"'News of cAmerica s Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 14
KODIAK, ALASKA
JUNE 13, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Council To Reconsider
Paying Seymour’s Bills
The city council has decided
to review and consider the
case of Carter Seymour, for
mer chief of police.
The decision was made Mon
day during a council meeting
following the reading of a let
ter from Seymour. On June 1
the council terminated Sey
mour’s tenure in office.
In November of 1951 Sey
mour was wounded in the
right arm and was hospital
ized. Since that time he has
been outside for medical atten
tion at Virginia Mason Clinic.
Since November 1951 the
City of Kodiak has paid 35% of
his salary. Gould and Gould,
an insurance company in Se
attle, has paid the balance as
well as the hospital bills.
According to Seymour’s let
ter he has instituted suit a
gainst Gould and Gould “to
reinstate my compensation re
troactive to April 14, 1953,
and to be continued until such
time as my condition becomes
permanently fixed, whether or
not this be permanent partial
disability or complete recov
ery.”
He also asked that he be re
tained as Chief of Poliae on
sick leave and that his medical
surgical, and theraputic treat
ment be paid,
The council has instructed
the city clerk to write letters
to Virginia Mason Clinic for a
statement concerning another,
operation and the approximate
cost for surgery and therapu- j
tic treatment. The clerk has ;
also written to Gould and
Gould regarding the status of
Seymour’s claim and if the a
gency will assume any addi
tional responsibility for medi
cal costs.
At the June 1 council meet
ing the members decided the
city will pay 75% of all Sey-1
mours hospital, medical and
surgical bills during the next j
six months. However, they
set a limit of $1,500 on the a-.
mount it will pay.
Queen Contest
Standings
Votes for the Queen of the
Fourth of July Celebration
continued to come in slowly
yesterday. Judges of the con
test announced the standings
of the candidates as follows.
Marie Anderson 70,400
Carolyn Gallagher 71,100
Virginia Foster 26,100
Cherie Stover 22,600
Arlene Herring 21,600
Sally Heitman 12,800
Prefab Houses
Coming NextWeek
The SS Tarlton Brown is
scheduled to arrive in Kodiak
on or about June 21 with 72
prefab houses for the Aleutian
Homes project in the east ad
dition.
The Liberty type vessel is
reported to be bringing around
1,000 tons of miscellaneous
building material for the pro
ject.
Work on the foundations
and on the roads at the con
struction site has continued
for several weeks.
Rev. Marshall Returns
To Kodiak From States j
Rev. John Marsnall, former
pastor of the Church of God, ]
arrived in Kodiak late this!
week. Rev. Marshall and j
family went outside last year. •
Mrs. Marshall and ttieir chil-;
dren arrived a day laier. They j
had to wait in Homer until j
they could get plane reserva
tions. They plan t© be in Ko
diak all summer.
Emil Knudsen was on the
passenger list as an outgoin r
passenger yesterday. He plans
to join Mrs. Knudsen and
their two children on Bain
bridge Island for a vacation.
City
Market
Opens Thursday
The new City Market open
ed for business Tnursday.
Many bouquets and other ex
pressions of congratulations
were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Banks, the owners.
The market has been re
modeled and repainted and a
new Zephyr check out stand
installed. There are two en
trances into the front of the
the building.
The new check out stand is
the first of its type to be in
stalled in Kodiak. The custo
mer brings his push cart to the
right of the stand, p
groceries and packs
moving belt and then
or,
his shopping bag
side of the stand.
The new machine ? saves
time and makes thj*t final
checking out very fasf%anks
explained. Tj?’
On opening day cofiek and
cake was served to all custo
mers. The market has been
closed since late in January
when it was partially destroy
ed by a fire.
The three principal officers t
of Kodiak Masonic Lodge No. I
295 left this week for Spokane j
where they will attend a ses-1
sion of the Grand Lodge. j
The three members of the i
local lodge making the trip'
are J ules Radinsky, Worship-.
ful Master. Chester Allain, i
Senior Warden and H.L. Ro-j
chelle, Junior Warden.
Sales Tax Proposal
Gets Chill Treatment
Several members of the Ko
diak Chamber of Commerce
went on record Thursday as
opposing the proposed Kodiak
Independent School District
two percent sales tax.
The issue will come before
the public for a vote on June
23. It is necessary that 55 per
cent of the voters favor the
measure for it to pass.
A discussion on the sales tax
was conducted during the reg
ular meeting at the Mont
martre Inn by the new C of C
President Marshall Crutcher.
Paul Dupler, member of the
KISD board, explained the
purpose of the tax and said
that $190,000 was needed to
to build a swimming pool,
complete the playground and
take care of other necessary
Work. -i
Jack Hinckel, acting nfaywr *
of Kodiak, said the city coun
cil hadgone on record as be
The regular meeting of the
Garden Club was held Wed
nesday at the home of Mrs.
Sig Digree at Kodiak Naval
Station. The topic of discus
sion was floral photography
which was lead by Mrs. Basil
Clark.
The next meeting of the
group will be held at Mrs.
Clark’s home. Mrs. K. L.
Cardinal will be in charge of
the program.
ing opposed to the proposed
[tax. “The members feel that
, we need roads, sidewalks and
other things more than we
need a school swimming pool, '’
Hincke! said.
John Gibbons, owner of the
Mission Road Shopper, said he
agreed with Hinekel and the
council.
L. K. Wodlinger voiced his
objection and said he “thinks
a sales tax a little too pre
viousf’. Zora Wilson, barber,
said that KINS personnel were
against the tax. Crutcher
asked him to clarify his state
ment and be specific. Wilson
said he had “talked with lots
of residents at the base and
, that tney did not want to pay
jatax.” Civilians or military
j personnel at KNS have no vote
Un the coming election unless
^iey-'are bonsifidfe residents
and live within the confines of
KISD.
Crutcher said that most
tuwns in the territory have a
sales tax of some kind. He
named Sitka, Juneau, Cordova
Seward and other cities he had
visited recently and said he
paid a sales tax in most of the
cities.
He added that he had talked
with Ben Kraft and Jorgen
Fredrickson prior to the Thurs
day meeting and that both the
business men indicated they
were against the sales tax.
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