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VOL. 23, NO, 2 t __ KODIAK, ALASKA, JANUARY 11, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Seven Missing In Blazing Crash at Base
Department Again
Rejects Rezanoff
Drive Road Bids
For the second time in slightly
more than two months the Alaska
Department of Highways rejected
all bids for the Brooklyn Avenue
from Alaska Street to Rezanoff
Drive from Brooklyn to 7th Ave
nue, according to a call received
Thursday by Rep. Gil Jarvela from
Commissioner D. A. McKinnon.
The Department rejected the
only bid in November for $830,069.
The Department’s estimate for the
job was $535,418.
Commissioner McKinnon told
Jarvela that the Department hoped
to call for bids on the project
again along with one for the three
mile road to Pillar Creek and the
Island Lake project in hope that
enough work would attract com
panies to lower their bids and thus
be justified in shipping in heavy
equipment.
Victor Tyler Dies
Jan. 5 At Kenai
Victor Leo Tyler, 61, a former
Kodiak resident died Saturday in
Kenai from an apparent heart at
tack while working.
He was the owner-operator of
the Tyler Novelty company in that
community and had lived in Alas
ka for 27 years.
He is survived by his widow
Esther of Kenai, and a son, Victor
Tyler, stationed at San Diego,
Calif. Victor was born in Kodiak.
New Jackets At Postoffice
Postal patrons (and who isn’t in Kodiak) were greeted by these at
tractive Peking blue jackets this week worn by Mrs. Bill Lamme,
left, and Milton Souter, right. The insignia on the left breast pocket
is the official postoffice emblem. ___
Gov. Bill Egan Reassures Kodiakans
That Ferry Plans Are Moving Ahead
The following telegram was received by Rep. Pete Deveau,
Wednesday from Gov. Bill Egan. It came as a result of a statement
at the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Dec. 27 that “funds for
the Kodiak ferry were gone.”
Re your telephone call requesting information available bal
ance Kodiak Ferry vessel, money balance for this purpose is $2,
965,636.
Naval architect firm has already been paid by state for original
design. Terms of contract provide that naval architect firm must
stand costs of re-design which is presently in progress.
As you know, bids on original design came in far higher than
available funds. Difficulty involved mainly in elevator redesign has
caused delay in new bids till sometime in February.
Not one dollar of the money available can be used for other
than financing construction Kodiak Ferry vessel. Rumors you re
ferred to are total falsehoods.
William E. Egan, Governor
Rev. Don Bullock Will Be Ordained
In Historic Ritual, Thursday, Jan. 17
The ancient rite of ordination
to the Sacred Order of the Priest
hood will take place in St. James
the Fisherman Episcopal Church
Rev. Don Bullock
Thursday. Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
The conferring of the Holy Of
fice of priesthood on the Rev. Don
Bullock, deacon in charge of St.
James, will be done by the Rt.
Rev. William J. Gordon, Jr., Bishop
of the Missionary District of
Alaska.
Assisting Bishop Gordon in the
historic rite, which dates back to
the time of the Apostles, will be
three prests from other Episcopal
churches in Alaska. They include
the Rev. Tom Cleveland, Priest in
Charge, St. James Mission, Tanana;
the Rev. A. C. Zabriskie, Priest in
Charge. St. Mary’s Church, An
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Maurice Egan Dies
Thursday Evening
Maurice Egan, a Kodiak account
ant, was found dead at his home
by an employe, Thursday evening.
Egan operated an accounting
firm over the Donnelley building
for about five years. Prior to that
he was associated with an account
ing organization in Seattle.
A daughter who survives is ex
pected to arrive in Kodiak, Friday
afternoon. Funeral arrangements
are pending.
King Crab Check,
One From Teacher
In Benson Fund
A $50 check from King Crab,
Inc., $10 from I. O. Gilbreath and
a $10 check from a former teach
er of Benny Benson’s at Seward,
Miss Anna Martin of 813 Martin
Ave., Antigo, Wisconsin, boosted
the Benny Benson Fund toward
the $2,500 total this week with
other smaller contributions com
ing in including $11.21 from a
grade school in Fairbanks.
Next Wednesday the Orpheum
Theatre will hold a benefit show
for the Fund with all proceeds
going towards the drive. The
film to be shown, according to
Mrs. John Fletcher, is the “Green
Helmet,” an outstanding auto
racing picture said to contain
some of the finest racing photo
graphs ever taken.
Also on the program for the
Fund are a proposed “White
Elephant” sale later this month
and a drawing a for 15 by 24 inch
autographed flag made by Ben
son, including the frame which
he made.
Five P2V Crew Members Hospitalized;
As Plane Crashes Into Old Woman ML
Seven members of a P2V two- i
engine patrol plane are missing
and presumed dead and five others
are in the Kodiak Naval Station i
hospital as a result of their plane
crashing into Old Woman Moun- |
tain, Thursday about 7 p.m. '
Eye-witnesses say that the plane (
was attempting a landing and
“touched the runway” but the pilot
pulled the plane up from the run- |
way climbing to a left turn
before crashing and burning about
700 feet on the mountainside, skim
ming housetops.
A search party of 200 men, or
ganized by Capt. E. C. Smith, com
manding officer, rushed immedi
ately to the scene and took the in
jured to the hospital. According lo
reports they were found scattered
over a wide area on the mountain
side. Several employes of PNA who
were at the field witnessed the
spectacular hillside crash.
The plane and its members,
Squadron 17, are permanently
based at Woodby Island, Wash.,
and was returning to Kodiak from
Elmendorf Air Force Base in An
:horage.
None of the injured was crit
cally hurt but suffered burns and
ihoek.
Council Approves
“Hold The Line”
Du School Levy
The Kodiak City Council,
Thursday night, “held the line”
on the proposed \xk mill levy in
crease asked by the Kodiak In
dependent School Board and a*
a result the mill levy here will
be the same as last year—12 Vi
mills for schools and 7 for the
city.
Councilman Nick Frost intro
duced a compromise motion that
the schools be given 13 mills, but
this was defeated 4-2, following
which Councilman Wilton White
introduced a motion that the
mill levy remain the same, 12Vi
mills and this passed by a 4-2
vote.
— Kodiajk Kapsules —
(By Bill Mason)
Comes January, 1963 and with
it the fact that we all must make
out income tax returns.
We heard this week of a Ko
diak bachelor who was eager to
file his and it was returned to
him Wednesday by the IRS. On
the return it said you say you
are a bachelor, yet you are claim
ing a dependent. “It must be a
stenographer’s mistake,” the re
port concluded.
The bachelor write back brief
ly, “You can say that again!”
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Comment from a Kodiak busi
nessman: “Where else but at the
ADF&G do you find each male em
ploye with his own stenographer?
Certainly not in any of Kodiak’s
business firms-”
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STRICTLY SCUTTLEBUTT:
They say the City of Kodiak will
have a second dentist within
months. . . . Also a report that
an offset process weekly news
paper will appear before too
many months of the year have
passed. . . . Also a deal cooking
on a hotel-motel, other than the
MERCATOR DEPARTS
The crab processor Mercator
departed Kodiak late this week
enroute to Adak. Five fishing
vessels planned to accompany
the Pan-Alaska vessel, according
to Captain Vic Hanson.
1800 AUTOMOBILES
Over 1,800 automobiles are reg
istered in Kodiak, and these do not
include the ones at the Naval Base.
one mentioned in last week's
Mirror. . . . Any truth to the re
port of a grocery store being
started on the edge of the city
limit where the sales tax would
not be applicable? ... And have
you noticed that we have more
empty business buildings than
we do houses? ... A new grocery
store at the junction of Resanoft
and Benson this spring, and Vic
Marconi will open a shop with
gift items and TV repair former
ly occupied by the Shoe Box.
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Our sympathy goes out to the
recent new arrival in Kodiak from
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Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Reports from down Seattle way
indicate there is a growing con
cern over the number of vessels
and persons engaged in fisheries.
Serious considerations are being
given to the idea of curtailing the
number of licenses issued. The
idea will be to eliminate those
vessels and persons from fisheries
who are only “part-time” fisher
men. Eventually only so many
licenses would be issued.
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Visited our Editor Bill Mason
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