tibrar7 & Museum
Juneau, Alaska
tdiiuf Hu <i42ws (<yfl(h\k(i& &f{ed ffl/id&Me* @fcUantL
VOL. 20, NO. 19 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 28, 1960 PRICE TEN CENTS
Airport Construction May Begin Soon;
Local Labor, Equipment To Be Used
Construction on the City airport
is expected to begin about July 1,
according to a report given the
members present at the Chamber
of Commerce meeting at the Island
Fountain, Thursday noon.
Chuck Weir, chairman of the
Airport Committee of the Cham
ber, stated in his report that agree
ment with the property owners
involved is expected to be reached
this week, and construction will
begin shortly after. Local equip
ment and local labor will be used.
The runway will be 75 feet wide,
and 2500 feet long, and will extend
from the lake towards the Holland
property. The field is expected to
be larger eventually, Weir stated,
but at present construction will
continue until $125,000 that has
been allotted is used up.
Weir also reported that $24,500
had been allotted towards airstrips
in 5 villages on Kodiak Island.
Much of the work on these strips
will be done by residents of the
villages.
Weir added in making his re
port that all money allotted comes
from the aviation fuel tax, and not
from any other tax sources.
A1 Hochberger, chairman of the
Japan, Alaska
Sea Haul Rates
Being Reviewed
SEATTLE UP — Ocean freight
rates between Japan and Alaska
are higher because of limited vol
ume, port problems and in some
cases extra insurance costs, a ship
ping executive stated.
The trans-Paciific freight con
ference of Japan set the tariffs
for ocean cargo between Japan
and eight Alaskan ports. Generally
they average 30 per cent higher
than on shipments between Japan
and other Pacific Coast ports. The
Tokyo established rates to Wran
gell, Valdez, Sitka, Seward, Ketchi
kan, Juneau, Cordova and Anchor
age.
NG Unit To Go
To Camp Denali
Members of National Guard Co.
D, 3rd Battle Group, 297th Infan
try, will leave Sunday for the an
nual encampment at Camp Denali,
Fort Richardson.
The first week will include class
work, range firing and weapons
handling. The second week will be
devoted to intensive field training.
The local company is expected
to return home June 12.
Industrial Committee, stated that
Ben Gubrke has been appointed
deputy customs collector in Ko
diak. Several Canadian boats have
stopped here since the customs
office opened.
The first weekend in May has
been set as the annual crab festi
val date. A vote was taken and this
decision was reached.
The president’s and committee
chairmen reports will be made at
the next meeting, according to Dr.
Bob Johnson, president of the
Chamber. Nominations for officers
for the coming year will be made
at this meeting, he stated, with
elections to be held at the follow
ing meeting.
Hospital Fund
Nears $10,000
The Griffin Memorial Hospital
has passed the half-way mark, with
a total of $9,897.59 received up
to noon Wednesday.
Donors this past week included
Mr. and Mrs. Erioh Mueller; Carl
Gondar; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Fan
nin; Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes John
son; Mr. Robeson; Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Olsen; Kodiak Outdoorsmen;
the Schreiner family; Mrs. Mar
garet Lightfoot and Norman Din
widdie.
Others were O. Kraft & Son;
Estelle Harris; Chief Stinger;
Anonymous; Girl Scout Troop No.
21; Cub Scout Den 3; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wier and Ann; Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Shiveley and B. P. O.
Elks.
KAIHS To Meet
The quarterly meeting of the
Kodiak & Aleutian Islands Histor
ical Society will be held Wednes
day, June 1, at the downtown
school at 8 p.m.
“Survival in the Aleutians,” a
2-reel film in color, will be shown.
A discussion period will follow
during which local survival foods
will be examined. Members are
urged to attend and guests are
welcome, according to Society
President Donald Clark.
Excursions Begin
Excursions to the Cape Chiniak
Sea Lion Rookeries and other in
teresting areas will begin June 1,
according to Alf Madsen, local
guide.
Madsen conducts excursions
every year, weather permitting,
aboard his boat, the Explorer, to
the various points of interest in
the vicinity of Kodiak.
Permit Required By Health Ordinance
All establishments which handle
food and drink will be required
to have City health permits to
operate, according to the recently
passed ordinance 235.
The ordinance includes bars,
restaurants, seafood processors,
barber and beauty shops, grocery
stores, dairies, canneries and bot
tled beverage plants. Any of the
above establishments which are
not in possession of a City health
permit by July 1, 1960. will not be
allowed to operate, according to
City Sanitarian Richard Pace.
Application forms for permits
may be acquired at either the City
Hall or the Health Center. Inspec
tion by the City Sanitarias and ap
proval by the Kodiak Board of
Health are necessary for a permit
to be issued. A fee of $3 is charged
for each permit.
P. 0. Department
Supports Airways
Certification Bid
WASHINGTON — The Post
Office Department said that under
certain conditions it would support
certification for the Kodiak Air
ways to serve 22 points on Kodiak
Island.
James Gildea, the Department’s
assistant director of air service,
testified at the Civil Aeronautics
Board hearing that if the Board
should find that Kodiak is “unable
to continue operations except on
certification basis, then the Post
Office Department would support
the issuance of a temporary certi
fication as being in the interest of
the postal service.
Robert Hall, Airline president,
said the uncertainties Kodiak Air
ways faces in operating without
a certificate “leaves us no alter
native but to conclude we cannot
continue the present non-certifi
cated service beyond the end of
this coming summer.”
In past years, Kodiak Airways
operated the post office mail con
tracts. But Hall said such a con
tract does not provide requisite
stability or security of certificate
of public convenience and neces
sity.”
Examiner Paul N. Pfeiffer said
an estimated annual subsidy in
volved in the certificate runs from
about $67,000 to $75,000. Gildea
said the Post Office Department
has been satisfied with the service
rendered by Kodiak Airways un
der temporary contracts.
Fire Destroys
Whittier Sawmill
ANCHORAGE UPl—A raging fire
destroyed a major portion of the
Columbia Lumber Co. sawmill at
Whittier.
Plant manager Dale Williamson
estimated the loss at a million
dollars. Marvin Phelps, a work
man, was injured in a gas explo
sion.
Voters To Reject
Capital Move
JUNEAU (iD—Gov. William A.
Egan told a news conference he
is “just as firmly convinced as
ever” that Alaska voters will reject
the proposal that Alaska’s capital
be moved. The measure will be
voted on August 9.
Egan stated he found no “grass
roots sentiment” on his trip this
week to Fairbanks and Anchorage.
DALLAS—A supermarket exec
utive says his company likes to
see men do the grocery shopping.
“We do a lot more business that
way,” Stephen A. Douglas, vice
president of the Kroger Company,
says. “The wife still makes out
the list when the husband does the
shopping, but he will always pick
up a few extra items.”
The ideal situation, according to
Mr. Douglas, is the husband and
wife shopping team. “If they shop
together, they buy more.”
Tip to wives who want to keep
the grocery bill down: leave hubby
home!
‘Mystery* Boat
Seen On Beach
Following a report made to Navy
officials Wednesday that a boat
was washed up by waves on Sit
kinak Island, a Kodiak based UF
plane made a spotting survey.
The boat was located, partly on
beach, partly in the waiter. There
were no indications noted from
the air as to the type of boat or
cargo. On Tuesday of next week
a demolition crew from the Naval
Station will go to the scene to
check. If it is thought the boat
may be a hazard to boat traffic,
it will be demolished.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Occasionally a rare opportunity
is given us to experience at first
hand unselfish loyalty, generosity
and genuine concern for the wel
fare of others on the part of the
people of a community.
During the past six weeks, this
experience has been our privilege.
We have felt during our years in
Kodiak the joy that comes with
the knowledge that we numbered
so many of the people here among
our friends. But it has been
brought home to us most forcibly
during these past weeks that we
quite underestimated their num
ber.
First in importance among these
must come the members of our
Advisory Board. These ladies and
gentlemen have given freely of
their time and energy to attend
the meetings, but it was in the
time of crisis that their real inter
est made itself felt. Mr. Wodlinger,
our chairman, sponsored the idea
of a drive for the benefit of the
hospital. The other members took
it up most enthusiastically and
each in his or her own way spent
much time and effort on the proj
ect. To all of these good friends—
our grateful thanks, and congratu
lations on the splendid result of
their labor.
Such labor, however, would have
been futile were it not for the
whole-hearted cooperation of the
people of Kodiak. To save their
community from being without a
hospital, even temporarily, they
responded to the appeal with over
whelming generosity. To date, 211
contributions have come in, vary
ing in amount from $1,000 to fifty
cents.
It is difficult to put into words
the truly humble gratitude we feel
to all who contributed time, labor
and money, and to those whose
donations were accompanied by
warm, encouraging notes. We are
especially mindful of those whose
gifts meant real sacrifice in the
form of dinner prepared and serv
(Continued oo page 4)
Egan Hopeful In
Fish Trap Ruling
JUNEAU Wi—Gov. William A.
Egan said he is “fervently hoping”
that the U. S. Supreme Court de
cision in the Alaska fish trap case
will “preclude such regulations”
as proposed by the Interior De
partment for 1960 fishing by na
tives in Alaska.
The governor told a news con
ference the state plans no action
until a decision in the 1959 case
that gives three southeastern Alas
ka villages the right to use salmon
traps banned by Alaska law. “We
have to sit tight. If we did some
thing at this time we would be
flouting our authority in the face
of the Supreme Court.”
Wednesday, Interior Secretary
Fred A. Seaton wired that regula
tions would be set up “without
undue delay” unless there is some
decisive action by the Supreme
Court. The governor said he is
pleased Seaton “backed off” from
the original proposal that fishing
in the waters of the Karluk Indian
reservation would be open only to
natives.
In his telegram this week, Sea
ton said it had been ascertained
the Karluk natives did not oppose
fishing by others in the waters_
and that open fishing would be
permitted so long as it did not
interfere or restrict native fishing
rights.
“It seems peculiar to me he
didn’t see what the attitude of the
Karlukans was before proposing
the regulations in the first place,”
the governor said.
Halibut Take Big;
Prices Are Poor
SEATTLE UPl—A bumper hali
but catch of 22.676,000 pounds has
been taken by U. S. and Canadian
fishermen so far this season, the
Fish and Wildlife Service report
ed. Prices, however, are poor.
American boats took 11,607,000
pounds, Canadian boats 11,069,000
pounds. A breakdown by areas in
cluded: Southeast Alaska by U. S.
boats, 4,492,000 pounds; Canadian,
206,000; Central Alaska, U. S.
boats, 1,091,000, Canadian, 1,032,
Mercury Hits 89
At Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS UPi—A 3,500 acre
forest fire during central Alaska’s
sizzling heat wave was stopped a
half mile from Fort Yukon by 100
fire fighters. All danger was over
by Thursday.
The mercury rose to 89 degrees
in Fairbanks for the second
straight day.
Kodiak Gets New Postmaster
The appointment of William
Lamme, acting postmaster since
May 1, 1958, was confirmed by the
United States Senate late this
week.
The acting postmaster’s name
was submitted by Pres. Eisen
hower for permanent appointment
last year. He had assumed the posi
tion following the retirement of
Morris Briggs, former acting post
master.
The Lammes came to Kodiak in
1940.
A crew of men from Seattle are
here to overhaul the Union Oil
pipelines and to replace iron
valves with stainless steel valves,
to conform with the State Fire
code.