Airport Dedicated By Gov. William Egan
Kodiak was called a “community
of optimists” by Gov. William A.
Egan, in an address before a group
gathered at the Montmartre Inn
Sunday noon prior to the airport
dedication.
The Governor was high in his
praise of Kodiak, stating that its
economic stability continues to be
unmatched by any town or village
in the State of Alaska. Stating that
unemployment is virtually un
known here, Gov. Egan compared
figures for here of the percentage
of unemployment to be 2.3 while
the average in other cities in Alas
ka was 9.5. “Yours was the lowest
average of any community in the
State,” he said. “Kodiak is too busy
working for what other communi
ties dream about.”
Gov. Egan stated that he did
everything possible in his office as
governor to prevent the lifting of
the ban on King crab imports into
this country from Russia. The rep
resentatives in Washington, too, he
said, worked towards the same
goal, but to no avail. Despite this
setback, he said, the seafood in
dustry promises much for the fu
ture. He touched on legislation
now pending to control imports of
shrimp into the United States.
Gov. Egan then stated that “the
best is yet to come.” He was refer
ring to the ferry system, which he
said should be inaugurated next
year. He said it will aid immeasur
ably in the development of Kodiak.
“I am confident the marine high
way will far surpass our expecta
tions.”
Attending the luncheon and
seated at the head table were Mr.
Allen Hulen, Chief of Region 5,
FAA, and Mrs. Hulen; Eugene
Roguska, Chief of Alaska Division,
FAA, and Mrs. Roguska; A. Kemp
tor, Chief of the Airport Division,
FAA; Lt. Col. Chuck Burnette,
Civil Air Patrol; Mr. Harold Olsen,
PNA official; Richard Downing,
Sen. and Mrs. Al Owen, Mayor and
Mrs. Merrill Coon, Chuck Weir and
Ray Martin. Master of Ceremonies
was Dr. Bob Johnson.
Sen. Owen stated in a short
speech that the Kodiak airport has
been sought for many years but
always was a “little beyond our
grasp.” A new approach was made,
that of seeking a bush pilot type
of airfield, and through the cooper
ation of the State and others, “we
have been able to get more airport
for the dollars spent.”
In a short speech at the dedica
tion Gov. Egan paid tribute to the
people of Kodiak for their spirit of
cooperation with the state. “This
is what built this airstrip today. It
is this type of cooperation that will
build Alaska,” he stated. Gov .Egan
and other speakers were intro
duced by Dick Pace, president of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Governor cut the ribbon, of
ficially opening the airport. He
and a number of state and local
officials boarded a plane for the
first official takebff from the field.
On their return, several people
were taken for rides. Gov. Egan
and a group once again boarded a
plane and made a tour of other
points on the island, including
Ouzinkie, Old Harbor and Karluk.
Donbts If Seabeos
In Kodiak In '62
“It is doubtful if there will be
any more Seabee battalions in Ko
diak in future years,” according
to Cdr. N. L. Martinson, Command
ing Officer of the CB Battalion Ten
stationed here, who spoke before
the Rotary Club at its noon lunch
eon meeting Tuesday in the 49
Room.
He prefaced this remark by
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stating that Kodiak has developed
into a city, offering services and
facilities for handling jobs re
quired on the naval station. He said
that the military didn’t wish to do
any jobs that conflicted with pri
vate enterprise.
Cdr. Martinson, in his speech,
gave a brief summary of the events
leading to the organization of the
unit. He said there were 169 battal
ions in World War II. He said the
battalions were composed of the
“cream of the crop” in construc
tion—older men who knew their
jobs. Today, he said, this is
changed. Young men are now
trained in various jobs—this is the
appeal to the young man that he
can learn a trade or to do a job
well. The Seabees were made more
mobile in 1951. He said there are
five battalions in the Atlantic sec
tor and five in the Pacific. The bat
talions in the Pacific are MCB 3,
5, 9, 10 and 11.
The men are trained to carry out
three distinct missions, the speaker
stated. 1. To give active construc
tion support to the military forces;
2. To provide defensive tactics;
3. To be able to step in in case of
civil disaster, such as earthquakes,
tidal waves, etc. The men, he said
undergo intensive training in prep
aration for all three missions—go
to technical schools, are given mili
tary training, and are prepared to
act as a mobile unit for civil disas
ters. Much of their training they
receive at Port Hueneme and Pen
tleton. The battalions are deployed
to all parts of the world, to do all
kinds of jobs.
Unlike other branches of the
service, Seabees are not allowed
to take their families with them.
He cited this as an unpopular fea
ture of being a Seabee. But he said
in other aspects, it was a rewarding
type of duty, wherein the men see
a lot of the world, and learn to
cope with many kinds of situations
and problems.
Guests who attended the hunch
eon, in addition to Cdr. Martinson,
were Dick Kelly and Ron Boch.
In Harlan, Kentucky — Doyle
Bledsoe had the right color license
plate on his car, all right, but it was
4 years old. State police ticketed
him when they discovered that the
plate’s date, concealed with re
flectors, was actually 1957.
The mystery of where U. S.
Cavalrymen of western frontier
days obtained their clay pipes has
been uncovered in far away Scot
land. A check through archives by
an 18-year-old Scotswoman in Glas
gow shows the clay pipe trade be
tween Scotland and America had
flourished since 1689. The girl’s re
port has been forwarded to Wash
ington.
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