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Published every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Class in itter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878
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iflieevi of America’s Last ’frontier
Our Neighbor’s Keeper
America is a land in which, next
after the family, the neighborhood
is the social unit. In times of
trouble and disaster, neighbors
have a way of taking care of their
own. Volunteer workers — again
"the neighbors"—are always ready
and willing to go into action when
disaster strikes at their fellow
Americans.
So it has been in the fight
against infantile paralysis, a dis
ease which so often has the impact
of both personal and family dis
aster.
The March of Dimes has won
support all over America because
one neighbor is willing to help an
other. But it’s not always the
neighbor next door The ‘ neigh
bor” in the fight against polio may
be an afflicted child in another
city far away.
Notwithstanding the Salk vac
cine, many thousands of polio pa
tients still need help. They are
people for whom the vaccine came
too late. And there's still a big
job to be done in medical research,
in recruiting and training scien
tists, doctors and other experts for
a fight to the finish against this
crippling disease.
January—through to the 31st—
is March of Dimes time. It is your
chance to send in your check for
as much as you can afford to the
County Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis:
and with small change you have
around, to fill the little Dime
Cards that are being distributed
throughout the country.
The March of Dimes merits the
support of everyone who can give -
even a little. Be a good neighbor.
Join the March of Dimes today.
Ileri‘ The-™ arid Iv/erywhere
ft may not be a good wav to Uart
this column but we ought to re
mind you that the territorial
School tax this year is upped to
$750. U. S Commissioner Mabel
render states that a number of
people have sent in the usual S5.00
in payment for the 1958 tax, but
its not quite enough. Education
cnines higher, like everything else
taese days, and it’s necessary to
uig a little deeper.
Speaking about things oming
higher leads t.o the fact that one
of the most necessary items o' pub
lishing a newspaper—newsprint—
has taken a decided jump recent
ly The hike is not the doing of the
U S manufacturer, but do due to
the Canadian newsprint manufac
turers who control the major sup
p.y of newsprint in the United
States This is a hard fact to realize
in view of the U. S. dominance in
.s i many fields. We lead the .vorld
in so many products manufactured
and consumed, that it is rather
ironical that we should depend on
a foreign nation for a commodity
such as newsprint.
To go one step further on the
subject of newsprint, we here in
Alaska are sitting on a source of
supply of pulpwood needed in its
manufacture, which could make
1 : U. S. almost independent of
Canada. There are great tracts of
right here, which remains untouch
ed because of the fact that we have
timber suitable for its manufacture
no control of our resources, and
no newsprint producer would risk
t e heavy investment necessary
without the assurances we are un
ahte to supply to protect
his investment This may sound
like one more argument for state
hixHl. but it :s a powerful one. The
^ remains, the price of news
* pnnt is now five times that of pre
”v /fear level.
)■
k^The wives of members of thi
Toastmasters Club were given ;
ringside seat in which they learned
irst hand what goes on when their
husbands go toastmastering, when
he Kodiak Island Toastmasters
Club held their charter party at
the E.ks Club Tuesday-night, \fter
a delicious meal, splendidly served
by members of the Emblem Club,
members were called upon to
speak on such subjects as the pro
and con arguments on having of
fee for breakfast, jet airplanes
favorite or otherwise vegetable:
for breakfast, why they liked oi
didn't like the chairs they wer<
sitting on Ernie Harding, who in
stigated the whole thing, mus
have carried out the edict of tht
walrus, who is sunnosed to hav<
said “ Is time to talk of man;
things.” It was a highly successfu
party, nevertheless, and the ludie
expressed themselves as havint
had a fine time, even if they didn’
have much of a chance to do an;
talking.
Hit A Hot Curve
In The TV League
It used to be that Hot Stov<
League fans would sit around th<
cracker barrel in the village store
during the winter to air their view:
about baseball in the off season
But things change. With televisior
in the offing here in Kodiak, the
cracker barrel addicts will have
ringside seats at their televisior
sets, where they can listen tc
others discuss heir favorite pass
time.
Televised sports programs arc
becoming increasingly popular in
the States. The most popular rele
vision programs, of course, are the
quiz shows in which contestants
can win as much as $100,000. Jusl
supposing that you were the con
testant, sitting right here Treforc
your TV set with the quizmaster
fireing the questions at you. How
far could you go toward the big
money on baseball questions?
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first atel
raaj..r
' ^ues to wea - ■ g- while be
i the plate? \ light not be
tough. It v. - ...X Courtnev,
• th the 1951 V nkees. Who was
the first bespectaelt 4 infielder?
George Toporcet of the 1921 Card
inals. Eut there happens io be
three parts to the question, and
here's the bellringer. Who was
the first bespectacled pitcher in
the majors? If you said Lee Mea
dows or Danny MacFayden. you’d
be wrong. It goes way back beyond
them. Actually, it was William H.
White of the 1877 Boston Nation
als.
But quizzes go on and on, and
get tougher as they go along. The
l'V umpire might fire something
like this: "What is the admission
to the bleachers at Municipal Sta
dium in Kansas City, home of the
Athletics?” Now it happens that
you know there are no bleachers
there, so that’s easy.
By this time, Mr. Quizmaster is
a little miffed at your seemingly
endless knowledge of the game.
Glaring at you through your TV
screen he says: “Only one player
in the World Series history hit a
home run for a National League
team in a game that was won by
that homer, 1 to 0. That man to
day is an American League mana
ger. Who is he?” As the seconds
tick away, you run over the list of
managers and finally blurt out
•'Casey Stengel." Well, that’s right.
And you hear the announcer say
that the television set you're peer
into is all yours. The sponsor will
make the final payment.
By that time, you look around
to your wife for congratulations,
but she just glares at you. She
never has liked baseball, anyway.
Just tell her she may be able io
get in on the $64,000 question pro
gram later.
rahk of Kodiak
KODIAK, 4|*ASKA
December 31, 1955
Official Publication of Report of Condition
RECOURCES
Cash on hand and due from banks S 649,662.77
United States Government obligations, none
valued higher than market prices 1,777,461.51
Obligations of U. S. Government Agencies 1,762.391.22
Municipal Securities 177,174 18
Loans on real estate 721,987.15
.oans insured or guaranteed by agencies of the
United States 219,141.04
Commercial paper 54,219.18
Loans, other, less allowances for bad debts 130,814.49
lanking house, fixtures, equipment and residence 103,962.06
Other assets 23,885.81
Total Assets $5,620,699.41
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Jemand deposits
Savings deposits
Cashiers and certified checks
Other labilities
Japital Stock
Surplus
Undivided profits
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
TERRITORY OF ALASKA )
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, O. A. Torgerson, President of
y swear that the foregoing |s true
belief.
(NOTORIAL SEAL
subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of January, 1956
Harriet K. Guhrke
Notary Public in and for the Ter
ritory of Alaska.. IVIy Commission
expires June 25, 1959.
$3,888,240.18
1,330,127.68
5,074.86
32,542.21
Total Liabilities $5,255,984.93
SS
the above named bank, do solemn
to the best of my knowledge and
O. A. Torgerson
President
Ben Kraft
R. S. Acheson
Directors
80,000.00
240,000.00
44,714.48
Total capital accounts $ 364,714.48
Total capital accounts
and Liabilities $5,620,699.41
Being Open
on Friday evenings from 7 to 9
seems to be a popular change
judging by the great number of
people who crowded our banking
room last Friday evening.
pleases
It surprised
many of our employees who are
now enabled to spend Saturdays
with their families.
The merchants also report more
than normal business last Friday
evening.
We thank you for your cooperation
in approving this change.
Rank of Kodiak
KODIAK, ALASKA