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Entered :n the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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STATEHOOD?
A recent incident makes us wonder if we have really
matured enough for statehood. Discounting all the arguments
concerning finances, legal ability etc. for Alaska to support a
state we wonder if we are morally ready to assume the bur
den.
The incident we refer to concerns the recent robbing of
cabin in the Uganik Bay area. It is traditional that anyone
may use another cabin if an emergency exists. In years past
there was never a lock on any cabin door. Thieves recently
sacked Alf Midsen’s hunting cabin. They stole every bit of
equipment including all the emergency food.
Surely the persons responsible for such an act are not
good citizens. Yet, wno makes up a state? While it is one re
mote event the persons who can grant us statehood will take
into account such happenings.
Hospital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. George'
Panamaroff, a son, August 24
weight. 6 lbs., 10 oz., name
Edward George.
To Mr. and Mrs Maurice
Gunderson, a son. August 22,
weight, 7 lbs., 14 oz., name,
Charles Marcus,
! All Kodiak Volunteer Fire
men are requested to meet at
i the fire hall Monday, August
31, for an important meeting.
I - ■■ .
I John Cushing of the Kodiak
.Telephone Company planned
to leave today for Juneau and
Sitka. He expects to be gone
for four weeks.
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That’s oil it takes. .
and we pay the postage both ways!
If you are too busy to get to the bank these days, let
Uncle Sam do your footwork. It’s easy, its convenient
and its safe to
bank-by-mail
Just mail your deposit. Mark it Checking or Savings.
•Rank of Kodiak.
Closed every Thursday
Ba i ;ciu< « errioe at N. O. B„ Fridays, Old Administration Building, fl:00 •:30 F. M
PHONES 2233 2222 4691
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August 18,1953
Mr. Harry E. Spencer
Chairman, Rent Advisory
board
Kodiak, Alaska
Dear Mr. Spencer:
Under date of Aug. 13, 1953
we received a resolution from
the Em. bulks, Alaska Rent
Adviso y Bo.rJ recommen i ig
that th-are i be ( etontr >i,ed
becaa e t \e demand for rental
h iusing has been reasonably
m-t. In compliance wi..h that
recommendation the Fair
banks, Alaska, Defense Rental
Area will be decontrolled ef
fective August 22, 1953.
In view of the foregoing res
olution and the impossibility of
administering the Kodiak area
without a field staff, I am de
controlling the Kodiak area ef
fective August 22, 1953.
Please let me take this op.
portunity to thank you and the
other members of your Board
for the interest you have
shown in the Federal rent sta
bilization program.
Sincerely yours,
[s] Glenwood J. Sherrard
Director Defense Rental
Areas Division
Thieves
continued from page 1
six years thieves have broken
' n three times.
I Madsen said he could recall
I early days wnen no cabin was
lever looted. “If a man found
need to stop at s imeones cabin
: he was a ways welcome. He
helptd himseif to food and
. when he left he tlwaysleft
| the camp like he found it, ” he
said. “I guess those days are
gone for ever.’’
Mining Claim Stakes
Being Destroyed
Mining claim stakes belong
ing to Donald Fe:acchi and
George Corneilus were torn
down recently. The two pros
pectors have staked a claim
m the slide area on the Base
Town Road.
Petacchi h is been doing
work on the claim for several
weeks. He indicated that the
; mineral there may oe of great
value'to the U. S. Government
in its program in obtaining
uranium. Uranium is used in
the manufacture of the A
bomb.
It si a penitentiary offense
■ to destroy mining monuments,
stakes, or markers.
Petacchi has been active for
i several years in his prospect
ing on Kodiak Island.
! Mr. and Mrs. George Sonn
! tag returned to Kodiak this
Week via PNA. Mrs. Sonntag
has oeen on a vacation in the
states for the past two months.
Sonntag, city engineer, flew
outside 10 days ago to join
Mrs. Sonntag and accompany
her home.
They stopped in Anchorage
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Anderson and granddaughter
Patti Jeanne.
COMIN' & COIN’
Bob Ellis was an incoming
and outgoing PNA passenger
Wedn»cdpy. He n»rivod "?i the
early bight and left in the
ve ning.
! John Raft left Tuesday via
PNA for Portland. Mrs. Raft
is reported to be ill. She lives
in Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Metrokin
were PNA passengers for
Anchorage on Tuesday.
• J- W. Patterson was a PNA
passenger for Anchorag
Wednesday
—
Orin Kuhnley, Halferty
Canneries, Inc. representative
left by PNA.
Read the Classifieds
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ander
son were outgoing PNA pas
sengers for Anchorage Sun
day.
! Mr. and Mrs. Bill Criss left
yesterday for a weeks vaca
tion on Afognak Island. He is
employed by the B.G. & M.
Amusement Company
i
Henry Eaton was an outgo
ing plane passenger Wednes
day.
Mrs John Marshall is now
employed at the Pacific Nor
thern Airlines ticket office.
I
! Dr. Jean MacFarlane has
been in the office of Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson this week,
while Dr. Johnson. Mrs. John
son, and Mr. and Mrs. R.
Holmes Johnson are cruising
in their sailboat.
Mary Gorgatelli Wimmer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
j Barney Corgatelli, has return
I ed to Kodiak after spending
! a year in the states.
Sat. Aug. 29th
Grand Opening
of
The Flower Basket
\ Flowers For All Occasions
! Fresh From Seattle Daily
For Special Occasions Orders Will Be Taken
2 Days Prior To Delivery
; Wedding & Funeral Arrangements
Corsages, Bouquets, Potted Plants.
! Planters, Vases, “Etc” Soil & Plant Foods
IDOTTIE BLAIR OWNER
MILLIE BEST MANAGER
BJinn Bldg. Next to USO
; Phone Orders Given Special Attention
I Phone 2142
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