"News of oAmencas Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 43
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 5, 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
Funeral Services Held
For Father C. R, King
Rites of the Russian church,
used only for its priests, were
read for Father C. R. King
laat week at the Russian
Greek Orthodox Church.
Father King, priest of the
Kodiak church for the past 21
years, died early in the morn
ing of December 24, and ser
vices were held December 26.
Father King, who had not
been active as a priest for the
past several years because he
had been in ill health, was 72
years old. He would have
been 73 on January 8.
Funeral services were con
ducted by the Rev. Alexander
Popoff of the Kodiak church
and by Father Gerasim Sch
maltz of Monk’s Lagoon at
Ouzinkie.
Dressed in his priest’s robes,
Father King was buried in
the churchyard beside his
wife, who died in November,
1946.
Memorial services for
Father King were heid at the
Cathedral of St. Nicholas in
* Seattle.
Cecil Robert King was born
on Jan. 8, 1879, at Unalaska,
and came to Kodiak when he
was 12 years old. He spent his
entire life here. His home was
on Mission Rd across from the
church in which he played an
active part for so many years.
In the summer o f 1950, in
ill health, he went to Seattle
to live with his daughter, but
returned in the fall of 1951 to
his Kodiak home, where he
lived the past few months
with his daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Carpenter.
Father King is survived by
ten children: Mrs. T. Jewel
Eckles, William C. King, Mrs.
Oliver L. Dalrymple and Miss
Rhea King of Seattle; Mrs.
John Lang of Edmonds,
Wash., Mrs. Jack King of An
chorage; Mrs. Coy Rumple of
the Kodiak Naval Station;
Mrs. Carpenter, Robert C.
King and A1 King of Kodiak;
and also by 20 grandchildren.
New Personal For ACS
The following ehanges
have taken place recently at
the ACS.
Sgt. Otis Lull and family
were transferred to duty in
Seattle. Cpl. Steven Glazew
ski was transferred to Fair
banks and Cpl. David Waddle
was transferred from Fair
banks to Kodiak. Cpl. Thor
vald Duffin has been transfer
red here from Anchorage.
Mrs. Ruth Arneson has re
placed Mrs. Rose Hernyak as
telephone operator.
Casino Rebuilding
Underway
Plans for the remodeling of
the fire swept Casino were an
nounced this week by A1 Col
lins, one of the owners.
Damage estimated in the
neighborhood of $15,000 was
wrought by a fire that is be
lieved to have started in the
basement of the modern con
crete1 building early Christ
mas morning.
Members of the Kodiak Fire
Department and the Kodiak
Naval Station Fire Depart
ment fought the conflagration
for several hours. Due to the
modern construction the fire
was confined to the building.
“That is one of the roughest I
fires I ever helped fight, ” a
member of the Kodiak Fire
Department declared.
The fire was discovered a
round three am by a taxi cab
driver who immediately turn
ed in the alarm. Collins had
closed the Casino at 2 pm and
had gone to the home of Stan
McNallen, Casino bartender,
to open Christmas presents.
Wind, which came in gusts
and from several directions,
made fire fighting extremely
hard and dangerous. Specta
tors, aroused from sleep,
numbered several hundred.
In announcing plans for the
remodeling Collins stated that
if he could obtain material he
hoped to open the Casino with
in three months. Asked re
garding the damage Collins
said, “Its true the Casino is
badly damaged but I have
never seen a fire more des
perately fought. Those fire
men were really trying but
they just couldn’t get into the
fire. And at the same time
they were very concerned
over the damage they were
doing- It could have been so
much worse in so many
ways.”
The tloor ana walls ol the
main room were badly char
red. The bar, stools and
booths were burned, smoke
blackened and watersoaked.
Damage to the mirrors and
fixtures in an adjoining room
was equally heavy.
Damage to the kitchen and
penthouse living quarters of
Collins was done by smoke
and water.
It is believed that insurance
will cover the damage done to
the building, equipment and
supplies.
Firemen donned smoke
(continued on page 10)
First Baby 1952
Born Yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Craw
ford are the parents of the
Kodiak New Year’s Baby.
The first little girl born in
Kodiak in 1952 arrived at
4:19 pm. No name for the
baby was announced by press
time. The baby weighed 7 lbs.
5 oz.
The father of the baby is
the composing room superin
tendent at the Kodiak Mirror.
The baby will receive gifts
from several merchants and
businesses, as has been done
for the past several years.
Donors previously listed as
giving gifts for the first baby
were: Knudsen’s, a Hanks
craft electric bottle sterilizer;
Bank of Kodiak, a savings
bank and $1.00 to start an ac
count; Donnelley and Acheson,
a bath set of bath blanket,
towel and cloth.
Kraft s Dry Goods Dept, a
dozen diapers; Lucielle’s Rec
ord Shop, an album of baby’s
records; Mar’ Lou, $5.00 for
the savings bank; Morman
Photo Shop, a $5.00 gift certi
ficate.
Orpheum Theatre, a three
months pass for the parents;
Rhoades Furniture Store, a
training seat; Bert’s Drug
Store, Johnson’s complete
baby set.
Grandmothers
To Organize
The first meeting of the
Kodiak Grandmother Club
will be held at the Legion
Building (community center)
this afternoon at 2:30.
“All interested persons are
urged to attend. It takes at
least 10 applicants to form a
chapter,” Mrs. Beth Wheel
don, who is organizing the
club, said yesterday.
The Kodiak elub will be a
member of the National Fede
ration of Grandmother Clubs
of America, Inc.
The NFGCA is a non-sec
tarian, non-partisan organi
zation of women of good
cearcter who have one or
more grandchildren or
through marriage or adoption
have acquired grandchildren.
The objectives of the club
is to further the social and
educational interests of its
members; to promote such
charities as voted by the
members; to help establish
the second Sunday of Oct. as
National Grandmother’s Day;
to work for the National
Haven Fund; To glorify
Grandmotherhood.
Parking Meters
Ready For Use
Parking meters were in
stalled on the principal streets
of Kodiak this week in an ef
fort to alleviate the traffic
problem and obtain a little
revenue for the city.
The meters will be placed in
operation at 8 am Monday.
The meters will be operational
from 8 am to 8 pm Monday
through Saturday. They will
not be in operation on Sun
day s or holidays.
Instructions for the opera
tion of the meters are written
on the boxes. Parking for 30
minutes is one nickel; 60
minute parking two nickels.
There are two free ten minute
parking zones in front of the
post office.
iwo id minute parking
meters have been installed on
South Mill Bay road in front
of the Bank of Kodiak. Per
sons using the parking spaces
covered by the meters are re
quested to stop so that the
front of their vehicle is even
with the yellow striue which
is two feet ahead of the
meter.
The city street department
has painted red markings on
the curbs where parking is
not permitted.
A total of 75 parking meters
were ordered by the city. Ap
proximately half that number
have been installed. The city
later plans to install the
meters along Marine Way.
The Ace cab zone has
moved to in front of the
Ship’s Tavern.
Ray Martin Plans
New Building
Plans for the construction
of the new Club Liquor Store
were announced yesterday by
Ray Martin.
The new building will be
located between the present
liquor store and Pacific Nor
thern Airlines ticket office and
Bryan Thorsheim’s barber
shop. Excuvation for the
foundations of the new build
ing was started this week.
The present building oc
cupied by Martin will be re
modeled and used exclusively
as a PNA ticket office and)
waiting room, Martin said.
Once the foundations are
laid the building will be put
up in a few days, Martin de
clared. Ralph Shupp is doing
I the construction work.
Funds totaling $3,467.40
were diverted to her personal
use, from the City of Kodiak
General Fund in September,
1949, by Mrs. Myrna Perkins,
city clerk-treasurer at that
time, an audit of the city’s
books has revealed,
Elmer Johnson, certified
public accountant, who con
ducted an audit of the books
for the years ending March
31, 1950 and March 31, 1951,
disclosed the shortage in his
report which is now in the
hands of city council mem
bers.
Restitution of the funds was
made by Mrs. Perkins on
May 12, 1951, Johnson’s re
port stated. He discovered the
discrepancy on April 19, 1951
and immediately advised the
city council and the members
of the Independent School
District Board.
The ft.ads were taken
through a manipulation of a
voucher paying city funds to
the ISD, Johnson’s report
notes.
The shortage was discovered
when the auditor noted that
the school district had not re
ceived funds due it under the
city’s general fund check dated
Sept. 30, 1949, although the
city records indicated that dis
bursement of that amount had
been made to the school dis
trict. Johnson had been engag
ed to audit the ISD books.
The sum due the school
board from the city has not
yet been paid to it, Johnson’s
report ads. The council, he
said, has taken “no postive
action toward making payment
to the school district of this re
maining portion of the 1948
1949 appropriation nor has it
taken any action toward can
cellation of the same.”
McKinley Named
Acting Chief
Ovid “Mac” McKinley,
patrolman for the Kodiak
Police Department, ha? been
named acting chief of police
while Carter Seymour is re
ceiving medical attention in
Seattle, the police committee
of the city council announced
yesterday.
The statement was issued
late yesterday by the police
committee to squelch any ru
mors that a Navy Shore Pa
trol Chief was acting as city
police chief for the city, a
member of the police com
mittee said.