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Construction To Begin?
Navy personnel and other government-employed house
seekers were cheered yesterday with the news that
heavy equipment for clearing, draining and building roads on
the site for the housing project in the east addition had finally |
arrived. \
The endless amount of paper work and correspondence !
necessary pefore the actual construction of the 400 houses can I
begin has been completed. Now that some of the heavy c.on-|
struction equipment is here local merchants and residents ex-,
pact to see physical evidence that the project will be a reality. \
Engineers have made surveys and a plat has been pre-1
pared for some time. The pre-fab houses are now under con
struction in Portland and will be shipped here and assembled
on the site.
We join with the many house hunters in wishing a
speedy completion of the project.
nospiw! news
BIRTHS. - To Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Sundbsrg, a daughter
February 8, weight, 8 lbs., 3
or.., name, Viola Louise.
To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Spiegel, a son, February 9,
weight, 8 lbs., 7 oz., Samuel
Louis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Roekstad, a daughter, Febru
ary 12, weight, 4 lbs., 3oz.,
name Yvonne Marie
Car Damaged i
A Naval Station fire truck
backed into the Plymouth su
burban owned by John Gib
bons. The accident occured at
| the city dock.
Gibbons car was parked at
the time of the accident. The
fire truck had come to the dock
from KNS to stand by while a
Navy Crash boat was refuel
ing. H. D. Wall was driver of
the fire truck.
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Church To Hold
Vorld Prayer
The annual World Day of
’raver will be held at the
Community Baptist Church on
Yiday. A prog-ram of special
nusic and speakers has been
trepan d by a commitree.
The World Day of Prayer is
sponsored by an interdenomi
sational group of women
eaders and is observed each
year by churches and women’s
groups throughout the world.
The theme of the special day
jf prayer is “Walk As Chil
Iren of Light”. The program
dso includes special prayer
sessions for children at the
close of their school classes
and an adult meeting at 7:30
pm. The public is invited.
The program committee is
composed of Mrs. George
Wick, Mrs. Royal Munson and
Mrs. Hubert Campbell.
Rendezvous Bsg’ns
The 13th annual Fur Ren
dezvous in Anchorage started
Thursday at noon with cere
monies on the City Hall lawn
by Mayor Maynard Taylor and
Dr. Robert Smithson, presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The event will cover two
weeks of exhibits, basketball
tournaments, fun and frolic. A
queen will be chosdn to reign
over the festivities and wdl
receive the title of Miss Fur
Rendezvous.
The council meeting Monday ]
night was short as council
members had other meetings
to attend.
The resignation of Robert
Hedloff as City Magistrate
was presented and ’ current
bills were paid, according to
the minutes taken by the citv
clerk.
From Seward
S.S. DENALI
Feb. 19
S.S. BARANOF
Feb. 26
SQUARE KNOT
Leaving Seattle Feb 24
LUCIDOR
1 Leaving Seattle March 3
I.L. Chenier, agent
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DkYjNG OJt Hi r^RMitURE
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Residents of Gravendeel, Holland, place furniture and
household goods in a street outside their flooded homes to per
mit the suns rays to do a drying job after the disastrous flood.
Huge windmill in background is one of hundreds being used
to pump the floodwater from the inundated areas.
(AP W1REPHOTO)
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NOTICE
Change in billing procedure
Effective Feb. 7, 1953 the Kodiak Elect.
Ass’n Inc. will discontinue the practice of sending
a second or penalty bill for electrical energy not
paid by the 15th of the month.
All electrical rates are net and are to be paid
within 15 days from date of bill. In case bills are
paid or postmarked after the 15th of the month, a
gross charge of £% additional will apply. Service
will be discontinued when bills are delinqnent 30
days after due date.
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