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VOL. 22, NO. 23 KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 8, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Study Feasibility of Locating U of A
Marine Research Center At Kodiak
The flora and fauna (animals
and plants) of Kodiak Island came
under the scrutiny of five eminent
scientists during the past two days.
The group of scientists, all pos
sessing doctorates in such fields as
botany, biology and zoology, are
here to personally research the
feasibility of locating a research
center on marine life for the Uni
versity of Alaska in this area. Ko
diak is but one of various areas in
the state that the group is visiting
for this purpose.
Comprising the team of scientists
were: Dr. Lawrence Irving, Biolo
gist of the Arctic Health Research
Center in Anchorage; Dr. C. Ladd
Prosser, of the University of Illi
nois; Dr. Dixie Lee Ray of the Zoo
logy Department of the University
of Washington and the National
Science Foundation; Dr. Fritz W.
Went, Chairman of the Botanical
Gardens of St. Louis, Mo.; and Dr.
P. R. Scholander of San Diego,
California.
The group contacted Mr. A1
Hochberger while he was in An
chorage last week regarding their
proposed visit to Kodiak and he
Court Deals With
Two Local Boys
One juvenile boy lost his free
dom and another was placed un
der the supervision of the author
ity of the state Youth and Aduit
Authority for three years in a ju
venile case involving two local
boys charged with larceny and tak
ing a vehicle without the owner’s
consent.
At the hearing, presided over by
Magistrate Mabel Fenner, it was
determined that the two minor
youths, both under 18 years of age,
had stolen an automobile and had
with them at the time of their ap
prehension by the state police at
4 a.m. Saturday morning, a gun
which they had stolen from a boat
in the small boat harbor.
Following their apprehension by
State Patrolman C. E. Hussey, the
boys were placed in detention
pending their appearance in court
for a hearing.
On Monday afternoon one came
before Judge Fenner and was
placed in the custody of the Alaska
Youth and Adult Authority. The
other appeared in court on Thurs
day and was put under the super
vision of the YAA for a 3-year
period.
Chief Probation Officer Victor
C. Urban of the YAA Anchorage
Regional Office came to Kodiak on
Wednesday to remove the youthful
offender from Kodiak detention.
The boy was transported to An
chorage where he will be placed
in a suitable juvenile institution.
Under the juvenile code of the
State of Alaska, names of juveniles
cannot be disclosed.
EXCHANGE VOWS
Willard Young of Kodiak and
Marilyn Kass of Ketchikan were
married in the Judges’ Chambers
by Magistrate Mabel Fenner on
May 25th, according to court rec
ords.
met them at the airport Wednes
day morning and guided them on
various tours of the area.
“They wished to obtain and ob
serve various specimens of plant
and animal life of this area so I
cruised them out to Anton Larsen
Bay, up Pillar Mountain and out
to Abercrombie Point,” Hochberg
er said. He took them to the air
port when they departed on yes
terday’s afternoon flight.
Kodiak Area Management Biol
ogist Dexter F. Lall of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
took the group to various beaches,
including Near Island and Mission
Beach on the ADF&G diesel vessel
Smolt to obtain specimens of plant
and invertebrate life along local
island beaches.
Local NG Unit
Seeks Trainees
Draft age local residents who
are interested in joining the local
National Guard unit may still do
so and take their required six
months training during the coming
winter. This will make it possible
for them to plan on returning to
Kodiak in time for the summer
work season next year.
Anyone interested in joining the
local unit and planning to take his
six months training this coming
October should inquire at the ar
mory during the next week in or
der to complete processing to be
come eligible for the October
group of trainees.
This week two Kodiak residents
completed processing for enlist
ment in the local unit. They are
Chris Magnuson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George T. Magnuson and Jim
Torgramsen, son of Mrs. Rika Tor
gramsen. They plan to take their
six months training in the fall and
will be sworn in soon. Dell D.
Jackson, son of T. T. Jackson, also
joined the local unit recently.
Pvt. Richard A. Smith, of the lo
cal unit, left Kodiak in mid-May to
begin his tour of six months train
ing at Ft. Ord.
Three Leave For
Spokane Session
Of Grand Assembly
Three girls, members of the Ko
diak Assembly No. 8, will leave to
morrow for the 36th session of the
Grand Assembly for Washington,
Idaho and Alaska of the Interna
tional Order of Rainbow Girls,
which will be held in Spokane,
Washington, June 10, 11 and 12.
The three members from here
who are going are Tanya Kraft,
Judy Anne Walker and Joan Ben
son. Judy is secretary of the local
Assembly and Joan is Past Worthy
Advisor and a member of the
Grand Executive Board of the
Grand Assembly. Mrs. Harriet Ben
son, mother of Joan, will accom
pany the girls.
The party will first go to Anchor
age where they will join a charter
flight of several Alaskan Order of
Rainbow Girls flying directly to
Spokane on Saturday.
Miss Jeanne Kunz, Grand Worthy
Advisor will preside at the meet
ings, assisted by Miss Margaret A.
Kenricks, Supreme Deputy.
The Grand Cross of Color will be
presented to Joan Benson at a ses
sion. This is the highest award in
the Order.
Bob Hall Back,
‘Copter Enroute
Bob Hall returned Thursday
morning from ^Everett, Washing
ton, where he and pilot John War
ren have been undergoing flight
training in helicopter operation
the past four weeks.
Hall said he purchased a Brant
ley two-place helicopter while out
side. The “whirleybird,” which will
arrive on the next boat, will not be
placed on any schedule with Hall’s
Kodiak Airways, he said, adding,
“We expect to use it in charter
work only during the first year.”
A1 Dickow, Superintendent of
Maintenance of Kodiak Airways, is
going out to the Brantley factory in
Kentucky to become acquainted
with the technical maintenance of
the whirleybird, Hall advised.
Pilot John Warren is expected
back this coming Wednesday, he
said.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
For the past few days we have
had a low feeling, a feeling of pes
simism.
This has been brought on mainly
by two totally unrelated events—
the inquest into the death of the
Katelnikoff girl, and the tragic
death of 130 people in an airplane
accident. Sad, indeed, it is that a
17-year-old has had her life snuffed
out—or, worse yet, as it is implied
from evidence, a possible taking of
her own life.
This in itself is no cause for pes
simism on our part, you may well
say. A momentary low feeling is
felt when such a thing occurs, or
in reading about a plane accident.
Acts of violence resulting in death
are common, everyday occurrences,
but we still manage to keep a men
tal balance.
It may be the fact that the Katel
nikoff case strikes closer home—
you read about these things hap
pening elsewhere, but you want to
believe it can’t happen here. That
is part of it, but by no means is
all. The sad part of this case is the
utter callousness of youth involved
in this case—their indifferent atti
tude—the shrug of the shoulder,
the “so what” attitude, the unwill
ingness to cooperate with the au
thorities in arriving at the cause of
death. Evidence indicated the fatal
wound was self-administered, but
the fact was not established to the
complete satisfaction of the jury
... the element of doubt even with
several people at the scene.
Youth is not given to remorse,
but there will come a day when
one or another of the group will
have a feeling of guilt for holding
back evidence. The whole episode
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“Fly A Flag!”
Get One Now
“Fly a flag!”
With Flag Day coming up on
June 14th (next Thursday) and
the July 4th Independence Day
celebration just around the corner
“Fly a Flag” is a good motto and
a good idea.
Kodiak residents can now obtain
flags in various sizes from the Jack
Allman Post of the American Le
gion by calling Carl Rodli at 486—
5375.
A large shipment of American
flags in various sizes has been re
ceived by the Legion for distribu
tion to local residents in time to
observe both patriotic occasions.
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Jurors Not Sure
Girl Was Suicide
Jurors sitting orf the inquest
into the death of Lucy Katelnikoff
at Cliff Point on May 24th were not
completely satisfied that she died
as a suicide.
The jury, which held the inquest
on Monday, June 4th, returned a
verdict that Lucy Wasbrakoff (also
known as Lucy Katelnikoff “came
to her death as the result of a gun
shot wound indicating that they
were self-administered but which
fact (suicide) was not established
to the complete satisfaction of the
jury.”
The 17-year-old local girl was
with a party of young people from
town at Cliff Point on the Kodiak
Naval Station Reserve on May 24th
when the fatal shooting incident
occurred.
Questioning of various witnesses
appearing at the inquest presided
over by Magistrate Mabel Fenner
established that there were two
pistols at the scene and that the
group of underage minors had
been drinking. FBI investigators
testified that they found no evi
dence of powder burns on the de
ceased who died as a result of a
gunshot wound in her chest. It was
also established that one of the
other youths involved had received
a gunshot wound in his hand.
The case, which occurred on a
federal military reservation was
investigated by the FBI and will
go before the Federal Grand Jury.
Jurors sitting on the inquest
were: Harold Naughton, Lou Veer
man, Gene Sundberg, Wes Rhoades,
Rev. Lewis White and George Mag
nuson.
Along The Waterfront
Although little crabbing is being
done here now with all three can
neries still waiting for the King
Crabs to “harden-up,” activity
along the waterfront and in the
small boat harbor is at a peak with
all the salmon fishermen getting
their boats and gear readied for
the “Humpy” pink salmon season
which is just in the offing.
King Crab Inc.’s Superintend
ent Bob Springhill advises that
they are processing a few crab to
day to test them out for recovery.
And tomorrow will mark their
first day of fish processing. Appar
ently only Larsen Bay and King
Crab, Inc., will be processing early
reds.
“We are expecting our first load
of red salmon tomorrow,” Bob ad
vises, adding, “From what reports
we have had so far, fishing at Kar
luk hasn’t been too good as yet but
this is largely due to poor fishing
weather down that way.”
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Alaska Packer’s Ralph Jones re
ports a routine, normal operation
—“we’re percolating along on razor
clams,” he said. The clam season
will last through July 7th at which
time APA will go back into King
Crab processing again.
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Red Salmon season opened this
week. As usual few local town
fishermen are interested in the
early seacop rod runs which in late
years have been diminished.
Stream guards were placed on all
major red salmon producing
streams prior to the June 4th open
ing season date, according to Chief
Enforcement Agent Ovid McKin
ley of the Alaska Department of
Fish and Game. ADFG patrol boats,
“Bluebill” and “Lory” are also out
patrolling the red salmon fishery,
McKinley advised.
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Marine Surveyor William Dam
ery reports that the “Wild Goose
2,” which was in port here about a
week ago, had a stroke of bad luck
while at Sand Point this last week.
While engaged in a docking ma
neuver her controls stuck and she
backed into two other fishing ves
sels and struck the dock there. She
is a 130-foot converted mine sweep
er rather plushly fitted out like a
yacht that is presently engaged in
exploratory activities by an oil
company.
The “Seagull” offloaded a small
load of halibut at Alaska Ice &
Storage this Wednesday and work
continues on putting the finishing
touches to the new plant.
vt
Everett C. LeVan began in his
varied duties as office manager at
the cold storage plant this week.
Morris “Red” Burnham’s Kodiak
Welding Works finished up the
work it was doing on the “Shirley
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