Kodiak Airways, Inc.
Formerly Bob Hall Air Service
PHONE 3281
Passengers Mail Freight
Serving the liudiak Island Area —
with Mependahle Airline Service
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WELDING NEEDS
or problems
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PHONE 2151
KODIAK WELDING WORKS
TONY’S PLACE
Kodiak's Favorite
Rendezvous
and
Bus Stop
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Everywhere
. . Thfe'T'olice-Chief says.the reason
for tftte slow month in his depart
ment, was due-to‘the ^eatheh “It
had us snowed under,” he said.
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The Fur Rednezvous this year at
' Anchorage offers something of in
■ terest to just about everybody,—
ski matches for skiers (there’s one
, for Ernie), artists and photogra
phy exhibits for painters and
shutter fans, baking contests,
wrestling for the grunt and groan
fans, dog sled races, hot rod races,
mellerdrama, name band music,
and Queen contestants galore. All
you have to do to enjoy all this is
dig down in the old sock, drop in
at PNA and book your passage
for next week to the mainland
City. If the old sock is dry, the B.
of K. is conveniently located across
the street.
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This week we are inaugurating
a new service. We will print hence
forth the AFRTS radio programs
each week as space will allow. This
has been made possible through
the excellent cooperation of LTJG
Joe Holiber and the staff of the
local station. Knowing that so
many people are dependent on
AFRTS for radio entertainment,
nfews and local announcements, we
felt that you would like this ser
vice. Let us know whether or not
you want it continued.
*****
A glance over the program as
furnished indicates varied enter
tainment to satisfy almost every
taste: Music in concert, popular or
western style; theatre; all your
favorite comedians, Groucho Marx,
Fibber McGee, Bing, and a few
new ones; Dragnet and Suspense
for crime story addicts—all this
and a host of other features, and
not a single commercial—that’s
living it. We think the boys at the
station are doing an excellent job.
*****
Talked to H. P. Gazaway of the
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station, the other day. He has been
a visitor in Kodiak for the past
week, making a survey of the mar
keting possibilities for Kodiak in
connection with livestock. The Ex
periment Station is studying the
possibility ol Alaska becoming
more self-sustaining, in other
words, producing more of the
items needed. Gazaway expressed
i the belief, Alaska could easily pro
duce abundantly. “The problem is
one of marketing,” he said. Kodiak
has a distance factor to overcome,
as to marketing possibilities in the
territory.
Gazaway completed a survey re
cently of Alaskan retail prices, as
compared with that in the States.
He stated that housewives, particu
larly in the Fairbanks. Anchorage,
Palmer and Juneau areas, pay
three to eight percent less than
they did three years ago for thirty
representative food items. State
side costs increased as wages, farm
costs, transportation, and other
prices edged upwards. Gazaway at
tributed the decline in Alaskan
food prices since 1952 to improved
transportation and retailing plus
increased food production in the
Territory. “Lower food costs offer
the greatest possibilities for lower
living costs in Alaska. Money spent
for food accounts for most con
sumer spending,” Gazaway said.
*****
A word to all you carefree motor
ists: February 28 will be the last
day for the purchase of auto li
k cense plates. Owners using old
plates aftef1 that day will be sub
ject to arrest, according to the
Territorial Tax Commissioner. Did
you ever notice how a shiny new
license plate stands out like a sore
thumb on an old jalbpy? On the
other hand, people with shiny new
cars no doubt can’t wait to get a
new license plate—the old one de
tracts from its new look.
*****
We said last week Tom Nourse
is working for KEA. This is not
true. He just returned from'a va
cation, and at present is a man of
leisure.
*****
Old Nick’s column in the An
chorage News is digging up some
ancient history about Kodiak these
days. Old Nick is making history
In California by taking the fatal
step. He was married recently in
Hollywood, and is now honeymoon
ing. We wonder. What will happen
to Turnagain Topics when he re
turns. The difference in the view
point of the confirmed bachelor
and that of the married man will
no doubt be reflected in the obser
vations expressed in this widely
read column.
Dr. Richard C. Murphy has ac
cepted the position of regional
health officer for the Southcentral
Health region as of February 15
with headquarters in Anchorage,
it was announced this week by Dr.
Charles R. Hayman, acting cam
missioner of health. He succeds
Dr. Jack Eason who resigned
from the position last summer.
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