VOL. 23, NO. 14___KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 5, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
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Elaine McIntyre
Emblem Club Head
The annual installation of new
officers and the initiation of seven
new members of Kodiak Emblem
Club No. 187 was held Saturday
evening, March 30, at the Elks
Club, in a formal ritualistic cere
mony.
The newly installed officers
were: President, Elaine McIntyre;
junior past president, Muriel Va
len; first vice president, Mary
Franklin; second vice president,
Gerry Gronlund; recording secre
tary, Mary Sorum; corresponding
secretary, Lila Lester; treasurer,
Betty Thompson; financial secre
tary, Gladys Buell; chairman board
of trustees, Antjie Huer; second
trustee, Myrtle Jensen; third
trustee, Carmel Schumacher: chap
lin, Mickey Duros; marshal, Vivian
Panchot; first asst, marshal, Vivian
Beukers; second asst, marshal,
Beulah Ogborn; press correspond
ent, Alice Thonssen; organist, Pat
Bonney; first guard, Pat WinstJn
and second guard, Mary Frost. The
Supreme District Deputy, Lillian
Smith, was the installing officer.
Elaine McIntyre
Those initiated were Irene Mc
Linn, Betty Klimchik, Merle Hart
man, Naomi Dempsey, Millie Ga
routte, Rita Hangstefer and Shir
ley Christofferson. The new inii
ates will be known as the Elaine
McIntyre Class.
Honored guests present at the
ceremony included the officers
elect of the Elks Lodge No. 1772.
The ceremony was followed with
a social hour of refreshments and
dancing for members, Elks and
guests.
Little League Work
Party This Sunday
A Work Party is slated Sunday,
April 7, at 2 p m. at Coon Me
morial Little League Ball Park lo
cated next to the Armory.
Bring your hammer, saw, rake,
or just yourself as a volunteer
worker to help repair the fence
and get the field in shape for prac
tice sessions and rapidly upcoming
Little League ball playing.
Reservoir Nearly Dry
Mistaken Identity
Stirs Women’s Ire
In what apparently was a case
of mistaken identity, two young
married women had what they
called “a frightening experience”
Thursday afternoon when a city
policeman stopped them, locked
them into the police squad car and
drove from the bank to the post
office.
“We didn’t know what we had
done. We had been paying bills
and had come up town together
with another woman, when the
police took us into tow,” they said.
“He stopped by the postoffice and
asked us for our identification and
apparently decided we were not
who he was after and let us out.”
The young women expressed in
dignant anger over the incident to
the woman who had driven them
to town and decided to report the
matter to the police station. They
were introduced to the new chief
who told them that if they had not
done anything wrong then there
was no reason why they should be
upset or frightened.
Later in the afternoon the police
phoned and apologized for the in
cident.
ATTENTION QUEENS
Next week we shall present
photos and articles on all King
Crab Festival Queen candidates.
We must have your photo and
interview by next Tuesday 5
p.m.
Ervine Taylor, 47,
Dies In Longview
Ervine Taylor, 47, a well-known
fisherman who has fished Kodiak
Island waters for better than 20
years, died Thursday afternoon ai
5 p.m. in Longview, Wash., accord
ing to Pete ’Marinkovich, superin
tendent of the Alaska Packers I.ar
s n Lay cannery.
Cold Storage Will
Meet Ranchers
Alaska Ice & Storage wishes to
meet with area ranchers on Fri
day, April 19, at the city hall to
discuss requirements and desires
of stockmen and interested per
sons for cold storage beef handling.
Two directors of the firm, Richard
Sweezey and Gene Craig and local
manager, Bix Bonney, will be on
hand to represent the cold storage
company.
Midnight Saturday
Ticket Sales End
For Big Ice Game
Ticket sales for the 1963 Nenana
Ice Classic will close Saturday
with the stroke of 12 midnight and
the ice is 50 inches thick.
That’s the latest report from Don
Clark, manager of the guessing
game that challenges thousands of
Alaskans each year.
The ice thickness was consider
ably more than expected, according
to Clark. Measurements were taken
in three places and found to be 50
inches at the break-up tripod. Last
year it was 46 inches there.
Near the village dock and in the
main channel of the Tanana River,
the ice is 33 inches through. But
cold weather was still keeping the
ice firmly locked in position.
Clark says the March rains and
snows contributed to the extra den
sity of the ice layer. Earlier it had
been felt there was only about 36
inches of ice at the tripod, less
than in previous years.
“DINO” PLAY 11th & 13th
The production dates of the All
School play, -‘Dino,” has been post
poned until April 11th and 13th
due to unexpected complications.
Buy your tickets now for this un
usu; i dramatic presentation at the
Kodiak High Auditorium. It is re
gretted 'hat these producton nights
interfere with Holy Week events.
Canneryworkers Fear Work Loss;
City Begins Emergency Pumping
The threat of a serious shortage
of fresh water for the city of Ka
diak loomed ominously this week
with little sign of rain in the im
mediate offing.
The upper city reservoir was al
most dry, indicating that it had
been for several weeks. The level
of what little water covered the
bottom was estimated to be almost
four feet below the outlet feeding
into the main reservoir below. As
one local wag observed, “In a few
more days it will resemble ci*y
streets after a rain , . . just plain
mud!”
The lower main reservoir, al
though clearly showing along
Buildup Of Kodiak
Navy Fleet Urged;
May Send Warships
According to press dispatches
and reports from our Alaskan Con
gressional delegation, Defense Sec
retary McNamara is “really inter
ested” in the suggestion that the
naval forces in Alaska be improved
by stationing a larger vessel or
vessels, perhaps of destroyer size,
here at Kodiak.
Senator Bob Bartlett is reported
to have pointed out that this in
crease in naval defense here would
allow Alaskans in remote coastal
areas to know this country is look
ing after their defenses, and that
the presence of such a warship
could pressure Russian fishing
fleets from taking the liberties
they have with rival Alaskan fleets.
Massive Soviet
Fishing Fleet
In Bering Sea
A Russian fishing fleet, massive
both in ship size and in numbers,
is now operating in Bering Sea
waters just off the Alaskan coast,
according to reports of a Seattle
Times reporter accompanying the
U.S. halibut fishing fleet.
The newsman, Stanton H. Patty,
has reported that 150 Russian fish
ing vessels are now operating in
the Bering Sea along with some 70
Japanese halibut boats.
He described the Soviet vessels
as “cargo ships, tankers, giant ice
scarred factory ships, hefty whal
ers, and modern super trawlers
with broods of catcher boats.”
American and Canadian halibut
boats were “toys compared to the
Russian and Japanese craft,” he
said.
About 50 miles north of Unimak
Pass, 75 Soviet ships were ar
ranged in a circle 75 miles across,
Patty reported.
its shoreline that it was receding,
was still a long way from its con
dition of last summer when
Alaska Packers began using two
of its larger tenders in hauling
fresh water from the naval base
in order to keep the seafood
processing industry operating
after the city had notfiied proc
essors to cease operations.
Although the shrimp cannery su
pervisory personnel refused to is
sue any statement or make any
comment, canneryworkers reported
that the city had quit pumping wa
ter up to the wooden reservoir
above the base road and that this
had reduced the force and flow of
water to the cannery thus slowing
production output. Some cannery
workers voiced fears that the lack
of sufficient water would force the
cannery to cease operations entire
ly. About 80 people are employed
in the shrimp operation. Employes
in the neighboring cold storage
plant are affected by similar fears
of job loss due to water shortage.
Alaska Packers officials of
fered no comment and appeared
confident (hey would have suf
ficient water to handle their
razor clam operation which be
gins April 21.
For the moment, with only three
or four small vessels still fishing,
the king crab operations were un
affected, but as one cannery offi
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Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
From Marine Surveyor Bill Dam
ery we learn that the 36-foot fish
ing boat Mallard went on the beach
§t Port Williams when high winds
of last week broke her anchor lin *.
There was no apparent damage.
By this time the Reefer II has
probably reached Seattle, but from
the Petersburg Press we learned
that she ran into some troubles
when an electrical motor shorted
and caught fire. Carl Laggerberg,
Patrick Patterson and Skipper Ban
Star.worth were all hospitalized at
Petersburg suffering from flu, com
plicated by inhalation of smeke
from the fire and ammonia fumes
from an ammonia line they had
repaired. Laggerberg’s condition
was most serious and it is believed
he would be hosptalized for some
time. The other two were in good
spirits and apeared to be recover
ing satisfactorily.
£
We have received word, but as
yet, have no confirmation of the
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