"News of cAm erica's Last Frontier'
VOL 12 NO 43
KODIAK, ALASKA
JANUARY 3, 1953
PRICE lOXEIS'I*
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1353 Baby
Due Soon
As this week’s paper crocs b
press it looks like a photo
finish for the stork, or storks
in the annual MIRROR spon
sored New Year’s Baby con
test
Many beautiful gifts awai
the first little Miss or Miste
1953 born in Kodiak at Griffh
Memorial Hospital. Late re
ports from the hospital indicat
that the stork has been de
layed.
Local merchants an<
businesses have contribute!
sifts which will be deliverei
to the parents. Those giving
the gifts are Donnelle;
and Acheson, a baby bunting
City Market, baby food, Berts
Wodlinger, a bottle sterilizer
Kraft’s Dry Goods Dept., :
dozen diapers.
Others on the list are Ma
Lou, five dollars credit to th
mother; Clark’s Garage, l1
gallons of gasoline to th
parents for their c ar
Knudsen’s (giftdecided later)
Rhoades Furniture Store
(gift decided later); Bank o
Kodiak, a savings bank ant
•ne dollar to start a baby’
bank account.
Plan Moat
For Big Parade
Alaska has been invited fc
enter a float in the 1953 inaug
nral parade in Washington oi
January 20, in honor of Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower.
Herald Stringer, committee
man, Third Judicial Division
fcas written local Republicai
committeemen asking for con
tributions to pay for the $2,00
float.
Stringer explained that eac
of the four judicial division
would contribute $500 each
An additional $400 is needei
from the third judicial divisio
to pay for the entry of a sle
and dog team. Arrangement
are being made to fly the sle
and team to Washington.
The theme of the float i
"Crusade in America” wit!
"America’s Future Unde
Eisenhower” as a subordinat
theme, Stringer said.
Persons wishing to contri
bute to the float fund ma;
leave their donations wit!
Emil Knudsen, Mrs. Johi
Rjhwer or Mrs. Paul Seleen.
New York (A3)— A Nev
Years Day stike stalled 3,501
privately owned busse:
which carry three and on'
half million passengers
Effect of the strike is no
known due to the holiday.
Art Exhibit
At Anchorage
The Art Exhibit for the 1953
> Fur Rendezvous is sponsored
■ this year by the Anchorage
, Business and Professional
- Women’s Club. The group is
- seeking entries from profes
sional and amateur artists as
t well as from school sections,
r The Fur Rendezvous of 1949
1 was the first time such an
- exhibit was made.
3 Those eligible to enter the
- contest are (professional) a
person who earns at least a
l fair percentage of his liveli
I hood from art; (amateur) any
1 exhibitor not showing in the
; professional and school class;
r (school) school art is that done
, in class under instruction.
Artwork may be entered and
; classified under pencil, pen
i and ink, patel techniques,
water color, tempra or oil, and
p segregated as portraiture,
3 landscape, still life and animal
) life and sketches.
The size of an exhibit in any
classification or media is
limited to 22 inches by 28
, ^inches, except in professional
E class.
I Entry blanks may be obtain
i ed at the Kodiak MIRROR or
at the office at Kodiak Public
School.
Women’s Club
> Ball January 14
The annual Russian
1 Women’s sponsored Masquer
ade Ball will be held January
14. 1953 at the Elks Club.
Admission, including tax will
’ be $1.20.
1 Prizes for the best dressed,
' most comical and most origin
J al costumes will be swarded.
The proceeds from the annual
1 event will go to the Russian
3 Orthodox Church fund.
' Sandwiches and coffee will
be served during the evening.
J A small charge for refresh
ments will be made. Tickets
3 for the ball are expected to go
1 on sale early this week.
J Local GOP
r Endorses Rasmuson
3 Kodiak Republicans have
extended their endorsement of
. candidates for Governor of
j Alaska from two to three. The
! latest to receive local approval
j is Elmer E. Rasmuson of
Anchorage.
On December 2, 1952 a
Republican caucus was held
r \ and Frank Heintzleman of
> I* Juneau, and Fred Crawford
; of the State of Michigan*;were
2 endorsed.
Recently, Anchorage Repub
t Means in 16 out of 17 precincts
endorsed Rasmuson.
Storage Co.
Seeks Lean
Wallis George, president of
the Kodiak Ice and Cold Stor
age Co., plans to apply to the
RFC for $375,000 to cover the
completion of \ the capacity of
the presently planned ice and
cold storage plant at the city
dock.
George’s latest announce
ment of construction plans
was given to the city council
during the recent meeting by
Marshal Crutcher.
In the event the RFC ap
proves the loan construction
on the plant will start in the
early spring of 1953, Crutcher
told the council. An attempt
to have the plant in operation
for the 1954 season is also
planned.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Washington— House Small
Business Committee called for
abandonment of price, wage,
and materials controls to pro
vide a transition back to free
enterprise. A committee of six
Democrats and five Republi
cans agreed unanimously that
prices were unmceiy to rise
should ceilings be removed.
Seattle—Illness caused the
University of Alaska basket
ball team to cancel the remain
der of its Pacific Northwest
tour. Four squad members are
sick.
New York — Senator Taft
said he doesn’t favor a ban on
industry-wide bargaining but
added it might be necessary
unless means are found to cope
with national strikes. In an
interview for Fortune Maga
zine he said he hopes to keep
intact the basic features of the
Taft-Hartley law and see how
it works under the Republican
administration.
Russian Church
Calendar Given
The Russian Orthodox
emurcn vmnsunas caienuar
for the coming week has been
prepared by Father Alexander
Popoff, pastor of the church.
Tuesday, January 6 at 9 am
service will begin at the
church. At 8 pm services will
again be held.
On January 7, services will
be held at the church at 9 am
and 7 pm. On January 8, ser
vices will start at 9 am,
Father Popoff said.
!
The annual Bank of Kodiak i
party for bank employees was
held December 80, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Crutcher.
8s*wl Games Piayec?
Across Nation
New Year’s Football Bowl
games across the nation ran
from close contests to run
away games as the best teams
in the coutry met on New
Year’s Day.
i The university of Southern
I California defeated Wisconsin
7 to 0 in the famous Rose Bowl
game at Pasadena, California.
Other bowl games and
scores were Cotton Bowl,
[ Texas, 16, Tennessee, 0;
| Gator Bowl, Flordia 14, Tulsa
13: Sugar Bowl, Georgia Tech
24, Mississippi 7; Orange Bowl,
Alabama 61, Syracuse 6.
In the Salad Bowl at San
Diego, NTC beat Camp
Breckenridge by the score of
81 to 20. In the Sun Bowl,
College of the Pacific won
over Mississippi Southern 26
to 7 and in the Tangerine Bowl
East Texas State defeated
Tennesse Tech 33 to 0.
Spectators at the Rose Bowl
game got an unscheduled thrill
when Bob Sinclair, 26, of Fair
banks, Alaska parachuted
from a plane and landed just
outside the gate to the stadium.
He told a deputy sheriff he
made the jump to get good
aerial photos of the game. He
and two friends, Dave Burt,
25, and Arthur Frank, 27,
both of Fairbanks, who showed
up in a car to take Sinclair
away in the car, were detained
by officials. The three are
members of the Civilian Para
chute Club at. Fairbanks.
Republican Caucus
January 12
A Republican caucus will be
held January 9, at the United
Fishermen’s -Hall at 8 pm, to
elect Republican precinct com
mitteemen and committeewo
men.
All those attending must
certifiy that they are Republi
cans and will register with the
secretary as such.
The secretary will keep a
permanent record of the pro
ceedings and transmit a true
and certified copy to Republi
can headquarters in Anchor.
age.
The local GOP’s will also
endorce appointments to Fed
eral and Territorial offices in
the Territory.
City crews used the grader
and new Caterpillar to remove
snow from the roads Friday.
Parked cars made snow re
moval difficult.
Edward Naughtbn, U.8.
Army, was in Kodiak during
the holidays.
Slide Area
Checked
' The district engineer frow
Anchorage for the Alaska
Road Commission was in Ko
diak early this week to check
on the slide area of the base
town road with Paul Stover
ARC superintendent for K»
diak.
E. J. White spent two days
here and complimented Stover
on the work his crew had dome
on widening the road and sta
bilizing the slide.
The engineer studied* the
area to determine ways to
make the slide safe. The road
in the slide area has been wi
dened from 24 feet in places
to 50 feet.
Stover said that money was
now available for snow re
moval and that he will start
the winter work as soon ae
new equipment arrives. The
snow equipment is expected
within three weeks.
The base-town road is now
open 24 hours. In the event of
rock “slutting” or a slide ARC
equipment and men will be
available at all times to keep
the road clear, Stover said.
Deadline Past
On Licenses
The deadline for all motor
vehicle operators was Decem -
ber 31.
All civilian drivers wh© have
not renewed their licenses
should do so at once, City
Clerk Robert Hedloff said yes
terday. Licenses may be ob
tained at the city hall.
Military personnel who pos
sess stateside drivers licenses
which have not expired may
continue to use them and it is
not necessary to obtain a«
Alaskan drivers license, Hed
loff said.
A check of drivers is ex
pected to be made soon by city
police.
The deadline for obtaining
automobile registration plates
February 28, The total num
ber of registration plates sold
in 1952 by the city clerk wa.“
1,680. Late yesterday only 424
plates have been sold.
The local police department
went arctic this week when
they blossomed with new for
hats with their police badges
pinned directly in the center
cf the top piece.
| Heidi, a pet deodorized
skunk, owned by Mr. and Mrs.
: Harry Gottschalk, disappear
ed during the holidays, file
day after New fear’s it re~
, turned home.