Kodiak In 1960
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revealed a no-eompetition clause;
the oatlook was not hopeful Fred
.adhere celeb-ated his 70th birth
day; he was honored by friends
with the first birthday party he
had ever had Work began on ad
ditional floats for the Small Boat
Harbor as more fishermen found
Kodiak a good base of operations
With the bqgjming of March the
Kodiak Cub Scouts sold packets of
flower seeds and the Chamber of
CoTiinarce looked hopefully to
ward spring with initial plans for
the 198D King Crab Festival. In the
state that Texas couldn't top every
body who wanted to move the cap>
tad from Juneau to somewhere
else had a ready suggestion, but
no one suggested Kodiak (This
last is the one thing that did no?
happen that will sppear m this
column ) Alaska Fish and Game re
iQrted a record crab crop for the
fin* two months of the year: from
2.884 pots. 106 boats had taker
almat 7.990.000 pounds of Kine
Crab, a toothsome story, not a
fishy one Navy Chief A3 Hooker
was notified he had qualified for
first honors in the Alaskam brown
bear division of the Boone and
Crockett CSwb's biennial North
American game trophy compete
non. TWugh more famous for
shooting bear and other game with
his camera the C%aef bad killed
"Ik seventh largest brown bear
ever taken in the competitions a
monstrous 10 feet, 2 inches tail
!n tamer pursuits the llrtle league
held its first organization*, meet
mg of the season and PN’A an
r cvuneed reduced fares from the
Anchorage area for tourists com
ing to the King Crab Festrori in
May.
In early April Rear Admiral
and Mrs H. H Caldwell arrived to
relieve Rear Admiral and Mrs A.
W McKeehnie aboard the Narai
Station Six Alaskan banks in
cluding the Bank of Kodiak merg
ed and would heneefo-th be known
as the National Bank of Alaska,
toe familiar Kodiak bear disappear
ed from local checks On a space
si table basis first class mail was
scheduled for direct flights to the
states below the gold line, ana a
i ckle AprE brought extremes of
weather f~orr snow to sunshine
and back again, sometimes all in
Ahe same day. Town tax assess
ments were reduced 15 per rent
fend pretty girls were boring no
trouble finding sponsors for the
contest fo' queen of the King Crab
festival. Easter church services
and little boys wanting marbles
were sure signs of the Spring to
c ome. A cold storage plan! survey
was to be made By mid-month
less than a sixth of the goal set
by Griffin Memorial in its drive
for funds had been reairaed but
this was considered a good bee inn
mg Lowell Wakefield planned in
eat negotiations with the Btissian
crab fleet after the latter forced
some of Wakefield's boat., away
i~am their crabbing area in the
Bering Sea. while in Kodiak, the
Clean Up. Paint Up, Fix Up cam
paign was in full swing.
Ob April SCrth our editor and
has* got giddy or maybe a little es
t-spO’-ated and reprinted a col urn:
frasa a small Wisconsin paper with
questaotts and answers in an ed
itor's life Because they are so fa
miliar ana we are tired enough
to need a laugh after all the cele
brations of late, we quote here
.iusl one or two: O. Why da you
have aD those misprints* A
They’re the mast entertaining part
of the whole paper- Q. Why da yen
always say it' when referring to
yourself in the paper ? A We want
our readers to think they are out
numbered Q. Why don't you
publish a big paper like the Seattle
Times* A We plan to just as soon
as the population of Kodiak equals
that of Seattle.
May 6. 7. and 8 the Kodiak King
Crab Festival committee welcom
ed all visitors to the most success
fid and well attended festival of
its kind eve- held m Kodiak Scuba
and hard hat diving, plane and
boat rides, bowling, crab judging
contests, a children’s parade, a
King Crab dinner at the Elks Club,
and a Coronation Ball at the
Armory were climaxed with the
crowning of the King Crab Queen.
- Punky Gallagher' drew the winn
ing ticket, gained a crown, a Ford
Falcon and a trip to Seattle among
other prizes. Then came Armed
Forces Day: the Naval Station held
Open House and the Safety Lady
(Hy Stanton) ran a fishing derby
at Buskin River for children Ray
and Sibyl Boggs left Kodak after
13 years to move to a new job with
FAA in Yikatat and Dr. Bruce
Keers was elected president of Ko
diak PTA A fellow named Fred
Bear, owner of an archery firm in
Michigan, proved a point by kill
ing a 9 foot 10 inch Kodiak bear
with a bow and two arrows The
Coast Guard Cutter Storis depart
ed for the Bering Sea Patrol, an
.nstitatkm since the year 1867.
Navy nurses held a birthday
party. Dr Thee Norby. Commis
sioner of Education for Alaska
addressed the hig school graduat
ing class numbering 35. and Bill
Laaase was appointed Postmaster
of Kodiak Another first for the
-Tty: all establishments serving
food and drink were told they must
have a city health permit by July
1, 1960 June came in on a pleasant
note; salmon fishermen lined the
hanks of the Buskin and many
other streams and we were the
only one we ever heard who need
ed more than two hours to catch
the limit. Sears Roebuck opened
j catalogue sales office in town
and Norman Smith and Adolph
Jackmsky won scholarships to col
ege with averages of 10 The city
tax rale was set at 17.5 mills, and
Governor Egan spoke to a non
pa.-tisan group to whom he restat
ed his opposition to fish traps
Local people began to take vaca
tion trips outside, among them
John Fletcher and his family, and
School Nurse. Marion Lynch Little
League baseball got off to a good
stars with a doublehesader: the Out
ioorsmen and Red Socks were in
itial winners and Paul Milas pitch
ed a no hit game Sutliffs offered
‘9 purchase and sell skin-diving
at cost to children under 16
as Guy Powell reported many in
quiries about the sport
By June IB the hospital fund
drive had reached $12,713.
In Judy the Civil Service Club
at the Naval Station sponsored a
smorgashoard and raised this
amount by $2,000 Mrs. Edna Kraft
arrived to spend the summer and
Dr Boh Johnson was re-elected
President of the Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce
The town celebrated July 4SJh
with « parade, midway. dance, and
2 Little League game in the even
ing. as well as many private parties
St Mary's Catholic Church planned
a buffet dinner tm July l&lh. to
b ouor Fattier Talbofit who was
leaving after seven years, and tc*
greet bis successor Paul Nichols
Investment Brokers of Anchorage
opened a branch office with the
Kodiak Realty Company provid
ing Kodiak with its fir®: daily
stock quotations Twelve fisher
men were fihed £50 each sus
pended because they used 5% inch
mesh leads when the legal 6s* inch
leads were unavailable iron: net
makers The trial resulted m a de
cision by Juneau tc permit the use
of 51* inch mesh leads Cape B G.
Groteclose. skipper of the M/V
Shuyak. won i portable radio for
being the owner of the oldest rr>
stalied radio transmitter m the Kn
disk area. His was 22 years old.
After a long lime away the Henry
Haggs returned to Kodiak, and
Sister Hillary planned a trip out
side At a CAB bearing Kodiak
.Airways bid for cirtifieation for a
regular mail route between Kodiak
and various island points. On July
23rd. the Post Office be Id Open
House and marked 100 years pro
gress since the inauguration of i
the Pony Express Jack Lee. now
living at the Pioneers Home in
Sitka passed his 91st. birthday, and
Mission Lake was recorded in (
Washington. D C as the official
name of that Lake. The Sorums
relumed from an .Alaskan vaca
tion in the interior and Mrs Antjie
Huer was selected as Kodiak Em
blem Club Women of the Year for
her services and activities on the
local level In August Mr. and Mrs
A2 Bortoo celebrated their 25th.
wedding anniversary and the Boy
Scouts wound up their encamp
men: at the Naval Station camp
site This was probably a relief to
Joe Bayfield, one of the Scout ex
ecutives in charge, by this time
he was hospitalized with blood
poisoning
Twenty-eight ladies from the
base and town toot a flying lour
to Some and Kotzebue and came
back with "blue noses. The Episco
pal Bisbop of Alaska visited on
August 13 th.. preached, and* met
with townspeople who are anxious
to start an Episcopal mission here
Gene Ingalls joined the Kodiak
Realty staff, and Lowell Thomas.
Jr. came down from .Anchorage to
make a movie on King Crab Ko
diak OuEdoorsanen Little League
team won over the Nava] Station
Red Sox to cop the 1960 Kodiak
Island championship
With September, deer and duck
season opened and hunters were
asked io save deer and elk jaws
so the age and condition of the
herds could be determined Kodiak
was designated as a Customs Port
of Entry which is a help to the
town and to Canadian fishermen
who will he allowed to sell their
fish in Kodnak and buy their sup
plies from local merchants. The
new pediatrics room at the Naval
Station hospital, equipped and
furnished by interested groups and
individuals was dedicated on the
37th. Five days lafler this part of
the island recalled the Karma.-,
eruption of 1912 but this tame
winds brought a considerably
milder, though real fallout of vol
canic ash from a volcano m the
Valley of the Ten Thousand
Smokes
School* opened m September
6th. and for the first time, the
town school remained closed as
six new classrooms m the new
school replaced the older facili
ties. Dr. A Holmes Johnson and
Sag Digree accompanied Mara’, of
finals to Nome to welcome the
atomic sub, Sea dr agon, completing
her histone voyage under the
polar ice through the Northwest
Passage. The municipal airport
strip was started, and the Sea Ex
plorers launched their training
vessel. SES Chinook, at Mission
Beach. Final engineering work got
underway on the first portion of
i road to be built between Ouzinkie
ind Kodiak
Three sailors who drifted for 14
lays and were the object of one
>f the most energetic searches
ever staged in the area, drifted
ashore at Cape Cmmak and were
reunited with their families. Chief
Vickery and his family returned
after an extended tour of the
south 48 It was reported that the
salmon pack for Kodiak was double
that of last vear, and City Manager
Bill Poland anticipated no in
creases in taxes. Mrs. Mary Frost
and her children came home from
their first trip outside and report
ed they liked it. The first twins
to be born at Griffin Memorial in
five years arrived on September
29th., for Anna and Orville Volker.
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