TowH Tidbits
Kodiak’4 first sign of spring
appeared this week, believe it
or not.
Crocuses behind Griffin
Memorial Hospital, in Sister
Hilary’s garden patch,
bloomed almost a month ago,
we learn, were covered by the
snow, and came out again.
Sister Mary of Lourdes re
ports her sweet pea plants are
six inches high. . .
The dandelion patch at the
KEA plant “bloomed this
week.”
No other signs reported so
far, however.
George Magnusen, Standard
Oil employe, who was soundly
spoofed by KEA office girls
Mrs. John Given and Mrs. A.
L. Fenner two years ago, was
on his toes this Tuesday
watching for any shenanigans
they might pull.
So when Mrs, Given called
him Tuesday noon with an in
volved question about oil de
liveries, George smelled an
April Fooling and declined to
answer. “You won’t get me
this time”, he told the KEA
bookkeeper.
Shortly after that he went
to the PNA office to pick up
an air-freight package he had
been phoned about, and then
he really smelled the April
Fooling.
The package contained a
Hmburger cheese sandwich
and a piece of old cabbage.
Later, after he’d received
anonymous phone calls to be
sure to pick up his package,
George finally found out who
sent it, when Mrs. Fenner
called to see if “you got my
lunch by mistake today!”
B. G. “Bottlecap” Nelson
died last week. The 11-year
•Id little dog was a well
known “character” in Kodiak.
He came before the public
several years ago through a
series of letters to “Puddles”
Martin, his girl friend. The
two were assisted in their
“correspondence” by their
owners, Stan Nelson and Ray
Martin.
B. G. came to his death as
the result of a car accident.
He did not see the approach
ing vehicle.
Ceasar, St. Bernard owned
by Ray Shannon, has a new
playmate A 10-months old
St. Bernard “pup” arrived by
plane Monday evening from
Seattle to keep Ceasar com
pany and “to assist Ceasar
with his rescue work, ” Shan
non said.
Shannon has not selected a
name for the new addition to
bis kennels but numerous
friends have suggested he
name her CleoDatra. The next
addition to Shannon’s pack
will undoubtedly be named
Mark Anthony.
The Kodiak Garden Club
will meet Wednesday evening
at the home of Mrs. D. E
Price at Kodiak Naval Station.
The installation of officers
and the formulation of plans
for the coming year will be
the main order of business.
The meeting will start at 8 pm.
VOL 12 NO 5
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 5 1952
PRICE 10 ©ENTS
Taft, Kefauver Win In Wisconsin;
President Truman Will Not Run
By the Associated Press
Washington — President
Truman told a news confer
ence he was going home to In
dependence, Missouri, as a
private citizen after he leaves
the White House in January.
He ruled out the possibility
that he might run for the Sen
ate.
The President announced
early this week that he would
not be a candidate for the
presidential eleation in No
vember. His announcement
sent the hopes of Sen. Kefau
ver and other Democrats soar
ing and intensified the interest
in the primary elections being
held throughout the states.
Senators Taft and Kefauver,
scoring heavily this week in
primaries in Wisconsin and
Nebeaska. opened up big
leads in the race for delegates
to the presidential nominating
conventions. General Eisen
Easter Services
For St. Mary’s
Palm Sunday will be observ
ed tomorrow at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church Father Louis
B. Fink, S. J., said yesterday.
“Palms will be blessed and
distributed before the 10:30
am mass,” Father Fink said.
Holy week will begin Wed
nesday with confessions being
heard between 7 and 8 pm.
Holy Thursday will be observ
ed with Mass in the Church at
7 am. Holy Hour in Church
will be between 7:30 and 8:30
pm.
Good Friday the sermon
theme will be Way of the
Cross and begins at 7:30 pm.
Holy Saturday confessions
will be heard between 7 and
8 pm. Lent officially ends at
noon on Saturday, Father
Fink said.
Easter Sunday the regular
Sunday masses will be at the
following hours: 6:30 Hospital
Chapel; 8:30 Church. 10:30
High Mass followed by Bene,
diction. There will be no ser
vices Sunday evening.
Flower Business
Sold This Week
Mrs. Stan McNalien has
purchased the Flower Basket
florist business from Mrs.
John Marshall. Th^ transac
tion took place this week.
Mrs. McNallen formerly
operated the Kodiak Florist
shop in the building now oc
cupied by the Galley.
Give to the ACCA fund drive
hower’s name was not on the
ballot in Wisconsin or Ne
braska. Wisconsin does not
permit write-in ballots.
In Wisconsin, Taft won all
10 at-large delegates. His slate
won too, in 14 of 20 district
races. Gov. Warren of Calif,
got the other six. Gov. Stassen
of Minn, got none.
Warren’s backers said if
their man failed to show
strength at the Republican
convention they would switch
to Eisenhower. Stassen pro
mised to split his delegate
strength with Ike.
Anchorage — Stanley Mc
Cutcheon, Democratic national
committeeman, said he had
invited Sen. Kefauver to be
the speaker at the Democratic
Jefferson • Jackson dinner to
be held in the near future.
McCutcneon called Sen. Ke
fauver by long distance tele
phone Wednesday.
Bids For School
Now Sought
Sealed bids for the con
struction of a grade school
here will be accepted by the
director of the Alaska Public
Works in Juneau until May
14, 1952, Donald Wilson in
formed Dr. A. Holmes John- ,
son this week. ,
The notice for bids has been .
posted and advertised in vari- ,
ous papers throughout the
territory, Wilson wrote Dr.
Johnson.
The plans and specifications
may be seen at the doctor’s
office on Mill Bay Road. Dr.
Johnson is president of the
Kodiak Independent School
District board.
The plans call for the con
struction of a one story build
ing with 11 classrooms, one
kindergarten room, office,
boiler room, toilet rooms and
various storage rooms.
The call for bids was issued
on April 1.
No Easter Egg
Hunt This Year
The Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club will not
have its Easter Egg hunt this
year, the group has an
nounced.
• The community center
building: is occupied by two
school classes this year and
there is no other available
place for the hunt, it was ex
plained.
The money customarily
spent by the group on the
Easter egg hunt was used in
stead for a charity project.
Mrs. Nelson Appointed
Area Rent Director
Mowry Named
City Patrolman
Clifford Mowry has joined
the City Police Department
and been assigned to duty as
night patrolman, Ovid “Mac”
McKinley, acting chief, an
nounced Thursday. Mowry
went on duty Wednesday
night.
Mowry replaces Edward
Dolan, former patrolman, who
left over a month ago for the
states to be married. Dolan
has not communicated with
the local police department
since his departure.
New police department ap
pointments are scheduled to
be made during the next regu
lar meeting of the city council
which will take place on April
14. The council holds regular
meetings on the second and
fourth Monday of each month.
While no official informa
tion is available this week it
is believed that a new police
chief will be appointed at the
next regular meeting of the
council.
Carter Seymour is at pre
sent the police chief. Ovid
McKinley has been acting
chief since Seymour went out
side for medical treatment for
a gun shot wound he received
in a shooting fracas.
Members of the city council
met informally Tuesday night
to discuss city affairs and the
appointment of police and
other city officials, the MIR
ROR learned from authorita
tive sources this week.
Tax Roll Appears
Last Time Today
The final publication of the
delinquent tax roll for the
City of Kodiak appears in to
day’s Mirror. Starting with
the April 12 issue a list of boat
owners who have not paid
their taxes for the years 1949
through 1951 will be publish
ed.
The City of Kodiak is pay
ing for the publication of the
notices.
Thirty days from the date
of the last publication the city
will present the list to the
Third District Court in An
chorage for adjustment and
order of sale.
Delinquent taxes, including
boat owners, total $38,178.79.
Since publication of the roll
began over $4,000 has been
paid.
Mrs. Bonnie E. Nelson has
been appointed Associate
Area Rent Director for Ko
diak, John Woolworth,, Office
of Rent Stabilization repre
sentative, announced Thurs
day. i
Mrs. Nelson has made her
residence in Kodiak and Ko •
diak Naval Station for the
past two year's: She recently
returned from'California after
visiting thetfe foh four months.
Mrs. Nelson has had past
experience in real estate
rentals and housing and is ac
cepting her appointment
enthusiastically, Woolworth
said. She will give freely of
her effort and time to assist
landlords and tenants with
their rental problems, Wool
worth added.
Mrs. Dorothy Haag is
Branch Aide to Mrs. Nelson.
Woolworth plans to leave
Tuesday for San Francisco.
[ He has been here for several
weeks to help set up the local
office.
Navy Plans
New Flight
The Navy was making final
preparations this week at Ko
diak Naval Station for the
“big jump” to the North
Pole.
Cmdr. V. J' Coley, officer in
charge of Ski Jump, confered
with Rear Adm. E. A. Cruise
on final plans for the flight
over the pole. The nine Navy
airmen stranded on a floating
ice island when the landing
gear on their “flying lab”
collapsed, have been taken off
the ice by a ski equipped Nep
tune bomber.
The Navy plans to land on a
floating ice island and at the
North Pole.
Meanwhile, current weather
data from the unexplored top
of the world was made avail
able for the first in history
Wednesday by a five man
crew living on an ice island
near the North Pole.
The Alaska Air Command
j revealed Thursday that regu
lar radio communications had
been established with the Air
force party which is stationed
there.
Lt. Col. W. P. Benedict of
the Alaska Air Command and
Fritz Ahl of Anchorage plan
to join the five Airforce men
on the island, bringing the
population to four air men
and three civilians.
Support the Red Cross
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