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Alaska: Beautiful, Historic;
Newsmen Enjoy Hospitality
She’s 'big and friendly—and
breath-takingly beautiful.
We got our first glimpse of her
about 5 o’clock one morning re
cently and we stayed almost two
days to enjoy her hospitality.
It should have been longer.
“She,” of course, is Alaska, the
historic, proud 49th State.
Wind-driven rain whipped us as
this reporter, together with a
group of other newsmen and
business leaders, stepped aboard
a Pacific Northern Airlines Con
stellation at Seattle-Tacoma In
ternational Airport at 2 O'clock
that morning. * , .
The occasion was the start of
PNA’s non-stop service to Kodiak.
Some seven hours later we were
over Kodiak, where, - bright sun
shine made the" blue inlets, tree
covered islands sparkle majesti
cally. n
As we stepped from .the plane;
we were amazed at tbe warm tem
perature—35 degrees above z£to
early in the morning. Later' We*
learned we should not have been
surprised.
The average temperature in
Kodiak during the coldest month,
January, is. 30.1 deles'*above
zero, .‘ -v ., .
But, we knew we werelh Al*s*.
ka. Only a matter of yards from
the airport was a . sharp, snow
covered peak. , f- :■
The hospitality,vfqr.yyhich Alas
ka is fataous .'was jn evidence*
everywhere^ during our day’sstiry
in Kodiak. Here are some * high-'
lights of our too-short visit there:
Kodiak, “King Crab Capital of
the World,” was^elebrating its
annual King Crab Festival during
our viSft: Mayor Merrill Coon and
a group of other <dvic, Navy and
business leaders met us. at tljiie'
airport and whisked us away’ Kr
the Elks Club for a homeeooked
breakfast, with all the “trim
mings.”
Next, it was sightseeing time
with Harold Olsen, vice president
in charge of traffic and sales for
PNA, and Ray Martin, in charge
of PNA’s Kodiak office.
We climbed, via automobile,
to what seemed like the top of
the world—and came to a stop
outside one of Western Electric’s
unique “White Alice,” communi
cations installations.
The view was awesome 'from
that point, as we looked down on
a hunter’s and fishermen’s para
dise.
Next, we traveled back into Ko
diak, where we saw the Russian
Orthodox Church, founded in
1795, the oldest house on the Pa
cific Coa6t. Then there were the
clam and shrimp canneries.
The shrimp industry, incident
ally, is relatively new in the Ko
diak area and residents are ex
cited about the success of the new
venture. *
The shrimp are large and plenti
ful and, when we were there, 70
persons were employed on a year
’round basis in the cannery alone.
Because of the Festival (or was
it?), the town had a carnival
atmosphere. There were demon
strations by skydivers, and skin
divers (both male and female)
were showing their skill at pluck
ing giant king crabs from the
waters of the harbor.
> (Ed. note: Above is a reprint
from an article by Dick Lyall of
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)
Award Students
NFScholarships
Five Alaska students will be
chosen this summer and awarded
scholarships in fiv£ health pro-.,
fessions. The students will v be ,
selected by a committee, of five of
'Alaska’s top health: -leaders, . in
the National Foundation’s 1959
Health Scholarships.
The professions in which schol
arships are being offered, are
medicine, nursing, physical thera
phy, medical social work, and oc
'cupational thelraphyr Candidates
for nursing, physicaltherappy
and occupational * theraphy schol
arships must be graduating high
school seniors! In medicine and
medical social work, scholarships
will go to students -already in;
college. v -•;! I,?..v’.** *
>?\Selection' Willbe. .based!" on’
scholastic achievement, |iQancial
need and personal aptitude. .'.The
scholarshipmoney may be .used
to cover any appropriate .student
expense. ‘ •
Outdoorsmen’s
Ball Team Ready
The Kodiak Outdoorsmen’s Lit
tle League team will be ready
for action on the opening of the
1959 season in June, according, to
a spokesman of the club.
Three new suits are being pur
chased, complete with napie aid
number. Sanding of the ball dia
mond and improving drainage are
now underway. It is estimated
Beautiful Colors & Styles
in Pedal Pushers
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Sizes 8-46
Blouses & T shirts to match
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that four more loads of sand are
needed.*fAnyone who can supply
the..sand are asked to contact
Eugene Blondin, Zora Wilson or
Chuck Edris: Hauling will be pro
vided.
As to other activities of the
club, the boat ramp at Manashka
Bay is now complete except for
the gaveling of the upper half
which is slated to be completed
in the near future. Rocks have
been removed as far jout in the
bay as possible to assure safer
launching and try docking.
“The Kodiak Outdoorsmen
takes this opportunity to extend
their thanks and appreciation to
Bill Poland, Russ Wright, Harry
Felton, The Kodiak Naval Station,
Smokey Stover, the Chiniak Air
force boys and others for their
help and cooperation in the con
struction and improvement of the
boat ramp ; and ball park,” a
spokesman for the club stated.
Tickets for the' halibut derby
are now on sale.' Each ticket is
good for any one d£y of fishing.
There* are special^ rates on season
tickets.
The next meeting of the Out
doorsmen will be held -in the
downiown.school on June 2. ~ *
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Eight Graduate
With Honors At U.
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Eight, members of'the class of'
1959 were graduated* with honors
3t, the University of Alaska’s 37th!
annual commencement., exercises,'
Monday. The record number de
grees awarded to the first class
under statehood consisted of 65
bachelor, 19 master, 3 profession
al, and 5 honorary, degrees—for a
total of' 92. * Six ROTC cadets re
ceived army commissions.
Commencement speakers were
Dr.. Edward: Teller, world famous
physicist,- and I^eo W. O'Brien,
Albany, New .York, member of*
the U-S. House of Representatives,
who materially- aided,the fight f dr •
Alaska’s . statehood in Congress.
.Both received. honorary degfees
from the University, as did Mrs/
Lydia Fohn-Hansen; of the Exten
sion Service, Don L. Irwin,? Pal
mer, and George H. Lehleitner,
New Orleans, La., for their con
tributions to the University and
the state of Alaska.
Orient Airlines
In Fast Flight
NEW YORK «)—Northwest
Orient Airlines cut nine hours off
the flying tin?? Mew York to
Tokyo through the hew con-stop
,Nety Yofk^feska flight.
Gordojj Baiji; NWA Vice-presi
dent, said the Wednesday weekly
flight .will be inaugurated June
5. Flights follow Northwest**
Great Circle route across North
western Canada and the North
Pacific beyond Anchorage.
Scheduled flying times will be
13 hours from New York to An
chorage and 12 hours from Ancbo
age to Tokyo.
The Community Baptist Church
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j. “The Big vW«te Church oh the Hill”
rev. John molletti, pastor
Sunday School—9:45 a.m. ; :
Morning Worship—ILQO a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups—6:30 p.m.
Evening*Worship—7:30 p.m. ; •
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m.,’ Wednesday
“Holding Forth the Word of Life”
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