Kennedy King Crab
Mike Howard and Clayton Copsey take a few seconds time to hold
up the huge King Crab which Ray Martin, Jr., of Martin’s Fresh
King Crab sent off to the White House for President Kennedy on
Tuesday. Alaska U.S. Senator Bob Bartlett wrote Martin requesting
that a King Crab be dispatched this week for serving the President
and First Lady at the White House.
Kodiak Police Department Pay, Force
About On Par With Rest Of Alaska
Kodiak stands in “about the mid
dle’’ with other Alaskan cities for
police protection a survey com
pleted by the Juneau Department
of Police shows.
Kodiak has a total of seven con
nected with the department which
includes jailers which would give
the city approximately 2.5 police
officers per 1,000 population.
The per capita cost is $21.73 and
the beginning salary for patrolmen
is $538 which is more than Ketchi
kan, but less than Juneau or Sitka.
Top salary for a Kodiak patrolman
is $595.
Of the total city budget 11.3 per
cent goes for police protection—
this is less than Fairbanks or Ju
neau but considerably higher than
Seward where only 4.8 per cent
of the budget is directed towards
that department.
Kodiak is one of the three com
munities studied which officers re
ceive full uniforms provided by
the city. The other two are Ketchi
kan and the State Police. The other
towns grant allowances for this
purpose.
HOLIDAYS
Officers here receive nine au
thorized holidays and 18 days va
cation. However, they work a 48
hour week and no sick leave is pro
vided for, according to the report.
Record King Crab
Catch Is Looming
In Kodiak Area
Figures on total King Crab
landings this season for this area
indicate another record-breaking
catch is in the making.
Management Biologist Dexter
Lall of the local ADF&G office,
has revealed that from July 1,
1962. through Dec. 31, 1962, a total
of 2,331,583 crabs were landed
with a total weight of 14,225,480
pounds.
In the same period of 1960, 673,
825 crabs were taken for a total
weight of 6,440,856 pounds.
“We understand the January
fishing was quite fair and should
fairly decent fishing continue, the
total catch should well exceed the
record 28,000,000 pounds landed
through the 1961-62 season,” Lall
said.
COUNCIL TO MEET.
The Kodiak Health and Welfare
Council will hold a special meeting
on Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. in 1
the Health Center.
An election of officers will be
on the agenda, and all representa
tives are urged to be present.
Nor does Kodiak provide a pen
sion plan or health or medical in
surance, while six others provide
for the latter. Kodiak has two po
lice vehicles, the same as Sitka
and Seward and one less than
Ketchikan.
ACCA Informed
New Therapist
Will Serve Here
The Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association met Wednesday, Jan.
21, at the home of Mrs. Will
Troyer.
It was brought out that the
Christmas drive was highly suc
cessful, and the first donation for
1963 was a generous contribution
from the Millikens.
It was also stated that Mrs. Mar
garet J. Hamilton of Juneau will
replace Mrs. Ramey as speech and
hearing therapist for the Kodiak
area. Mrs. Hamilton has a BA in
speech therapy and has also
worked on her master’s degree at
the University of Washington, and
has taken graduate work at the
University of Vermont. Her visits
here will be more frequent than
those of her predecessor which
should be of great value to the
area.
Anyone interested in the work
should contact Mrs. Gretchan
Saupe or Mrs. Elsie Batchelor.
Lindblom Winner
Of Bowling Meet
Charles Lindblom won the Men’s
Handicap Single Tournament held
Saturday at the Elks Lanes from a
list of six finalists.
Lindblom’s score was 2476. Oth
ers were A1 Dickow 2405; Danny
Ennslin 2395; Lou Veerman 2377;
Russ Bechtol 2335; and Loren
Chester 2313.
Blackie Patterson
Has Major Surgery
Blackie Patterson underwent ma
jor surgery at Swedish Hospital in
Seattle Tuesday and is doing as
well as can be expected, Mrs. Pat
terson was advised by his doctor.
‘They expect him to remain in the
hospital for the next 14 to 17
lays,” Frances said.
LOSE YOUR PLATES?
Lost your license plate or plates?
The Kodiak Police Department
las the following Alaskan plates
vhich have been turned in: LT
1147, LT-1061. LT-1083 and LT
1269. In addition there are two
Uaska 23250 plates.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I have been reading our fine
newspaper for some time now and
enjoying it very much. I heard
when you became the editor thal
you were a washed-out, has-been
newspaper man on your last leg
and now I know why. The editor
ials you write stink! Your motives
are obviously for the betterment
of yourself and at the expense of
the many fine people of your com
munity. If you are trying to start
a small scale war between the base
and the town people, take it from
me, you won’t succeed. This town
has been cooperating and support
ing base officials for years and will
continue to do so long after you
and your kind have been run out
of town in a kayak. Any community
you want to site has problems be
tween major factions and details
that have to be worked out, but
this can never be done with an ap
proach such as yours.
First let’s take the problem of
the pink passes. What business is
it of yours who has the privileges
of passing on to the base freely
and who doesn’t? Personnely I en
joy stopping at the gate and being
properly identified before enter
ing the military reservation. It
gives me a feeling of security to
know that some one is a little se
curity conscious. And while we are
on the subject of security I could
bring up the unprinted side or the
true reason why you are so ticked
off about the plane crash incident.
Could it be because your photogra
pher was literally thrown off the
base and his film destroyed? Why
don’t you tell the people the whole
story on this subject??—about how
a certain respected community in
dividual representing the newspa
per business entered a security
area by telling a lie and proceed
to take pictures of the plane crash
when he was told not to.
Yes, Mason, there are many
things which the people of the
community are not fully adversed
on and which they will never be
adversed on as long as you are tell
ing it. For example the school
morale, the television station, and
most of all the tax situation. Why
don’t you just quietly leave the
community and do everyone a big
favor or if you have no where to
go turn over a new leaf and stop
trying to cause trouble. There are
two sides to every story and your
job is to print both of them.
I realize you won’t have the guts
to print this letter as it is written
but maybe just reading it will help
a little.
Signed,
A Kodiak Mirror Header
IANI’S RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Iani and chil
dren reumed this week after
spending the past six weeks tour
ing the midwest and western states
by auto visiting relatives.
Legal Notice
FOR SALE
GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS
The U.S. Army Engineer Dis
trict, Alaska is issuing Invitation
for Bids No. 63-7, offering for sale
miscellaneous buildings and facil
ities comprising an incompleted
Air Force AC&W Station located
on Sitkinak Island, Alaska.
Bids will be opened at 2:00 P.M.,
8 March 1963.
Further information and bid
forms may be obtained in Room 7D,
Bldg. 21-700, Elmendorf Air Force
Base, or by writing to the U.S.
Army Engineer District, Alaska,
P. 0. Box 7002, Anchorage. Alaska,
ATTN.: Real Estate Division.
Planning ARA Program Here
Thomas Bichsel, Alasfoan director of the Area ffd'
ministration, far left, talks over the Program with YValter Kraft
Kodiak chairman, and John Skotheim and BUI YVege of the Small
Business Administration. The three visitors were in Kodiak last
weekend. ____
Lyceum Pianist
Well Received;
Plays 3 Encores
The Lyceum club of Kodiak prc
sented Mr. Herman Godes, concer
pianist, at the High School Audi
torium Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1963. Dr
Bob Johnson, president of the Ly
ceum group, introduced the artis
in his usual elegant and charminj
manner.
The concert was weU receiver
and much comment was stirred bj
the program material presented bj
Mr. Godes. Everyone was delightei
with the Beethoven Sonata in A
Flat, Op. 110, which he played witl
delicate sensivity and brillianl
technical accuracy.
The Prokofiev Sixth Sonata, Op
82, drew the most controversy
Very modern and impressionable
Mr. Godes was most proficient in
his interpretation of this sonata.
Many people were quite over
whelmed and unable to say how
they felt about this work without
hearing it several times; while
others were quite exhilarated by
Prokofiev’s work.
UNIQUELY ARRANGED
The Chopin Etude? were unique
ly arranged in a grouping that was
different, enchanting and unmo
notonous. Mr. Godes is a master
with Chopin in his brilliant per
formance of flowing passages that
were both clean and accurately ex
ecuted. Chopin in any concert
pianist’s program will always be
well received because of the popu
larity of his works, as is DeBussy.
Mr. Godes was most generous
with his encores, playing four: Pa
vine for a Dead Princess, by Ravel;
Waltz in E minor by Chopin; and
Hutch Dance by Beethoven. He
concluded his program with the
appropriate Jesu of Men’s Desir
ing.
All who attended the concert
were thrilled and impressed by the
ease and generosity of the artist.
His informality and wit were de
lightful and we appreciated his
marvelous spirit of cooperation jn
view of bad weather and limited
facilities Kodiak has to offer.
Mirror Classifieds bring results.
I
Psychology Course
Will Be Offered
The University of Alaska eve
ning classes will hold registration
on Monday and Tuesday evenings,
Feb. 11 and 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. in
the on-base school. Courses offered
' will be General Psychology—a 3
semester-hour course—and funda
mentals of Art—a 2-semester-hour
' course.
Both courses are basic in their
| fields. Registration is open to all
' high school graduates in the Kodiak
area. Residents of Kodiak, as well
as military and civil service per
sonnel and their dependents, are
eligible to enroll.
The Psychology course will meet
from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday and
Wednesday evenings from Feb. 18
to May 15. The Art course Will
meet from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday
and Thursday from Feb. 19 to May
16. Both courses will meet in the
on-base school.
Read the classifieds for profit
use them for results.
If I Ain’t Got
IT
I CAN GET IT!
KODIAK
SUPPLIERS
(Carl Rodli)
COMPLETE LINE OF
FISHING GEAR
PH. 486—5375 DAY OR NITE
FOR ALL YOUR
Welding Needs
or Problems
Phone 486-5150
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