy
Advisor of the group. Jacque
line Foster, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elvin Foster, was'
installed as associate advisor. |
Other officers are Linda!
Rockstad, Lois Goudie, Fran-j
ees Lindsley, Alice Ponchene, ■
Irene Hicks, Elsa Anderson,
Carrie Burton, Hazel Hart
man, Caroi Jennings, Pauline
Toshwak, Iris Schreiner, Ar
lene King, Barbara Moffitt,
Myrna Walkoff, Lila Olsen.
Mrs. Audrey Naldret*' and
Mrs. Doris Smith are mother
advisor and associate advisor,
respectively. Following the in
stallation ceremony refresh
ments were served.
Shrine Dinner Tuesday
A Shrine Ceremonial Din
ner-Dance will be held Tues
day at 7:30 pm in the Bamboo]
Room of the Civil Service Club
on Kodiak Naval Station, Carl
Naldrett, president, has an
nounced.
Shriners and their ladies are
invited. Reservations may be
made by calling Navy 416 or
233 for reservations. Dress
will be semi-formal.
Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Ellis are
now in Saratoga, Calif.
Plane Victims
Found By CG
Ketchikan (^P)—The parte
of two women’s bodies were
found by Coast Guard search
ing parties in the area where
a plane piloted by t^lis Hal
with four passengers disap
peared a month ago.
The New Mexico man, his
wife, two children and a 17
year old boy left Annette Is
land for Bellingham, Washing
ton on August 17. They were
never seen again.
An oil company ofiered re
wards totaling $30,000 for any
information or the finding of
evidence of Hall’s plane and
passengers.
Early, this week Herman
Ludwigsen of Ketchikan spot
ted some wreckage of the
green DeHaviland in which
Hall was flying. A ground
party found wreckage scatter
ed over a wide area.
Earlier, military planes had
cancelled the search. Spurred
by the large reward, many
private pilots continued to
hunt. The wreckage was spot
ted approximately 35 miles
from Ketchikan around the
1,?.00 foot level.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
New Orleans — Eight sur
geona separated Louisiana’s
Siamese twins which were
joined at the spine. The eight
weeks old girls are not out of
danger but the operation was
termed satisfactory.
Washington — Senator. Joe
McCarthy in a shift from Red
hunting to romance will be
married September 29 to Jean
Kerr, pretty dark-haired for
mer research aide.
St. Louis— Police disclosed
that outfielder Jackie Robinson
of Brooklyn Dodgers was un
der guard after he received a
death threat from a letter
writer calling himself a “Dod
ger hater.”
Chicago — Senate Republi*
can policy chief, Senator Ho
mer Ferguson charged Adlai
Stevenson’s proposals for
Cold War negotiations with
Russia as repreaenting “ap
peasement” and “softness to
ward Communism.
Meanwhile, Secretary of
j Seate Dulles urged the Rus
sians to change their policies
1 and cooperate for world peace
before it is too late.
Liquor Ordinance
Is Changed
its first
through
Monday
A lengthy liquor ordinance
finally received the approval
of the city council on
reading after it went
a verbal wringer
night.
The ordinance renders void
an old city ordinance provid
ing it passes the council’s ap
proval on the second reading
which will be heard Septem
ber 28.
Nearly every liquor estab
lishment. both package and
dispensary, was represented
at the meeting. Strong objec
tions to certain paragraphs
were expressed by the liquor
dealers.
Particular objection was
taken to a provision calling
for the finger printing and
“mugging” of all employees,
New closing and opening
hours for Sundays and Holi
days were discussed.
The reading of the ordin
ance took several hours as it
covers approximately 10
sheets of legal size paper and
each paragraph was discussed.
School Will Not
Open This Week
Kodiak primary school will
“definitely not open next
week”, Superintendent Ivor
Schott said yesterday.
“We hope it will open the
following week on Monday,
Sept. 28, but are not yet
sure, ” he said.
Date of the opening will be
announced in next week’s
MIRROR.
FWS Sets Hours
For Shooting
The legal shooting hours
for waterfowl is 30 minutes
before sunrise until sunset in
the Kodiak-Afognak area; The
Fish and Wildlife Service will
publish the shooting hours in
I the MIRROR during the duck
season.
Shooting may begin and end
on the yollowing dates and
times.
Sept. Opening Closing
Hour
19 05:18 18:19
20 05:20 18:16
21 05:22 18:13
22 05:24 18:10
23 05:26 18:07
24 05:28 18:05
25 05:31 18:02
26 05:33 17:59
The annual initiation of firsl
year high school students took
plrcw t! ;s week. Freshmer
v. led about the streets
; with painted faces and wear
i ,ng strange costumes.
Townsite T rustee Hears
Land Claim Cases
Juneau On A-Bomb
Critical List
1 Washington (A*) —The gov
' ernment disclosed Thursday
that only one Alaskan city
was listed as a “critical” tar
get area in the event of an,
Atomic attack. Juneau was
the city named.
The official government list
had 193 Americn cities. It
\ named 70 as “critical”.
| However, the report said
| * ’it does not purport to include
all possible targets.” Forse
I curity reasons certain targets
that have national or military
significance have not been!
listed.
I The Federal Civil Defense
Administration issued the list
six weeks after Russia report, j
| ed its mastery of the Hydro
gen bomq. The announcement
here came just two days after
some cities reported they were
considering abandonment of
of Civil Defense Programs be
cause of inadequate federal
support.
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Chrysler Executive
Hunting With Madsen
The head of the Chrysler
I Division of the Chrysler Corp.
and an automobile dealer from
Pennsylvania are hunting Ko
diak Bear with Charles Mad
sen, big game guide and out
fitter.
E. C. Quinn, Chrysler presi
dent, and R. F. Johnson of
Carbondale, Pa. arrived here
early this weeK for the hunt.
They are accompanied by their
wives and are now aboard
Madsen’s hunting yacht, Ko
diak Bear III.
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Moose Hunters Found
After Two Days
Two Anchorage moose hun
! ters, lost three days in the
! rugged Talkeetna Mountains,
staggered back to safety this
week.
The pair wandered in circles
through the desolate country
[ and finally reached the road
I they had leftunly a short ways
l from where they started,
j Planes and a search party
I looked for the hunters
Dr. Eugene Sullivan, den
j tist, opened his new offices on
• Brooklyn Avenue Wednesday.
I He was formerly located in
the Bank Building.
The new offices are on his
property near the Elk Club
and were recently completed.
An addition has been built to
the front of his residence.
Lowell Puckett
Presides At Hearing
Land hearings to resolve
conflicting claims in the origi
nal Kodiak townsite were
heard this week by Lowell
Puckett of the Bureau of Land
Management.
It is believed to be the first
time in the history of the Ter
ritory that a Townsite Trustee
has been called upon to sit as
a judge on such hearings, Ed
Boyko, regional counsel for
the Bureau of Land Manage
merit, sam.
Puckett heard two- of the
three cases. The other was
heard by Acting Commissioner
John Fletcher.
The case of Ivon Otetz vs
the Estate of W. J. Erskine
was heard by Puckett. Paul
Dupler represented the Ers
kine estate and Charles Jones
of the Alaska Native Service
with offices in Juneau repre
sented Oteiz.
The other case heard by
Puckett was Herman Pon
chene vs Halferty Canneries,
Inc., successors to the P. J.
Watkinson claim. Counsel for
the cannery was John *3.
Hughes. Anchorage attorney.
The validity of Knut Sot
berg’s claim to land in the
Island Lake area was con
tested by the United States.
The case was heard by Acting
Commissioner Fletcher.
No decision on the two cases
heard by the Townsite Trustee
were made at this time nor
was a decision made by the
commissioner.
Many local witneeses were
called to testify in the cases.
Frank Meek of the BLM came
to Kodiak for the hearings
and to testify. The testimony
was recorded by Iris Stafford
of Anchorage.
Following a decision on the
cases either party or parties
have the right to appeal.
The week of September 21
to 27 will be observed through
out the country as USO Letter
j Week.
1 The local unit will partici
pate and a proclamation has
| been issued by the mayor.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Munson
of Sattlee are the parents of a
’ son born September 6. Munson
is in the U. S. Navy and was
i formerly assigned to Kodiak
Naval Station. This is the
Munson’s second child.
Ray Martin, Club Liquor
I Store owner, is due back to*
| morrow after a several days'
^tr:p to Seattle.