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Juneau, Alaska
Along The Waterfront
Power Barge
On Sandbar
At Bristol Bay
A San Juan Fisheries power
barge, the Malina, traveling from
Egegik to False Pass hit a sandbar
Friday, July 17, during dense fog.
Master of the barge was Joe Ma
lutin. The barge had gone to Bris
tol Bay with a load of cans for the
Egegik Packing Company. After
discharging her cargo, 3,500 cans
of processed salmon were loaded
aboard to be taken to False Pass,
for shipment aboard a freighter.
Due to the nature of the cargo,
the compass was unusable. Accord
ing to Joe Malutin, a four foot
swell was running from the north
west at the time they hit the sand
bar, and the barge soon started
breaking up. Not having a radio,
they lay there from 5 a. m. Friday
until they were picked up last Mon
day by the Jim B, another power
barge.
Crew members aboard the 88
foot Malina were Albert Reft,
Kinky Sanders and Wade Grinn.
Malutin said he had nothing but
praise for the crew, who, he said,
handled themselves very well.
Bill Damery, marine surveyor,
flew over to the barge for appraisal
of damage.
A
Leading Lady Hits
Reef At Afognak
No lives were lost or irreparable
damage resulted when the fishing
vessel, Leading Lady went aground
on a reef between Hog Island and
Afognak on Monday.
The trim fishing boat, newly out
fitted several months ago, struck
the reef out of Afognak, punching
a hole in her starboard side. Zack
Katelnikoff was the skipper aboard
at the time, with Howard Logan as
a crew member. With the boat list
ing to port, the men were able to
make temporary repairs, and with
the aid of a Coast Guard aircraft,
which dropped a pump aboard,
they were able to pump her out.
The Navy surface vessel, the USS
Kodiak, also aided them, towing
-them into Kodiak.
The boat is owned by John Katel
nikoff, brother of Zack, who was
not aboard at the time. He is skip
per on the Seamount. Bill Torsen,
brother-in-law of Katelnikoff, who
is the regular skipper, also was not
aboard, being ill at the present
time.
New Phone Books
Now Available
The new telephone directories
are now available to subscribers,
according to an announcement by
the company today.
The books are now being distri
buted in the downtown area. Sub
scribers in the residential areas
are asked to bring in their old
books in exchange for new ones.
A picture of Kodiak’s small boat
harbor, taken by George Ameigh,
Jr., is on the front cover of the
book. The book was printed by the
Island Publishing Company.
The boat is now at Alvine’s Ma
rine Repair undergoing repair and
should soon be in the water. The
Leading Lady is a tender for the
Ouzinkie Packing Company.
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Fishing reports from around the
island indicates season off to slow
start, with the pink run picking up
in the Alitak area. ,
Bob Simon, of the A D F & G,
furnished the following figures of
the pack in the Kodiak area as of
July 16: Total pack was 43,783
cases. Broken down this would be
15,854 cases Reds; 16,246 cases
Pinks; 11,583 cases Chums; 15
cases Chohos; and 130 cases Kings.
Simon said the Pinks are run
ning larger this year. This, he
said, is interpreted by the oldtim
ers as a poor run this season •—
“Big fish—no fish” thpy say.
Simon also stated the Depart
ment has started on its salmon tag
ging program, with more than
1,000 fish tagged in the Marmot
Bay, Sitkalidak areas. Returns are
already coming in, he said, with
tagged fish showing up as far away
as Cook Inlet.
These tagged fish are worth $1
a piece to the fishermen.
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Bob Springhill of King Crab,
Inc., says a rearrangement of the
salmon line has been completed,
making for better working condi
tions. He says there is some crab
coming in, also salmon—never a
dull moment.
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Seldon Nelson, crew member
aboard Oscar Dyson’s Robbie, is
reported to have been hit by a
boom and knocked overboard. He
is in the hospital here.
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Trial of Fred Deveau this week
resulted in a hung jury. Charged
with illegal fishing, the case was
dismissed.
Little League
All-Star Team
To Anchorage
An All-Star team, composed of
Little League ball players picked
from the six teams in the league,
will go to Anchorage the next
weekend to participate in a tour
nament in the city which will begin
next Monday.
A fund-raising campaign is now
in progress to send the team to the
tournament, and to date plans are
far enough advanced to assure the
team will be entered.
This weekend should see the
windup of play in the local sched
ules. Two teams, the Outdoorsmen,
sponsored by the Outdoorsmen,
and the Bears, sponsored jointly
by Krafts and D & A, are tied for
first place. Playoff is scheduled for
tonight, weather permitting. There
are several other playoff games
scheduled for later in the week,
which will not affect the team
standings, which are as follows:
Outdoorsmen-Bears, tied for first
place; Elks, Red Socks, Cardinals
and Braves.
Constitution
Protects Against
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is out as a
means of apportioning representa
tion in the House of Representa
tives among the districts of the
state, according to members of the
Governor’s Advisory Reapportion
ment Board, who concluded their
organizational session in Anchor
age Monday.
Douglas Gray of Juneau was
elected chairman of the body, with
Dick Greuel of Fairbanks named
as vice chairman; Jack Hinckel of
Kodiak as Auditor; Clinton Gray
of Nome as Secretary. Irene Ryan
of Anchorage is the fifth member
of the Board.
The Board is set up to recom
mend changes in the apportion
ment of the State House based on
the new 1960 census.
lhe group reviewed the report oi
the Census Bureau, including maps
listing census enumeration dis
tricts within the various House
election districts.
Art. VI of the State Constitution
was reviewed, section by section.
Committee members emphasized
the “automatic” provisions of Sec.
5 of the article which are quite ex
plicit in requiring* combination of
house districts within local senate
districts if the population of a
house district falls below a major
fraction of the quotient required
for a representative under the new
census figures. Under the 1960
census the quotient is 4,837 and
the major fraction is 2,419.
Board members adopted a policy
of “strictly adhering” to the “ex
emplary” provisions of the con
stitution regarding gerrymander
ing. It was pointed out that the con
stitution is “quite explicit” in pro
visions to prevent such practices
from occuring in Alaska.
The next fall membership meet
ing has been scheduled for August
20 and 21 in Anchorage.
Nine outlying areas in the state
appear to have insufficient popula
tion to retain the representation
they now have in the House of Rep
resentatives. Kodiak, together with
Sitka and Nome could easily lose
one of their present two represent
atives.
Anchorage, it is said, would gain
six and Fairbanks, two seats. This
is due to population gains.
The Board must make its recom
mendations to the governor by
Sept. 20. Egan then announces to
the public reapportionment within
90 days, Gray said.
Youth Injured
In Car Accident
Gary Marconi, 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marconi, was
badly injured in an automobile ac
cident last night as he was return
ing from Abercrombie.
Gary is in the hospital with a
dislocated hip. His face was badly
lacerated, resulting in 45 stitches
around the eye.
Accident was said to have been
caused by the car hitting a mud
slick, getting out of control and
running into a tree.
Miss Marlin In Fatal Car Accident
Her Death Mourned By Many In Kodiak
An automobile accident in West
Virginia took the life of one of Ko
diak’s beloved citizens in the per
son of Miss Estelle Marlin. The ac
cident occurred near Crafton, W.
Va., on July 17. She was 59 years
old.
Here for more than twenty years,
Miss Marlin left recently on a years
furlough from her position of Di
rector of Christian Education at
the Kodiak Community Baptist
Church. She has been an appointee
of the American Baptist Home Mis
sion Society since 1928.
Mrs. Thruman Ball of Fairmount,
W. Va., driver of the car in which
the two women were riding, who
had just picked up Miss Marlin at
the airport, was also killed when
the car collided with a trailer-truck
which had jackknifed across the
road. The crash killed both women
instantly and demolished the car.
MISS ESTELLE MARLIN
Commissioned in 1928, Miss Mar
lin was appointed as a Christian
Center Missionary for the First
Italian Baptist Church of Newark,
New Jersey. Her work there was of
such quality that several children
from the center gave their lives for
Christian service also. One of these
was Miss Rose Graziano, who came
to Kodiak to work with Miss Marlin
when the latter came here in 1940
as house mother at Ayer Cottage
at the Kodiak Baptist Mission.
Although assigned to the Mis
sion, her work was not limited to
this field of service. She also con
ducted story hours for the children
of Kodiak through the Church, as
well as conducting the choir and
acting as church pianist when
needed.
Miss Marlin became Director of
Christian Education at the Com
munity Baptist Church in 1952. She
was well known in Kodiak and
served the church as public rela
tions officer as well.
Her activities still reached far
beyond this title as she became
friend, counselor and grandmother
to the children of many service
personnel who found this a lonely
place of duty. She would often lend
a listening ear to some young serv
ice man.
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Unemployment Up
Throughout State %
JUNEAU (JP) — The State’s in:
sured unemployment rate shot up
sharply last week reflecting the
full impact of work stoppages i«
the construction and manufactur
ing industries, Labor Commissioner
Gil Johnson said.
The week ending July 15 was 8.6‘
per cent, up from 7.3 per cent the
previous week. The total number
of insured was 2,885.
Rates by areas included Juneau,
5.3 per cent; Ketchikan, 8.3; An
chorage 8.2; and Petersburg, 6.3.
Hold Bake Sale
Tomorrow For
Little Leaguers
A bake sale in aid of the Little
League All-Stars forthcoming trip
to Anchorage will be held, Satur
day, July 22, at both Kraft’s Super
market and Donnelley & Acheson’s.
The sale will begin at 10 a. m. and
continue until sold out.
Fourteen boys from both the
town and base teams have been
selected and will compete in the
Little League tournament in An
chorage, beginning July 31.
Donations from interested peo
ple will be gladly accepted.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Not since the sale tax was an
issue has Kodiak divided as now on
the question of the removal of the
trees on Mill Bay Road.
The trees, located above the Ko
diak Hotel in front of the old Char
les Madsen residence, impede wid
ening of the road as planned by the
Planning Commission.
Mrs. Walter Kraft, prime mover
in a campaign not to have the trees
removed, has a good reason for
wanting them left where they are.
In fact two good reasons — the
beauty of a few trees nearby, and
the added factor of safety—for to
remove the trees would place the
bottom step of the house one foot
away from the road.
A petition is being circulated to
have the trees remain where they
are. We understand a goodly num
ber of people have signed. We
picked upthe telephone and called
a few people not directly affected
with the problem, and found the
big majority sympathized with
those affected, and would rather
see the trees remain. One said it
would be a “shame” to remove the
one clump of trees in the down
town area. Another said they
should remain because they are
“pretty.” Another asked the ques
tion “what good would it do to
remove them?” Others felt as Mrs.
Kraft stated (in her letter to the
editor recently) this street is not
a main thoroughfare—in fact some
said it should be kept a side street,
with Benson Ave. and Rezonof tak
ing the brunt of the traffic.
Not all were in favor of leaving
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