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Governor Renames
“Kodiak Islander”;
Kodiak Not Pleased
The “Kodiak Islander” ferryboat
has been renamed by Gov. Egan
according to Pete Deveau who said
the governor had phoned him and
advised he had decided to call the
vessel “Tustomena.”
The Mirror made a spot check
throughout town to ask about two
dozen people what they thought
about the new name the governo*,;
wishes. Not one thought the name
was appropriate or satisfactory.
Comments ranged from: “Tusto
mena?” Sounds like a South Afri
can name!” to the more succinct
“It stinks!’ and’ “Phoee!” Nobody
approved the name and most
agreed that “Kodiak Islander” was
the most appropriate and desir
able.
Several people have said they
intend to circulate petitions asking
that the governor reconsider and
retain the name by which the fer
ryboat is already popularly known
by: “Kodiak Islander.”
Pilots & Airmen
Meet Sept. 17th
Pilots, airmen and other inter
ested parties, attention: There will
be a meeting Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Kodiak Courtroom located
above the postoffice.
This meeting is being jointly
conducted by SSDO personnel
from Anchorage and Kodiak Naval
Air Station power approach control
personnel.
Agenda items include a movie,
slides, lectures and discussion
questions and answer of vital con
cern to all.
Kodiak Commercial
Building Site
Work Underway
Evidence of Kodiak’s continuing
prosperity and confidence in it’s
bright future began taking visible
form during the past several
weeks.
Ground breaking lor tne new
Kodiak Commercial department
store building got underway early
this week in the area between the
city fire hall and the Fred Brechan
home.
The site being cleared of overlay
will be the location of their huge
new store while immediately next
to it will be located their four story
52-unit Shelikoff Hotel. Both are
expected to be completed in time
for the arrival of the Kodiak Is
lander ferry boat next July.
At the site of the old Doghouse
Cafe which burned last year a
new pumice block structure is go
ing up with the walls virtually
completed and work commencing
on the upper level now. The VFW
and Legion are reported to be firm
ing up plans to extend the building
.back through the remainder of
their lot for the new Veteran’s
Center.
APA’s Joe Brown Completes 25th Year
Joe F. Brown (left), longtime employee on Kodiak Island of the
Alaska Packers Association, is congratulated by APA Area Super
intendent Vern Hilliker who presented Joe with a 2-diamond lapel
APA tenure pin for having completed 25 years with the firm on
Sept. 1st. Joe is well known around the island having been a fish
erman back in his early years on Kodiak and later having served
28 years as postmaster at both Uyak and Karluk as well as store
keeper for APA. Joe, who is now 57 years old, is now communi
cations man at the local cannery and makes his home here. “We
are very proud of Joe Brown’s long and faithful service with our
firm and in the future years expect to be able to present many of
our other employees with recognition for loyalty and service,”
said Hilliker. ____
John Waller Urges Voters Approve
Borough As “Lesser Of Two Evils”
Ronald Cease, director of the
state Local Affairs Agency and
Mrs. Ruth Dodds, election super
visor, will be on hand to discuss
and answer questions relating to
the establishment of the Kodiak
Island Borough.
The borough election, at which
island voters will decide whether
or not to approve creation of a
borough covering the entire Kodiak
Island group and will choose offi
cers for the new borough govern
ment, will be held Sept. 24.
Both Cease and Mrs. Dodds havo
advised John Waller, chairman of
the borough study group, they will
be present at the 8 p.m. meeting
in the State Courtroom above the
post office this Monday, Sept. 9.
Cease said he will spend two
days visiting island villages prior
to the election.
Chairman Waller pointed out
that “despite the objections that
some might have about the size
of the borough that the people
don’t have exactly any either-or
choice in that should they vote
down the proposed borough the
state would then simply create a
Season’s First
Concert Sept. 14
The first concert of the Lyceum’s
Alaska Music Trail season will be
by the California Sextet beginning
at 8:15 p.m. Sept. 14.
Prices for season’s series of four
concerts are: Adults $10; Children
$4.
Tickets for the season may be
purchased at Roy Madsen’s law of
fice near Sears or at Art Brooks
Insurance in the National Bank
of Alaska building.
Tickets for each concert are sold
at the high school auditorium the
night of the performance.
larger borough incorporating into
it portions of the mainland which
are now included in the voting
district.”
“I think perhaps that the pro
posed borough to be voted upon on
Sept. 24th should be viewed as the
lesser of two evils,” Waller stated.
He urged a turnout for the
Monday evening meeting" especial
ly for those who think they have
something to be fearful about in
the proposed borough organiza
tion.”
School District
Announces Gym
Hours & Program
The annual recreational program
sponsored by the Kodiak Indepen
dent School District will begin
Monday, Sept. 9 with the gym being
opened from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for
adults.
The gym schedule will be the
same as previous years: Adults
7 to 9 p.m. Mondays; High School
Students 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays; 5th
and 6th Graders 8 to 9 p.m.
Thursday nights will be shared
by high school students and adults
until the City League basketball
season begin at which time games
will be played that night.
Activities offered for adults and
high school students include:
weight lifting, rope climbing,
tumbling, basketball, volleyball
and adminton at various times dur
ing the year.
The elementary youngsters will
be directed in supervised games
and activities during their alloted
activity hours.
Historical Society
Names For Island’s
At the invitation of Dr. George
W. Moore, of the U.S. Geological
Survey, the local historical society
has considered possible names for
several of Kodiak’s prominent geo
graphic features.
To date, the island’s highest
peak, approximately 4470 feet high,
and a glacier that originates on it.
have no names. However, the his
torical society anticipates that they
will soon be officially christened
Koniag Peak and Koniag Glacier—
in honor of Kodiak’s oldest inhabi
tants, the Koniag People. Also
recommended was the name Mount
Glottof for another mountain of
approximately 4405 feet. All three
of these features are located in a
remote area of the island approxi
Death Claims 2
Nick R. Dushkin, 47, died on
August 23 of a heart attack. Al
though he listed his home resi
dence as Belkofski, he has been
fishing the King Cove area for a
number of years.
On August 21, 43 year old Jimmy
Hoff of King Cove died as the
result of choking on a piece of
meat which lodged in his throat.
Kodiak Laundry
Sold This Week
Sale of the Kodiak Laundry to
Sig Digree, owner and publisher
of the Kodiak Mirror, was an
nounced this week. He assumed
management September 1.
The laundry firm has been under
the management of Mrs. Mary
Wickman, who, together with her
late husband, Art, operated the
business. He was killed in an acci
dent in early June of this year.
Mrs. Wickman will continue with
the laundry at present but plans
to return to California at a later
date.
The laundry is located in the
same building as the Kodiak Mir
ror.
Recommends
Highest Peak
mately 40 miles southwest of Kodi
ak Harbor.
The U.S. Department of Inter
ior’s Board on Geographic Names
is the official agency for naming
features, but they usually act on
the proposals of a local organiza
tion. Dr. Moore, who has done con
siderable geographic exploration in
the area, made two crossing of the
island on foot this past summer.
On one of these trips all three of
these land forms were examined at
close hand.
Troyer Forsaking
Kodiak Bears
Will Troyer, manager of the
Kodiak Island Bear Refuge for
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
has accepted a new post on the
mainland and will depart Kodiak
Sept. 15.
Troyer, who has been in Kodiak
for eight years, will become the
new refuge manager of the Kenai
National Moose Range on the
mainland.
His wife, LaRue and their chil
dren, Janice Kay, Eric and Teresa
have already departed and Will
expects to join them by the 15th.
Troyer declined to make any
quotable comment when asked if
he would, in his new moose role,
assist in obtaining moose for
transplanting to Kodiak Island.
Gunshot Kills
Ouzinkie Woman
Mrs. Annita Anisia Parrish, 24,
resident of Ouzinkie died on the
morning of Aug. 26 from a self-in
flicted wound in the abdomen
caused by a small calibre gun, ac
cording to state police reports. A
trooper from Anchorage was sent
to Ouzinkie to investigate the
shooting as local Trooper Don
Church was in the Aleutians in
vestigating three other deaths. Her
body was returned to Ouzinkie for
burial.
1st National Bond Winners
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With his charming wife by his side, and Branch Manager Dave
Savoie across the counter from him, Mayor Merrill Coon reached
into the contest box at First National Bank of Anchorage to bring
forth the names of the three lucky winners of U.S. Savings Bonds
given away by the recently established bank here. Winner of the
$500 1st prize was Christian F. Weigman, Box 1031, Kodiak. The
$100 second place winner was Mrs. Bernice F. (Glen) Brandel who
works for APA cannery here. A fisherman aboard the Sea Breeze
II which works out of Port Wakefield, one Boyd Vinson, was the
$25 bond winner.