Woody Island News
By Special Correspondent
Gene Marlar, former resident of
Kodiak from 1948 through 1950,
• who was the Alaska Steamship
agent during that time, arrived in
Kodiak August 6 for a stay of two
weeks on business for the Civil
Aeronautics Administration. Mr.
Marlar is now connected with the
Supply Division of the C.A.A. and
resides in Anchorage.
Mrs. Frank B. Safford arrived in
Kodiak August 6 from Waubeka,
Wisconsin. She will be a visitor at
the D. F, Chaffin home on Woody
Island this month. Mrs. Safford is
the mother of Mrs. Darrell Chaffin.
Mrs. Agnes Wion left August 9
for her home in California. Mrs.
Wion, mother of Darrell Chaffin,
has been visiting at the Chaffin
home for the past year. She will
be missed by her many friends on
Woody Island.
Acting Station Manager, Darrell
Chaffin, requests that the C.A.A.
boat transportation not be utilized
y
Sunday, August 12, except by
those attending the Elk's Picnic.
The traffic load will be too heavy
to permit extra transient passen
gers.
Doris Dolman arrived July 31
for an indefinite visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Dolman. Doris is
Robert Dolman’s sister and has
been a counselor in one of the
girl's dormitories at the Univer
sity of Colorado in Boulder, Colo
rado.
Brad Metcalf, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Metcalf, celebrated his
sixth birthday August 3. Brad and
fourteen little friends had a lively
time at a party given in his honor.
Captain Thayer Kessler and Skip
per Hal Post have just returned
from a 1000 mile trip around the
Kodiak Island group. So far as we
know, this is the first small boat
tourist and sight-seeing trip ever
attempted around the islands.
Mr. Kessler, a C.A.A. communi
cator, and Mr. Post, head school
teacher on Woody Island, left July
18 aboard the KT-1, a 20 foot
THE RENDEZVOUS
MIDDLE BAY
j Bar — Eats
Liquor
Gas — Oil
CHILDREN’S
Back To School
SHOES
New Shipment
at the
Kodiak Outfitters
also
Lots of Shoes
for
MA and PA
For Work or Play
Kodiak Outfitters
OPEN EVENINGS
, Open Tru 10 A.AI. * to 9 P. M.
Rienel cabin cruiser with two 40
h.p. Mercury motors, for an 18
day tour of Kodiak, Afognak and
Shuyak Islands. They had only one
three day lay-over on account of
heavy winds and the rest of the
time encountered some nice
weather and some days of chilly
rains and fog but no really heavy
seas.
They explored hundreds of
small bays, inlets and straits and
made stops at numerous villages
and canneries. Their experiences
ranged from seeing bear, whale,
eagles, porpoises, sea lions and
reindeer herds, to watching the
netting of salmon being caught
high and dry in a narrow pass on
an outgoing tide.
We chuckle to note that our
weary bearded travelers broke
down with a flat tire about a mile
CONTEST JUDGES ANNOUNCED
LADIES AUX. TO V.F.W. WILL
ANNOUNCE HICH SCHOOL ESSAY
CONTEST WINNERS AUGUST 14TH
Three nationally known educa
tors and leaders in developing
American citizenship and educa
tional activities were announced
this week as the National Judges
for the $2,000—21st National Es
say Contest for High School Stu
dents, sponsored annually by the
Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars
of the U.S.A. in
cooperation with
the schools and
press of the Na
tion. The judges
as named by the
Auxiliary’s Na
tional President,
JUDGE CAUL s. Mrs. Sherman L.
HYATT, Chairman OlSOnof DeniSOn,
Iowa, are: Judge
Carl B. Hyatt, Executive Director,
the National Conference on Citi
zenship, Wash., D. C., chairman;
George Edgar Probst, Executive
Director, Thomas Alva Edison
Foundation, Inc., and, William
Dow Boutwell, editor, Scholastic
Teacher.
This committee of judges will
select the $1,000 cash and medal
award winner and twenty-three
other cash and medal winners in
the “America—Beacon «£ Hope”
essay contest to be announced
Aug. 14th at the V.F.W. National
Encampment in Dallas, Tex.
Mrs. Sherman L. Olson, Nat'l
Aux. President, in announcing
the judges’ names said: “We are
WM. D. BOUTWEU
GEO. E. PROBST
honored and proud to have these
distinguished leaders in patriotic
and educational activities serve
as judges for our contest because
by occupational activity and per
sonal sentiment they form an in
terested, informed and ably qual
ified group who are striving to
raise American standards of
education and citizenship. Their
dedicated work gives added pur
pose to our contest and its theme,
“America — Beacon Hope",
which has attracted hundreds of
thousands of high school student
entrants from public, parochial
and private schools in the 48
states. Alaska and Hawaii."
GAME NIGHT
EVERY
WEDNESDAY
8:30 PM
ELKS
CLUB
from home. This happened while
enroute from the dock by car,
ifter having made a 1000 mile trip
without mishap.
POLICF SLOO x \
If everyone drove like you do.
would our traffic accidents be
lower or higher?
Kodiak Christ'an Center
Invites you to hear:
Evangelist Olaf Erickson
from Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
Sat., Aug. 11, 8:0D p.m.,
Sun., Aug. 12,11:00 a.m.
Everyone Welcome
THOMPSON TRANSFER
Oldest llil Transfer Cu.
in Kodiak!.
a We limit our activities to hauling oil
consequently you can depend up««« u*
to serve you.
Erich Mueller, prop.
PHONE 3131 or 4:103
eas
Sportswea r
1LLUST RATE D
Dale Dodrill, Colorado A&M, Pitts
burgh Steelers, 1956 pro all-star-de
fensive guard, wears Jantzen “Upper
Classman” pullover of Kharafleece
. . . washable, durably mothproofed
KRAFT'S MEN'S DEPARTMENT
Open Friday Evening Until 8 P.M.
with Mitin®... 11.95.