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"News of ^Americas Last Frontier
VOL 11 NO 44
KODIAK, ALASKA
JANUARY 12, 1952
PRICE 10 KENTS
Stockholders May Call
For Cold Storage Audit
A committee composed oi
stockholders in the Kodiak
Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany, Inc. plans to hold a
meeting soon to draw up a
protest to past policies of the
company regarding a lack of
financial statements and a
yearly statement of policy.
The suggestion for the
meeting was made during the
discussion period of the Cham
ber of Commerce Thursday at
the Montmartre Inn. Marshall
Crutcher, president of the
Bank of Kodiak and a stock
holder made the suggestion.
Crutcher cslled for an audit
of the cold storage company’s
books by a certified public
accountant so that the status
of stockholders could be deter
mined. He also suggested that
the stockholders hire an at
torney.
It IS Illgll nine IU
Crutcher declared. “I do not
■wish to appear as a trouble
maker but there has been no
accounting by the company
for considerable time.”
Construction of the cold
storage plant at the city dock
came to a halt several months
ago.
The City of Kodiak filed
suit against the cold storage
company recently in Third
District Court asking that the
concern be forced to vacate
its quarters at the city dock.
The suit alleges that the
company entered into a con
tract with the city in Oct.
1947, and that the company
was to build a modern cold
storage plant. The suit further
alleges that so far it has only
partially completed a building
which cannot be moved from
the site.
Paul Dupler, attorney, is
representing the city in the
case.
Several businessmen and
fishermen are reported to
have purchased stock in the
company. President of the
company is Wallis George of
Juneau.
Clothing Department
Moved At D&A
The Men’s Clothing De
partment at Donnelley and
Acheson has been moved from
the main building to the build
ing formerly occupied by the
U. S. Postoffice.
“We are providing more
space for the hardware and
grocery departments and
making a more attractive
spot for the men’s clothing
department,” Bob Acheson,
manager of the store said
yesterday.
Chamber Protests
Ship Route
A telegram to the Alaska
Steam ship Company asking
that the next freighter, sche
duled to sail for ports in the
territory late this month, call
at Kodiak before going to Se
ward was sent by the Cham
ber of Commerce this week.
It was explained that if the
ship calls at ports on the
mainland before coming to
Kodiak most of the vegetables
consigned to merchants here
will freeze. Temperatures at
ports along the mainland are
several degrees below freez
ing.
Kodiak has experienced f
little cold weather so far this I
winter. I
Eisenhower Is
G.O.P., Will Run
Paris (J3) — Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower indicated early
this week that he would be
come a Republican candidate
for president if his supporters
wanted him to run.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
(R., Mass.) announced that
he was going to enter Eisen
hower in the New Hampshire
primaries in March as a Re
publican candidate.
“Senator Lodge’s announce
ment of yesterday as reported
in the press gives an accurate
account of the general tenor
of my political convictions and
of my Republican voting
record,” Eisenhower said.
Eisenhower is now head of
the western European armies.
Washington—President Tru
man indicated he would take
the stump against Eisenhower
if the general wins the Re
publican nomination for presi
dent.
The President told a news
conference he didn’t think
aReoublican would be good
for the country. He would not
say whether he himself will
run again, but promised a de
cision sometime before the
Republicans hold their con
vention in July.
Goldie Kvas Butler was a
warded a divorce from Ri
chard J. Butler in Third Dis
trict Court at Anchorage re
cently.
Mrs. Joe Hester has return
ed to work in the grocery de
partment of Donnelley and
Acheson.
Tom Nelson
Dies Sunday
Tom Nelson, Kodiak cattle
man, died Sunday afternoon
at Griffin Memorial Hospital.
He was 64 years of age.
Funeral services will be
held this afternoon at the
Elk’s Club on Brooklyn Ave
nue at 1:30 pm. Rev. William
Stone will conduct the ser
vices.
Nelson has lived Kodiak
since 1936. He is a member of
the Kodiak Livestock Growers
Association and has run cattle
in the Kalsin Bay area for
several years.
Thomas Paige Nelson was
born in Nevada, Missouri on
November 28, 188V. He moved
to Oregon with his family
while he was quite young and
became a rancher near Silver
Lake.
In 1935 he came to Alaska
and settled in the Matanuska
Valley. In 1936 he came to Ko
diak. He returned to Palmer
for a few months and then re
turned to Kodiak where he
has spent the past 15 years.
He is survived by Jot Nel
son of Curry, Alaska and has
three other brothers who are
living in Idaho, Oregon and
Florida. He has a sister in
Illinois.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of the
Kodiak Mortuary. Burial will
be in the city cemetery.
58 C.G. Mercy
Missions In ’51
During 1951 the Coast Guard
Air Detachment at Kodiak
Naval Station flew a total of
58 assistance flights in addi
tion to carrying supplies to
three light stations and one
Loran station.
The squadron gave assis
tance to 665 persons, which in
cludes people who were given
shots, vaccinations etc. Of the
58 assistance missions 86 were
medical and the others were
searches for overdue boats,
planes and missing persons.
A total of 503.4 hours were
flown on the assistance flights
over 408,000 square miles.
50,000 lbs. of supplies were
carried.
The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment continued to be busy
this week. Thursday the fire
truck rushed to the home of
Chief and Mrs Bruce Cole to
extinguish a chimney fire.
The fire siren sounded at
3:50 pm. Damage was con
sidered slight. Chief Cole is
head of the local Shore Patrol
office. He relieved Chief Ken
Soldai.
Fire Sweeps Building
On Navy Station
Grandmothers
Organize Club
The first meeting of the
Kodiak Grandmother’s Club
was held Thursday evening at
the home of Mrs. Jack
Hmckel.
The meeting was orginally
scheduled to be held last
Saturday afternoon at the
community center.
Mrs. W. J. Wheeldon was
elected president of the Ko
diak club which is affiliated
with the National Federation
of Grandmother Clubs of
America.
Mrs. Jay Tolbert was elect
ed vice president and named
historian of the local club.
Other officers and members
are Mrs. Marshall Crutcher,
second vice president, Mrs.
Bea Nachtweih, secretary,
Mrs. Bonnie Stoner, treasurer,
Mrs. Jack Hinckel, member
ship, Mrs. Angelina LaLande,
Mrs. Jay Wolf, Mrs. Ben
Kraft, Mrs. Anna Brown.
Meetings of the new club J
will be held on the first Tues- j
day of each month. Persons j
interested in joining are
urged to call the membership
chairman. I
Mrs. Hinckel and Mrs.:
Wolf were hostesses at the
first meeting.
Masquerade Ball
Monday Night
A masquerade ball will be
held Monday night at the
Elk’s Club. The ball will start
at 8 pm and is sponsored by
the Russian V/omen’s Club of
Kodiak.
Admission to the event is
$1.25 and includes tax. Prizes
will be given for the best
costumes. Tickets for the ball
went on sale early today and
may be obtained from any of
the members of the women’s
club.
Music for dancing will be
provided by local musicians.
Two Health Nurses
Due For Duty Here
Two Public Health Nurses,
one for Kodiak and the other
for work around the Island,
are due to arrive in Kodiak
soon, Dr. Robert L. Smith of
the Territorial Department of I
Health said in a letter re
ceived here last week.
Kodiak has been without
the services of a nurse for
several months. The names of
the two nurses were not men
tioned in the letter.
An early morning fire at
Kodiak Naval Station yester
day destroyed the Alsec
Theatre, Chief’s Club, bar
ber shop, beanty shop and
package store. All the above
were located in one building
which was completely gutted
by the fire.
The first alarm was given at
3:12 am. Eight minutes later a
second alarm was sounded.
Three pumpers, two crash
trucks and one engine from
Fort Greeiy battled the rag
ing flames which left only the
walls standing of the large
building.
T. W. McArthur, Fire Mar
shal for Kodiak Naval Station,
said the cause of the fire was
undetermined, It is believed
to have started in the Chief’s
Club.
The senior engineer at the
Public Works office said the
loss would run close to $300,
000. The figure includes the
original cost plus improve
ments and equipment that
were in the building.
A proposed plan for a new
theatre and building costing
approximately one and a half
million dollars was submitted
to Washington, D. C., for ap
proval prior to the fire.
Bob Hedloff, local musician,
lost a complete set of drums
in the fire. He did not carry
insurance on the instruments.
He left the drums in the
Chief’s Club last week and
planned to return for them
tonight when he was to play
another engagement.
Jules Radinsky, manager of
the adjoining Civilian Club,
estimated $3,000 in smoke
damage to his club from a
connecting underground tun
nel that piped the smoke from
the CPO Club.
several hundred Deople
turned out to help the regular
firemen fight the blaze. The
only injury during the fire
fighting was suffered by Fire
Marshal McArthur when he
slipped on the ice and injured
his knee. Two men were exa
mined at the dispensary for
over dost s of smoke.
Dora Ozhuwan, 18, former
Kodiak Baptist Mission resid
ent, left this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Randall and
child for Denver, Colorado,
where she will make her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall have
been on thi staff of the Mis
sion for the past six months.
Miss Dorothy Tyner, acting
head of the Territorial Rent
Control Office, was in Kodiak
yesterday and today.