11 Oct 1952
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Newspaper
Kodiak Mirror
Location
Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1952
Page
1
Voters prepare for the Territorial Election with 21 plus candidates vying for 10 House seats in the Third Division. Delegates Bartlett and Reeve contest the congressional seat while Republicans and Democrats field multiple runners for Senate and other offices. Prowler reports on Mission Road prompt police alerts.
Voters will decide a 480000 dollar bond issue for the City of Kodiak on Tuesday October 14. Voters must register by October 11 1952 at 4 pm in Kodiak City Hall. The election is held with the Territorial Election and requires the voter's name on the latest assessment roll and U S citizenship age 21 plus residency in Alaska.
Spiridon D. Patarochin, 76, longtime Kodiak resident and former sea otter hunter, died Monday after a heart attack. He lived 65 years in Kodiak, owned a sea otter sailboat, and worked as carpenter, watchmaker, shoemaker, cook, fisherman, and bartender. He is survived by several children including Mrs Jack Wagner, Richard Patarochin, and Mrs Byron Saul. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at the Russian Orthodox Church.
Pacific Northern Airlines aims to raise funds to buy four-engine aircraft for the Kodiak Anchorage run. Art Woodley, PNA president, cited heavy traffic as the driver. Attending the Kodiak meeting were Paul Parzell Wickliffe Schreeve Robert Kinsey and Mayor Lee Bettinger noted Kodiak growth since 1945 and rising assessed valuation and bank deposits.
Associated Press late bulletin reports Gen. Eisenhower railing at Democratic opposition for false charges and fear. He claimed the party of special privileges harms the nation and warned against big government.
District Court receives protest against Tuesday city election claiming denial of vote due to failure to register for the September special election. The signers urge a new election and challenge Ordinance 138 claiming it misstates registration rules. Republican candidate M D Snodgrass promotes vocational training and a Kodiak agriculture branch. He detailed his Kodiak tenure from 1907 to 1917 and prior service in the Territorial Senate.
The Chamber of Commerce directed a letter to the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization after reading a note from James Davis, director of the Interior, seeking Alaska residents’ views on the new act governing travel between the territory and the continental United States.
Members of the Parent-Teacher Association and guests enjoyed a Thursday evening musical program in room 1 at Kodiak Public School. Nancy Fjeldheim played piano, third grade students performed an original song, June Magnusen tap danced, and Carl Smith played accordion. Elizabeth Lautner offered another piano solo, the Girls Quartet sang, Barbara Moffitt played accordion, and selections by the school chorus and orchestra followed.
Plans and specifications for the Kodiak boat harbor have been sent to the Portland Oregon office of the U S Corps of Engineers. W G Ells told the Chamber of Commerce that a set of plans is at Anchorage for inspection by interested persons.
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