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"News of cAmerica s Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 13
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 6, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
VFW Convention Ends; j
Two Local Men Get Posts
The VFW Convention came
to a close last night with the
annual banquet and depart
ment ball at the Elks Club.
The five day affair saw rep
resentatives and delegates
from almost every post in the
territory at the convention.
Highlight of the convention
was a visit from James W.
Cothran, commander-in-chief
of the VFW of the U.S. Coth
ran delivered the opening ad
dress of the eighth annual en
campment at the U.S.O. Tues
day. He warned of the threat
of a Communist attack against
Alaska and called upon every
one to “rededicate ourselves
to a determined effort to
checkmate the inroads of
Communism in this country
and the flovd of Communism
abroad.
Two local members of Kat
mai Post 7056 were elected
and installed as department
officers Friday. George Sonn
tag was elected Senior Vice
Commander and Father Ray
mond Talbott of St. Mary’s
Church was elected Chaplain.
Installation of the officers was
held yesterday afternoon at
the U.S.O.
Harold Fennel of Juneau
was eleeted Department Com
mander for the coming year.
Hie convention next year will
be held in Sitka.
Charles J. Davis of Anchor
age was installing officer dur
ing the ceremonies yesterday, j
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
®f the candidates as follows.
Carolyn Gallagher 58,360
Marie Anderson 56,900
Arlene Herring 20,300
Virginia Foster 19,000
Cherie Stover 15,200
Sally Heitman 11,800 j
\
Ivan LaVerne Madzumas,
stationed here with the army,
was married last week in Se
attle to Miss Barbara Anne
Bennett of Ellenburg, Wash.
The couple will arrive here
shortly to make their home.
Mark Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Johnson, cele
brated his fourth birthday
Tuesday with a party for his
friends.
P. O. Box Rents
Go Up July 1
Box rent on postoffice boxes
will increase on July 1, the U.
S. Postal Department in
Washington, D.C. has notified
Postmaster Maurice Briggs,
Boxes formerly renting for
60 cents per quarter will now
rent for 75 cents. Those for
merly listed at 75 cents will be
$1.10. One dollar boxes will be
$1.50 and boxes now $1.50 will
go to $2.25.
This is the first adjustment
of box office rents since 1907,
Briorgs said yesterday.
Bishop O’Flanagan 1
Visits Kodiak
The Most Reverend Der-1
mont O’Flanagan, Bishop of j
Alaska for the Juneau Dio-1
cese, was in Kodiak from j
Tuesday to Thursday thisi
week.
He called on Father Ray
mond Talbott, S. J. of St.
Mary’s Catholic Church and
visited the Sisters at Griffin
Memorial Hospital.
T wins Born Monday
To Roy Madsens
Twins were born Monday in
Portland, Ore., to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Madsen, formerly
of Kodiak.
A boy, Charles Allen,
weighed 7 lbs 14i oz., and a
girl Charlotte Virginia
weighed 4 lbs 13£ ounces.
The Madsens left Kodiak
several years ago, and Madsen
will graduate from law school
this year. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Madsen.
Don Fenner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Fenner returned
home last Friday from Forest
Grove College in Oregon, to
spend the summer.
The Denali, on its first trip
to Kodiak this summer, is
scheduled to arrive here Mon
day morning.
Joan and Sara Libby, nieces
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Banks,
will arrive next week from
San Francisco for a several
months’ stay here.
Ivor Schott, school superin
tendent, and Mrs. Schott have
le.t to spend the summer out
side.
Gene SchiUeman
Dies At Denver
Eugene Schilleman, Kodiak
resident for 11 years, died in
the Veterans Hospital in Den
ver, Col., Sunday.
He had been there for seve
ral months, undergoing treat
ment for cancer
Mrs. Schilleman left Tues
day evening for Denver, and
will take her husband’s body i
to his former home in Lac du
Flande, Wis., for burial.
Schilleman, a bartender,
was a member and past officer
of Bartenders Local 875. He
was also a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion. He had ser
ved in the army in Alaska
from 1941 to 1945.
Schilleman was born in Wis
consin on June 10, 1908. He is
survived by his parents and
by a brother, Richard, as well
as by his wife.
Kodiak-Seattle
Direct Air Service
Discussion Topic
Persons interested in direct
air service from Kodiak to Se
attle should attend the Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon (
Thursday noon at the Mont
martre Inn.
J.H. Fitzgerald, director of
the Alaska Office, Civil Aero
nautics Board, will be present
at the meeting. Visitors and
persons interested in a direct
air route are urged to attend
the meeting which will begin
promptly at 12:15 pm.
Mrs. Naldrett Elected
Alaskan BPW Veep
Mrs. Carl Naldrett of Ko
diak has been elected first
vice-president of the Alaskan
Business and Professional
Clubs.
Mrs. Naldrett was chosen at
the annual convention held
last weekend in Anchorage.
She, Mrs. William L. Smith
and Mrs. Carl Huer attended
the convention and returned
early this week.
Mrs. Hazel Johnson of
Anchorage was chosen presi
dent of the territorial federa
! tion, and other officers are
from various Alaskan cities.
| Mrs. Naldrett has just com
' pleted two terms as president
of the local BPW, and Mrs.
; Huer has been named to suc
1 ceed her
Mrs. Ernest Harding is em
ployed in the office at Don
nelley and Acheson.
Majority MusCFavor
Proposed School Tax
A sales tax to provide money
to build a swimming pool for
Kodiak’s new school, and to
landscape the grounds around
the school has been proposed
by the board of the Kodiak
Independent School District.
An election to deeide on the
proposed tax will be held on
June 23, according to a notice
now being published in the
MIRROR.
Funds amounting to appoxi
mately $190,000 are needed
for the two projects, and can
be obtained from no other
source, the KISD board has
pointed out.
The tax is a “self-limiting”
one, which means that when
the required money has been
raised, the tax is abolished.
Two Missing Men
Last Known Here
Two men last heard from on
Kodiak Island are listed by
the Governor’s office as miss
ing, and anyone with infor
mation about them is asked to
communicate with Box 1571,
Juneau.
They are Charles B. John
son, 55 or 60, believed to have
lived in Kodiak, and John
Legland, (or Johan Legland
or Leglend) who last wrote to
relatives in Norway from
Roberts Cannery, Uganik.
Young Girl Flown
Here For Operation
Another assistance mission
was fiown by the Coast Guard
Wednesday and a seven year
old girl was brought from near
King Salmon to Kodiak for
medical attention.
Elaine Christiansen was suf
fering from appendicitis and
the request for medical assis
tance was relayed to the CG
by the Alaska Communication
System.
Lt. Donald Moline. Navy
doctor, flew with Lt. Claude
LaBaw, Chief Frank Wright,
G. Tillman, ft. Byrne, R. Pat
terson and E. Smith on the
trip to bring the little girl to
Kodiak.
Seattle—Rev. R. N. Wilkin
son, former pastor of the Com
|munity Baptist Church here,
preached the sermon at Sun
day evening service in Se
attle’s First Baptist Church.
The Wilkinsons recently left
Kodiak after living here for
several years.
the school board has figured
that the money can be raised
by a two percent tax in a
period of two or three years.
Fifty-five percent of those
voting in the election must
favor the tax for its passage,
The election will be held
from 8 am to 8 pm, with the
mam building of the school as;
the polling place.
Territorial law provides for
such a tax if favored by the
citizens, and Indicates what
goods and services are tax
able.
In the event the sales tax
proposal receives the approval
of the local voters a separate
account will be established at
the bank for the deposit of
the funds collected. The
money collected cannot be
used for any other purpose
than for s ;r.ool purposes.
Merchants collecting the tax
will be required to keep re
cords and will pay the money
quarterly to the elerk of the
KISD board.
All items sold at retail lor
use are taxable with some ex
ceptions. Tickets for school
events or community spon
sored projects are not taxable.
Casual and isolated sales by
persons are not taxable, such
as the selling of a fishing rod
or car, other than by author
ized dealers. Funeral, medical,
' hospital and dental bills are
also not taxable nor is medi
cine sold by a drug store on a
written prescription from a
physician.
The dues and fees to chur
ches, fraternal or religeous or
ganizations, labor unions and
lodges are not taxable.
If approved the sales tax
will not apply to retail pur
chases under 20 cents. From
20 to 69 cents the tax is one
cent; 70 to $1.19 is two cents;
$1.20 to $1.69 is 3 cents; $l.v0
to $2.19 is four cents and for
larger purchases the scale
continues to rise.
1 Another exception to the
sales tax is on the gross re
ceipts from the sale of real
property excepting the gross
1 receipts tarned by an agent.
! This means if you sell your
house and lot you don’t pay
the tax. If it is sold by an a
gent he must pay a tax on his
commission.
All money collected, pro
viding the measure passes,
| will remain here and be used
1 py the KISD board for school
I purposes.