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A Heart-Warming Experience
The Mirror’s story about Bennie Benson and his physical and
financial plight as detailed in last week’s edition brought unexpected
and heart-warming response from Kodiakans.
The following morning’s mail brought a $100 check and readers
dropped by to make smaller contributions. Other checks followed
and the Elks Lodge made a $75 contribution the fore part of the
week.
His employers, the Kodiak Airways, are experiencing the same
response.
As a youngster, Bennie designed Alaska’s flag, and this feat
has given Kodiak and Alaska untold amounts of favorable publicity.
Now, Kodiak and the state has the opportunity to assist him in his
time of need.
It is the intent of the Mirror staff to contact other newspapers
in the state to carry on the drive with the newspapers serving as a
clearing house. Meantime we will continue the drive through indi
viduals, schools, and clubs for this worthwhile endeavor.—B.M.
Facing Up To The Issue
The Mirror under the present management has been subject to
some criticism for airing such subjects as the failure to publish the
city budget, repeated comments about the condition of our streets,
high utility and food costs and other related subjects.
It is our belief that they are all in the public interest—and
being an ostrich and sticking our heads into the ground and ignoring
high prices is no answer. If they are brought out into the open—
the chances are better that some solution may be reached towards
lowering prices. Ignoring untolerable street conditions certainly
won’t improve them.
Here in Kodiak, three cents out of every dollar you spend goes
to the city of Kodiak. The state and federal government doesn’t get
this proportion, and whether you pay a direct property tax or not—
$3 out of every $100 makes you a substantial city taxpayer.
We strongly feel you are entitled to know how your money
is being spent.—B.M.
Larger Package
After Christmas
The upward revision of the max
imum limits on parcel post, up to
70 pounds when mailed to or
from first class offices in Alaska
and Hawaii, will not go into effect
until January 7, according to an
announcement from the office of
the Postmaster General.
A request to the Interstate Com
merce Commission to put the new
limits in effect before Christmas
has been denied. Kodiak is a first
class office.
Kraft’s Contribute
Goods To Mission
A large variety of children’s
wear at Kraft’s Bargain Center in
Kodiak was given to the Kodiak
Baptist Mission this week.
Shoes, underwear and other ap
parel at the store was offered to
the Mission to make room for the
toy department at the store, ac
cording to Walter Kraft.
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most today are sound and practical
theories on how to live within one’s
income.
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HOMER BEATS US
Dear Bill:
I certainly have enjoyed the re
cent issues of the Kodiak Mirror,
particularly the editorials. Keep
up the good work and the direct
approach, to the problems at hand.
Read in another issue that Ko
diak has the highest electrical rate
of the State at $16 for 250 kilo
watts for a month. . . . While we,
in Homer would not knowingly
wish to deprive Kodiak of this
somewhat dubious honor, we are,
without qualification, in the posi
tion of having the highest rates in
Alaska and possibly in the nation.
The first 100 kilowatts cost
$11.50 and the next 150 cost $9.00
making the average of 250 kilo
watts costing $20.50 or nearly dou
ble the average in Alaska and 175
per cent above the national av
erage in the United States.
Sincerely yours,
Homer S. Thompson
PS.
Say hello to Eddie and Mary
Franklin, Homer and Mary Egbert,
Herman and Doris Schultz and of
course Stanley and his boon crib
bage companion Irick.
LIKES KODIAK
Dear Editor:
Today I had the pleasure of read
ing the Kodiak Mirror for the first
time in over a year. This paper was
sent to J. Heitman who is from
Kodiak and stationed here at NAS
Miramar. We talk on occasion
about Kodiak, and we both wish
we were back there. Unfortunately
he was extended one year because
of the Cuban crisis.
I was in Kodiak for three years,
’58 thru ’61, and never in my life
have I spent a more enjoyable
three years. As you have probably
guessed by now I am Navy. Kodiak
is the most friendly town I’ve
ever been in. I enjoyed doing busi
ness in town especially at O. Kraft
& Son. Believe me, if I was sure
I could make a living there when
I retire in six more years, I would
go back. Of course, I have to admit
one complaint. Two of the three
years I was there, I tried for a
bear, and missed all the way.
Three years in Kodiak and not
getting a bear is nothing to brag
about, so I have no alternative but
to complain.
I started this as a short note to
inquire about whether you have a
mailing list to subscribers to the
Mirror. If so, please send me a
years subscription and the bill for
the first year.
Thank you.
Wm. A. Moore—AE-1
541 W. 15th, Space 79
Escondido, Calif.
San Juan Asks
Right For Oil
Dock & Walkway
The San Juan Fishing and Pack
ing Company of Seattle, Washing
ton, has applied for a Department
of the Army permit to maintain
an existing oil dock and walkway
at Port O’Brien.
The existing dock and walkway
are located at the eastern end of
the Northeast Arm of Uganik Bay,
approximately 35 miles east of
Kodiak, Alaska.
Objections, if any, to this instal
lation from the standpoint of navi
gation should be sent by registered
mail to the U.S. Army Engineer
District, Alaska, P.O. Box 7002,
Anchorage, Alaska, to be received
no later than December 14.
Eastern Bering Opened To Japanese
Halibut Fishermen; Gov. Egan Protests
A decision to permit Japanese
fishermen to harvest halibut in the
eastern Bering Sea was approved
by the International North Pacific
Fisheries Commission with the
regulations for the harvest to oe
drawn up in Tokyo on Feb. 5.
The action in opening the area
north of the Aleutian Island chain
was unanimous after a weeklong
session in Seattle.
Clarence F. Pautzke, chairman
of the American delegation of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Commis
sion, said the decision was “a dif
ficult one for us in the U.S. to
make, and the immediate cost to
our fishermen is likely to be con
siderable.”
Hospital News
BIRTHS
Nov. 5—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kvaj
nikoff, a boy, Jack, Jr., 8 pounds
10 ounces.
Nov. 6—Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Munro, a girl, Tera Ann, 8 pounds
3 ounces.
Nov. 10—Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Leite, a girl, Judith Marit, 6
pounds 10 ounces. Mr. and Mrs.
George Buxton, a girl, Robin Geor
gette, 5 pounds 12 ounces. Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Shudocken, a boy, An
thony William, 6 pounds 8 ounces.
ADMISSIONS
Ruby Skagen, Larry Waselie,
Kalumpi Kapshon, Marilyn Young,
Brenda May, David Abston, Mar
vin Chockwak, Nikita Naumoff,
Sandra and Joan Cunningham, El
den Squartsoff.
DISCHARGES
Mrs. Kvasnikoff and infant, Mrs.
Munro and infant, Mrs. Leite and
infant, Mrs. Buxton and infant,
Mrs. Shudocken and infant, Ruby
Skagen, Larry Waselie, Marilyn
Young, David Abston, Nikita
Naumoff, Sandra and Joan Cun
ningham.
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EGAN OBJECTS
Gov. Bill Egan of Alaska who
was in Seattle called the action ‘ a
terrible mistake.” He continued,
"The Commission’s action was not
a good gamble when it is obvious
that no agreement is in the offing
w'ith Japan for better protection of
our salmon.”
The Alaska Governor concluded
that the commission’s action was
“appeasement and it is one of the
big reasons we are in trouble in so
many parts of the world.”
No. Dakota Man
Praises People
Of Kodiak Area
A banker from Kulm, N. Dak.,
has nothing but praise for Kodiak
and Alaska after a hunting trip
here this fall.
Sharpe Pruetz flew to Kodiak on
Sept. 11 and while here visited
with Don Wolf and his family and
was also a guest of the Rotary Club
here.
On Sept. 15, accompanied by
Park Munsey, the N.D. banker
flew to the base camp at Uyak Bay
where he fished until the 17th
when his party went to Bercharof
Lake on the Peninsula.
Pruetz shot his brown bear and
caribou on the 23rd with the bear
measuring out at about IVz feet.
In an article in the Kulm Mes
singer, the banker praised the Mun
seys and his guide, Nick Nekefer
off.
He concluded that the folks in
Alaska are the friendliest he has
seen and says he would recommend
the trip to anyone.
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