Kodiak High School Plans Largest Graduation Ceremony
Forty-three seniors, the district's biggest class, received diplomas in a Tuesday evening commencement at the Kodiak High School auditorium. Dr. E. E. Hedblom delivered the main address, with invocation by Chaplain R. A. Vaughan and benediction by Rev. M. Targonsky. Scholarships and awards totaling to nine students were presented by Superintendent Ivor Schott.
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Kodiak High School
E. E. Hedblom
R. A. Vaughan
Mrs D Tegstrom Visitor In Kodiak
Doris Tegstrom of Anchorage visited Kodiak for a week, renewing ties with old friends. The Tegstroms previously lived in Kodiak during Mr Tegstroms employment on the White Alice project, now based in Anchorage with City Electric.
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Doris Tegstrom
Anchorage
Tegstroms
Kodiak
Tegstrom
City Electric
Alaska Tee & Storage
Telstroms
Afognak School Grants Eight Grade Diplomas Four Graduates
Graduation exercises were held Friday at Afognak grade school for three girls and one boy completing the eighth grade. Diplomas were awarded to Arlene Marie Garner Sandra Marie Ponchene Linda Mae Mullin and Spencer Lawrence Shaw. Perfect attendance and 4-H awards were presented. Speaker was Rep. Gil Jarvella.
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Afognak
Arlene Marie Garner
Sandra Marie Ponchene
Linda Mae Mullin
Spencer Lawrence Shaw
Gil Jarvella
Mayor Declares Realtor's Week Observance
Mayor Merril Coon proclaims May 20 to May 26 as Realtor Week aligning with the Alaska State Board of Realtors and 1400 National Association of Realtors boards. The notice praises realtors who uphold ethics, community service, and housing aid, noting many residents owe thanks to Realtors for home ownership.
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Merril Coon
Alaska State Board of Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Coon
Poppy Day Events To Be Held At Base And Town
The annual Poppy Day drive by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will take place Friday May 29 on the naval base and Saturday May 26 in town, with volunteers collecting for veterans programs.
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The
Vetieans of Foreign Wars
Naval Base
Kodiak Man Adopts Beach Dredging For Alaskan Gold
An Alaska news item notes a shift from panning to modern dredging as prospectors seek a potential billion-dollar bonanza along Alaska beaches from Juneau to Nome. Harry Gottschalk, a retired Kodiak resident, plans to mine about 180 miles of beach near Nome with a partner, drilling through four feet of ice to reach gold, signaling a new stampede for illusive gold dust.
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Juneau
Nome
Stephens Passage
Good News Bay
Norton Sound
Kodiak
Harry Gottschalk
Pardner
Fourth of July planned events in Kodiak include parade and fireworks
A Wednesday meeting of city groups formed plans for a traditional Fourth of July in Kodiak. Activities include fireworks under the Chamber of Commerce, a parade organized by the Navy League, children's races, boat races, a Pillar Mountain climb, a smoker by the American Legion, Rotary train, Elks games and dance, Shrine marathon, Little League ball game, Toastmasters flag raising, and a possible Outdoorsmen barbecue. An additional planning session is set for May 31 at the Elks Club to finalize details.
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Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Navy League
Elks Club
Shrine Club
Little League
The
Three Couples Tie The Knot InKodiak And Alaska
Three couples were joined in marriage this month in Alaska. Phyllis Sholl and Cecil Sholl of Kodiak wed May 14 before Magistrate Mabel Fenner with R A Ekin as attendants. Landis Marie Carey of Atlanta and Ray Felton Payne of Chiniak married May 14 at Community Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis White and attendants A Kopun and David McCormick. Shizuko Kimura of Seattle and Sueman Moon, an Alaska Ice Storage employee, wed May 17 before Magistrate Fenner with attendants Dolly Rednour and M Vega.
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Phyllis Sholl
Cecil Sholl
Kodiak
Mabel Fenner
R. A. Ekin
Landis Marie Carey
Atlanta
Georgia
Ray Felton Payne
Chiniak
Community Baptist Church
Lewis White
A. Kopun
David McCormick
Shizuko Kimura
Seattle
Sueman Moon
Alaska
Alaska Ice & Storage
Magistrate Fenner
Dolly Rednour
M. M. Vega
Open House At The Loran Station
The U S Coast Guard Loran Transmitting Station Spruce Cane invites Kodiak residents to an Armed Forces Day open house Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts will be served while personnel explain the station mission and operations. The unit, though small, maintains over a million dollars of electronic gear serving vessels and aircraft across the Gulf of Alaska.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Sprucce Cane
Kodiak
R. L. Demichiell
Demichiell
Gulf of Alaska
Teachers Receive Science Awards
Mrs. Melanie G. Draper a third grade teacher at Kodiak Elementary was chosen for the Summer Institute in Science and Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers at the University of Oregon Eugene Oregon The six week program runs June 18 to August 10 and is funded by the National Science Foundation Hugh Q Smith a high school mathematics instructor also won the same grant for secondary teachers and will attend the University of Alaska
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Alberta Mueller
Seattle
Linda Beck
Karen Routzohn
Tom Atkins
Georgetown University
Roger Spinharney
Sheldon Jackson
Ellis
Kathleen Dawson
Joan Benson
Gary Olson
William Richardson
Carolyn Rockstad
Rotary
Melanie G. Draper
Kodiak
University of Oregon
Eugene Oregon
The
National Science Foundation
Hugh Q. Smith
University of Alaska
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Kodiak Electric Association
Kraft
PNA
U.S. Navy
Hedblom
Time Magazine
D. Tegstrom
Afognak School
Kodiak Man
Loran
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