&sg Fourth Despite Rain
miss Knud >enReceives
New 1953 Ford
Kodiak’s annual Fourth of j
July Celebration proved a big'
success despite a bit of rain. |
Miss Jo Ann Knudsen re
ceived the new 1953 Ford se
dan which the 4th of July
Committee awarded at mid-!
night on the Fourth.
Norman 0. Weiss of Kodiak
Naval Station won the annual
Base-Town Marathon and $L00
for coming in first. His time
for the long seven mile run
from the Administration
Building to in front of the
U.S.O. was 46 minutes and
two seconds. Weiss has tried
four times to win the big
marathon. In past races he
finished third in two races and
in fourth place once.
Bead Poland won the Pillar
Mountain Climb in the ama
zing time of 14 minutes anti
two seconds. There were six
entries in the race. Chuck
Pemberton placed second, Eii
Waselie third, and the other
three runners were Hugh
Stone, Clarence Sprague and
Bill Shuravloff.
Carolyn Spencer won the
Girl’s Bicycle Race, from the
Marine Gate to the USO, and
Lamont Schoebrock won the
Bov’s race which started at
the Administration Bldg, and
finished in town. Both racers
received $25.
The Fisherman’s Special
(fishing boat race) had only
three entrants. John Bang’s
Grey shark set the pace and
won the race to receive $75. .
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Alf Madsen s Polaris was
second and received $25. Her
man Hankinson raced the GPC
17 and received $15 for coming
in third.
Miss Carolyn Gallagher
reigned as Kodiak Queen dur
ing the Fourth ot July Cele
bration. She was swept into
‘ office” Friday evening as the
final count of ballots gave her
a 7,400 lead over her nearest
contestant.
Miss Marie Anderson had
led the race until the final day.
Miss Gallagher received an
order for a $200 wardrobe and .
Miss Anderson received $100.
The coronation of Kodiak’s
Queen was held at the Civil!
Service Club at Kodiak Naval'
Station during the Fourth of;
July ball. The five attendants i
to the queen were present. I
Final tabulation gave Miss!
Gallagher 232,000 votes. Miss'
Anderson received 224,800. j
Other contestants were Miss
Virginia Foster, 54,300 votes, j
Miss Oherie Stover, 53,200 j
Miss Arlene Herring, 52,800
and Miss Sally Heitman,
21,000. i
The fioat carrying the queen
and her attendants was in the
big parade Saturday morning, j
The winners for the parade
entries were: First Prize, Em-'
blem Club, $25; 2nd, KNS;
Ship Repair, $15. 3rd, Elks, !
$10; Most Novel Float, Kodiak
Baptist Mission, $25; best de
corated tricycle, Ronnie Mil
ler, $3; decorated bicycle,
Catherine Ewell, $3; 1st girl’s
costume, Bonnie Sue Davis,
$5; 2nd girl’s costume;' Helen j
Arlene Jones, $3; 1st boy’s;
costume, Tony Spanovic, $5;
2nd boy’s costume, Robert
Jones, $3.
There were three winners in
the Turkey Shoot. Don Craw
ford, Mrs. Tegstrom and Mr.
Davis of the U.S. Navy.
In the Base-Town marathon
Robert Everett came in second J
and received $50. John Beavelj
was third and got $25. Leo
Brownfield placed second in
the boy’s bike race for $15
and third was Robert L. Smith
who received $10.
Second place winner in the
girl’s bike race was Joyce Tor
gramsen, $15; third, Catherine
Ewell. $10.
In the children s races near)
the Marine Way seawall the
following results were turned
in by the judges: Boys four to
five, winner, Gerry Lafollette;
girls, winner, Dorothy Tatro
and Jeanne Hall. Boys, 6 to 7,}
Skip Rhode, girls, Joyce Bol
den; boys, 8 to 9, William
Hall, girls, Joyce Bolden,
Candice Fread; boys, 10 to 12,
Perry Flotre, girls, Susan
McCray.
Boys races 13, 14 and 15
year old, winner Leo Brown
field, girls races, winner Susan
McCray; boys, 10 years over,
Leo Brownfield, girls, Judith
Simeonoff.
Dell Jackson was the winner
of the sack race for both boys
and gills 8 to 9. In the sack
race for boys 10 to 12 Jack
Healy was the winner. Gir s
sack race 10 to 12 was won by |
Judith SimeonofF. Boys 13 to j
15, winner, Jay Millete; girls,
Judith SimeonofF.
Three Legged Race: 8 to 9,
winners Ann Hall, Kathryn
Alvine; boys, 10 to 12, John'
Tegstrom, Don Warner; girls,;
10 to 12, Luella Brownfield, ,
Kay Ewell; boys, 13 to 15, Joe!
Dunnigan, Jim Lyons; girls, j
13 to 15, Carolyn Spencer, j
Helen SimeonofF.
“Baloon Busting”: winners,
Bill McClinn, Steve Foster, i
Judy Spanovic.
Penny Scramble: winner:
Todd Bettinger.
Marion Dame of Kodiak Na
val Station won a deep freeze
on the Fourth. Robin Ervin
was the lucky holder of a du
cat that gave her an automa
tic washing machine.
Dame wants to dispose of
his deep freeze. Elliott Hy
mans at the USO will discuss
the matter with anyone inter
ested in buying the article.
Mrs. Irene Phillips has ta
ken over the operation of
Tony’s Lunch Counter. She is
currently the owner and pro
prietor of The Galley.
The lunch counter was
under her supervision on Tues
day, -July 7.
Don Bevan of the Univer
sity of Washington Fisheries
Research arrived in town re
cently. He will fly to Karluk
Lake with Bbh Hall to do re
search work with Charles
Walker, now stationed there.
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