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rrNews of oAmenca s Last frontier
VOL 13 NO 8
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 2, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
White Mamed To Council
Filling IVletzgar’s Term
Wilton White has been
named to fill the vacancy on
the city council. Members of
the council unanimously ap
proved the move.
The position filled by White
was created by the resignation j
of C. H. “Bud” Metzgar. |
White is manager of Kodiak
Motors and is serving his
fourth year as president of j
the Kodiak Electric Associa
tion board.
The water and sewer plans
for the housing project were
viewed and approved during i
a special council meeting!
Thursday afternoon.
Bert Hyde, Alaska Public!
Works engineer presented the
plans to the council for ap
proval. They were drawn by
Hubbell and Waller Engineer
ing Corp., of Seattle, Bob Hed
loff, city clerk said.
An advertisement for bids
will be made public soon, Hed
loff said.
Grandmothers To Meet
Will Give Away Quilt
The regular meeting of the
Kodiak Grandmother’s Club
will be held Wednesday at 8
pm at the home of Mrs. Karl
Rrunstad.
Recently the club gave a
special dinner for Mrs. Euna
Williams who plans to leave
Kodiak. The party was held
at the home of Mrs. Helen
Stockard at Kodiak Naval Sta
\ tion.
Council Reduces Two
Tax Claims
Two of the city’s claims a
gainst boats owned locally j
have been altered by order of|
the city council.
Basil Clark, councilman and j
chairman of the tax commit
tee, suggested the city form
ulate a policy on ‘ tax offsets”
for new industry here.
The council decided Monday
that the boat Mary Jane, own
ed by Martin Jensen, be set at
$540 plus penalty and interest.
On the personal property tax
roll the charges were listed as
$1,270.08. Charges against H.
F. MacDonald’s boat the 31F3
was set at $30 plus penalty
and interest. On the personal
property delinquent tax roll
the charges were listed as
$143.83.
Clark’s suggestion that the
city think about a ‘‘tax offset”
was tabled at the suggestion
of Paul Dupler, city attorney.
The attorney said he wanted
to study the 1953 session laws.
Registrations
At Center
Notification of Birth Regis
trations have been received by
Miss Olive Walker, Kodiak
City Public Health Nurse, and
may be obtained at the Health
Center.
Miss Walker will be at the
Health Center every day be
tween the hours of 9 to 10 am
and 4 to 5 pm to ,issue the
certificates.
Following registrations may
be obtained: Kathryn Marie
Ahlstrom, Marguerite Louise
Baird, Kenneth Michael Black
well, John James Boucher,
Claudia Lynn Butler, Richard
Paul Boucher, Carlene Teresa
Bystrom, Dean Patrick Caven,
Jonna Christine Chya, Virginia
Lee Chya, Theresa Ann Cor
bett, Susanna Raenell Cote.
April Lee Lrawtord, Kath-1
ryr. Anne Cryan, Karen Cas-1
sandra Dill, Harold Eugene
Englund, Dale Lynn Erickson,
Geraldine Anne Fitzgerald,
Sallie Jean Fitzgerald, Dennis
Richard Franklin, Jay Scott
Garoutte, Pamelia Sue Gerard,
Antonio Don Gonzales, Gordon
Jack Healey, Robert Allen
Herrick, Patricia Elaine Hes
ter, Steven Edward Horn.
Edwin John Jager, Roy Lee
Jones, Jr., David Joseph
Joynt, Sylvia Marie Komm,
Michael Basil Kopun, Teresa |
Anne Kraft, Bonnie Jean Lar-'
son, Kay Allen McAlexander, !
Kathy Ellen McAlexander.
Stephen Lynn McCormick,
Joyce McDonald, Velda Marie
McKinley, Roberta Jane Mag
nusen, Anita Ruth Nibblett,
Evan Ann O’Brien.
Raymond Howard Ogden,
Jr.. Stephen George Peterson,
Anthony Joy Reed, Jr., Shir
ley Anne Reed, Mrs. Lawrence
Shaw, Peter Curtis Smith,
Phillip Gerald Stoddard,
Karyn Judith Syren, Patricia
Ann Taylor, Darlene Louise
Waddle, Ann Louise Warren,
Randall Wayne Weisser,
Debra Wentland, Candace
Lynn Wright, John Yovino. i
The Peninsula Exploration
Co., owners of nine copper
claims located on Sitkalidak
Island, have started running a
tunnel on the Copper King.
Jack Allman, former Kodi
akian, is seriously ill in Se
attle, according to reports in a
Fairbanks paper.
Kodiak B.P.O.E. 1772 will
observe their fourth anniver
asry with a birthday dinner
Thursday.
Hospital Holds
Open Home
Open house will be held be
tween the hours of 3 and 5 pm
at Griffin Memorial Hospital
next Saturday.
The annual hospital day tea
will be held at that time, and
visitors may inspect the hos
pital.
Hospital day is a nation-wide
celebration of the bithday of
Florence Nightingale.
Selected to preside at next
Saturday’s tea are Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson, Mrs. Her
bert Norris, Mrs. John Spring
hill and Mrs. Henry Neseth.
Members of the nurse’s aide
corps will escort visitors
through the hospital,
By Associated Press
The United Nations com
mand said the Reds are hold
ing at least 375 sick and
wounded prisoners of war
who should be returned under
Ian exchange agreement with
j the Allies.
The men returned so far
have made positive statements
that 234 non-Korean and 141
Korean prisoners who are sick
are still in Red stockades.
Meanwhile, two big Military
Transports winged over the
Pacific carrying homeward 63
Americans in the second phase
of the freedom airlift. Other
prisoners ai e being cared for
in Army hospitals in Tokyo.
Russia — Defense Minister
! Bulganin greeted Soviet armed
forces May Day with one of
the briefest and mildest orders
of the day in many years.
The order ran to about 150
words and hailed the Commu
nist party and Soviet Union as
the “inspirer and organizer of
1 all victories”. This usual har
angue always ended with
“Long Live Stalin’’. This year
it did not, Stalin being dead.
I
The Harold, a gas boat,
owned by Fuller and Saxton
has been sold to Senafont
Shugak of Old Harbor. He
plans to use it as a freight
boat between Old Harbor and
Kodiak.
i
Sheil Oil Company of Cali
fornia has • sent three of their
top geologists to Alaska tto
begin making final plans for
oil exploration along the
shores of Cook Inlet and other
parts of the territory.
The city council approv ed a
building permit for the con
struction of a house on lot 8
block 36, east addition Mon
day night. The permit was
presented by Louis Lyle.
Foley Asks Reckoning;
Seeks $20,000 Damage
Tatiana See Gees
Wednesday 3:54
Fairbanks (JP“) — The Tan
ana river ice broke at 3:54 pm
Wednesday afternoon, to give
a large number of persons
shares in an estimated $100,000
kitty.
The winners included six in
dividual ticket holders and
six pools.
They were the Eleven Hope
fuls and Kathleen Barricklow
of Juneau; Bandy Williams,
Ketchikan; Florence Ranier
and three pools of Anchorage,
three persons and two pools,
Fairbanks.
Rotary Playground
Opening Tuesday
The formal dedication of the
Rotary Playground on Mission
Road will begin at 1:30 pm
Tuesday. The local club has
invited the public to the cere
mony.
Refreshments will be pro
vided for the children. Rank
ing officers at Kodiak Naval
Station have been invited to
attend the dedication.
Jules Radinsky, resident of
KNS and member of the club,
will act as master of cere
monies. The school children
will be permitted to attend the
event. Transportation from
town to the playground is be
ing provided.
VFW Wants Official
City Poppy Oay
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars has requested the city
council to establish May 22
and 23 as “City Poppv Days”
for the sale of Memorial Day
Poppies.
Acting Mayor Jack Hinckel
has asked Paul Dupler, city
attorney, to draw up a procla
mation to this effect.
A stork shower for Mrs.
Ronald Bowhay and Mrs.
Bernie Lindsey was held
Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Tom Fannin. Mrs. Leo
MacDonald was co-hostess
with Mrs. Fannin.
Bob Hedloff, ' city clerk,
plans to leave soon on a vaca
tion in the states.
The city council approved
issuance of a commercial haul
ing license to E. Vernon Smith
during the regular session
1 Monday night.
t
| Jacob H. Foley has filed a
suit in Third District Court to
dissolve a partnership and
I asked for an accounting of asi
sets against William Kosoff,
| B. E. Nachtweih, E. E. Erwin
and W. B. Criss.
| According to the suit, the
five entered into a partnership
August 30, 1951, for the oper
ation of the Ship’s Tavern is
Kodiak. Foley says he has
I acted as manager for the part
1 ners'hip ever since.
On April 20 of this year, he
was notified that his services
Iwere no longer needed and
that the tavern was being sold
to Harry Gottschalk. Last
week.s MIRROR carried an
account of the sale.
In the suit Foley claims he
has $5,000 in the partnership
and that the sale is being made
without his consent.
Through his attorneys he
asks that a receiver be ap
pointed, t e partnership dis
solved, and an accounting
made. He also requests an in
junction restraining the de
fendants from selling the
tavern until the suit is settled.
Foley also asks $20,000 dam
ages for the sale without hia
consent, and attorney’s fees.
The law firm of Renfrew,
Davis and Hughes of Anchor
age is representing Foley.
John Hubley Meets
Sister After 17 Years
Mrs. Elizabeth Oberg,
younger sister of John Hubley,
spent several days in Kodiak
recently visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Oberg had not seen her
brother for 17 years until she
came to Kodiak from McGrath.
She has purchased a home at
Bellingham, Washington, and
plans to live there.
Three local “weekend
sailors and sportsmen” spent
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
with Alf Madsen, big game
guide and outfitter aboard his
boat the Polaris and at his
Uganik Bay hunting camp.
Oscar Hanson, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Kodiak,
H.E. Spencer, city wharfinger,
and Mel Crawford, Mirror
editor, were Madsen’s guests
for the weekend.
Hatison proved to be the
best “sailor” of the trio.
i Mrs. Paul Swanson and Mrs.
I Margaret Magnusen left Tues
day for Seattle by air for a
vacation. Miss Molly Mahle,
who flew here for the wedding
of Lorraine Magnusen, accom
panied them.