VOL. 21, NO. 64_ KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 21, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Mezzo Soprano Nan Merriman
Dr. Paul Jaeger
Installs Officers
Dr. Paul Jaeger, Commander of
the Alaska Department, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, officiated at the
ceremony when the officers of the
VFW Post here were installed Sat
urday evening.
“Pye” Watson and a group of of
ficers were installed by the visiting
commander, as well as the officers
of the Ladies Auxiliary. Watson
replaces Reeves Read.
Certificates of awards went to
the Kodiak Baptist Mission, Griffin
Memorial Hospital, the U. S. Coast
Guard Air Detachment at Kodiak,
and Sig Digree, editor of the Ko
diak Mirror.
Awards were also presented to
V. F. W. members obtaining five
new members. These were “Pye”
Watson, Leonard May, Dan Stead
man, Robert Johnson and Albert
McGrau. Awards for outstanding
work went to Jim Herring, Quinto
Dinato, and Allen Backe.
A plaque was awarded to Walter
Metrokin for his participation in
youth activities and for distin
guished servce. A plaque was pre
sented to Chlora Clymer for her
work on the organizations scrap
book. Kodiak was awarded second
place in a contest in this field. The
plaque was presented from the
Department of Alaska.
Other plaque awards were as
follows: To Carmel Schumacher,
past President of the Auxiliary,
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Constellations
Fly Inter Alaska
The inauguration on April 24 of
Pacific Northern Airlines’ Constel
lation Flagliner service from An
chorage to Kenai, Homer and Ko
diak, was announced today by Ray
Martin, Agent here.
Departures from Anchorage will
be at 1 p. m. on Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays,
with arrival in Kodiak at 3:05 p. m.
Return flights depart from Kodiak
at 3:50 p.m., arriving in Anchorage
at 5:55 p. m.
REV. FRED MAMALOFF
ATTENDS BROTHERS FUNERAL
Rev. Fred Mamaloff, pastor of
the Church of God, left Sunday
afternoon for Kenai.
He left to attend funeral services
for his brother, Nick, who died
suddenly.
New World’s Record King Crab Caught
The world’s largest King crab
has been caught.
Apparently to settle any argu
ment as to who will be king during
the forthcoming Kodiak King Crab
Festival, a large King crab allowed
himself to be caught in the Jap Bay
area recently.
Turned over to research biolo
gist Guy C. Powell by Emil Norton,
superintendent of the Alaska King
Crab Company, the giant crab
weighed in at 24 pounds, 4 ounces.
He measured 11 Vs inches in width
and 8 15/16 inches in length across
the back. Total leg span was 583A
inches.
The old record crab captured in
Chiniak Bay in June of 1960 by
Lloyd Cannon was not weighed,
but measured in width and length
across the shell at 10 11/16 inches
and 8 13/16 inches respectively.
Powell stated that the larger
shelled heavier crabs do not at
tain the greatest leg spans. Great
est leg span is usually attained by
slimmer lighter crabs, he said.
The big crab has a place of honor
in the window of Kraft’s Men’s
Wear where he will hold court
until after the Festival.
Nan Merriman
In Concert Here
Nearly ten years ago in Paris,
Nan Merriman, captivating mezzo
soprano, promised the late Maxim
Schapiro, founder of the Alaska
Music Trail, that whenever she
would find it possible to take a
month out of her regular concert
schedule, she would go to Alaska
for him.
Miss Merriman, a celebrated
singer and a serious musician, is
now touring 16 Alaskan cities, and
will appear in a concert at the Ko
diak high school auditorium at 8:15
Monday night. This will be the last
program offering of the current
Alaska Music Trail series.
This long awaited fulfillment is
understandable as Nan Merriman
is one of the world’s busiest con
cert artists. Recital dates, orches
tra appearances and operas have
kept her'busy with committments.
Following her Alaska tour, she
will go to Europe for the Festival
season, starting at Bergen, Norway
and gradually working her way to
Monte Carlo, finally coming home
in the fall to spend September at
her home in California.
In addition to her vocal attain
ments, Miss Merriman’s sound
musicianship has endeared her to
conductors, for there is scarcely a
prominent one here or in Europe
with whom she has not sung, us
ually not once but many time.
Ralph Linsley will be her piano
accompaniest, and among her of
ferings will be an excerpt from
“Carmen,” plus varied works of
such composers as Scarlotti, Cac
cini, Mozart and Debussy.
William Lammes’
On Orient Jaunt
Postmaster and Mrs. William
Lamme left today for Hong Kong
where they will spend a month be
fore returning to Tokyo where Mr.
Lamme will represent the local
Rotary club at the Rotary Interna?
tional Convention to be held there
the last five days in May. Their
trip via Northwest Airlines from
Anchorage to Tokyo by jet will
take five-and-ahalf hours.
Mrs. Verna Steadman, a former
employe of both the Kodiak and
Seattle post office has been added
to the local post office staff during
their absence. Mrs. Lois Nicolet
will be clerk-in-charge.
American Legion
Membership Up
The membership of the Ameri
can Legion has been raised from
33 members to a total of 52 in re
cent weeks, according to an an
nouncement at a meeting of the
group Wednesday.
Installation of officers will take
place at the meeting next week.
The group plan a booth for the
King Crab Festival midway, featur
ing pies and cakes.
Uniforms for the Legion spon
sored Little League baseball team
was assured when a new member,
Charles “Butch” Rush, volunteered
to purchase them.
Karl Brunstad was elected Chap
lain.
Final Little League Tryouts Tomorrow
The magic word “baseball” will
bring the kids from near and far
to the Little League baseball dia
mond next to the Armory tomor
row afternoon at 1 o’clock, when
the six League managers and the
League president will hold tryouts
for all boys who have signed for the
current season but did not play in
the Kodiak League last year.
The players auction will be held
later in the day and all boys who
try out will be assigned to a team
for the 1961 season. “All new play
ers must be at the tryouts or they
will not be assigned to a team,”
a spokesman for the League stated.
Sunday afternoon there will be
a work party at the field. A port
able welding machine, the use of
which has been donated by Rus
sell Wright will be used by Bill
Unger to weld additional frame
work on the backstop. Material and
B.P.W. To Elect
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Officers May 1st
Election of officers is the first
order of business at the next meet
ing of the Business and Profession
al Women’s Club, to be held at the
home of Louise Barker, Monday
evening, May 1.
29 members and guests attended
the social meeting of the group,
April 17, at the home of Mrs. Jus
tine Hinckel, when a beef Stroga
noff dinner was served by co-host
esses Bertha Hamann, Connie Dan
deneau, and Margaret Cannon.
Career Advancement Chairman
of the organization, Ellen Dawson,
presented Mrs. Ruth Belcher, Vo
cational Guidance Counseler at the
Kodiak high school, who gave an
enlightening talk on her work at
the school, and the benefits of guid
ance in schools in general. Miss
Jerilyn Smith, high school senior
then gave her views on the bene
fits derived by the student from
the guidance given.
Announcement was made that
the B. P. W. would sponsor a chil
dren’s concert by visiting Music
Trails artist, Miss Nan Merriman,
next Monday afternoon at the
school.
Crack Down On
Drunk Drivers
JUNEAU (#) — Gov. William
Egan has signed legislation giving
the Department of Public Safety
the right to suspend driving licen
ses without hearings for certain of
fenses. The bill also sharpens pen
alties to persons driving while
drunk or under the influence of
narcotics.
The suspension will be permitted
if the offense calls for a manda
tory revocation of a license upon
conviction; also if a person is habit
ually reckless or negligent or in
volved in an accident resulting in
death or serious injury, or serious
property damage.
Suspensions for drunk driving or
narcotics influence is 30 days for
the first offense, one year for the
second and three years for each
subsequent offense.
labor will be supplied by Jack Jar
vis for the fence and backdrop.
King Crab, Inc. has donated the
wire netting necessary to complete
the fencing. Ole Johnson will lay
out the field with his surveying
equipment, in accordance with
Little League specifications. A
door will be hung in the concession
stand by Jim Healey and Niel Sar
gent. Anyone wishing to volunteer
is urged to be on hand.
Springhill Heads
King Crab, Inc.
Robert J. Springhill, superin
tendent at King Crab, Inc., was
elected president of the company
at the annual meeting of the stock
holders held at the company plant
office recently.
Mack Mortensen was elected
vice-president and Ervin Thiessen,
office manager of the company, was
elected secretary-treasurer. Chris
Poulsen and Edwin iN. Gunderson
were elected Board members.
Chris Poulsen, of the firm of
Poulsen and Sehoek Theatres, in
Anchorage, who attended the meet
ing, was elected as general man
ager of both King Crab, Inc., and
Togiak Fisheries, a subsidiary of
King Crab, Inc., formerly known
as Island Seafoods, Inc.
A resolution was adopted to con
tinue the company policy of plant
improvement and reasearch and
development of new fishery pro
ducts.
Mail Closing
Now Earlier
Both the morning and afternoon
mail closing times will be moved
up ,as the result of new Pacific
Northern Airlines schedules, Post
master William Lamme announced
today. The new times go into effect
next Monday, April 24.
The morning mail, both Anchor
age and Seattle, will close at 9:15
a. m. daily, except Tuesday and
Friday.
On Tuesday and Friday the Alas
ka mail via Anchorage will close
at 9 a. m. and the mail to Seattle
on the direct will close at 10:30
a. m.
For the afternoon flight, all mail
will close at 2:30 p. m., an hour
earlier, except on Friday, when due
to different plane equipment the
close-out time will be 2:20 p. m.
Also, there will be no afternoon
flights at all on Tuesdays and Sun
days.
Plan Reception
To Honor Teacher
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The P. T. A., Kodiak Education
Association, and the Kodiak School
Board are planning a reception to
honor Mrs. Betty Metzgar who is
retiring this year after thirty years
of teaching.
The reception will be held in the
Kodiak high school cafeteria, April
0, 1961 from 2:00 P. M. to
5:00 P. M.