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VOL. 19 NO. 15 KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 18, 1959 PRICK 10 CENTS
State Lawmakers Adjourn On 81st Day
L. Dischner, Holdsworth Appointed
JUNEAU (JR—The first session
of the first Alaska State legisla
ture adjourned Thursday night on
its 81st day.
The Senate beat the House to
■adjournment by four minutes,
closing shop until next January
25, at 9:50 p.m. (PST). Before ad
journment, both Houses confirm
ed appointments of heads of four
of 12 major departments in the
reorganized Alaska government
In a joint session minutes be
fore adjournment, the 60 law
makers confirmed the State
Administration’s appointment of
Lewis Dischner of Fairbanks as
Commissioner of Labor and Phil
Holdsworth as Commissioner of
Natural Resources.
Earlier in the evening, the Leg
islature approved the nominations
of Rep. John' Rader of Anchorage
as Attorney-general and Richard
A. Downing of Fairbanks as Com
missioner of Public ^Vorks.
The Legislature also approved
appointments to the Board of Fish
and Game. Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, Judicial Council,
Board of Education, Employment
Security Advisory Council and the
Hospital Advisory Council.
The lawmakers had waited most
of the day to act on the appoint
ments. They had completed virtu
ally all their legislative work
Wednesday, including final agree
ment on the controversial employ
ment security measure and the
$27% million general fund appro
priation.
The employment security mea
sure finally agreed on by t ie legis
lators calls for a tax on total
wages subject to the jobless in
surance tax.
It also includes an experience
Alert is Sounded
Target Destroyed
A simulated 200 KT bomb was
dropped early this morning on
the Naval Station. A complete hit
of the PNA terminal area was
scored, doing damage for a ra
dius of 1.1 miles.
The A Ring hit virtually de
stroyed all buildings within that
radius. It is estimated that 75%
of those in the area were killed,
15% injured. Calm weather pre
vailed at (the time, indicating that
fall-out damage in that locality
would be heavy but would not
spread to any great extent.
Art Brooks, Civil Defense direct
tor in this area, stated the alert
proved highly successful, except
for one thing. “There was a laspe
between warning and notification.
This amounted to a half-hour,
which would have been vital in
the real thing."
The city and Naval Station was
segregated into “Rings," which
would indicate the impact of dam
age a 200 KT bomb could do. “A"
ring radius was 1.1 miles; “B"
ring 2.2 miles; “C" ring, 3.3 miles
and “D” ring 4.4. The shelters at
Abercrombie would have protec
ted residents in this area from
death or injury, Brooks indicated.
rating system to vary the tax
rate, according to the amount of
seasonal activity in the various
industries, and cuts out of State
ESC payments to $20 from $25.
The record 27% million budget
was introduced Sunday after
weeks of work by the finance
committees of the two houses,
headed by Sen. Al. Owen (D-Uga
nik Bay) and Earl Hillstrand
(D-Anchorage). It cleared the
House Monday with minor amend
ments, and was approved by the
Senate Tuesday with other small
changes.
On Wednesday, the House re
. fused to concur in the Senate
changes and the measure went to
a conference committee where a
$55,500 contingency item was in
cluded for Civil Defense at the
request of Gov. William A. Egan.
Egan, who has never actually
served since his inauguration,
January 3, returned to the State
Monday after nearly three months
of recuperation. He designated
Secretary of State Hugh J Wade
to continue to serve as acting
Governor, but played a key role
in getting the list of appointments
ready Thursday.
V.F.W.—Auxiliary
Install Officers
A joint installation of officers
war held at the V.F.W. Katmai
Post 7056, Sunday, April 12, par
ticipated in by members of the
Post and the Ladies Auxiliary.
The installing officers, Mrs.
Beverly Horn, past president of
the Auxiliary and Dr. Paul Jaeger,
Jr., vice commander, department
of Alaska, installed the following
officers in the Auxiliary: Mrs.
Elinor P. Gottschalk, President;
Mrs. Chlora Clymer, Senior Vice
president; Mrs. Mildred Sylling,
Junior Vice-president; Mrs. Vera
Church®!, SecretaryHr easu r er;.
Mrs. Carmel Schumacher, Chap
lain; Mrs. Margaret Norem, Con
ductress; Mrs. Jane Weber, Guard;
Mrs. Rose Valtman, 1st year
Trustee; Mrs. Elsie Lilliness, 2nd
year Trustee; and Mrs. Catherine
Chichenoff, 3rd year Trustee; Mrs.
Rebie Klockenbrink, Historian.
Charles Christoffersen was instal
led as Post Commander. Other
officers are William P. Cogley,
Senior Vice-president; Reaves W.
Read, Junior Vice-president;
George J. Sonntag, Chaplain and
Service Officer; Walter Metrokin,
Post Advocate; John S. Churchill,
Post Surgeon; Walter O. Kraft,
3rd year Trustee, Kenneth Klock
enbrink. 1st year Trustee.
Appointive officers installed
were Robert P.. Harris, Adjutant;
Tony Valtman, Legislative Offi
cer; Miles C. Madearis, Public
Relations Officer; Dr. Victor
Strash, Patriotic Instructor; and
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The special direct flight to
Seattle scheduled by PNA for to
morrow has been cancelled.
Miss Joy Kim
Opera Duo Offers
Popular Program
A concert of great charm is in
store for music lovers on Monday,
April 20th, when the Alaska Mus
sic Trails present Miss Joy Kim,
internationally celebrated sopra
no, and Mr. Glade Peterson, bril
liant young tenor, in an evening of
opera in costume. At 8:15 p.m. in
the high school auditorium two
of the most popular operas of the
musical theatre will be presented
—Puccini’s “La Boheme” and
“Madame Butterfly.”
MOZART OPENING
Miss Kim and Mr. Peterson will
begin the evening in traditional
formal evening attire, singing a
group of famous Mozart arias and
songs. They will include the hu
morous soprano aria of Despina—
Any Girl Fifteen or Over* from
Cosi Fan Tutte, and the ardent
tenor aria of Tamino—O Image,
Angel-like and Fair, from The
Magic Flute. The lilting duet of
Fiordiligi and Ferrando—By To
morrow We’ll Be United, from
Cosi Fan Tutte, will close this
group.
KOREAN FOLK SONGS
FEATURED
The program will also include
a group of characteristic Korean
folk songs, sung by Miss Kim in
her native Korean. For this group,
which Miss Kim always likes tc
program everywhere, she will
wear authentic Korean dress.
FAVORITE OPERAS
IN COSTUME
La Boheme is set in the artists
quartet of Paris in 1830. Our ra
lists will present .the last half ol
Act I* the touching scene of the
meeting of Rudolph, the poet, and
Mimi, the maker of embroidery
The captivating music includes
Rudolph’s aria, Your Tiny Hand
Is Frozen, and Mimi’s famous re
ply, ends with the superb love
duet.
The excerpts from Madame
Mr. Glade Peterson
Butterfly are universal favorites,
They Call Me Mimi, and the act
and the appearance of Lieutenant
Pinkerton in his Navy white uni
form is as familar to theatre goers
as is the entrance of the diminn
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Four Vie In Race For Festival Queen
The honor of the King Crab
Festival Queen will go to one of
four contestants who are vieing
for the coveted title. Several of
them report ticket sales are brisk.
Dolly Pullo is the queen candi
date representing the Enlisted
Men’s Club. The Outdoorsmen will
be supporting their candidate,
Sandra Koenig. A third candidate,
Shirley Ferrigno is being backed
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Post 7056.
A fourth queen candidate, who
got a late start m the race but
is making up for lost time, is
Odeana Springer, a Texas gal who
has been in Kodiak only 5 months.
The queen contest is likely to
be a close race until the final
week. A contestant’s success will
depend on the number of tickets
sold, as each ticket represents
a ballot cast for her. Last years
winner and Queen of the 1958
Festival was Beoma Blinn.
Jess Ballard,, chairman of the
Festival, announced several addi
tional events that will take place
during the two day celebration.
An exhibit of crab research meth
ods will be conducted by Guy
Powell at the Elks hall on Satur
day, May 2. This will include a
lecture on the king crab, its in
ternal component paints and meth
ods of reproduction.
Another event that should
prove interesting is a skin- diving
exhibition, which will be staged
by members of the newly formed
Jayeees, at the small boat harbor.
The members will dive for crab
and octupus. The crabs will be
sold to anyone wishing to pur
chase them. This event will be
held rain or shine.
Another event, which will de
pend on the weather, of course,
will be games and contests along
Marine Way.
Any organization or individual
wishing to erect a booth during
the festivities, are asked to con
tact Dr. Bob Johnson for site
locations. *
Two prizes of $50 each are be
ing offered for the heaviest crab
and the largest. Howard Wake
field of Wakefield Fisheries* is
offering the prize for the weightr
iest crab and Frank Irick of the
Sportland for the largest. Judging
will be done by Roy Rickey and
Guy Powell of the Alaska depart
ment of Fish and Game.
Along The
Waterfront
The advance crew of clam dig
gers is on the beaches, the supply
boat has made several trips and
Tiny Cichoski has been working
the past week in setting up the
camp. All this preparation heralds
the opening of clam canning . at
Halfertys for the 1959 season.
An additional crew of diggers,
will arrive by special flight Sun
day morning and taken to the
beaches.
Frank Me Conaghy has been,
around of late sparkplug£$ing the
operation. Crew at the local can
nery will consist of worker froip
this area, with the exception of
the superintendent, who will be
Del Valentine, former account an^
for the firm. Bud Shell will jugain
be foreman, Ben Gregorioff will
be fireman; Curly Jonas cafc line
man; Lyman Day, fillerman;
Claudia Kilgore, floorlady. Cook
ing this year for the cannery crew
here will be A1 Idhe and his wife.
. Two other crew members are
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Charlie Christoffersen, who is web
and beach boss and Walter Scott;
pier engineer. »
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Accountant for the firm this
year is Owen Zachritz from Seati
tle. And' of course, aboard the
YARSH will be George Howland,
Rumors of Halfertys changing
hands is still in the rumor stage.
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It’s all over but the shouting as
far as the king crab fishing is
concerned. Boats laden with Crab
pots and other gear are moving in
daily. Dragging for crab was dos
ed by the FWS earlier this week,
but all forms of crabbing is be
ing discontinued because of the
poor condition of the crab.
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The eyes and thoughts of fish
ermen and cannery officials as
well as the FWS, are being turned
to the preliminary planning for
the salmon operation. Chuck Con
nelley reports the KITT1WAKE,
skippered by Fred Barnett, will
soon be in Kodiak for FWS work
in this area. The boat has been
wintering in Juneau.
Connelley also states a copy of
the 1959 fishing regulations are
available at his office for a “look
see”—but that is all. He thinks
copies for distribution should be
here in a couple of weeks.
Chuck also stated his depart
ment is making regular halibut
closure patrols as far as Unimak
Pass.
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Jackie Luque of Moser Bay re
ports that Bob Springhill, super
intended of the cannery there,
will arrive with a cannery crew
May 12. The new name for Libby’s
Moser Bay cannery is “Columbia
Watwis Fisheries”
Spring is breaking out all ever
up here, according to Jackie. She
said Buck Hoyleman was cruising
in his skiff near there and satf a
mother bear and two cubs. Some
of these bears “make tracks the
size of a water bucket,” she says.
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Shrimp are continuing to toll
into King Crab, Inc. cannery in
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