"News of oAmerica’s Last Frontier’
POL IS NO 45
KODIAK. ALASKA JANUARY 23. 1954 •?
PRICE 10 CENTS
City Plans To install
15 New Street Lights
The new street lighting pro
gram calls for the installation
of 15new Mercury vapor lights
and one two way Arco light
The work will be done by the
Kodiak Electric Association
and is expected to start some
time in February.
“We tried to pick locations
for the new lights in areas
where the foot as well as
motor traffic is the heaviest,”
Bob Sharp, city manager, said
Thursday.
The tentative location of the
new lights are: 1. Mill Bay
road and Rezanoff Drive 2
half way up the hill on Mill |
Bay from the bank 3. near
the hospital 4. one between
hospital and corner near Bel
and B & B Bar 5. “out” Mis
sion road approximately 500
feet from hospital 6. ne:=rthe
the library and union hall 7.
Marine Way and Mill Bay road
b. intersection of Brooklyn &
High St. (Shupp Chase and
Tolbert bldg.)
Other tentative locations
are: y. Hillcrest and High St.
on Carlson Hill 10. Sheilkof
and Cope st. 11. Alder Lane
from Shelikof 12. In old school
building yard 13. replace old
style light with new at Brook
lyn and Kraft st. 14. Two
way Arco light midway on
South Brooklyn 15. intercec
tion seventh ave and Mission
Road.
Another factor in the selec
tion of the sites for the lights
is nearness of electrical con
trol circuits.
Elks To Dance
For March Of Dimes
The Elks Ladgs will spon
sor a March b'f Dimes Dance j
next Saturday night at thej
club on Brooklyn Avenue. The
admission charge is $1.20, in
cluding tax, and is open to
the public.
All the proceeds will go to
the March of Dimes campaign
Late in February the Elks
will hold their own annual
charity event. It is the Purple
Bubble Ball. In addition to the
ball a candle light dinner will
be given.
The Purple Bubble Ball is
for Elks and reservations
must se made in advance.
A revised city budget for
the remainder of the current
fiscal year will be presented to
the council Monday night for
approval by City Manager
Robert Sharp.
.The flcal year for the city
tends in March. !
Winter Winds
Hit Kodiak
The high winds of winter
hit Kodiak Monday with the
annual results.
Stove pipes were bent or
blown down, residents and
business establishments suf
fered with stove trouble and
smoky fume3 from “blow
backs’, or puffs and garbage
cans went careening away.
The hood from two vehicles
were blown off and one rattled
against the Mirror windows.
Stacks of oil drums were
blown down on the Union Oil
Company dock. The installa
tion is located on the Navy
base side of the city dock and
received the full force of the
wind.
Fleet weather central at
Kodiak Naval Station re
corded gusts up to 69 knots.
At noon Tuesday the average
wind velocity was recorded
around 32 knots. The average
from noon Monday until noon
Tuesday was 25 knots. One
unofficial gust of 98 knots was
reported on the station but
not by Fleet weather central.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Washington (A1)—-The Ma
rine Corps identified five dead,
18 missing after a collision in
Inchon harbor Thursday be
tween their small craft and a
ship transporting anti-Red
Chinese Korean War prisoners
Among the missing was one
Alaskan, Corporal Leonard W.
Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vera Giese of Anchorage.
Washington (A1) — Presi
dent Eisenhower has asked
Congress for $45,788,690 to
carry out federal programs
specifically earmarked for A
laska for the year beginning
July 1.
He recommended that A
laska Public Works program
be cut from last year’3 figure
of 12 million to five million.
He asked nearly five million
for the maintenance of the
Alaska Communication sys
tem. The construction of radio.
=ysterns included the installa
tion of technical equipment
in the new Kodiak building.
A new STOP sign has been
installed at the corner of A.
laska Way and South Mill Bay
road. The sign is at the end of
the bus loading zone in front
of Bert’s Drug Store.
PNA Starts
4-Engine Sevice
To Kodiak
Pacific Northern Airlines
began four-engine flights be
tween Anchorage and Kodiak
Thursday. A celebration eo
memorating the event was
held at the PNA terminal at
Kodiak Naval Station.
Officials of the Airlines ar
rived on the flight and met
with local guests and em
ployees. A cleverly -decorated
cake with the PNA emblem
and with a minature, edible,
four-engine DC-4 in the center
was prepared for the occasion.
The cake was decorated by
Hal Drinkall of Naughton’s
Bakery.
PNA will run four-engine
aircraft between Anchorage
and Kodiak six days a week.
On Sunday the airline will
use a DC-3 on the flight.
Other than PNA officials
several business men, their
wives and Navy officers were
on hand for the celebration.
Polio Spread
Halted On St. Paul
The inoculation of the popu
lation of St. Paul Island in the
Bering Sea has been com
pleted, the Alaska Depart
ment of Health announced.
Fifteen persons were strick
en with polio last week and
two died, but no new cases
have been reported.
Dr. Henry Belcher and one
nurse at the hospital on St.
Paul administered the gamm
globulin to the island resi
dents.
Dr. Carl Eklund, epidemio
logist of the Rocky Mountain
Laboratory, Hamilton, Mon
tana, arrived in Anchorage
Wednesday and then flew to
the Island to study the polio
outbreak.
Also on the flight was a
newsman-photographer who
expects to do the story of the
polio outbreak for Life Maga
zine.
The three month old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Blair
died at their home Thursday
morning.
The baby was born October
19, 1953 at Griffin Memorial
hospital and was named Ken
neth Douglas.
Blair is owner of the B. G.
& M. Amusement Co. and
Mrs. Blair is proprietor of the
Flower Basket.
A city fire truck answered
an alarm at 12:56 pm Thurs
day which was caused by a
fire near the hospital. There
was no damage.
Alaska Way May Become
A One-Way Street
Committee Works'
On Statehood Bill
Washington (jP) — The
Senate Territories Committee
began twice a day sessions in
efforts to hasten its work on
the proposed Alaskan State
hood legislation.
After meetings with repre
sentatives of the National
Park Serviee and F sh and
Wildlife Service, Chairman
Gordon, (ROre.) said they
would meet again for addi
tional information.
The committee is charged
with the responsibility of per
fecting Alaska legislation
which the committee had
tacked onto the Hawaiian
statehood bill.
Anchorage Gets
Four Year College
Anchorage was selected as
the site for a $2,000,000
Methodist college this week.
The act climaxed three
years on the part of residents
to obtain the college. The an
nouncement was made by the
Methodist Division of Na
tional Missions in Buck Hills,
Pennsylvania, the Associated
Press reported.
The announcement said half
of the amount will be spent
for buildings, and the other
half for endowments.
There was no indication
when construction would start I
on the college.
The four-year, liberal arts I
college will be located in An
chorage upon the recommen- '
iation of the Alaska Christian
College Committee headed by
Bishop A. Raymond Grant of
Portland, Oregon.
For Hire Ordinance
Reading Monday
The second reading of a
city ordinance regulating and
licensing driverless for-hire
vehicles will be heard Monday
luring the regular meeting of '
the city council.
Licenses granted to the firm
ar person operating such a
company are non-transferable
and shall be issued for one
calendar year. The charge for,
such license is $200 per year,
plus an additional $16 peri
year for each vehicle. 1
The next regular meeting
of the city council will be|
Monday night. It is scheduled
to start at 7:30 pm. I
viic truiiic uiivuhv
town and along Marine way
will go into effect soon, Rofiert
Sharp, city manager, said
this week.
| The purpose of the plan .is '
to provide for smoother traf
fic and for additional parking
space along Alaska Way.
New, one-way, no right
turn and stop signs must be
installed at various points be
fore the new system will be
put in force.
Traffic coming from the
base over Shelikof Hiway.will
go from Brooklyn, over A
laska Way, to the corner of
Bert’s and Kodiak Motors
Outgoing traffic coming froty
Mission and Mill Bay Road will
go past the Bank and to the
end of Mill Bay Road to the
corner of Marine way, past
the Kodiak Bottling Works
and to South Brooklyn at the
■corner of Krafts Dry Goods
Store and Office.
Two-way traffic will con
tinue on Brooklyn, Kraft
Street, and Mill Bay, Main,
and Mission Road,
Motorists coming from the
direction of Donnelley and
Acheson on Main will find a
stop sign at the hotel corner.
A sign reading “no right
turn” will be installed at the
corner of the Kodiak Motors
on Alaska Way. Traffic mov
ing along Alaska Way from
Brooklyn to Mill Bay will see
a stop sign at the corner of
Berts near the bus stop.
One way signs will be
placed near Krafts Dry Goods
on Marine Way and at the end
of Harbor Avenue where it
orns Marine Way.
When the plan is in effect
parking will be permitted on
both sides of Alaska Way. No
meters will be installed on
the left side of the street at
the present time. However*
parking on the left hand side
will be limited to one hour and
will be subject to police patrol.
The only streets having one
way traffic will be Alaska
Way, Harbor Avenue and
Marine Way.
Mrs. Margaret Shupp and
her two children, Rhonda and
Michael, left Sunday via Paci
fic Northern Airlines for the
states.
They have lived in Kodiak
for several years. They plan to
make their home in Washing
ton.
Richard Hansen was a PNA
passenger for Anchofage Shis
Week.