THe
rrNews of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 7
KODIAK, ALASKA ARPIL 25, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Gottschalk
Buys Ship’s
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gotts
chalk are selling their interest
in Tony’s Bar to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Bowman, and are
purchasing the Ship’s Tavern
from Mrs. Bea Nachtweih and
E. E. Erwin, they announced
yesterday.
The Gottschalks and Bow
mans have been partners in
Tony’s Bar for two years.
They bought it from Mrs.
Goldie Kvas Butler.
Mrs. Nachtweih and Erwin !
purchased the Ship’s several
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Gottschalk |
will take over ooeration of the1
Ship’s next week, they said.
Aleutian Homes
Named In Suit
Anchorage — A suit for
$3,598 against Aleutian
Homes, Inc., of Kodiak, was
filed in the clerk of courts of
fice April 18, 1953 by Rutlege,
Johnson and Associates.
The suit is brought by
Leonard B. Johnson and
Robert E. Rutlege (deceased)
on behalf of the firm for al
leged engineers service per
formed by them for Aleutian
Homes in Kodiak between
Jan. 29, 1951, and Sept. 8,
1951. ♦
Kodiak-Aleutian Homes,
Inc., is the sponsor of the pro
posed housing project in the
east addition. Road and dirt
work at the site has been
halted on two occasions. Paci
fic Alaska Contractors holds a
sub-contract with Aleutian
Homes for the dirt and road
work.
I
Ice Pool News
No Longer Illegal
Newspapers will be allowe d
to print names of Nenanalce
Pool winners and other news
about the ice break-up this
year without fear of violating
the “lottery statute”, accord
ing to a postal official’s deci
sion, the Anchorage News re
ports.
In the past, some Alaskan
newspapers have been barred
from the mails for printing
the news.
However, the latest issue of
the Publisher’s Bulletin points
to a ruling by a Los Angeles
post office solicitor, who said
that “despite the literary!
wording of the law, it was not
intended to exclude from the
mails publication of items
which have a news value in
their own right and in which
the lottery element is only in
cidental to a newsworthy
event.”
Additional Plans Announced
For July 4 Celebration
Committees for the big an
nual Fourth of July Celebra
tion have increased efforts this
week to make this year’s!
event the biggest and best.
General Chairman James I
Bennett called a meeting of
all committee chairmen to dis
cuss plans. The meeting was
held at the Elks Club.
Sometime during the day
(4th) some fortunate person
will be awarded a Ford Cus
tom Line Sedan. The chairman
1 discussed prizes for the best
floats, decorated bicycles,
wagons etc. in the regular
parade and decided to increase
the amounts awarded to the
winners.
The Base-Town marathon
winner this year will receive
$100. The second and third
place winners will get 50 and
25, respectively.
This year the committee
will sponsor a fishing boat
race in addition to the regular
outboard motorboat races.
Chairman of this event is Mer
rill Coon and he will be as
sisted by Pat Cannon, Joe
Kerrigan, A1 Miller, Jake
Foley, Jim Martz, WaltMul-|
ler, Jess Blinn, Jorgen Fred-|
rickson, Alf and Charles Mad
sen.
Another innovation this
jyear will be a Moustache Con
test. The entrants must be
clean shaven prior to May 15
to enter the contest. The dead
line for entrants is May 15.
Persons wishing to enter
may register at the Kodiak
MIRROR office with Mel
Crawford, who is chairman of
the contest. The winner will
receive a useful prize. Win
ners will be judged on length,
texture, color, quality, beauty
and style. Judges for this con
test will be announced a few
minutes prior to the judging.
A complete Midway withi
many booths is planned. The
usual races for children will
be held and many prizes will
be awarded.
Bennett called for the com
plete cooperation of all com
mittees and said, “This pro
gram is designed to give]
many men a little to do and
not a few men a lot to do.”
Another added attraction
will be a street dance in front
of the USO. There are also
many contests planned for
adults.
City Extends Time
To Taxpayers
No immediate action to con
fiscate personal property on
which city taxes are owed is
planned at the present time,
,as most delinquent property
owners have either paid or ex
pressed their willingness to do
so within the near future,
City Clerk Robert Hedloff re
pealed yesterday.
In the past week, 14 persons
! paid a total amount of $706.10,
jhe reported, and several
| others came to the city hall to
indicate they will pay next
month.
The city has already pub
lished the list of delinquents,
and had planned to take-over
the personal property neces
sary to pay the taxes.
Several taxpayers owed for
boats, Hedloff said, and have
appeared before the council to
explain their situations.
“We will give them an ex
tension for a few weeks,”
Hedloff said, “as most of
them appear willing to pay as
soon as they can”.
Local GOPs
To Meet Sunday
A special meeting of the
Kodiak Republican Club will
be held in the Bank of Kodiak
at 7:30 tomorrow evening. All
local GOPs are urged to att
end.
KHS Graduation
Is May 19
Through the courtesy of
Elliott Hymans the U. S. 0.
will be used as the scene of
the Kodiak High School grad
uation exercises.
The Senior graduation exer
cises will be. held there on
May 19, at 8 pm. Admission
will be by invitation only due
to the limited seating capacity.
On May .21, the eighth grade
' class will hold their exercises
’in the same building and at
the same time.
| According to a member of
the graduation class the Eel
!der Building was named as
the place for the exercises in
stead of the U.S.O.
I The U. S. 0. is in the “old”
Felder Building.
r
New ACS Head Here
Captain Warren Strang,
ACS officer in charge of the
local station, will leave Sun
day aboard the USS Funston !
for duty at headquarters in i
Seattle. He has been OIC here
since February of 1952.
His relief is Captain Thomas
W. Major, who arrived here j
last week from headquarters
in Seattle.
j Mike Chabitnoy of Woody
[Island returned this week af
ter a brief outside.
City Market Plans
May Re-Opening
The City Market, completely
rebuilt anti re-arranged, will
probably be open for business
by the end of May, owner
Glen Banks said yesterday.
The work of rebuilding the
burnt out grocery store is now
being done by Banks, and a
complete new stock should ar
rive for the shelves shortly.
At the present time a new
foundation and floor are being
laid. The fixtures will be re
finished, and new equipment
such as scales and slicers is on
the way. Banks is buying his
lumber locally.
The store will have two en
trances, Banks said. The part
! of the building closest to
r Bert’s Drug Store, which had
been used for storage, will be
part of the market. The in
terior will be completely re
painted, Banks added.
He also said that he has a
chair inside the entrance for
the convenience of the many
“sidewalk superintendents”
who have expressed an in
terest in the work.
The City Market, when it
re-opens, will operate on a
cash basis, Banks said.
Anchorage Masons
Confer Degrees
Officers of Saint Paul Har
bor Chapter, U. D., R. A. M.
were installed and the newly
formed Chapter instituted
Sunday in ceremonies at the
Kodiak Masonic Lodge on Mill
Bay Road.
An Anchorage team from
the Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons flew here to con
fer Royal Arch degrees and
Knight Templar degrees on 24
local Masons.
Heading the Anchorage
group were Aimer J. Peterson,
grand high priest, and Ray
Rasmussen, eminent comman
der. Others from Anchorage
were Everly Gibbons, Edward
Bodiker, A. A. Johnson, H.M.
McKee. J.E. Marshall, Martin
Sorte, I. M>. Anderson, Hugh
Allison, S. E. Rainer and
Major Field.
The three principal officers
of the local R. A. M. Chapter
are Chester A. Allain, J. W.
| Rhoades and H. L. Rochelle.
I Following the instituting of
the lodge and the installing of
officers a dinner was given for
| the visiting and local Masons
I by members of O.E.S. Chap
, ter 13.
! Mrs. Norman Fjeldheim and
j two daughters left Monday
for the states. The Fjeldheims
| plan to make their home out
side.
ServicesFor
Korea Vet
On Monday
The body of Roy Chichenoff,
Kodiak’s only Korean War
casualty, will arrive today on
the USS Funston accompanied
by a soldier, who is serving as
guard of honor.
Chichenoff, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Chichenoff,
will be buried Monday in the
Russian cemetery, after ser
vices at the Russian Orthodox
Church at 2 pm.
A Marine honor guard from
the local barracks, with a
team to fire a rifle salute of
three volleys, will be present
when the casket is taken from
the church to the cemetery.
A ranking officer from Ft..
Richardson will also come to
Kodiak to present the dead
soldier’s mother with his
Purple Heart Award.
Memhers of the Katmai
Post 7056 of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will attend the
services Monday.
Roy Chichenoff was origin
ally reported missing in action
in Korea in July, 1950. A re
cent letter to his mother from
the war department said the
body had been found and iden
tified, and would be buried in
a national cemetery or wher
ever she wished.
Chichenoff was born in Ko
diak and attended school here.
He entered the army two
years before the outbreak of
the Korean war. He was 26
years old.
Catholic Groups
Are Formed
Two clubs for members of
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
have been organized since the
arrival here of Father Ray
mond Talbott, S. J.. new
priest.
A Catholic Men’s Club was
formed last Wednesday, with
Max LaLande as president and
Eliiott Hymans as secretary
treasurer. The group met again
Wednesday evening, and plans
weekly meetings.
Tuesday Evening, the Cath
olic Women’s Club was orga
nized, and will also meet
weekly.
Elected officers of the
women’s group Tuesday were
Mrs. Walt O’Brien, president;
Mrs. LaLande, vice-president;
Miss Mary Beam, secretary,
and Mrs. Harvey Gundlach,
treasurer.
Purpose of the groups is to
provide a means of getting to
gether for church members,
Father Talbott said.