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City Council Votes To Pave Roads
In Downtown Area In Near Future
Kodiak citizens will see tangible
evidence from the sales tax funds
paid in over the years when the
first stretches of paved roads be
come a reality in the near future,
as a result of action taken by the
City Council Thursday night.
A block long stretch of road
from the Post Office to Kashamar
off St. and a similar length of
street on Mill Bay Road to the
same street, as well as a portion
of Benson Avenue from Kraft’s
Supermarket to Kraft Street will
be black topped in the very near
future.
Due to limited funds available,
portions of well-traveled roads re
quiring considerable maintenance
were selected in the present pro
gram. Estimates of cost were
secured from Ramstad Construc
tion Company, who have the con
tract for hard-surfacing the Base
Town Road. Figure quoted for the
entire job totals $13,700.
This includes excavating, sufo
grading, leveling course and finish
grade on the Mission Road stretch;
grading, gravel base and finish
cost on Mill Bay Road stretch; and
Mm. J. Russell
Here Overnight
Vice Admiral James Sergent
Russell arrived in Kodiak from
Adak yesterday afternoon, and
was accorded ftill honors on the
Naval Station.
A reception for him and his wife
was held at the Officers Club. Fol
lowing a briefing later, on the role
of the Alaskan Sea Frontier and
Fasron and the Patrol Squadron,
the Admiral was taken on a tour
of the station. He attended a com
bined hail and farewell party and
reception, also at the Officers
Club, that evening. He leaves to
day for Seattle.
Adm. Russell is in Alaska on
Navy League business, and ad
dressed the Alaska State Council
of the league at Anchorage earlier
in the week. Rear Adm. and Mrs.
Arnold McKechnie was in attend
ance there as were a group of
civilians from Kodiak.
A distinguished naval hero dur
ing World War II, Russell com
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subgrade, leveling course and
finish grade on Benson Avenue.
City Manager Poland stated
that arrangements have been made
with Navy officials to use the
asphalt plant for the work.
Several other streets were men
tioned for black-topping, some of
which may be accomplished if
funds are available. But the above
mentioned roads will receive prior
ity due to heavy traffic and the
maintenance factor.
Command Change
Ceremony Monday
Captain Nathan R. Lincoln, Jr.
USN will relieve Capt. Raymond
B. Jacoby, USN, of his command
of the US. Naval Station here, in
a ceremony immediately following
personnel inspection scheduled to
be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, July
27, in Hanger No. 1.
Military and civilian guests are
cordially invited to attend the in
spection and ceremony, according
to word received from the com
manding officer. Seating arrange
ments will be made in the hanger
on the balcony, south side of the
building.
Patrol Planes
Keep Distance
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Navy
planes on patrol in Alaska normal
ly keep 25 to 50 miles from Soviet
shores, Rear Adm. Arnold Mc
Kechnie, Commander Alaska Sea
Frontier, said in an interview here.
McKechnie said the Navy’s order
for arming of all planes patrolling
within range of Communist shores
would have little effect on Alaska
operations.
“The command was put out for
sensitive areas primarily, like those
in far western Pacific,” McKechnie
said. “The Navy's primary mission
in Alaska is antisubmarine war
fare, with secondary mission of
reconnaisance flight to check ship
ping”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower plans to disclose
the design of the 50-star American
flag toward the end of Setpember:
Little League Baseball All-Stars
To Play In State Tourney Next Month
Players on the Little League
All-Star Baseball team have been
selected and will leave for Anchor
age August 9 to pay in the all
State tournament there. Selections
were made from the six teams
comprising the league here.
The Kodiak all-stars will have
seven pitchers in their lineup.
These will be Veerman, Dietzler,
Frost, Gaillard, Shuravloff, Cun
ningham and Taylor.
Others making the trip are Wat
kins, Zeer, Ayers, Fritcher, Box
well, Converse, Kennedy, Clune,
Milas and Augustyn. Manager of
tke All-Stars. Curley Wilson, and
coaches Corvin Stark and Mike
ind. game: Joe Raymond, 257; 2nd
high, ind. game: Leroy Wittich, 216.
Lukens will accompany the players.
The tournament, with represen
tative teams from communities
throughout Alaska, will run from
August 10, 11, 12 and 13. It is a
one-game elimination event.
The Kodiak team is expected to
be a strong contender in the An
chorage playoffs. Should the boys
come out on top, they will then
go to Portland for the Regional
playoffs. The world series will be
played in Williamsport, Pennsyl
vania.
License Granted
Women Cab Drivers
Licenses will be granted women
to drive taxi cabs in the City, ac
cording to action taken by the City
Council Thursday.
A petition against the Council
granting licenses to women was
presented. However, City Manager
Poland read from the City ordi
nance governing cab operations,
and it was pointed out that the
Council had no other course to
follow than to grant the license.
Hank Haag and Earl Cessna both
spoke against any “protective”
measures being passed in licens
ing women drivers. They felt wom
en drivers should pick up any and
all fares objectionable or other
wise. “They should take the bitter
with the sweet,” as Hank Haag put
it. It was brought out by Cessna
that women taxi drivers would
not be allowed to operate on the
Naval Station.
Licenses will be granted women
driven taxi drivers without any
special restrictions as to time and
area of operations.
City To Purchase
Land For Airfield
The City will purchase a small
strip of land now declared surplus
by ACS, in the area of the pro
posed airstrip site.
The City Council gave the City
Manager the go ahead signal to.
negotiate the purchase.
Sum involved is approximately
$900.
Two Men Missing
JUNEAU (AP) — A plane car
rying two federal Fish and Wildlife
biologists on a scheduled 325 mile
flight from Fairbanks to Peters
Lake were reported missing Thurs
day.
Aboard the small Cessna float
plane were Gordon Watson, Donald
K. Thurston, both of Anchorage.
They left Fairbanks Sunday for a
river basin survey north of Brooks
Range.
A later dispatch from Fairbanks
states the wreckage of the missing
plane was sighted yesterday near
Mt. Michelson by search pilot Earl
Doge of Fairbanks, who radioed
that there appeared to be at least
one survivor.
Five helicopters were dispatched
to the scene.
3 Men Injured
Three men were injured Sunday
when the car in which they were
driving overturned on the Pasa
gshak Road.
The driver of the car, Milton
Munter, received several facial in
juries, including a torn lip. He
flew to Seattle for medical atten
tion. Passengers in the car were
John Siekowitch and Curtis Brock
way.
The three men are on the City
dam project for the firm of United
General Contractors. Inc. The car,
belonging to Mrs. Mariane Fitz
gerald of the Kodiak Hotel was
appraised as a total wreck.
Roads, Harbor
Lands Discussed
At C. of C. Meet
A comprehensive report was
given the Chamber of Commerce
members in attendance by the
(Roads, Lands and Harbor commit
tee at the meeting Thursday.
Chuck Edris, chairman of the
committee last year, stated that
two roads that the committee work
ed for are now an accomplished
fact. He was referring to the cut
off road from Mill Bay Road and
Mission Road, and the Afognak
Road.
Edris (further state that the loop
road from Kodiak to Otmeloi Point
and Larsen’s Bay back to Kodiak
should receive first priority in
the coming year. Construction of
the Otmeloi Pt. section of the road
should be completed next year, he
said.
George Cornelius, who was chair
man of the Lands committee last
year, stated that some small tracts
will be open to veterans and the
public in September. Land, he said,
is also available at Kalsin Bay.
More land could be opened to the
public, he said, with pressure be
ing put on government agencies. ,
Committees appointed by the
president were announced as ftal
lows:
INDUSTRIAL: Bill Poland, A1
Hochberger, Ole Johnson, Jack
Hinckel, . “Bumps” Poland and
Chuck Edris.
ROADS, LANDS AND HAR
BORS: Chuck Edris, Ben Kraft,
Russ Wright, John Gibbons, BiHf
Poland and Eftiil Knudsen.
LEGISLATIVE: John Gibbons,
Chuck Powell, John Mansuy, De
witt Fields and Sig Digree.
FISHERIES: Lloyd Cannon, Bob
Resoff, Del Valentine, “Bumps”
Poland, Fred Brechan and Bob
Simons, and Emile Norton.
BASE-TOWN: Jack Hinckel, Ole
Johnson, Sig Digree, Bob Acheson
and Ben Kraft.
TOURIST - TRANSPORTATION.
Bill Lamme, Mike Fitzgerald, Lou
Veer man, Buck Longmire, Roger
Burum. ,
SCHOOLS. Dr. A. Holmes John
son, Ivor Schott, Nick Frost and
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Along The
Waterfront
For a town as dependent on
fishing and allied industries along
the waterfront, that section of Ka
diak yields very little in the way
of hews this week.
The shrimpers have pulled up;
stakes and left, and the crab fish
ermen are idle, not making any
headway in negotiations with the
cannery. The salmon are scarce,
coming in in dribbles—this leaves
the fishermen muking, the can
nery operators pulling their hair,
the workers idle, and the seagulls
squawking for more choice hits
from the cannery. Even they may
have to go back to the -City dump
for their morsels.
Of course it is not entirely hope
less, since next week will tell the
tale! And you never can tell.
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Disaster seems to be following
three Monterey, Calif., men a~
round.The LINDA MAE, a King
Crab, Inc. boat, blew up in Rasp
berry Straits earlier in the week.
Aboard were Erasemo Lucid o, the
skipper, and John Genouese and
Mike Aliotti. The three men
escaped in the skiff.
As far as can be determined, the
fire started in the stern of the
boat, and . quickly spread to the
engine room. The boat burned and
sank.
The three men were aboard a
Wafico boat earlier in the season
and this one went :aground.
TheTKfcA and FEARLESS were
in at •'Halferty’ft bringing in -small
loads of fish. The cannery has been
canning since Tuesday on.
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Frank McConaghy has been in .
Cordova for the past 10 days. He
returned Wednesday. Fishing and
canning of clams and fish are
finished there. There remains the
fall canning of the silvers.
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The ALASKA STANDARD
Standard Oil tanker was in Wed
nesday. Other boats noted at the
Standard Oil dock were the WEST
ERN GIRL, a Canadian halibut
vessel ,and the WIN WARD, a
University of Washington research
vessel.
Only 6 More Days Left To Register
For Halibut Derby Starting Friday
Six more days remain to regis
ter for the annual halibut derby
which begins next Friday, and
continues August 1 and 2. More
than $1000 in prizes will be award
ed during the derby.
Covering a larger fishing area
than heretofore, the fishing
grounds this year is said to be 50
times larger than last year.
Prizes also are larger. A con
testant can run his prize takings
up to $320 in cash and merchan
dise for the largest halibut caught
during the derby. Largest halibut
caught by boys and girls under
15 years of age will be awarded
$75 plus merchandise and many
other prizes up to $75 in value.
Stubbed tickets will take the
place of entry blanks this year.
These can be purchased at the
Kodiak Bottling Works, Curly Wil
son, S portland. KEA, Kodiak
• Creamery, Breaker’s Liquor Store
and the Civilian Cafeteria on the
Naval Station.
All contestants may have a com
plete set of rules and regulations*
list of prices and a map of the
derby.
Another feature in the derbar
this year is a service which will be
given participants in the derby..
Fishermen will be served hot and
cold drinks and food right at their
boats by patrol boats flying the
white flag.
. Weather permitting, it should be
a big three days for the fisherman*
where he can enjoy himself under
ideal conditions, with the possi
bility of his fishing paying him
dividends as well.