VOL. 19 NO. 18 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 9, 1959 PRICE 10 CENTS
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Bear and Hunter Pine Kodiak on TV
'Scoring with a fine specimen
Kodiak bear and landing in Ko
diak with it amid a barrage of TV
cameras and newsmen, May 1,
was the experience of John E.
Hand from New York City .
Guided by Harry Gottschalk
aboard the boat Marie N, Hand
brought down his bear in Dis
covery Bay. It proved an excellent
specimen, measuring 10 feet, 8
■feches. He spent a total of 12 days
ob the hunt.
• Upon arrival in Kodiak, he was
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immediately photographed, along
with Marian Johnson and other
skin divers. In a letter to Gotts
chalk, he said he thrilled to see
the pictures on TV, across the
nation, and in the news commen
tary of Walter Gronkite. The TV
pictures appeared in Canada as
well as the \JJS.
Hand is a Commissioner, Office
of Public Administration, County
of New York. He plugged Harry
Gottschalk on the TV Showing as
“the best guide in Kodiak, Alas
ka.”
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Jaycees Popular
At Crab Festival
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By Chuck Connaily
Kodiak Junior Chamber of
Commerce presented all activities
soon from the small boat harbor
Mot weekend, earning Nationwide
TV for Kodiak it was learned this
r weak.
Marion Johnson, wife of local
Joycee member Dr. Robert John
son, was billed , on Portland. Ore
gon, television as a young mother
of two who enjoys skin diving
Pro king crabs in Alaskan waters
Of Kodiak, according to friends in
fie States. Also shown were; Jack
V. Johnson and Guy Powell work
ini' on the same project. ::
Newspapers and large magazine
publications as ‘Life,’ it is ru
mored, both in Alaska and the
other *48 likewise displayed pho
tos wid stories presenting Kodiak
to our entire country.
Although Kodiak skin diveirs
daimed the honor of Nationwide
publicity for our city, Ron Short,
Mhe Jaycee sponsored sky diver,
parachuted into overnight local
fame as the most exciting attrac
tion of the Crab Festival.
A near-accident provided addi
tional excitement when 18 year
oti Ron,, a local resident now atr
tending the University of Alaska,
kluted into deep water across
Pram Halferty cannery. Young
Short does not swim.
Excursion trips to crab fishing
waters offered by Hiram McAlli
ster on the ‘Miss Arctic’ and Fritz
Deveau on the 'Kingfish’ attracted
memj people from the large crowd
to the boat harbor on both
jap*. Jaycees extend public
fhonlr to the boat owners and
mmy others who donated person
al lime and effort to the new
organization.
Ttm Fink, now Alaska State
president of the Junior Chamber
at Commerce out of the Anchor
et group, was in Kodiak for the
Ekftival. He was helping local
jBgrrr~ in what has proven a tri
orephant initial public offering of
Asrvice to the city by a month-old
organization.
Proceeds of services purchased
gy the public from JC activities,
though small, will be used to
send at least two local members
lo a National Junior Chamber of
CScanterce Convention in Buffalo,
Mrw York, during the third week
at June this year. . An Alaskan, Ed
Bcrdes of Fairbanks, has an ex
cellent chance at the convention
•to be elected National president
of Jaycees, according to Tom Fink.
Local Jaycees request that news
items on the Crab Festival found
by subscribers to Stateside news-;
papers be clipped and mailed to:-;
Kodiak Island Junior Chamber of
Commerce, - Box 172, Kodiak,
Please attach the date, city, and
name of the paper to the clipping.
Fnd Treasurer
For Drive Named!
Reverend Father Raymond L,
Talbott, S.J., Pastor of St. Mary’s
Church has announced the ap
pointment of Mrs. Mil Vokacek of ;
Alder Lane to serve as Treasurer
of St. Mary’s Parish Building
Fund, which has as its prime ob
jective, the building of a new St
Mary’s -School on Mill Bay Road
just north of the City line.
Father Talbott said in announ
cing Mrs. Vokacek’s appointment,
"‘The growth of our parish along
with the additional work brought
about by the Building Fund makes
it necessary to name someone to
assist me in the management of
parish business.”
*T feel very fortunate in having
Mrs. Vokacek, former U.S. Com
missioner here in Kodiak, to di
rect the financial business of the
Building Fund.
Committee organizational work
is now in its second week and
on schedule.
At an Executive Committee
meeting last Monday, Committee
Chairman Johnson advised that
the following named men have
accepted Team Captaincies: John
Boucher, George Ante/ Herbert
Bell and James Duros. Mr. John
son said he had been told that the
additional Captains required for
the Committee have been contac
ted and their names will b$ an
nounced shortly. . . **
A full Committee meeting is
scheduled for Monday, May 11, at
which time it is expected to have
between fifty and sixty parishion
ers in attendance.
Assistant Committee Chairman
Kincaid, when interviewed said,
WI may never see the new St.
Mary’s School, but it will always
be a deep source of satisfaction
to me to know that I have given
freely of my time and; material
means to help educate to-day’s
youth and prepare them to be
come to-morrow’s leaders,”
Editorial
Rational Hospital
Week May 10-17
There is a door that always
opens in this community. When
the windows of homes and stores
are dark and the whole city seems
to be sleeping, a light can be seen
behind a door marked Griffin
Memorial Hospital. May 10 marks
the beginning of National Hos
pital Week which will be obser
ved by -communities throughout
the country.
Every day, Grifiin Memorial
Hospital spends an average of
$2,2.13 for the care of each patient.
Tbe medical and scientific mira
cles of recent years have had an
enormous impact on hospital
costs, according to Sister St. Doro
thy,, Administrator of the Hos
pital.
Hospital costs are going up all
over the. country, not only because
of inflation, which affects all of
us, but also because new treat
ment methods call for expensive
new drugs, complex equipment,
and more highly trained person
nel.:. ' \
Last year, 540 patients were ad
mitted to txriffin Memorial Hos
pital, with a total of 3,657 patient
days. There were 1,645 laboratory
tests performed, and • 1,200 X-rays
were taken. • - "
The average number of days a
patient spends in the hospital is
6.67. He returns home and gets
back to his job sooner as a re
sult of modern care. But since he
receives more serivces than* ever
before in a shorter time, this
means hospital costs are concen
trated rather than spread out over
a longer period.
The hospital provides more
[skilled hands tand more costly
tools in constant readiness to
serve, 24 hours a day, seven days
a week, all year around, to the
increasing number of people who
come for help.
According to the administrator,
“Griffin Memorial Hospital treat
ed 117 emergency cases last year,
and the unpredictable stork
brought us 101 babies, 50 boys
and 51 girls!”
Approximately 53. per cent of
the hospital’s costs today are for
wages and salaries. But the need
for personnel never ends, and it
is hoped that more and more
young people will come to realize
the satisfaction in a hospital ca
reer.
The Griffin Memorial Hospit
al is listed by the American Hos
pital Association. It cannot be
fully accredited by the Joint Coun*
cil on Accreditation because the
requirement for such accredita
tion is a minimum of twenty-five
beds.
The usual “Open House” is be
ing postponed awaiting the return
of Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes John
son.
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL
JUNEAU UPi—Gov. Egan Thurs
day signed a bill giving Alaska a
new and broader Workman’s
Compensation insurance Act.
S570 Given USO
In Fund Drive
The local USO was handed a
check for $570, the result of con
tributions from the merchants
and people of Kodiak, in a recent
drive.
In a letter addressed to Art
Brooks, USO Committee Chair
man, Clifton B. Cates, National
Campaign Chairman stated: *‘1
should like to thank the members
of the Committee for the impor
tant part they played fn securing
these funds and at the same time,
I wish to thank all those who
made a contribution to USO*
“It is especially heartening for
us to know that the citizens Of
your city do their share in^ppopt
of USO’s world-wide program . . .
We have always been proud of the
support we receive from Kodiak.”
Two Cinder Men
Go To Anchorage
Two boys, Bill Damery and
Noel Smith, will represent the
Kodiak high school in the Western
Alaska track met to be held in
Anchorage today.
Damery wil enter the 440 and
880 yard runs, Smith the mile run
for the Bears. Due to an injury
to Pete Wolton, another member
of the Bear team, and the rainy
season,, only the iwh boys will
represent Kodiak this year.
Other schools who .will be repre
sented in the meet are Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Seward, and Palmer. .
This is only .the second time that
Kodiak has sent cinder men to
this annual event.
Other members of the Kodiak
high school track team, besides
Damery, Smith and Wolton, are
Ijuffy Jackinsky, Rhienhart Bier
manski, Roy Gonsolus, Gary Ol
sen, and John Ansonock.
Kodiak Winners
Ted Wiley and Rasmus Urdabl
split a winning share on the hjepa
nd Ice Pool, netting .them a total
of $8,454 between them. The ice
went out at 11:26 a.m. Friday
morning.
Eleven ticket holders fpht a
total of $93,000. The bulk of the
winners were from Anchorage and
Fairbanks, with the rest scattered
throughout the State from Nome
to Juneau.
Go To CD Meet
Art Brooks, Bill Poland and
Comdr. L. H. Bast leave this week
end to attend a Civil Defense
meeting at Seward.
The trip is planned mainly to
discuss “Operation Alert’* reeent
held Civil Defense manoeover.
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Rotations Leave
Two Rotarians, Pete Raroaglia
and Bill Stone left Friday for
Bellingham, where they will at
tend the District 504 Conference
for Rotary International.
Ramaglia is the newly elected
president of the Kodiak dufc and
Stone is secretary.
Along The
Waterfront
South End Notes
By Jackie Luque
We shall miss the boat VComefv
here in Moser Bay. Her skipper,
Buck Holyeman, sold her to Sen
ator A1 Owen. Her new home will •*
be in Uganik Bay. The Senator.,,
came down by plane to get the-:
Comet. Buck went back to Kodiak
with him to transact the sale of
the boat.
We were unable to attend the
Kodiak King Crab Festival, but
Mr. Hoyleman briefed us on the. ^
highlights. By shortwave' radio, we.,
heard Mrs. Lola Harvey talking
with the pilot of the airplane that
was carrying the man who jumped
with the parachute, The altitude ^
and other pertinent details were
given minutely. It was like listen
ing to a suspense story,
Buck Hoyleman came back with
a new Winchester rifle. He says
he is declaring war on the seals.
Hair seals are a headache to the ;
salmon fisherman, especially Hie
gillnet fisherman. They damage
gillnets taking fish out. They bite :
chunks from the gilled fish (pre
ferably the cheeks). This spoils •
their market value, and leaves .*
the poor fish to die a slow painful ‘
death. .
Seals aren^fc easily killed. They ;
must be hit in a vital spot with ;
a fair sized bullet. My husband
Ben shot one that was sunning on
a rock in the water. In all appear-:
ahces it was dead. He lassoed it;
with a rope, towed it to the beach
with his skiff. Hewanted the
liver, so he bagun ripping the
seal open with his hunting knife.
As he cut an artery, the blood
squirted a foot in the air. The
seal gave a loud bellow and almost
knocked Ben over with its hind
flippers. Ben was in a stooped
position astride the seal. I was
standing nearby and screamed
louder than the bellow of the un
fortunate seal. So Ben had to
ffitoot it again.
Last Monday Dolly and Pete
Merankovitchfrom Larsen’s Bay
came over for a sho^t visit; (A1
Crafty brought them imfhe Blaster
Egg plane. Mr. and Mrs. Meranki-,
vitch operate the store and piost
office at Larsen’s Bay. They Just
recently returned to Kodiak Is
land from a trip to the mainland.'
Later the same day, we were
looking out of our window and we
saw the Barracuda. Salmon are
common in the bay here, not so
barracuda. However, this baracu
da was a wooden fish. Her skip
per, John Luque, Chief Mate, M.
J. (Buck) Burkholder. The Burk
holder from Kodiak Naval Station
who caught the 217 lb. halibut
during the Kodiak halibut derby
last year.
Folks in Akhiok Village have
not been living high on the bog.
but high on the “reindeer.” Tea
kon Peterson and his boys went
reindeer hunting. They got 9 rein
deer. Teakon gave us some steiksr
they were very tasty. Also, George
Phillips - got his reindeer. Dick
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