rrNews of oAmencd’s Last Frontier
VOL 12 NO 48
KODIAK. ALASKA FEBRUARY 14, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Bears To Defend Title
At Fur Rendezvous
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basketball squad and Coach
Howard Carpenter are schedu
led to leave Monday for
Anchorage to defend their
Class B Championship title in
the Western Alaska Athletic
Association tournament.
The annual tournament is
one of the highlights of the
For Rendezvous
The Bears will play their
first game Wednesday after
noon with Valdez. Thursday
they meet Wasilla and Friday
night they take on Cordova.
Saturday night they will play]
Nome. s
Ciass B teams will play a t
“round robin” tournament t
which means that each school
or team will play all the teams
in their division. The winner
or cham pionship will be de
termined on a percentage
basis of the number of games
won and lost.
Kodiak Naval Station high
school has entered the Class A
division this year, Carpenter
said. Those making the trip
are Wayne Morrison, James
Anderson, William Frost, I
Mike Fitzgerald, Robert Nor- '
ton, Alfred Torgramsen,
Tommy Swensen, Buddy
Squartsoff, Brad Poland and
manager of the team Russell
Gallagher.
“The Bears are lacking in
experience this year,” Car
penter said yesterday, “but
we have a strong defense and;
some high scorers.” j
The cheer leaders, Marcia
Lund and Jackie Foster, plan
to make the trip. Mrs. Car
penter will chaperon the girls.
The class A and B tourna
ment will be played between
February 17 and 21, inclusive.
Final Figures Released i.
On March of Dimes I
The final figure for the
March of Dimes in Kodiak was
$1,217.09. This is the amount
sent to the National Founda
tion.
The gross recei pts of the
drive was $1,502.48. The cost
of the music, advertising and
food for the Bazaar was
$233.99. The tax due on the
sale of tickets was $51.40.
The drive was sponsored
locally by the Emblem Club.
John Reft and other Boy
Scouts served as Mayor and
councilmen of the City of Ko- j
diak this week. I
Jim Minstrel filled in for !
Chief of Police Ovid McKinley.
The “city officials” rode in the :
police car, inspected the city 1
hall and jail.
Heavy Equipment
Unloaded Friday
For Housing
The, Pacificus, Coastwis,
vessel, arrived at the cit
dock yesterday morning wit
heavy equipment aboard fc
Pacific Alaska Contractors.
Tbb three Caterpillars an
shovel will be used in the cor
struction and site work in th
east addition on the Aieutiai
Homes, Inc. housing project.
Other equipment and carg
aboard includes 15 poles fo
the Kodiak Electric Associs
tion. The poles are not ir
tened for installation in th
east addition but are for noi
mal maintenance replace
ments, Leon Johnson, KEj
manager said.
A generator, diesel engine
transformers, meters an
other electric equipemnt is o
order and will be here whei
the time comes for providin;
electric power for the housini
project, Johnson added.
Canada Plans Own
Hydro Project
Vancouver (A1)—A hugehy
dro-electric development 01
the British Columbia-Yukoi
border was forecast yesterda;
by a newspaper in Vancouve
province.
The project would dwarf th
Aluminum company Kitma
project. The area concernei
encompasses 17,000 squar
miles and takes in three lakes
Camilla Weir Dies
Friday Morning
Camilla C. Wier owner c
the Specialty Eat Shop died e
4:05 yesterday morning s
Griffin Memorial Hospital. Sh
was rushed to the hospital th
preceding afternoon when sh
was taken seriously ill at he
home.
Mrs. Wier has been a res
dent of Kodiak since 1939 an
has lived in the north for ovt
40 years. She was the mans
ger of the Yum-Yum Res
taurant and one of the ow'ner
of the Oceanview Roomin
House. She was well-know
locally for her special Chines
dishes and cooking.
Camilla C. Wier was born i
Anniston, Alabama, May 1
1890. Prior to coming t
Alaska she taught school i
the southern state. Accordin
to a feature article in th
Baltimore Afro-American i
September 1951, Mrs. Wie
first settled deep in the ir
terior of Alaska where sh
operated a trading post fo
Indians and owned dog team
with which she made del
i veries from her store.
] For the past five years sh
has operated her restaurant o
South jfBrooklyn Avenue
Earlier she had her restauran
on Alaska Way.
She is survived by thre
nieces in Chicago who'hav
been notified of her death. Th
nieces are Georgia Mae, Cari
dad and Marquitta Summers
In 1951 Mrs. Wier went out
side to visit her mother, wh
3! has since died, and her friend
l and relatives.
Late yesterday funeral ai
rangements were not com
! plete.
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By Jim Hutcheson
Juneau (^P) — Republican
legislators got together to beat
the political tom-toms at the
annual Lincoln Day powwow 1
Thursday night after a week
in which the political turmoil
over the governorship has
subsided.
The third week of the Terri,
torial session was the first in
which wire pulling and con
jecture over the governorship
did not dominate the situation.
Both houses were getting
down to brass tacks after an
increasing number of bills
cleared committee and headed 1
toward the vote for final pas
sage.
Highlights included Senate 1
vote to repeal the 1951 govern- :
ment reorganization act;
House vote to repeal the 1
General Property Tax and 1
Senate approval of a $10 li- ]
cense for nonresident fisher- ]
men..
The Senate vote on the re- :
organization repeal bears out
Lew Williams, former secre- :
tary of Alaska, who in the
final night of the 1951 session
pulled a law book from his of-.1
fice shelf and pointed to a sec-'1
tion of the Organic Act which
he said made reorganization 1
act invalid. The Attorney I
General later agreed with him 1
and the Senate concurred in 1
Thomas Lowry, Northen f
Commercial Caterpillar speci- j
alist, was in Kodiak this week ^
to service the newly purchased
D-6 Caterpillar purchased by \
the city. j J
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;ossing out its last remnants.
The Senate may act before
week’s end on a House ap
proved bill for political party
irganization procedures, which
nost republicans are support
ng in a move to dislodge Al
aert White’s strong hand in
party affairs.
A bill by Senators Nolari
and Butrovitch to skim «ff
treasury surplus and put in a
stabilization fund as a nest
jgg, until it builds up to 10
niljion dollars, is the Senate
leadliner.
Senator Robison tried to
:hange it Thursday to a fund
ior promoting industrial de
velopment and the exploration
>f natural resources. He did
lot receive much support.
' Robison’s political indepen
lence, he is a Republican from
;he third division, has been an
nteresting Senate develop
nent. He joined with two
Democrats against complete
•epeal of the Reorganization
\ct and expressed the belief
t might have been constitn
;ienal in a court test
The Nolan-Butrovich nest
;gg bill has drawn commenda
;ion from one surprise quarter.
Mildred Herman, Juneau at
orney, who normally does’nt •
lave much praise for the
‘Jolan-Butrovich line, called
heir bill one of “real states
manship” and anointed them
or twin crowns ofthe week for
he ‘‘most progressive legis
ation, economically speaking,
o be introduced this session.”
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DULLES REPORTS TO PRESIDENT
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) reports to President Eisenhower on th<
!act finding- survey of seven West European nations he made mith Mutual Security Adminis
;rator Harold E. Stassen (right). Earlier at Washington, D. C., airport Dulles said he wa
‘encouraged” over prospects of European unity. (AP WIREPHOTD
The Cub Scouts will be spon
sored locally by the Parent
Teachers Association it was
announced this week. New
“den” assignments . will be
made soon and the cub scouts
will be told where to report.
> William Dailey has been
chosen as Cub Master. For
further information call Mrs.
Pat Mitchell.
Edward G. Storr, field rep
resentative of the Social Se
curity Administration, will
be in Kodiak for three days
to answer questions pertaining
to Old Age and Survivors In
surance program.
He will be at the Kodiak
Hotel on Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday. He will also
help persons obtain social se
curity cards, check on social
; security accounts, help you
claim your benefits and get
; other social security in forma*
i I tion.