Eodiak Klirror
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Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5,00
Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
. MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
.. ' Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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This issue is “thirty" (newspaperese for the end) for
tiie present owners of the Kodiak MIRROR. It is the conclu
sion of six years at a business that probably reaches more
•people in town than any other.
It is the end of a job that has been interesting, exciting
hnd at times disappointing and dull. As we stated our policy
in our first issue in 1948 we have tried to be objective in our
reporting and subjective in our editorials.
We have watched, and feel we have been a part, of the
growth of Kodiak. We have seen the principal street become
a paved thoroughfare, the face-changing of many downtown
stores. We watched and recorded the construction of the first
concrete and steel buildings here; the mushrooming of a new
•colony of houses in the East Addition; the installation of a
•telephone system; the building of a new school. We have been
ia chronicler of hundreds of other events, major and minor.
It’s been lots of fun and lots of hard work, and in a way
; we are sorry to bring it to an end.
Next week a new publisher and editor will take over
! your community newspaper. We wish them success and be
lieve they will have the satisfaction in doing the work that
we did.
We wish to thank many people: the advertisers who
'made the paper financially possible; the persons who have
made the news and the reliable news sourees we contacted
every week; and last, but not least, the faithful readers with
out whom there would be no newspaper at all. (
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The Final
Town Tidbits
Kodiak’s mid-winter sunny
spell was interrupted briefly
on its fifteenth day. Wednes
day afternoon about 5 o’clock,
when the blue skies finally
clouded over and the snow be
gan to fall. Thursday morning
was bright and clear again,
the 16th day!
Mrs. Clinton Gray is our
authority for the number of
fine days. She keeps a diary
and noted in it the weather,
which pleased and surprised
us all with its duration. . .
The sunny skies didn’t
mean warm weather however,
as one housewife noticed. Her
husband arose Tuesday morn
'ing, said “My it’s warm to
|day”, and then went outside
to look at the thermometer.
It wasn’t long before he
came back inside shivering
with the discovery that the
temperature was 20 (above) It
was amazing how quickly he
decided that he really felt
quite cold after all! ! !
Speaking of the weather,
Mayor Jack Hinckel had a
phone call from a mid-western
newspaper last week, inquir
ing about what it was like
here. The reporter wanted to
know how cold it was, what(
kind of clothes we were wear
ing, and what we were eating.
Pressed for the reason for
his call, he told the mayor he
wanted to write an article
pointing out that people in
‘cold climates” were living
about the same as they were
in Wisconsin. (Probably
warmer here, too.). .
Tho the housing project has
come to a standstill at the
moment, several fan/, lea are
getting into new homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Spiegel
have moved into one of the
modern homes behind the
Baptist Church, as have Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Shupp. And
Nita Nelson had a pleasant
surprise when she returned
from a trip outside last month
Stan met her at the field, and
drove her right to their new
home, completely decorated
and furnished, in the same
area, atop Mill Bay Rd. .
. . . and that’s all. .
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By Candace Crawford
An ordinance governing the
issuing of for-hire vehicle
licenses was approved by the
city council Monday night
following the second reading
of the ordinance.
Funeral services for Ken
neth D. Blair, infant son of I
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair j
who died last week, were
held Monday afternoon at St.
Mary’s Catholic Church.
Three previous holders of
restricted deeds have applied
for and received unrestricted
deeds for their property.
The three receiving the
new deeds are Mrs. Adeline
Hendrickson, Mrs. Susie
Mikelsen and Mrs. Florence
Keglind.
New Juvenile
Books At Library
Additional new children’s
books received at the Kodiak
Community Library • have j
been placed on the shelves
this week.
They are Children of thej
North'igh's, h.v d’Aulaire, A|
for the Ark by Duvoisin;
Honk the Moose by Stong;
Southpaw Fly Hawk by Rand;1
Little House in the Big Woods
by Wilder: Forward, Com
mandos! by Bianco; Mary
Poppins by Travers.
The library is ooen from 7
to 8:30 each evening but
Saturday and Sunday, and on
Wednesday afternoon.
Leas* Signed
The Kodiak King Crab Com
pany has s gned a seven-year
lease with the City of Kodiak
for the rental of dock ware
hovse no. 2004 and for 2,450
square feet in front of the
building.
The monthly rental figure
was set at $146.50.
Fire At Trailer
The . fire department an
swered a call at 9:27 am
Wednesday at a trailer behind
the Huer residence on Mission
Rd. The blaze was started
when a housewife attempted
to thaw frozen pipes with an
oil soaked rag. There w§s no
damage.
Miss Susanne Kraft cele
brated her sixth birthday
Thursday with a party for
seven of her young friends.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kraft.
A well-child conference will
not be held Friday, February
5, at the Kodiak Health Cen
ter. Conferences will be re
sumed February 12 from two
to four pm. For appointments
phone Miss Olive Walker,
Public Health Nurse, at phone
3394.
The University of Alaska]
has received a gift Of $1(000
from the Glenn Carrington
Company of Seattle. The gift
will be placed in a specia
fund until details of its ex
penditure are worked out
between the company and the
university.
__Doris Granfield and Wallace
Johnson were?married Janu
ary 23, by the Rev. John Mol
letti at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Nye.
An executor’s deed from the
Erskine estate to Mr. and
Mrs. Stan Nelson, for lot 11
block 6 of the Erskine sub.
division, has been recorded.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Van
Buren recently purchased lot
1 block 3 Allman Addition
from G. E. Bryan and a war-1
ranty deed from the transfer
das been recorded.
A warranty deed from the
Lent Co. to Mr. and Mrs. Roy
L. Coble for lot 6 of the Ocean
View Sub-division was re
:orded recently.
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Cliff ’>per, form Kodiak
tvsid^ has retu<; d h re
from 10rage aft s^vt raj
year* ience there He is
work: for LiLande’s
Baker
• M". . ! Mrs. Lee ’ Rett
inger ; d children ntuired
Saturd from a thr*^ months’
vacati' n the states. They
visitei Mrs. Bettinger’s
family New York City, and
drove ross country via
Florida before returning to
Kodiak
Roy 'asey, superintendent
of the Alaska Jail System, was
in town early the past week to
discuss the housing of city
prisoners in the Federal Jail.
He conferred with Robert
Sharp, city-manager.
Fred Williamson, U. S.
Marshal of the Third Division,
was in Kodiak this week to
pick upsome federal prisoners.
The prisoners were taken to
Anchorage.
The Alaska Steam freighter
Square Knot will sail from Se
attle February 11 instesd of
February 4, Walter Sipprell,
local agent, announced yester
day.
Robert McDonald was found
guiRy of assault and fined $25
by City Magistrate Robert
Hedloff following a hearing in
his court Monday morning.
The complaint was signed
by a member of the Navy
shore patrol. There were
numerous witnesses called to
give testimony.
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