rrNews of oAmenca’s Last Frontier
VOL 13 NO 10
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 16, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Committee CountsVotes
For 4th July Queers
The first tabulation of votes
for Kodiak’s Queen for the
big Fourth of July Celebration
was made yesterday. Several
sponsors of candidates have
not turned in their initial tic
kets, Elliott Hymans, chair
man of the queen committee,
said.
The following is the stand
ing as of yesterday:
Marie Anderson, 12,200;
Carolyn Gallagher, 6.800;
Cherie Stover, 5,000; Sally
Heitman, 2,000.
Purchasers of tickets may
vote for their favorite candi
date by a ticket for one dollar.
Each ticket entitles the pur
chaser to 100 votes. Tickets
may be obtained from most
business houses in town and
will be available at Kodiak
Naval Station.
entrants irom KNs are ex
pected to be made this week.
Virginia Foster is being spon
sored by Knudsen’s but late
yesterday Emil Knudsen had
not turned in his tickets.
Sponsors of the other candi
dates are Miss Anderson by
fihtt USO Junior Hostess Corps,
Miss Gallagher by Kodiak
Elks Club, Miss Stover by
Itonnelley and Acheson and
Miss Heitman by the VFW.
The winning young lady will
be crowned on July 4 some
time during the celebration
and will receive a $200 ward
robe, Hymans said.
Top VFW Commander
To Attend Kodiak
Convention
James V». Cothran, comman-j
der in chief of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, U.S.A., will at
tend the annual encampment,
of the Department of Alaska]
which will be held this year in |
Kodiak. j
Cothran will arrive in Ko
diak on June 2 and remain for
three or four days. He will ar
rive here by plane from the
states.
REA Men Meet
With KEA Board
Stewart Hamilton and Clark
Johnson, REA representatives
from Palmer and Anchorage
met with members of the Ko
diak Electric Association board
on Wednesday evening.
Thursday they were guests
of the Chamber of Commerce
and later in the day returned
to the mainland by PNA.
A meeting of Auxiliary fire
men is set for eleven am to-1
morrow.
Baccalaureate
Tomorrow
The Baccalaureate address
to the Senior and Junior High
School graduates will be de
livered by the Rev. Judson E.
Masters Sunday afternoon at
1 pm at the Orpheum Theatre.
A senior class of 10 and a
junior high class of 31 will be
present for the program.
The Invocation will be given
by the Rev. R. N. Wilkinson
I and the Benediction by George
I Wick. The Processional and
I Recessional will be played by
1 Wanda Fields.
Music will be by the Girls
Chorus of the school.
Mothers Honored
At Elks Club
Kodiak Mothers were honor
ed last Sunday by the local
B.P.O.E. Lodge.
The service was lead by Ex
alted Ruler Maurice Gunderson
and included an address by
Navy Chaplain G.B. Speigel
halter and music by the lodge
trio. Mrs. John Springhill
played the piano to the singing
of V. W. Root, Leon Johnson
and Tom Norris.
Corsages were presented to'
the following mothers: Mrs.
John Hubley and Clara Grau,
oldest mothers present; Mrs.
Delmar Moffitt, youngest
mother.
Others receiving corsages
jwere Mrs. Pete Chichenoff
and Mrs. Hubley, mothers
i with the most children. Gold!
Star Mothers present were;
Mrs. Wells Smith, Mrs. Chich
enofF and Mrs. Grau. j
Grandmothers also received
.corsages. The youngest grand-1
mother was Mrs. W.E. Dailey |
and the oldest was Mrs. Hub-j
ley.
The service was broadcast)
over Radio Station WVCQ
with the assistance of D. L.
Connelly and W. L. Ridelbar
ker, Sig Digree, publicity
chairman, said.
James Peltauff, 53, Squaw
Harbor, died May 9 at Griffin
Memorial Hospital. He had!
entered the hospital the pre-1
vious day after being flown
here for medical attention by
the Coast Guard.
(J. S. Commissioner A. M. (
Vokacek has sent a wire to]
[the Aleutian Chain village fori
details of Peltauff (or Paltou- j
off) so burial can be made and j
■ relatives notified. The body is
| now at Kodiak Mortuary.
Crutcher Elected
Chamber r rexy
Marshall Crutcher was e
lected president of the Kodiak
Chamber of Commerce for the
1953-54 year during the regu
lar meeting Thursday.
He succeeds James G. Martz
who has held the office during
the past year. Emil Knudsen
was elected first vice presi
dent and Merrill Coon second
vice president.
Mrs. William Smith was re
elected secretary and William
Smith reelected treasurer.
Outgoing President Martz
will serve on the board of di
rectors for the coming year.
VFW Poppy Sale
Begins Friday I
Katmai Post 70o6, VFW, !
will condnct their annual I
Buddy Poppy sale on May 22 j
and 23. The sale will be held
in town and at Kodiak Naval
Station.
The money received in ex
cess of the cost of the poppies
remains in Kodiak to be used
for the relief of disabled, sick
and needy veterans and their
dependents, Elwood Watson,1
commander of the local post,
said yesterday. j
The other part of the money ;
will goto the VFW national!
home at Eaton Rapids, Michi-j
gan and to the National and!
Territorial Veterans Rehabili-|
tation Fund.
Volunteer workers will con
duct the sale of poppies.
Senior-Junior High Grads
Get Diplomas This Week
Junior High Students
Graduate Thursday
The Junior High School
graduating class of 1953 will
hold graduation exercises
Thursday, May 21, at 8 pm at
the USO.
Admission to the exercises
will he by ticket only. Dr. A,
Holmes Johnson, Kodiak lSD
board president, will present
the diplomas to the graduates.
The Salutatory address will be
given by Frances Lindsley and!
the Valedictory by Thomas
Lee. Mary Lindgren will read
the class prophecy and the
class history will be given by
Hazel Hartman.
Members of the class are
Anna Mae Benson, Johanna
Beukers, Neil Gale Chase,
Lydia Chicnenoff, Roy Chris
tofferson, Myrna Wolkoff, E
laine Hollman, Cathryn
Jeanne Dailey, Nina Deveau,
Shirley Margarette Hutchins,
Robert Frost, Hazel Hartman.
Laurence Edward Liptrap.
Others are Marcella Rose
Johnson, Thomas Gustav Lee,
Mary Lindgren, Frances Lind
sley, Francis Bruce Deluque,
William Howard McLinn,
James Minstrell, Marie Nel
son, Linda Lucille Rockstad,
Annie Jennese Scroggs,
Clarence Selig, Jr., Sophie
Shuravloff, Joan Afay Smith,.
Jean Frances Smith, Arthur'
Torgramsen, Eli Waselie,
I Robert Louis Hartson, August
| Henry Heitman.
New Stars Added
Capt. Manuel Fernandez, Jr., of Miami, Fla., who be
came the world’s jet ace (May 9), gives the “thumbsup”i
sign while sitting in cockpit of his Sabrejet on alert line in
Korea. Stars on side of cork pit represent his score of MIGs |
killed and “probables.” Since this picture was made, two
more stars have been added. One of the ne.v stars represents
his 13th MIG kill of May 10 and another “probable.”
(.S’ WIREHHOTO)
Senior Exercises
Tuesday At USO
The Kodiak High School
graduation exercises for the
seniors will be held Tuesday
evening at the U.S.O. Build
ing and 10 students will re
ceive their diplomas.
Admittance to the event;
because of the limited seating'
capacity, will be by ticket unly.
The valedictory address
will be delivered by Patricia
Whitney and the salutatory
address by JoAnn Knudsen.
This year the entire exercises
will be conducted by the stu ■
dents.
ine processional and reces
sional will be played by Mrs
Dorothy Anderson. The pre
sentation of the senior class
for graduation and of awards
and prizes will be made by
Superintendent Ivor Schott.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, presi
dent of the Independent
School District board, will a
ward the diplomas.
Father Raymond Talbott,
S. J., pastor of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, will deliver
the benediction.
Those receiving their high*
school diplomas are JoAnni
Knudsen, Virginia Foster,
Carolyn Gallagher, Gladys
Masters Rushing, Jasper Holl
man, Scharlotte Riehey, Pa
tricia Whitney, Lexie Fadoff,
Richard Williams and Sally
Heitman.
Three speeches wtll be de
livered by graduating student*
in addition to the valedictory
and salutatory addresses. Car
olyn Gallagher, Jasper Hall
man and Virginia Foster wilt
give them. A saxaphone solo
by Jasper Hollman, a piano
solo by Virginia Foster and a
violin solo by Scharlott©
Richey will be heard. The*
Girl’s Chorusof Kodiak School
under the direction of Neal
Warwick will sing, I will Lift
Up Mine Eyes.
Miss Knudsen’s subject will
be, Pledge to the Bill of
Rights. Miss Whitney will
speak on, Pledge of Youth to
Peace. Miss Foster has chosen
' as her subject, Pledge to New
I Freedoms; Jasper Hollman,
j Pledge to Duty and Carolyn
1 Gallagher, Pledge to Old Free
doms.
Following the graduation
exercises a reception for the
graduates will be given at the
Elks’ Hall by members of the
faculty.
Arlene Herring has enteref
the Kodiak Queen Contest as
the ACS candidate.