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VOL 13 NO 16
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 2Y, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Pre-fabs Start Going Up
Fast In East Addition
Late yesterday four Dre-fab I
houses were up at the site of I
the Aleutian Homes, Inc.
housing project in the east ad
dition. Visible evidence that
houses would actually be e
rected on the site was welcome
relief to many skeptical resi
dents.
Trucks with trailers carry
ing the pre-fab panels were
moving all week between the
city dock and the site. The
city dock was buried under
great piles of the pre fabs
which were unloaded from the
SS Tarlton Brown, Coastwise
freighter.
Another shipment of the
houses is due around the mid
dle of July. Foundations for
the houses dot the valley and
hills in the east addition.
Dirt work, fills and road
construction in the area con
tinued at a rapid pace this
week. Earth and rock was be
ing moved from the area on
the right side of Mill Bay
Road, going toward the Mont
martre, and hauled in dump
trucks to the left side where
it was dumped for fill.
Roads through and around
the housing area were pas
sable but are still incomplete.
Rock for* the roads is being
taken from the quarry cut in
to the side of Pillar Mountain.
Carpenter gangs were erect
ing the houses and engineers
and crews were also busy.
Fishing Closure
In Effect
A three day fishing closure
went into effect Thursday
morning because of the small
escapement of red salmon.
The Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice announced that fishing
will close at 6 am Thursday
morning and will not open a
gain until 6 am the following
Monday morning.
This will permit commercial
fishermen to operate from
Monday at 6 am until 6 am
Thursday.
The number of'red salmon
going through the wier at
Karluk was smali. The Red
River district is also reported
to be “slow” for this time of
the season,
The Leslie Foss, a sea-going
tug, was at the Union Oil
dock this week for fuel. The
vessel is used to tow cement
barges between Seattle and
various ports in Alaska.
The Leslie Foss was former
ly named the John Michael
and was used up in the Bering
Sea.
Sales Tax Beat
By 3 -1 Vote
The voters of the Kodiak
Independent School District
killed a proposal Tuesday to
provide additional facilities
for the new school.
The sales tax proposition
was defeated by a three to one
vote. A total of 202 ballots
were cast, 151 voted against
the measure and 51 for it.
The majority of those vot
ing for the passage of the tax
appeared at the school build
ing where the election was
held, with their children.
Prior to the election many
objections were voiced. Some
were sound and some were
absurd.
Two Boat; Here
Over Weekend
Two vessels arrived over
the weekend. The SS Tarlton
Brown. Coastwise freighter,
arrived late Sunday afternoon
with pre-fab houses for the
Aleutian Homes project.
At 1 pm the Denali came to
port with 12 passengers for
Kodiak from Seattle and Sitka.
There were 61 round trip pas
sengers aboard.
The Tarleton Brown brought
close to 1000 tons of freight,
and the Denali around 300 tons
of freight.
Outgoing passengers on the
Denali Monday for Seattle
were Mrs. Thelma Ransom,
Franklin Ransom, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Dupler.
Paul Jurich and Jens Stava
were Denali passengecs for
Ketchikan.
Bennett Calls
Special Meeting
Jim Bennett, general chair
man of the Fourth of July
Celebration, has called a gene
ral meeting of all committee
chairmen for Wednesday, July
1, at 7:15 pm at the Elks’
Club.
Juneau (A*) — A series of
public hearings prior to setting
of Alaska ffsning regulations
for 1954 have been announced
by the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice.
The dates: Aug. 1, Dilling
ham; Sept. 18, Kodiak: Sept.
23, Cordova; November 4-5-6
in Seattle.
Plan to celebrate the fourth
of July in Kodiak.
(Queen Contest
To End on July 3
The Kodiak Queen Contest
will come to a close at 6 pm on
July 3 and the winning con
testant will be crowned some
time during the Coronation
j Ball at the Civil Service Club
at Kodiak Naval Station.
1 All of the Queen contestants
! are simposed to be present at
the coronation. Dancing to the
| music of Jules Radinsky’s
Civil Service Club band will
begin at 8:30 pm. Admission
to the da'nce and coronation is
one queen contest ticket and
i fifty cents. The fifty cents go
1 ing toward paying the orches
tra.
The candidates for queen
are Marie Anderson, Carolyn
Gallagher, Cherie Stover, Ar
lene Herring, Virginia Foster
I and Sally Heitman.
i The winner of the contest
| will reign over the annual July
j 4 festivities in Kodiak.
! The annual Base-Town Mar
lat'non with $100 going to the
winner will be held again this
1 year. Another special event,
1 the Pillar Mountain climb will
! pay the winner $50. The race
i will start at the end of the
|pavement near Tony’s. The
(runners or climbers will choose
(their own track to the top and
I return to the starting point.
I The Fishermen’s Special is
I open to all the boats in the Ko
diak fishing fleet with certain
specifications. This event will
start from the channel near
the Donnelley and Acheson
I dock,
! The usual races and games
for the smaller children will
be held on Marine Way. Bi
! cycle races for boys and girls
115 years and under will be
held. The entries in these e
vents should clip the entry
'blanks, found in today’s MIR
j ROR, fill them out and turn
them in at the USO.
The Big Annual Parade and
flag raising ceremonies will
start the celebration rolling on
the morning of the fourth.
John Gibbons is Parade Chair
man and Jules Radinsky will
be master of ceremonies at the
flag raising following the
parade.
j A special turkey snoot wm
I be held for those who care for
i the sport and a new event this
j year will be the big street
| dance which will be held on
the night of the fourth in
front of the USO and Island
Fountain.
The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was
held Thursday at the Mont
martre Inn. The publication of
new C of C pamphlets was one
of the topics discussed.
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Heat Wave Continues
As Kodiak Swelters
Body Found Friday
In Channel
The body of Edward John
son was found floating in the
channel between the Don
nelley and Acheson dock and
the Government dock early
yesterday morning.
The body was first seen by
Alfred Cratty. While he was
going aboard a boat to obtain
some field glasses Patrolman
Jack Wagner drove up. The
two men obtained a skiff and
brought the body to fhe float,
A coroner’s jury of six
heard Mrs. Johnson identify
clothing found on the body
and also a watch and fountain
pen still in the pockets. The
watch had stopped at 1:25.
The jury found that “Ed
ward A1 Johnson came to his
death on or about 1:25 am
May 7 as the result of a fall
from the Halferty cannery
dock or a boat and assumed
that he drowned.”
Johnson, 55, was reported
missing to the U.S. Marshal’s
office on May 7. A search was
instituted but no trace of him
was found. On several occa
| sions the U. S. Deputy Mar
shal, Chief of Police and
friends of Johnson walked the
beaches at low tide searching
for his body.
He was last seen on May 6
late at night. When he did not
come home on the morning of
the seventh Mrs. Johnson as
sumed he had spent the night
Ion his boat the Georgie, which
was moored at the Donnelley
and Acheson dock.
Johnson is the father of
[three hoys, Roger, and Jack
| and Jerry, twins. Late yester
i day funeral arrangements
I were incomplete. The body
| was taken to Kodiak Mortuary
' to be prepared for burial.
I
Next MIRROR Out
July 3
The next issue of the MIR
ROR will be published Friday,
July 3. Advertisers are re
quested to have their copy
prepared by Monday after
noon.
E. Wells Erwin has been
appointed the non-banker
member of the Territoria
Banking Board. Governor
Frank Heintzleman notified
Marshall Crutcher, president
of the borrd of the appoint
ment.
Erwin is in business in
Anchorage.
bwimmers sought the lakes
and hundreds of picnic parties
were in the woods to escape
the heat this week. The tem
perature soared above 80 de
grees Wednesday as Kodiak
sweltered with the rest of A
laska.
The official high tempera
ture at Kodiak Naval Station
according to Fleet Weather
Central was 81.2 on Wednes
day June 24. The high for
Thursday was 79 degrees,
i Thermometers in town reg
istered various degrees a
| bove and below 80 but many
I were in the sun and others
were in shaded areas.
The lake near the Baptist
Mission was crowded all
[through the week with small
[children and their parents. Big
Lake along Mill Bay Road was
filled with swimmers.
Last weekend many family
picnics were held in the Fort
Abrecrom'uie area and motor
ists went to Kalsin, Middle
Bay and Cape Chiniak for
outings.
Anchorage (A5) — All time
Anchorage heat records were
smashed when the tempera
ture reached 86 at 4 pm Thurs -
day. The previous high of 84
was reached on June 17. 1987,
Melting snow and heavy rains
washed out five bridges in the
Mount McKinley Park on
Wednesday.
Fairbanks (A>) — Heavy
rains sent some interior Alaska
rivers over their banks and
others were reported rising
steadily. The Healy River
flooded Thursday washing out
two bridges and sending a
railroad coal car downstream.
The Tanana and Nenana
were rising with water coming
into the basement ©f the rail
road depot at Nenana. There
was more than an inch of rain
in Fairbanks and Nome had
two inches.
The interior storm passed
into Canada where it washed
out the Alaska Highway be
tween mile 1,053 and mile
1,114.
Queen Contest
Standings
j Marie Anderson 108,500
I Carolyn Gallagher 89,700
! Virginia Foster 81,0*00
(dierie Stover 29,200
Arlene Herring 25,600
I Sally Heitman 15,600
Paul Dupler, attorney, -was',
an outgoing plane passenger
this week.