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ihere now than ever before. Polio has struck hard in Alaska
during the past month. Deaths as a result of the disease have
ecu red in Anchorage, Nome and on lonely St. Paul Island in
the? Bering.Sea within the past two weeks
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fantile paralysis.
A Boy weighing seven
founds was born January 13,
to Mr. and Mrs. James C. An
derson at the Naval Station
hospital. This is their second
child.
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The Lucidor, Alaska Steam
ship Company, was at the Na
val Station dock this week.
Joe La Fournaise, Veterans
Administration representative
was at KNS this week.
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Senate Committee
O.K.s Statehood
Washington (.P)—The Sen
ate Interior Committee voted
Tuesday to approve statehood
for both Hawaii, and Alaska.
Chairman Butler (R-Neb.)
told reporters the vote to add
Alaska statehood to the Ha
waii statehood bill was as
close as could be, presumably
8 to 7. Butler declined to make
public the roll call vote which
was taken in a closed door
committee session;
After voting to combine the
Alaska and Hawaii statehood
bills into a single package,'
the committee then voted to
delay its report to the Senate
until the Alaska statehood
section can be “perfected.”
PTA Dance Tonight
At Elks Club
The Parent-Teachers As
sociation sponored dance at the
Elk’s Club on Brooklyn Ave
nue will be held tonight and
is open to the public.
Admission is one dollar for
adults and 75 cents for stu
dents. Dancing will be from 9
pm until midnight.
Rlary Root, Pacific Northern
Airlines employee, flew to An
chorage and returned the past
week.
Hospital News
BIRTHS; '
To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones,
a daughter, Jan. 18, weight,
7 lbs., 4 oz., name, Patricia
Ann. ^
To Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Boucher, a daughter, Jan. 19,
weight. 7 lbs., 6 oz., name,
Christine Elaine.
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Small, a son. Jan. 19, weight,
8 lbs., 13 oz., name Ste\en
David.
NOTICI
United States
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Land Office
Jan. 11, 1954
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
John Barginius Holland en
try man, together with his
witnesses, Jessee Manson
Blinn and Jorgen Fredrickson,
all of Kodiak, Alaska, has sub
mitted finrl proof on his home
stead entry. Anchorage Serial
No. 010430 for land embraced
in U. S. Survey No. 3218, situ
ated on both sides of the Mill
Bay Road about 1 mile north
east of Kodiak, Alaska, Lati
tude 570 48’ 46.1” N., Longi
tude 1520 21’ 33.8” W. at Cor
ner No. 1 containing 140.60
acres, and it is now in the files
of the Land Office, Anchorage
Alaska.
If no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period
of publication or thirty days
thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted and final cer
tificate issued.
Virgil O. Seiser
Manager
First Publication: 1-16-54
Last Publication: 3-13-54i
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Storag- Plan
! The city of Kodiak has re
jquested the district engineer
of the Corps of Engineers, U.
|S Arniv, in Anchorage ex
j tend for 60 days the period for
| registering objections to the
construction of a wharf and
three buildings in Kodiak Har
bor by the Kodiak' Cold Stor
age Company.
The deadline for filing ob
jections has been set for Janu
ary 29. 1954. according to a
circular letter posted >©b thf
bulletin beard at the post
office. •
The action of the city was
taken on the recommenda
tion of the City Planning Com
mission. The CPC held a
regular meeting January 19,
and made the recommendation
I after debating the matter. The
Kodiak Cold Storage Com
I pany is owned by H. F. Mac
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School Notes
The Semester Honor Roll
and the third six-week honoi
roll has been posted at the
high school.
j Seniors earning high hono s
are Carl Smith with a 3 ! 0
average and Gerry Gundlai h
with 3.50.
Linda Rockstad earned a
3.80 and Bob Frost has a 3.10
in the freshman class.
It was explained that 4.(C
■ equals straight A; 3.00 equals
'B. It takes a 3.50 average t<
)make high honors and 3.00 t<
/make honors.
! Honors are as follows
| Seniors: Isabel Nelson, Cherit
[Stover, Carolyn Giddings.
Juniors: Jean Phillips, Bil
Frost, Kathy French.
Sophomores: Ellen Simenoff,
Carol French, Barbara Moffit,
Joanne Palmer. Barbara Teg
strom, Brad Poland.
Freshmen: Marie Nelson.
Johanna . Buekers, Francis
Vickery.
Eighth Grade: Jim Beaty.
Gerald Clark, Tim Metrokin.
Seventh Gaade: Kathryn
Chichenoff, Alma Norris,
Mary Lee Rockstad, Jill
Acheson. '
The semester grades are
those which are entered on
the permanent record for the
high school students. It is an
average of how the students
have done during the previous
three six-week periods.
'• The highest record for the
I high school for the semester
| was recorded by Carl Smith
at 3.85, closely followed by
Linda Rockstad with 3.80.
Bobby Frost and Marie Nel
! son both have a 3.70 and Gerry
Gundlach has 3.50.
Honor students for the
semester are Ruthe Chase
| Fry, Carolyn Giddings, Isabel
Nelson, Jean Phillips, Bill
Frost, Kathy French, Brad
, Poland, Nell Chase, Pat Kee,
1 Francis Vickery.
Grade seven and eighth
semester honors went to
Kathryn Chichenoff, Mary Lee
Rockstad, Jill Acheson, Jim
Beatty, Gerald Clark.
Dona!
Ac ■/ to the > res
the ‘recommer to
the c tcil tnat tl ty
of R' \ make writs b
ject approval, the
Corp Engineers, ne
appli - " tv ■ of Kodia1 ,^"ld
Stora - ,v-, the basis n
adeq i >■ .*•obstruction ' i iil
for « termining whe, ■ or
not t >- ' ructures it bed
will '>■ hazardous to ater
born** carriers and sea p t.esu
John Gibbons is eomn tssinn
er of t he Kodiak CPC Board
members are William Smith,
Leon .Johnson, Cecil Wilson,
Lee r\ Hettinger and Norman
Sutliff.
The commission board f ur
ther pointed out that the time
alloted by the Corps of En
gineers does not allow for a
thorough investigation of the
application. (See earlier story
page 2)
The commission also dis
cussed the need for street im
provements. They also dis
cussed means for obtaining
revenue to finance street im
provements.
Three papers were received
'"v thn MIRROR through the
Kodiak postoffice thl= week
mentioning the “famous an
nual event that takes place at
Nenana.”
Stories regarding this Te r
ritorial “event”, or similar
events, are non-mailable lo
cally. However, the rulinr
does not appear to be in effect
this year, or in past years,
throughout the territory.
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too little insurance protection
for your home and belongings
can be costly.
INSURANCE DEPT.
BANK OF KODIAK