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A Serious Threat
Far too few persens realize the serious threat presented
by Weils disease. Only those victims of the debilitating illness
and a handful of Territorial and-Navel officials and doctors
have the true picture. I
Repeated efforts by these few to awaken residents to.
the point where they will demand and take action to eradicate!
the source of the disease have not proved too successful. As
evidence we point to the ever increasing number of cases oc
curing here. I
Three persons were admitted to the Naval Hospital this
week with the disease. It is believed that they contracted the
illness through their water supply. Daily broadcasts over
radio station WVCQ have cauiioned all military personnel to
boil their water. Dr. A. Holmes Johnson and the Territorial'
Health Nurse have also suggested methods for treating drink
ing water.
How many residents of Kodiak obtain their water from
private systems or from private shallow wells? Navy tests of
the city water system Thursday revealed that the chloride
was below the minimum required to make the water safe.
How many of the private systems have any means for chlori
nation and how many have been tested in the past five year?
The Alaska Department of Health had this to say in a
recent article: “Many believe that if the water is clear and
sparkling it is safe to use. ‘This is the purest and best-tasting
water in Alaska and it has never made me sick,’ are familiar
phrases to the sanitarian. Let’s stop and think for a moment.
Is that cool, clear, sparkling water obtained from a shallow
well safe from surface drainage? Do you remember last sum
mer when you and the family had that bad stomach upset?
You blamed it on the meat, but are you sure?”
Weils disease is carried by rats, cats, dogs, beavers and
other animals. They can infect the various water supplies for
the town.
A project is under way to extend and improve the pre
sent city water system but that does not take care of the im
mediate problem.
Heed the warning of the military and doctors. Boil
your water and remove havens for rats and other disease
carrying animals.
TVafeiti Ti/tCCicucuu
This is goodbye until 23 August, or the SATUR
DAY after the First Fall Meeting. May your summer
bring you much joy and good living.
IN PARTING
‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win
glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither
enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the
gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
Roosevelt
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI
Local Masons Get
New Degrees
A class of 17 local Masons
eceived the degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish
i.ite of free Masonry in'
ceremonies at the Kodiak Ma
sonic Temple on Mill Ba.\
Road Wednesday. i
A degree team of five'
Scottish Rite Masons from
Juneau conducted the class of
instruction assisted by nine
local Scottish Rite Masons.
The 17 receiving the degree
are Glenn W. Walker, Ed
Pearson, Clifford Lattish, W.
T. Grindle, Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson, Carl A. Naldrett,!
James P. Christofferson, A.
L. Roberts, Frank Sheff,
Hugh B. Henry, Alexander
Sheppard.
Others are Jacob H. Foley,
John E. McDonald, Fred
Wickett, Fred Triplett, T. J.
Loan and Emil Knudsen.
The degree team was com
posed of Walter B, Heisel,
Arthur A. Hedges, K. G.
Merritt, R. M. Donelson and
Howard F. Stabler.
The nine assisting the de
gree team were Charles Glass,
Donald Lawvere, Zora Wilson,
Harry Jackson, Jules Ra
dinsky, Marshall Crutcher,
Archie Ahlstrom, Bernard
Smith and Walter Neale.
A banquet in honor of the
17 candidates was held at the
Montmartre Inn at 6:30 pm
Wednesday after which the
32nd degree was conferred in
full form at the Masonic
Temple.
New Worke&j)
For Mission
Chicago (A5) — Two new
missionaries of the Baptist
Home Mission Society have
been assigned to Kodiak Is
land and vicinity.
Muriel Ola Turner, Brattle
boro, Vt., has been assigned
to Kodiak Baptist Mission and
Emma Stevens Enoch, New
Brunswick, N. J., to Baker
Cottage at Ouzinkie.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman L.
Smith, Berkley, Calif., have
been assigned to the Evangel,
floating Baptist Mission Ark,
now in dry dock at Ed Pear
son’s Boat Works.
Lutheran Servicea
In July
The Rev. A. Herbert
Mjorud of the Central Luthe
ran Church in Anchorage
plans to visit Kodiak the first
week in July.
1 Persons who are interested
l in attending services are re
quested to drop a card to Mrs.
| James Cusack, box A-805,
Kodiak, with your name, ad
dress and phone number.
Parents who would like
, their children baptized are re
| quested to so indicate on the
j card.
The June 4 sailing of the
Denali, Alaska Steamship Co.
passenger vessel, for Kodiak
has been cancelled because of
; the shipping strike.
I
Rotary Views
Navy Film
The formation and the
:)ose of the North
treaty Organization '^as made
pur
Atlantic
Rotary,1
dear to members o
dub 5533 Tuesday , through/
the showing of the sound
movie, Alliance For Heace. j
The film was provided jby
Lt. Frank Brink. TISNR, V7th
Naval District Publi^ Ii/for
mation officer at K.NS.
Guests attending the
ing were Alex Johnsoh,
Oil Company represeh^
Alex Sheppard. USI
Pearson, Carl Naldret
Hedges of Juneau.
VFW Convention
H^re In 1953
The 1953 Veteran? of
foreign Wars encampment
will be held in Kodiak, Moe
Kimes, announced yesterday.
George Sonntag was elected
Junior Vice Commander of the
VFW for the Territory of A
laska during the recent con
vention at Fairbanks.
Sonntag, former commander
of Katmai Post 7056, and Moe
Kimes, commander of Katmai
Post 7056, attended the con
vention from Saturday to
Tuesday.
Notice To All Past & Present
Members of the VFW
Wars, Department of Alaska, will be held in Kodiak,
during April or May 1953. All past and present members
of the VFW are urged to attend the next regular meet
ing Tuesday 3 June and obtain further information on
this coming event. All persons eligible to join the VFW
are invited to attend this meeting and become members-.
Yours in Comradeship:
C. C. (MOE) KIMES
Commander, Katmai Post 7056
Kodiak, Alaska
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1951 Fire Losses
Greatest In History
Final losses of fire insurance companies
for the year 1951 have been announced by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters. They were
$731 million, an increase of 6.2% over 1951
bosses and the highest figure ever recorded in the
United States.
Insurance premiums are adjusted closely
to fire loss ratios. Property owners should exert
every effort to prevent fires and to stop careless
practices.
In this time of increased dollar value of
replacing property, the need for full and com
plete protection against fire losses is more neces
sary than ever. Is your fire insurance sufficient
to replace your property if it should burn?
INSURANCE DEPT.
Bank of~ Kodiak
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