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VOL. 21, NO. 84 KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTO
Along The Waterfront
The p/s Afognak displayed re
markable buoyancy to remain
afloat after a jagged rock poked
a big hole in her bow and sunk
that portion of it.
The 86-foot power scow, tender
for King Crab, Inc. off course Tues
day morning, went aground north
west of Monashka Bay. She was
pulled off by the Eileen that eve
ning and towed in to Kodiak, and is
now berthed alongside the Stand
ard Oil fuel dock. No cargo was
aboard and no lives lost. Ed Gun
derson and crew worked on the job
of salvaging the power scow.
Chester Carlson is master of the
scow and Lowell Layton is the en
gineer.
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The last of the fish for the season
will be canned at King Crab, Inc.
tomorrow. Crab fishing will then
start in earnest. Two tenders, the
Eileen, with Bob Hageberg as skip
per, and the Anna A, with Andy
Hegeberg as skipper, will proceed
to the crab grounds.
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A touch of sadness comes to the
waterfront in the death of Gust
Sandberg, well-known on the island
and highly thought of Larsen Bay
resident for many years. Married
only four years, Gust planned to
retire this year—his two ambitions
in life fulfilled.
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m/v Tatalina is in, unloading 855
tons of freight. She will load about
87 tons of frozen orab. The Merca
tor pulled up alongside her and
unloaded a part of her cargo of
fish. The Mercator will discharge
the balance of her cargo on to the
Talkeetna which is anchored ready
to come in for a cargo of canned
salmon.
The big ship you may have seen
anchored out the other night was
an oil tanker destined for the Navy
base.
NO SETTLEMENT YET
OF KETCHIKAN STRIKE
KETCHIKAN (/P)—Negotiations
continued in an effort to settle the
Ketchikan Pulp Company strike
but neither side would say
whether progress has been made.
Gust Sandberg
Dies In Homer
Gust Sandberg, 65, a long time
resident of Alaska, died at Homer
Wednesday night. He was enroute
to his home in Seattle.
Sandberg died at the home of
Duncan Haddell, where he was
visiting.
The deceased came to Alaska
from Sweden in 1927. He retired
from employment with the Alaska
Packers Association earlier this
week, and planned to make his
home in Seattle. He left Kodiak
Wednesday for the mainland city,
announcing his plans to retire to
Verne Hilliker of the Alaska Pack
ers just prior to that. He had
worked for APA as a carpenter for
the past 20 years, residing at Lar
sen’s Bay.
He first worked on Kodiak for
Northwestern Fisheries cannery
at Uyak Bay, and in 1933 he began
working for Parks Cannery, also at
Uyak Bay.
Archie Brunston, a fellow work
er of his at one time, and a good
friend, stated that Sandberg was
at one time a physical instructor
in the Swedish navy. Little more is
known about him prior to his com
ing to Alaska.
Sandberg is well-known on the
Island, where he is well thought of.
He married for the first time four
years ago. He worked at the can
nery during the fishing season and
was returning to his Seattle home
when he became suddenly ill. No
details of his death have been re
ceived here.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Esther, Seattle; his mother,
Wilhelmina Roosgren; his father
Lars; and a brother, Axel Sand
berg.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 1 p. m. at Wiggins &
Sons Funeral Home, N. W. 57th
Street and 20th N. West, Seattle.
ESD Office In
New Location
The Alaska State Employment
office, newly located in the Bank
Building, is now registering em
ployer’s requests for workers and
applicants for jobs to be filled in
this area. Mrs. Doris Simon is in
charge of the office.
The State agency moved from
the Fishermen’s Hall Sept. 1 to
their new location in downtown
Kodiak. Office hours are from 8:30
a. m. to 12 rioon, Monday through
Friday.
In addition to handling unem
ployment insurance claims as she
has in the past, Mrs. Simon an
nounced today that she would also
assist applicants in finding employ
ment. Employer’s needing workers
are urged to list their openings
with Mrs. Simon. She can be
reached by phoning 486—2405.
C. L. Brandt, manager of the
Anchorage State Employment of
fice is in town this week to assist
Mrs. Simon in setting up the office.
Mrs. Simon states she has listings
from prospective employers for
various positions. These include
male bookkeeper, clerk typist and
maintenance man.
Electors Go To Polls October 3rd
To Vote For Mayor, 2 Councilmen
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The City election this year falls
on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and calls for the
election of a Mayor and two Coun
cilmen. The Mayor is elected for
two years and the Councilmen for
a period of three years.
No candidates have filed to date.
Candidates are not allowed to file
earlier than twenty days prior to
the election. But they must file
not later than seven days before.
Candidates may be nominated for
elective office by a signed petition
of twenty-five electors.
Two propositions will come be
fore the voters this year. Voters
will decide whether to raise the
sales tax an additional one cent to
replace the present tax on personal
JOHN MORRISON
AT SPENARD HOME
Johnny Morrison, a long-time
resident of Kodiak, has entered
Woodhaven at Spenard, Alaska.
Morrison has been in ill health
for the past several years. It was
reported that he was happy to
find several old friends on entering
the home, and seems happy there.
property. This additional tax has
received the support of the Kodiak
Chamber of Commerce, and is
highly favored in the city.
The second proposition to be
voted on concerns the granting of
a franchise to the Kodiak Electric
Association for twenty years.
Musicians May
Come Sunday
The plane load of musicians from
Anchorage are scheduled to arrive
Sunday morning.
They were to play for a public
dance a week ago Sunday, but were
unable to land due to weather.
A similar dance may be sched
uled for this Sunday should they
arrive. Listen for announcements
on TV, or call the Elks Club.
Lodge Destroyed
ANCHORAGE (/P) — Fire des
troyed the main log building of the
Sheep Mountain Lodge on Glenn
Highway late last Wednesday.
Gov. William A. Egan Keynote Speaker
When League Of Alaskan Cities Meet
Gov. William A. Egan will be the
keynote speaker at the League of
Alaskan Cities convention to be
held here, Oct. 26-28. He accepted
the invitation this week.
In announcing the governor’s ac
ceptance, League officials said he
will set the stage for this year’s
Workshop program by touching on
a wide variety of subjects of par
ticular interest to municipalities.
Acceptance from other state, fed
eral and city officials are being re
ceived in the League’s office, with
more than 17 experts in their spe
cific fields expected to be on hand
to discuss mutual problems with
the municipal delegations.
Panel discussions are being ar
ranged on such topics as financing
municipal improvements, assess
ment procedures, highways, air
ports, tidelands, revision of munici
pal codes and incorporation laws,
and contractual services of the
state among others.
The State Assessor’s Association
will hold a meeting in Kodiak in
conjunction with the League con
vention.
Arrangements are being made
for the delegates to arrive here on
a special flight leaving Anchorage
Wednesday evening, Sept. 25.
Kitimat Plant
To Reopen Soon
KITIMAT, B. C. (A3)—Aluminum
Company of Canada employees are
back on the job as company is pre
pared to restart its big aluminum
plant after a shutdown since the
end of June.
No date for reopening has been
announced but it is expected pot
lines will be in operation within a
month.
State Fish & Game Head To Be Selected
JUNEAU UP) — Gov. William A.
Egan said he plans to name a new
commissioner of the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game next week,
replacing C. L. Anderson who re
tired.
The Governor said the men rec-’
ommended by the State Board of
Fish and Game to replace Ander
son are Alaskans. He declined to
name them.
Commissioner Anderson was the
first and only head of Alaska’s fish
and game program. He first came
to Alaska in 1949 to establish the
Fisheries, later became first direc
tor of the Territorial Department of
Fish and Game with its establish
ment in 1957, and remained as
Commissioner of the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game on the
attainment of Statehood.
Anderson has been associated
with fisheries throughout his life
time.
After graduating from the Uni
versity of Washington, he started
with the old Federal Bureau of
Fisheries, then returned to the
University to teach in its first
School of Fisheries. He spent a
year in Norway on a fisheries
scholarship; worked for five years
with the Franklin Packing Com
pany; and for sixteen years oper
ated a wholesale general fish bus
iness, known as the Perfection
Smokery in Seattle.
He then went to work for the
Washington State Department of
Fisheries, of which he was acting
director at the time he was offered
the task of organizing Alaska’s ter
ritorial Department of Fisheries in
1949.
Fire Destroys
Tony Perez Home
The home of Tony Perez on the
Spruce Cape Road was gutted by
fire Saturday evening.
Very little was salvaged as the
Perez’ were away at the time.
Cause was not known.
Telephone Men
Arrive Today
Two representatives from the
Stromberg-Carlson Company arrive
today to install new equipment and
lines for the Kodiak Telephone
Company.
R. J. Smith, company represent
ative who was here last year in
stalling the tone-dial system for
the company, again returns and
will work with Dick Cushing from
Sitka in installing the new equip
Students Leave For Colleges
Graduates last year and gradu
ates of former years of the Kodiak
high school will be heading for
campuses in Alaska and the Pacific
Northwest, with school opening in
the near future. Some have already
left, while others have their bags
packed for early departure.
A rundown of the students and
the schools they plan to attend are
given. The list is by no means com
plete.
Wayne Kraft, Miltin Souter, Dick
Frost and Stan Austerman will
head for Washington State College
at Pullman. Denton Andrews re
turns for his second year at the
University of Idaho at Moscow.
Rehinhard Bermanski, Rena Corge
telli, Jack Healey and David Daw
son go to Seattle University. Gail
Zieba will enter Western Washing
ton College at Bellingham, as will
Sharon Van Buren and Anita
Stewart.
The University of Washington at
Seattle will receive several former
students from here. These include
Jill Acheson, Janet Zieba, and
Courtney Starbird.
Two students leave for Hawaii,
Bill Feme and Norman Saxton,
where they will attend the Latter
Day Saints College. Delores Galla
gher is expected to go there also,
following a semester at Alaska
Methodist University at Anchorage.
Another who has gone to Alaska
Methodist from here is Merle Sni
der.
Jack Trent, Stan Thorsheim
Jerry Chaffin and Carol Vail will
enter the University of Alaska at
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