"News of oAmericas Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 32
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KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 17, 1953
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Hinckel Assumes Office,
Council Takes Seats
Jack Hinckel became mayor
of Kodiak officially Monday
night when he was sworn into
office along with the four
councilmen.
Those taking the oath of
office were Basil Clark, re
elected to a two year term, E.
L. Lightfoot and Oscar Han-,
aon. new members for two
jear terms, and Zora “Curley’
Wilson, new member for a one
year term.
Holdover councilmen are AI
idn Miller and V. W. Root.
Outgoing Councilmen were D.
N. Hoylman, Wilton White,
Hinckel and Clark.
After the swearing ia cere
monies only routine business
was conducted by the new
council.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press j
Panmunjom (JP)— Thou-!
ands of anti-Red North Kor-1
ean prisoners of war refused j
Friday to come out of their'
stock" des and listen to Com
munist attempts to coax them
back to Red domination.
The prisoners were sche
duled to listen to the Commies
explain the blessings they
were offering at 10 am Thurs
day but the prisoners refused
to budge from their closed
tents in the Korean neutral
zone.
The POWs ignored the In
dian troops ringing their com
pound and scoffed at the Com.
mie evangelists.
Indochina (^P) — French
union forces sallied south
ward from their Red River
delta bulwark Thursday in a
major offensive against Com
munist-led Vietminh. The
French called it the most im
portant ground operation of
the Indochina war.
United Nations (JP) — Old
Andrei Vishinsky served no
tice yesterday that Russia
would not agree to the Trieste
Settlement reached without
Moscow’s participation.
Mrs. Robert Jones and I
daughters Juanita and Mary
Lou left Kodiak early Friday
to make their home in San
Diego, California.
Mrs. Jones, known to her
friends as Jessie, was em
ployed for over two years at
Knudsen’s. Robert Jones, her
husband was recently dis.
charged from the Navy. He
was formerly stationed at Ko- [
diak Naval Station. /
Council Receives
Road Petition
A petition asking the City of
Kodiak to provide a new road
for residents of Carlson Hill
was presented to the council
Monday night. The petition
was signed by 14 residents of |
the area.
On December 1 the existing j
road will be closed. Bryan!
Thorsheim, who owns the land
the present road crosses has
given notice that it will be
closed. He plans to offer the
lots for sale.
A water and sewer line will
also be moved by the city as it
now is on Thorsheim’s pro
perty. The council took no ac
tion on the petition Monday
night. They are awaiting the
return of Mill Vokacek, city
water superintendent, who is
on vacation. I
Churchill Wins
Nobel Prize
Stockholm (A5) — Winston
Churchill, the greatest phrase
maker of his time, won the
Nobel prize for literature. The
Swedish Academy voted it to
Churchill both as an orator
and author.
They cited his “mastery in'
historical and biographical
writing and brilliant art of
oratory with which he has
stepped forth as a defender of
high human values.” The a
ward carries a cash prize of
$33,840.
Eisenhower Talks To
Young Farmers
Kansas City (-P)—President
Eisenhower told a whooping
audience of young farmers
Thursday night his adminis
tration is well on the road to
developing a sound agricultu
ral program which will build
markets, safeguard farm in
come and protecy consumers.
The president spoke to a
capacity crowd of 11,000 at
the silver anniversary conven
tion of the Future Farmers of
America.
New Catholic
Chaplain At Base
Father Joseph Hilferty has*
arrived at Kodiak Naval Sta
tion to relieve Father George
Spiegelhalter who is being
transferred to Camp Lejune
in North Carolina.
Father Hilferty comes to
KNS from Whidbey Island in
Washington.
Mike Coulehan
Dies Wednesday
Michael C. “Mike” Coule
han, 45, died Wednesday of a
heart attack. He was well
known in Kodiak and on Ko
diak Naval Station where he
was employed.
Mike, as he was known to
his many friends, first came
to Alaska in 1942 as a member
of the U. S. Airforce and
spent three years in Kodiak
and military installations
throughout the chain.
In 1946 Coulehan and his
friends George Massom and
Ray Shannon returned to Ko
diak to work at Kodiak Naval
Station as civilian employees.
Later Coulehan went to the
states for special medical at
tention. While there he *ar
ried.
He returned to Kodiak I
bringing his wife, Francis, j
with him. Mike worked for!
the Plumbing Department at [
KNS and Mrs. Coulehan as ai
nurse at Griffin Memorial j
Hospital. |
A mass was held at the Star1
of the Sea Chapel at KNS
Thursday. Mike’s body was!
flown to Bremerton, Washing-!
ton by the Navy for burial in
Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. j
Coulehan and Massom went'
on the trip. j
Michael C. Coulehan was
born in Cumberland, Mary
land, on April 8, 1908. He isj
survived by his mother, three
brothers, one sister and his |
wife. He was a member of;
Kodiak Lodge No. 1772, B. P. j
0. E.
Tonight at 8:30 pm a dis-|
cussion group pertaining to1
the teachings of the Baha i
Faith will be held in the apart-|
ment of Mrs. Rose Perkal, j
which is downstairs in the
home of William L. Smith
on Mill Bay Road.
“The topic for discussion
will be “Unity in Diversity’’ (
and the technique of Group
Dynamics will be applied,1
which is a method used in
universities, colleges and in
stitites throughout the
country,” Mrs. Perkal said.
She added that the Bahais'
believe the teachings of the]
Bahai World Faith is a divine
ly revealed progressive re
ligion for this day and age.
Interested persons are wel
come to attend the meeting,
there is no charge, refresh- J
ments will be served. For
further information call 3523.
Mr. and Mrs. William Worth
celebrated their 34th Wedding,
Anniversary on October 12.'
Worth is a former member of
the city council.
Gottschalks Buy Idle
Hour Bar From Wallaces
; —
Police Will
Dispose Of Dogs
Persons wishing to have
their dogs disposed of should
call the Police Department
Recently Patrolman John
Boucher found a wounded and
vicious dog on the Main Street
of Kodiak.
The animal had been shot
twice, one in the leg and again
in the stomach. When found
by Boucher the dog was lying
in the street and attempted to
bite anyone approaching it. j
Chief Roland Vickery has
requested all persons wishing
to dispose of an animal to call
his office at phone 2011. “The |
police will dispose of the ani
mal and we won’t have these
wounded animals running the
streets,’’ he said yesterday. I
i
Ten tons of reindeer meat
from Nunivak Island were
sold recently in Nome by the
Alaska Native Service after
being lightered ashore from'
the ANS vessel North Star.
The price was 44 cents a
pound on half carcasses- and
42 cents a pound for 60 to 70
pound packages of hearts,
livers and tongues.
The Idle Hour Bar changed
ownership this weak. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Wallace sold the
bar to Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gottschalk.
The Gottschalks also pur
chased the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Max LaLande and the
lot and four apartments be
hind the house. They will take
possession of the house in
December, Gottschalk said
yesterday.
A1 Pierce, brother-in-law of
Mrs. Gottschalk, will be man
ager of the Idle Hour. Mr.
and Mrs. Gottschalk are the
owners of the Ship's Taver*
and former partners if
Tony’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace haw*
no definite plans for the fu
ture. Wallace said yesterday.
They have been owners of the
Idle Hour for the past three
years.
In February of 1950 Wallace
and John Bergsma bought the
bar from Mr. and Mrs. La
Lande. Later Wallace bought
Bergsma’s interest.
Elks Plan Party
The Elk’s Club is planning
a House of Horrors for their
annual Halloween Ball, Jim
Bennett, club steward, an
nounced yesterday.
Dr. McKinley Arrives Here
Dr. Lee McKinley, Anchorage dentist, is shown as he
arrived in Kodiak last weekend in a chartered plane. In the
plane he brought his office staff and equipment to open a
two-chair office in the Blinn Building.