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Exalted Ruler Don Lawhead
300 Expected To Attend Convention
Of State Elks Meeting Next Week
Delegates and visiting E^ks from
all over Alaska will converge on
Kodiak next Wednesday for the
opening of the Alaska State Elks
Association convention. About
three hundred Elks and their wives
are expected.
Wednesday is registration day.
A Lodge session will be held in
the evening to replace the regular
session Friday evening.
State President Hal Giifilan of
Seward Lodge No. 1773, who will
preside over the convention ses
sions, will call it to o~der on
■* Thursday morning. The business
sessions will follow. Elections for
the coming year’s officers will take
place on Thursday.
A Cerebral Palsy Demonstration
will take place Friday, at which
the Association’s therapists, Miss
Mabel Nehoul, Miss May belle
Townsley and Mr. Nick Peters
will be present. Treating of a cere
bral palsy victim will be shown
by the therapist team. The Demon
stration will be followed by a busi
ness session.
The business sessions will con
tinue on Saturday morning. A
Memorial Service is planned for
;11 a.m. in the Orpheum Theatre.
The new Association officers will
be installed Saturday afternoon.
A banquet climaxing the conven
tion will ibe held Saturday evening,
and will be attended by Elks ami
their ladies.
James Nolan, Wangell. recently
appointed to the Credentials Com
mittee by the Grand Lodge, and a
prominent Elk in the State, will
represent the Grand Lodge at the
convention.
He has served several terms in
the old Territorial legislature an*;
was also a member of the first
State Senate.
Bud Metzgar, former resident
here, who is now District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler of Alaska
West, is expected here also for
the convention. Others expected
are E. R. Haag, District Deputy
Alaska East and also a trustee in
the Association; Osky Weeka, sec
retary-treasurer of the Association
from Anchorage; Wilfred C.
Stump of Ketchikan, who is vice
president Alaska East; Robert D.
Lewis, from Anchorage, vice-presi
dent of Alaska West, and also
chairman of the Cerebral Palsy
Commission; John Cushing of Sit
ka, State Association trustee. Ed
die J. Alexander, secretary to the
Grand Lodge Trustees is also ex
pected here.
In addition there will be Elks
from most of the cities in Alaska,
including Juneau, Skagway, An
chorage, Ketchikan, Cordova, Fair
banks, Wrangell, Petersburg Sit
ka, Seward and Palmer.
Exalted Ruler of the Lodge here
is Donald Lawhead.
Convention chairman is John
Gibbons. Assisting him are the fol
lowing officers and members: Pro
gram, R. E. Dawson; Credentials,
Pete Ramaglia; Facilities, Vinnie
Root; Finance, Norm Dinwiddie;
Memorial Service, Ole Johnson;
Housing, Lou Veerman; Publicity,
Miles Medearis; Entertainment,
Eldon Lester; and Transportation,
Russell Wright.
Father R. .J. Connelly, Past
Grand Chaplain in the Elks, and a
distinguished clergyman, was to
have been guest speaker at the
convention but is unable to attend
due to the death of his brother
Monsignor Harry Connelly.
P. 0. Announces
New Mai! Times
Due to new Pacific Northern
Airlines schedules, wherein the
direct plane from Seattle will not
continue to Anchorage but will
turn around here, and because of
a new afternoon flight on the di
rect flight days Tuesday and Fri
day, new mail closing times are
announced today iby William
Lamme, acting postmaster.
On Tuesday and Friday, south
bound State mail only will close
at 11:15 a.m. for the direct flight.
On every day of the week the
mail will close at 10 a.m. for the
morning flight to Anchorage. (On
Tuesday and Friday the Seattle
mail will be held for the direct
flight.)
Afternoon mail will close at 3:20
p.m., except Sundays, as the winter
schedule does not include a Sun
day afternoon plane.
All of the above new times will
be in effect as of next Thursday,
Oct. 1.
District Court
Verdicts Given
The District Court, presided
over by Judge J. L. McCarrey,
convened here Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week.
Cases appearing included the fol
lowing: Sheila Haskins vs Charles
Haskins, divorce suit dismissed;
Diane Bentley vs Donald A. Bent
ley, Jr., divorce suit continued;
James C. Savage vs Barbaa M.
Savage, divorce decree granted;
Alfred John Hochtberger vs Mar
ian T. Hcchbarger, divorce grant
ed. Kristeen J. Pavloff vs Nick N.
Pavloff, divorce, cause continued
pending the filing of amended
complaint and expiration of time
required by rule; Barbara Nekras
ofif Chute vs Leonard R. Chute, di
vorce, complaintant asked to show
cause; M. Darlene Holt vs Donald
James Holt, divorce decree grant
ed.
The City of Kodiak vs Kodiak
Ice and Cold Storage Co., Inc.,
case was settled insofar as the
company has complied with the
necessary filing of papers now
placed in escrow. The quiet title
case of Elmer E. Dean and Ruth
Dean vs Roy E. Clark, et al, was
continued until called up by coun
sel. Application was granted Leon
ard Hart Wood for change of name
to'Leonard Hart Helgason. Judge
ment was granted Kodiak Motors,
Inc., in a conditional sales con
tract dispute against Vernon W.
Fathke.
In the case of the Russian Greek
Orthodox Catholic Church vs the
City of Kodiak, the judge reserved
his decision pending submission
of further briefs by counsel for
both parties.
Jessie Edithe (Cuff) Van ds
Walker -was admitted to citizen
ship. Her birthplace is Stratford,
Ontario, Canada.
Driver’s License
Obtainable Here
Application can now be made
for a driver’s license locally by
contacting State Patrolman tC. E.
Hussey, who is stationed -here.
Hussey may be contacted at the
City Police Station. He will take
applications on Tuesday of each
week for driver’s permits.
X-Ray Team Here
To Tour Island
An X-ray team will be in Kodiak
on September 30, to begin a trip
around the Island. r
Following the taking of X-rays
of villagers around the Island, the
group will be in Kodiak, and will
set up here offering residents
free X-ray shots. The date will be
made later, according to Dora
Riggins, Public Health Nurse here.
Reeves-Aleutian
Plane Crashes
A Reeves - Aleutian Airlines
plane crashed 24 miles from Adak,
with 16 aboard.
The crash was in the vicinity of
Great Sitkin. No further details
have been received up to press
time.
Vet Is Coming
A veterinarian from Anchorage
will hold a clinic at the Health
Center, Tuesday morning at 9 o’
clock.
Anyone with pets who are ill
may consult him then. He will also
be on the Navel Station from Mon
day, September 28 through Thurs
day, October 1, according to an
earlier announcement.
Asphalt Plant, Free Port For Kodiak
Discussed By City Council At Meeting
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The City Council decided to go
ahead with its investigation of a
small asphalt plant, at the meeting
Thursday, despite opinions that a
small plant cannot be operated ec
nomically on construction jobs.
The Council members favor a
30-ton a day capacity plant. Opin
ions expressed voiced the belief
that any road construction jobs or
other work needed here would not
(be big, and the 80-ton plant which
was suggested would not be justi
fied or economically feasible.
Making Kodiak a free trade port
was also discussed. The City Man
ager and the City Attorney are
both investigating the steps neces
sary, and the procedure to be fol
lowed.
City Attorney Russ Arnett, who
was present at the meeting, stated
that it would be to the Ciy’s ad
vantage to have industrial sites
available “just sitting there ” iHis
remarks were made during a dis
cussion following a report by the
City Manager, /who stated he had
presented a brief to the tSate
Planning Commission on the de
velopment of Near Island as an
industrial site.
The plan is to eventually have a
bridge built to Near Island, and
develop a haruor from the natural
basin at the end of it. x
A letter was received from Wal
lis George, president of the Ko
diak Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany, authorizing repairs be made
to the dock, outlined to him as
necessary in an earlier letter from
the City Manager.
Frank Irick appeared before the
Council seeking a site in tne wat
ershed area for the erecting of a
(radio transmitter tower and a
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Earnings of Fishermen Were Low
Indicated In Reports From Canneries
An average of $$1,221.43 grosjs
earnings by cannery workers dur
ing the past fishing season, is iri
dicated by a study conducted by
Rep. Pete Deveau. '
Three canneries of several con
tacted showed gross earnings of
$247,950 for 203 employees. The
average gross earnings were estab
lished from that. *
District Governor
Of Rotary Coming
T. E. (Tommy) Morgan, District
Governor of District 504 of Rotary
International will arrive in Kodiak
Sunday for the annual governor’^
visitation of the local clulb. He will
be accompanied by his wife.
An informal picnic dinner is
planned for him and his wife ;i>y th^
Rotary Club here.
An airp’ane trip is planned foi*
the Morgans during Monday, fol
lowed in the evening by a dinner
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T. E. MORGAN
This dinner will be
attended by officers of the club
and past officers, and their wives.
In the evening Rotary Assembly
will be at the home of Jack Hin
ckel. Mrs. Ramaglia, wife of the
Kodiak Rotary president and wives
of Rotarians will entertain Mrs.
Morgan.
Mr. Morgan was elected District
Governor Off District 504 for the
1959-60 fiscal year at Rotary's 50th
Annual convention in New York
City last June.
T. E. Morgan, retired after forty
years in the lumber business, will
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visit each of the 41 clubs in his
district, which comprises Alaska
The s.tudy is being conducted to
establish amounts earned by work
ers and how they will be affected
for the coining winter.
Total amount paid the workers
was $89,362.37. Amounts due the
canneries* $69,299.92. Thus an aver
age payoff of $341.69 and an aver
age indebtedness of $341.38 is in
dicated.
“While the figures are too in
complete to establish the definite
earnings of each individual,” Kim*
ball Poland, Fishermens Union* of
ficial stated, “they do indicate (if
they may be taken as average in
all canneries) that all earnings
were alarmingly low”
“Another significant feature,”
Poland continued, “is the rela
tionship between average gross
earnings and the average pay-off
(a difference of $79.74). The dif
ference would seem to indicate one
of two circumstances: 1. The ope
rational cost of fishing is exceed
ingly expensive 2. The average fish
erman is very heavily in debt from
the previous season. Most informed
sources seem to favor the latter
though,” Pland concluded.
One fishing effort is compiled
exclusively of residents of Old Har
bor and Kaguyak. The Superinten
dent, stated that the company had
advised the fishermen that they
will have to curtail credit to a
minimum. This, he said, will leave
many of them very, very short by
next Spring.
Gross earnings in some instan
ces were quite high.Figures of
$3,333.57 and $3,838.21 are noted,
but the paid off figure is $2030,53
in ,the first instance and $2,264.95
in the other. Neither of these f ish
ermen owed the cannery anything.
The highest earnings for the sea
son was $7,455.50 and the next
nearest was $4,620.40.
Totals for this cannery were 71
listed workers, with gross earn
ings of $110,422.77. They were paid
a total of $16,606.28. Total owing
the cannery, $41,492.74. At anoth
er, workers grossed $116,945 89,
were paid off $28,962.89 ana owe
the cannery $24,936.35.
A high of $7,878.50 is noted in
this cannery, with one at $5,555.70
and another at $5,810.50. The
amounts shown as balances due the
cannery do not include balances
owing on boat purchase contracts,
it was pointed out.