Kodiak Milk Deliveries From Local Oldtimers Al and Hazel Nixon
Two Kodiak residents Al and Hazel Nixon announce daily fresh raw milk delivery at forty cents per quart or 1.50 per gallon. They have supplied milk for 18 years from their 80-head herd, packaging under Grade A facilities at their ranch on Crooked Island before moving to Bell Flats. The couple notes the local creamery is no longer theirs and that equipment is owned by the Matanuska Co-Op on the mainland.
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Hazel Nixon
Kodiak
Nixon
Crooked Island
Bell Flats
Nixons
Matanuska
Deveau eyes pool project for Kodiak youth
Pete Deveau, owner of the only private pool between Anchorage and Tokyo, seeks a public Kodiak pool. He has raised 11,000 in pledges and targets land beside the school’s manual training shop for 60 and 80 foot pools. A non profit group like Spas in Anchorage would finance construction with future year round plans and Teen Club space. the city has begun site acquisition and cites Juneau’s outdoor pool as a model.
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Anchorage
Tokyo
Pete Deveau
Kodiak
Deveau
Spa
Locher Company wins water and building bids at council
At the city council meeting Locher Pipeline Co. won the Pillar Creek water pipeline project with a low bid of 161352. The city will furnish about 75000 in materials and the contractor 25000 in value. Work starts mid next month. Other bids were Mottner McCutcheon 221990 Inlet Mechanical 283092.50 Stock Grove 296094. City Engineer Jim Barr saved time by ordering pipe and pump in Seattle. Locher Construction also won the boat harbor contract at 8856 with bids from Hugo Gruland Cecil Wilson 12679.71 Arndt Brothers 17841.
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Maurice “Red” Burnham
Jim Barr
Pillar Creek
Mirror
Locher Pipeline Co
Mottner & McCutcheon
Inlet Mechanical Inc
Stock & Grove Inc
Seattle
Locher Construction Company
Boat Harbor
Hugo Grulund
Cecil Wilson
Arndt Brothers
Wright Wins Navy Sewage Disposal Contract
Russell A. Wright of Kodiak secures an $8,150 Navy contract to install a sewage disposal system at the U S Naval Communication Station transmitter site Ruskin Lake. Cmdr. William M. Miller announced the award. Work to begin soon.
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U.S. Navy
Russell A. Wright
Kodiak
U.S. Naval Communication Station
Ruskin Lake
Cmdr
William M. Miller
USN
Last Chance Today to Register for Little League
Today is the final opportunity to register for the Little League and Senior Division. All boys must register at the Down Town School from 7 to 9 p.m., even if they played in previous years.
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Down Town School
Milliken Dress Rehearsal Set for Sunday at High School
A Milliken dress rehearsal is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the local high school. The event invites participation and attendance from community members and families.
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Millikens
Milliken
Hair Sealskin Industry Could Be Big In Kodiak
A meeting at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game offices led by Zane Ney of Alaska Seal Co. discusses a potential 50,000 skin per year sealskin industry in Alaskan waters including Kodiak. Direct purchases, fixed prices around $8-$9 a skin plus a $3 bounty, aim to keep profits with hunters and avoid middlemen. The venture plans a nationwide buying network with Kodiak added as a pickup site only when incoming furs justify it. Average yearly income could reach $11-$12 per skin with six weeks of suitable hunting left this season.
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Adf&g
Zane Ney
Alaska Seal Co
Anchorage
Pacific Seal Co. Ltd
New Westminster
B.C
Alaska
Kodiak
Ney
Vandaal & Meijer
Canada
Ovid McKinley
Mirror
Kodiak To Get Freighter Every Two Weeks Now
Alaska Steamship Company will run a biweekly service to Kodiak and Adak with sailings from Seattle. The Tensina begins Seattle May 15 under general traffic manager D R Renbarger. The service meets growing Kodiak Adak tonnage and fish movement needs and offers first regular Adak schedules in years. Adak shipments require special permits due to split loading between Pier 42 and Pier 91.
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Alaska Steamship Company
Kodiak-Adak
Seattle
D. R. Renbarger
Tensina
Kodiak and
Adak
Renbarger
Alaska
Kodiak
Pier 42
Pier 91
Along The Along The Waterfront By Karl Armstrong
Clam season opens with the Sea Lion led by Willard Mac Alister delivering the first Razors from Swickshak Lagoon. The CCC begins processing while townsfolk note Dunia Hartman recovering from a hand injury in the clam shell grinder. Skiffs built for Fred Brechan by Pete Larionoff are for sale as Buster Kane sails with the APA tender Heron back to Kodiak. Teddy Cummings works on a Kodiak Coloring Book amid local humor and notes on the hair seal business.
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Sea Lion
Willard MacAlister
Swickshak Lagoon
APA
CCC
Clam Cannery
Dunia Hartman
Dunia
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Juneau
Locher Company
Water & Building
Russ Wright
Navy
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Fred Brechan
Fred
Pete Larionoff
Buster Kane
Kodiak Cafe
Heron
Mike Soma
Buster
Teddy Cummings
Mission Road Street
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