Rent Board
Sworn In
The Rent Advisory Board
members were sworn into of
fice by John Woolworth Mon
day during the first regular
meeting of the group.
The board members elected
Mrs. Patrick Lynch chairman
and Mrs. Henry Haag secre
tary. The board plans to visit
various rentals before estab
lishing rental levels, Mrs.
Bonnie E. Nelson, associate
area director, said Thursday.
The board plans to meet
each Tuesday night. Wool
worth left Tuesday by plane
for Seattle. He has been here
for the past two, months or-1
ganizing the Office of Rent
Stabilisation and helping to,
fprm the board. j
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Copies of “Handbook for
Alaska Businessmen”,' pre
pared by the office of Price
Stabilization were mailed this
week to all Alaska business
men.
Local Soldier Returns
From Korean War Buty
, The war in Korea seems so
futile and few of the G. T.’s
know what it is all about.
Sgt. Frank Pagano, declared
Wednesday. Sgt Pagano re
turned home early this week
after spending over a year in
Korea and Japan.
Pagano is the son of Mrs.
Margaret Heitman. He spent
from February to August of
1951 on the front lines in
Korea. His decorations include
the Bronze Star, Purple
Heart, U. N. Ribbon, Korean
War ribbon, Japan occupation
ribbon and the Good Conduct
Medal. He has been in the
Army since April of 1948 and
joined the services at Fort
Richardson.
During his seven months on
the front lines Pagano was on
numerous patrols behind the
enemy lines and was in seve
ral fights. He was wounded in
the mm
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the arms by shrapnel in April
<>f 1951 while acting as lead
scout for his company which
was patroling in the Imjiim
River area.
Pagano was a member of
the Third Airborne Ranger
Company and is classified as a
senior jumper In the para
troops. He wears a star on the
top of his paratropper wings.
In August the Third Air
borne had suffered many
casualties and could not get
replacements so the outfit was
broken up and the remaining
members sent to the 187th
Airborn outfit in Japan, Pa
gano said.
Special training at Fort
Benning and Camp Carlson
was completed by members of
the Third Airborne Ranger
Company before they were
sent to Korea. In their first
engagement with the North
Koreans and Chinese they
lost over half of the men in1
the company.
Sgt. Pagano has received
his discharge from the service.
He is undecided on whether
he will reenlist.
Hats Made
By BPW
J Mrs. Emil Knudsen’s home
; was littered with crab shells,
plastic lace, ribbon and glue
( after members of the BPW
finished making hats for rep
| resentatives who will attend
the Biennial Convention in
Boston from June 29 to July 4.
The crab shells were donated
by the Island Seafoods Com
pany. Members of the club all
helped build the new Alaskan
bonnets, Refreshments ef cof
fee and cake were served af
ter the women finished the
hats.
,
j Legion Fetes
Local Champs
The annual American Le
gion sponsored Basketball
Dinner for members of the
Kodiak High School Basket
ball squad will be held Wed
nesday evening at 8 pm at the
Montmartre Inn.
The Legion gives the dinner
in recognition of the team’s
hard work and good sports
manship during the basketball
season and at the Western A
laska Championship Tourn
ment.
The Bears won their third
Class B cup in four years at
the tournment this year. V.
G. Ellis is commander of the
local post.
Tony Reed, former mem
ber of the U. S. Marine Corps,
has been employed as a relief
patrolman by the City Police
Department.
Reed went on duty Tuesday.
Eric Blankenburg, Kodiak
jeweler, returned to Kodiak
after spending several weeks
in the states.
Fewer Arrests
Past Two Months
The city magistrate’s re
port to the city council for the
months of February and
March reveals fewer arrests
than for any ocher two months
period since last summer.
In February a total of 73
arrests were made and fines
totaling $517 were assessed in
Bob Hedloff’s court.
March shows only 66 arrests
and fines totaling $524. The
board bill for city prisoners at
the federal jail during the
first quarter of 1962 was ap
proximately one-third of the
amount spent during the last
quarter of 1951.
In* February 61 of the 73 ar
rests were for parking or
traffic violations. The remain
ing 12 were for drunk and dis
orderly conduct and other
minor violations.
During March there were
50 Darking and traffic cases
recorded in the magistrate’s
book and 16 other violations.
May 1 has been declared
Loyalty Day by Governor
Ernest Gruening. The Vete
rans of Foreign Wars of the
United States is directing the
observance of Loyalty Day.
The Kodiak Garden Club
meeting which was scheduled
for April 9, has been post
poned until April 16.
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