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"News of oAmertcas Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 29
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 26, 1953
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Jack Hinckel was choser
as the Progressive Party’s
candidate for mayor in ths
coming city election during s
caucus Monday.
There was no other candi
date for mayor chosen during
the meeting. Hinckel was se
lected by acclamation.
E. L. Lightfoot, James Ben'
nett and Oscar Hanson wer«
selected as the party’s candi
dates for the three two-yeai
council terms. Bob Blair was
chosen to run for the one year
term.
Mrs. William Smith will be
the Progressive’s candidate
for the five year term on the
Kodiak Independent School
District board.
The cau cus was called to or
der by J. G. Martz, last year’s
chairman. The minutes of the
previous meeting revealed
that the party fund totaled
$17.80. A five dollar donation
was made by the 28 members
of the party attending the
caucus. The money will be
used for advertising and to
support the candidates in the
coming election.
Hinckel read a long state
ment to the body before ac
cepting the nomination. In it
he set forth his policy on city
affairs and reaffirmed his con
fidence in past administration.
He praised the efforts and
work of Mayor Lee C. Bettin
ger during his years as mayor
of Kodiak. (Hinckel’s com
plete statement appears on
page 3 of today’s MIRROR.
The group elected Lee F.
Hettinger as the Progressive
Party chairman for the coming
year and Mrs. Bob Blair as
secretary.
J. G. Martz was appointed
publicity agent for the group.
Kindergarten Mothers
To Meet Tuesday
Mothers of kindergarten en
rollees are requested to meet
in the kindergarten room of
the new school building Tues
day afternoon at 1:30.
At that time the kindergar
ten program will be explained
and Miss Olive Walker, public
health nurse, will be present
to help the mothers with any
health problems they may
have regarding their kinder
garten-age children.
The Palisana, Alaska Steam
ship Company freighter, is
scheduled to leave Seattle for
Alaska on September 30. The
deadline for receiving Kodiak
freight is September 29.
So ntag Files For
KISD Board
George Sonntag has filed as
a candidate for the five year
term on the Kodiak Indepen
dent School District board. He
will be opposed by Mrs. Wil
liam Smith, Progressive Party
candidate.
Sonntag was filed by peti
tion and will run as an inde
pendent unless he receives the
endorsement of the United
Labor Party.
Persons wishing to vote in,
the KISD election must have
the qualifications of a voter
and must have been residents
of the KISD for 30 days next ■
preceding the election.
The polls will be at the city J
hall and the election will be
held on October 6. Voting will
be done between the hours of j
8 am and 7 pm. I
I
City Manager Plan!
Gets C of C OK !
The Chamber of Commerce!
went on record as “favoring \
the city manager form of
government” for Kodiak dur
ing the Thursday meeting at
the Montmartre Inn.
The proposal that the city,
adopt the city manager form)
of government will be decided
j October 6, during the annual
| city election The motion for
i the Chamber to favor the
l
(measure was made by John
Gibbons.
I Ken Gosling, an official of
! Aleutian Homes, Inc., spon
1 sors of the housing project in
the east addition, gave a talk
on the work being done there.
He invited all the members at
the meeting to inspect the
model home which will be
open for inspection this week.f
George Sonntag, senior de
partment vice commander of j
the VFW, flew to Anchorage1
today to attend the comman-j
der’s dinner and reception foi;
Wayne Richards, national
commander of the VFW.
VFW representatives from j
Kodiak, Fairbanks and Juneau I
will attend the meeting.
George Cornelius has asked
^11 persons interested in form- j
ing a Rock and Mineral Club
to contact him. His phone'
number is 3053.
Recently some pumice nodu
les from the explosion of Mt,
Katmai were displayed in the ;
National Mineral and Gem
Show in Florida. Cornelius
sent the nodules to the show. 1
Elk Permits
For 40 Hunters
The first name to be drawn
from the box for the annual
Elk Hunt on Afognak Island
was William H, Fish. The
drawing was held yes terday
at 10 am at the Mirror office.
Fish and Wildlife Service
regulations call for the issuing
of 40 permits for this year’s
hunt. The drawing was con
ducted under the supervision
of Paul Chapados, FWS agent,
Erpil Knudsen, representative
for Governor Heintzleman and
Mrs. Tenora Rodkney.
The other 39 names drawn
for the hunt were (not in or
der drawn): D. P. Andrews,
William Baumann Jr, Ben
Benson, Ernestine Berry,
Kenneth Berry, Jake BlanG,
Winona H. Bowhay, Dorothy
Chase, Agnes Christofferson,
Stanley Erickson, G. E. Hale
Kristjan Ileigason, Royal V.
Large, Jr., A'fred Levine,
Gary L. Lewis, Nelson Mad
dux, Iver Malutin, Johnnie
Malutin, Robert C. Martin,
Arthur McClellan, R. E. Mc
Dowell, Pete G. Olsen, Charles
Sutliff, Doris Tegstrom, Addi
son Tindell, Don Valley,
Robert Von Sheele, John W.
Ware, Raymond Ware, Leon
Woodcock, Bob Rice, Eva C.
Rochelle, Edward Sargent,
Carl E. Schmidt, Shirley B.
Sowder, Orville Sninharney,
Roberta L. Stillman, Paul
stover, Mrs. John btrassburg.
After the 40 names were
drawn a second drawing of 25
names for alternates was
held. Pat Cannon was the first
alternate drawn. The others
in the order drawn are Neil
Argy, Thomas Carroll, Melvin
Sampson, Deiores Samnson,
Robert Bolling, Richard Mat
thewes, Marie Valley, Gordon
Henderson, Orson Stillman,
James Chapman, Ruby Smith,
Millicent Pearsall, James
Zieba, Elaine Maddux. Chris
tain Kringlie, Paul R. Calla
han, James Cusack, Me'
Crawford, Gerolri Gugel, A. L.
Hansen, Fern Nordby, Arthur
Hirth, George Knight, Charles
Winn.
The FWS office will officially
notify the 40 selections by let
ter. They then have until
October 15, to send in their
$15 for the special permit. The
hunt will be held between
November 1 and 15.
A. J. Collins took pictures
of the drawings.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healey
and two children were to leave
yesterday lor the states. They
pian to make their home in
Gold Hill., Ore.
Aleutian Homes Opens
Houses For Inspection
A completely furnished
house, built by Aleutian
Homes, Inc., wiil be open for
public inspection today and
’ for the coming week.
The model house is one of
the 344 units that are now un
der construction in the east
addition. Today there are 280
houses erected.
The model home open for in
spection is located on Brooklyn
avenue directly above the
main project. A sign will be
near the house and at night it
will be under floodlights.
Parking space will be provided
1 near the house for those driv
ing to the project
i Local merchants have pro
1 vided the furnishings for the
two bedroom, with garage,
house. Those helping furnish
the house are Donnelley and
■ Acheson, Knudsen’s, Kodiak
i Variety, 0. Kraft and Son,
Spiegel Electric, Rhoades Fur
niture Store and Wodlinger
Berts Drug Stores.
I The house open for inspec
tion has a 16 by 12 bedroom,
dinette, kitchen, two bed
. rooms, bath and garage. The
kitchen features Youngstown
kitchen cabinets, Welbilt a
partment size gas range and j
Crosley refrigerator. Other^
equipment includes Bendixi
Shrine Initiates
New Members
Five members of the Nile
Temple of Seattle were here
early this week to initiate 13 .
men into the Shrine.
Those becoming Shriners,
were J. W. Patterson, William!
Johnson, W. A. Cannon, H.L.
Rochelle, Adolph Tegstrom,
Joseph R. Brown, N. W. Cam
jeron, Paul Seleen, James Rob-1
. inson, Walter Sewell, T. K. i
Clark. Anthony Perez and
Tom Weer, Jr.
j Carl Naldrett is president |
of the Shrine Club at Kodiak 1
Naval Station.
The five members of the!
Nile Temple were Reuben;
Lovgren, Potentate; Hal N. I
i Snyder, Chief Rabban: Lesi
Eastman, Assistant Rabban;,
Frank Ostrander. Recorder'
and Paul Symonds, Assistant!
Director. )
The 13 initiates were led'
through the streets of town
in colorful costumes as part of i
their initiation.
j i
! Mrs. Glen Robinson left re-j
cently for Florida, where she
will join her sister. Both will
drive across country shortly,
and Robinson will meet them
in Seattle.
automatic dryer, a Delco-Heat
standard space heater, 30 gab
ion hot water tank. For dis
play purposes only, a Dialma
tic washer will be on display.
The washer is only furnished
in the three bedroom houses.
The rentat for the houses
runs from $110 to $150 per
month. A two bedroom house
without garage rents for $110.
Two bedroom, with additional
equipment, and garage is $130
and a three bedroom with gar
age is $150.
K. C. Hildum will be at the
house to conduct visitors
through the rooms. The gener
al superintendent of the pro
ject is Paul Gooper. He has
been with the project from its
inception and built the pre-fab
houses in Portland.
Ken Gosling, an official of
the company, expressed ap
preciation to the businessmen
and residents of Kodiak for
their cooperation in making
the project possible.
“The wonderful cooperation
from the Navy and people of
Kodiak has been splendid. It
has made our work mueh
easier,” Gosling said.
Within three weeks approxi
mately 40 houses will be ready
for occupancy. As fast as the
the water and sewer connec
tions are available additional
houses will be ready for use.
The company has under
serious consideration the ques
tion of providing furniture
for rent for the houses, Gos
ling told the MIRROR Wednes
day. He added that they hoped
for an early solution to the
problem.
i£. -AMSat.
WARNING
A warning was issued to ali
city water users yesterday.
A!1 water used for drinking
purposes should be boiled prior
to use. An analysis at the
Navy lab showed some impur
ities in the water, Dr. Holmes
Johnson told the MIRROR to
day.
Theconlition of the water
is due to recent breaks in the
water main by some heavy e
quipment and will probably be
gone in a few days, Dr. John
son said.
When it is unnecessary to
boil the water an announce
ment will be made.
Ben K raft left l^ist week* n I
on a vacation to the states.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leonard
have purchased Jack Heaky.s
Mission Rd. home.