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VOL. 20, NO. 38 KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 8, 1960 PRICE TEN CENTS
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One Incumbant, 2 Others Elected
To Council In Light Vote Cast Tuesday
Kodiak’s municipal election
held Tuesday saw the return to
office of John W. “Blackie” Patter
son, for a one year term on the
City Council. He received 161 of
the 277 votes cast.
Wilton T. White was top vote
getter with 196 votes which elect
ed him to a three year term on the
Council. William B. Criss receiv
ed 135 votes for a similar term.
De Witt W. Fields, incumbant,
polled 94 votes, which were not
sufficient to gain a seat. The other
three candidates, Irwin O. Gil
breath, Gerald Reddick and Jesse
Tucker, polled 87, 36 and 33 votes
respectively.
Patterson is no newcommer to
the council. When he completes
this term, he will have served
seven years, he stated. He is the
operator of Patterson’s service
station, and has been in Kodiak
13 years. The Pattersons have one
son. “Kodiak has improved yearly
since I have been here,” he stated.
“It is certainly on the upsweep. I
have quite an investment in the
town and if I thought it were go
ing to fold I would get out, but I
think the future looks good.”
Wilton White was born near
Fairbanks and came to Kodiak in
1919, when he was six months old.
Alaska Realtors
To Convene Here
The Alaska State Board of Real
tors will hold their 1961 conven
tion in Kodiak.
Kodiak was selected as the site
for the convention, which will be
held in September of next year,
at the recently concluded sessions
held by the group at Fairbanks.
Robert Diggins was elected
president of the group. Other new
officers are secretary-treasurer,
Oliver Wilds of Anchorage; first
vice president, John Pasley of
Fairbanks; second vice - presi
dent, George Cornelius of Kodiak;
and third vice president, Earl R.
Cook, of Fairbanks.
The Kodiak Chamber of Com
erce King Crab film was shown
during the convention, and it’s
presentation proved highly enjoy
able, according to George Corn
elius, local realtor who attended
the convention.
Meeting Called On
Game, Fish Regs.
A meeting, which should pro
duce widespread interest, has
been called for Wednesday, Oct
ober 12 at 8 p.m. in the court
room. The Kodiak Advisory Com
mittee to the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game will have a pub
lic hearing relative to sport fish
ing. game, and commercial fish
ing regulations for 1961.
All persons who are interested
are urged to attend, or to submit
written comments concerning the
present regulations.
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game has adopted the follow
ing emergency regulation at the
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He has a wife and a sixteen year
old daughter, both born here. He
has served before on the Council
for two full terms and one part
term. He is manager of the Kodiak
Motors.
“Basically, I think we have
reached a fairly stable level in our
town’s economy,” he stated.
“And I feel our civic affairs should
be managed on that level. I don’t
look for any great building or
industrial boom, but for a steady
economy.”
Bill Criss, partner in the firm
of Island Electronics, has been in
Kodiak for about 19 years. He
and his wife, Pat, have two chil
dren, Gene and Eva. Comment
ing on the election and Kodiak,
Criss stated: “We hope it will grow
little by little. I don’t expect any
boom. Eventually, with the air
port and other facilities, it will
grow.”
Other members of the Council
are Nick Frost, Bill Worth and
Fred Brechan.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson was re
elected to the school board. Total
votes cast was 283.
State Jaycees
Here For Meeting
The State Jaycees fall board
meeting is being held in Kodiak
this weekend, with many out-of
town officials and members of the
organization attending.
Sessions of the group are being
held in the Courtroom opening
this morning and continuing
through tomorrow. Events during
the meeting include a crab feed
aa the 49 Room this evening (Fri
day). Breakfast Saturday will be
served the guests at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Keers.
A banquet Saturday night at the
Montmartre Inn will conclude the
sessions. The Jaycees will be the
guests of the National Bank of
Alaska, Kodiak branch, for the ban
quet. Heads of various civic organ
izations have been invited to the
affair.
Guests from out of town in
clude George Yeager, Mr. and Mrs.
Hackenberger, Ken Brock, Duane
Oliphant, Len Larson, Don Miller
and Tom Bischel.
request of the Kodiak Advisoi y
Committee:
108.70 (D) Otter trawls with a
ground line in excess of sixty (60)
feet may not be aboard any vessel
engaged in taking or transporting
King Crab.
Navy Wives Club
To Hold Social
The Kodiak Island Navy Wives
Club is holding its monthly social
on Friday at the Chapel Annex at
7:30 p m. Miss Deveney, represen
tative for Max Factor will be the
guest speaker.
The regular meeting of the club
will be held Monday, October 10
at 7:30 p.m. This meeting will also
be held at the Chapel Annex.
Seek Support For
Junior League
Basketball Teams
Plans are now under way for
the organizing of Junior League
basketball in Kodiak. The league
would be for 7th and 8th graders.
A meeting will be held for par
ents and all interested parties, at
which plans will be discussed for
the leagues organization. The meet
ing is scheduled at Curley’s Bar
ber Shop, Sunday, October 9, at
2 p.m.
Bridge Tournament
Plans Are Formed
An individual bridge tourna
ment and dinner will be held Sun
day, October 16, in the Alaska
Room of the Officers Club on the
Naval Station. The tournament is
open to all bridge players and is
sponsored by the Kodiak Officers
Duplicate Bridge Club.
The tournament is to run in
two sessions, separated by a buffet
dinner. Registration will be from
1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. The dinner will
be about 6 p.m. with the second
session starting immediately after
wards. Trophies will be given for
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place win
ners.
Bids Sought On
Base HS Project
Invitation to bid is being called
for by the 17th Naval District
Public Works Officer for work on
the on-base Junior high school.
The invitation, NBy-23294, de
scribes the work as providing all
labor, material and equipment
necessary to install new roofing
and siding, and for the exterior
painting of windows, doors, and
wood and metal trim on the build
ing.
Welfare Official
Here Tomorrow
Mrs. Margaret Hafemeister, Dis
trict Representative, Division of
Welfare of the Alaska Depart
ment of Health and Welfare, will
arrive in Kodiak, Saturday, Oct
ober 8.
Mrs. Hafemeister is on a routine
visit, and while here will consult
with the Kodiak agent of the
Division, Mrs. Eugenia Strigga.
Anyone wishing to contact Mrs.
Hafemeister may do so at the
Kodiak Hotel.
School In Alitak
Open Once Again
The remote village of Alitak
once again has a school. Akiok
School was forced to close at the
end of 1958 when the lone teacher
in the Lazy Bay area resigned to
take a teaching position elsewhere.
Mr. Kenneth Scoggin arrived this
year to reopen the one room school.
The room is neat, and the twenty
one pupils attentive. Mr. Scoggin
reports that the biggest task con
fronting him is making up the
time lost last year.
This information was given the
Mirror by John Trent, owner of
Alliance Radio, and a candidate
for the State Legislature, who
visited Alitak while on a radio
assignment in the area.
Seabees Will Leave For Port Hueneme
U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion NINE is inspected prior
to departure, for Port Hueneme, California, by Captain N. R. LIN
COLN, Commanding Officer of the Naval Station. Shown with CAPT.
LINCOLN are (from right to left) B. L. BEAVERS, CMC, LT. J.
J. FLYNN Jr. and CDR F. W. ARNOLD, Commanding Officer of
MCB-9.
The Seabees arrived on March 27, 1960, and immediately began to
work. Some of the projects which occupied their attention ranged
from paving taxiways and plane parking areas and rehabilitation of
warehouses to repairs on the brig and power distribution lines.
U. S. Navy photo
Bartlett, Rivers, State Demos Here
Sunday For Meetings-To Tour Island
Senator E. L. “Bob” Bartlett
and Representative Ralph Rivers,
.ncumbant candidates for the
United States Senate and House of
Representatives, will arrive in
Kodiak on the afternoon of Oct
ober 9th. for a visit to the town
and island villages.
Other prominant Democrats who
will accompany them are Sena
tors Helen Fscher and Irene Ryan,
candidates for the Alaska State
Legislature, Stanley J. McCutch
eon. campaign manager for Sena
tor Bartlett, and Thomas J. Bick
sel, Chairman of the state Ken
nedy-Johnson Club. Joining the
party here will be Senator A1
Owen, Representative Pete De
veau, and Gil Jarvela, all of Kodi
ak, who are running for the State
Legislature on the Democratic
ticket.
The visitors will be welcomed
by a committee of prominant
Kodiak Democrats who will take
them to the Naval Station Civil
ian Club for a social hour and
dinner.
At eight p.m., an open town
meeting in the courtroom above
the Post Office will give the public
opportunity to hear the candi
dates and question them on cam
paign issues. All who are interest
ed are invited to attend.
On October 10th. the group is
scheduled to make a tour of the
villages on this island stopping
in Ouzinki, Afognak, Larsen Bay,
Karluk, Alitak, and Old Harbor.
At each village the candidates
will be met by local leaders who
can apprise them of the problems
peculiar to their region.
On the evening of October 10th.,
a steak dinner will be served at
the Elks Club. Tickets for this af
fair are now on sale, both in town
and on the base. Speeches by
the candidates will begin at eight
o’clock.
he Democratic group is schedul
ed to return to Anchorage on the
morning of October 11th., and on
the 14th., will go to Palmer, Was
illa, Big Lake and the Willow
Creek area.
The program and arrangements
for the visit to Kodiak are sponsor
ed by the Kennedy Johnson Club
of Kodiak, Lloyd Cannon, Chair
man.
Concert Series
Tickets On Sale
Tickets sales for the Alaska
Music Trails series are now in pro
gress, with the tickets sales mov
ing slowly, according to Mrs. Art
Brooks, Chairman of the ticket
sales.
The Business and Professional
Women’s Club is the sponsoring
group, and tickets may be obtain
ed from any of the members. The
first concert of the season opens
Monday, October 17, with the ap
pearance of Dyer-Bennet, noted
singer of folk songs.
The concert series tickets sell
for $10 for adults, and $4 for stu
dents, and includes four concerts.
ACS Cable Break
Disrupts Service
A break in the Alaska Communi
cation system submarine cable
disrupted long distance telephone
communications this week be
tween Seattle, Wash., and points
north of Juneau, Alaska.
The break occurred at 10:32 p.m.,
October 4, and is located in the
vicinity of Flat Bay between Skag
way and Juneau. Cause was un
known.