Support For Junior College Sought
At Commission Hearing Wednesday
A Junior college at Kodiak, a
ferry service connecting Kodiak to
the mainland, and an airstrip for
small airplane landings to be built
here, were advocated as long-range
planning for the State, at the State
Planning Commission hearing at
the Elks Club Wednesday evening.
Ivor Schott, Superintendent of
Schools here, appeared before the
Commission, and stated the School
Board felt it was nectary, in view
on the growing number of boys
and girls graduating from high
school here, that more advanced
education should be offered. He
also stated that a vocational school
wing could easily be added to the
present facilities, and thereby care
for native children from the Island
and the Aleutian Chain, rather
than entailing the added expense
of sending them to Sitka. Lack of
dormitory facilities here prevent
ed the Alaska Native Service en
tering native students in the school
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City Manager Bill Poland point
ed out to the Commission that the
two Airways operating here had
to cross roads in landing, with sev
eral near accidents resulting.
What facilities they have, they
have had to build themselves, he
said.
Poland stated he thought the
small plane owner should be con
sidered, and said they were unable
to land on the Naval Station with
out permission coming from Wash
ington. The community could be
helped considerably, with even a
short runway, he said.
Asked by one of the Commission
members if he thought construc
tion of the runway would justify
the State borrowing funds on a
long-term basis, Poland stated he
■nought it would.
Poland also sought State as
sistance in enlarging small boat
harbor facilities in Kodiak. He en
visioned the need for harbor facili
ties six times the size of the pres
ent 'boat harbor in the near future.
a oiauga across me
jhannel to Near Island, and the
xdand opened to industrial sites. A
natural harbor involving very lit
tie expense to complete is there,
he said, necessitating blasting pf
the entrance mainly. “It has a ibul-?
ti*million dollar potential,* he said,'
“and will take care of future ex
pansion.”
Rep. Pete Deveau presented
facts and figures as to type of
ferry needed, probable cost, pos
sible traffic and usage, in advo
cating State subsidies for the pro<
posed Kodiak-Mainland ferry.
Citing figures of $500 a ton air
freight, as against $900-$! ,000 per
10 tons paid by mainland residents,
Deveau stated the ferry would save
the people thousands of dollars in
this item alone.
The ferry would give a big boost
to the tourist coming to Kodiak,
Deveau stated, but this is only one
phase. He visioned the ferry as
ofiering a carrier service for
freight hauling, both ways. Ko
diak has a great backhaul poten
tial, he said, what with shrimp and
crab canneries operating the year
round. “Cattle from our ranches
here, which are now being ship
£‘v,u oy air, is cosuy. The marKets
are on the mainland, but we have
no other meins of shipping. “De
veau said he thought the cattle in
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dustry could <be buUt up consider
ably by Use of -the ferry. - . •
Charles Edris spoke in behalf ot
the Island"Lake access road. R£v.
Talhott appeared on behalf of a
huge long-range program for the
State.
Final witness to appear before
the Commission was Don Clark,
who advocated the States participa
tion in the purchase of the old Gov
ernor’s House, now belonging to
D. and A., for use as a State mu
seum. Clark said the Historical
Society here was interested in the
project and would fufnish objects
of interest and value. He said he
thought it would be a good tourist
attraction. *
HS Now Offering
Classes In
Adult Education
Adult; Education classes will be
organized next week if as many
as 10 students can be interested
in any one of a number oi‘ sub
jects, according to Ivor Schott,
Superintendent of Schools.
The subjects offered are alge
bra, geometry, biology, chemistry,
physics, Russian, French, and geo
logy in the academic fields. Also
citizen classes for aliens seeking
naturalization. Art will he offered.
• A fee of $20 for each ccuirse will
be charged.* 'Textbooks and sup
plies c*;n be purchased at cost
through the school. Each course
will consist of 40 lessons. Classes
will meet for two hours twice
weekly for 10 weeks. High school
credit can be given for each course
completed.
The school office will be open
from 7 until 8 o’clock each eve
ning, Monday through Friday,
September 28 through October 2,
for information and registration.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
ADMISSIONS
Patients admitted to Griffinr
Memorial Hospital the past week
were Stepan Panamarioff, Ouzin
kie; Mrs. Olga Larsen, Afognak;
Mrs. Mary Wasalfe, Larsen Bay;
Nick Boskofsky, Ouzinkie; Mrs.
Nora Malutin, Karluk; Willard
Johannson, Larsen Bay; Tom Von
Scheele, and baby David Cakote,
Naval Station.
DISCHARGED
Patients discharged were Stepan
Panamarioff; Mrs. Nora Malatin;
Sig Jacobson and Mrs. Henry Har
rington and infant.
BIRTHS
A son weighing 8 lbs., 4 ozs.,
was bom on Setpember 17 to Mary
Jane and Henry Harrington of
Ouzinkie. The baby has been
named Henry Michael.
A baby girl, who has been named
Pamela Joy, was born on Septem
ber 20 to Josephine and Chet Cly
mer. The baby weighed 7 lba., 12
ozs.
* A daughter, Teresa Kelley, was
born on September 22 to Lela
Sharon and^Charles Penrod. Tere
sa Sharon weighed 7 lbs., 4 02i.
First Child Son
Their first child, a son, was born
at the Naval Station Hospital to
Betty and William Edgar Garris,
SN, USN, on September 18. The
baby, who has been named Wil
liam Michael, weighed 9 lbs., 8
ozs.
4th For Elliotts’
Their fourth child, Gary Duane,
weighing 7 lbs., 3% ozs., was born
to Rosemary and Floyd Berton El
liott, RM1, USN, at the Naval Sta
tion Hospital on September 19.
The Elliott family resides at
MEMQ-S-27, Naval Station.
Son For Webers’
A son, Michael Earl, weighing 7
lbs., 5% ozs., was bom on Septem
ber 17 to Velma Kay and Earl
Francis Weber, CS3, USN, at the
Naval Station Hospital. Michael
Ea:l Is iho Wobers’ fourth child.