Library & Museum
Juneau, Alaska
VOL. 23, NO. 8 KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 22, 1963 PRICE TEN CENT*
Bureau Weighing
Move Of Loran
Unit To Sitkinak
A Coast Guard appropriation
of $569,000 has been approved by
the Guard and is now before the
Bureau of the Budget to move
the Loran Station from Kodiak
to Sitkinak Island.
If the measure receives ap
proval of the Budget Bureau, it
then goes to Congress.
The Loran Station is located
at the end of Mission Road
housed in what is known as tem
porary quarters.
We Need Copies
Of Feb. 11ssue
The assistance of Mirror read
ers is requested for at least five
copies of the February 1 edition
which featured on the front page
the pictures of the Austerman
twins, Joan and Jill, with the
caption “It’s June in January.”
Below the picture was a chart
showing the temperatures up
above the 50 degree marks.
Thursday, the Mirror received
a wire from Miami, Florida, for
five copies of this edition with
the suggestion that it would be
used as a feature story in the
Miami Herald.
Naturally, that would mean a
world of publicity for Kodiak
and its climate. So please dig
around and see if you have a
copy you can spare of the Feb. 1
issue.
A Little Cooler
A Little Wetter
Temperatures were down a bit
during the past week, although
only on one day, Feb. 15, did Big
Red dip below the freezing mark
when it got down to 26 degrees.
Here’s the week’s record:
Rate High Low Prec.
Feb. 15 . 31 26 Tr.
Feb. 16 . 39 32 .24
Feb. 17 . 39 37 .78
Feb. 18 . 43 35 .03
Feb. 19 . 39 34 .02
Feb. 20 . 42 38 .14
Feb. 21 . 40 37 .48
High wind velocity was on Feb.
20 when it reached 38 knots.
3-Story Motel
To Be Started?
A reliable rumor was circu
lating in Kodiak this week that
plans for a three-story motel at
the Montmartre site are in the
offing.
Architects working on the de
sign are also working on a new
two-story block structure directly
across the street from Kraft’s
Super-Market.
Don’t Mark Your
Ice Classic Card
For April 31, ’63
The ice is 35 inches thick in the
Tanana River—nearly seven inches
less than last year, according to
Don Clark, manager of the Nenana
Ice Classic.
Clark says that the ice in the
main channel during the 1962
break-up was 42 inches in depth. It
went out on May 12 at 11:23 p.m.
Moving away from the center of
the river, the ice thickness in
creases to 46 inches. An unusually
mild winter at Nenana is attrib
uted to the shallow ice conditions.
TO SET TRIPOD
Soon now the classic committee
intends to set the tripod in the ice.
This device is hooked to an official
time clock on shore by a wire.
When the ice moves a certain dis
tance, the wire snaps, stopping the
clock and recording the official
time of the break-up.
Since the ice has never moved
earlier than April 20, nor stayed
later than May 16, ice classic guess
ers must select one of 26 days.
Then it’s a matter of naming the
hour—one of 634—and the right
minute, of which there is 37,440.
Sounds difficult, but there is a
winner every year.
Marking your ticket for April 31
won’t help a bit. It’s not on the
calendar. But each year a number
of participants give it a whirl.
A STIFF NECK
A four-year-old Port Heiden
youngster, Michael Murphy, who
was flown to Kodiak last week by
an aircraft of the Coast Guard Air
Detachment, was found to have
only a stiff neck, according to med
ical authorities. At first it was
thought it was a possible polio case.
RUSSIAN DINNER
Don’t forget, the traditional Rus
sian dinner at the Russian Ortho
dox Church Sunday, Feb. 24. It
starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m.
== Kodiak K apsides —
(By BUI Mason)
The top manager at the Chini
ak Tracking Station was tracked
down by the sentries at the Base
this week after he had said he
was going straight through and
then stopped for a visit (lie’s the
fellow who raised so much cain
because we mentioned some of
the subcontractor’s employes
were leaving Kodiak). Sure hope
that J. Edgar Hoover and De
fense Secretary McNamara mind
their manners if they should ever
visit here. . . . For some of the
more curious, the parking ticket
for the commanding officer at
the Base was paid off by the
Alaskan Steampship Company
manager here (and we hope this
doesn’t increase the rates). . . .
Kodiak with its multitude of
tragedies hit the Anchorage and
Fairbanks dailies more often
during the past week than any
other Alaskan community. . . .
Remember all that noise about
Kodiak merchants underpaying
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Co-ed Colonel
Miss Carolyn Munk, daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. M. W. Munk of
the Kodiak Naval Station, was
one of the six finalists competing
for the title of Co-ed Colonel at
the University o' Puget Sound.
The winner was named last night
at the annual Military Ball held
at the Student Center. The final
ists were chosen from the Uni
versity of Puget Sound Angel
Flight.
Along
The
Waterfront
Although strong wind conditions
kept king crabbers and shrimp
boats from picking up on the north
end much of this week, enough
crab was either on hand or deliv
ered from the south end to keep
all the canneries going most of the
week. Eastpoint’s operation ran
out of shrimp on Wednesday morn
ing and the Vita and Fortress
were waiting on weather to go out
again. They were joined this week
by the vessel Henning J, skippered
by Kory Jorgensen which will oe
actively fishing shrimp within a
week according to Superintendent
Jim Major.
Skipper Lee Andrich’s Mergan
ser had a bit of wheel troubles and
was towed in by APA’s tender
North Beach and Totem. His
brother, Nick, and crewmen Hon
Graves and Archie Knudsen
stopped in at the Belmont for
breakfast . . . Waitress Kay Fan
nin didn’t bat an eyelash as they
ordered pancakes ... “I want boy
pancakes,” said Nick. “Make mine
girl pancakes,” said Archie. In a
few moments she returned with
their orders. Looking the plates
over carefully and noting they
were exactly alike excepting that
Archie had more than Nick, the
perplexed Don asked, “What’s the
difference between “boy” and
“girl” pancakes anyway?” Again
without cracking a smile Kay
stated simply . . . “Simple. It’s all.
in the way they’re stacked!” ahem.
&
Got curious last Saturday about
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Kodiak Fishermen Say End Fish Treaty;
Demand McGinnis Resign; Blast Owen
Terming the Tokyo fisheries
meet of last week as “The Munich
of the North Pacific” and describ
ing the Alaskan member of the
commission as “The American
Chamberlain,” spokesmen of Ko
diak fishermen this week bitterly
assailed recent actions of the In
ternational North Pacific Fisheries
Commission to allow Japanese to
fish additional areas of the North
Pacific and coupled their denuncia
ation with a demand for the imme
diate resignation of Commissioner
Fred P. McGinnis.
Lloyd Cannon, president of the
Kodiak Fishermen’s Marketing As
sociation, and Oscar Dyson, mem
ber of the state board of the
ADF&G, were joined by Pete De
veau, former state representative,
in issuing a bitter attack on the
Tokyo decisions and on McGinnis,
an Anchorage resident and presi
dent of Alaska Methodist Univer
sity, who they said, “should stick
to school teaching.”
The three spokesmen expressed
particularly bitter feelings toward
McGinnis who, they stated, “has
failed miserably as an Alaskan and
a citizen of the United States to
represent the interests of the
American fishermen of the North
Pacific.”
‘ Let there be no doubt about it,
if the decisions of the Commission
to allow the Japanese further entry
to our fisheries is allowed to stand,
it is the beginning of the end of ah
our fisheries, including our salmon,
shrimp, and king crab,” they said.
The group issued a challenge to
McGinnis to “come right here to
Kodiak, get aboard one of our fish
ing vessels and accompany it out to
find out first-hand what fishermen
have at stake and what they go
through ... he just might find out
something about who and what he
is supposed to be talking about.”
They further challenged him to de
fend himself here in a public hear
ing.
They served notice that the fish
ermen “stand stoutly behind Gov
ernor Bill Egan in his denounce
ment of the commission’s recent de
cision to permit the Japanese t <
fish halibut in the eastern Bering
Sea.”
“We feel the burden of proof of
the full utilization, or lack thereof,
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White Elephant
Sale On Monday
At Guard Armory
The “White Elephant Sale”
climaxing the Benny Benson
drive which has been carried on
by the Mirror with assistance
from townspeople, will be held
at the National Guard Armory,
Monday night starting at 7:30.
Art Brooks, Kodiak Insurance
man and president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, will be one of
the auctioneers.
If you have any “White Ele
phants’’ at home or at your place
of business call us at the Mirror,
486—5123 and we will pick it
up or you can leave it with us.
We’re located next door to
Naughton’s Bakery.
During the auction the large
Alaskan Flag made by Benny will
be auctioned off. It was donated
by a friend of his who chooses
to remain anonymous.
WHITE ELEPHANT SALE
Don’t forget the W’hite Eele
phant Sale for the Benny Benson
Fund on Monday, Feb. 25, at the
Armory at 7:30. It could be a
chance to get rid of your hus
band.
Big Chief, Little Chief
Camera-shy M/Sgt. Frank Pagano (right) who is the much-respected
“Top Kick” (1st Sergeant) of the local unit of the Alaska National
Guard and also saw service as a airborne paratrooper and army
Ranger was certain he wasn’t going to have his picture taken at
Wednesday night’s ceremonies in the armory. And while brothers
are generally not noted for immediate compliance with one an
others orders, Sgt. Pagano, who is also a member of the Kodiak
Police Force, responded with amazing alacrity when his brother
Ed (left) stated sharply “Stand right there.” But then, what else
could he do since brother Ed is Major Edward G. Pagano of the
National Guard Adjutant General’s Staff from Juneau? Major Pa
gano spent two days here while the local unit underwent its annual
“I.G. (Inspector General) Inspection.