Sward-Kodiak
b Hoop Series
Tonight the second of a two
game series will be played in the
high school gym, with the Seward
Seahawks meeting the crippled
Kodiak Bears.
The Bears will be playing with
out their starting pivot, Bill
Damery and reserve forward J.B.
Watsabagh, both out with injured
feet,
For the Kodiak team, this will
be its last meeting with a high
school team until Tourney time
in March, when the Bears travel
to Fairbanks for the Western
Alaska Class A tournament.
Fans will have to be there early
for this one as there are no ad
vance tickets on sale. Reserved
seats will be $1.50; general admis
sion, $1.00 and students, 75 cents.
Preliminery game tonight will
match the town all-stars with the
Base ail-stars. Game time is 7
p.m.
A very interesting and colorful
half-time program is being provid
ed by the Kodiak Pep Club.
If you want to buy, sell or rent,
read the Kodiak Mirror.
Krafts And PNA
Win Last Week
In two late rallies, Krafts and
PNA won hard fought games
Thursday night of last week.
In the first game, it looked like
D&A would pull an upset over
Krafts. Leading by a score of 24-17
at the half and also in the lead at
the end of the third quarter, D&A
seemed a sure winner, but on the
fourth quarter shooting of Billy
Frost and Howey Anderson* Krafts
went on to win by a score of 53-46.
High for Krafts was Mahle,
Frost and Anderson with 12 points
each. Kerr was high for D&A
with 18, with Levitt pouring in 14.
The second game proved to be
one of the closest and most excit
ing games of the year with PNA
edging the NG team in an action
packed game. Half-time score
21-20, with the Guards leading.
The final score, 51-47, with PNA
victorious.
High for PNA was Norton with
20. Leading the NG team was
Valen with 14.
Friday nights action showed the
redhot Kodiak JV-s giving the
D&A second team a very close and
exciting game. Led by Mitchell
Chuya’s 17 points, the JV’s rocked
MAKING CERTAIN—Art Wall, Jr., left, winner of the 18th annual
Bing Crosby Pro-Amateur Golf Championship at Monterey, Calif.,
with a four-round score of 279. checks scores with Gene Littler, right,
of San Diego, Calif., after final round. Littler, with a 281, was in a
two-way tie for second place with Jimmy Demaret. In upper right is
National Amateur golf champ Charlie Coe who was Wall’s amateur
partner in the tourney. (UR WIREPHOTO)
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NOTICE
Dr. E. E. Bach, Optometrist, will be in Kodiak
to do Eye Examinations on February 8 through
the 12th. For an appointment call Mrs. Carl Huer
at phone 5451.
Continues through
January 31
Drastic reductions in
every department
KRAFT’S DRY GOODS DEPT.
Open every Friday evening til 8 p.m.
up this seasons high in points,
with a total of 558. Final score—
D&A second team, 62; JV's 58.
In the second game of the even
ing, the Bears defeated the strong
National Guard quintet by a score
of 63-50. The Bears, fired up with
some accurate outside shooting of
Milton Souter, who racked up 15
points, led all the way. The score
was 20-15 at the end of the first
quarter; 33-25 at the half and 48
35 at the end of the third quarter.
Olsen and Damery each hit for
12. High for the NG team was
Valen with 19. Final score Bears
63, NG 50, in one of the season’s
most exciting games.
D&A Take Game
From PNA Monday
In Monday nights action the
strong PNA Flyers, without the
services of their ace guard, Norton,
were upset by tV :mprovm^ TV?* \
team.
Leading the r>&\ men
Levitt and Irvin? with 13 and 11
points. High for PNA was Jerling
with 14 points. Final score 5^ to
44.
The second game of the evening
saw the Fleet Reserve team de
feat the NG team by a score of 82
to 48. High for the Navy men was
Sims with 18, and Valen, the
National Guard with 15.
Tuesday nights game found the
town All-Stars being defeated by
the strong VP22 team, 54-51
Using substitutes freely, the
All-Stars started slowly and did
not get going until late in the
second quarter. In the fourth
quarter on some strong rebound
ing shooting on the part of Levitt
and Skinner, the All-Stars tied
the score but time ran out. Final
score: VP22 54, All-Stars 52.
Homer Mariners
Here Next Week
The newest member of the
Alaskan Class "B” Basketball
league, the Homer Mariners, will
travel to Kodiak for a two game
series with the Kodiak JV’s, on
Jan. 30 and 31.
The Homer team has lost only
one game in class “B” competition,
losing one game out of 5 to the
Kenai five. This marks the first
high school game for the Kodiak
Junior varsity team, who have
played crowd pleasing and excit
ing basketball for the season.
“This is a game that the *3 cer
tainly deserve/’ Coach Joe Floyd
said. “It should be an exciting
event, especially since the JV’f
have met some tough opposition
playing mens teams this season,
winning four games and towing
six.”
On Friday night, the Bears will
play the preliminery game at 7,
meeting the Naval Station Cookf.
On Saturday night, the Girls P.F,
teams will be re-matched, The
main event will be at 8:15.
All adult seats are $1.00 stu
dents, 50 cents.
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Ferry Service from Kodiak to Homer Is Heeded
Since the editorial appearing in the last issue of the Kodiak Mirror, 1 .have had
many discussions on the possibilities of a ferry system from Kodiak to Homer. At
this time Twould like to answer some of the questions asked of me.
First; when;1 tfe speak of a ferry, we do not mean - that the ferity
between Homer and Kodiak would be the type of ferry u$ed in Puget Sound. The
waters between Kodiak and the Homer area are listed in the U. S. Coast Pilot as
the most treacherous in the Pacific Ocean. For this reason, a ferry would
be of a type vessel that could safely make this run. It would have to be twin screw
to offer the added safety of two engines—and would have to be able to make the
trip in less than twelve hours. Under regulations, this would not necessitate a large
crew. The ferry would have to be able to handle cargo in a modem fashion as the
Puget Sound ferries do—that is, freight would be palletized and handled with a
fork lift,, thereby keeping handling charges to a minimum. The ferry would have an
elevator built on it as a part of the ship, so that docks now in existence could be
used with no modifications. So much for the details of this type of ship or ferry.
Let us use as an example a family of four wanting to take a trip to Seattle.
First,for a family of four, if all fares were full fares, itv would cost $872 for the
plane fare to Seattle and return. A good average cost of a two week vacation in
Seattle would be at least $300.
As we all know, the black top will be extended to Homer this summer, making
it possible to go from Homer to the Alaskan-Canadian border on black top and that
within the next four to five years this will continue* W Hie states as a super high
way through the continental United States on down to South America. Let us think
of putting our car on the ferry at Kodiak, being in Homer in eight to ten hours;
Seattle in fifty to sixty hours—for a total cost of $75, and the added cost of gas
and other expenses for the 50 or 60 hours it will take to drive to Seattle. I believe
this would cost about $450 for the roundtrip with a mythical figure of $150 for the
fare on the ferry. This would leave you over $400 to have for your vacation. This
sounds good to me.
Now, let us look at it from a different view point. We know that the cattle
ranchers for some time have been trying to promote some way of getting their beef
to a market. This ferry system is the solution. It is possible that thirty-six hours
after the beef are slaughtered, they will be on the Alaska mainland and sold. The
cattlemen will be able to bring in their winter feed at a much more reasonable
charge. I believe that this will help them. On return trips in the summer, we will
be getting fresh milk and vegetables from the Matanuska Valley. Auto freights will
be able to bring us freight in almost the time it takes the airlines to finally deliver
our freight to Kodiak. We must remember that the largest single thing that a ferry
would do for us on Kodiak is to create competition, and this, as everyone knows,
breeds good service. We would thus lose that feeling that we on Kodiak are isolated,
and only reached rapidly by plane.
At this time I would like to offer a challenge to anyone reading this that, through
the columns of this newspaper, I would defend my stand on the ferry with many, many
more reasons. Kodiak Island needs this ferry system, and needs it badly. During my
many years in Kodiak, I have had the good fortune to be part of many of the improve
ments that Kodiak now enjoys, and I am more enthused about the possibilities of the
Kodiak to Homer freight and ferry service than any project I have had a part of.
(signed) Rep. Pejter M. Deveau