Madsen Writer Story
For Magazine
Charles Madsen, local big
#ame guide and outfitter, has
a short story in the July issue
Argosy magazine.
Each month the magazine
features an article on and
“exciting experience. The
magazine pays $100 if the
article is accepted.
Madsen told of a walrus
that attempted to ram an
eskinto skin boat while he was
on a walrus-hunting expedi
tion in 1909 in the Bering Sea. :
Mrs. Ed Johnson and sons.
Jerry and Jack, went by Del
Valley’s boat to Afognak this
week.
jlWiahopac Goes Aground
During Salvage Job
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ing Navy tug and the hero <d
many Alaskan rescues, feii
victum to heavy seas and a
pounding surf Sunday near
Pasagshak Point on Kodiak
Island.
Rescue operations for the
rescue ship were in progress
early this week as three ships
and Coast Guard planes at
tempt passing tow lines to th_"
Mahopac. Only a 17-man
skeleton crew remained a
board the 143-foot Navy ves
sel after 30 men, including
two injured, reached the
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HELEN WAIALEALE
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George Buxton
on the drums
Games on Thursday
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The Mahopac went aground
because her tow lines became
entangled in her propellers
while attempting to salvage
the t .vo masted fishing schoon
er Wizard. The Wizard went
aground earlier when her
engines failed and stormy
seas drove her onto the beach
on June 30.
The USS Cutter Bittersweet
“stood by” at the scene from
Sunday until operations were
complete.
Cmdr. S. S. Searcy, execu
tive officer at Kodiak Naval
Station, directed that all ef
forts be made to free the
Mahopac. Other vessels at the
scene were the USS Owac
homo, Navy yard tug, the
;MSrS cargo vessel Takl, 36, a
salvage barge and a rescue
and salvage ship.
Damage to the Mahopac had
not been determined late
yesterday and the salvage ef.
orts to save the Wizard have
been abandoned.
BP IV Plans Picnic
At Holiday Beach
The Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club plan to
hold a picnic at Holiday Beach
on Kodiak Naval Station Mon
day evening at 7 pm.
In the event of inclement
weather the picnic will turn
into a pot-luck-supper and will
be held at the Community
Center on the Naval Station,
Mrs. Karl Brunstad, program
co-ordinator for the club,
i said yesterday.
| The family of members and
guests are invited to attend.
For further information mem
jbers may call Mrs. Brunstad
at telephone 2471.
City Prisoner's Board
Bill Runs High
The city’s bill for boarding
prisoners at the United States
Federal Jail from April 1 to
June 30, 1952, was $846.
The bill was paid Monday
night during a regular council
meeting. It was presented to
the city clerk earlier by U. S.
Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney.
Around 80 prisoners, many
second and third time inmates
of the jail, accounted for 546
prison days. The U. S. Federal
Jail feeds the prisonera for an
average of $1.50 per day.
Tommy Swensen was the
victor in the Ping Pong Tour
nament for boys under 18
conducted by the USO.
Tommy won by defeating Jack
Johnson in the play off after
both tied for first place.
Porky Sargent and Artie
Torgransen gave the winner
the greatest difficulty. Barney
Corgatelli and Donald Higgins
also put up a tough fight.
The Ping Pong tournament
is one of the events in the
summer program for children
of service and non-service j
personnel in Kodiak, which!
the USO is conducting.
Marking Meter
Hours Change
Those parking meters will
only be “alive” for motorists’
nickels from 8 am to 6 pm in
the future.
Monday night the city coun
cil approved a motion to
amend the ordinance govern
ing the length of time the
maters are in operation. At
present the meters are in
operation, under police sur
veillance, from 8 am to 8 pm.
In amending the ordinance
the council took into considera
tion a suggestion from a
councilman that after 6 pm
the meters were only nusiance
value and collect few nickels.
| It was pointed out that the
business day, outside of bars
and night clubs, closed here
at 6 pm. Theatregoers park at
seven and by the time the
, show is out at nine many cars
are overdue according to the
meters.
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I Mr. and Mrs. Greg Foster
of Washington, D. C.. are the
parents of a daughter born
July 10, weighing 6 lbs oz,
and named Gail Emma. Mrs.
Foster is the former Jane
Naughton of Kodiak.
Mrs. T. T. Jackson has been
employed as a typesetter at
the Kodiak MIRROR.
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