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VOL. 22, NO. 18 _ —
Parades, Kiddies
Offered Prizes
A grand prize of $50 will be of
fered an individual, group or float
best representing the King Crab
Festival theme in the big parade
to be held Saturday morning, Gene
Sundberg, parade chairman, an
nounced today. There will also be
over thirty other cash awards.
The best marching units will be
graded in three awards of $25,
$15 and $10 each, while floats will
win in three places for cash awards
of $50, $35 and $20.
In the Kiddies Parade, there will
be three places offering $3, $2 and
$1 for the following classifica
tions: Most Original Costume
(both boy and girl), Best Cowboy
(both boy end girl), Best Tricycle,
Best Bicycle, Best Clown and Best
Costumed Pet.
Judges announced by Chairman
Sundberg are Mrs. Robert Hall,
Arthur Brooks and William Stone.
Band Concert
On Saturday
Another pleasant diversion for
Kodiak King Crab Festival will
be a concert presented by the U.S.
Army, Alaska, Band, from Elm
endorf, it was announced today.
Due to other commitments the
band will not be here in time for
the parade but will arrive at 3
P.M. on Saturday. The band con
cert will be given from 4 to 5
P.M. at the Festival midway and
the musicians will return home at
6 P.M.
Phone Calls On
Mother’s Day
A record volume of telephone
calls to and from Alaska is ex
pected on Mother’s Day, May 13,
according to ACS. Additional
stateside circuits will be activated
to handle the flood of calls.
The ACS suggests that persons
planning to make long distance
calls secure the numbers in ad
vance, in order to speed service.
Where exchange of telephone num
bers by mail is not possible, ACS
will secure the numbers in ad
vance with no charge to the cus
tomer.
Reduced • rates will be in effect
from 6 p.m. Saturday, May 12 until
4:30 a.m. Monday, May 14.
Junior-Senior
Prom Set May 12
A banquet honoring the Senior
class is to be held at 7:30 p.m.,
May 12, and is under the auspices
of the Junior Class of the Kodiak
High school.
The banquet will be followed
by the Junior-Senior Prom begin
ning at 9 p.m. and continuing un
til 1a.m. The banquet is open to
Juniors and Seniors and their
guests only, but all high school stu
dents, alumni and faculty members
are invited to attend the Prom.
An affair will follow the prom
which will be held at the Elks
Club. This will be for only Jun
iors and Seniors and dates. Dress
is casual. The (Elks, who are spon
soring the affair, will serve break
fast at 3 a.m.
Chaperons will be in attend
ance.
Boxing, Wrestling, Judo On Card
A full card of boxing, judo and
wrestling, bringing together sev
eral state boxing champions is pro
mised for Sunday night at the Na
tional Guard Armory, beginning at
7 p.m.
The boxing show which climaxes
a busy weekend of activities dur
ing the Kodiak King Crab Festiv
al, is sponsored by the Kodiak
Chamber of Commerce.
The heavyweight match between
“Dutch” Johnson, Alaska Cham
pion in ’62 who is billed to fight
John Weart, a Navy fighter of con
siderable talent, should be a high
light. Another match that is draw
ing considerable interest is that
of James Queen, Alaska champion
in ’62 in the lightweight division,
who is matched against Louis
Vederas, U.S. Marine.
The interesting card features
judo with several Black Belts in
‘Corky” McFarland, Fra^k Per
kins and Seu Man Mcon Judo
will open the card followed by a
battle royal by the Kodiak Brown
Bears.
Others on the card will be three
matches in the welterweight div
ision featuring Charles Smith,
Navy vs. Joseph Thomas, Coast
Guard; Hubert Hachet, Marine vs.
Gaily Garcia, a fisherman; Chya,
Kodiak vs. Day West, Kaguyak;
K. O. Alman, Marine vs. Bang
Bang Luckey, Seabees
Another lightweight match will
bring together Richard Hamilton,
Tripoli and Larry Alliot, Marine.
Final event in the ring will be
a 30 minute, 2 out of 3 falls tag
team wrestling match between
the Masked Marvels and the Ma
rine Twisters.
TURNIPSEEDS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turnipseed re
turned to Kodiak Thursday. They
plan to make their home here.
Mrs. Turnipseed was the former
Caroline Selig, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Selig.
They have a daughter Rnynette.
We Dedicate
To the men in the King Crab
industry, the skippers of the boats
and the men that man them; the
men who manage the canneries,
and the workers who add their
share to make this a lively, thriv
ing industry, adding greatly to the
economy of Kodiak—we dedicate
this issue of the KODIAK MIR
ROR.
Lack of space has prevented us
from doing justice to the industry
and the men who keep it alive.
We have taken at random on a
catch-as-catch-can basis men active
in the industry and brought to
our readers their stories which we
feel are representative of the men
as a whole.
We have many more of these
stories which will appear from
time to time in later issues. The
story of king crab is not complete
without a mention of such men as
Oscar Dyson, Ralph Jones, the
Wakefields, Emil Norton, many
more of the skippers and fisher
men engaged in the actual fishing.
Proud too are we of the fact that
these men have brought fame to
Kodiak. We lay claim to the slo
gan “King Crab Capital of the
World.” That this is not an idle
boast is attested to by the fact
that a total of 27,000,000 pounds
were caught by fishermen last
year, for a total take of about $2,
130,000.
To the canneries processing
crab, this can mean from $7,500,
000 to $10,000,000. Is it any won
der that Kodiak’s economy is the
brightest it has ever been?
Powell Files For
State House Seat
Charles A. (Chuck) Powell, head
of Alaska Transfer, has thrown his
hat into the political ring, filing
for the office of State representa
tive on the Republican ticket.
Powell will be the only opponent
of Rep. Peter Deveau who is run
ning on the Democratic ticket.
He announced his candidacy earl
ier.
Powell is presently president of
the Kodiak Island Chamber of
Commerce. He is active in sev
eral civic organizations, and was
chairman of the Southcentral Com
mittee of the Republican party
for three years. He came to Ko
diak in August, 1957.
He is married and has two chil
dren, Lora Lee, age 10, and Kathy,
age 3,
Navy Ship Visiting Here During Festival
The U. S. Navy seaplane tender,
USS Currituck (AV-7), said to be
the most modern in the Navy, is
m Kodiak at present and will re
main here during the King Crab
Festival. Open house is scheduled
for Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The ship is currently on man
euvers in Alaskan waters. During
its stay, it will conduct operations
with the newly - arrived Patrol
Squadron 47. Commander of the
ship is Capt. R. W. Windsor, Jr.
USN.
Patrol Squadron 47, commanded
by Cmdr. J. F. Dow, USN, is de
ployed to Alaska in ten P5M “Mar
lin” seaplanes. During maneuvers,
the tender and aircraft will con
duct advanced-base operations a
long the Aleutian chain.
In addition, the long - range pa
trol bombers will participate in an
ti-submarine and ice reconnais
sance flights.
Dog Clinic
May 11 and 12
A veterinarian will be in Kodiak
Friday, May 11th, and Saturday,
May 12th, for the purpoise of giv
ing immunization shots for rabies
to dogs owned by the residents of
Kodiak.
The rabies immunization shots
will be given between the hours
of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 pm. Friday,
and 9:00 am. to 12:00 noon Sat
urday at the City police Station
at City Hall. No immunization
shots, other than rabies, will be
given, and no other treatment of
animal ills will be made. Cost
will be one dollar ($1.00) per ani
mal.
This animal clinic is part of the
State health program aimed at nro
teeting the miblic health and is
of a statewide nature. All Kodiak
area residents are urged to bring
their dogs in for immunization.
The ship and the patrol squa
dron are permanently based at San
Diego, Calif., and Whidbey Island,
Wash., respectively. They will re
main in the Alaskan area about
five weeks.
Track Team
To Anchorage
The Kodiak Bear track team
leaves for Anchorage today to
participate in the Western Alaska
class “B” track meet to be held
at West Anchorage high school.
The Bear cindermen will be led
this year by Alaska class “B”
champion half miler, Wayne Ko
zak and champion miler Harry
Wilson. Others expected to make
a good showing are discus and shot
putter Emerson Nelson and basket
ball all-tournament Richie Mize
now showing fine form in the high
jump.
Making the trip also are Chuck
Coker, broad jump and the hun
dred; half miler High Devlin;
hurdler John Vosgin who also
runs the quarter mile; relays and
discus Dell Jackson; miler John
Richmond and relay man Jud
Walker.
Other members of the squad
include Fred Zhoroff, Paul Hamil
ton, Gary Woodie, Danny Herman,
Jerry Markham, Larry Dietzler,
Fred Weatherman, Richard John
son and Allen Rogers.
The nineteen member squad is
the largest in the school history
and the sport is growing in popu
larity as an extra curricular activ
ity. The squad elected Sophomore
Wayne Kozak and Richie Mize as
captain and co-captain of the team.
Opponents in the meet will be
Eielson from Fairbanks, Homer,
Kenai and Ft. Greeley. Partici
pating at the same time will be
the class “A” schools.