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Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Teachers pay increases have
been so much in the news of late
that it might be well to clarify the
present increases and just wihat
they mean in dollars and cents. The
State legislators have increased
the amounts all down the line. A
brief summary will indicate the
trend.
A teacher with no experience,
but 3 years training received $5,
900 in 1960-61. Salary now is $6,050:
with 5 years training (M. S.) old
$6,200; new, $6,800. One year exper
ience, old scale is $6,025; new $6,
200; 5-year training, old $6,375,
new $7,000. 2 years experience, old
scale $6,150, new $6,350; 5 year
training, old, $6,550, new $7,200.
3 year experience old, $6,275, new
$6,500; 5-year training, old $6,725,
new $7,400. 4 years experience, 3
years training, old, $6,400, new $6,
650.
Continuing a comparison of the
salaries paid teachers with 5 years
training, with their years of ex
perience accumulating, we find
these facts: 5 years experience, old
scale, $7,075, new $7,800; 6 years,
old scale, $7,250, new, $8,000; 7
years experience, old, $7,425, new
$8,200; 8 years experience, old
scale, $7,600, new, $8,400; 9 years
experience, old $7,775, new, $8,600;
10 years experience, old, $7,950;
new, $8,800; 11 years experience,
old scale, $8,125, new, $9,000; 12
years experience, old, $8,300, new,
$9,200.
Principals have been raised from
$600 over the teachers’ scale under
the old scale to $800; Vice-princi
pals, from $300 to $400 above teach
ers scale; and head teachers from
$300 to $400 above; under the new
scale.
* * *
A recent issue of the Saturday
Evening Post contained an editor
ial titled: Isn’t There One States
man Unafraid of Pressure Groups?
The editorial stated: “During the
successful effort to pack the House
Rules Committee, much was heard
about the intense pressure which
the administration was supposed
to be putting on members of the
House to vote in favor of this pro
posal. If they failed to support the
Administration, defense contracts
might go outside their districts or
missile bases might be transferred
somewhere else.
The editorial goes on to say that
we live in a period of “foggy po
litical thought,” when Congressmen
can condone such actions as above,
and put them down to “just poli
tics.” The writer cited a hypothe
tical case of a congressman who
voted on the location of a defense
establishment because it offered
the best industrial or technological
advantages, instead of being polit
ically strategic.” (His), acclaim
would be astonishing,” the editor
ial concluded.
* * *
Received a letter from Bob Cas
key, formerly with the information
office on the Naval Station. He is
now in San Francisco. He relates
a little incident as it took place
outside of the office building in
which he works. He writes: “This
letter is being written while a dem
onstration by proCastro factions
is being conducted in front of the
Federal Office Building. Signs of
“Impeach Kennedy—Assistant to
Murder,”—“Cuba’s Blood Is On
Our Hands,” “Hands Off Cuba, You
Big Bully,” “Stop the American
Invasion of Cuba,” and other signs.
“It was a well organized thing—
just enough people to make a cor
don around the front of the build
ing. Most of them were “Beats” and
Spanish-looking people with scat
tering of blankfaced individuals in
their ranks.”
* * *
The Alaska State Housing Au
thority is seeking matching federal
funds to aid in writing master
plans for the development of Ko
diak, as well as a city on the main
land.
This is the first step in develop
ment plans for the City, as planned
by the City Council and Planning
Commission. Development of the
plans will be done by the staff of
ASHA. Since Kodiak has had no
previous comprehensive planning,
an “initial analysis” of economy,
population, physical resources, ex
isting land uses, community fa
cilities, transportation and other
characteristics will be made.
This won’t be done overnight,
but it offers a hope that Kodiak
may become a first class city yet.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I am sure the representative we
sent to Juneau did what they
thought was best. It takes a lot of
time to form a new state govern
ment. We all welcome them home
in the spirit of peace and good will.
At this time I would like to take
the opportunity of pointing out to
the out-lying district of Kodiak the
good work that is being done by
the planning board of the Kodiak
School District. The board is made
up of a group of men that give
their time freely. They are trying
to help us to keep our property
properly filed and recorded and
to see to it that Lots are not made
too small nor roads too narrow. I
am taking this opportunity to
thank these men for the fine work
they are doing.
The Board is headed by Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson.
Sincerely,
Thurston T. Jackson
Metcalf Retires
Frank A. Metcalf, coordinator
for the Alaska Department of Pub
lic Works, retired last Saturday to
make his home in California.
Metcalf has served 10 years and
four months with Alaska’s high
way and public works departments.
He has lived in Alaska since 1913.
The 79-year-old public servant was
a frequent visitor to Kodiak.
Along The
Waterfront
The Alaska Board of Fish and
Game began their sessions in the
old courtrooms above the Post Of
fice, Thursday afternoon. The ses
sion was mainly taken up with
meeting procedural matters and
reports from division directors on
staff matters.
Public hearings began this morn
ing at 9 a. m. and will continue un
til all who wish to be heard may ap
pear before the board. The sched
ule is tentatively set to close Mon
day.
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King crab processing has come
to a virtual standstill locally at the
present time, with canneries mark
ing time in expectation of another
harvest later.
Many of the local boats are
readying for the salmon season al
ready.
*
The continuing study of crab and
their habits goes on, however. We
visited this week briefly with Guy
Powell, research biologist on king
crab for the Department of Fish
and Game, and were shown the
Department’s extensive tagging op
erations at various points around
Kodiak Island. He stated he hopes
to carry out a tagging program in
the Alitak area this summer.
Next week we are planning a
special edition of the Kodiak Mir
ror with emphasis on the King Crab
Festival, and if we can corner
Powell long enough as he divides
his time between his work and the
Fish and Game Board meetings,
both here and at Kenai, we will
bring you a little more on the re
search work done here.
The importance of tagging as a
means of learning the habits, both
migratory and propagation, of the
crab is brought out in the recent
find of a tagged crab in the Alitak
area, which bore the tag of a Jap
anese firm. Investigated by Powell,
the fact was brought out that the
Japs had released 235 King crab
in the Kodiak area and along the
Aleutians, with their tags attached.
We will give you the whole story
on this in next weeks issue.
In the meantime, the U. S. is
busy with a similar program. 1,100
King crab were tagged during
March in Katchemak Bay on the
mainland. This brings a total of
bay crabs tagged since 1957 to
more than 12,000.
The all important question to
settle is just how extensive this
resource is, how long it will con
tinue to be productive, and is it
being over-fished? Tagging will
supply some of the answers. “It’s
a fascinating study,” says Powell.
It really is.
Pilot Describes
Mission Of Mercy
The work of the Coast Guard and
SAAR rescue missions were ex
plained to the membership present
at the Rotary Club noon luncheon
at the 49 Room Tuesday, by Lt.
Paul Breed. Lt. Breed also spoke
briefly on the recent rescue of the
downed Kodiak Airways pilot,
Gene Kingston, in which he took
part.
Rescue in the majority of cases
is effected, Breed stated, because
the Coast Guard maintains a 24
hour 7-day standby duty, which in
cludes constant radio communica
tion with ships in the area, and out
lying stations. The course of a
downed plane is plotted, he said,
and this information is passed on
to all planes, including the air
lines. Two light helicopters are
stationed here, which have proved
very effective in rescue work. The
CG is seeking heavier equipment
of this type.
There is a close cooperation be
tween the air detachment and the
seagoing arm of the Coast Guard,
according to Breed. Two cutters,
the Storis and the Bittersweet,
serve in rescue work also.
Breed said Kodiak is fairly typi
cal as a Coast Guard station. He
mentioned 26 recent mercy flights
carried out, most of them medical
aid. The most recent, he said, was
the St. George Island rescue, in
which the people badly burned
were given medical aid and flown
to Anchorage for further care.
The pilot sa:d in answer to a
question that there were no false
alarms here, in contrast to the
South 48, where,he said 9 out of 10
were flase alarms.
Breed closed by stating that the
Coast Guard has received an ex
treme amount of cooperation from
the people of Kodiak.
Guests at the meeting were Rev.
Targonsky, Harry Allen and Lt.
Breed. Alan Austerman, student
member was present.
Dr. Paul Jaeger
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from former commander Reeves
Read; to the Ladies Auxiliary from
Dr. Jaeger. This was a community
service award for outstanding hos
pital work, community service
work and untiring efforts in behalf
of Post 7056 in helping it serve the
City of Kodiak and its youth: to
Robert A. Johnson for distin
guished service and promoting
membership.
Margaret Norem and a full slate
of officers of the Ladies Auxiliary
were installed prior to the Post
installation.
THE INCOMING AND THE OUTGOING presidents of the La
dies Auxiliary to the V. F. W. Post 5076 are seen as the Alaska De
partment Commander, Dr. Paul Jaeger presents a plaque to Carmel
Schumacher for meritorius service as outgoing president. Margaret
Norem is seen with her.
OFFICERS OF POST NO. 5076 were installed Saturday, April
15, by the Commander, Alaska Department, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Dr. Paul Jaeger. The new Commander, Pye Watson is seen in
the foreground.
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