VOL. 20, NO. 16 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 7, 1960 PRICE TEN CENTS
1960 KODIAK KING CRAB FESTIVAL UNDERWAY
The Small Boat Harbor will be
the hub of activity in Kodiak
today (Friday), Saturday and Sun
day, as residents and visitors
alike celebrate the 1960 King Crab
Festival.
The Festival officially opened
today (Friday), at 12 noon, and
appropriately enough, with skin
diving. Many of the concessions
on the midway, too, opened to lure
the passerby with offerings of
prizes easily won. Streets, too, are
decorated, and banners welcome
all to the big festival.
All is in readiness, according to
Roy Rickey, general chairman for
the event. The committees have
functioned well, and the organiza
tional work is complete. With a
plane load of visitors aboard a
turbo jet arriving Saturday, and
many more expected from points
around the island, and the local
residents expected out in full
force, the Festival this year should
top anything seen here in previous
years. All that is needed is a little
cooperation from the weather.
The Festival is expected to draw
huge crowds of children, with two
events especially planned for
them. An event that had great
appeal for the youngsters last
year, will again be run. This is the
Rotary sponsored “train,” a series
of dolly®, pulled by a jitney, which
will make trips at regular inter
vals through town. The children
will board the “train” at the Small
Boat Harbor for the free ride.
Another event of special interest
to children will be the children’s
parade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The
high school band will furnish the
marching music.
The remaining events for today
(Friday) will be mainly airplane
and boat rides, crab pot bowling
at the Elks Bowling Lanes, and
all events culminating with a big
dance at the Elks Club. A style
show sponsored by 0. Kraft & Son
and the Wardrobe is a feature at
traction.
The midway will again open
Saturday morning, following the
children’s parade. Boat cruises to
the crab grounds will be available
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Jaycees sponsored deep sea
diving events will be run off Sat
urday, beginning at 12 noon. See
elsewhere for more details of this
highlighted event of the Festival.
The crab judging contest will
follow immediately. There have
been several entries this year, with
prizes of $50 each being offered
for the largest and heaviest crab.
Immediately following, a crab auc
tion of the big crab will be
; staged. Auctioneer Pye Watson
will call for bids, and the proceeds
will go to aid the Griffin Memorial
Hospital Fund.
Crab cannery workers will
match their skill in a crab shaking
contest which is scheduled to fol
low at 2 p.m.
A king crab dinner, sponsored
by the mothers of the Little Lea
guers, will be served at the Elks
Club from 4 p.m. to B p.m. This
monstrous morsel of the deep will
be served in great quantities and
in different ways, all to raise need
ed funds for the Little League,
the crowds will converge on the
Following the dinner at 9 p.m.,
National Guard Armory for the
Coronation Ball. The program
there will feature a portion of the
Poop Deck Panic stage show,
which scored heavily when pre
sented several months ago. This
is scheduled for 10:30 p.m.
At 12 midnight, crowning of the
King Crab Festival Queen will
take place. This will be followed
by the drawing.
Sunday afternoon, the midway
will again open, and the balance
of the afternoon, activity will cen
ter around boat rides, plane rides
and the windup of the crab pot
bowling tournament.
Seeks Study Of
Russian, Japanese
Fishing Activities
WASHINGTON UP) — Sen. Bart
lett has asked Pres. Eisenhower
to bring up the subject of the
North Pacific fisheries at the sum
mit meeting in Paris.
Citing the increased Russian
and Japanese fishing activities, he
told the President in a letter he
hopes it as well as the walrus and
polar bear can be placed on the
agenda. He called particular at
tention to the increasing competi
tion to exploit Alaska king crab
and flounder resources.
WASHINGTON (fl—Eyewitness
accounts of huge Russian fishing
fleets in the Bering Sea were given
by two Alaskans.
Herb Ililscher, Anchorage, told
of the visit last month of well
equipped fleet of 58 Russian boats
midway between the Pribilof
Islands and the mainland. Ralph
S. Jones, vice-president of Wake
field Fisheries, Kodiak, told of
U. S. ships having withdrawn from
the area 30 miles off of the Alaska
Peninsula because of Russian oper
ations.
The two men discussed the prob
lem with Sen. Bartlett, and gov
ernment officials. Jones said the
boats were forced to withdraw be
cause the Russians used tangle
nets which spread over “about 15
to 20 miles” on ocean floor.
Sen. Magnuson, D, Wash., said
the incident could have been “most
serious.” He said he asked Secre
tary of State Herter for early talks
with both Russia and Japan.
CAP Squadron
On Field Trip
Cadets and officers of the Ko
diak Patrol Squadron, on a field
trip May 1, were guests of Major
Fred Shipley, Commander of the
Chiniak Air Force Base and James
Paris, Station Manager for Lock
heed.
About twenty cadets and senior
members drove out to Chiniak,
where they enjoyed a lunch, a
tour of the Air Force Tracking
Station, movies and a dinner.
Alaskan GOP’s
To Support Nixon
ANCHORAGE UPl — Alaska Re
publicans are expected to pledge
their six national convention votes
to Nixon during the three day
State convention opening here
Friday. Six delegates, and six al
ternates to the July conclave at
Chicago will be picked during the
weekend meeting with advance
indications of solid support for
Nixon.
Some fireworks might develop,
however, if meeting receives a
resolution calling for endorsement
of a vice-presidential nominee.
Gov. Rockefeller and Interior Sec
retary Seaton have been most fre
quently mentioned, but there has
been no formal action either one.
Sears, Roebuck
Area Supervisor
Here This Week
William J. Nugent, Anchorage,
Area Supervisor for Sears, Roe
buck & €o., spent a few days in
Kodiak this week on business. He
was here to make arrangements
for the opening of Sears. Roebuck
Si Co. new Catalog Sales Office
later this month.
While here, Nugent also inter
viewed applicants for positions as
sales clerks in the new store. He
will be in Kodiak again early next
week. ,
Miss Tomlinson, Sears, Roebuck
Co. representative from Seattte,
will arrive here Monday and will
remain for at least three weeks
to train the new personnel.
9 Candidates File In Senate, House Race
Nine candidates have filed for ing a Senate seat. Two others,
seats in the State Legislature in John Trent and Emil Knudsen,
the coming primary elections to are both seeking seats in the House
be held August 9. of Representatives. Trent is a re
Two incumbents, Sen. A1 Owencent employee on the Naval Sta
and Rep. Pete Deveau, have again tion and is now opening an elec
filed. Both are Democrats. Others tronics business in town. Emil
who have filed as Democrat candi- Knudsen is a businessman in Ko
dates are Chuck Weir, pilot with^iak of many years standing.
Harvey’s Flying Service; Fred --
Brechan, businessman and mem-LEGION COMMANDER
ber of the City Council; EudoraQN X0UR OF FIVE CITIES
Preston, schoolteacher and house
wife: and Gil Jarvella, pilot for JUNEAU UB-Martin McKneally,
the Kodiak Airways. All are lun'National Commander of the Ameri
ning for House seats; except Bre- ^ ^ ^ fiye Alaska
chan, who filed for the Senate. 1Q01 .
Three have filed on Republican clties during his May .
tickets. A. Holmes Johnson is seek-beginning at Ketchikan.
Museum IsOpen
On Saturday Night
In conjunction with the King
Crab Festival, the Kodiak museum
will be open Friday and Saturday
evenings from 7:30 to 9 p.m., as
well as Sunday afternoon from 2
to 4 p.m., according to an an
nouncement by Don Clark, Presi
dent of the Kodiak and Aleutian
Historical Society.
Opening the extra hours is to
allow visitors expected during the
Festival more time to visit the
museum.
NS Bids Invited
The 17th Naval District Public
Works Officer has released invi
tations to bid on two informal
construction contracts involving
the U. S. Naval Communication
Station here.
Informal Contract No. 60.4 de
scribes the work as furnishing all
labor, material and equipment
necessary to install approximately
300 linear feet of electrical ground
conductors in three CCL towers.
Informal Contract No. 60-4 de
sists of furnishing all labor, ma
terial and equipment necessary to
install approximately 280 lineal
feet of walkway over existing
gravel surfaced built up roofing.
Contractors may obtain construc
tion and bidding data upon appli
cation to the 17th Naval District
Public Works Officer, Box 38, U. S.
Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska.
Sealed bids in triplicate on forms
furnished by that officer will be
opened at 3 p.m., (AST) on 19
Vlay 1960.
240 Students In Musical Program
At The High School Tuesday Evening
A total of two hundred and four
grade school and high school stu
dents will be participating in the
Spring concert to be presented
Tuesday, May 10, in the Kodiak
high school auditorium.
The concert of classical, semi
classical, and popular music se
lections will be presented by in
strumental and choral groups un
der the direction of Gary Bensen,
music supervisor.
The 19 piece Senior Band will
play the following: “The Thunder
er” by John Phillip Sousa; “Pacif
ic Grandeur" (overture) by J.
Olivadoti; “Washington Post” by
Sousa; “Father of Victory” by
Louis Ganne; “Great Gate of Kiev”
by M. Moussargsky; “Salutation”
by Roland F. Seitz; “Prelude in
C Minor” by S. Rachmaninoff;
and “Light Cavalry” by Fr. von
Suppi.
The Senior Band membership
consists of the following: Clarinet;
Wayne Kraft, Luana Garoutte, Bill
Littleton. Saxaphone: Don Neke
feroff, Aloys Kopun. Cornet; Mike
Litteton, Kenneth Tillotson, John
Sheridan, Harry Wilson, Bill How
ard, Ramona French. Baritone
Horn: Jim Hood. Trombone: Jeff:
rey Wilkes. Sousaphone: Kenneth
Vail. Percussion: -Lloyd Fuller,
Svea Breckberg, Paul Peterson,
Gary Wood and Fred Zharoff.
The forty member Senior Chor
us will sing the following numbers:
“It’s a Grand Night for Singing,”
by Rodgers and Hammerstein;
“Holy Is the Lord” by Schubert;
“OP Man River,” by Jerome Kern;
“Dry Bones” by Gearhart; “Go
Down, Moses” (Negro spiritual);
“Carousel.” by Rodgers and Ham
merstein; and “The Caypso Song,”
by Trinidad Pete Thomas. Douglas
Dawson, a teacher at the high
school, will sing the solo baritone
part in 01’ Man River.
The Senior Chorus membership
is as follows: Beth Acheson, Donna
Allen, Kathryn Alvine (accompan
ist), Edna Anderson, Lois An
drews, Stan Austerman, Lynda
Bettis, James Britt, Deloris Ga
lagher, Kathy Hamil (accompan
ist), Connie Hayes, Adoph Jackin
sky, Dawn Jarvella, Lee Koenig,
Kay McCall, Dale McKinley, Kar
lene Murphy, Don Nekeferoff,
Paul Peterson, Jane Pikom, Dar
lene Reft, Henry Sanguinetti, Con
nie Short,'Thomas Shugam, Ronda
Shupp, Leslie Selig, Milton Souter,
Zelanna Stone, Nelda Stone, Thom
asine Sevensen, Constance Trent,
Virginia Valley, Rolanda Vickery,
John Vosgien, Judy Walker, Mary
Wilson, Brooklyn Zehe, Christine
Neseth, Judith Beck and Mona
Ensslin.
The 79 voice Junior Chorus will
sing the following: “Hie Away
Home,” “America, the Beautiful,”
by Ward; “The Green Cathedral,”
by Carl Hahn; “Trail to Mexico,”
and “A iNight in Spring.” Mrs.
Springhill will accompany the
Chorus.
The 36 piece Fourth Grade
Tonette Band will play “Twinkle,
Twinkle,” and “Blue Bells of Scot
land.”
“Oh Suzanna,” by Stephen Fos
ter; “Marines Hymn,” “Merry
Widow Waltz,” “Red River Valley”
and “Band Boys March” are se
lections to be played by the 30
piece Junior Band.
Mr. Bensen and Wayne Kraft
will play a clarinet duet entitled
“Tempo di Minuetto,” by Bohm.
The combined Senior Band, Senior
Chorus and Junior Chorus will
present “Alaska’s Flag” by Elinor
Dusenburg, as a closing number
on the program.
Tickets for the concert are $1
for adults and 50 cents for stu
dents, and may be obtained from
students. Proceeds from the con
cert will go into the school’s music
fund.
PORTLAND UPI — Ten busines
men have signed for the 11th an
nual Chamber of Commerce tour
of Alaska, May 15-24. There may
be more.