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Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27

Sedan, Six cyainder. Serial No. A580i5o740. Item No. z
 Adams Grader. Mod. 51l, TD14 International Engine, Serial No. S456. Item No. 3
 Clark Fordift, solid tires. no serial. Item No. {
 Fordson Backhoe Tractor, Model 8N, Serial No. 416974. Item No. 5, lot includes (a) Clark Tructractor 6, Ser.
 CM42964
 Cb) Clark Tructractor 6, Ser.
 CM-4384
 (c) Mercury Industrial Truck,
 Ser. 4728 > General Conditions l. Bid must be accompanied by 10q0 of total bid either in cash or certified check. 2. Successful bidders must pay balance of bid within two (2) days and remove property within ten (10) days or for felt monies being held by the
Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27
NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS
 TO RIDDERS

 ton, including the supply of neces- sary equipment of an electric project of the Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. Hereinafter call ed the "Owner") and to be known as Project Pillar Mountain Cable will be received by the Owner on or before 5 o'clock PM, AS Time, March 18th, 1860, at its office at Box 787, Kodiak, Alaska at which time and place the proposals will be publicly opened and read. Any proposal received subsequent to the time specified will be prompt ly returned to the Bidder un- opened. .-'.s:@ 2. Description of Project. The project will consist of approximate ly: ' miles of line removal and the following:
 Installation of approx. 4000 it. of ground lay bore hole type 3kC, Xiv Cable located in the immediate vicinity of the town of Kodiak on Kodiak Island, in the State of Alaska all as more fully described in the Plans, Specifications and Construction Drawings.
 3. Obtaining and transferring Documents.
 The Plans, Specifications, h. structionS to Bidders, and Con struction Drawings together with aM necessary forms and other doc uments for bidders may be ob- tained from the Owner, Kodiak Elect. Assn, Inc. Kodiak, Alaska upon payment of ten dollars ($10), which payment will not be subject to refund. The Plans, Specified tions, Instructions to Bidders and Construction Drawings may be ex- amined at the office of the Owner or at the office of the Engineer, Retherford Associates, Anchorage, Alaska.
 4. The board of directors Of the Kodiak Electric Assn reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Dated this 18th day of
 January, 1860
 Kodiak Electric Association,
 Inc, .se
 By: Eldon Lester,
 President.
 Publish February 13, 20, 27, March 5 & 12, 1860. " ''' ''
Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27
INVITATION. FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Box 685, Kodiak, Alaska, un- til 200 pm, ,AST, Friday, March 4, 1860, for: purchase of the fol. lowing items, at which time bids will be publily opened: Item No.
 1858 Chevrolet door Delay
Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27

City. 3. Sale is made on "as S. where is" basis, with no warranty as to condition made by CN. {. The City retains the right oo reject any or all bids If te appears in the best interest of the City.
 CITY OF KODIAK
 Bill M. Poland
 City Manager Publish Feb. ?, 196O
Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27
LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
 THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
 THIRD DIVISION, AT
 ANCHORAGE
 ELMER E. DEAN and RUTH DEAN,
 Plaintiffs,
 -VS
 ROY E. CLARK, or if deceased) then the unknown heirs or) deviSees of said ROY E.) CLARK; JACK ALTMAN, a/) k/a JOHN LELAND STAND FORD ALTMAN, or if deceased) then the unknown heirs or) devisees of said JACK ALL-) MAN; RUTH C. ALLMAN,) a/k/a RUTH COFFIN ALL) MAN; MAX LaLANDE, a/k/a) MAX c. LaLANDE, ALINE) C. LaLANDE, CLYDE L. HOL-) DEN, ALLIE B. HOLDEN,) ROYES E. TEMPLETON, a/k) "a ROGER k. TEMPLETON,) BARBARA A. TEMPLETON,) KODIAK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, and also) all other persons unknown) claiming any right, title, es-) tate, lien, or interest in the) real property described in) plaintiffs complaint, adverse) to plaintiffs ownership, or any) cloud upon plaintiffs title) thereto.
 DefendantS)
 Civil Action No. K-15,951 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION THE PRESIDENT OF THl UNITED STATES OF AMERIC4 TO THE ABoVE-NAMED DE PENDANTS, GREETING:
 You and each of you are hereb required to appear in the Distric Court for the State of Alask; Third Division, within thirty (30 days after the last publication o shis Summons, namely within thin ty days after the 9th day of Marcf 1860 In case this Summons published, or within forty GAO days after the date of its servic upon you, in case this Summons served upon you personally, an answer the Complaint of the above named plaintiffs on file in tn said Court in the above-entitle action.
 The said plaintiffs in said actiol demand. the following relief: T'hi mand the following relic: T'hi action is brought to determin the adverse slams to and cloud upon the title to the real propert, described in the Complaint herein and hereinafter described by tn said plaintiffs who claim that b themselves and their predecessor in interest, they have acquired a
Kodiak mirror., 1960-02-27
JACK ALTMAN POST NO. 15,
 AMERlC. N LEGION, z

meets the lst Thursday of every month, at 7:SO pm. at the Ameri- can Eegion Dug-0ut above city hall. "''' " ';.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Last Site for Park
County Low
Let's Not BIack+op

During the FOSTERING age of Elizabeth the
Great, and for centuries thereafter, the
Queens justices travelled the length and.
breadth of England to bring to the citizens
the law of the realm. The encourage of
travelling judge generally was gaudy group
If the Judge presided over court of power
and dignity, or if he was known to be one of
the favorites of the Queen such as Bacon or
a Coke, his caravan would consist of clerks,
deputies, money lenders, bondsmen and law.
yers Even the hangman tagged along-and
history reports he generally was one of the
merriest of the crew.
This system of ambulatOry justice long ago
was transpIanted into American life and has
thrived here for many years. The lawyer on
horseback is as much a part of American ira.
dition as the doctor and his buggy. John Mar
shall and Roger Brooke fancy, both chief
Justices of the Supreme Court, were among
the famous lawyers who rode the circuit"
These thoughts of the past stirred me this
week because the law had taken me to An
napolis and Westminster. At Annapolis, close
by Church Circle, time seemed to have been
immured within the low brick buildings with
their 18th century gardens of winter green
holly and English box trees protected within
a friendly brick fence. The lawyers and
judges seemed to move with an awareness
that the justice they administered was sub
ject to review by the legal scholars of the past.
There did not seem to be any danger that
these men might pop off and hand down hasty
justice.
In order to appreciate the loneliness of
Maryland, one must drive from the sea level
Of Annapolis, across the plateau of Montgom-
cry and Howard Counties, into the foothills
of Carroll County. And one of the most love-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Uniustified Fear!

While it is the duty of the
States Attorney in this county
to uphold the law and to pro-
tect the community against
criminal activities, it is no less
his duty to use his authority
with that discretion and re.
straint which is one of the
greatest traditions of American
and English law.
Fingerprinting certainly has
its uses as a means of identifi.
cation in extraordinary circum-
stances, but the proposal Of the
States Attorney to fingerprint
all teachers and prospective
teachers in the Montgomery
County Schools seems unneces.
sary, distasteful and uncivi.
lied.
Teachers do indeed have (or
at least like to think they have)
considerable influence on the
development of children. But
ii the criminal backgrounds of
those in position to influence
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Nov It's Educators
Who Shut the Door!
Viewpoints

The more or less builtin tendency Of
some public officials to want to transact
public business in private instead of out in
the open where it belongs is illustrated pretty
well by current situation on the Montgom-
cry County School Board.
At the end of last month, Veteran School
Board Member Willard McGraw announced
he was resigning due to the pressure of per-
sonal business. AS soon as he departed, it
became the responsibility of the remaining
School Board members to appoint successor
to serve out the balance of McGraw's term.
Nothing happened for awhile and then,
quite naturally, certain citizens began sug-
costing names of possible appointees to the
McGraw post. Quite a few, we understand,
have come in. But who are they? What kind
of people are they? What are their educa-
tional views? Are there some that are vastly
more qualified than others?
Only the school board knows.
Efforts of reporters to find out what
county residents have been proposed for
McGraw's job and which of them are
under consideration by the School Board
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Bornurd 7. Welsh

1y places along the way is the Court House
and its grounds and the law offices which be-
long to the people of Carroll County and more
particularly the residents of Westminster who
have had the good judgment to permit time
to enhance the beauty of fine architecture and
the CUTS to protect their inheritance.
Among the treasures within the Carroll
County Court House are u jury chairs of
astounding workmanship which have served
for over century and which would drive into
madness the curator of antiques at the Smith
sonian. The Circuit Court room is all court
room should be. In Court House Square are
magnificent smokey blue fir trees and Colo
RADIO blue spruce standing 90 feet high which
surround a white Court House that was con-
sidered lovely even during the hectic time
that General George Meade broke camp near
by and marched west to Gettysburg
And so it is that Annapolis has holly and
Observation-Disclosures has blue spruce and fir
and what does Rockville have aside from crab
grass and black top. Why we have progress
and the bulldozer. a eFH
But there stands yet a noble grove of
trees; of copper beeches, magnolias and ever
greens. They are so close to the Court House
that the prisoners in the Jail can smell the
fragrance of the magnolia during April But
all of these lovely living trees are about to be
owned by the County; and so they stand con-
demned
1t has become apparent that we of Rock.
vile made mistake when we permitted Vim
sons Drug Store to leave our hands; but per.
haps we can still save the copper beeches and
create park convenient to the Court House
where the general public can pause and rest
awhile beneath the living branches and leaves
of trees that were old long before present
county officials were born.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Roger Forquhdr
have been unavaiIing.

have been unavailing.
Isn't a substantial segment of the public
interested in this information? Doesn't the
public at large have a small stake in this
matter? Does the school board think they
are running some sort of a private domain
in order to take the position it has?
Why shouldn't the public be taken into
the School Boards confidence in this mat
ter? Couldn't such action conceivably be of
real help to the school board in selecting the
best qualified person? Many taxpayers and
citizens could have some valuable suggestions
that school board members would be glad
to receive.
This is not the type of governmental
secrecy that will cause many people to be-
come incensed. 1t is not really major issue.
But it is just another example of how public
officials in many, many cases refuse to
face up to the fact that public business should
always be transacted in public.
What do they achieve by doing otherwise
except to help bring about increasing public
suspicion of their acts and decreasing public
confidence in our government?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18

for it." But "Mr. Well-to-do," in
order to acquire such a title in
the Sentinel is undoubtedly an
educated, understanding and
thinking gentleman who realizes
that each time a policeman
leaves home, his loved ones feel
anxiety that these devoted men
shall safely return from the
attempts to prevent harm to an
innocent Person by childish, self
ish, uncourteous actions on the
highway.
However would it not be safe
TO assume that at least one
easily panic-stricken child has
had the keys taken away until
he learns to control his emotions
and respect and obey the law
and its officers? Or would it?
Mrs. Ida L. Price
ed. Note: Absence of the
youth from school Thursday at
2 pm. is explained by the fact
that he had been excused by the
private school he attends after
having completed an exam.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
J. B. Zofmun

tween junior college administrators and fac.
ulty members over the institutions phiIosO-
ply.
The administrative viewpoint as ex-
pressed by Dean Donald E. Deyo of the Mont
gomery Junior College, continues to support
the something for everyone" curriculum
'The Junior college is supported by public
funds" he said, "and as such must accept all
high school graduates and give them an OPP
portunity for higher education.
"A very substantial number of youngsters
get out of high school without too firm an
idea of what they want to do. The chief re-
sponsibility of the junior college is to get them
squared away-to help them and their par
ents ascertain their goals.
Lots of them. even though they don't
succeed in the academic sense, are helped to
be Strengthened out and set on life's path
This is a very special function, not at all iden-
teal with that of four-year college or uni
versity, and is immensely closer to the people"
Most faculty members, however regard
themselves as teaching in higher education
just as though they were in regular college
or university. These instructors and profess
sors resent the open door" admission policy.
They claim it tends to lower classroom stand
ards and cheaper the value of their institu-
ton.
Since the junior college is obviously a
stable step beyond public high schools, they
contend, why not treat it as an institution Of
higher learning and raise standards so grad
uation certificate will actually mean some
thing?
Junior college administrators not only
cOncede the existence of such an attitude
among faculty members, but admit that It
constitutes sizable problem.
A recent statement by representative Of
(Please Turn to Page A8)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
l Understand Help Is On the Way -
Letters to the Editor

children are to be scrutiniZed
carefully by local and national
law enforcement agencies, per-
haps some attention should al
so be given to clergymen, Sun
day School teachers, scout
masters, den mothers, camp di-
rectors, librarians, TV stars
and so on. OF all those who
have extensive contact with
children Il suppose we must
exclude parents), teachers are
among the most competent,
conscientious and responsible.
1t is their business.
Teachers are, of course, pub
lie employees, and the public
is rightfully concerned with
their qualifications for teach
ing. For that reason we have
an elected Board of Education
and a hierarchy of administra-
tive officials who, among other
things, infinitely examine and
review the qualifications of all
teachers. Is the effectiveness
of their work being questioned?
The circumstances hardly seem
to warrant going beyond their
careful procedures. The finger
printing proposal is an unwise
and undignified concession to
unjustified fears.
AS a historian, / have been
made aware of many historical
situations in which absolute
certainty and security were
sought through increasingly
elaborate methods of checking
and scrutinizing people. Such
developments have invariably
marked the abandonment of
democratic procedures and
ideas. Democracy is always, 1t
seems to me, a gamble with in
dividual differences and human
fallibility.
AS a teacher, / should hate to
deprive students of the richness
of my own checkered past.
II. Justus Hanks
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Let's Boost Learning
At Our Junior College

With the move to raise educational stand
ards gaining momentum it is time to reevalu-
ate the role of the junior college in our school
system.
This is particularly true in Montgomery
County where college degrees are almost as
common as pebbles on a beach; and getting
your Phi. D. is as normal as buying new car.
In such county, junior college where
nearly 200 of the 600-member freshman class
were admitted on probation because of their
low scholastic averages in high school appears
to be out of step with the current march, long
overdue, toward higher academic goals.
The lag becomes even greater when you
learn that So of the prObationers flunked out
at the end of the first semester.
Originally, the junior college was de-
signed to perform three major functions:
To offer college-level courses for two
years so that graduates could then go on to
complete their academic training in regular
colleges and universities.
To furnish terminal or vocational train
ing for prospective nurses, electronic techni-
clans, craftsmen, medical secretaries, and sim.
liar occupations
. To provide adult education classes for
those wanting to obtain additional credits.
These are still the avowed claims of jun
Tor colleges throughout the country. Virtu-
ally all are unsupported public institutions,
which also charge modest tuition to help
carry on their operations.
In the case of the Montgomery Junior Col
lege, the tuition fee for county residents Is
$112.50 semester for out-of-county students,
$225, and for those coming from outside Mary
land $500 semester
Operating costs are broken down this
way: the county pays IS per cent; the State,
Is per cent, and the remaining so per cent
comes from tuition charges.
In recent years, a split has appeared be-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Too Mony Cooks

HIS weeks action by Kensingon voters in approving
town charter revons that would drascally limit their
Nown councils powers is carrying home rule to absurd
lengths. ~ s| ~ @ ae af
theoretically, it would appear be healthy sign Of
citizen interest to have virtually every council ordinance
and recommendation subjected to referendum. Such
move would logical extension Of the town meeting
idea of New England.
But we not living in New England, in town which
has relatively few problems and where questions
y so pressing that they cannot wait until town meeting
+ is convened.
81 Kensngon is growing community with the growing
pains so common to other municipalities in the metropo
tan area. Its problems many times require immediate
swers, even though those solutions may with the
Overwhelming approval of the residents
How, then can the mayor and members of the Town
Council make any decisions quickly think calmly
with the specter of referendum watching their every
move?
What kind of town government is it that must con-
tnualy run the gauntlet of popular sentiment?
The voters of Kensngton have shown dangerous dis
trust OF their elected Embellishments because it
IS step away from democracy in which power vested by
the people in the hands of those who represent them
Under system in which the people try to check every
move made by their elected representatives there is
always the hazard of the imam horseback" who will take
advantage of the cleavage and seize power by vde and
conquer" tactics.
If the people of Kensington think so little of their own
officials, they should vote them out of office But they
should not attempt to take municipal power in their own
hands and checae every effort by their own
ves to operate the which they were elected
to operate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
SocioI Menoc,e?

"The bad policemen were to
blame! Daddy's precious 16-year
old speed demon was Innocent!
He would not have driven his
high-powered automobile at 120
miles an hour if the naughty po-
lice hadn't tried to apprehend
him. This was the incredible
excuse by a pusillianimous
father for the spoiled son who
endangered the lives of count.
less motorists. Yes, indeed,
everybody is out of step but
Johnny! He, of course, can do
no wrong. Like father, like
son" was never more true. Here
is young fool with an old fool
for a father-and both are a
menace to society. If the truth
were told, he was depending on
that dad-given horsepower un-
der the hood to elude the 20.
lice. He was thinking clearly
enough then. If this young man
is SO emotionally unstable that
he panicked at the sound of a
siren when he had 'drifted'
over 60 miles an hour"-he has
no right to operate motor We
hicle and should be confined to
an institution where he can be
given the psychiatric treatment
and the discipline he so sorely
needs. He should be punished
severely. That he did not kill
anybody is no excuse for len.
iency-it was no credit to him
that he didn't. Give him an
other chance-and by all means
a pat on the back by papa-and
maybe next time he will have
better luck and take several in
nocent people into eternity with
him. One final word-to the
Montgomery County Police
congratulations! You do the best
possible job.
Frightened MOtorist
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-18
Tornished Tin Cup?

IT difficult to work p great deal of righteous ndgna-
ton the action this week of the House of Repre-
sentatves in voting down additional Federal funds for
parks in Montgomery County.
Ts Local officials had hoped to get their hands
100000 Federal grant, in return for spending 100000
themselves and in addition to borrow another ST million
with which to acquire additional park lands in nearby
Maryland stream valleys.
Should not the nephew be delighted to share in the
rich unces estate? Of course he should accept bequest
But if he already has generous income he cannot with
logic bemoan his outcast state if uncle decides to favor
other relative who is in much more serious need
m The House Appropriations Committee came right out
with it the other day. Faty it said could
hy Uncle Sam should continue to give handouts to the
nearby which has the highest per capita income in the
State and of the highest in the nation Being perfectly
honest it is quite difficult for to quarrel with this logic
There are many areas in the United States that man.
age quite well to provide parks for their communities
good oneswthout holding out their hands in the direction
of Washington. Many of these have infinitely fewer
resources than we here in Montgomery County.
Also there many just severely "impacted
in Montgomery County. But they do not have
the benefit of Federal funds for stream valley parks.
m And while we're the subject there is growing be-
lief in the minds of many that stream valley parks-wch
the only thing stake in the requested Federal appropr
atonare slowly dying out and that regional parks not
necessarily the stream valleys the best way
meet future needs.
The planning commission itself has written gowingly
about regional parks and their future role. 1t pleads in
story appearing elsewhere in The Sentinel for public sup
port of the Federal funds request But must admit that
such funds cannot be used for its touted regional parks
Another factor in reluctance to weep copiously
this question firm belief that Montgomery Coun
ty is proud community and that has long filled the
role of leader does really become us to hold onto
bankro securely with left hand in left pocket
while extending right hand toward Washington that is
holding tin cup