"News of oAmencas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 7
KODIAK. ALASKA APRIL 19 1952
PRICE 10 6ENTS
Check Artist Sought
By Marshal’s Office
A rubber check artist
papered Anchorage last week
with 11 payroll checks which
were stolen from the office of
the Island Construction Com
pany of Kodiak, Alaska.
All 11 checks were drawn
in favor of Willie Springfield
and were for $147.38. U. S.
Deputy Clarence Dizney was
notified by the Bank of Kodiak
late Friday that the checks
had arrived here from various
banks in Anchorage for pay
ment.
The checks were made out
on a check writing machine
and all bore the date of April
3. The signature on the checks
read: “P. A. Green and S.
Green.”
The marshal’s investigation
revealed that 66 checks had
been taken from the check
register at the construction
company office. Partners in
the company are Ralph Shupp,
J. W. Tolbert and John Chase.
Marshal Dizney sent a re
port to U. S. Marshal Walter
Huntley’s office in Anchorage.
The 11 checks were cashed at
various bars, liquor stores,
grocery stores and an Army
Navy surplus store in An
chorage.
The Marshal’s office did not
reveal the true identity of the
check writer but said the man
had formerly worked for the
construction company.
Play Rehearsals
At Fort Greely
The Kodiak Community
Players are busy rehearsing
their first play of the season
at the Fort Greely theater.
John Loves Mary, a comedy
by Norman Krasna, is the
title of the production.
The leading roles of Mary
and John for the Kodiak pro
duction were won by Blanche
Brillon and Max Benjamin in
the contested tryouts. Miss
Brillon is remembered byl
theatergoers for her role a
few seasons back in Ladies of
the Jury. Benjamin is making
his first appearance before
local audiences.
Others in the cast are Keith
McGuire, Jackie Derovek,
Gordon Grindeland, George
Green, Lt. Montgomery and
Lt. John Harlan. Two mem
bers of the cast were in the
production Arsenic and Old
Lace. Hope Diehl will play the
part of Mrs. James McKinley
and Senator McKinley will be
played by Paul Fitzsimmons.
The play is set for some
time in May and is under the
direction of Richard Avare.
Council Approves
New Purchase
The council was on a spend
ing spree Monday night. Be
sides raising the salaries of all
city employees it decided to
purchase a $26,999 piece of
road equipment provided the
Ba nk of Kodiak would hold
still for a loan.
To amortize the loan a coun
cilman suggested the tax rate
be raised two mills for the
coming year. No definite ac
tion was taken regarding the
proposed tax raise but the city
clerk was instructed to send
Northern Commercial Com
pany a check for $500 as a
down payment on the road
grader-compressor and gene
ral heavy duty piece of equip
ment.
The council plans to adver
tise for the services of an as.
sessor. New assessment forms
are now at the city hall. Funds
from che assessment may be
used to pay the bank pro
viding the city obtains the
loan.
Walter O’Brien asked the
city to provide a sewer con
nection for his property on
Mill Bay Road. He explained
there are four other resi
dences in his neighborhood
that were using septic tanks
and would like to hook to the
city sewer.
H. E. Spencer, member of
the Rent Stabilization Board
obtained the council’s per
mission to hold meetings in
the city hall on Tuesday
nights.
Other action of the council
was the approving the mayor’s
suggested Planning and Zon
ing Commission Board and the
transfer of the Ace Liquor
Store license from Bobby and
Helen Rice to John Hyde and
Harold Jonas.
The first readings of two or
dinances covering city magist
rate’s powers and zones and
regulations for taxi cabs were
heard for the first time. The
second and final reading will
be hea^d at the next regular
meeting on April 28.
Picture In PI
Ronnie Miller, five year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Mil
ler, had his picture in the
April 13 issue of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Ronnie is undergoing treat
ment at the Children’s Ortho
pedic hospital in Seattle. Mrs.
Miller is now in Seattle with
her son.
Base-Town Road
To Be Improved
The Alaska Road Commis
sion plans to begin standardi
zation of the strip of road
between the boundary of the
Naval Reservation and the
city limits sometime in May.
Paul “Smoky” Stover, Ko
diak foreman of the ARC,
said the work would be done
by Force Account Work if an
advertisement for bids did not
produce satisfactory results.
Sealed bids, in single copy,
will be received until 11 am,
May 7, 1962, at the office of
the Alaska Road Commission,
Juneau, Alaska, and then
publicly opened.
Information for bidders,
with forms and questionaires,
may be obtained locally at
the office of Paul A. Dupler,
city attorney, Stover said.
Four trucks and a “cat”
along with metal cribbing are
due to arrive here by boat
soon. Stover will add the
equipment to his present sup
ply and will employ extra
men for the project.
The strip of road, known
as Abbert Road, is seven
tenths of a mile in length. It
includes that portion of the
road that is known as the
slide area.
Stork Arrives
Ahead Of Schedule
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Rose of Woody Is
land Wednesday at 11:05 pm
on the gangplank leading
from the Donnelley and Ache
son dock to the Standard Oil
Company float.
The baby, named Robert
William weighing 6i pounds,
and Mrs. Rose are now at
Griffin Memorial Hospital
where they ~ were enroute
when the birth took place.
The Roses have four child
ren, three of whom were born
while Mrs. Rose was enroute
to the hospital. Mr. and Mrs.
Rose made the short trip
from Woody Island to Kodiak
in the CAA freight and pas
senger boat.
Eastern Star Events
Kadiak Chapter 13, Order
of the Eastern Star, will hold
an anniversary dinner at 6:30
pm Tuesday evening at the I
Masonic Temple on Mill Bay
rd.
Next Saturday evening, the
OES will hold a party with
box supper, square dancing
and games, at the temple.
Members of the Eastern
Star, Masonic Lodge, UD, and
their invited guests will
attend.
Teachers Sign Contracts
For Coming School Year
Seniors To Hear
Admiral Cruise
Rear Admiral E. A. Cruise,
commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier, will deliver the
commencement address at the
Baptist Church May 8, when
the Kodiak High and Grade
School commencement exer
cises are held.
Fourteen seniors and 32
eighth grade students will re
ceive diplomas during the
ceremonies from Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, president of
the school board. The pre
sentation of the classes and
of awards will be made by
Superintendent Ivor Schott.
The Reverend R. N. Wil
kinson will give the invoca
tion and benediction. The
school orchestra will play the
processional and recessional
and other music will be pro
vided by the school chorus.
Margo Archibald is the
senior class valedictorian and
Sandra June Perkins is saluta
torian.
Baccalaurate
At Orpheum
Baccalaureate Services will
be held at the Orpheum
Theatre the afternoon of May
4 at 1:30 with Father Louis B.
Fink, S. J. delivering the
address.
Music for the prelude, pro
cessional and recessional will
be provided by the school
orchestra. The services are
for both Seniors and mem
bers of the Eighth Grade.
Father Fink will announce
his topic in a future issue of
the Mirror.
Rent Official
Here From Juneau
E. G. Clay, board liaison of
ficer of the Juneau area rent
office was in Kodiak this week
doing coordination work in
the local Office of Rent Stabi
lization.
He attended the weekly ad
visory board meeting Tues
day. He expects to make
regular visits to Kodiak in con
nection with the local rent
stabilization program.
John Stenlund, local car
penter, left last week for a
visit at his sister’s home in
Sweden. He plans to be gone
for several months and will
return to Kodiak late in the
fall.
School Superintendent Ivor
Schott and 13 of the 17 tea
chers will return to Kodiak for
another year of teaching, it
was announced Thursday.
Contracts have been signed
by Dera Brunstad, matha
matics and commerce; Fran
ces Gray, English, Latin and
history: Rijiby Walker, libra
rian, public speaking and
Spanish; Howard Carpenter,
commerce, physical education;
George Wick, biology, history
and industrial arts.
Other returning teachers
are: Neal Warwick, music;
Mary Dandeneau, grade
seven; Ellen Dawson, grade
six; Mary Beam, grade five;
Eunice Neseth, grade four;
Eloda Metzgar, grade three;
Lois Burnham, grade two and
Helen Schott, grade one.
Betty Springhil!, elementary
school principal and grade
eight teacher, has been
granted a year’s leave of ab
sence without pay. Lillian
Brychta, Barbara Gerard and
June Slingerland have decided
to not return next year.
Schott said that the three had
not authorized him to reveal
their plans.
During the 1952-53 school
year the two first grades and
one of the second grades will
be located in the American
Legion building, Schott said.
Grades seven and eight will
be placed in the main school
building. The change in class
room location is necessary to
accommodate an additional
class for the year.
The elementary school will
have 11 classes and teachers
next fall, one more than were
maintained during the current
year.
Schott will begin his fourth
year as superintendent next
fall. He held a one year con
tract his first year and upon
completion of the term the
sceool board ottered him a
three year contract.
Burnt Child
Flown Here
A five year old Perryville
g-irl was flown to Kodiak
Tuesday for treatment of
burns she received in a grass
fire at Perryville.
A radio message from
Perryville to Comsar 2 re
questing that Vivian Kos
bruk, who was badly burned
an her right side, be flown to
Kodiak was received at KNS
early Tuesday.
The Navy PBY made the
500 mile round trip in six
hours.