Captain And Priest
Former RNA Classmates
A ship’s Captain and a Russian
priest, both of whom were class
mates at the Russian Naval Acad
emy in 1914-16, met in Kodiak last
week-end. In the intervening
years, both men have lead inter
esting lives, have survived a revol
ution, bombings in the Philippines,
and considerable travel*that has
taken them to various parts of the
world.
The Russian priest is Rev. Ro
man Sturmer, pastor of the Rus
sian Orthodox Church here. The
Captain is skipper of the MSTS
Transport Funston, which docked
here on a routine run from Seattle
last week-end. The men have met
several times since their gradua
tion, even though their occupations
have kept them many miles apart.
Both Captain Lams and Rev.
Sturmer were born the same year,
in 1896,t the former in Turkestan
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NOTICE OF AUCTION
OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
NOTICE- Is hereby given that the City of Kodiak will exercise
its warehouse lien by sale at auction the following articles of
unclaimed property left at the Qity Dock. The sale will be
held at the main warehouse at the Kodiak City Dock on July
21st, 1056 at the hour of 11:00 A. M.
1. Gordon E. Taylor is th e owner of or person on whose
account a certain parcel of propetry of unknown contents is
held.
Dated this 20th day of June, 1966.
City of Kodiak
By (s) Jack V. Johnson
Wharfinger
Kodiak City Dock
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and the latter in Novgrod, Russia.
Rev. Stunner was raised in War
saw, iPoland and St. Petersburg,
Russia. The Captain attended high
school in Helsinki, Finland. Both
entered the Russian Naval Acad
emy at St. Petersburg in 1914.
Upon Rev. Sturmer’s graduation
as an Ensign in 1916, he was as
signed duty with the Black Sea
Fleet, where he served until 1919.
He then served with the White
Russians in the Caspian Sea area
from time to time, during the Rus
sian Revolution and civil wars. In
1925 he went to the Philippine
Islands.
Captain Lams was graduated an
Ensign in 1917, and went to the
Baltic Sea Fleet. During the revol
ution he served with the White
Russian army. His duties took him
to the Caspain Sea area where he
and Rev. Stumer met occasion
ally until 1925. He then went to
the UnitedlStates.
Laitfs joined the tj. S. Army
Transportation Corps in 1940 as
a civilian pilot and Civil Service
shipmaster. His activities carried
him up and down the West Coast
and to Southeastern Alaska. In
1945 he met Rev. Sturm#* again,
this time after a lapse of twenty
years. The place was Manila dur
ing and after the liberation of the
Philippines.
Rev. Sturmer’s church was bomb
ed in Manila, and he and his fam
ily suffered losses by fire as a
consequence. The Sturmers sub
sequently went to the United
States, liviiig in California for a
time until they moved to Kodiak
to take charge of the Church here.
Another ten years passed before
Captain Lams and Sturmer met
this time in Kodiak. The two men
keep in contact with each other by
writing, and these brief meetings
serve to cement the friendship of
the two classmates, who have much
to reminisce about when they do
meet.
Housing Authority
Will Meet Here
The Alaska Housing Authority
July meeting will be held in
Kodiak July 16 to 20, inclusive, in
the old High School Building.
Morris Gebhardt, Director, and
Fr. Paul O’Conner, Chairman, are
expected to be here. Other mem
bers who will attend are Mrs.
Louise Miller of Ketchikan, Jack
Burford of Juneau and Emil Knud
sen, local businessman.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
TO BUILD TRAINSHIPS
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s two proposed Trainships for
the Seattle-Alaska run moved a
step closer today with the an
nouncement by D. E. Skinner,
Alaska Line’s President, that In
vitations to bid on the vessels were
issued to shipyards June 29 on be
half of the company by George G.
Sharp Co. of New York, Naval
Architects who designed the ves
sels. Date set .'or the opening of
Bids is August 28.
The two Trainships will be the
largest commercial vessels regu-'
larly operating out of Seattle.
Their design length is 585 ft.,
beam 86 ft. 6 in., and loaded draft
20 ft. An indication of size is their
bale cubic of 1,300,000 as compared
to the 475,000 of a liberty ship.
The vessels are of the much
publicized roll-on roll-off type, all
cargo being handled in railcars
and trailer-vans rolled on and off
the vessels. The design results
from a comprehensive study of the
requirements and characteristics
of the Alaska trade carried on over
a two year period.
BASE HOSPITAL BIRTHS
Sandra Louise, 7 lbs. 7 ozs.. was
born on June 27 to Grady May and
Eugene Edward Gutknecht, SN,
USN. Sandra Louise is the Gut
knecht’s first child.
David Paul, 6 lbs., was born on
June 26 to Dorothy E. and Warren
Woodrow Arnold, SKC, USN.
David Paul is the Arnold’s fourth
child.
Richard Thomas, 6 lbs. 15V,. ozs.,
was born June 29 to Juanita J. and
Richard Thomas Carmichael, BM1,
USN. Richard Thomas is the
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second child for the Carmichael’s.
Ricky Justin, 6 lbs. 4 ozs., was
born on July 1 to Alice Claudine
and Gene Ruel Grossner, AD3,
USN. Ricky Justin is the Gross
ner’s second child.
Darlene Elizabeth. 7 lbs. 6 ozs.,
was born on July 2 to Shirley Lois
and James Arthur Gorsuch, Jr.,
YN3, USN. Darlene Elizabeth is
the Gorsuch’s second child.
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