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KODIAK. ALASKA DECEMBER B, 1»5«
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Dr. E. Blake
To Visit Here
Christmas greetings, “from the\
folks back home,” will be person
ally extended to all service person
nel and their families at Kodiak
on Sunday, December 16, when
Reverend Dr. Eugene C. Blake,
President, National Council of
Churches visits here. He will de
liver these holiday greetings, and
the worship service, in a mass
meeting to be held at the Bill.ken
Theater at 11 a. m. on that Sun
day.
Dr. Blake will also meet with
religious leaders in Kodiak. A tour
of the City is planned for the visit
ing elergy during the afternoon.
They will then go to the Kodiak
Baptist Mission for the evening
meal. Following that Dr. Bake
will speak at a mass meeting plan
ned to be held at the High School
Auditorium, beginning at 8 p.m.
Dr. Blake is the representative
of more than 143,000 Protestant
churches and this is his third
Christmas visit to service person
nel overseas. He has been invited
to spend thirteen days in the Alas
kan area during this holiday sea
son by the Commander in Chief,
Alaska, to visit with servicemen
and their families.
The National Council pres dent
will arrive here on Saturday, De
cember 15 accompanied by Mr.
Donald C. Bolles, Executive Direc
tor of Public Relations, National
Council of Churches; Chapiain
(Colonel) Martin C. Poch, USAF,
Alaskan Air Command Staff Chap
lain, and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) John
M. Hughes, USAF, Senior Chap
lain, Elmendorf AFB.
Dr. Blake will appear on AFRTS
on Saturday evening and will be
guest of honor for dinner with
military, civilian and religious
leaders attending.
Dr. Blake spent Christmas of
1955 on a preaching mission to
American troops in Arctic bases
from Newfoundland to Thule,
Greenland. The Christmas prev
ious, he flew on a similar mission
to American servicemen and wo
men in Japan and Korea.
The National Council of Church
es consists of thirty national de
nominations, representing most of
the major historic bodies of Am
erican Christianity, except the Ro
man Catholic. These include Bap
tists, Brethren, Congregationalists,
Disciples, Eastern Orthodox, Evan
gelical United Brethren, Luther
ans, Methodists, Moravians, Pres
byterians, Reformed, and others.
The thirty denominations have a
combined membership of 33 074,
601 in 143,932 congregation *—the
largest association of Christ an
people in America.
Dr. Blake, of Philadelphia, is
one of the Protestantism’s ranking
statesmen and among Chiistian
ity’s most articnlate and effective
spokesmen. He is perhaps best
known to the general public as the
popular master of ceremomcs of
the half-hour “religious variety"’
TV show, “Frontiers of Faith, ’
televised over 95 stations of the
NBC network.
Curved Bars
To Be Awarded
The Court of Awards of the Girl
Scouts will be held Thursday eve
ning, December 13, in the Gymna
sium of the Kodiak High School.
Two girls will receive curved Bar
pins. The public is invited.
Sharon Van Buren and Janet
Zieba will be accorded the high
honor during a ceremony in which
Rev. John Molletti will make the
presentations.
Troop 9 will present two dances
in costume, and Troop 10 will pre
sent a pantomime, “The Girl
Scout Trail.” All Troops will par
ticipate in the entrance march and
Flag Ceremony.
Mrs. Antjie. Huer, President of
Kodiak Emblem Club No. 187 will
present the First Class Awards.
She will be assisted by Mrs. Irene
Lawhead, First Vice President.
The Emblem Club sponsors the
Intermediate Scouts in the City of
Kodiak. Five girls from the Base
and three from the City are ex
pected to receive First Class
Awards.
The final and high point of the
evening will be the presentation
of the highest awards, by Rev.
Molletti. “Both girls have worked
hard and long to achieve this rani
and deserve everyones congratula
tions,” Mrs. Norman Sutliff, Girl
Scout leader, stated.
NG Unit Plans
Dinner Dance
Local National Guardsmen will
gather at the Kodiak Conservation
Clubroom next Saturday for a vie
tory dinner, culminating the re
cruiting drive which has been in
progress the past few months.
The drive for recruits, conduct
ed by Company '‘A”, 207th Infan
try Battalion, has already resulted
in ten new inembers being signed
up, according to Marion T. Howe,
administrative officer of the unit.
Prospects are for at least twenty
five altogether he said.
Committees in charge of prepar
ation for the dinner are William
P. Balcom, who is arranging music
for dancing. The Navy Combo will
play. Jules Radinsky has charge of
the floor show which will be pre
sented. Mrs. Gene Sundberg has
charge of decorating.
Gene Sundberg and Marion T.
Howe are in charge of the ticket
sales. The general public is invit
ed, and tickets may be purchased
from the above or any member or
the unit.
Fire Destroys
IsSand Home
A fire completely gutted th:
home of A1 Nixon and family on
Crooked Island last Saturday after
noon. Charley Lund, who was liv
ing in the house, was almost over
come by smoke while trying to ex
tinquish the fire.
Extent of the fire damage is not
known, but the house is believed
to be a total loss. Mrs. Nixon
stated in an interview that pio*vl
ers had stolen articles not burned
Light Vote
Favorable
Voters in Tuesday’s election
overwhelmingly favored increas
ing the bonded indebtedness of
tne City and extending the te m
of off eg' of the Mayo- and City
Councilthen in forthcoming elec
tions.
A very light vote was cast, bu
there was no doubt as to what
the votebs wanted. The first prop
osition voted upon read- Shall the
City "of Kodiat' construct oi; have
constructed improvements to the
municipal water reservoir for the
purpose" hf Increasing its capacity,
and for the purpose of extending
service to the Mission ltde'd area,
arid in full-'o‘r partial payment #f
the cosf'thei-'dbf Tssue i&beriil ob
ligation'1 bonds' of the C;ty in an
ampuht hot to exceed $100,090. Of
a to'tal bf 10k vote's cast," 90 favor
ed incurring the indebtedness. ’] 6
were against it.
Proposition No...2, which con
cerned the .election of Mayor and
Councilmen and their terms of of
fice, passed by a vote favoring it
of 92. 17 voted against. Two
Councilmen will be elected for a
three year term, two Councilman
for two, and two Councilmen for a
one year term. Thus: two Council
men will be elected annually for
a three year term. The Mayor will
be elected for a two year term.
AVA Members
Needed Says Coon
The current drive fdr member
ship in the Alaska Visitors Associ
ation is bringing in a few mem
bers, but mote are needed, accord
ing to the Chairman of the drive,
Merrill Coon.
The Bank of Kodiak leads the
list of those who have taken out
memberships. Others include Ko
diak Electric Association, Knud
sens,' Donnelley & Achesoh, Cur
ley's Barber Shop, Lowe's Cafe
Kodiak Cleaiters, Kodiak Mirror
Holmes Johnson Clinic, Wodlihg
er’s Drug, LaLandes Bakery, ©
Kraft & Son, Kodiak Airways and
Clarks Garage.
Elsewhere in the territory the
response is .more encouraging
Business firms and people in the
mainland cities are backing the
drive, in many cases to the hilt.
Tourist ,travel in Alaska increas
ed more than 25% over last year,
according to Frank Whaley, Man
ing and tourist promotion pro
gram, beginning with the season
of 1952, has brought a constantly
increasing number of visitor’s to
the Territory. The potential of
tourist travel in Alaska is great,
according to Frank Whaley, Man
aging Director of AVA. “Travel is
becoming easier and cheaper/’ he
cites as some of the reasons. “.-Yir
transportation makes it possible
for travelers to reach faraway
places in their vacation time.” He
couples this with the fact that
there are about 50 million persons
with paid vacations of from one to
four weeks.
The current drive for memorr
ships, he said, is AVA’s means of
tourist promotion. “Remrmber.”
(Continued on Page 12)
Plan Airdrop
For Villages
Christmas, a joyous time of good
will the world over, will be a hap
pier event for the needy native
children of many remote Alaskan
villages this year, thanks to the
Navy families at Kodiak.
This Christmas, as in the past,
Santa Claus will ride on the wings
of Navy and Coast Guard UF Pa
trol planes over the remote vil
lages. The “old man himself” will
distribute hundreds of gift3 of
clothing, toys, candies and goodies
which have been donated to the
Christmas “air-drop” by military
personnel at Kodiak. ,<• " ,->f<
Last Christmas, “air-drops” qf.
clothing and other gifts were dis
tributed to the needy children of
Karluk and a number of other vil
lages. Little Mary Malutin. a
fourth grader at Karluk, sent this
note of thanks to the men at Ko
diak:
“Dear Friends:
Thank you for the bracelet you
sent me. I always wanted one.
And now I’ve got one. When the
plane came, we ran out of the
school. We enjoyed seeing the
parachute come down. When the
uua iij l me giuuiiu mere wen;
mukluks scattered all over. Do you
know what Santa Claus brought
me? He brought me a doll and
anklets. We waved at you, did you
see us? Was Santa Claus on the'
olane?. I thought he was. Your
friend, Mary Malutin.”
This is only one of a number of
letters of appreciation and thanks
received following last year s an
drop. It is indicative of the excite
ment and expectation of the needy
children as they look forward to
the “aif drop."
This year, the children will not
be dissapointed.
Children’s clothing for all age
groups is still needed for the'drop
to Kodiak and outlying islands.
Those who can donate articles of
clothing should deliver them to
Special Services in the O-d Ad
ministration Building, or if neces
sary, arrangements for picking
them up will be made by calling
Naval Station extension 408. All
donations will be appreciated, ac
cording to the servicemen in
charge.
Ben Kraft Returns
Ben Kraft returned Monday
from a trip to the States.
While there he visited in Seat
tle and California. He spent twelve
days with his wife Edna, who is
recuperating from a long illness.
Mr. Kraft stated his wife is slow
ly improving, but has to remain
in California for further medical
treatment.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
There will be public installation
of the officers of the Masonic
Lodge, Monday, December 17, at
the Masonic Temple.
The ceremony will begin at 3
p. m.
Jack Hinckel leaves for Fair
banks tomorrow. He wi 1 join ia
the send-off for the Stat. hood dele
gates heading for Washington D C.
Along The
Waterfront
Christmas hit the waterfronts
too. The decks of the mailboai
Expansion was loaded with Christ
mas trees destined for the vil
lages along its route. Tho B,;j
Scouts of Seward furnished the
trees this year, and through their
efforts all available space was
used up 6n the deck. The Expan
sion distributes them, free—*
truly fine .example pf the Christ
mas spirit.
This is the last trip of the Ex
pansion prior to Christmas. A
backload of freight was put *
board from here prior to her sav
ing yesterday. Dck Whi.taker
road over from Seward. It was his
last trip aboard the Expansion a»
Purser and Editor of the Mailbaat
Monitor. The Ship’s paper Las as
sumed a new appearance. It is no
longer a tabloid size, but didn’t
get here this week in time for di»
tribution.
At Island Seafood, there is
some activity. The Miss Arctk
came in last week with a total of v
1500 crab. The Suzie Q, skippered
by Oscar Dyson, brought in 17UW
thii week. The Eldorado brought
in 3800, the combined catch of St
and the King Fish. Louie Wick,
is the skipper of the Eldorado
Alvine and G.bson report the
launching of Nick Walkoff s Marie
The Mary Lee is now in the boat
works for repairs suffered in the
recent storm. Gene Erwin rs the
owner.
dcUrt o tfULUoUlif w Mr
inger, has taken on a new line of
activity to fill out his week- Hr
announced a marine survey ser
vice, which will include diving fl*
spection and boat repair serviees.
He is also equipped for skm dic
ing which he says will greatly re
duce the cost in some diving it
erations. He is Scuba equipped,
whjch is a rapid and inexpensive
means of doing underwater work
King Crab, Inc. has been pretty
active this week with several boats
bringing in nice catches. Pat Mul
len brought in the Roxanna Bum
with 800 crab weighing 34dl»
pounds. The Seamount, John Xt
telnikoff’s boat, brought in 825lor
10,470 pounds. Pete Walkoff dock
ed the Adak with 1,070 crab for
10,697 pounds. The Cape Cheerful
unloaded 750 crab. They weighed
9,692 pounds. Bill Torsen is skip
per. Jerry Gugal brought the GFC
18 in with 116 crab weighing 115I»
pounds. The Judy M, with Julia®
Muller at the helm, made it xb
with 660 crab for 6,425 pounds
Hiram McAllister docked the Miss
Arctic with a nice catch ot 827
These weighed 8724 pounds. 262
crab were brought in by P-nt
Bayou on the Linda Ma? Thejr
totaled 2,959 pounds in we'ght
Probing operations are about
complete for the sma’.l boat har
bor. Del Valley's pile driver t
now tied up at the Cify Dock
Plans will now be drawn up a mi
the bids will go out to contractor*
sometime in mid February.
We learn from the ^rrapevlc.
the Deep Sea and the Foremost,
Wakefield Cannery boa’s,
called it quits for this ye r and re
turned to Seattle for the holidavssr.