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"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL, 12 NO 26
KODIAK, ALASKA
AUGUST 30, 1952
PRICE 10 GESHIb
Election Is
Tuesday
Kodiak voters will decide
Tuesday if the housing peoject
in the east addition will be
come a reality. The polls at
the city hall for the special
election will open at 8 am and
close at 7 pm.
Voters will mark their bal
lots either yes or no on the
question of vacating the
streets and alleys now existing
only on a plat.
Aleutian Homes, Inc., spon
sors of the housing project,
have a new plat with modern
type city planning and contour
streets. The present plat does
not follow the contours of the
land and is not suitable, Ken
Gosling, one of the sponsors,
pointed out.
Until the present plat has
been vacated and the streets
and alleys rededicated the
housing project is stopped.
Aleutian Homes has pur
chased most of the land in the
housing area. None of it was
given to them, Gosling said.
Voters going t» the polls
must be registered or have
voted in the last electiou.
Judges selected by the city
council for the special election
are Mrs. Gusse Myer, Mrs.
Basil Clark; clerk, Mrs. Joe
Raymond. Mrs. Jack Hinckle
has been chosen as an alter
nate judge or clerk.
Two Lots Sold
At Tax Sale
Only two lots were offered
for sale Monday morning by
Robert Hedloff, city clerk,
who conducted the delinquent
property tax sale for the City
of Kodiak. All other delin
quent taxes were paid prior to
sale time.
Ben Bolden purchased lot 12
D, block 16, for $200. The lot
was formerly owned by Georgs
Kleinfelter and taxes, plus
interest and penalties, for the
property totaled $120.31. John
J. Springhill bid against Bol
den for the property.
Lot 20 H, block 18, formerly
owned by Shirley George, was
purchased by the citv. No bids
other than that of Hedloff,
who was authorized to bid for
the city, were made for the
property. Taxes due on the
property was $660.17.
The total taxes collected
from property appearing on
the delinquent tax roll is
$22,686.37, Hedloff revealed
Tuesday.
Property held by restricted
deed or native possessory
rights and not included in the
order of sale from the Third
District Court amounts to
$11,548.13.
New Members
For Shrine
The Kodiak Shrine Club in
creased its membership by
13 Monday. Officials of the
Nile Temple of Seattle and the
Alaska Patrol of the Anchor
age Shrine assisted local mem
bers in the initiation.
Monday morning the color
ful uniformed members of the
Anchorage Patrol marched
: through town in perfect for
! motion followed by the 13
i initiatees and members of the
Kodiak Shrine Club.
The 13 ‘ ‘painted and decor
ated” new members were in
chain gang formation and
were hazed and harried by
,brother members in their
! walk through town. Later the
Shriners moved to Fort Greely
for the formal initiation.
Those initiated were Alex
ander B. Sheppard, Carl Nald
rett, Emil Knudsen, James T.
Loan, Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
^ Hugh Henry, Glen Walker,
Ed Pearson, Cliff Lattish,
Clyde Zearley, Frank Sheff,
John Christofferson and Fred
Triplett.
Glen H. Carpenter, poten
tate of the Nile Temple of Se
attle, Reuben Lovgren, Hal
N. Snider, Frank T. Ostander
and Harold Simpson came to
Kodiak for the ceremony.
They are on a tour of clubs in
the territory. ,
The Alaska Patrol are a
sharp marching unit composed
of 24 members of the Anchor
age Shrine Club.
They plan to travel to San
Francisco for ' the East-West
football game and will partici
pate in the drills on the field.
The Anchorage group arri
ved here in two DC 3s belong
ing to Reeve’s Aleutian Air
ways. They were here from
! Sunday until early Tuesday
morning.
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Bartlett Speaker
At Dinner
j Delegate E. L. Bartlett will
be speaker at a public dinner
September 5 at the Elk’s Glub.
The Russian i Women’s Club
will prepare the dinner and
! the public is invited to attend.
J Tickets are on sale at $2.50
each and may be obtained at
| the Mecca Liquor Store, Log
Cabin Liquor Store and from
Jules Radinsky at Kodiak Na.
val Station.
I Howard Furlong plans to
j leave Kodiak this week for
I Seattle. He will enroll again
at the University of Wash
! ington where he has been
| studying for the past two
years.
! Furlong has been in Kodiak
: during the summer.
Four Youths
To McNeill
Richard Leroy Larson re
ceived'a 10 year sentence last
Friday on a charge of beating
a jail guard following a hear
ing in Judge George W.
Folta’s court in Anchorage.
Tecon Shuravloff, 19, re
ceived a five year sentence on
the same charge and Raymond
Noya and Martin Squartsoff
received two year sentences.
* The four youths crashed out
of the Kodiak U. S. Federal
Jail July 3, after administer
ing a severe beating to Fred
Solberg. Solberg was hospi
talized for a week from the
beating.
Each of the youths had
previous criminal records and
also had other charges pend
ing against them.
U. S. Attorney Seaborn
Buckalew recommended the
sentences that were handed
down by Judge Folta. Bucka
lew also declared he would not
prosecute the remaining
cnarges.
Under the courts question
ing Larson, 20, said he had
been involved in brushes with
the law ever since he was
eight years old.
Among the crimes for
which he has been convicted
are attempted murder, burg
lary and larceny. Judge Folta
said he had to give considera
tion to Larson’s former re
cord and sentence him to 10
years.
Buckalew told the court
[that Larson and Shuravloff
did the actual beating of Sol
berg while the other two
youths had aided but not per
mitted the man to get away.
* Noya, 19, has a rape charge
pending against him and
Sqqartsoff, 20, is charged
with burglary.
Larson was under $5,000
bail in a burglary charge when
he broke out of jail. The four
men were captured on the
beach across from Ouzinkie
shortly after they made their
jail break.
The four youths were taken
to Anchorage early last week
by U. S. Deputy Marshal
Clarence Dizney to face char
ges.
The youths waived proceed
ings by grand jury and agreed
to have information filed in
their cases.
Ivan H. Blood, chief deputy
marshal of the third division,
has filed suit for divorce from
Marguerite Blood, charging
incompatibility. The Bloods,
former Kodiak residents, mov
ed to Anchorage about a year
ago.
Students Register
9AM Friday
Registration of all school
children will begin at 9 am
Friday, September 5, Ivor
Schott’ school superintendent,
said yesterday. School will be
gin on September 8.
Children enrolling in grades
one and two will report to the
American Legion Building
(former community center),
and all others at the main
school building.
First grade children must
bring a birth certificate or
some documentary evidence of
birth date. No child who has
not reached his sixth birthday
by November 1, will be admit
ted to the public school. A
parent should accompany all
grade one children for regis
tration.
High school pupils will be
required to pay a $5 book de
posit at the time of enrolling.
No other fees are collected
from enrollees at this time.
The teaching staff for the
Kodiak Public School is com
plete for the 1952-53 school
year, Schott announced this
week.
Millage Set
By Council
Kodiak taxpayers will pay a
total of 20 mills in city taxes
on their property this year.
The millage rate was set Mon
day night by the city council.
The 20 mills, approved unan
imously by the council’s three
mills will be set aside for the
improvement and extension of
city streets.
Ordinance no. 162, setting
this years millage, was passed
by a suspension of the rules
whereby the first reading is
considered the second. Con
siderable discussion preceded
the voting on the ordinance.
The assessed valuation of the
city for this year was placed
at $5,241,377.31. The city will
received $104,827.55 in taxes
on property based on the 20
I mill levy. The city assessment
I was made by Rev. John Mar
shall.
The city has an undisclosed
surplus from last year. The
amount will not be released
until the audit of the city
books is completed by George
Thorson, auditor representing
Elmer Johnson of Ketchikan.
Ray Woodbury of Aleutian
Homes. Inc. was here early
this week in connection with
the proposed housing project
in the east addition. He left on
Monday’s plane for Anchorage.
Ken Gosling of the same cor
poration was also an outgoi ng
passenger Monday.
Gardeners
To Exhibit
Judges for the Kodiak Gar
den Club garden show tolbe
held tomorrow have been an
nounced by Mrs. John Given,,
club president.
The show will be held from
1 to 10 pm in the USO on Main
street.
Judges will be Mrs, Mar
shall Crutcher, Mrs. Margaret
Magnusen, Sister Mary of
1 Lourdes, Mrs. Jess Blxnn,
Paul Bond, and Lc dr.
Joe Simpson of the naval
station.
Judging will take place fee
tween noon and 1 o’clock, and
the show will be open to the
public after it is completed.
All entries must be at the
club by noon, and gardeners
are asked to bring them early.
Anyone needing transpor
tation to bring entries to the
show is asked to call 4692 for
assistance from the sponsoring:
group.
Due to the possible scarcity
of show material, Mrs. Gwen
has pointed out, emphasis will
be placed this year on attrac
tiveness and originality ef dis
plays.
“If you have only a few
choice blooms, consider the
specimen division”, she
urged. “Fruit and vegetable
compositions in the arrange
ment classes are also suggest
ed. Exhibitors should note
that it is not necessary to wse
home grown flowers in any of
the arrangement classes,”
Mrs. Given added.
In charge of arranging each
display division of the exhibit
will be two Garden Club mem
bers, and the two-member
team which prepares its divi
sion most attractively will re
ceive a prize donated py the
KEA.
USO Open Houses
Last Night
The formal opening of the
Kodiak USO Club- was held
last night. Open house was
from 6 pm to 11 pm,
USO Service Pins were pre
sented to 10 Junior Hostesses
by Capt. W. K. Rhodes, com
manding officer, Kodiak Naval
Station.
Those receiving pins were
Marie Anderson, Margo Archi
bald, Marion Berry, Marljss
Blinn, Alice Davis, ElizaifoKth
| Heglin. Sally Heitman, Isabel
I Nelson, Sandra Perkins,, and
Anna Jean Petersen,
The USO Club has Men in
operation for several- months
under the direction of Elliot
Hymans, The club is located in
the building across; the street
from the Island Fowntara.