Fletchers To Go
To Anchorage
John Fletcher, Manager of the
Orpheum Theatre, announced this
week he will go to Anchorage in
September to take over the man
agement of the Denali Theatre.
Present plans are for his son
“Skip” Fletcher to take over his
Julies here. The latter is presently
Managing the Liberty Theatre at
Seward, where he will be for a
month. “Skip” will then go to
Seattle, where he and Miss Karen
Phillips will be married.
The newlyweds will drive up the
Alaska Higway. and proceed to
Kodiak, arriving here in Septem
ber. The younger Fletc*;y was
formerly stationed here with ACS,
and assisted his father later, until
he went to Spenard earlier this
year
John Fletcher left Tuesday for
Seward, where he will rewire the
projection booth at the Liberty
for a change of the sound system.
The present manager has resided
on the Aleutian chain for more
28 years. He has managed the Or
pheum in Kodiak for the past three
years
The Orpheum is one of several
theatres owned by Poulsen and
Schock
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Jay Wolf Leaves
For Oregon City
Ja> Wolf' former owner of the
Kodiak Cleaners, will leave next
Friday for Portland, where he
will join his wife, Martha, who left
here May 21.
Mrs. Wolf; is visiting their
daughter and son-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Lee in the Oregon city.
The Wolff* have sold their in
terests in the dry cleaning plant
to their son Don, who just return
ed from a months absence .in ihe
States, y
Jay came to Kodiak in May, 1949
and purchased the plant from Em
mett Jennings at that time. Previ
ous to that he was a salesman for
Hunt’s Food Products in the
States. In 1952 the present build
ing was constructed and the dry
cleaning plant moved in August of
the same year.
While in Kodiak, Jay has been
active in several civic organiza
tions, including the Elks and Ro
tary.
The Wolfi> have no definite
plans for the future.
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