VOL. 21, NO. 51 KODIAK ALASKA, JANUARY 21, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
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License Required
A subsistence Fishing License
or a Commercial License is re
quired to subsistence fish, accord
ing to the Alaska Department of
Fish & Game.
This is stipulated in Chap. 94,
of the fishing regulations
amended. Subsistence fishing in
the same chapter is defined as
fishing with gill nets, seine, fish
whell, or long line or other means
defined by the Board. The Board
has defined no other means.
Therefore, it is only necessary to
be licensed when using these four
types of gear.
It is not necessary to be licensed
to use crab pots, shrimp pots,
shovels or even gaff or spear. No
vessel license is needed on any
boat which only subsistence fishes,
even if using the fojir types of
gear mentioned.
. Borough Hearing
Here On Monday
A hearing will be held Monday,
January 23, in Kodiak to obtain
views of residents here on the pre
liminary report for borough gov
ernment, according to Paul Cho
quette, chairman of the Local
Boundary Commission. The meet
ing is scheduled for the District
Courtroom above the Post office.
Copies of the report, prepared
jointly by the Local Affairs
Agency and the Legislative Coun
cil, were mailed to the mayor of
each communities where the meet
ings are to be held, for distribution
to interested parties.
Street Numbering Project Completed
Street naming and house num
bering has been completed for the
City of Kodiak, according to an
announcement by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, sponsors
of the project.
The Jaycees have delivered to
City officials a survey indicat
ing lot numbers, house numbers
and street names for the entire
city, according to project chair
man, Corky McFarland.
In the near future, the Jaycee’s
announcement stated, members of
the Jaycees will canvas residents
of Kodiak, offering to place large,
brass numbers on each house for
the modest fee of $2. The public
is urged to participate in the pur
chase of the house numbers of
fered by the Jaycees, the proceeds
go to defer the cost of house num
bering project.
It was also announced by the
Seeks To Move
Junk On Property
The ordinance governing refuse
accumulation around premises
will be enforced according to Chief
of Police Roland Vickery. It is
ordinance 235, Sec. 9.
“Letters are being sent to resi
dents who allow old car bodies and
parts to lie in their yards over ex
tended periods.” the Chief said.
“They will be asked to remove
same, and be given ten days to
comply with the request. “The
city will then remove the junk and
the owner of the property will be
charged accordingly.
THE ON-BASE CUB SCOUT PACK 326 learned a little about the
duties of a Coast Guardsman aboard a cutter when they were taken
on a tour of the CG Cutter Storis stationed here.
More than thirty-five boys were taken in tow aboard the cutter by
Ensign McKinnon and given a Cook’s tour of the component parts
of the ship, including the bridge facilities, engine room, and saw
the sonar-radar equipment in operation. Following the tour the boys
saw the movie “The Coast Guard Around the Continent.”
The Cubs were then given ice cream and cake as a fitting climax
to an interesting visit aboard the cutter. Pictured above are some of
the boys on the tour. Inset shows a gorup in the engine room. The
tour was arranged by Lt. Booth, Den Dad for Den 4. Regional Di
rector of the Boy Scouts of this area, Tom Nachand, was also on the
• tour.
Staff Phot<
organization this week that the
Junior Chamber will handle the
booths on the midway for the 1961
King Crab Festival. The attention
of all organizations or individuals
wishing to operate booths, are
called to the fact that booths may
be reserved for the Festival with
Jerry Redick at phone 486-2464 on
a first come-first served basis.
L. P. Loomis Joins
Staff of Mirror
Mr. and Mrs. Larry P. Loomis
are recent arrivals in Kodiak, hav
ing arrived here on the direct
flight Tuesday. Mr. Loomis has
joined the staff of the Kodiak
Mirror.
For the past three-and-half
years the Loomis’ have lived in
Seattle, where Mr. Loomis was a
linotype operator for the Seattle
Times. Prior to that he worked
for several printing firms in To
peka, Kansas.
This is their first trip to Alaska.
19th Oil Well
Now Producing
Anchorage (AP) — Standard Oil
Company of California reported
Thursday it had completed the
ninth development oil well in
Soldotna creek area in coopera
tion with the Richfield Oil Com
pany. The new well, producing an
estimated 750 barrels daily, brings
to 19 the total number of com
pleted oil wells on the Kenai Pen
insula.
Vacation Ends
Mrs. Tenora Rockney returned
on the direct flight Tuesday, fol
lowing several weeks vacationing
in the lower 48, mainly in Port
land. She visited with her son and
his family in that city.
The Rockneys are the owners
of the Frontier Shop and the Shoe
Box.
Emblem Club
Breakfast Sunday
A breakfast sponsored by the
Emblem Club will be served at
the Elks Club, Sunday, Jan. 22,
from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
The public is cordially invited.
IKE REJECT PAN AM
CIRCLE ROUTE PLANS
WASHINGTON (A.P.) — Presi
dent Eisenhower Thursday re
jected major recommendations of
the Civil Aeronautics Board for a
new trans-Pacific air service. One
of the principal recommendations
which Eisenhower disapproved
would have permitted Pan Amer
ican World Airways to fly from
New York to Tokyo on the great
circle route via Fairbanks.
Eisenhower said he rejected
most of the proposals for addi
tional service on overseas routes
because he believed this would
mean taking business from foreign
carriers and have a bad effect on
international relations.
The airlines have 20 days in
which to appeal. If they do the
formal decision would rest with
the new administration.
FLAG PRESENTATION — In a ceremony at the U. S. Naval Sta
tion, Kodiak on January 19, 1961, members of the Kodiak Council
of the Navy League of the United States present a new 50-star flag
to Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell, Commander Alaskan Sea Frontier
and Commandant, 17th Naval District. The addition of the 49th and
50th star are as result of the admission of Alaska and Hawaii as
states.
Standing left to right is Rear Admiral Caldwell, Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson, president of the Kodiak Chapter, A1 Hochberger, vice-presi
dent, Lou Veerman, secretary, and Ray Martin, member.
(Official U. S. Navy Photo)
Four Men Believed Lost In Open Boat
Four men, three from Port
Wakefield and one from Afognak,
are believe drowned, following an
intensive search since Monday of
two Coast Guard planes, several
civilian flyers, helicopter and var
ious commercial fishing vessels.
The three men from Port Wake
field, Knute Berg, Duane Cahon,
Mauel Decano, loaded a 14-foot
aluminum boat with guns and
hunting equipment, and set out
for a nearby island on a hunting
trip. They stopped at Afognak and
Richard Hubbard joined them.
That was the last that anyone had
seen of them. The craft was pow
ered with a 40 h.p. outboard. A
rumor circulated for a time that
one body had been recovered. This
proved to be erroneous. A gas
tank was found by the Coast Guard
in the vicinity of Raspberry Is
lands, and earlier identified as
belonging to the craft, but this,
too, was later found as not part
of the equipment.
The Coast Guard said the four
were not believed to be carrying
food, lights, oars or lifejackets.
The search was handicapped by
stormy weather, including high
winds and a rough sea, with a low
ceiling prevailing.
Along The Waterfront
Since we last wrote a column
under this heading, a lot of water
has flowed from our rivers and
streams into the ocean nearby
(a lot has come down from the
sky, too!); the tides have changed
many times. But we plan to give
you one again many items of in
terest gleaned from the fishing
fleet, the canneries, and others
whose livelihood is effected by
the waterfront.
Naturally, the lives of fisher
men and boatowners are depend
ent on weather and how they ob
serve the warnings—-when to go
to sea and when to remain ashore.
The seasoned boat-owner will pay
attention to the lights that give
that warning, for they are on night
and day on the shore of the small
boat harbor. Custodian of the
lights, Al Fenner, gives me this
explanation of their meaning. No
doubt you landlubbers have won
dered what it meant when you
would see a red and white light,
which might change to two red
lights or even two red and a white.
The explanation is simple and
worthy to heed. They are simply
storm warnings. A red on top and
a white below means a warning to
small craft—winds up to 33 knots.
A white on top, red below means
a gale with winds from 33 to 47
knots; two red lights mean a gale
with winds from 47 to 64 knots.
When you see red light on top, a
white light below, and a red below
that, watch out. That indicates
winds of hurricane proportions, or
blowing at 64 or more knots.
The storm warning lights to
gether with flags for daytime use,
were furnished by the Jaycees.
The Harbormaster says he doesn’t
use the flags as he figures the
lights can be seen for a greater
distance. Besides, he says, it’s
pretty dark these days, anyway.
I told A1 I’d like to trade places
with him—nothing to do but sit
around in his lookout spot, with a
sending and receiving set and a
shortwave radio, watching the
fishermen and boats come and
go. Now that he has acquired a
brand new Falcon to ride around
in, the job seems even more at
tractive.
But then on the other-hand, I
saw him maneauvering his boat
around the harbor in an effort
to break up the ice the other day;
I’ve seen him out there at the har
bor on stormy nights when I was
home, warm and comfortable.
Maybe I’ll just stick to newspaper
ing.
A1 expects to sell his boat^one
of these days, in fact soon. Two
boats—the Irene and the Ellen
C have changed owners recently.
The new owner of the Irene is
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