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VOL. 21, NO. 82 KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 25, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Along The Waterfront
Boats hereabouts can feel safer
now when the Kittiwake, ADF & G
boat stationed here, is in the vicin
ity.
A new Gould pump has been in
stalled which can throw the water
a considerable distance, with 120
pounds pressure back of it. We wit
nessed a demonstration of it the
other day, and it took nozzle and
all, right down to the hose, sending
it into the water.
This compact well-equipped
boat’s main function is to assist in
apprehending violators of fishing
regulations. They have been doing
a good job, too, but they also stand
ready to assist fishermen who get
into trouble at sea, such as a fire
aboard, or a boat sinking. The new
pump can take the water out of a
boat just as fast as it can pump it
on to a fire.
Ed Neilsen is the skipper aboard.
Engineer is Don Milnes and the
cook aboard is George Bullard.
Judd Rooney is the deckhand.
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From the standpoint of money
lost, which is always a noteworthy
factor, it can be said that fires rank
high in costly hazards aboard
boats. Fires and fuel explosions
caused an estimated $964,000 in
damages in 1960, according to the
Coast Guard.
Capsizing is the most common
trouble maker, occurring more fre
quently than fires, however. There
were 319 incidents of capsizing in
the same period to 246 of fire. Cap
sizing took the lives of 332 people,
and nine deaths were caused in
boat fires.
There should be a little clarifica
tion on the skin diving article in
last weeks issue. It is true the men
as stated brought up the U. S. Geo
logical Survey boat from Spiridon
Lake, but much of the preliminary
work was already done by the U.S.
Navy Diver and Explosive Ordin
ance Disposal team from the Naval
Station. The boat lay in about 125
feet of water, but the Navy divers
had already found it and had tied
it to a buoy.
The Navy divers also state they
brought up the 30-06 rifle and have
it in their possession. They of
course, brought up the three bod
ies, the rifle, foul weather gear be
longing to the men—the job they
were sent over to do.
The Navy divers who took part
in the earlier operation were Chief
Warrant Officer Case, William E.
Kreeger, TM1, Bill Clique, BM3,
and R. R. Cagle, AE2. The father
of John Savini one of the drowned
men, was also present at the time.
£
Bill Wood, representative of
Alaska Steamship Co., headquar
tered in Anchorage, has been in
town since Tuesday. He and Kodiak
W. Aucoin Dies
William Wallace Aucoin, 71,
master mariner aboard a boat here,
died Monday, August 21, in Griffin
Memorial Hospital. Burial was to
day in the Catholic cemetery.
Aucoin was born in Nova Scotia,
Dec. 17, 1889. He is survived by
three daughters: Mrs. Martha Dem
ientieff, Spenard; Margaret Mes
eck, Anchorage; and Mrs. Mary
Haverland, Seattle.
agent for the company, Lou Veer
man, are no doubt cooking some
thing up between them.
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The salmon pack is tapering off,
with figures showing only an in
crease over last week of 11,000
cases.
Total case pack this year to last
Sunday is 323,831. This is divided
as follows: 77 cases Kings; 29,042
cases Reds; 1,709 cases Silvers;
240,959 cases Pinks; and 52,044
cases Chums.
Bob Simon of the ADF & G
states the fishing is just about
wound up for this season, with just
a few fishermen fishing for silvers.
He said the Department may have
to close the season a little earlier
in some areas of the Island to allow
for subsistence fishing.
The fishing vessel Estep was
picked up by the Kittiwake earlier
in the week. Brought into Court,
the skipper was fined $500 on each
of two counts—for not having a
gear license, and for not having a
commercial fishing license. Crew
members were each fined $250 on
the same charges.
The boat, a halibut vessel, was
picked up within the 3-mile limit in
Kizhuyak Bay.
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The Fish and Game Department
will open up the streams to fishing,
Sept. 10, to give sports fishermen
a chance at the silvers.
&
Last week the ship Tatalina un
loaded the biggest cargo here since
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Two New Meters 1
Two new parking meters will be
installed in front of Kraft’s Dry
goods store on Shelikoff Street.
The meters will be of a later de
sign than that of the present me
ters. They will be installed on a
trial basis, with the City eventually
changing over to them if they
prove successful.
Council men were critical of the
present meters, which they said,
were often inoperative.
Letter to the Editor
Gentlemen:
The $27,487.63 budgetary cut im
posed upon the Kodiak Schools
gives me pause for serious alarm.
This cut, the result of insufficient
funds having been appropriated by
the State Legislature, represents
to this observer but a continuation
of the perennial logical paradox
that seems to surround public edu
cation in Alaska. It is inconsistent
with logic to speak of a first-class
educational program while alloting
to it second-class fiscal considera
tion.
What detrimental effect any cur
tailment of educational services re
sulting from the cutback in budget
may have upon the overall sound
ness of the local education program
is at best a matter of conjecture.
However, certainly these cutbacks
in curriculum will not operate so
as to strengthen the program of
the Kodiak Schools.
Perhaps even more important
than the immediate local situation
is the dramatic effect such cuts
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Memorial Service
Sunday For
Jay Molletti
A memorial service will be held
for Jay Molletti at the Community
Baptist Church, Sunday evening at
7 o’clock.
Young Molletti was found as
phyxiated in his car in the Aber
crombie area, Saturday afternoon.
He had hooked up the exhaust of
the car bringing it into the interior
of the car. An inquest will be held
at 1:30 this afternoon.
The deceased left a lengthy note
giving reasons for his final act.
In lieu of flowers, friends of the
deceased are asked to send contri
butions to the Good Samaritan Hos
pital, Limbe, Haiti. Checks are to
be made out to the Washington
Baptist State Convention, 321-lst
Ave. West, Seattle 99, Washington.
Memorial services will also be
held Sunday at Washington Me
morial Park, Seattle, according to
the father, Rev. John Molletti.
Surviving him are his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Molletti, Kent, Wash
ington ;three sisters, Yvonne,
Barbara, Rhonda; and two brothers,
Sam and David.
Bowling Classes
For Instructors
In Anchorage
A course teaching bowling in
struction, sponsored by the Alaska
Junior Bowling Association, will be
held in Anchorage next month.
Mr. Wes Sutton, Western Field
Representative of the American
Junior Bowling Congress, will con
duct the instructors school.
Two sessions have tentatively
been scheduled for Friday and Sat
urday, Sept. 15-16 and Sept. 22-23
with each session limited to 36 par
ticipants. Additional sessions will
be scheduled if registration war
rants.
Those interested who wish to
register or obtain further informa
tion may write Mrs. Berni Klink,
P. O. Box 4-1462, Spenard Branch,
Anchorage. Registration fee is $10,
payable on attendance at the
school. Anyone in the state inter
ested in working with the junior
bowlers in their city is welcome
and urged to attend the school.
Reservations should be in not later
than Sept. 1.
The Alaska Junior Bowling As
sociation has been organized under
the auspices of the American Jun
ior Bowling Congress. All Junior
Leagues in the state will be serv
iced through the Anchorage office
and will be supplied with League
record forms, sanction applications,
high score awards, tournament in
formation, and any assistance re
quired for the formation of leagues.
All junior leagues are required by
th^ AJBC to have an adult super
visor, called a “Coach”, and sup
plies and correspondence will be
through this supervisor only.
Former Resident
Returns To Kodiak
Roy Madsen,a former resident of
Kodiak, returned earlier this week
to again make his home here.
Madsen is employed at Kraft’s
Hardware. His wife and four chil
dren are still at their home at Lake
Oswego, and will join him soon.
No Street Paving
Here This Year
The streets of Kodiak will not
be paved this year.
City Manager Bill Poland, re
porting to the City Council Thurs
day evening, stated that plans now
are to continue getting the mater
ial stockpiled, and preparing the
streets for paving next year. He
said it was not possible to pave this
year. “The weather is against us,”
he said, “and will continue to get
worse, not better.”
Poland stated it would make for
better paving if the roads were pre
pared, and packed down with driv
ing over them. Paving could then
be done over more streets at one
time, he said.
Kodiak Has Least
State Unemployed
Kodiak was the recipient of
$2,144 of the total of $343,788 paid
out in unemployment insurance
benefits to Alaskans during July,
according to a report from Gil
Johnson, Labor Commissioner for
the State.
During July, 8,473 unemploy
ment compensation checks were is
sued under all three of the pro
grams including 7,282 under the
State jobless insurance program.
Kodiak received the least of all
major cities of Alaska, with Nome
the next lowest with $2,465 re
ceived, This reflects the healthy
economy Kodiak is enjoying at the
present time.
Anchorage was highest with a
total of $134,187. Fairbanks next
with $121,103. Other cities in which
benefits were received were Ketch
ikan, $28,592; Juneau, $15,220;
Homer, $14,280; Palmer, $13,591;
Sitka, $7,237; Petersburg, $4,280.
Outlying areas of Alaska re
ceived a total of $66,467, including
$55,039 under the State program.
City Sales Tax
Hike Up For Vote
A proposition for an additional
sales tax levy in lieu of the present
personal property tax will be of
fered the voters at the coming mu
nicipal election to be held Oct. 20.
The proposition is now being
drawn up for submission to voters
at the election, at which time the
positions of mayor and two council
men will be filled.
Democrats Oust
John Hellenthal
Wendell P. Kay, Anchorage law
yer, replaces John Hellenthal of
Anchorage as chairman of the Stats
Democratic Central Committee. He
will serve until the next convention
in April.
The action was taken at a stormy
session of the committee held in
Fairbanks over the weekend. Hell
enthal has been a controversial
figure in the Democratic Party
since his elevation to the post.
Kay served three terms in the
territorial legislature, and as
speaker of the House of Represent
atives in 1955. He is also chairman
of the State Policy Committee of
the party, and was chairman of the
last state convention.
To Determine Iff
Too Many Airlines
WASHINGTON UPl — The Civil
Aeronautics Board is meeting in
formally with officials of four in
terstate airlines serving Alaska.
The Board, in separate meetings,
is seeking advice on whether there
are two many airlines in the Alaska
field and if any should be elimin
ated or merged, or any routes fe
arranged.
Airlines involved are Pan Ameri
can, Northwest, Pacific and Alaska
Airlines.
Fossils Found On Sitkinak Island
Samples of fossils found on Sit
kinak Island are creating consider
able interest. The fossils contain
various formations including a
good leaf formation, and also that
of fossilized fish and other marine
life.
The fossils were first discovered
by Tom Von Scheele, Henry Nes
eth and Willard Hall, while the
men were doing some prospecting
and research work on the island.
According to George Cornelius,
he and a (group of other people
were doing assessment work on
some mining claims on the island.
On returning to Kodiak they
brought back several samples of
these fossils, which were shown to
Dr. Earl Biestline, Dean of the
School of Mines at the University
of Alaska, who was in Kodiak look
ing at some other mining proper
ties. He became very much inter
ested in them, according to Cor
nelius. In the near future, more of
the fossils will be collected and
sent to the University of Alaska.
The Colorado School of Mines at
Golden, Colorado, has requested
samplings, which will be sent.
Dr. Cooper, curator of the Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, D. C.,
on examining the fossils pro
nounced them as very valuable. He
requested that the Institute be sent
three hundred pounds of the fos
sils, for study and as exhibits in the
museum.
The leaf formations were es
pecially good. The fish and other
marine life also made good im
prints on the rock.
PNA SCHEDULES
ALASKA EXCURSIONS
A five-day round-trip excursion
fare providing for a savings of up
to 50 per cent on the return portion
of a trip between Pacific Northern
Airlines’ points in Western Alaska,
was announced today by Harold A.
Olsen, PNA Vice President of Traf
fic and Sales.
Points on PNA routes affected
by the tariff include: Anchorage,
Homer, Kenai, King Salmon, Ko
diak, Big Mountain and Iliamna.
Subject to Civil Aeronautics
Board approval, the year-round ev
cursion rates will become effec
tive September 8, 1961, Olsen
stated.