Eodiab itlirror
of America's Last ‘frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Uass inatter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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^•• |Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
i Candace Crawford. Executive Editor
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j Welcome, the 1954 Baby
* A number pf Kediak merchants have suggested that
t}ie first little Miss or Mister that arrives in Kodiak anytime
aft^r.the New Year be welcomed with*'suitable gifts'‘and
pVeSents.
The custom has been observed with some regularity in
the past. Any business, or person, wishing to contribute a
gift to Little Miss Kodiak of 1954 may do so by calling 2272
during the coming week. A complete list of donors will be
published in the January 2, issue of the MIRROR,
In the past years the MIRROR has sponsored the
event and has arranged for the delivery of presents to the
mother at Griffin Memorial Hospital. The baby must be born
at the hospital to be eligible for the contest.
Let’s keep this custom of welcoming the first baby of
61m year with gifts. Call and record your present.
Today’s issue of the MIR
ROR will be the last one for
tViis year. The next will ap
peir January 2, 1954.
Charles “Buddy” Rogers,
« motion picture star and musi
cian. will head an all-star cast
of variety entertainers who
will play military installations
in Alaska during the holiday
season.
Rogers and his troupe are
scheduled to arrive at Kodiak
Naval Station tomorrow.
me ureemease Kidnap- khi
ers died aide by side in the
gas chamber at the Missouri
state prison early Friday
Just before the gas cham
ber closed, U. S. Marshal Wil
liam D. Tatman asked Carl
Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie
Heady if they had anything to
tell him. Both shook their
heads negatively and Mrs.
Heady said aloud: “No.’, It
was another of many attempts
to find out what happened to
half the record $600,000 ran
som paid the slayers.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL . .
■.and to all our best wishes, for joy and security. ;
We are all happy in knowing that we have helped to con
tribute to the joy and security of the community.
-Rank of Kodiak
Cloeed every Thursday
Banking eerrioe at U • • N S. Friday*. Old Administration Building, ft.-00 §:S0 F. M
PHONES 2233 2222 4691
Democrats
Meet
Kodiak Democrats figured
prominently in the Third Di
vision Democratic convention
this week in Anchorage
A J. “Tiny” Cichoski has
fegen selected as one of the
candidates from the third di
vision for the Territorial
House.
Nominated for the post t of
divisional committee chairman
were Anna Mae Vokacek, Ko
diak U. 8. Commissioner and
Ray Plummer of Spenard.
Mrs. Vokacek did not attend
the convention.
John Gibbons was named to
the resolutions committee. The
Democratic conclave saw
around 100 delegates present
wiin ueiweenouana w auenu
ing from outlying areas.
Rep. Wendell Kay, Demo
crat from Anchorage, was the
keynote speaker and, rapped
the GOP policies. He declared
that the independent voters
had been “short changed by
the Republicans.”
Cichoski told members of a
Kodiak Republican caucus,
which he attended early Iasi
fall that he was an “indepen
dent”. This occured when he
sought entrance to the caucus.
The convention in Anchor
age was wound up Wednesday
night with a cocktail party
and dinner at 7;30 pm at the
Aleutian Gardens.
A draft of the divisional
platform presented at one ol
the night sessions included a
list of “grievances” against
the present policies of the Re
publican administration.
A1 Owen, former. Kodiak
resident, and J. Earl Cooper,
former U. S. Attorney for the
Third Division, will run foi
the Serritorial Senate.
Stanley McCutcheon, for
mer member of the Territorial
Legislature and prominent in
the news around Anchorage
last fall and summer, will alsc
run for the House.
Crooked Island
Farms
The Nixon Family
| Navy Lists
I Bomber Crew
I The Navy released the
names of the crewmembers
of the P2V patrol plane that
t crashed Tuesday evening on
j the ruuy/ay ot KNi
j The fast work of the Navy
crash crew had the fire out
within four minutes after it
burst into flames. Those
^aboard the plane were pilots,
■John McGinley, Middleton,
j.New York; W. R. Perry,
i Royal Oak. Minn.; Navigator
R. Mongrain, Marretta, Minn.
Crewmembers were H. A.
Baren, Houston, Texas; J. L.
i Zbolanek, Rulo, Nebraska; R.
Hurney, Brooklyn, N. Y.: J.
L. Bachand, Red Oak, Iowa;
G. E. Parker, Fort Scott,
Kan.; R. E. Price, Canton,
Ga.; W. L. Wood, Fort. Pillow,
Iowa.
The Navy reported roie of
the men seriously injured.
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* Mrs. Mary Rasmussen of
,1001 Ninth Ave., Anchorage,
' died suddenly of a heart at
tack at her home this week.
Her body was found by her
husband, Ray, when he re
turned home from work,
j Mrs. Rasmussen was well
knrwn in Anchorage for her
activities with the Order of
: Eastern Star, Amaranth and
I Alaska Crippled Childrens As
sociation.
! She was born in Kodiak 45
years ago on Oct. 7, 1908,
later moving to Seldovia
where she lived until her
, marriage.
BOB
Movie At Church
Tuesday
Light of the World, pro
duced by the Unusual Films
department of Bob Jones Uni
versity in Greenville. South
Carolina, will be shown De
cember 22 at 7:30 pm at the
Church of God.
The film company is termed
one of the largest motion pic
ture producing companies in
the East. Unusual Films was
founded for the purpose of
producing religious and edu
cational motion pictures of the
highest technical and spiritual
quality.
Dr. Bob Jones, head of the
film company and the univer
sity that bears his name, says
the film Light of the World is
based on one of his old-time
evangelistic sermons which he
has preached in person around
the world.
The Christmas lights from
the Orpheum Theatre to the
Kodiak Outfitters and down
Harbor Avenue were made
possible, through the coopera
tion of seven Kodiak busi
nesses.
They were Wodlingers,
Orpheum, Rhoades Furniture,
LaLandes Kodiak Bakery,
Spiegel Electric, Mecca Bar
and Kodiak Outfitters.
Pvt. Rudy V. Anderson, 21,
brother of Elsa C. Anderson.
Kodiak, Alaska, recently ar
rived in Korea for duty with
the 40th Infantry Division.
Anderson entered the Army
in April and received basic
training at Fort Ord.
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1 SEASON'S GREETINGS
' Everyone
Chuck and Betty Reynolds
<3^5£
Representing Odom Co. and
Anchorage Cold Storage