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Kodiak-Based After Historic Bun
Unite#; States Coast Guard
T Ater Storis, one of the litre© CG
'hips to navigate the Northwest
passage recently, is scheduled to
arrive in Kodiakihoftly; and wiH
oebssed here. A reception is plan
ned0 <m her arrival, to be partici
pated 'n by Naval Station person
nel ami civic leaders. ■
~*L—t^eiher with the
Guard Cutters Spar and
Bramble,, and with the aid of
Canadian ice breakers sailed
through the Arctic Ocean to be the
first United States ships to com
plete the passage and complete
the trip around the North Amer
ican continent. The Bramble and
Spar are eastern port based ships,
while the Storis has been stationed
in Alaskan waters.
Since being in. Alaskan waters,
the Storis has had a great variety
of duties. She has participated in
the Bering Sea Patrol, which in
cludes giving medical care to the
natives and Coast Guardsmen in
the far reaches of the territory.
Her duties include making regular
logistic patrols, tending lor an and
light stations. Search and rescue
is her ever present duty.
The CGC Storis departed Ketch
fkan, Alaska June 2£ for Seattle
and joined Task Force 5 on June
28, 19$7. The three CG ships lie-'
parted! Seattle July 1( as a *art of
the T^sk Force. On July 16 they
were at a position off. Mackenzie
Bay in Canada for the start of the
run for the North west. Passage.
The remainder of July atid the
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For Children! Tcn&ay
Children of all. ages in this area
are in for a special treat today
with Santa holding, forthin two
places, with gifts and treats for all.
The annual Rotary Club Christ
mas parties will get under way at
9:30 a.m. with a party at the USO
for children under six years of
age. Parents or guardians are ask
ed to accompany them to the
party, where gifts and treats will
be given out.
At 10 a.m. for boys and girls
over 6 and 14 years and under, the
Orpheum Theatre will open its
doors for the annual Theatre
party, with Santa in attendance
giving out gifts. Movies, including
cartoons and shorts will be shown.
‘‘Children from any place nearby
are invited to this free show,” ac
cording to John Fletcher, Mana
ger. “We plas to show them a good
time.”
Fletcher also stated the annual
free show will be given to all chil
dren next Saturday, December 28,
starting at 10 a.m. All children 15
years and under arn invited. This
show is presented by Ben Kraft
t
earty part of, August was spent Is
crossing the northern part ©f
Canada;, From August 17 to 31,
the three vessels were Conducting
hydrographic surveys in the Simrv
son Strait and Queen Maud Gulf
area. These surveys were conduct
ed under unusually difficult con
ditions of sea, ice and low visibili
ty .
On SeT>tvr>ber 4, the three
ships joined with the HMCS
Labrador, leader of Task Force 8
from the Eastern seaboard, Snd
together they commenced the
west-east transit of Beilot Strait,
the key link in the passage. This
transit was completed September
6, and the three U.S. ships then
proceeded to the United States.
Thus, the two ships, Spar and
Bramble, circumnavigated the
North American continent. The
Storis later accomplished the
round trip, returning to Juneau
last week.
With the exception of ice
breakers, only shallow draft ves
sels have attempted the Northwest
Passage until this September. The
Labrador made an east-west tran
sit in 1954. She located, . a deep
water route through Lancaster
Sound, Viscount Melville Sound,
and Prince of Wales Strait. It was
opted ft4he .time, that this route
cduld only be used by icebreakers
in relatively good ice years.
TJhe Task Force, operation was
conducted'mainly tbreshpply Dew
line sites.
Churth Dignitary
Here For Visit
; The Rev. Dr. fedsdh T. Dahl
berg, newly elected President of
the National Council of Chlrehes,
wUl visjt military installations in
Alaska, including Kodiak, during
the Christmas season
Dr. Dahl berg will arrive in Ko
diak on December 26, and will de
part for Adak on the same day. He
will remain at Adak until Decem
ber 27, and will then return to
Anchorage. He will hold services
at many Army, Navy and Air
Force installations, in Alaska.
The visiting Church dignitary
represents thirty Protestant de
nominations. He is the first Bap
tist ever to head the co-operative
Christian organization, which has
more than thirty-seven and a half
million members across the na
tion.
Cdr. H. W. Buckingham, Chap
lain Corps, USN, will accompany
Dr. Dahlberg to Adak.
BREAKFAST SERVED
Breakfast will be served by the
Masonic Temple from 9 a.m. to 12
noon, Sunday, December 28.
Masons and their guests are in
vited.
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Many Holiday
Events Scheduled
On Naval Station
A round of Christmas parlies,
mainly for the children, will be
held on the Navel Station, beginn
ing today. Three of them, one at
9 a.m., another at 10:30s a m. and
another at 2 p.m. will'be held at
the CSC, the EM Club and the
Officer’s Club,
The Schedule of events for
Christmas and New Years follows:
Officers dub: Children’s party
on 21 Dec. from 2:00 to 4:00. New
Year’s,Eve party from 9:00 p.m.
until closing#
CPO Club: Children's party on
23 Dec. from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Club closed Xmas Eve until 3:00
p.m. Christmas Day. New Year’s
party from 9:00 pmi. until closing.
EM Club: Children’s party on
21 Dec. from 10:30 to 12:00. Guests
will be all children from Baptist
Mission. Christmas dinner from
6:30 on December 25th. Free Buf
fet dinner, turkey, ham, trim
mings, for all Enlisted service
men and their dependents. New
Year’s eve party and buffet din
ner from 8:00 until closing for all
enlisted servicemen and depen
dents.
Marine Club: Children’s party
on 24 Dec. from 12-on 3 00. New
Year’s party from 9:00 until after
midnight. Buffet dinner.
Civil Service Club: Shriner’s
annual dinner dance will be held
in Rose Room of the Civil Service
Club with cocktail hour proceed
ing dinner from 7:00 to 8:00. Chil
dren’s Christmas party on 22 Dec.
from 2:00 p.m. Christmas dipper
on December 25 for civilian men
and women in the. Rose Room be
ginning at 6:00 p.m. New Year’s
eve party from 7:30 p.m. until
closing. -
Coast Guard: Children’s party
on December 22 from 1:30 to 4:00
at FRA Club. . *
Catholic: Children's parts* bn 21
December at Rose Room from 9:00
to 11:00.
WARREN TAYLOR
MARRIED .WEDNESDAY
Juneau <$» Rep, Warren Taylor,
veteran Democratic member of the
Territorial legislature from Fair
banks, was married Wednesday
night to Myrtle R. Clare, former
secretary to Dr. Patty, President
of the University of Alaska.
Taylor is a former Kodiak resi
dent.
Pictured above are his Eminence Cardinal Spellman, as he arrived
Tuesday night aboard the Naval Station for an overnight visit with
service personnel. He was accompanied by Bishop O’Flanagan, Bish- J
op of Juneau, and Major Walsh, Deputy Staff Chaplain for the Alas- J
ka Air Command.
He was greeted at the Hangar upon arrival by €apt. N. J. Sampson
USN, Commandant of the 17th Naval District and Captain R. D
Jacoby, USN, Commandant at the Naval Station,
During his stay he held Mass at the Star of the Sea Chapel Wednes
day morning and was honored with a reception at the Enlisted
Mens Club, attended by approximately three hundred people. *
1st Half Of Basketball Season End?
/, ! .
Two games in the current City
league Basketball playoffs played
this week in the high schoohgym,
saw the defeat of the High School
Rears at the hands of, the un$e>
feated D and A team, and Krafts
emerge victor in their game with
the high school Independents:
In the first garnet the Rears, led
... -aft.
at half time by score of 13^14; I>
& A rallied to win 30-24, The score
in the second game was 50-33.
No more league games Will be *
splayed until after the holidays.
The gym will be open December
23, 27, 30 and January 3 from 7-9
for league practice only.
Picture above is a load of rock being dumped on the Southwest
breakwater now completed. Another in a series of articles oft the,
Small Boat Harbor will be found on page 14.
Hunting & Fishing jypr$ jlf Schedule
popular r'asxwne
Hunting and fishing in Kodiak
is important recreation according
to a recent check made by the
Fish and Wildlife Service. A total
of 2,115 hunting and fishing
licenses of various descriptions
have been sold in Kodiak since
July first.
The breakdown of the various
types of licenses sold is as follows:
Resident Hunting and Fishing,
750; Resident Hunting, Fishing and
Trapping,. 153; Resident Fishing
Only, 296; Non-resident Fishing,
740; Non-resident Big Game Hunt
ing, 80; Nen-resiaent Small Game
Hunting* 87; Alien • Fishing, 6;
Alien Big Game Hunting, 3.
..At present the Fish ind Wild
life Service is mailing hunting
questionnaires to 15 {percent of
the hunters to determine the take
on elk, deer and rabbits. Will.
Troyef, Refuge Manager, Fish and
Wildlife Service, urges that all
persons who receive these ques
tionnaires return them to the Fish
and Wildlife Service office as soon
as possible.
Today
2:00—Football
4:30—Lets Take A Trip
5:00—Camera Three
5:30—Ozarks Jubilee
6:30—Life of Riley
7:00—People Are Funny
7:30—Western Marshall
8:00—Caesars Hour
9:00—Colgate Comedy
10:00—Gale Storm
10:30—To Tell The Truth
11:00—-I Spy
Sunday
2:00—Football
4:30—IJniver sit y
5:00-—'termie Tots (live)
5f30—Dennis Day
6:00—Circus Time
7:00—Spike Jones
7:30-—The Goldbergs
8:0O-i-Armstrong Circle Theatre
9:00-4-This Is The Life
9;30^TV Concert Hall
10:00—-Mike Wallace
10:3CM~Big Story
11:00-—Highway Patrol
Monday t.
5:30—Susan's Show
6:00—Country Music ];
6:30—Burns And Allen * P
7:00—Red Cross (live)
7:30—Standard Oil
9:00—Inner Sanctum j,
9:30—You Asked For It
10:00—Loretta Young
11:30—Alaco Hour i
Tuesday *
5:30—Polka Time
6:00—Lawrence Welk
7:00—Our Miss Brooks
7:30—Red Skelton
8:00—Big Picture (special)
8:30—-Goodyear
9:30—Dangerous Assignment
10:00—I ve Got A Secret
10:30-Ted Mack
Wednesday
2:00—Football (Army Sc Navy)
4:30—Flying Skies
5 45—Get Set & Go No. 1
5:15—Dinah Shore
5.30—2loo Parade
6:00—Great Gildersleeve
o:30—Janet Dean
7:00—This Is Your Life
7:30—Damon Runyon Theatre
8:00—Telephone Time
8:30—Masquerade Party
9:00—Panic
9:30—Life Is Worth Living
0:00—You Bet Your Life
0:30—Kraft
Thursday
5:30—Mr. Wizard
6:00—Treasure Hunt
6:30—Lassie
7:00—Studio One
8:00—Sob Cummings
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