Kodigk Minos
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The city council should turn down the VFW’s request
that its property on Alaska Way be relieved of per-,
sonal and property taxes. I
The request was made Monday night during the regu
lar meeting of the council at the city hall. The VFW building
on Alaska Way houses the VFW club, Joe’s Doghouse and
Gil’s Beauty Salon. The club was assessed $232.72 for taxes1
in 1951. 1
This does not strike us as being a great amount of tax
when you consider the amount of revenue the club receives i
yearly from the two tenants.
By granting an exemption to the club the council would
be setting a precedent which would lead to similar requests
from every social and fraternal organization in town. By so
granting one club an exemption the council would be morally
obligated to give such favors to all.
Members of the club told the conncil Monday night
■‘that the VFW is made up of veterans who fought for their
country and for doing so they should be given credit and con
sideration.”
No veteran of any war in history has received more
consideration and benefits than the veterans of World War
II. The federal and territorial government has provided loans,
hospitalization, compensation, pensions and other benefits.
An organization dedicated to the preservation of Ameri-1
can ideals and institutions and made up of men who fought
for those things should be willing to continue supporting
them.
By paying federal, territorial and city taxes we sustain
the things the veterans fought to keep. Thousands of tax
payers fought in the last war and they pay taxes.
The council should refuse to grant the request.
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Rotary Speaker
From Pt. Barrow
Eskimos burning chunks of
‘soil” brought about the
* Navy Petroleum Reserve near
! ’oinc bariow in the biotic
, Circle, Lt. Jack Beaver, USN,
told members of Kodiak Ro
t,ary Club 5533 Tuesday.
Lt. Beaver was at 17th Na
val District headquarters at
Kodiak Naval Station this
week on Navy business. When
it was learned that he had
i spent over a year working at
| the Navy project in the Arctic
he was asked to be guest
speaker at the club meeting 1
I at the Montmartre Inn.
“The drilling and methods
i used for searching for oil in
the Arctic are much the same
as those employed in Okla
homa and Texas,” Lt. Beaver
said.
Working conditions for men
and machines vary from tem-j
peratures of minus 72 degrees
in the winter to 100 degrees
in summer, Lt. Beaver said.
Perma-frost has been dis
i covered to a depth of 900 feet
! on some of the holes sunk by
| drilling companies. Arctic
Contractors, which is several
large companies, is doing the
drilling and other work con
nected with oil exploration for
the Navy.
The major portion of sup
plies are shipped to Point
1 Barrow once a year by Navy
I convoy. Other supplies are
'taken in by plane and un
loaded or dropped by para
chute.
“Bat trains” are used for
transporting men and supplies
from the main camp to out
lying smaller camps. The
trains are composed of huge
sleds and pulled by tracked
vehicles.
The Navy supply convoy
must make a trip into Point
Barrow and get out within
five weeks. If the ships re
main longer they run the risk
of getting caught in the ice
fields.
“The yearly supply trip of
the ships is an efficient and
well-timed operation,” Lt.
Beaver declared.
Natural gas has been dis
; covered in the reserve in
! great quanities. The camp at
j Point Barrow is heated by
t natural gas.
| Reports of Eskimos using
soil to burn resulted in the U.
S. Government sending an in
! spection party to Point Bar
; row in 1920. They discovered
that the soil was soaked in
oil. Oil was literally running
out of the ground in some
areas during the summer
months.
| The Navy Petroleum Re
serve encompasses 28 million
acres. Only a small portion
has been explored and tested
. for petroleum.
j Guests attending the meet
ing were Roy Harcourt, Oscar
Hanson, Joe Gale, Fred
| Crouch and Ed Sande.
1 The Catholic Ladies Guild
j will meet Wednesday at 8 pm
■ at the home of Mrs. Pat
Mitchell.
KNS Wins Fights;
Loses Wrestling
Adak Naval Station wrest
lers captured the 17th ND
championship hut lost the box
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night to Kodiak Naval Sta
tion.
Adak took seven of the
eight wrestling matches and
won a three all tie in the box
ing only to lose by two for
feits in the lowest weight
classes.
The matches were held to
determine who will represent
the district at the All Navy
fights in San Diego late in
March.
Duane Dove, Kodiak heavy
weight fighter, won a split
decision over Cleve Roberts
of Adak. Dove scored two one
round knock outs last week
but lost his last fight for the
All Alaska Championship.
Ben Quismundo, Alaskan.
Armed Forces bantamweight'
battler, was awarded a forfeit
decision.
Don Dunn, Kodiak NS wel
terweight, won a split decision
over Hank Klatt of Adak.
The only Kodiak wrestler j
to win his match was Bob:
Stevens. He pinned Russell
Wottke of Adak in the second j
period in one minute and 53
seconds.
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Hospital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Root,
a daughter, Jan. 27, weight;
4 lbs., 10 oz. name, Bonnie
Kay.
To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Walsh, a daughter, Jan. 29,
weight; i lbs., 12 oz. name,
Bridget Kathleen.
Medical attention: Ray Mar
tin, Emily Nekeferoff, George
Wick. Woody Phillips, Mark
Keplinger.
NOTICE
If you can not get us on
phone 3131, eall 4303 for oil
delivery. Office hours, i pm to
5 pm Monday through Thurs
day. 1 pm to 7 pm Friday.
Thompson Transfer j
COMIN’ & GO/JV’
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gotts
chalk are now vacationing in
Mexico. They are expected to
return to Kodiak in February.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbons
were incoming PNA passen
gers from Anchorage Tues
day.
Jim McClure, hair stylist
for Gil’s returned to Kodiak
Tuesday by plane after spend
ing two weeks in Idaho.
Miss Marie Olsen, employed
at Kraft’s Dry Goods Dept,
for the cast nine years, re
signed this week.
The Garland, Seward-Ko
diak westward mailboat, re
filled at the Kodiak Oil Sales
dock Friday morning. The
vessel was enroute to Seward
after completing a run to vil
lages out the Aleutian Chain.
Birthday Party
Held Monday
Miss Susanne Kraft, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Kraft, gave a party Monday
for eight of her young friends
in honor of her fourth birth
day.
Guests were Rita Johnson,
Rosemary Jensen, Tommy
Bucy, Linda. Hanson, Patty
Anne O’Brien, Sue Ann
Ramaglia, Tod Bettinger and
Deana Bush.
Advance proof of a topo
graphical map of Karluk, in
cluding a portion of Kodiak
Island and Alaska Peninsula,
has been received from the U.
S. Geological Survey at Den
ver, Colo.
It was mapped two years
ago by the USCG in coopera
tion with the U. S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey and will be
on sale at a later date by the
USCG in Washington, D. C.
All boys interested in join
ing the Boy Scouts are re
quested to be at the Elk’s
Club Thursday evening at
7:30. Refreshments will be
served.
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\ AS I GAZE INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL I CAN SEE:
8 Feb.—Regular Elks Meeting
23 Feb.—Hoss Races. Repeat Performance
15 Mar.—St. Patricks Day Ball
1 29 Mar.—Purple Bubble Ball
] Gentle Reminders
You get out of your Club as you put in. Zero multi
! plied by 1000 is still zero.
J NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOOTH,
» BUT—(Boat Eggs in the Sixth at Kodiak is a cinch on
the 23rd of February)
J Faith N B Jazes It must be the Kodiak air what
> makes a Norse speak an Irish brogue.
Be sure your bubble covers. Don’t take cold.
| People living in glass houses should undress in the
! dark.
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> IT’S
WAPITI WISDOM.
A LONG LANE THAT HAS NO ASH BARREL
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI