rrNews of ^Americas Last Frontier
NO 3
KODIAK, ALASKA
MARCH 28, 1953
PRICE? 10 CENTS?
Protest Given To APW
On Local Work Policy
The Alaska Public Works
office in Juneau will receive
notice this week of an alleged
breach of contract concerning
the hiring of workmen on the
aew school builping now under
construction.
Elvin Foster, local carpen
ter, contacted a member o?
the Independent School Dis
trict Board and requested he
Bwtifiy Charles A. Truit,
government inspector on the J
■ew building, that outside la
borers and mechanics were be
ing used at the building and
that local men were being
ignored.
The contract for the new
school is held by Sam Berge
sen of Tacoma. The contract
for the construction of the
school is between the APW
and the contractor.
According to Foster one sec*
tkm of the contract reads:
“Preference in the employ
ment of laborers and mecha
nics at the site shall be given
when they are qualified by
training and experience for
'work on the project, first, to
honafide local residents who
have served in the armed
ibrees of the United States;
second, to other bonifide local
residents, third to citizens of
fee United States,
Poster told Paul Dupler,
v member of the ISO board,
that lodal carpenters had been
“laid off” and that “outside”
workmen employed.
Gunderson Head
BPOE1772
Maurice Gunderson was
elected Exalted Ruler of Ko
diak Lodge 1772 during the
annual election of the
B. P. O. E. last night. He re
places V. W. Root who has
held the position for the past
year.
Erwin Bowman was advan
ced to the office of Leading
Knight; John Gibbons, Loyal
Knight; Bud Metzgar, Lectur
ing Knight; Tom Renshaw,
Tiler; Trustee, Leon Johnson;
Secretary, Joe Gale; Treasur
er, Oscar Hanson.
Gunderson has been active
in the Elks organization since
its inception in Kodiak. He is
employed at Kodiak Naval
Station and has been a resi
dent of the island since 1942.
He has appointed James
fieba as Inner Guard and Walt
Sewell as Chaplain.
The membership of the local
lodge is close to 400 members.
Four years ago it was 12C
inembeas.
Council Approves
Cafe, Bar
Ordinance
Restaurant and Bar owners
were reading a new ordinance
this week covering sanitary
conditions in their places. The
new ordinance, number 168, is
| to take effect April 22.
The lengthy legal form
covers the conduct of em
ployes in such establishments,
physical inspections and pen
alties and repeal of conflicting
I ordinances.
An employee is defined as I
“any person who handles food
or drink during preparation or
serving or who comes in con
tact with any eating or cook
ing utensils or who is employ
ed in a room in which food or
drink is prepared or served.”
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson is
health officer for Kodiak. Ac
cording to the new ordinance:
“Health Officer” shall mean
the duly appointed health of
ficer of the city or his agent or
representative designated by
the Common Council.”
Persons wishing to operate
a “hot dog” stand or any
other type of booth during
the Fourth or any other civic
celebration will be required to
pbtain a permit from the city
clerk.
Under Itinerant Restaurants
(one day affairs) the fee or (
charge for one day’s operation
; is one dollar and the total fee
is not to exceed five dollars. [
The cost of a permit for
Restaurants on an annual
basis if applied for between
Jan. 1 and June 30 is five dol
lars. Applications made be
tween July 1 and Dec. 31 are
three dollars.
The provisions ot the ordi
nance applies to all fraternal
organizations, service clubs,
religious, educational and
charitable organizations. How
ever, the organizations are
exempt from the payment of
any permit fees; and provided
that these organizations are
maintained not for profit and
the service rendered is for
members or guests.
Section four provides that at
least once every month the
Health Officer shall inspect
each restaurant located within
the City of Kodiak.
The next meeting of the
Grandmother’s Club will be
held Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Violette Dailey at f
pm.
Baby Show Plans
Near Completion
The winners of the V.F. W.
sponsored Baby Show Easter (
Sunday will receive many val
uable gifts from merchants in,
town. |
Yesterday the list of gifts;
and donors were: 0. Kraft
and Son, gift for the winning
girl and boy; Knudsen baby
jewelry; Mar Lou, $5; Alaska
Transfer, $5; Galley, $5.
Others are Bert’s Drug
Store, Hirsch Toy duck; Wod
linger’s Drug, Hirsch Toy
duck; Norman’s Photo, gold'
nugget baby ring; Rhoades
Furniture Store, $2.50; Island
Fountain, $3; B.G.M. Amuse
ment Co., $5.
Also on the list are i nor
sheim’s Barber Shop, two
haircuts; Kodiak Jewelry, a
gift: Ronnie’s Cafe, $5; Ko
diak Cleaners, five dollars
kworth of cleaning; Polar Bear
Cafe, $5; Donnelley and Ache
son, a gift; Dad’s Barber Shop,
two haircuts, one for the
ifather one for the son; Spie
gel Electric, two baby night
lights.
Three judges will be selected
for the contest. Yesterday
only two had been chosen.
Lcdr. D. M. Coogan of KNS
and Lew Chenier of the Alaska
Steamship Company have
agreed to officiate.
Entry blanks for the con- i
test may still be obtained at’
Bert’s Drug Store or Knud- (
sen’s. i
Baptists Plan
WeekLong Service
The Rev. Clifford G. Hansen1
of New York City has been in- j
vited to conduct a week of
meetings at the Community
Baptist Church.
Rev Hansen will be the
guest speaker during the 11
am and 7:30 pm services to
morrow. He will then conduct
meetings in the Church at 7:30
pm Monday through Friday.
On Easter Sunday he will
again be guest speaker for
both services.
The Board of Deacons has
arranged a pot-luck dinner at
the close of the morning wor
ship tomorrow and business
1 meeting will be held at 2 pm.,
the Rev. R. N. Wilkinson said
Friday.
Rev. Hansen was formerly
pastor of the First Baptist
; Church of Milwaukee, Wiscon
! sin.
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Barbara Sutliff, daughter of
■ Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sutliff,
i entertained at a fourth birth
day party Thursday.
21st Legislature Closes;
Appropriations Greatest
By Jim Hutcheson
Juneau (-P)—The Senate
adjournment at nine am yes
terday ended the 21st Session
of the Alaska Legislature. The
House adjourned a half-hour
earlier but the Senate delayed
the rap of the final gavel until
the arrival of outgoing Gover
nor Ernest Gruening to re
ceive the notification person
ally.
The first Repuplican control
led legislature in 20 years
ended the session with the
passage of a record breaking
general appropriations bill of
$23,594,992.
The size of the appropria
tion indicated the Territory
must dip into the treasury sur
plus from the current bien
nium to pay the next bien
nium’s bills. Treasurer Henry
Roden estimates there will be
about a 4i million surplus.
In addition to the appropria
tions bill, special bills approv
ed call for a total of $1,044,065
plus $250,200 from the general
fund to establish a new Terri
torial Police Force.
The Senate had also voted a
million and a half for con
struction in school districts
Man Indicted
For Theft
Danford Ellsworth was
bound over to the grand jury
this week after a hearing be
fore the U. S. Commissioner.
The charge is embezzlement
by employee.
Bail was set at $2,500 and he
was lodged in the Kodiak U.S.
Federal Jail when he was un
able to raise that amount. El
lsworth is charged with steal
ing a typewritten belonging to
Haddock, Gerwick, McClure
and Swinerton, contractors.
The complaint was signed by
Herbert Mitchell.
Scouts Hunt
Waste Paper
| Members of the local
Scout Troop 625 will con
duct a scrap paper drive
today. Collections will
start at twelve noon.
People with newspa
pers and magazines to
dispose of are asked to
leave them outside the
house, either tied with
string or in a cardboard
container. Paper is ur
gently needed for the
Naval Station.
but the House didn't concur
The biggest slice however, is
for education.
Around 10 3-4 million is
marked for support of schools
and three million for the Uni
versity of Alaska. The bill is
about 5 1-2 million above last
session.
Over one half million is set
aside for hospitals. The school
teacher salary increase was
fixed at $600 yearly.
One of the final acts of tht
legislature was to toss various
board appointments back at
Governor Gruening. The joint
session refused to confirm any
of a long list of appointments,
counting on Frank Heintzle
man to make them when he
takes office on April 10.
One of the main features of
the Republican House was the
determination to wipe out the
numerous boards and recon
stitute them.
The 21st was a taxless ses
t sion. The only new tax that
had a chance of passing was
for an increase in motor fuel
tax and it died in the Senate.
Tax reduction measures i»
eluded the repeal of the Gene
ral Property Tax, easing of
tax on fishing boats, reduction .
on gross earnings tax on gold;
and the reduction in canneries h
raw fish tax.
The last act before adjourn
ment was the appointment of
two groups for activity be
tween sessions of the legis
lature. The legislative investi
gating committee members
will be Senators Stepovich,
Lyng, Nolan and Representa
tives Stringer, Broadman and
I Wilbur.
AVA Support
Pledged By C of C
The Alaska Visitors Asser
tion are urging the Chamber
of Commerce in each Alaskan
town to extend an invitation to
President Eisenhower to spend
his vacation in Alaska.
The local group decided
Thursday during the regular
meeting at the Montmartre to
write such an invitation.
The Kodiak C of C discussed
joining the AVA but no de
cision was reached. Further
discussions are planned.
The members are consider
ing asking Pacific Northern*
Airlines to run one weekly
direct flight from Kodiak t©»
Seattle.
The Fireweed Social Club of
0. E. S. Chapter 13 will hold a
bake sale today at Donnelley*/
and Acheson’s at 10 am,