Ambulance hut a
Wears Goal
i he VFW Ambulance Fund
's nnIy $800 short of their
Foal, George Sonntag, chair
man of the drive announced
yesterday,,
Arouncf $2,§00 ‘ has been
raised by. the VFW for the
amoulance which the organi-i
zation plans to present to the:
city. Thejcampaign has been
on for several months.
An overheated stove at a'
construction' Workers bunk:
house afrithe: city dock sent'
the fire truck to the: scene at
12:06 pn\ Thursday. There was
little damage. .: ,,»<
Bettinger lo Lobby for
League Of Alaska Cities
j Lee C. Bettinger, former
' Kodiak mayor, will represen
1 the City of Anchorage and tin
League of Alaska Cities in ob
tainhig Alaska Public Works
funds for the next fiscal year,
Maynard Taylor, Anchorage
mayor, announced during a
recent council meeting.
; Taylor is also president of
the LAC. TheAPW apparently’
is to get only $7,0C0,000 next
year with over $5,000,000 it
already marked to projects,
other than city or school dis-1
tricts. Last year the APW had
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Councilman Fred Axford
-ugsested that Bettinger who
■viil take the League's pro
posal to Washington be re
tained by the City of Anchor
age to represent it in city
matters there. Councilman
Mel Peterson objected to the
proposal but no action was
taken, the Anchorage Times
reported.
Bettinger was formerly
president of the League. Bet
anger, Mayor Taylor and Wil
iam Bordwell met with the
Anchorage Chamber of Com.
oerce recently to discuss the
lituation.
The Times story stated:
‘The former mayor (Kodiak),
*ho has had considerable suc
cess in the past at wangling
\PW funds, pointed out be
ore the meeting that this is
;he last year the APW money
vill be available.”
‘‘Congress placed a five-year
imit on the authorization
<vhen the funds were appro
iriated,” Bettinger said.
‘‘Our idea at present,” he
idded, ‘‘is for all Alaska com
uunities to band together to
?et an increase in the overall
ippropriation and worry later
low it should be divided.”
During Bettingers’s seven
years as Kodiak mayor he
made several trips to the na
tion’s capitol.
Hanson Accepts
Housing Job
Oscar Hanson has accepted
the position as office manager
for Aleutian Homes, Inc., it
was announced this week. Ken
josling, who has been with
:he project from its inception
s general manager.
Hanson has been employed
it the Bank of Kodiak for the
oast two years. He will ter
ninate his position there on
November 7.
A maintenance man will be
employed to service and care
por the dwellings when the
project is complete, Gosling
5aid Thursday. He hopes to
jmploy a local man.
dosling left for Anchorage
and Portland Thursday even
ing but will return this com
ing week. He did not say
when the first house would be
occupied. He indicated it de
pended upon the completion
of the water and sewer facili
ties.
Garden Club
Holds Party
Mrs. John Rogers was ho
stess to the Kodiak Garden
Club Wednesday evening at a
Hallowe’en party.
Mrs. John Given won the
prize for the wierdest costume
coming dressed as half witch
and half ghost. Mrs. Lee F.
Bettinger, Mrs. Eleanor Bar
tholomew and Mrs. Charles
Truitt won prizes for games.
The next meeting of the
club will be Nov. 18 at the
lome of Mrs. Royal Munson.
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3oat Harbor
Portland—Construction of a
small boat basin in Kodiak has
oeen approved by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, it
was announced recently by
the Office of the Division En
gineer, North Pacific Division.
The proposed project is es
• timated at a first cost to the
I C of E of $1,504,730, and an
.annual maintenance cost of
! $2,000.
| The improvement is recom
| mended subject to certain as
suuances by Kodiak interests
regarding such matters as pro
viding lands, easements and
rights-of-way. Local interests
must aiso provide mooring
| facilities and utilities, includ
! ing a public landing with suit
' abl^> supply facilities open to
all on equal and reasonable
terms, these services to be on
a"non-profit basis.
The announcement of the
plans was made by Brig. Gen.
E. C. Itschner, division engi
neer. The announcment did
not state if an appropriation
for the project had been made.
Miss Sally Ann Stevens and
Ensign John J. Eynon of Ko
diak Naval Station, were mar
ried Oct. 17 at Hillside Chapel
at KNS by Chaplain A. R.
Reed.
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