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VOL. 20 NO. 48__KODIAK, ALASKA, JANUARY 7, 1961_ PRICE TEN CENTS
Seahawks-Bears
In Gams Tonight
The Kodiak high school Bears
are out to seek revenge when they
meet the visiting Seward Seahawks
in a two game series here over the
weekend.
Tonight (Friday), the two teams,
who met in an earlier encounter,
when the Bears journeyed to
Seward, will battle it out follow
ing a preliminary game between
the Coast Guard and Junior
Varsity. The first game is at 6:30
and the other at 8. The Bears hav
ing lost the first two with the sea
hawks, will be in their fighting.
The two Seahawk players the
Bears will have to hold down are
Bob Stanton and Russ Murkowski,
two four year lettermen and all
conference players who scored 40
and 35 in their last two games
against KHS.
The Seahawxs will be playing
their first game in Kodiak under
their new coach, Jim Campbell,
a newcomer to Alaska from Ark
ansas. The Seward five has a very
impressive record this year, win
ning ten and losing only one game.
Starting for the Bears will be
Dennis Huey and Danny Olson
at Guards, Carl Ellison and Court
ney Starbird at Forward positions
with Don Buckingham at Center.
Preliminary game on Saturday
night will be between the town
and base 8th grade teams. Admis
sion is $1 for adults and 50 cents
for grade school students. Holders
of season tickets will be admitted
for half price.
BOB FROST HERE
Bob Frost, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Frost is visiting Kodiak. Fol
lowing his visit he will return to
the South 48 for duty with the Air
Force.
Kodiak Born
Resident Dies
Albert Kraft, Kodiak born and a
brother of the late Ben Kraft, died
last week at the Griffin Memorial
Hospital.
The deceased was born in Ko
diak. March 30, 1905, and has lived
here all his life. He was formerly
employed on the Naval Station,
and in town, and recently worked
in the Hardware Department of
0. Kraft and Son, until stricken
by illness.
He is survived by bis wife, Faye,
of Kodiak, a daughter, Myrna Kel
ly, in Seattle; two sisters, Margaret
Bogen, of Seattle, and Pauline
Hunt of Phoenix, Arizona; and a
brother Emil of Kodiak.
Albert Kraft served in the Army
during World War II.
Christmas Tree
Burning On Sat.
The Christmas tree burning,
originally scheduled for Wednes
day, January 4, will take place ad
jacent to Mission Lake, Saturday
evening, January 7.
The affair is sponsored by the
Jayoee organization of this city.
Free hot dogs are to be given chil
dren and free coffee to adults.
The Kodiak Shopper has an
nounced it will give free rides to
all the ohildren from town out to
the burning and back again after
wards.
Bud Sholl Dies
Melvin Sholl, 37, died at his
home Thursday morning.
Death was presumed caused by
a heart attack. Funeral arrange
ments ihave not been announced at
time of going to press.
This Was Kodiak, 1960
By Miriam J. Angell
This first week of 1961, instead
of an interview, we wish our sub
jects of 1960 very well, send fur
ther greetings to the town of Ko
diak, Kodiak Island and the Naval
Station, and look back in retro
spect. For a small town much has
happened over the past twelve
months. Our readers may not agree
as to the relative importance of
•the item, we have culled from the
Mirror files; to objections we will
be sympathetic, but we ask your
indulgence. . .
As the city fathers laid plans
for a new water supply after an
earthquake had cracked and drain
ed the reservoir, the first baby of
the new year arrived, completely
unconcerned, at 2:28 a.m. on Jan
uary 1st. Gheryl Ann Schumacher’s
proud father operates the Ship’s
Barber Shop. The City Manager
announced there was no longer
any need to boil water and, the
City of Kodiak established a new
tax program, said to be equitable
to all taxpayers.
The city was offered the Federal
Jail for use as a library and the
two Alaskan senators introduced
bill in the U. S. House of reim
larger and heavier packages to be
sent to and from Alaska via parcel
post. The Advisory Council for
Griffin Memorial Hospital an
nounced that the hospital was fac
ing a grave financial crisis. King
Crab operations were booming with
good hauls to all the canneries
and many more people employed
to process the catch. Representa
tive Ralph Rivers introduced a
bill in the U. S. House to remim
burse ranchers on Kodiak and
Uganik Islands for cattle killed by
bear.
By February there was much
concern about the population ex
plosion among rats. At least one
family moved out for a period be
fore it was safe to return home.
Repairs to the City dam were an
nounced as complete. Tragedy
overtook the fishing boat, Fear
less, in a severe storm and she
sank with loss of all hands off
Cape Chiniak. The Kodiak legisla
tive delegation hosted a dinner in
Juneau with Kodiak beef the stel
lar attraction as a demonstration
of quality and flavour, and the
Chamber of Commerce offered
suggestions for obtaining a cold
storage plant and fresh milk pro
duction. In Juneau the proposed
ferry system for Southeastern and
Kodiak-Anchor age got a setback
when a closer look at the proposel
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Eastern Star
Install Tomorrow
Installation of officers for the
year of 1961 will be held by Ko
diak Chapter No. 13 Order of East
ern Star at the Masonic Temple
Saturday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m.
with Dorothy Rohwer taking of
fice as Worthy Matron and John C.
Rohwer, Worthy Patron.
Other elected officers are Frost
ina Johnson, Associate Matron; A.
Holmes Johnson, Associate Pat
ron; Dera Brunstad, Secretary;
Vivian Munro, Treasurer; Isabella
Oesterle, Conductress; Margaret
Sutliff, Associate Conductress.
Appointive officers are Helen
Hall, Chaplain; Margaret Cannon,
Marshal; Alice Buse, Organist;
Olivia Kuehner, Adah; Katherine
Rallweber, Ruth; Josephine Ogden,
Esther; Marie VanWagenen, Mar
tha; Virginia Copsey, Electa; Marie
Young, Warder; Caroll Ruse. Sen
tinal.
The ceremonies will be conduct
ed by Installing Officer, Frances
Patterson, Retiring Worthy Mat
ron assisted by Milton Souter, Re
tiring Worthy Patron; Past Mat
ron, Mildred Rextrew as Marshal;
Marjery Knudsen, Chaplain; Betty
Springhill, Organist; Ann Coker,
Soloist.
Guest book will be in charge of
Past Matron, Letitia Harding; as
sisted by Pages—Peggy Heglin,
Worthy Advisor and Joan Benson,
Past Worthy Advisor, of Order of
Rainbow for Girls.
Dinning room hostesses—Betty
Acheson, Chairman; assisted by
Margaret Cannon, Freda Beaty,
Alice Buse, Marjery Kniudsen,
Mildred Rextrew, Millie Lotz, Ann
Souter, Virginia Copsey, Muriel
Valen, Genevieve Wright, Lyna
Getty, Beth Houston, Judy French,
Esther Mayes.
Refreshments will be served
following the ceremony with the
colors red and white and red roses
carrying out the decorative theme.
All members, Masons and
friends are cordially invited.
Hoop Tournament
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The Western Alaska Class “B”
‘basketball tournament will be held
in Nome this year, beginning on
Wednesday, Feb. 15, and continu
ing to Saturday, Feb. 18.
Anyone from Kodiak, parents,
spectators, friends or just sight
seers wishing to make the trip
with the high school team are urg
ed to contact Coach Joe Floyd as
soon as possible. Plans are to form
a charter flight.
Gottschalks Leave
Harry and Guyneth Gqttschalk
will be vacationing for the next
year.
They have leased the Ships
Tavern to Von Strout. The Gotts
bhalks left Friday.
NO SLEDDING AT NIGHT
Chief of Police Vickery warned
this week against children sled
ding at night. “It is bad enough in
the daytime,” he said, “but is
doubly dangerous at night.”
SANTA WITH THE CHILDREN. The old gentlemen, as busy as he
was, made his usual stop out at the U.S.C.G. Loran Station, Spruce
Cape, this time on the afternoon of Dec. 26, when he presented gifts
to the children of the Kodial: Baptist Mission at the annual Christ
mas. party staged by the Station personnel. The children in return
presented entertainment, emceed by William Stone, Mission Super
intendent, followed by the showing of slides, a quick snack and a
movie. U.S. Navy photo
Old Federal Jail Now ResearcIvCenter
By Bill Sheridan
One of our stalwart landmarks
is getting a new face and a new
purpose. In the process of being
converted to the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game Kodiak
Research Center, the old federal
jail has ended one function and
started another. This conversion is
especially fitting since it also
marks the end of one era (Alaska
as a territory) and the beginning
of a new one (Alaska as a state).
Changes taking place in the
low grey concrete structure atop
the hill overlooking the small boat
harbor are not yet apparent to the
casual observer. We still have
visitors who wish to see a police
man or post bond. We must still
use the names “old federal jail” or
“Greybar Hotel” to get a taxi to
come to the right place.
However, changes are in pro
gress. A secretary now holds forth
in wihat used to .be the marshal’s
office. Other offices and cells once
used by jail staff and prisoners
are now occupied by research per
sonnel, working on salmon, king
crab and game. The large cell at
the north end is being made into
a research library (in cooperation
with commercial fisheries) and
will also have space for visiting
biologists to work. The four walls
of the kitchen now look down on
various laboratory activities rang
ing from examination of stomachs
of predators on young salmon to
studies of the trigger mechamism
which causes king crab to period
ically shed their old shells.
Still more changes are planned
for the future. Plans are to give
the outside of the building a new
coat of paint (no more “Greybar
Hotel”), to construct a parking
area at the rear and to landscape
the front.
Interested persons are welcome
to visit the new research center at
any time.
Town League
Basketball Action
Town League basketball action
last week included the following:
On Monday night, Dec. 26, Krafts
defeated D & A by a score of 31-27;
Medical & Dental won over Coast
Guard 42-32. Thursday night, Dec.
29, Navcomsta beat the Medics 64
31, while Fleet Weather garnered
67 points to their Coast Guard op
ponents 27. On Friday night, PNA
defeated the Bears 58-44. High for
PNA was Skinner with 25 while
Huey led the Bears with 15.
Monday night’s play saw Medics
defeat D & A, 50-28, while the
American Legion team defeated
Krafts 70-34. Tuesday night,
PNA downed D & A, 51-37 and
Navcomsta and Fleet Weather play
ed into overtime with the com
municators winning 76-73.
In next weeks action, D & A
meets the Coast Guard at 6:30 and
PNA and American Legion tangle
at 8:15. Tuesday at 6:30 American
L egion plays D & A and at 8:15
Navcomsta meets PNA.
Friday night at 6:30 the JV’s
meet a unmaned opponent while
the Bears meet the top team from
the Base, Navcomsta at 8 p.m.