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VOL. 16
NO .1
KUIU AK, ALASKit JANUARY 7, 1956
PRICE 10 ceNY6
Annexation Sales Tax
Elections Next Month
The City Council at their meet
ing held December 29, 1955, de
cided to combine the forthcoming
Annexation and 2% Consumer
Sales Tax Elections which will be
held February 7, 1956.
The Annexation Election, if ap
proved by the voters both within
the City and within the area pro
posed to be annexed, will extend
the City boundaries to include
those areas known as a portion of
U. S. Survey No. 1681 and U. S.
Survey No. 2873 in the Mission
Road area.
Those eligible to vote must meet
certain qualifications both within
the Annexation area and the City
and all wishing to vote should
closely peruse the official notices
of the election.
The Sales Tax portion of the El
ection which will be voted upon
only within the City, if passed and
approved by the voters, would
authorise the City Council to levy
a 2% Consumers Sales Tax to be
used specifically for Small Boat
Harbor facilities and streets and
street improvements within the
CRy, one-half of all collections go
ing to a fund for Small Boat Har
bdr facilities and ohe-half going to
f fund for streets and street im
provements. Such funds could be
-used for the stated purposes and
by law could not be used for any
other purposes.
Questions from the residents are
hivited by the City Clerk who has
various copies of Ordinances now
in effect in other cities in respect
fo sales tax. which documents are
open to public appraisal.
Employment Service
Rep. In City Next Week
A representative of the Alaska
Territorial Employment Service
from the Anchorage Office will be
in Kodiak on Thursday and Fri
day, January 12 and 13.
The office will be located in the
Fishermen’s Union Hall and will
be open from 12:00 to 5:00 p. m.
on Thursday, January 12, and
from 8:30 a. m. to 12:00 and from
1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. on Friday,
January 13.
All individuals seeking work and
individuals desiring to file their
initial and continued claims for
Unemployment Insurance are re
minded to appear at the office dur
ing the above hours on Thursday
and Friday, January 12 and 13.
PETEkSHON CONVICTED
George Petershon was convicted
before the City Magistrate of reck
less driving. His case was heard
December 27, and the action was
the result of an accident which oc
curred the week before Christmas,
when Petershon’s car skidded and
Was demolished below the slide
area.
Petershon pled not guilty to
the charge, hpt was given a $300
fine, $250 of which was suspended.
Jfis sentence of 30 days in jail was
flso suspended. His driver's license
Was revolted for 6 months.
Fire Guts House
Of Merrill Coon
A fire occurred at the Merrill
Coon’s residence, Friday morning,
December 30. Considerable dam
age was done to the inside of the
house.
Mrs. Louise Coon was home
with her two children, Carl and
Corky. Little Carl was in the den,
and since it was his birthday, he
decided to light the candles. In do
ing so, the .fire got under way
When Mrs. Coon entered the room,
the fire had spread to such an ex
tent, she was unable to extinguish
it. Her call to the fire department
brought an immediate response,
and the flames were brought un
der control by George Magnuson
and his firefighters.
Many personal effects, including
a piano and other furniture, were
destroyed. Damage by smoke
brought about the greatest loss
sustained, part of which was cov'er^
ed by insurance.
DE WITT FINED HEAVILY
Charles DeWitt was convicted in
City Magistrate’s court on two sep
arate charges.
He was fined $50 and given a
ten day suspended sentence for
driving a motor vehicle without
the owners consent. DeWitt was
fined $300, $200 of which was sus
pended, for driving under the in
fluence of liquor. His driver’s li
cense was revoked for six months.
Full Program For
Local B.P.O. Elks
The Kodiak Elk’s Lodge will be
the scene of great activities during
the month of January, climaxing
the pre-Lent events with the an
nual Purple Bubble Ball in Feb
ruary.
On January 16, an Officer’s ball
is planned. This is an annual din
ner for the officers and their la
dies. Tentative plans are being
made to hold family get-togethers
on Sunday afternoons, at which
a lunch will be served and the
members will be afforded an op
portunity to meet socially.
The Elk’s Lodge is sponsor this
year to the March of Dimes cam
paign. The co-chairmen for the
campaign are Don Lawhead and
Pete Ramaglia. Jars are being dis
tributed throughout the business
area, and a vigorous fund raising
campaign will be initiated. The
campaign will be climaxed with a
huge public dance, to be held at
the Elks Club, January 28.
Plans are now being formulated
for the annual Purple Bubble Ball,
which will .be held tjiis year Feb
ruary 11. This is the great charity
event of the year in the lodge,. A
dinner dance will be held as usual
In past years this popular dance
draws the biggest crowd. Bud Metz
Jean Foley Wins
Christmas Contest
Jean and Jake Foley were first
prize winners in the home decorat
ing contest sponsored by the Elks
and Emblem Clubs. There were
fourteen entries.
The prize winning entry was a
beautifully executed mural in
water colors on a large front win
dow. The religious theme depicted
a nativity scene of the Christ child
and mother. It resembled a huge
religious Christmas card, beautiful
ly painted. Jean Foley, who did
the painting, received $100 as first
prize.
Howard and Cecelia Carpenter
were second prize winners, receiv
ing $50 for their decorated win
dow. Theirs, too, was a nativity
scene motive, showing the three
wise men and the Babe in the man
ger. Third prize of $25 went to Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Deveau, for their
reindeer display on the lawn.
The contest is the first of its
kind in Kodiak Sponsored jointly
by the Emblem and Elks Club, it
is hoped to make it an annual
event. Judges were Tim Kilmore,
Elks Club Steward, and Bob Daw
son ahd Bill Levine.
Eaatern Star Installs
1956 Chaptar Officer*
Kodiak Chapter No. 13, Order of
Eastern Star installed officers at
the Masonic Temple December 27,
1955.
i Officers installed were: Worthy
Matron, Sarah Rhoades; Worthy
Patron, Wesley Rhoades; Associate
Matron, Mary Ruth Slater; Associ
ate Patron, Calvin Brown; Secre
tary, Mildred Rextrew; Treasurer,
Frances Patterson; Conductress,
Louise Coon; Associate Conduct
ress, Helen Seleen; Chaplain, Vida
Truitt; Marshal, Muriel Valen; Or
ganist, Audrey Naldrett; Adah,
Ann Souter; Ruth, Jerry Brown;
Esther Helen Hall; Martha, Mada
lyn Perez; Electa, Lillian Radin
sky; Warder, Virginia Briner; and
Sentinel, Eugene Harding.
Alan Waddell was soloist and
sang “I Believe” following the in
stallation of the Worthy Matron.
He also sang "The Lord’s Prayer.”
Installing Officer was Doris
Smith, Installing Marshal was Mil
dred Rextrew, and Sibyl Boggs
Installing Chaplain. Mona Long
was pianist for the Installation
Ceremony, and also accompanied
the soloist.
SEAL SALES TOTAL GIVEN
Local TB Seal sales total $521.00
to date, according to Emil Knud
sen, chairman. He requests that
anyone who hasn’t turned in col
lections, do so as soon as possible,
so that a report can be made to TB
Headquarters.
A Christmas program sponsored
by the Kodiak Russian Orthodox
Club will be held in the basement
of the Church at 6:30 p. m. on
Sunday January 8, 1956.
The children of the Sunday
School will participate. Refresh
ments will be served following the
program.
A dress rehearsal will be heW'on
Saturday, January 7 at 1:00 p. m.
CRAB SHIP AWAITS WEATHER
The M. V. Iceland of Seattle,
with a load of King Crab, is tied
up at the City Dock awaiting mod
eration of winds before returning
to Seattle.
The Iceland is skippered by Er
ling Tomasson, who is also part
owner of the vessel.
Howe Baby First
Merchants Award
The King baby of the year, the
first born in Kodiak in 1956, was
Gary James. He is the son of Fran
es and Marion T. Howe. He drew
his first breath at 2:46 p. m. on
Wednesday, January 4, at the Grif
fin Memorial Hospital.
The opening wails of little Gary
couldn’t drown the shouts of joy of
the parents for this man child.
They already have three children,
all girls, and now that a boy is
born, feel the family is more com
plete.
Little Gary James offers more
than that to his proud parents. He
comes into this world with a
dowry. For, through the efforts of
the Kodiak Mirror and the mer
chants of the City, he has a little
bank of his own, with$1.00 already
in it; many gift certificates; a baby
set; a nursery chair; toys; booties,
and many other gifts. Even his
cleaning bills are paid for a while.
The merchants participating in
making his first months happy
ones are: Mar Lou, Kodiak Variety,
Frontier Shop, O. Kraft & Son,
Knudsens, Berts, Kodiak Cleaners,
Bank of Kodiak, Kodiak Outfitters,
Donnelley & Acheson, Norman’s
Photo Shop, Orpheum Theatre,
Rhoades Furniture and Carols
Dress Shop.
Many of the gifts were for the
mother. To date, father is just
handing out cigars.
Marion Howe is proprietor of the
Marion T. Howe Enterprises. He
began the business early last faU,
having worked previously at the
Naval Station. He is at present
specializing in tax reports and of
fers a bookkeeping and steno
graphic service.
Charles A. Truitt
New City Manager
Charles A. Truitt is the new City
Manager for the City of Kodiak
He will, assume office February 1.
1956.
Truitt was appointed by the City
Council at their meeting held De
cember 29. His was the only appli- i
cation following the Council’s ac- ;
tion in seeking applications for the J
position. t
Truitt is a well-known resident
and property owner of the City of
Kodiak. He has previously served
as a City Engineer in Montana, and
has been a consulting engineer,
contractor dealer, utilization fore
man and heating engineer, and
construction engineer. He is licens
ed as a professional engineer in
the States of Montana, Idaho and
Washingotn, and in the Territory
of Alaska.
MRS. EDRIS OPERATED ON
RECUPERATING JN SEATTLE
Mrs. Etta Edris is recuperating
from surgery in Seattle. She had a
spinal fusion in the Swedish Hos
pital last month, and was released
from there December 21.
Mrs. Edris is reportedly feeling
very well. The operation was pro
nounced a success She is the wife
of Charles Edris, owner and opera
tor of the Kodiak Bottling Works,
Mrs. Edris is expected to return to
Kodiak about January 20.
FORMER KODIAKAN MARRIED
IN SAN FRANCISCO RECENTLY
Ruby Jacobson, a former resi
dent of Kodiak, and John Creigh
ton Kilgore, Jr., were married De
cember 31, 1955.
The double ring ceremony took
place in the Little Chapel of the
Presbyterian Church in San Fran
cisco.
Ruby is well known to many
people here, having worked at the
Casino, BeactKombers and the
Montmartre.
N.S. Personnel Bring
Christmas To Villages
Christmas, 1955, is over to most
people, but that Christmas will be
long remembered by many of the
children and grownups as well,
who live in various parts of the Is
land of Kodiak, for the kindly
deeds of the personnel of the Ko
diak Naval Station.
Navy, Coast Guard and military
joined forces to see that the child
ren of seven isolated villages on
the island received a visit from
Santa Claus. Every child twelve
years old and younger, eceived
individual presents, air dropped by
parachute to the villages of Alitak,
Afognak, Old Harbor, Kaguyak,
Ouzinkie, Karluk and Larsen’s Bay.
This was made possible through
the Enlisted Recreation Committee
on the Naval Station. Gifts were
purchased and wrapped for 371
children. The Station’s Air Detach
ment rigged the packages for the,
.paraetiiite the Coast
Guard Air Detachment flew the
airdrop.
As mentioned in a previous ar
ticle, the Navy Reserve Unit air
dropped personalized gifts for the
children at Old Harbor. This was
highly sucessful and brought great
delight to the children of this vil
age.
On December 23, the 33 man
crew of the Navy’s fleet tug, USS
Mahopac, held a Christmas party
for 15 orphans of the Kodiak Bap
tist Mission, aboard their small
ship.
Turkey and all the trimmings
were served. Santa Claus distri
buted gifts which included wrist
watches and many other expensive
gifts.
The party was financed by the
crew’s “liberty kitty,’’ funds which
are normally used for shore leavf.
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