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VOL. 23, NO. 21 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 24, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
EGAN ASKS WARSHIPS
City Cleanup Almost Complete Flop
Only Aleutian Homes Shows Pride
The City Clean-up was pretty
much of a failure according to
Harry E. Carter, sanitarian.
According to Carter, the major
ity of the people in Kodiak failed
to respond to the appeals printed in
this paper for the past two weeks.
No assistance was offered by any
of the civic organizations and hard
ly any efforts were made by local
business people in their own be
half.
According to Carter, the re
sponse displayed by the Manage
ment and residence of Aleutian
Homes was excellent. Response
throughout the rest of the City was
poor.
The only volunteer help came
from several school children who
helped pick up along Mill Bay Road
on Wednesday morning until they
were rained out.
City crews, assisted by some pris
oners, have been making all the
pick-ups and cleaning some of the
public property in the City.
The majority of the business
people are negligent, said Carter,
and show no pride in this City
which has been good to them. City
crews will continue to make pickup
until Monday or Tuesday of next
week for those people who call
into City Hall and request same.
Pick-up arrangements for those
living outside of the City limits can
be arranged by calling the Health
Center.
“This week-end is our last
chance to get the City and sur
rounding area cleaned up with
free pick-up service,” Carter said
Al Hochberger
Resigns Banking
V.P.; Going To Iowa
Al Hochberger today announced
his resignation as Vice President
of the National Bank of Alaska, the
resignation to be effective June
15, 1963. ,
Steve Collins, of the Sitka
Branch, National Bank of Alaska,
will replace Mr. Hochberger.
“Mr. Collins comes very highly
recommended in every way,” Hoch
berger advised, adding, “He has
had many years experience in
Alaska Banking, having served in
Anchorage, Wrangell and Sitka.”
“He has had an active part 5n
the economic development of
Alaska as Treasurer of the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce. He
is very well qualified to aid the
future growth of the Kodiak com
munity,” said Hochberger.
Mr. Hochberger will return to
his native state of Iowa where he
will assume active management of
a retail business wihch he has
purchased.
adding, “Please help do your part
and lets be proud of Kodiak.”
HEALTH CENTER
Dora Kramer, Public Health
Nurse, will be out of town from
Monday through Thursday of next
week on official business. Clinic
schedules for that week are can
celed although the regular Health
Centers hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
will be maintained.
City Water Supply
Now “Very Good”
Kodiak’s waier supply is in “very
very good shape,” according to City
Engineer Jim Barr, who reports
that the upper reservoir is now full
and the lower main reservoir i>
within 2Ms feet of being full now.
Pumping by city crews will con
tinue however.
Barr also said they are making
fast progress on the Pillar Creek
Project with 6,000 feet of access
road in and most of the pipeline
route cleared and grubbed.
Barr’s report confirms a news
article which appeared in the An
chorage newspaper quoting the Ko
diak city manager earlier this
week.
City Agrees Sate
Of Old City Hall
At $1.25 Sq. Ft.
The City Council last night ap
proved a resolution to effect a
contract covering a three year pe
riod during which S-M Corporation
would fulfill certain building re
quirements which would legalize
its purchase of portions of the old
city hall property.
The firm would pay $1.25 per
square foot plus $3,000 for the old
city hall building under the con
tract to purchase from the city.
The firm plans to construct a one
story building at first which would
house Kodiak Commercial’s mer
chandising operation. Later they
would build a second story which
would contain the hotel rooms re
quired.
In another action the council
voted to invest temporarily surplus
bonding monies by depositing them
with the First Federal Savings &
Loan here. The interest such funds
would draw during the time in
which they would not actually be
needed would help to offset the in
terest the city must pay on the
money itself.
City Cleik Doug Preston re
turned from Seattle where he had
taken bonds to sign. The council
had decided to send the city clerk
down to Seattle to sign the bonds,
a required procedure, because this
was much cheaper than the cost of
insuring the signed bonds in tran
sit between Kodiak and Seattle.
Veteran Policeman
Sgt. John Boucher
Resigns Police Job
Sgt. John Boucher announced
this week that he had resigned
from the City Police Department
and has accepted employment with
the Burtco Company at Cape Chin
iak.
Boucher, whose resignation was
effective last Sunday. June 19, has
been with the police force for 10%
years continuously. Longer than
any man has ever served.
“There is no future on the force
as far as I can see,” said Boucher,
adding, "they don’t even have any
.ort of retirement system and ad
vancement on the force seems un
likely under present circum
stances.”
Reports reaching the Mirror in
dicate two other members of the
force plan to resign within a short
time.
Over 1,000 Kodiak
Motorists May Be
Walking In June
The sidewalks here may be
crowded next month!
Only a few days remain during
which more than 1,000 Kodiak mo
torists must obtain their proper
car license tags.
“Last year there were approx
imately 1,800 cars registered for
Kodiak and so far only 800 have
come in to get license tags as re
quired by state law,” said Mrs. Lou
Veerman of the local office of the
Department of Revenue which is
located in the Alaska Steamship
office over the bank building.
Agreeing that there was a sur
prising number of automoblies in
this area, Ginger said, “Yes, ap
parently nobody walks in Kodiak
. . . but a good many will be if
they don’t come down here and get
their license tags before the dead
line,” she said.
It is necessary to bring your car
registration along with you to the
office she advised.
The office will be open Saturday
morning from 9 to 12. Next week
it will be open Monday through
Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and all day
on Tuesday and Saturday.
Rodli Appointed
To City Council
Carl Rodli. who came within 22
votes of winning a seat on the city
council in the last city election, was
appointed Ly Iho council to replace
Nick Frost who resigned, effective
May 31st, in order to attend Bible
college.
Rodli operates Kodiak Suppliers,
a marine supply house located in
the Deveau Electronics building.
He will serve till the next city
dec! ion.
Governor Egan Calls For Additional
Naval Forces For Alaska Defenses
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sive fleets of the Soviet Union off
Alaska’s coastline and the need for
warships and additional naval
forces stressed last Saturday by
Gov. William Egan in his Armed
Forces Day address delivered in
Anchorage.
Following are pertinent excerpts
from his speech:
“Regarding the possibilities . . .
I point out the scores of modern
large size trawlers and factory
ships presently operating ostensi
bly as fishing vessels immediately
off of Alaska’s coastline,” he said,
adding:
“The defense of Alaska’s ex
tended coastline—a coastline
greater than that of all the At
lantic, Gulf and Pacific Coast
states which preceded us into
the Union, merits the assign
ment of one or more warships to
the Alaskan Sea Frontier. Not
only would such vessels be avail
able in time of need, but their
mere presence even now would
have beneficial effect upon the
observance of our fishing rights
by the vessels of foreign nations.”
“155 Red Ships Off
Kodiak” - Bartlett
Last Friday while in Fairbanks,
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said there are
now 155 Soviet ships conducting
bottom fishing operations off Ko
diak Island. He did not elaborate
except to say that the U.S. is slip
ping in its fishing efforts and now
ranks fifth behind Japan, Peru,
Red China, and Soviet Russia.
He also said there are more Rus
sians surrounding the U.S. in fish
ing boats than Soviet soldiers in
Cuba and that they pose a greater
threat.
FISH PRICE
No fish price settlement yet.
See Chuck Turner’s Letter to
the Editor.
ditional naval forces, I must point
out again the geographical advan
tage held by Alaska. This advan
tage vividly illustrates the desira
bility for assignment of a missile
firing nuclear submarine to Alas
kan waters. Such a vessel, capable
of moving at will beneath the wa
ters of the Arctic Ocean or else
where, could bring much of Rus
sian territory within its range.”
1st National Bank
To Open Kodiak
Branch July 1st
D. H. Cuddy, president of the
First National Bank of Anchorage,
announced today that approval has
been received from the office of
James J. Saxon, Comptroller of
Currency, Washington, D.C., to
establish a new branch of this bank
at Kodiak, Alaska. This will bring
to 13 the number of offices op
erated by the First National Bank
of Anchorage throughout the state.
There are approximately 2,200
miles separating the branch office
at Sitka, the eastern most branch,
and Adak, situated in the Aleutian
Chain.
Fixtures and supplies for the
new office, located in the center of
the business district, at 30 Alaska
Street in Kodiak, are already on
their way and tentative opening
date has been scheduled for July
1, 1963.
Cuddy reported that the office
in Kodiak will be a complete, full
service branch, offering all of the
services available to customers of
the $75,000,000 institution through
out Alaska.
The First National now has five
offices in Anchorage, two offices
in Juneau, and branches in Adak,
Bethel, Seward, Sitka and Haines.
Mainland Contractors Beginning To
Show Interest In Kodiak Says Fremlin
Howard Fremlin, who will man
age the Kodiak Branch of First
Federal Savings and Loan Associ
ation when it opens, has been back
in town this past week and an
nounced he has bought the Bob
Springhill home on the Base Road
and will bring his family here
shortly.
Fremlin obviously is enthused
with the Kodiak community and
indicates that this area has a Bright
future immediately ahead. Refer
ring to the opening of First Fed
eral’s branch here he indicated
there will be considerable construc
tion in Kodiak shortly, particularly
home construction.
‘‘At long last, Kodiak will soon
have the availability of long-term
financing, however, the new home
starts will be determined by the
availability of experienced crafts
men,” Fremlin said.
On numerous ocasions during the
past several months, Fremlin has
brought mainland contractors with
him from Anchorage in hope of
interesting them favorably with
the future potential of Kodiak.
“Financing is not the only prob
lem faced by the Kodiak commun
ity,” is the way Fremlin put it, add
ing in conclusion, “But it appears
we are heading in the right direc
tion.”
Bad Check Passer
Believed Here
City Police Chief Jack Rhines to
day issued an alert and warning to
area merchants that it is possible a
bad check artist is operating here.
He said indications are that
someone has ,been passing bad
checks on local merchants, and
advised merchants that they should
require identification from strang
ers requesting to cash checks.