Seven Candidates,
Each One A Queen
The pictures of seven lovely
young Kodiak ladies appear in
this issue of the Kodiak Mirror.
They are the seven candidates
for Queen of the King Crab Fes
tival.
We have attempted, insofar as
is technically possible, to give
each one of these charming beau
ties equal treatment, equal space
and equal consideration. The
Mirror is not a sponsor of any
one candidate and extends to
each one its thanks for the co
operation they have given us in
presenting them to our readers.
To each we wish good luck.
While there can be only one of
them chosen Queen officially,
we want you all to know that it
has been a pleasure to meet and
interview every one of them. As
far as we at the Mirror are con
cerned, each of these seven fine
young ladies is a winner and a
Queen.
To a large extent the success
of our festival rests largely upon
these seven girls. They are Zoya
Abston, Rikki Barnett, Darlene
Denio, Mary Jane Madsen, Pam
Monroe, Hildur Rockstad and
Connie Short.
King Crab Festival
Parade Greatest
Yet Says Sundberg
Plans for the greatest King Crab
Festival Parade yet in Kodiak, are
coming along in satisfactory man
ner, according to Gene Sundberg,
parade chairman.
Already signed up are a number
of colorful marching units, and
several bands. Sundberg said the
Festival committee hopes that
many floats will be entered again
this year.
Prizes will be awarded to the
best marching units and best float
in the parade.
Theme of this year’s Festival
Parade is the 200th anniversary of
the first settlement on Kodiak Is
land.
All organizations, ciuds,
churches, societies and other
groups are invited to take an ac
tive part in this year’s parade.
The local canneries are invited
to also sponsor entries, as Kodiak
goes “all out” with its biggest pa
rade.
Sundberg also announced the
Festival Parade would feature
again, the “Kiddies Parade.” A
few of the categories include: most
original costume for boys and
girls; best cowboy and cowgirl;
best tricycle-bicycle; best clown
costume and the best costumed pet.
Motor scooter rooters are invited
to enter the best decorated motor
scooter contest.
Sundberg suggested that every
one get busy and come up with old
costumes and new ideas and bring
them to the Parade, May 4 at 10
a m. Anyone wishing further infor
mation on parade plans can con
tact Sundberg at Kraft’s Supermar
ket, or call 6-2306.
Resigns Pastorate To Study
Due to leave Kodiak in time to resume his ministerial studies is Rev.
Fred J. Mamaloff pictured here with his wife Evelyn and their
daughter, Brenda. (See story Page 12)
Construction Of
Ferry Underway;
22 Staterooms!
Authorization to commence con
struction of the Kodiak Ferry has
been sent to the Christy Corp. of
Sturgeon, Wisconsin, according to
word received by Pete Deveau
from Public Works Commissioner
Richard Downing.
“Please be advised that letter of
intent was issued Christy Corp. on
March 28, 1963. Have been advised
by phone that they are proceeding
with procurement and layout of
Kodiak Ferry,” Downing wired.
In a telephone conversation with
Deveau, Downing further advised
that there was enough money to
build 22 staterooms on the ferry.
Delivery date to the state of
Alaska remains the same and the
vessel should commence operations
in the Kodiak area between July
15-20, 1964, Downing said.
Borough Petition
To Be Circulated
Area voters will be faced with
the simple decision of voting Yes
or No on the election ballot to de
cide whether or not the Kodiak
Island Borough shall be a second
class borough.
The Kodiak Island Borough
Study Group which met April 9 in
the State Courtroom turned down
proposals to place additional pow
ers involving Sanitation control,
water supply, fire protection and
police protection on the ballot also.
Powers which a Second Class
Borough would possess are: 1. as
sessing and collecting taxes; 2.
planning and zoning; 3. operation
of a school district.
It was pointed out that the addi
tional powers involving sanitation,
water, fire and police could be
voted upon by borough residents
later if desired.
A committee composed of Roy
Madsen, George Cornelius, Dr. Don
Fenner and Jim Barr was ap
pointed by the Study Group’s chair
man, John Waller, to write up the
petition for incorporation of the
Kodiak Island Borough. The peti
tion will be circulated by John
Schreiner, Okie Chandler and Har
old Alexander.
One Dead, Another
Injured In Blast
On Greek Ship
A Greek seaman, Spiridon Dava
ris of Athens, Greece, was buried
in the Russian Orthodox Church
Cemetery following services in the
Orthodox Church at 2 p.m. April 8.
Pallbearers were Gus Contos,
Stanley Samuelson, Ray Demien
tiff, Karl Brunstad, William Kou
manis and Jack Kvasnikoff.
The deceased, a 37-year-old sea
man electrician aboard the MV Pa
lagos, died of injuries caused by
the explosion of the ship’s aux
iliary boiler.
A second seaman, Nick Drog
gitis, 32, was also badly burned in
the April 1 explosion aboard the
Seaways Shipping Corp. vessel and
has been undergoing treatment at
the Griffin Memorial Hospital.
The two men were taken to Sand
Point by the Coast Guard Cutter
Storis. A C.G. plane flew him from
there into Kodiak and the naval
ambulance brought Droggitis to
the hospital. Present pains call for
the stricken seaman to be flown to
Athens via PNA and SAS airlines
Saturday.
Funeral arrangements for Da
varis were handled by Kodiak Mor
tuary.
The vessel was located about 900
miles off Kodiak when the explo
sion occurred.
Near Isle Bridge
Study Approved
Kodiak Rep. Gil Jarveia has
started the ball rolling on one of
the most important projects in our
community’s future. The legisla
ture and governor have approved
his resolution asking the Dept, of
Public Works for an origin and des
tination study in connection with
the construction of a bridge be
tween Kodiak and Near Island
Construction of the bridge would
make more land available, especial
ly for additional fishery processing
sites and make available a huge
area of protected waters suitable
for use as a small boat harbor. The
present boat harbor is already too
small to accommodate the swiftly
growing numbers of fishing boats
here.
Critical Water Situation Taken Up
At Special Council Meeting Thursday
The fact that Kodiak faces a crit
ical water problem, both immediate
and long range was highlighted by
discussions that took place at last
night’s special standing-room only
session of the city council in the
state courtroom.
“We can only pray for rain in the
meantime,” was Mayor Coon’s
comment after City Manaer Bill
Poland, in reply to Oscar Dyson’s
query as to when the Pillar Creek
Project would be completed, said
the equipment had been ordered
and they hoped for completion by
August.
Poland made a short resume of
the Pillar Creek project, explaining
that it would have been completed
by now excepting that the first
bond election, held over a year
ago, contained errors which made
the bonding proposition technically
unacceptable to bond attorneys.
Dyson stressed that the avail
ability of water was the factor that
would determine Kodiak’s future.
He was joined in this contention
by Pete Deveau, who appealed to
the council to “start planning new
. . . don’t wait for it to happen to us
. . . water is everything to this
community.”
Deveau also strongly urged the
city to “bring in a top-flight, im
partial engineer to look over our
entire situation. Let’s face it, water
is everything to Kodiak’s future,”
he stated. Deveau warned the coun
cil not to rely solely upon the opin
ions of one engineer or one engi
neering firm. He cited the
fact that about $110,000 of city tax
payers’ money had been complete
ly wasted on the city’s sewer ejec
tion station because the city had
relied upon the engineering of one
firm.
City Manager Poland expressed
strong confidence in Hubbell and
Waller Engineering services and
pointed out that City Manager Jim
Barr was considered an expert in
hydraulic engineering. “We’ve had
good luck with Hubbell and Wal
ler,” Poland said.
Poland estimated that “at the
present rate we are using water
today, we would have enough for
60-some days, 45 when the cold
storage plant begins operation.”
Deveau pointed out that much
more water would be required
once the clam, salmon and crab
operations got underway. Accord
ing to Dyson, Alaska Ice & Stor
age had six shrimp peeler machines
enroute which he understood they
might have ready for operation by
the middle of May.
Poland advised that he was go
ing to talk with the shrimp proc
essors in hope they might be able
to use salt water. He said a plea
for conservation to the general
public would not help much be
cause what little water is consumed
by the general public would have
little bearing on the problem.
Discussions followed about vari
ous possible sources which might
relieve the water situation, how
ever, no definite solution was ar
rived tit.
Howie Leite suggested that the
fity study the possibility of clean
ing out the many feet of mud on
the bottom of the main reservoir.
Poland pointed out that they would
have to drain it to do that and
it would not provide for more than
an additional few hundred thou
sand gallons anyway.
Poland said they are presently
pumping water from Beaver Lake
into the main reservoir and are
considering blocking up the over
flow which would add another 18
inches of capacity to the top of the
reservoir. However he pointed out
that beyond that height the dam
probably couldn’t stand.
Red Blondin cast doubts as to
whether the Pillar Creek Project
would help appreciably, stating
that he understood an 8” line could
handle all the creek flow at the
present time. Poland replied that
the lowest clocking of the stream,
the minimum available, was 2.4
million gallons.
Councilman Wilton White ex
pressed the council’s “appreciation
for your suggestions ... we recog
nize your concern of the funda
mental need for water.”
In conclusion Poland pointed out
“We can’t make it rain. We aren’t
supermen. We can only do so
much.”
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
The first halibut of this season,
and the first Bering Sea catch to
be delivered to this area, arrived
at Alaska Ice & Storage on Thurs
day afternoon when Skipper Egil
Clevin’s Signy offloaded about 40,
000 pounds according to Manager
Bix Bonney.
The Pacific Fisher, under the
command of Skipper Merrill Hen
nington, and the Richard D, skip
pered by Barney Corgatelli, Sr.,
arrived back from Pan Alaska’s
crab operation Wednesday morn
ing. They will both head south for
annual overhaul and repainting.
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Emil Knudsen tells us that if you
see a second pickup truck with
Knudsen’s insignia upon it around
town . . . tain’t his’n anymore. He
sez that John Chase and Bob
Waage got busy and successfully
raised the pickup f rom the depths
of Island Lake where it has been
resting since he narrowly escaped
from it as it plunged through the
ice two years ago in February.
Emil sed it probably didn’t run
too good cause of damp sparkplugs.
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Jerry MacDonald, who works for
I.orrcn Chester now at Kraft’s
Meat Market, tells us that he re
ceived a phone call from Doug
Putansu who skippered the Mitkof
in dungeness crabb ng hereabouts
last winter. Doug has picked up
another larger vessel in Monterey,
Calif. He didn’t give its name but
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