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V0L13 NO 36
KODIAK, ALASKA
NOVEMBER 14, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Rochelle Recommended
For Commissioner
Lm i. Norman Gets
Unanlmoua Approval
For Marshal
B. L. Rochelle was selected
by the local Republican Com
mittee Thursday night to re
bfaee U. S. Commissioner A*
M. Vokacek of the Kodiak
precinct. Ro y Madsen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Madsen,
was selected as an alternate
for the office.
The local republicans un
animously endorsed L. J. Nor
man for the position of U. S.
Deputy Marshal of Kodiak.
The recommendation of the
local committee will be sub
mitted to the Central Republi
can Committee at Anchorage
for approval. The endorsement
of the local group does not in
sure the appointment of their
selections.
There are 18 precincts in the
Third Division from which
new commissioners and
deputys are expected to be
named. Judge J. L. McCarrey
of the Third Division has the
power to name comissioners.
The vote between Rochelle
and Madsen was close. Of
those present 14 voted for
Rochelle and 12 for Madsen. It
was earlier suggested by Paul
Dupler, attorney, that Mrs. A
M. Vokacek be considered for
reappointment. A majority of
the Republicans turned the
proposition down on a written
ballot.
Norman submitted a letter
setting forth his qualifications
as did Rochelle. Madsen sent a
wire from Oregon. He has re
cently received his law degree
from a college there.
Emil Knudsen conducted the
meeting which was held in one
of the rooms at the school
building. There were 28 mem
bers of the local Republican
committee present.
Elk Hunters
Bag 12
Late yesterday the local F
WS office said that 12 elk have
been taken on Afognak Is
land. There are 40 hunters
looking for elk this season.
Around 20 hunters have re
ported to the local office con
cerning their hunting activi
ties.
A heavy snow made track
ing easy but handicapped the
hunters at start of the season.
The season is from November
1 to 15. A report of trophies
will be made in next week’s
MIRROR.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Two men familiar with con
ditions in western Alaska’s
fishing season disaster area
suggested that work projects
rather than relief gifts be pro
vided for the needy.
The suggestion was made
by Jim Downey* an official of
the Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Union, and The Rev. Father
George S. Endal, Jesuit priest
with headquarters in Dilling
ham.
Father Gndal said their in
vestigations indicated the
greatest need is in areas
around Lake Iliamna and Nus
hagak which is near Dilling
ham.
Downey added Kvichak,
Naknek, Tokiak, Ugashik and
Egegik to the list as really in
need. Money and food is need
ed immediately in Iliamna and
Nushagak area, Father Enaal
said. He added that the needs
will multiply as the winter
lengthens and the limited
grubstakes of the residents
are exhausted.
Downey said work relief
projects costing between 75
and 100 thousand dollars is
needed to minimize the hard
ships.
Tops of parking meters in the Bridgeport, Conn. , mun
icipal parking lot look like periscopes stickng out of the water
as high tides raise the Pequonnock River six feet above the
normal high water mark. Unwary motorist who left his car in
the lot dosen’t have to worry. The traffic cops couldn’t get in
the lot either. (APWIREPHOTO)
South Pacific
Author Visits
Kodiak
The Author of the famous
stage play South Pacific met
the leading man of the only
all-military production of the
popular musical this week in
the offices of Rear Admira]
John Perry, 17th Naval Dis
. trict Commander, Wednesday.
I James A. Michener, Puliti
zer Prize winning author,
talked with Dave Leonard,
who played the part of Emile
DeBecque in the military
production.
Michener stopped in Kodiak
to visit Adm. Perry. He is en
route to the Orient for ten
weeks to collect material for a
new book. Lcdr. Michener,
Naval Reserve, was aboard
,Adm. Perry’s flagship (Task
Force 77) during the early
days of the Korean War.
Leonard, a Kodiak resident
was in the U. S. Airforce
when he portrayed the role of
the French planter in the
popular stage production.
Michener stopped at Kodiak
Naval Station to visit Adm.
Perry prior to going to Korea
to gather more material for a
new book. He holds a Lcdr.
rating in the Naval Reserve.
While collecting materia)
for the story 'The Bridges of
Tokyo Ri, Michener was a
Continued on Page 4
Operation Mike Starts
This Week By ACCA
"Operation Mike” to help aj
young disabled Kodiak Island
youth open a business in Ko
diak, is now underway under
the auspices of the local chap
ter of the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association.
Mike Naumoff wants to
open a radio repair shop in
Kodiak. The 21-year old youth
is destined to spend the re
mainder of his life in a wheel!
chair as the result of an ac-1
cidental shooting in July of
1944.
Mike is a boy with a happy
KEA Installs
New Engine
A new 950 hp Enterprise'
engine is being installed this,
week at the Kodiak Electric'
Association plant on Tagura
Road. !
The additional 650 kw en-1
gine is being installed to take
care of the needs of the houses
in the Aleutian Homes. Inc. ]
housing project and the fu-,
ture needs of Kodiak, Leon |
Johnson, KEA manager, told
the MIRROR Monday. The
engine arrived here Sunday
aboard the Pacificus, Coast- j
wise Line vessel. '
A Navy conveyor was used
to transport the big engine
from the dock to the plant. i
Harold Sivesind, local car
penter, holds a sub-contract
with the Enterprise Engine
Company of San Francisco for
the installation of the engine
and the alteration of: the KEA
plant.
The electrical installations
at the plant may be awarded
to rn Anchorage firm. It is
likely that the plumbing work
and installations will be made
by V. W. Root, local plumber, i'
Johnson said.
Walter Hansen, Enterprise
representative, is here to
supervise the installation of
the big engine made by his |
company. He has previously
been in Kodiak when two <
other Enterprise engines were <
put in operation. ! ]
Bob Lear Trains
In Georgia
Robert D. Lear, son of Mr. 1
and Mrs. Les Sorum has com- i
pleted an 11 weeks course for(<
newly commissioned officers ;
at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Lt. Lear graduated from :
the University of Alaska last
May. He is a second lieuten
ant in 126 Company, BIOC.
The new officer attended
School in Kodiak prior to go- j
ing to the university.
disposition and nine years of
hospitals and wheel chairs -
haven’t changed him. In July
jf 1944 he was hospitalized in
Kodiak. He was shot in the
jpine with a small caliber
rifle. The shot paralyzed Mike
from the base of his spine
down. He has completed his
high school education at Shel
jon Jackson school after be
ing in the Seattle Orthopedic
Hospital and Mt. Edgecumbe.
Max Williamson, director of
vocational rehabilitation for
Alaska, feels that if Mike ca»
yo to Kabal Kaiser Parapelagi*
Center in Vallejo, California,
for from six to eight months
ae can then be qualified to>
jperate his own business.
lne treatment at tv a u at
Kaiser cos p around $400 per
month. The total cost for
Mike’s course there will run
around $5000. The local Chap
ter of the ACGA is endeavor
ing to raise the money. They
point out that “contributions
to ‘Operation Mike’ will be
sent to the department of re
habilitation where Williamson
will get about three dollars in
Federal matching funds for
every one of the dollars col
lected here,” Mrs. John
Springhill, president of the
ocal ACCA chapter, said
yesterday.
Persons wishing to contri
bute should mail their money
to Mrs. Henry Haag, treasurer
A.CCA, or give it to Miss
Irene Brooks, secretary, or
Mrs. Karl Brunstad, secre
tary.
Mike is originally from Kar
luk. Long time' Kodiak resi
lents will recall the accident
ind his stay at the local hospi
;al. Despite his handicap he
las made tremendous pro
gress in his studies and shows
promise of being a brilliant
•adio technician.
He will also require further
nedical treatment before he
:an realize his ambition to
men a radio repair shop in
Kodiak.
Anchorage (A>) — School
superintendent A. W. Morgan
old a Chamber of Commerce
neeting that Anchorage needs
;ight million dollars worth of
iew school buildings to meet
she next four years enroll
nent which is expected to in
irease from 5,682 to 11,180 by
she fall of 1957.
Unless new buildings are
sjuilt double shifts of students
ind teachers is anticipated,
some by next fall.