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VOL. 23 NO. 36 KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 30, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Bartlett Fishing
Vessel Building
Subsidy Bill OK’d
Legislation designed to improve
the U.S.’s domestic fishing fleet
was approved this week by the
Senate Commerce Committee, ac
cording to a wire received from
Alaska Senator Bob Bartlett who
co-sponsored the measure.
The bill would liberalize the 1960
law relating to fishery vessel con
struction subsidies by providing an
expanded program for five years.
“The bill is aimed at reversing
deterioration of America’s com
mercial fishing fleet in face of in
creasing competition from foreign
nationals,” Bartlett stated. He n9t
ed that the U.S. has fallen back
to fifth place in world fish catch.
Bartlett’s bill would extend un
til June 30, 1968, the deadline for
filing of construction subsidy appli
cations with an annual appropria
tion of $10 million.
Bartlett pointed out that no
Alaskan has benefitted from the
law which expired June 30 this
year but predicted that “widened
scope of the bill’s benefits should
allow new vessel construction for
use in Alaska’s fishery.”
“Application for such a construc
tion subsidy,” he stated, “would
amount to the difference between
cost of constructing vessel in an
American shipyard as compared
with cost in a foreign shipyard.”
Each application would be sub
ject to determination by the In
terior secretary that the introduc
tion of new vessels would not harm
any segment of existing American
fishery.
Applications For
Academies Sought
Representative Ralph J. Rivers
today announced that he is accept
ing applications from young men
interested in nominations to West
Point, the Air Force Academy, An
napolis, and the Merchant Marine
Academy. Those interested in ap
plying for the vacancies should
write the Congressman at Room
1540 Longworth Building, Wash
ington 25, DjC., as soon as possible.
KNUDSEN’S HOST
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ronner of Red
wood City, Calif., are on a three
week vacation trip to Kodiak and
are house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Knudsen during their 6tay
here.
Editor’s Note: Due to heavy
committments in advertising and
the time factor, we are unable to
publish letters to the editor, and
other features. These will appear
in next weeks edition of the
Mirror.
Rotarians Visited
By District VIP
Russell Richards, Governor of
District 504 of Rotary Interna
tional, was a visitor in Kodiak
Tuesday through Thursday. He
was on an official visitation of the
local club.
The visiting dignitary spoke be
fore the group Tuesday noon, con
ferred with Roy Madsen, president
of the local club and Don Fenner,
secretary. He met with the direc
tors and committee heads in the
evening.
Wednesday he was shown the
sights of the city by the past gov
ernor, Dr. A. Holmes Johnson. He
left on Thursday’s direct flight.
Visitors at the meeting were
Jack Roth, Dave Savoi, Rev. Rob
ert Childs, Joe Ronner and Tom
Smith.
ADF&G Solicits
Suggestions For
State Regulations
Walter Kirkness, Commissioner,
Department of Fish and Game,
has called for written proposals of
specific amendments and changes
to commercial fishing, sport fish
ing and beaver trapping regula
tions for 1964. Proposals must be
received by the Commissioner,
Department of Fish & Game, Sub
port Building, Juneau, no later
than 5 p.m. Oct. 1, 1963, in order
to be considered.
All interested persons are af
forded this opportunity to submit
their proposals for changes in the
regulations. The proposals will be
consolidated by the Commissioner
after the Oct. 1 deadline, adver
tised and widely distributed. Com
ments will be solicited from all in
terested persons on the proposals.
These comments will be referred
to the Alaska Board of Fish and
Game when they meet in Ketchi
kan starting Dec. 1, 1963 to adopt
amendments and additions for the
1964 regulations for commercial
fishing, sport fishing and beaver
trapping.
The public is encouraged to sub
mit their views on regulation
changes and to make comments on
the proposals after they have been
advertised so that the Board can
take advantage of the opinions as
expressed by Alaskans throughout
the State, Commissioner Kirkness
stated.
Kodiak residents may submit
their suggestions to Pete Deveau,
chairman of the Kodiak Advisory
Committee to the ADF&G or to
Oscar Dyson, member of the
ADF&G State Board.
Thoughts On Returning Home
By A. Holmes Johnson, M.D.
We were speaking, last week, about making Kodiak such a beauti
ful little city that it will not only augment the beauties of
its surroundings, with which Nature has been so profligate, but will
cause unstinted, admiration from each of the new tourists that will
be reaching our shores when the Ferry is established. There is no
place in the world that is so blessed with natural beauty so that all we
must do is to make our city comparably beautiful, and this can be
done. (Continued on Page 4)
Sailors Shake Sea Legs At Big Dance
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“We never had a better time anywhere in Alaska” was the way
one sailor put it in describing the dance for the fleet held at the
Armory Saturday night. There was full participation from the
sailors and ladies present in the dancing and contests stag'ed.
Above is pictured Willis 0. Benson, Sr., M.C. at the dance, in the
center, with Capt. C. E. Healy, CO aboard the USS Bennington,
and Rear Adm. Joseph A. Japp, Commander Carrier Division 19.
‘Determined’ Says
Bartlett On Ship
Seizure Bill
In a letter to the Mirror Senator
Bartlett emphasized his “deep
concern over continued encroach
ment of our territorial waters and
of our fishery resources.”
“The charges made by the Jap
anese fishery officials that I com
mitted an unfriendly act in intro
ducing a bill protecting the integ
rity of our territorial waters have
only increased my determination
that legislation must be passed to
permit seizure and the imposition
of heavy penalties on foreign ves
sels caught taking our fishery re
sources which we have all worked
so hard to conserve,” Bartlett
stated.
Reports Indicate
6 Seek Election
To Borough Posts
J. Richard Pace, Port Wake
field, has filed the first borough
assemblyman petition for the pro
posed Kodiak Island organized
borough. It has been filed with
the election supervisor at Anchor
age, according to the election sup
ervisor, Ruth H. Dodds in Anchor
age.
Nominating petitions are report
ed to be circulating for several
other candidates and such peti
tions must be in the mail by this
evening.
Petitions for election to the post
of borough chairman are being
circulated for Mrs. Millie Mark
ham, Howard Fremlin, T. T.
Jackson and Chuck Powell.
Petitions for borough assembly
are reported circulating for Von
Straut and Phil Anderson.
McKINLEY OUTSIDE
Dr. Larry McKinley departs this
week for Canton, Ohio, where he
is undertaking a month’s studies
in new dental technology. During
his absence his dental clinic will
be operated by Dr. Richard McCoy.
Kodiak Residents
Urged To Submit
Centennial Design
Kodiak residents will have an
opportunity to win a handsome, but
as yet, undetermined prize by de
signing a distinctive emblem or in
signia which will be in keeping
with the spirit of Alaska and its
centennial, and which will be use
ful in publicizing the Centennial.
The Alaska Centennial Commission
is also seeking a motto or slogan.
The emblem and slogan would
be used on official publications,
medallions, pins, and other items
produced in conjunction with the
Centennial.
As yet, the Commission has not
determined what the prize will be,
but among the suggestions locally
is one providing a complete schol
arship to the University of Alaska
in the event the winner is a school
child.
No standard entry blank will be
provided, but it is suggested that
entries be made on standard letter
size paper. If entries are made for
both the emblem and the slogan
separate sheets of paper should be
used.
Since the idea of the emblem is
what is sought, professional skill
of the person entering will not be
the deciding factor in the emblem
selection.
All entries must be received at
the office of the Commission (Box
1421, Juneau) no later than mid
night, October 1, 1963.
Entries will be judged by mem
bers of the Commission’s Executive
Committee on the basis of origin
ality, dramatic impact, portrayal
of Alaska, and appropriateness for
use in the Centennial celebration.
Pete Deveau, chairman of the
Commission, said he hoped there
would be numerous entries from
Kodiak residents and pointed out
that “it would certainly be ap
propriate for a resident of Kodiak,
Alaska’s first capital, to submit the
winning design.”
After 30 Years
Absence Teachers
Report On Visit
By Eunice Neseth
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Merriam,
teachers in Afognak from 1925-28,
were on the phone last Thursday
evening from Kodiak Airways of
fice. They’d just come in with
“Skipper” Olson from a return
flight to Afognak where they had
taken his plane directly after
morning arrival from Anchorage
with PNA.
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■ Walking the length of the village
road now filled in and widened
for cars, they noted the changes
in thirty-five years’ time. Decay
was evident in the form of the
falling-in of their own domicile in
the wing of the then-fine old Petel
lin home, as well as many other
familiar house completely miss
ing. Among these was one they
passed daily to the school — Ba
buska Gregorioff’s weather-grayed
log house with it s near-haliowea
associations of long years of faith
ful service in the community, the
beloved ‘Grandmother’ of every
villager.
The added graves in the ceme
tery were not by-passed, their
staunch friend and supplier of
Scheele’s store only so recently
laid there at the age of ninety-two.
The only difference in the old
store, they said, was the deep
freeze standing in the place of the
old onion sack.
Several fine new homes and
the school building now in the
Aleut-Town end were signs of their
former pupils’ accomplishments.
In Kodiak, the serious water
shortage prevented an over-night
stay with Margaret von Scheele.
The next morning, instead, they
visited her at the Griffin Memor
ial Hospital where she cares for
the nursery. It was hard to find
oneself back in ’63 after reliving
the days of those years of friend
ship.
tuiiice iNesetn picxed tnem up
at the terminal and they enjoyed
the evening at the Neseth home,
reminiscing also with Mrs. Marie
Brunton, one of their former
pupils, and sister of Mrs. Neseth.
They had hoped to see Father
Gerasim Schmaltz and circled sev
eral times over Monk’s Lagoon on
Spruce Island, but were unable to
make a landing on the heavily
kelp-strewn beach at low tide.
Finding no hotel space in this
much-grown town of Kodiak, they
were fortunate in finding a tem
porarily unfilled room with the
Gilbreaths.
Now both with doctorates in
education, Bill teaching history
and geography in the Washington
State College in Pullman, he was
a visiting instructor at the state
college in Bellingham for the sum
mer quarter. Florence is a music
teacher, also directing voice
groups. Their elder son Robert,
born during their term in Afog
nak, was stationed in Anchorage
during his tour of duty in the Air
force. There his intrepid parents
and grandmother drove the first
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