News of oAmencd s Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 9
KODIAK, ALASKA
MAY 9, 1953
FourChosen
For Queen
Four young Kodiak women
have been nominated as candi
dates for Kodiak Queen, and
more are expected to be named
next week, to participate in
the Fourth of July contest.
Miss Marie Anderson, high
school sophomore and daugh
ter of Mrs. Julius Anderson,
has been selected by the USO
Junior Hostess Corps. Named
by Knudsen’s Fountain as its
candidate is Miss Virginia
Foster, senior, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Foster.
Miss Sally Heitman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. August
Heitman and also a high
school senior, will be the can
didate of Katmai Post 7056 of
the VFW.
The Elks have chosen Miss
Carolyn Gallagher, senior and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Gallagher, as their en
trant in the contest.
Purchasers of tickets for
the annual July 4 special event
will vote for their queen can
didate, with 100 votes for each
ticket they buy.
The winning young woman
will be crowned on July 4, and
as a prize, will receive a $200
wardrobe.
Elliott Hymans, chairman
©f the queen committee, said
that entrants are also expected
from the United Fishermen of
Alaska, Kraft’s and Donnelley
and Acheson. He also indicated
there will be contestants
named by naval station organi
zations.
A tabulation of the candi
dates’ votes will appear in the
MIRROR as soon as votes
start coming in.
PTA To Install
Officers May 15
The last Parent-Teachers
Association meeting for the
1952-53 year will be held Fri
day, May 15 at the school. The
regular meeting usually comes
•n Thursday but will be
changed for the last meeting.
The installation of PTA of
ficers for the coming school
year will be held. The meeting
will begin promptly at 7:45 pm.
New officers of the group
are Mrs. William Dailey, pres
ident; Mrs. William Stone,
first vice president; Mrs.
Walter French, second vice
president; Mrs. Muriel Long,
secretary; and Mrs. Everett
Koch, treasurer.
Eugene “Butch” Mitchell
will celebrate his ninth birth
day with a party for a grout
of friends today.
Two Boys Saved
On Old Woman
Two Kodiak Naval Station
children were rescued Sunday
from a slide on Old Woman
Mountain on the base by a
young sailor from the LCV
778.
Dimas Costillo, USN, and
five other volunteers under
the direction of Fire Chief
T. W. McArthur climbed five
hundred feet up the mountain ;
I and lowered Costillo on a rope
! to the children,
j Robin Lund, 10, and Richard
Mclver, 11, started climbing
the side of the mountain Sun
day afternoon. They got to
the 450 foot level and found
' they could go no further. They
also discoverdd they could not
come down because of the
danger of slides.
Their cries attracted the at
tention of men aboard the
LCV. When Costillo was
lowered from above he was
forced to remove his shoes to
secure good footing. Thers
was great danger of starting a
major slide and burying the
children.
Slavic Mission
Leader To Speak
The Rev. Peter Deyneka
world traveler and founder
and director of the Slavic Gos
pel Association, will speak at
an open meeting at 8 pm
Wednesday at the Community
Baptist Church. Rev. Deyneka
has recently returned from an
extended tour of Europe and
the Holy Land, where he
visited Slavic-speaking peop
les.
The Rev. and Mrs. Fred
Crozier at Karluk, Miss Bar
bara Crozier and Miss Mary
Light at Afognak, and Ted
'Sidor at Chignik, are sup
ported in their missionary
work by the Slavic Gospel As.
sociation. The SGA also main
tains a worker at Kenai and
other points on the mainland.
Rev. Deyneka, who is CJn
sidered an authority on mis
sions among Slavic people in
all parts of the world, spoke
in Kodiak in October, 1949.
Coffee Shop Opens
Claudia’s Coffee Shop,
owned by Mrs. Vivan Kilgore,
opened for business Wednes
day in the small restaurant on
the Donnelley and Acheson
dock.
The coffee shop will be open
from 7 am to about 8 pm, Mrs.
Kilgore said, and will feature
sandwiches, coffee, homemade
pie and cake. Chili will also be
1 on the menu.
Hospital Day Visitors To
See Many Improvements
Annual Hospital Day Open
House at Griffin Memorial (
Hospital will be held today j
from three to five pm. ;
Hospital Day is an annual!
observance to honor Florence'
Nightingale, a pioneer of the!
nursing profession. The Sis- j
ters at the hospital will wel-j
come visitors and Nurses!
Aides’will conduct those who|
wish to visit the various de-l
partments of hospital.
During the past 12 months,
several improvements have
been made and new equipment
acquired. The most necessary,
and 'least obvious, is the new
roof. A warehouse providing j
storage space has been built, a ■
Crutcher Heads
Alaska Bankers
Sitka (A5)—Marshall Crut
cher, president of the Bank of
Kodiak, was elected president
of the Alaska Bankers Associ
ation which ended its three
day convention here Saturday.
Crutcher was the associa
tion’s legislative representa
tive at the Alaska legislature
in Juneau this year.
Oscar Hanson, also of Ko
diak, was elected secretary of
the bankers’ group. W. A.
Bates of Ketchikan, was
named first vice-president and
C. A. Craft, Cordova, second
vice-president.
The group went on record as
favoring re-enactment by the
legislature of the voluminous
banking code which passed
both houses of the legislature
in the last session but was
vetoed by Governor Gruening
as one of his final acts.
To Demonstrate
Jeep Fire Truck
A week from tomorrow the
members of the Civil Defense
system in Kodiak will give a
demonstration with the newly
arrived Jeep fire fighter.
George Sonntag, CD direc
tor, and George Magnusen,
Kodiak Fire Chief will super
vise the demonstration. It is
believed it will be held on
Marine Way (near the sea
wall) ai 11 am, May 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Senafont Malu
tin left last weekend for a two
months ti ip outside. After a
few days in Seattle, they went
to San Francisco, to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Ed Laurel.
This is Mr. Malutin’s first trip
outside.
large deep freeze unit installed
and an electric range pur
chased for the kitchen. An e
lectric cast cutter which sim
plifies the removal of cast has
been added to the operating
room.
A new light for the Chapel I
at the hospital, which provides
full lighting for all corners,
has been installed. The light is
a gift from L. K. Wodlinger,
J. G. Martz and the Spiegel j
Electric Company.
Navy and Civilian personnel i
at KNS as well as friends in
town are invited t» visit the
hospital today. Refreshments
will be served on the first floor
as in the past.
PNA Schedules
Two Every Day
A new Pacific Northern Air
lines schedule, featuring two
flights from Kodiak to Anchor
age every day in the week,
will go into effect on. May 21.
Planes are scheduled to ar
rive in Kodiak at 9:15 am and
5:55 pm, and to leave at 9:40
am and 6:25 pm.
The airline also announces
that three flights daily to Se
attle from Anchorage will be
on the new schedule, instead
of the one now in effect.
Two of the flights will be
direct to Seattle and one via
Juneau. The flights from Ko
diak are scheduled to connect
in Anchorage with the Seattle
trip.
Degrees Conferred
On Masons
Scottish Rite degrees from
the fourth to 32nd were con
ferred upon 18 local and KNS
! Masons early this week by a
Iteam from Juneau.
| Those receiving the degrees
were Fred Ramsaur, Paul
Seleen, James Robinson, Ches
ter A. Allain, Walter Sewell,1
Adolph Tegstrom, Robert S.
Acheson, C. A. Powell, An-j
thony Perez, T. A. Weer, Jr.,
Clarence L. Williams, J. W.
Patterson, Allison L. Nixon, •
Carl Smith Merrill Coon, Gor-j
don K. McNaughton, Trygve j
Husby and W A. Cannon.
Installing officers were J. W.
Leivers, Arthur Hedges, i
Howard Stabler and K. E.
Merritt.
Mrs. I. L, Chenier, wife of
the Alaska Steamship Co.
1 agent, and two daughters, ar
rived here last week from
I Seattle to join Chenier.
Ed Johnson
Is Missing
Edward Johnson, 55, car
penter and fisherman, has
been missing since midnight
Wednesday, the marshal’s of
fice reported yesterday.
Johnson was last seen in the
B and B Bar late Wednesday,
after reportedly being in the
Belmont most of the evening.
He failed to return home
and apparently did not spend
the night on his boat, the
Georgie, moored at the Donn
elley and Acheson dock, Depu
ty Marshal Clarence Dizney
said.
Late Thursday, Mrs. John
son reported to the police and
marshal’s office that her hus
band had not returned home.
Johnson is the father of
three boys, Roger, and Jack
and Jerry, twins.
Date Set For
Madifcx Trial
Nelson Maddux, local car
penter who allegedly shot Po
lice Chief Carter Seymour in
November, 1951, appeared be
fore Judge Anthony Dimond
this week in Anchorage and
was arraigned on a grand jury
charge of assault with intent
to kill.
Maddux flew to Anchorage
last weekend and returned
early this week.
Maddux was arraigned here
in Commissioner’s court, after
the shooting, on a charge of
assault with a dangerous
weapon, and was bound over
to the grand jury.
The grand jury changed the
charge to the one on which
Maddux was arraigned and
pled innocent this week.
His trial has been set for
June 2.
Maddux’s attorney, Bailey
E. Bell, asked 1 he court that
the trial be held in Kodiak in
stead of Anchorage for the
convenience of the witnesses.
Arguments on the motion art
scheduled to be heard next
Friday. Judge Dimond pointed
out that the next session of
the court at Kodiak is n*>t
planned until Oct. 22.
Well-child conferences will
be held at the Kodiak Health
Center on Friday afternoons,
starting next Friday, May 15,
Miss Olive Walker, new public
health nurse, announces.
Parents may bring their
children to the health center
on Mission Road between 2
and 4 pm. They are asked to
call 3394 to make appoint
ments.