Fletcher Goes
Fletcher Here
John Fletcher, Manager of the
Orpheum Theatre for more than
three years, left Sunday morning
for Anchorage, where he will as
sume management of the Denali
Theatre. He is replaced by his son,
Skip.
Fletcher, popular manager ol
the local theatre since the spring
of 1953, came here from the Aleu
tians. In 1929 he built a prefabri
cated movie house at Dutch Har
bor. He was manager of the NC
Company in that far Westward
village, and operated the Weather
Bureau there also. He served as
U. S. Commissioner for several
yfears on the Chain.
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During the war John operated
the movie house until it was taken
jver by the military. During that
time he toured the States in a war
aond drive. He returned to the
Aleutians, where he remained un
til coming here in 1953.
Fletcher has been connected
mith the theatre in one capacity
>r another since an early age. At
12, he worked as a “reel boy," a
iob that consisted mostly of re
minding and splicing film spools
n a New York theatre. His activi
ties have been varied ever since.
He organized a dance band for
:he Coast Guard at one time.
Later he worked on a radio team
:n Seattle and vaudeville in Cana
ia. He managed theatres in Seat
;le, Beverly Hills, El Soreno and
Arcadia, California.
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Since coming to Kodiak, John
has attempted to provide theatre
goers here with the finest in !
screen entertainment. He was es- I
pecially interested in giving young '
people a break—particularly on I
pictures of an educational nature.
He worked constantly for any
civic improvements. He cooperat
ed with the Police Department in
the Safe Driving Award, furnish- i
ing theatre tickets to the winners.
He was a member of the Rotary
Club. .
His wife and two sons are now
in California and will join him in
Anchorage soon.
Skip Fletcher has taken over
where his father left off. He too,
spent some time on the Aleutian
Chain. He is a graduate of the
High School at Unalaska, which is
no longer operating. He and Phil
Tutiakoff, who is projectionist at
the Orpheum, graduated together
in 1931.
Skip was Radio Operator and
1st Mate on the m/s Eider, a U. S.
Geological Survey ship in 1951.
He was Superintendent of the Uri
alaska Electric Association, and
was on the City Council for 1%
years. He joined the ACS, and was
stationed in Seattle, Naknek and
Kodiak.
In the summer of 1953 young
Fletcher received his Commercial
pilots license. He returned to Ko
diak for a time, and then was sent
to Spenard for the Poulson and
Schock, Inc. syndicate, owners of
the Orpheum, where he was pro
jectionist. He was later iransferr
ed to the Denali, where he was
Assistant Manager. He returned*to
Kodiak last week. Skip is not mar
ried.
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