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VOL. 17 NO. 43
KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 26, 1957
PRICE 10 CENTS
Jim Loan Dies After Accident
Masonic Funeral Held In Seattle
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At the request of his mother in
Tacoma, Washington, the body of
Jim Loan, who died Monday as the
result of a freak accident last Fri
day, was flown out of Kodiak by P.
N.A. Thursday for burial in Seat
tle.
Loan was taken to Griffin Mem
orial Hospital unconscious early
Friday morning after being knock
ed down and run over by his own
car. The fatal accident occured on
Cope Street after Loan had driven
a friend home. The car started to
roll down the hill after he had
parked it and in his attempt to get
to the wheel, thf car struck him.
He regained consciousness but
died Monday 9:18 a.m. from mul
tiple chest injuries. He was 54.
Surviving him are his wife,
Eleanor, Bainbridge, Washington;
son James, aged 34, of Auburn,
Washington and three grandchil
dren; two cousins, Ralph Longmire
and Mrs. Lars Wick both of Ko
diak.
Loan was born in Easton, Wash
ington on May 25, 1903 and attend
ed school in Yelm and Auburn,
Washington and St. Martins Col
lege. He had lived in Alaska for
the past 20 years during which he
resided mainly in Kodiak.
After World War II he retired
from the Army with rank of Cap
tain and returned to Kodiak in
1946. For some while he was skip
per of a cannery tender and then
took charge of the KOdiak Transit
Company.
He was a member of the VFW,
was a Shriner in the Masons, a
member of Toastmasters, Elks, Ro
tary and American Legion and the
Toastmasters
Ladies Night
November 5th
The Kodiak Toastmasters will
open their doors to the ladies on
their Tuesday November 5 meet*
tag—Ladies Night
The meeting will start at the
usual time of 6:30 p.m. at the
Montmartre.
The schedule for the Ladies
night meeting and next Tuesday’s
meeting was announced this week.
Toastmaster for next Tuesday’s
meeting is Dr. A HolmeSJohnson;
Table Topics, Jim Gray. Speakers
for the evening are Carl Huer,
speech 13, Amby Clegg, Speech 10,
Jules Radinsky, speech 10 and
Harry Sprague, speech 3.
Chief critic is Robert Boko.
Other critics are Jess Ballard,
Robert Dawson, Jack Henry, John
Mansuy, and Bill Lavine, gram
marian.
Schedule for Ladies Night, Nov
ember 5 is Toastmaster Robert
Dawson, Table Topics, M. Swenk,
chief critic Fr. Talbott, other
critics, Amby Clegg, Jim Gray, Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson, Jack Howard
and grammarian, Jules Radinsky,
*? Speakers will te speech 4, Rob
ert Boko, Speech 10, Sig Digree,
speech 8 John Mansuy and speech
8, Ken Stanford.
resident for the past two years of
the local Democrats Club.
Loan was also a member of the
Teamsters Union and Master Mates
and Pilots Union.
His funeral will be Masonic and
is to be held at Dyers Mortuary,
Tacoma.
Until after the funeral when
Mrs. Eleanore Loan and Frank Mc
Conaghy, part owner of the Kodiak
Transit Company will fly to Kodi
ak to settle Loan’s estate, Ralph
Longmire will takd charge of the
Company.
9 Local Residents
Ask Citizenship
When the District Court holds
its Spring session in Kodiak next
year, 9 local residents will know
whether they have been successful
in their application for naturalized
U.S. citizenship.
George D. Martin, District Immi
gration Officer from Anchorage
who visited Kodiak this week, said
that during his four day stay here
four persons signed petitions and
took preliminary steps towards get
ting status. Five others filed on his
visit here last April.
Martin commented on the Citi
zenship classes starting at the Ko
diak High School as part of the
Adult Education program. VI
strongly urge anyone wishing to
become a citizen to attend this
course,” he said. “I was very pleas
ed to hear that Kodiak had such a
course underway.” < '
BPW Hear Talk
On Legislation
“Legislation” was the subject of
the talk presented by Comdr.
Ralph A. Groom to the member
ship of the Ko&iak Business and
Professional Women’s Club at
the Island Fountain, Monday even
ing, October 21st.
. - Comdr. Groom, who is stationed
at the base, was introduced by Mrs.
Louise Walker, chairman of the
Legislation committee of the club,
who was in charge of the program
“No Time For Sergeants” —
To Play Here Next Month
The comedy farce “No Time for
Sergeants” will start a run of six
Kodiak performances on Friday,
November 8, according to Naval
Station Special Services Officer Lt.
R. F. Thorpe. The play is being
produced by Anchorage Commu
nity College Theatre Workshop.
All performances will be pre
sented in Kodiak High School.
The Ira Levine comedy, based
on a best selling novel by Mac Hy
man, is still running on Broadway
as well as on the road. In addition
a television show was produced
and a movie is now being made.
Cast for the Anchorage produc
tion consists of 22 members of
which 12 are on active duty with
the Army or Air Force. The Direct
Only 3 Local Men
Will Be Hired For
SBH Dredging Job
A spokesman for Manson-Qsberg
Construction Company, contractors
for the small boat harbor job veri
fied the rumor that very few local
men would be hired during the
winter when dredging operations
will be carried out.
There is a possibility that only
three local men will be hired. The
spokesman stated that specialized
crews would be brought up to
Kodiak from the States for the
dredging work.
Legion Officer
Due Friday
Regional Service Officer for the
American Legion. Mr. Chillington
will arrive in Kodiak Friday Octo
ber 25th. He will be available to
any veterans who have problems
and will stay at the Kodiak Hotel
for the one day he is scheduled to
be here.
for the evening.
Besides Comdr. and Mrs. Groom
other guests registered were: Guy
neth Hess,- Phyllis -Reukauf and
Lily MacDonald.
Mrs. Maxine Brooks gave a re
port on the ticket sales for the
Alaska Music Trails Concert series.
Dorothy Haag presented a letter
from Blue Cross headquarters,
which was read by Corresponding
Secretary Lillian Smith for the in
formation of the members.
The next meeting of the club
Will be held Monday evening Nov
ember 4th at the home of Mrs.
Ellen , Dawson with Mrs. Betty
Springhill, Mrs. Lila Lester and
Mrs. Ruth Arneson as hostesses.
JUDO DEMONSTRATION
SUNDAY AT USO
The public is invited to the Judo
Demonstration and tournament to
be held at the USO Club tomorrow,
Sunday October 27.
The demonstration is sponsored
by- the Kodiak Judo Team and in
cludes an open competition for all
classes and a special tournament of
lower grades.
Start of the tournament will be
7 p.m.
or is Frank O. Brink, head of the
Drama Department of Anchorage
Community College.
Lead role of Will Stockdale is
played by Terry Smith of Alaska
Communications System, Anchor
age. Smith plays one of the longest
and exacting roles in show busi
ness. Stockdale is a light-hearted,
good-humored,, happy Georgia draf
tee who can’t get used to the Air
Force and finally gets his way by
getting himself and his best friend
into the infantry.
In the other two principle roles
are Dennis Lynch, as Will’s friend
and Gene Williams, as the long
suffering Sgt. King.
“No Time for Sergeants” is a two
Poland To Attend
Cities Convention
City Manager Bill Poland will
represent Kodiak at the League of
Alaskan Cities 7th annual con
vention opening in Anchorage next
Thursday, October 31, and continu
ing through Saturday.
One of the most important
things accomplished by the con
vention delegates will be the
assembling of their 1959 legisja
t've program. This early start, for
assembling the program was ex
plained this week by executive
secretary for the League, Mrs.
Lucy Mick.
“Too often the League’s program
is put together shortly before the
Legislature convenes . and this
gives the impression that it ifi only
City Officials who-are promoting
it.’’ she said. “This way city
oificials will have time to explain
their problems and legislative
solutions to their citizens.”
Three top-flight speakers will
participab * in the opening sessions
of the convention. Governor Mike
Stepovich will give the keynote
address Thursday morning and is
exrected to touch on the broad im
pact of recent developments
throughout the Territory.
In the evening Sonators-EIect
William A. Egan and Ernest
Gruening will give first hand re
ports on Statehood and its impor
tance to Alaskan cities.
The dominant theme discussed
at the convention will be the pro
spect of municipal home rule* Mrs.
Mick explained that Alaskan cities
now operate on limited grants of
powers given them by the Legis
lature, with restrictions which
reiider that power almost useless.
T Delegates will fcegin their con
sideration of home rule and the
steps necessary to obtain it on the
first day of the convection. A panel
discussion on home rule is also
planned.
Most popular feature of the con
vention will be the “Alaska Cities
Workshop” where delegates can
pick up new facts and techniques
and give other cities the benefit
of their own experience. N
The workshop will take place
for the whole morning of the con
vention’s second day (next Friday) *
and will be led by Anchorage City
Manager George Shannon. *
act production and is presented by
special permission from the play
wright, Ira Levine, upon request
of the Alaskan Command which
supported the Community Col
lege’s plan to present the show for
military in Alaska.
A schedule of local perform
ances follows: Nov. 8th, matinee
school children, 2:00 p.m. 8 p.m.
performance for civilians only.
Nov. 9th, 2 p.m., performance for
military and their dependents only,
8 p.m., performance for military
and their dependents only.
Nov. 10, 2 p.m. performance for
civilians only; 8 p.m. performance
for military and their dependents
(Continued to Page 4)
Along The
Waterfront
King Crab Inc., shrimp research
started this week when Lloyd Can
non in his boat “Juno” set out to
drag the waters between Izhut Bay
and Uganik'. Accompanying Cannon
was Roy Rickey of the Fish and
Wildlife Service. They plan to be
gone about four r ays and as well aS
dragging for shrimp, they will put
out pots! "
King Crab Inc., also reports that
Dick Olsen, skipper of “Josey”
arrived this week. The Josey is to
act as tender for crab at the south
end of the island for thoco boats
with no live tanks.
Light receipts of crab this week,
were also reported. The “Michelle
M” brought in 308 and the “Susie
Q”, 255. The big boats are stilt out
at Alitak.
New Base Chaplain
Relieving Lt. Cmdr. R. E. Breu
gartner as R. C. Chaplain m the
Naval Station is Lt. Elmer Mc
Donald, CHC, USN. Father Bren
gartner left the station on the
Funston Thursday at the end of a
one year tour of duty here. Be is
going to the Naval Station in San
Diego.
Father McDonald’s home is in
Rochester, NY. He attended, St
Andrews Seminary, Rochester, fpt
6 years and then the St. Bernard*#
Seminary, Rochester, for a further
six years. .«*■ •,
He was ordained in 194d, and j
spent the next four years a#. :•
Assistant Pastor for Holy Rosary
parish, Rochester, until he entered,
the service in. 1953.
When Father Brengartnev Wft 1
tliis week, he donated his oar to *
St, Mary*#. Church. Delivery of the
car will be made by Father ide
Donald when his own car arrives
in Kodiak. j
Home Hospitality
Started In Kodiak
Sunday dinner at home is one
of the .many things missed by $h§
corvice man—and . the ReHgicw*
Advisor Committee of the USfcjf
which represents ail Churches in
Kodiak - is doing something abotft
it.
A Home Hospitality scheme
went into operation this.. wee*
when cards asking members of
congregations if they would like to
entertain a serviceman in their
home next Sunday were distribut
ed.
The response has been good. Up
to press time Friday 65 persons
had shown their willingness to
back the Homo Hospitality pro
gram.
The USO are matching a listrof
servicemen with the cards received
and the families offoring hospital
ity will pick their guest up from
the USO early Sunday afternoon
The Sunday concentration is being
made on visiting Marines who are
in Kodiak on Operation Cool Dip 1
. It is hoped that the nrogram will
become a permanent thing m t
KodiaL with many homes ixivtici
pating each Sunday.'v