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Kodiak’s Proving Ground
r
All big car manufacturers have
acres of proving grounds desig
nated as “proving grounds." Cars
are subjected to drives over these
lands of rolling hills, ditches, ob
stacles, and what have you—^there
by proving the car’s worth and its
Capability of standing up to any
and all cc-iditions that it might be
subjected to later.
But we feel sure the manufac
turer didn’t anticipate anything
trfre the ‘proving grounds’ cars
travel over—not once in a life
time, but almost daily—on the
hew Base-Town road.
About all the road has proven
so far is that it is a boon to the
tire repair business, and a stimu
lus to the garage business in the
added sales of various parts such
as shock absorbers, springs, muf
flers and tail pipes. Not content
with the motorist having to travel
over a bad stretch of road, as they
have had to do for the past
months, the powers-that-be have
diverted the traffic from the de
vour section past the Union Oil
tanks to the new section above
-
them. The detour was made pas
sable by use, smoothed out and
packed down by much bouncing
and bumping, and needless to say,
wear and tear on the cars.
The motorist is mow shunted
from this stretch, which might be
compared to a country road in the
Middle West before the gas tax
provided funds for road construc
tion, to a new stretch which is
nothing more than a road bed for
the new road. It would appear
traffic is shunted onto this road
as a means of assisting the con
tractor in packing it down.
People were complaining. They
are- now complaining loudly. And
rightly so. Everyone hates a de
tour. A detour within a detour is
pretty bad. But when you have to
travel over a detour within a de
tour—within a detour—that’s go
ing a little too far.
If the motorist has to do the
work of road equipment, he
should be put on the payroll. But
we think a road roller and other
road-building equipment can do
the job so much better.
Here There Everywhere
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Tall tales are heard constantly
of old Alaskan days. In a story in
6he CAA Fifth Region publication,
Mukluk Telegraph, there’s an in
teresting observation by a 77 year
old sourdough at Betties, com
menting on the 160 mile trek of
11 members of the Ninth Infantry
ski-borne troops from Betties to
Tanana. Opining he guessed they’d
make it, he said: “We didn’t have
support planes (in the old days),
nor K-rations,. e vapor at* '
nor scientific pemmicua r<hore
were times when we; only had
snow for dinner and ice for de
sert. May not be a lick of truth
in it, but there was a stopy about
a driver that finally got down to
no provisions at all and only one
dog in his team. He made stew
out of the dog’s tail and gave the
bone to the dog so they finally
got up enough strength between
them to find their way to a camp.”
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HERE’S ANOTHER ONE
You can take this one for what
itJs worth, but from what we are
told, three of the local gentry and
a ringer from Sitka invaded
Fraser Lake the other day for a
spot of rainbow fishing. The party
consisted of Town Club’s Jim
Bfigfctman, “Wkong Number”
John Cushing, and B and B’s own
Stan Nelson and Jess Biinn. Need
less to say the fish didn't hsnp *
chance all brought Ink* nice •
catches (so they say). JessBlwm ji
was reported as $iig|*Uan€.-tip;
‘rare’ (there are only millions -of ;
them) Aim tic Chnr and brought
hack a tike mess <©f fish, that is). 1
NO SLUMP IN SACK
The Advertising Council is
trying to get the consumer’s
money out of the sock and into
the sack. In a news story, we find,
the Council, making a survey, has
found that American women .have
loosened their purse strings in
favor of the sack dress, chemise,
or trapeze fashion....That’s
the best thing we have heard yet
about the sack dress.
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TOO BIG FOR YOUR BRITCHES?
The next time you get feeling a
—tie too big for your britches,
advises Hap Sanders of the Man
ning (Iowa) Monitor, pause a
while to gaze at the stars and
consider how you rate. Might be
a bit deflating, he says, but there’s
a strange, comforting feeling
about it, too.
HEADS LIBRARY BOARD
Newly elected officers of the
Community Library Board will be
headed by Ivor A. Schott as pres
ident.
Others chosen at the annual
meeting held Wednesday are Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson, 1st vice-pres
ident; Mrs. Marian Lynch, 2nd
vice-president; Mrs. Justine Hinc
kel, secretary; and Douglas Pres
ton, treasurer.
MSO SCHEDULE
Today—6.*00 P.M. Ping Pong
tournament. 8:00 P.M. Movie “The
iVbrld ip His Arms”.
Sunday—10:00 A.M. to 11:00
UM. Open house
Monday—8:00 P.M. Game night
eaturing Alaskas favorite game
Tuesday—1:30 P.M. Sewing
classes. Mrs. Chas, Edris, instruc
tor,. 7:30 P.M. Leather class—
Mike Holt, instructor.
Wednesday—1:00 P.M. to 11:00
P.M. Building open, table games,
TV room.
Thursday—1:30 P.M. Leather
craft. 8:00 P.M. Movie “Law and
Order”.
Friday—8:00 P.M. Pinochle &
Canasta tournament. All hands
welcome—Prizes.
MRS. LOIS NICOLET
JOINS STAFF OF USO
Mrs. Lois Nicolet has recently
joined the local USO staff as
secretary. She is replacing Mrs.
F. H. McIntyre who is mow em
ployed at the Naval Station.
Smcker Planned
The smoker to be staged in con
nection with the Fourth of July
celebration should draw a good
crowd. Local talent will be featur
ed on the card, and several grudge
fights add spice to the matches.
The matches will be run off at
the Labor Temple, beginning at 8
p.m.
Boxing instruction is now being
given daily in the Labor Temple.
Phil Dinglassa is the instructor.
Hours are from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
No Bus Service
To Naval Station
Bus service to and from the
Naval Station will be discontinued
beginning Monday it was announc
ed this week by Ray Shannon, op
erator of the Shopper, which has
offered the service since the
Kodiak Transit suspended service
recently.
The discontinuance of the ser
vice is due to lack of sufficient
passengers.
BOND FAMILY TO COLORADO
Mrs. Paul Bond and children,
Nancy, 10; Paul, Jr., 9; David, 7;
Bonnie, 4 and Richard, 2, left
yesterday for Colorado Springs,
Colorado to join Paul, Sr.
Paul, who is now employed at
the paint shop at the U. S. Air
Force Academy, proceeded his
family by several weeks.
SAFETY IS AVAILABLE
at a few pennies a week, for your valuables
or valuable papers whereby you avoid loss
by fire or theft.
Various size safe deposit boxes are now avail
able for your protection.
“A Government Bureau is where the tax
payers shirt is kept.”
Bank of Kodiak
KODIAK, ALASKA
Boat race entrants are urged to J mail it immediately to the chair
fill out the application below and j man of the race committee.
APPLICATION:
Mail to: Dick Berg, C of C Chairman Enclose $10.00
Box 1157 each race you
City wish to enter.
Your Name_
Address __
Phone ____
Age-(if minor)
Race: Channel __
Near. Is. _
Woody __
Release: I (and parent if mino*) absolve the Kodiak Chamber of Com
merce and all officials of the race program from any and
all liability which may arise from accidents to myself or
equipment while engaged in racing.
Sign —:-:_
Bigger Than Ever!
Better Than Ever !
Don’t Miss It !
4th of July Celebration
July 3 - CORONATION BALL
July 4 ~ GIGANTIC CARNIVAL
(Downtown School Grounds)
GAMES - CONTESTS - BOOTHS
Something Doing Every Minute!
RACES .. SOAPBOX DERBY .. BOAT RACES
TUG-O-WAR - HILL CLIMB - PARADE
BIG STREET DANCE * FUN FOR ALU
PLAN NOW TO BE THERE
See how we celebrate the Fourth in the Far North