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KODIAK. ALASKA. JUNE 16. 1956
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The usual Fourth of July Mara
thon from the base to town is to
be combined into a marathon and
hill climb to the top of Pillar
Mountain this year. Course of the
race will be from Wodlinger’s
Drug to the top of the mountain
and return to the starting point.
Classes in the race are to be di
vided into entrants of sixteen
years and younger and seventeen
jiears and older.
! Special Services Office of the
Naval Station is sponsoring the
event and have arranged distinc
tive color insignia for each con
testant so spectators can be kepi
informed of the progress of the
race through loud speaker trucks
which will be utilized through out
the day.
A last minute problem of the
race committee was solved when
John Gibbons agreed to ride his
horse to the top of the mountain
and act as summit judge where,
he will check that each racer does
make the top.
Dodds Transferred
To El Salvador
Jerry and Phyllis Dodd left
Wednesday for El Salvador. Dodd
received his orders over the week
end to report to San Salvador to
work on a project of the Macri
Construction Company.
El Salvador is the smallest of the
six Central American Republics.
Dodd will go to the capital city,
San Salvador. The company has
projects in Guatamala, Honduras,
as well as El Salvador.
While here Dodd was project
superintendent for the same com
pany, which completed several
building projects locally.
MRS. EDNA KRAFT RETURNS
AFTER LONG ABSENCE
Mrs. Edna Kraft arrived home
yesterday after an absence of 18
months, which she spent mainly
in California. Accompanying Mrs.
Kraft were her daughter, Mrs.
Anita Mann, and two grandchild
ren, Jackie and Feather.
The trip was made by car from
Novato, California to Seattle, and
by air to Kodiak from Seattle. Ac
cording to Edna, they were for
tunate enough to have perfect
weather during the entire trip
until they reached Kodiak Wed
nesday evening. Due to fog and
rain, they were unable to land
here and were forced to return to
Homer for the night.
Mrs. Mann and the children will
remain in Kodiak for some time,
possibly until September. Edna
expressed pleasure at being back
in Kodiak once more.
K~A.I.H«S. MEETS TUESDAY
Featured as speaker at the meet
ing of the Kodiak and Aleutian
Islands Historical Society Tuesday
evening will be Donald Clark. He
will speak on Archeology of Ko
diak Island.
The meeting will be held in the
science room of the Kodiak high
school, and guests are invited to
attend. .
Committee Plans
Final Meeting
The Fourth of July Planning
Committee for the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce announced today
that the formal program for the
day’s activities will be completed
at the final June 18 meeting of
the group.
All of the preliminary planning
for the eventful day has been
completed and the various com
mittee heads responsible for each
activity will present their final
plans at that meeting.
Heads of the planning group’s
report good town and base inter
est in the proposed activities and
predictions are that this year's
celebration will be one of the best
ever seen in Kodiak.
Rooms Planned
For NS School
Two projects, each calling for
the addition of two classrooms to
the existing facilities at the Naval
Station at Kodiak and also One at
Adak, has been announced.
The Housing and Home Finance
Agency is calling for bids on the
two projects. Bids will be receiv
ed until 2 p. m. Alaska standard
time, Thursday, July 12 in the
office of Edwin B. Crittenden,
architect in Anchorage. Further
details will be published in the
Mirror next week. e
STILL ROOM FOR ENTRIES
Organizations and individuals
wanting space in the coming 4th
of July parade to be held in Ko
diak are urged to contact parade
marshall Pete Ramaglia immediat
ly.
“Entry in the parade is a vol
untary affair,” reported the par
ade marshall, “So don’t wait for
us to call you. We still have space
but you better hurry."
HARRY DONNELLEY RETURNS
Harry Donnelley, partner in the
firm of Donnelley and Acheson re
turned to Kodiak Wednesday. He
will remain for the summer.
27 Sponsors Of Derby Race Entrants
Twenty seven Kodiak Companies,
Corporations, Organizations and
individuals are sponsoring the
costs of equipment to build as
many "Soap Box Racers” for the
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce
Derby scheduled in down town
Kodiak for the coming Fourth of
July.
Walt Muller, Chairman for the
event, advises that several of the
sponsors have not chosen “driv
ers” or started their racers and
youngsters not over 14 years of
age should contact him at Phone
4242 for the name of a sponsor
needing drivers.
Regular Derby rules have been
thrown overboard for the event
this year in an effort to get it off
to a flying start. Sponsors, parents
or the youngsters themselves can
Commerce Group
Elects Officers
Jack Hinckel was elected presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce
at the meeting of the group held
Thursday. He replaces Merrill
Coon, whose term expires at the
end of this month.
John Gibbons was elected 1st
Vice-president and Dr. Bob John
son will serve as 2nd Vice-presi
dent. Harold Booth will act as
Secretary until someone is found
to replace him. He was elected
Treasurer. Trustees elected were
Merrill Coon and Alf Madsen. All
officers were elected unanimously.
Merrill Coon read a letter from
Delegate Bartlett on the Small
Boat Harbor. The $500,000 asked
for by the Senate Appropriations
Committee to be added to the
Public Works Appropriation bill,
among other sums asked for, has
not passed the Senate, and conse
quently are not definitely commit
ted. Bartlett concluded his letter
with the following remark: “I will
continue to do everything which
lies within my power in the hope
that final action will see all ap
propriations allowed.”
The sales tax will not go into
effect before August at the very
earliest. This fact was reported to
the Chamber of Commerce by
Mayor Ole Johnson. Another pub
lic meeting will be held before it
goes into effect.
Harold Booth reported a study
is being made of the proposed
United Fund Drive.
Ernie Harding spoke to the
group and admonished against
buying stock or life insurance
from unknown salesmen. “Be sure
the company is firm before buy
ing,” he advised. He said sales
men from New York have been
selling in the territory and may
come here.
Only 14 members were in attend
ance out of a membership of 40.
JERRY VALEN TO OCS
Jerry Valen left last Friday for
ten weeks training in the Officers
Candidate School at Fort Benning,
Georgia.
He was one of three men in the
Territory at this time to be select
ed by the National Guard to re
ceive the training.
Leon (Ole Johnson, Dist. Depu
ty of B.P.O.E., will be honored at
a party at the Elks Club tonight.
do the building from the kit of
wheels and steering gear that is
provided.
Helmets have been ordered for
the drivers and will be issued at
the qualifying trials which will be
held on July 1. Several of the rac
ers are reported to be in the final
stages on construction and it is
anticipated that some of the driv
ers may attempt trial runs on the
Mill Bay “Speedway” this Sunday.
Much secrecy surrounds the
building of the racers to date as
concerns the type of designs and
wheel lubricants. Rumor has it
that tthe Alaska Steamship Corn
pan's design is so revolutionary
that officials of the company are
having the vehicle built aboard
one of the company vessels as it
City Plans For
More Water
The first step in provisions for
extension of present facilities for
Kodiak’s water supply were takeB
by the City Council in a continua
tion Wednesday of the recessed
session held Monday.
Council members concurred in
requesting H. H. Waller of the
firm of Hubbell and Waller En
gineering Corporation of Seattle,
to come to Kodiak this week to
inspect the reservoir installation
and give an estimate for rasing
its walls. Waller, in Anchorage
on other firm business, arrived in
Kodiak yesterday, and conferred
with City officials.
The firm had prepared the ori
ginal plans for the dam and reser
voir under the direction of APW.
In discussing other business,
the Council learned that Macri
Construction Company is replac
ing a defective compressor in the
recently installed sewage ejector
station. The present,,one ejects
100 gallons per minute, -and the
new one is expected to eject 150
gallons per minute. .., ,,
The City Manager was instructs
ed to get an opinion from the City
Attorney, Russ Arnett, on thd le
gality of moving the alley on the
alley on the land proposed for
the library site, as requested by
Ivor Schott earlier this week.' '
Meeting Called
For Boat Entrants
Walt Muller, Chairman of the
4th of July events, reports there
fvill be a meeting of all those
who propose to have entries in the
boat races, are asked to meet at
his home tomorrow at 2 p.m.
The meeting is called for the
purpose of setting up the rules
and regulations for the boat
races. It was urged that all those
interested be at the meeting,
which will be held in Apt. 2. in
Walt Mullers Apartments, across
from the Griffin Memorial Hos
pital on Mission Road.
All interested race enthusiasts
are urged to attend as the contin
ually increasing entry list each
year requires adoption of rules
and regulations that will provide
the best of racing for participants
and spectators.
plies between here and Seattle in
an effort to afford absolute secre
cy relative to its design.
Sponsors for the individual rac
ers are as follows: Kodiak Clean
ers, Mecca Bar, Knudsen’s, Curly
Wilson, Polar Bear Cafe, Bank of
Kodiak. Standard Oil Co., Kodiak
Airways, Jules Radinsky, Kodiak
Outfitters, Wodlinger’s Drug, Ko
diak Welding, Krafts Super Mar
ket, Halferty Canneries, Vince
Daly, Island Seafoods, Kodiak
Amusement Co., Kodiak Electric
Assn., Kodiak Telephone Co., Pa
cific Northern Airlines, Kodiak
Exploration Co., Kodiak Decorat
ing Co., Sutliff and Son, Naugh
ton's Bakery, R. W. Patterson, Al
aska Steamship Co. and Donnelley
and Achesor..
Along The
Waterfront
Fishing in the Karluk area is
described as “mediocre,” and the
recent bad weather in the area of
the fishing grounds have prevent
ed boats from getting in much
fishing.
The scene along the water
front here has indicated only a
fair activity, and the movements
of boats slow. Several halibut
boats have been in for refueling
at the Standard Oil dock; hnd in
eluding the Alaska Queer! tram
Seattle. Ivar Saero is skipper. Dei
lina 2, Matt Sjoblom, skippering,
come and left. She is a Canadian
vessel. Another Canadian brat, the
Challenger, was in port for a few
days for repairs made at Alvine &
Gibsons. This vessel is in these
waters to make a study 'of fish for
the International Fisheries Board
It is one of several from Canada
and the United States.
The Pacific Wa^ej a Canadian
halibut Vfeisel, Skippered by A1
Woei, was in. The Boris, another
halibut bbat, from Seattle, was
here. The Duchess from Port Bail
ey came in. The Cordova Salvor,
Gene Harding skipper, pulled in
for supplies for Sitkinak. The
tug Hercules, from Puget Sound,
came in with two barges from
Bristol Bay. She continued on to
Seattle.
Halferty’s tender, Commander,
brought in a small load* of fish
The Sunwing 2 of Ouzinkie came,
in with about 400 fish, which will
be frozen. Bill Torsen is the ship
per.
The crew at the City dock was
busy loading and unloading a total
of 564 tons from and on the Luc*
dor, which docked here. Jaiek
Johnson, Wharfinger at the dock,
said the new fork lift aided con
siderably in speeding up open
tions. The Expansion came k»
shortly after the Lucidor pulled
out, and loaded up over a hundred
tons for the Westward. Capi.
Thomsen is still skipper.
The crew on the mailboat now
have two pastimes aboard ship
to keep them busy. They have
gone into the editing business and
are putting out a new sheet called
the Mail Boat Monitor. It consists
of general news about the Chain
One error in the first edition
which the editor, Cliff Machado,
j? correcting in a subsequent hr
sue, is the statement that the Mir
ror is no longer publishing (if this
were true, we’ve sure been wast
ing our time). Another activity of
the crew is the formation of a
Lonely Hearts Club for the fail
sex living on the Chain. They has*
albums of pictures, and are assist
ing in finding husbands. Ruraoi
has it that Capt. Thomsen go!
stuck with several hundred baby
shoes in a recent deal, and wants
to find a market for them.
The Osage came into port. This
vessel arrived here last year with
a crew of cattlemen turned boat
men, who limped into port at that
time with the aid of the crewmen
from the salvage barge dredging
the channel, after striking a reef
entering the channel. Since then
the owners ,l>ave been reported ki
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