rrNews of cAmericas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 21
KODIAK, ALASKA
JULY 26 1952
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New Nurse
For Island
Miss Cora Oberlies has arri
ved here to serve as Kodiat
Island’s itinerant public healtl
nurse.
There has been no islant
nurse for the past three years
when the nurse employed bj
the Alaska Native Servici
left.
Miss Oberlies is assigned t<
the job by the Territoria
Health Department,
Miss Oberlies will have hei
office headquarters in Kodiak
at the Health Center, but wil
do no nursing either in towr
or at the base. She will probab
ly have a regular schedule o:
visits around the island, anc
will get to villages by plane ir
most cases.
Miss Ann Zaldaris, districl
nursing supervisor for th<
health department, accompa
nied Miss Oberlies to Kodiat
and will spend some time with
her introducing her to the job.
Miss Oberlies came to Alas
ka only three weeks ago, from
Dayton, 0.,where she worked
for the Visiting Nurse Associ
ation. She is a graduate ol
Western Reserve University.
No public health nurse has
been assigned for Kodiak,
which will be without one
after Aug. 1. Miss Virginia
McMullen has resigned hei
position effective that date.
Mrs. Margaret Hafemeister,
welfare worker for the Dept,
of Public Welfare, who serves
the Kenai peninsula, will be
here the first week in August,
and thereafter will visit Ko
diak two or three times s
year.
City Assessment
Complete
Assessment of real and per
sonal property within the eitj
limits has been completed bj
John Marshall and assessmenl
notices will be mailed by the
City of Kodiak next week.
The City Council, acting as i
Board of Equalization, wil
meet at the city hall each eve
ning between August 4 and £
to hear any complaints froir
taxpayers regarding their ass
essments.
The meetings will be held
between 7:30 and 9 pm.
Marshall is currently work
ing on assessments of.propertj
for the Kodiak Independent
School District.
The regular meeting of the
city council will be held Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Dick Henriksen of the
Orpheum Theatre flew to Se
attle Monday by PNA.
Salmon Fishing
Starts Again
The salmon season for Ko
diak Island opened at 6 am
Thursday morning and will
i continue until Aug. 13, Roy
Lindsley, Fish and Wildlife
1 Service agent, said yesterday.
Lindsley also said that there
r has been a “relaxation” on
! Cook Inlet fishing closures.
The most recent period started
> at 6 am Tuesday and will con
1 tinue until 6 pm this evening.
Previously fishing has been
• allowed in the area for two
24 hour periods a week.
I In Southeastern Alaska,
i Lindsley said, the season will
• open earlier than previously
: announced in the regulations.
l Several districts will open on
. July 24 and others on July 28.
Property Sale
Date Changes
The date for the sale of pro
perty listed on the delinquent
sales tax roll has been changed
from Aug. 18 to Aug. 25.
The final publication of the
delinquent roll will begin in
the MIRROR on Aug. 2, and,
will run for four weeks. The
sale will be under the direc
tion of Robert A. Fedloff, city
clerk, and will run from Aug.
25, until all the listed property
is sold. The sale will be held
at the Kodiak school building.
Property held by restricted
deed or by native possessory
rights will not be listed on the
final roll or will it be sold.
The order issued by the Third
District Court specified that
such property could not be
sold
School Gets $90,000
Federal Grant
A federal grant of $90,000
toward the new school of the
the Kodiak Independent
School District has been ad-1
vised by Delegate Bartlett’s1
office in Washington.
The grant is given under
the terms of the law which
allows federal aid, outright,
for schools in “defense im
pact” areas.
Congress has also approved
another appropriation for the
school district, for $346,000.
The original appropriation was
for the grammar school, and
this one will make possible
additional facilities in another
building, to include a gym-|
nasium and auditorium. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Neil Warwick |
returned to Kodiak Monday on j
the Denali, after being recent-1
ly married outside.
7 Warwick, music teacher,
plans to teach again this year. |
Windbird Ends
2,000 Mile Trip
The Windbird, skippered by
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, sailed
into port yesterday noon, five
weeks after leaving Seattle.
Aboard the 38-foot sailing
vessel were Dr. Johnson, Mrs.
Johnson, their son Bob, and
Miss Marian James of the
University of Washington.
Dr. Johnson said he had tra
veled approximately 2,000
miles since leaving Seattle,
and that “the trip was inter
esting in every, way.”
(Editor’s note: the MIRROR
next week will carry a com
plete story on the Johnson’s
trip.)
Injured Man Flown
Here By USCG
A Coast Guard PBY picked
up a 38-year-old man at Cold
Bay suffering from a broken
hip and flew him for medical
attention here Sunday after
noon. Jesse E./Farren’s condi
tion was described as * ‘satis
factory” when a Navy ambu
lance transferred him from
the plane to Griffin Memorial
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The fishing vessel Trojan
brought the injured man from
Unimak Island to Thorn
borough Air Force Base at
Cold Bay Sunday morning,
after Navy Commander Search
and Rescue Two asked all
north bound ships to aid in
the mercy mission.
Lt. jg. Melvin H. Handley;
USCG piloted the PBY,
on the 766 mile flight.
W. Sczcepanski, hospital
corpsman, third class. USN
took care of the patient, who
was in considerable pain, on
the plane. Lieutenant Hand
ley’s co-pilot was Lt. Comdr.
Donald Luzius, USCG and the
rest of the Coast Guard crew
were: R. J. Joy, Aviation
machinist’s mate, first class
J. M. Carpenter, aviation
electronicsman, second class;
and R. F. Fisher, aviation
electronicsman, third class.
New Phone Book
Distributed
New telephone books, strict
ly for Kodiak, have arrived
and will be distributed by the
Kodiak Telephone company.
Tne books will replace those
now in use which were printed
by an outside concern and list-j
ed the entire territory’s phone
numbers.
The new books were pub
lished by the Kodiak MIRROR. ]
Henry Gonzales, local cab ]
driver, flew to Seattle last!
Saturday aboard PNA.
Kefauver Le
2d Democra
Elks Ready
For Picnic
The annual Elks picnic for
children will be held on Sun
day, August 10. instead of
l August 3 as announced last
week, Jim Bennett, chairman,
said yesterday.
The picnic will be held at
Holiday Beach. All children
from town and the base are
invited to attend, Bennet said,
to enjoy the free eats, games
and races.
Assisting Bennett are the
following: recreation, Max La
Lande; food, Joe Raymond;
beverages, Bud Metzgar; site
and prop, Cecil Wilson; trans
port, Carl Huer; prizes, Orrin
Kimball; first aid, Jay Wolf;
Public address system and
sound, Ole Johnson; clean-up,
Jim Reese; fire prevention,
George Magnusen.
The program will include
softball games for both boys
andigirls, races for all ages,
including dashes, three leg
gea, sacK, ODStacie anu potato
races, and a tug of war.
Transport will be provided
for town children attending.
Buses or cars will leave from
the Elks Club on Brooklyn
Avenue. Those residing on
the base will be notified of the
time and place to board the
buses.
Trespass Warning
Given By Military
Citizens of Kodiak are again
reminded that the coast line
of the naval reservation is a
restricted area, by Lt. Col. M.
J. Cokin, commanding officer
of the Marine Barracks.
“Due to a recent occurence,
the naval authorities would
like to direct the attention”
of Kodiakians to the restric
tion, Col. Cokin pointed out.
Anyone trespassing on the
reservation is subject to a
hoovTT ‘ £mrLnr imnrison
ment. There are severa
dumping areas on the reserva
tion which border the bay and
all dumped items remain
government property. Un
authorized removal of pro
perty from these dumps con
stitutes larceny, Col. Cokin
said.
Other government areas
which are restricted include
Long Island, Fort Abercrom
bie and Cape Chiniak, U. S.
Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney said yesterday.
Ada Lathan was a PNA pas
senger for Homer Monday.
ading On
tic Ballot
Chicago—Democratic dele
gates re-convened at 8:80
last night {3:30 Kodiak time)
to start the third baUot for
their presidential nominee.
Twelve candidates had been
placed in nomination, many of
them favorite sons of various
states.
Leading at the end of the
second ballot were Estes
Kefauver, with 362* votes;
Adlai Stevenson, 324|, and
Richard Russell, 294. Gains
over the first ballot were re
corded by these three. First
ballot voting was as follows:
Kefauver, 340; Stevenson,
273±, and Russell 268.
On both ballots, Alaska cast
its six votes for Kefauver.
REA Men Inspect
Local Plant
Four REA representatives
were in K odiak this week to
confer wiui KEA Superimten
dent Leon Johnson, mem
bers of the KEA board, and
inspect the local plant and
lines.
IYU.y ZjUUK, WtJBLCIU aiGa
director for REA, John Rixse
and Gus Helmholz, engineers,
and Stewart Hamilton, REA
representative for Alaska,
were in the visiting party.
A meeting of representa
tives from all REA plants and
stations in Alaska will be
held in Anchorage Monday.
Johnson plans to attend.
The four REA men arrived
in town on Wednesday’s
plane and left Thursday.
Auditor Approves
Fishways Voucher
The Territorial Auditor’s
office has approved ^te first
voucher for the contractor of
the Afognak Island fishways,
after originally holding it up,
it has been revealed in Jun
eau. (See earlier story page
3).
voucher is “going through”
and the disputed payment was
to have been made late this
week.
Ann, Jean and Betty Hall
and Charlotte and Anna Mae
Benson are vacationing on
Harvester Island this week
with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Swan.
Notification of birth regis.
trations in the territorial’s of
ficial books, for babies born
before May 15, 1952, may be
picked up at the Kodiak Health
Center.