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Sales Tax Money Goes To Work
Paving preparatory work continues at the beginning of Mission
Road. Contractor Russ Welborn’s crew is excavating several feet
of the existing roadway which will be backfilled with proper ma
terials. Actual paving of the approximately 780 feet from Main
Street to Tagura Road will be done next year, according to Mayor
Merrill Coon who pointed out that the work was being accomplished
with sales tax money. Several people have suggested that the city
attempt to straighten out the curve in the street where it swings out
to bypass the Russian Church.
Vortac Site Set
For Woody Island
By FAA Agency
A project to prepare a Vortac
site and related work at Kodiak
(Woody Island), Alaska, has been
announced by the Federal Aviation
Agency.
Bids will be received on the
project at FAA’s Procurement Sec
tion, Area C, third floor, of the
FAA Headquarters Building, 632
6th and C Streets in Anchorage
until Oct. 8, 1962, when they will
be opened. Plans and specifications
are available to prospective bid
ders, with no fee for drawings, at
the FAA Anchorage office only.
The work, which is expected to
get underway this October and be
completed within 60 calendar days
from effective date of notice to
proceed, will include clearing and
removing an estimated 72 acres of
trees, brush, and downed timber,
and to construct an embankment
for a Vortac Counterpoise.
A VORTAC is a radio transmit
ter navagational aid. Directional
and distance information is trans
mitted into space. Airborne equip
ment intercepts the signal and con
verts into visual directional and
distance information for use of
the pilot. The information is accu
rate and the signal is not affected
by atmosphere interference. The
VORTAC will have a voice trans
mitter and selected weather infor
mation will be broadcast each half
hour.
CAP Planning
Another Squadron
First fall meeting of the CAP
was held on Tuesday, Sept. 11, un
der the direction of Lt. William
Richardson as commander and
Margaret Cook as commandment.
A new cadet squadron is being
formed and all interested young
people over the age of 14 are asked
to be at the CAP headquarters at
the rear of Patterson’s Garage on
Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. to dis
cuss the program. Theme of the or
ganization is aerospace education.
P-T-A Sets First
’62-'63 Meeting
Kodiak Parent Teachers Associ
tion will hold the first meeting of
the 1962-63 school year on Thurs
day, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the
high school auditorium.
Program will include installa
tion of new officers and introduc
tion of the faculty.
Bill Worth Files
For Council Job
William (Bill) Worth, incum
bent, will seek to succeed him
self as a member of the Kodiak
City Council.
Worth, one of the two members
whose term expires this year, filed
again for the office on Wednesday.
Nick Frost is the second member
whose term expires.
Chamber Hashes
Numerous Topics
A variety of subjects were
touched upon at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting, Thursday
noon, at the Town Club after a six
week’s recess.
Included were (1) a report that
the Board of Directors had agreed
to continue to subscribe to the
Legislative Reporting Service at
$120 per year, (2) that $1,349 of
the $2,000 in Alaskan Trade Dol
lars had been sold, (3) a report by
Emil Knudsen that a delay in the
design of the “Lost Fishermen’s
Memorial’’ is holding up the proj
ect as two new contributions were
reported for the memorial, (4) a
reminder that the Chamber mujt
get busy on its promotion of the
Vocational School bond issue to
be on the November ballot, and
(5) an offer by George Ameigh,
author of a book on Kodiak, to
provide wall-size portraits for the
chamber office.
Guests at the chamber included
the Rev. Don Bullock of St. James
the Fisherman Episcopal Church;
Alex Ibanez, foreign correspondent
of the Los Angeles Herald-Exam
iner; Joe Mayti, Department of
Local Affairs for the State.
Senator Gruening
Arrives In Kodiak
Sen. Ernest Gruening (I)) of
Alaska will be in Kodiak, Fri
day and Saturday aromnipanied
by his administrative assistant,
George Sundborg.
The Senator will be staying at
(be Kodiak Hotel while here and
weather permitting will visit
some of the island villages on
Friday.
Sen. Gruening, who is a candi
date to succeed himself, will de
part Saturday evening.
Sen. Ernest Gruening will be
the guest of honor at a no-host
dinner starting at 12 noon, Sat
urday at the Mecca. An informal
introduction will start at 12 with
lunch at 12:330. Cost of the
luncheon is S2.50.
ISLAND LAKE RESIDENTS
Island Lake residents and prop
erty owners will meet at Knud
sen’s store on Wednesday, Sept. 19,
at 8 p.m. to discuss the Island Lake
road project which apparently is on
the active list of state projects
again. All residents and owners arc
asked to be present.
World Adventurer
Visiting Kodiak
One of the world’s foremost ad
venturers .the eminent Dr. Carl
Von Hoffman, president of the Ad
venturers Club of New York and
a Lifetime member of the Explor
ers Club, arrived in Kodiak
Wednesday for “several days visit.”
A guest in Alaska of Bob Reeve,
president of Reeve Aleutian Air
I)r. Carl Von Hoffman
ways, who invited Dr. Von Hoff
man at the suggestion of their mu
tual friend and fellow adventurer,
Lowell Thomas, Sr., the white
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Fire Destroys Dog House inn Thursday
As Firemen Battle To Control Blaze
Fire, caused by an overheated
chimney, completely destroyed the
interior of the Dog House Inn,
Thursday night about 10 p.m. as
hundreds of spectators watched
the Volunteer Fire fighters battle
to keep the fire from spreading to
the Village Bar and the Kodiak
Dry Cleaners.
Manager Bill Fuller estimated
total loss at $19,000 which was not
insured he said Friday, as he and
the other owners, John Buekers
and Charles Weber planned to take
out insurance on arrival of new
equipment soon. The building is
owned by the VFW and was in
sured.
On duty when the fire broke out
was Mae Murley.
The volunteer fire department
was summoned and stayed at the
St. Mary’s Plans
Church Triduum
The Rev. Russell Boehning, S.J.,
of Seattle will be in Kodiak this
weekend and hold a Triduum, con
sisting of three days of talks, ap
proximately one hour each at St.
Mary’s Church, Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
Both Catholics and non-Catholics
are invited to attend.
Rainbow Order
Sets Installation
Sunday At 2 P.M.
A public installation of officers
for the Order of Rainbow Girls will
be held on Sunday, Sept. 16. at 2
p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
To be installed are Elana Iloss,
Worthy Advisor; Candi Wilson,
Worthy Associate Advisor; Jan,
Hall, Charity; Anne Hall, Hope
Pat Henley, Faith; Linda Kee,
Chaplain; Kathi Vosgien, Drill
Leader.
Pam Canup, Love; Kris Butler,
Religion; Barbara Sutliff, Immor
tality; Svea Breckberg, Nature;
Lavern Shumaker, Fidelity; Candi
Lilliness, Patriotism; Andy Jar
vela, Service; Carla Wheeler, Con
fidential Observer; Cindy Thomp
son, Outer Observer; and Judy
Walker, Musician.
Courtesy officers are Margie
Magnusen, Bible Bearer; Itafel
Wheeler, Keeper of the Parapha
nalia; and Freddie Zharoff, Dream
Man.
Alaskan Leaders Slap At State Dept.
For Pro-Japanese Salmon Statement
Governor William A. Egan
was joined this week by Sen.
Ernest Gruening and Mike Step
ovieh. Republican candidate for
governor, in denouncing Assis
tant Secretary of State W. Av
erell Harriman for “reckless"
remarks made before the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee on a bill to help West
Coast salmon fishermen. (For
further comment on Harriman’s
statements see “Along The Wa
terfront” column.)
“I feel very strongly that we’ve
got to show Japan that we are
serious about our fisheries and
the need for conserving them,”
Senator Gruening stated in An
chorage.
scene until after 11 p.m. Smoke
ind water damage was also heavy.
The three owners did not say
vhether or not they planned to
•ebuild the establishment.
Borough System
Explained To 50
Nearly 50 Kodiak citizens in
cluding the City Council and
School Board heard Joe Matyi
of the Department of Local Af
fairs explain the state’s borough
law, Thursday night, in the dis
trict courtroom.
Matyi explained that there are
two types of borough organiza
tions and that the advantages
lie in planning and zoning, pro
visions for education and assess
ing and collecting taxes on au
area-wide rather than city limit
basis.
The law calls for a borough as
sembly of five members, two
within the city limit and three
outside with the city members
having a weighted vote.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Mirror Editor Bill Mason, after
getting more reports of sick Rus
sian fishermen being brought into
Kodiak for medical attention, was
overheard muttering over his type
writer . . . “We should insist that
hey take out Blue Cross.” Who
mows . . . maybe they even qualify
for aid from the sick and injured
'isherman's funds!
The following item appeared in
he nationally syndicated column
oy Robert Allen and Paul Scott:
’Soviet trawlers are now outfish
ing U.S. fishermen in the Atlantic
md Pacific waters off the U.S.
masts which, until 1955, saw only
an occasional Soviet commercial
fishing boat. In August the Rus
sians had 132 trawlers operating
off both U.S. coasts.” And we
might add, a godo portion of them
are operating right off the shores
of Kodiak.
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Fishermen interested in the her
ring fishery proposal involving
some $100,000 of Japanese money
can obtain further details and in
formation from ADF&G Westward
Regional Supervisor Bob Simon.
An article appearing this week in
the Anchorage Daily News indi
cates that the Japanese feel they
were “snubbed” by Alaska fisher
men. Fact is, the Japanese repre
sentative was in Kodiak only a few
hours and few fishermen even
knew about the herring proposi
tion.
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