Nikolski
Colvin-Baer
Join to Marriage
Romance has bloomed on this
warm, Southern Isle.
Mary Carroll Colvin and Robert
Graham Baer were married in the
schoolhouse on the evening of Oct.
16th.
Mrs. Blanche Ryan was matron
of honor, and Mr. John Koropp
best man. Capt. Robert Leffell, Jr.,
Senior Chaplain for the Air Force
along the Chain, performed the
double ring ceremony before most
of the villagers and the bride and
grooms many friends from the
Air Force and the construction
workers.
The schoolroom was lit by some
75 candles and very tastefully de
corated. A reception followed.
Mrs. Baer is a writer of no<te
who is working on a series of arti
cles for major magazines. Mr. Baer
is blasting superintendent for
Huntington and Koropp, the prime
contractors for the new Air Force
installation here.
The couple have rented the John
Dushkin home. John and Lavera
are still at Chernofski, where they
will remain until the construction
work is finished.
Mr. and Mrs. William McLaugh
lin have finished their tour of
duty at Chernofski and have re
turned to their home in the South
ern states. They will be missed as
they were here three and a half
years.
Milton Holmes of Bear, Idaho,
is now at Chernofski in charge of
the Bishop Ranch. Milt is no new
ettnsr as he and his Wife, Beverly,
sjjOBt three years at Cbenaofaki—
frsaa 1949 to 1952. Mrs. Holmes
and their two sons will join Milt
after school is out. “Welcome home
to the Holmes’’.
The power barge Barwell paid
tss a short visit, Nov. 5. The barge
brought out some additional mater
ial for the contractors.
Uganik
Area Described
By Resident
By Geneneira Hans
For those of you who are not
acquainted with Uganik Bay, locat
ed on the west side of Kodiak Is
land, here is a word picture for
you.
It is generally a mountainous
area with a narrow strip of land
dividing the mountains from the
water. Although, in some areas,
as in South Arm, which provides
a good many brown bear with
homes, the rough mountainous
terrane starts at the waters edge.
Northeast Arm is the headquar
ters of San Juan Fishing & Pack
ing Co. East Arm, better known as
Mush Bay, boasts of Uganik River,
a red, chum, pink and silver salmon
stream and Alf Madsen’s hunting
camp.
The Reed Ranch, West Point
Packing Co. & Uganik Trading Co.
are sheltered by the Village Islands
located on the west side of Uganik
Bay.
We at the Village Islands are
sometimes prone to think that we
live in the home of the South
west wind which rushes down on
us from the 2100 foot mountain
behind us. But most of the time
we are a contented group.
During the summer months, the
bay is bustling with salmon fish
ing activity. This year saw a num
ber of new gill-netters through out
the area. During the peak of the
salmon run many thousands were
caught by the seine boats and gill
netters. Cannery tenders could be
seen shuttling in and out of the
bay on their appointed tasks.
Fishing activity came to a stand
still until October when again
fishing boats could be seen. This
time they are scouting out the
giant king cr«b. So far we have
the boats, “Independent”, the UF
21 and the “Stranger” all of which
fish for Alaska King Crab located
in Kodiak. It’s sure a friendly
sight to see them back in the bay
again.
In hope that you now have a
better picture of Uganik Bay, the
place we call home.
I King Crab Biologist Extends
Tagging Operations To The High Seas
King crab research on the high
seas has been inaugurated in the
Kodiak area, Clarence F. Pautzke,
Deputy Commissioner of the
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, reports. Previously all crab
operations had been carried out
mostly in bays along the shoreline.
Guy Powell, king crab research
biologist, working aboard the
Wakefield Fisheries processing
ship “Deep Sea”, has been con
ducting his tagging operations 12
to 15 miles off the east side of
Kodiak Island. Fishing vessels of
the Wakefield fleet supplied the
crabs.
Powell uses a new type bayonet
tag which will not carry through
the moulting process, but can be
very quickly attached to the crab.
One man can tag 200 crabs an hour
using this tag.
This deep sea tagging, if suc
cessful, may indicate the habits
and migration patterns of the king
crab on the off-shore banks.
During the tagging operation,
PoweH took measurements of hun
dreds of crabs for age-class studies.
Port Bailey
Lorenson Family
Move To Kodiak
By Lorraine Hillborn
Rudy, Betty, Christy and Charles
Lorenson have moved to the City
of Kodiak.
About the middle of September,
our closest and only neighbor,
Fritz and Katie Lorenson, left also.
Fritz went to Seattle for medical
treatment.
Emil Norton ano Benny Gregori
off arrived on the 20th. Emil left
the next day. Benny remained to
work here awhile.
Rudy Lorenson with Archie and
Billy Huibley as deck hands
brought the “Freida” over to pick
up Kadiak’s scow on the 25th.
Rudy and crew left for Kodiak the
following morning.
The power scow “BorwelP tied
up here for the night, and left the
next morning.
Parks 12 and the Foggy Cape
with skipper “Ducky” Morrison
and skipper Tubby CWson came in
on the 27th. . . The mail plane
sneaked in on us, a day late be
cause of weather.
The Western Pioneer arrived the
evening of the 28th on her way
Westward.
Sunday afternoon, on the 29th,
the Expansion stopped in from the
Westward and anchored in (toe
bay.
Tubby Olson was kind enough
to take us out to the mailfcoat on
the Foggy Cape. Emmett Ander
son, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Carlson,
and Edith and Gloria Skonberg
came ashore to visit. They seemed
anxious to get asihore. It was a
rough trip, they said, and quite a
few were still seasick on board.
Perryville
New Teachers
lit Perryville
School began for the boys and
girls of Perryville, Oct. 17, with
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie L. Blain as the
new teachers. 38 children are en
rolled.
The Blains came from Kentucky
to Alaska this year and had taught
the first month of school at Lake
Iliamna when the State Depart
ment of Education requested them
to transfer because of a decrease
in enrollment in the school there.
They then accepted the positions of
teachers at Perryville.
Mr. and Mrs. Blain wish to thank
the people of the village for their
kind welcome and help in getting
school started.
Nick Shangin was hired as the
janitor for the school.
The monthly visit of the Ex
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Roger Malutin
On Destroyer
Roger N. Malutin, somanusm
third class, USN, ward of Mrs.
Lucy Gregorioff cd Kodiak, is
serving aboard the escort destroy
er USS Sproston operating with
the Seventh Fleet in th® Wasters
Pacific.
The ship departed Pearl Har
bor, Hawaii, Oct. 17, and Will
operate as part of am aEBti-sufoma
rine hunter killer group and par
ticipate in amphibious and air de
fense exercises.
The ship is scheduled to visit
Hong Kong. Okinawa, Taiwan, the
Philippines and Japan during th®
overseas tour.
Art Harris, owner of the Harris
Aleutian Livestock Company,
Nikolski Village, Umraak Island,
won easily over his opponent in
the Nov. 8 election, thus gaining
a seat as State Representative for
the Aleutian District.
Charlie Franz, Alaska peninsula
fisherman and operator of a small
flying service, was a write-on candi
date, having lost out in the pri
maries.
Both candidates were Democrats.
In other election results, Sen.
A1 Owen, representing the Kodiak
Aleutian District, won over Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, his Republican
opponent, and in the Kodiak area,
Rep. Pete Beveau and Gil Jarvela
both won seats in the legislature.
The inauguration of the new
certification of Kodiak Airways
will be commemorated by the first
official cachet in the history of
the local post office. This will go
into effect about Dec. 5.
Squaw Harbor
I ts Wedding Bells
For Couple Here
By Wilburta K. McGlasbttiB
Oct. 8 Carol Larson and Kdgtt?
Smith left on the Julia T to fly
to Anchorage where they plana to
be married.
Oct. 13. Joe Ludvick was cwet
from Sand Point. Reeve’s Airfine
plane came in with Sam Slentz, the
bookkeeper from King Cove.
Oct. 17. A dance was held With
a lot of people over frenm land
Point.
Oct. 19. Lloyd, Jennie, Glten tad
Janelle Guffey left cun the Jralra
J. for Sand Point. They are oti
their way to Bellingham, Wash. . .
The warehouse roof is getting «
new coat of paint. . . . The Sea
Queen was over from Unga for a
visit. . . . Jackie Mills left by pdosnie
for the Anchorage hospital.
Oct. 21. The Expansion was in
around midnight. Joan Terry Of
the Alaska Education Depstnaant
got off to see the school quarters.
Gary Gene Foster, four months
old baby of John and Ellen Foster
passed away after a short sickness.
A short service was held the fol
lowing day in the Foster koBle
and at the grave for Gary.
Oct. 24. Jean Ann Munson eete
fersted her seventh birthday wMl
a party for the children oft©?
school. . . . The Baltic towed the
Sunde of Petersburg into Scpafw
Harbor. She plans to stay faeFe
for a few years. . . . The White
family arrived earlier.
Oct. 25. Russell Mills went ©vs©?
to Sand Point to bring Iwne bis
wife. She is getting akmg fine. . .
Grandma Foster of Unga returned
home to Unga today from the hos
pital. She is getting along reosl
well.
Oct. 26. John La Farge, Cte
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Mirror-Monitor To Hit The Aleutians
With this issue of the Mailboat
Monitor, this publication begins a
new phase in its dubious and un
certain life.
Due to lack of news, we have
combined the Monitor with the
Mirror once a month, knowing that
many people here are well ac
quainted with those living in the
remote villages along the Chain.
Conversely, many people in the
Aleutians are friends and rela
tives of those living here. We will
be happy to get all the news from
the Chain Gang as well as from
those around Kodiak Island, and
will expand our pages as necessary.
We recognize the far-flung Aleu
tians as geographically strategic,
its news potential as great as its
uncertain weather, its rugged in
habitants as true pioneers. The
boatmen who ply its adjacent wa
ters are made of stern stuff indeed.
Many are the tales that we would
like to record in the pages of the
Monitor, that are of the stuff of
which interesting news is made.
We urge our correspondents to
continue to send in their news—
during the first week of every
month.
A number of free copies of this
issue will be sent to most of the
villages, especially to those with
correspondents.
The same airmail subscription
rate will prevail as heretofore.
Subscribers will benefit with a
larger paper—and a greater cover
age of news. Send in your sub
scription now.
Let us hear from you. At any
rate, pass along this copy to some
one else after you have read it.