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surprise, but it is nonetheless a
fact that one of the best author
ities on our local fisheries is a
woman . . . Dera Brunstad, wife of
Karl Brunstad, who, being one of
the few real “oldtimers” here
abouts nowadays, has himself ac
quired a store of knowledge about
our fisheries over the years. Dera,
who works out at the base and for
many years taught school here, has
been preparing a thesis in partial
fulfillment of the requirements to
wards a Master’s Degree from the
University of Alaska. Her term pa
per is entitled “The Kodiak Fish
ery, Past, Present and Future.” It
is extremely interesting, informa
tive, and is well documented and
illustrated. As Dera points out in
her introduction, she gained “A
fair insight” into our fisheries
through handling Karl’s correspon
dence while he served a number
of years as the fishermen’s union
business agent and served a term
on the Fisheries Board back in
Territorial days and at the incep
tion of the Alaska Department of
Fisheries . . . and besides that he
was a commercial fisherman 'or
many years.
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We noce that the Coast Guard
is opening a 5-man marine in
spection office in that great fish
eries center and international
seaport ... Anchorage. We have
often wondered why the head
quarters of the 17th Coast Guard
District are in Juneau, and how
long it will be before it occurs to
the powers that be that the logi
cal location is here at Kodiak
in the center of most of their ac
tivities. Rather than irritate Ju
neauites with the suggestion that
it be moved here, we only urge
a study that there be a separate
district set up for all of Central
and Western Alaska.
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When Pan - Alaska Fisheries’
Mercator took off for Adak last
week she had the following fishing
boats listed to be in her wake:
Skipper Richard Olsson’s Alma;
Skipper George Johnson’s Ginny C;
Skipper Noel Franklin’s Honey B;
Skipper Andy Arntsen’s Irene G;
and Skipper Mel Hennington’s Pa
cific Fisher. PAF’s Alaska Trader
departed Seattle a week ago Tues
day and will join the Mercator
after picking up five more crab
catchers here. According to Mer
cator Skipper Vic Hanson, who
spent 3 Vz years as an Army Trans
port Service skipper in Aleutian
waters, the following five vessels
will accompany the Alaska Trader:
Skipper Anton Issaksen’s Eileen;
Skipper Harry Kreuth’s Primus;
Skipper Lyle Swanson’s Jo G; and
also the Lynda and Sea Rose. The
entire fleet expects to return here
in mid-April.
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POOR IDEA—The idea of carry
ing weekly catch reports of fishing
boats proves out not so hot. Not
that it wouldn’t be interesting . ..
but perhaps TOO interesting! Can
neries and fishermen both have
pointed out that this would be like
printing a man’s bank account or
income. More important in the ob
jections is the fact that no fishing
boat would want to reveal its catch
on a weekly basis ... if the catch
was good then every boat in the
fleet would be heading for that
particular area.
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GOOD IDEA — We don’t recall
who first suggested it, but the idea
of having a marine aquarium here
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sounds great. We don’t know of
any in existence anywhere within
the state and without a doubt it
would be a major tourist attrac
tion. There are many interesting
and odd species of sea life in sur
rounding waters as any fisherman
can tell you . . . some of the crea
tures caught in shrimp drags, and
even in crab pots, are most un
usual. It perhaps wouldn’t prove
to be too costly. Live tanks, such
as APA uses for crabs, only with
glass fronts, might do the tri’k.
We suggest it be called the Kodiak
“Sea Zoo.”
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Copies of the 1963 beaver trap
ping regulations are now being dis
tributed throughout the state the
ADF&G tells us. During the sum
mer salmon season numerous fish
ermen noted the fabulous number
of dams these furred critters have
been erecting along salmon spawn
ing streams and thus effectively
blocking fish migration upstream
to spawn. Some are beginning to
suggest that the state place a
bounty and open season on beaver
on Kodiak to restrain these indus
trious dam builders which were
transplanted here some years ago.
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Perhaps one of the most out
standing Christmas decorating ef
forts this year was the huge Christ
mas tree located out by Judge Ma
bel Fenner’s house. The huge
spruce tree, which was decorated
with symetrically arranged lights
by Harbormaster A1 Fenner, was
visible to boats as they approached
the Near Island Channel and has
brought favorable comments from
numerous mariners. They had a
devil of a time locating enough
strings of lights as it had been
some years since they had deco
rated the tree and it had grown
mightily.
CG Officers Wives Install Officers
At the Dec. 18 luncheon of the
Coast Guard Officers Wives Club
held at the Officers Club new of
ficers were elected and then de
clared installed. Newly elected
president, Jean McDonald, was pre
sented with the club charter by
outgoing president Nanci Blackett.
Other incoming officers are Su
ellen McDonough, vice-president;
Harriet Hauff, secretary; Carol
Simmons, treasurer; and JoAnne
Janke, liason. Other outgoing of
ficers are Niki Tubella, vice-presi
dent; Sally Davis, secretary; Mary
Doherty, treasurer; and Phyllis
Lowry, liason.
The Coast Guard Officers Wives
will hold their next luncheon on
Tuesday, Jan. 22.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank all the peo
ple who were so kind in our recent
bereavement.
Mrs. O. L. Spinharney
and family
SPRING IS COMING
Now that the holiday season is over, it is a good time to
to start thinking about spring clean up, paint up, fix up, and
remodel.
!Lay your plans now so you will be ready to operate when
spring comes.
One of the most important factors in these plans is fi
nancing. Our home improvement loan is the answer.
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If Wide-Track is as hot as'
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Pontiac says, why don't they
put it in their Tempest?
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They just did.V
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We can take a hint. When people are as happy with something as Pontiac owners are with Wide
Track, we’re willing—nay, eager—to let everybody else In on it. That’s why Tempest has a
Wide-Track of its own this year. It’s why you get to choose between a lively 4 and a 326-cu. In. i
V-8*, too. We aim to please—and if we do say so, we’re pretty accurate. *Optional at extra cost.
Now there are two kinds of Wide-Track cars . ■. Pontiac and Tempest
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