Kodiak Celebrates 4th;
Many Events Held
Kodiak celebrated the
Fourth of July last Friday in
the traditional manner, des
pite the coldest and cloudiest
holiday in at least ten years.
One of the most colorful
parades in years heralded the
start of the day, as the pro
cession rolled through town
and ended in the school yard.
Hundreds lined the streets to
see the marchers, costumed
kids, and floats.
Chaplain Peter McPhee was
speaker of the day at the flag
raising ceremony. Jules Ra
dinsky, parade chairman,
spoke briefly to the crowd in
the schoolyard, before intro
ducing the navy chaplain.
First place winner among
the floats was the flower
bedecked “World Peace” en
try, designed by Orrin Kim
ball for the Elks. The Shrine
Club float was second, Em
blem Club entry third, and
Baptist Mission fourth.
Other entries were by the
; Alaska Road Commission,
i Foster’s Store, LaLandes’
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THE MECCA
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Chuck Maris
SINGING & PLAYING
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accompanied by
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Kodiak Bakery, VFW Cooties,
and Mrs. Bernie Lindsey and
Mrs. Ronald Kepplinger and
drs. Ronald Bowhay.
Marching units included
marine and navy ulatoons,
marine color guard, navy
band, VFW post, two Boy
Scout troops, drum and bugle
corps sponsored by the VbW
Auxiliary and led by Paul
Swanson, a navy platoon, and
the Shriners.
Jacque Pardieu, former
Kodiakian, came from Snug
Harbor, in Cook Inlet, to ap
pear as a clown in the parade,
fallowing his annual custom.
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The army tug of war team
won in a late afternoon match
held in front of the Island
Fountain, Other teams wei;e
entered by the marines, navy
and Kodiak fishermen.
High spot of the afternoon’s
entertainment was the heli
copter demonstration put on
by one of the pilots currently
here on a mapping project.
He took off from Near Island
just before the boat races,
with Bob Hall, local pilot, as
a passenger, and put his plane
through all its many tricks.
| Water-skiers Les Foy and
j Don Hessner, both of the
i navy, ignored the cold waters
iof the channel to show the
Fourth crowds the latest in
Florida-type recreation. Bob
Acheson arranged the event.
Two pie-eating contests
called forth approximately 30
entries. Jerry Johnson won
the first one and Carolyn Reft
the second. All the contes
tants, as well as all the kids
in town, were treated to ice
cream, afterwards, by the
Rotary Club and Chamber of
Commerce, sponsors of the
day.
Five-year old Ronnie Miller,
proprietor of Ronnie’s Cafe
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
Miller is the envy of Kodiak.
He won the Plymouth car at
the midnight raffle. Harry
Wallace won the clothes dryer,
Mrs. Clarence England the
radio, and Don Shuck the
30.06 rifle.
Three members of the 196th
Regimental Combat Team
from Fort Richardson won the
first three places in the Base
Town Marathon.
Eugene Ash came in first;
Russ Ekstrom, second and Jim
Dyer, third. Norman Weiss,
USN, Kodiak Naval Station
finished fourth; Herman
Waarich, 39th Air Depot,
Elmendorf, fifth; Richard
Goodman, USN, Kodiak,
sixth and Andy Gussek, KNS
Civil Service Club was
seventh.
In the Junior Marathon,
James Anderson finiahed first
with Buddy Squartsoff in
second place. Third place was
won by Jerry Johnson.
The flags decorating the
front of LaLandes’ Kodiak
i Bakery truck were Brownie
| Sheet Cakes made by John
1 Eriksen. The cakes resembled
the American flag. Following
the parade they were donated
to the l1. S. O.
Herb Spiegel (Get Lit With
Spiegel) furnished the loud
speaker system for the day.
Among those who lined up
events and sp; keover it were
Jim Bennett and Mrs. Spiegel.
Wilton White won the out
brard motor boat race. His
craft was powered by a 25 hp
Mercury. Bob Wright of KNS
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urushed second. His boat had!
a 25 Johnson. Jim Garoutte
was third and his boat had a
22hp power plant. Hedley
Johnson eame in fourth*
powered by a 25 Johnson.
A1 Miller cracked up his
boat in trial runs and was un
able to enter the race.
Among the Drize winners
for costumes in the parade
j were Charley Magnusen,
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