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VOL. 23, NO. 48_KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 15, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Franklin To Lead Bears
Ron Franklin, 5’9” senior guard, was elected captain of the Kodiak
Bears Basketball team for 1963-64 at a meeting of the 12 man squad
last Monday. This will be Franklin’s third year of varsity experience.
Last year lie was named to the All-Western Alaska team when the
Bears captured runner-up honors in March. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Franklin, Kodiak Naval Station.
McMullin Says Bears Strong
Sargent, Kozak, Fleming, Franklin &
Kopun In Bear’s Starting Lineup
Coach Terry McMuilin announc
ed his starting line-up for tonight’s
encounter with a team from the
local Navy Base.
Stan Sargent will be at center,
Wayne Kozak and Jim Fleming at
the forwards, and Ron Franklin
and Aloys Kopen at the guards. All
are Seniors except Fleming who is
a Junior.
Other players named to Coach
MsMullin’s 12-man squad which was
runner-up in last year’s Western
Alaska Tournament, are: Mike
Nixon and Larry Deitzler Seniors;
and Jerry Fleming, Jim Sholl, Dick
Veerman, Allan Parker and Mel
Borton - all Juniors.
McMuilin has voiced much en
thusiasm about this year’s team.
“Sargent at 6’3”, Kozak at 6’2”,
Nixon at 6’&3”, and Jim Fleming at
6T’” gives the Bears height and
good rebounding potential ” said
McMuilin who pointed out that
Veerman and Parker also six-foot
ers.
“However, the Bears probably
are strong in the back court,” he
commented, adding, “Franklin was
an All-Western Alaska selection at
the tournament last March and
Kopun is a steady player and a con
sistent outside shooter.”
“Jerry Fleming and Deitzler
were starting guards on last year’s
JV team and are improving steadily
—they will see much action,” Coach
McMullin promised.
Another Senior Letterman, Cletis
Leverette, was dropped from the
squad upon reaching his 20th birth
day. McMullin was counting on
Leverette whose height (6’2”) and
experience could have been used
to the Bear’s advantage.
In tonight’s preliminary game,
the Cecil Belcher-coached D&A
team last year’s playoff champions’
will meet the Navy All Stars. D&A
is stronger this year with the addi
tion of A1 Houghey. He will join
Bob Sliter in giving the quintet a
strong attack, according to McMul
lin who pointed out that D&A
won a recent victory the All Stars
—defeating them by 9 points in a
close game as a part of the recent
Navy Day celebration.
Varsity Game begins at 8 p.m.
and Preliminary game at 6:30 p.m.
City League
Begins Season
by Joe Floyd
Tuesday night, Nov. 19th, the
curtain rises on another Kodiak
City League basketball season as
the Playoff Champion D&A cagers
meet a stronger Curley’s five at 7
p.m.
The 8:15 p.m. game matches Sol
ly’s versus an unsponsored team
composed of unattached players
who are expecting to make a strong
showing in league action this year.
Thursday night’s action finds
PNA meeting the Independents at
7 a.m., while D&A meets a strong
contender from the naval station at
8 p.m.
Everyone is invited out for this
year’s City League games. The
league will be stronger than ever
this season with excitement and
plenty of action for the basketball
fans.
Prices will remain the same:
fifty cents for adults and 25 cents
for students. Game time 7 add 8:15
p.m.
Public Hearing
Slated On Ferry
An important public hearing on
ferry freight and passenger traffic
is slated to be held at 8 p.m. next
Thursday, Nov. 21, in the State
Courtroom. Marine Highway Sys
tem Traffic Manager A1 Ritchie
and Richard Berg, transportation
specialist of the State Dept, of Ec
onomic Development will be pre
sent to conduct the hearing and
answer questions.
Dave Savoie New
Chamber 1st V.P.
Dave Savoie, manager of the Ko
diak Branch of First National Bank
of Anchorage was elected 1st vice
president of the Kodiak Area Cham
ber of Commerce at the Thursday
meeting.
Under the chamber’s by-laws
John Butler, who had been 1st vice
president succeeded to the presi
dency vacated by Nick Rauch who
recently moved to Anchorage.
Turkey Shoot
This Sunday
Kodiak Outdoorsmen’s Annual
Turkey Shoot will be held Sunday,
Nov. 17th (weather permitting) at
the Outdoorsmen firing range on
Mill Bay Road — one mile past
Mill Bay.
Shotguns and 22’S will be furn
ished and Big Bores are welcomed.
Waterfront
Skipper Goirdon Nelson of the
Western Clipper left last week
for Adak to fish King crab for Res
off’s processor Teresa Lee. Gordon
is now the proud owner of the
largest bottom trawler (American
that is) on the Pacific Coast. He re
cently bought the 138-ft Pacific
Trawler which is being converted
to fish King crab here. He figures
she oughta be up by April or May.
&
Skipper Louis Wick of the Eldor
ado turned 70 recently. To cele
brate his birthday Louis went fish
ing ... for crab of course.
Movie On Brazil
The film “Brazil, The Awaken
ing Giant”, will be shown at the Ber
ean Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Sun
day, Nov. 17th. The film shows how
the push of civilization into the ter
ritory of the primitive Indian tribes
threatens to disintegrate cherished
traditions, creating a spiritual va
cuum in the lives of the Indins.
NRA CLUB MEET
There will be a meeting of the
National Rifle Association Shoot
ing Club held in the National
Guard Armory every Wednesday
night at 8 p.m.
All interested persons are cor
dially invited to attend.
58 NAVYMEN CITED
Fifty-eight Navymen received
special honors today following in
spection of the personnel of his
command by Capt. Roy P. Gee, com
manding officer of the naval sta
tion. Full details will be carried in
next week’s Mirror.
Hillstrand Hotel
Decision Near
Earl Hillstrand, owner of Land's
End hostelry in Homer, an Anchor
age member of the legislature, at
torney and investor, outlined at
Wednesday night’s meeting of the
city council, his plans for provid
ing Kodiak with a first-class tourist
hotel.
Hillstrand explained to the coun
cil his reason for desiring to locate
the proposed $750,000 structure on
the rook outcropping (reef) along
the side of the small boat harbor
breakwater.
“To the tourist one of the main
attractions to Kodiak would be the
activities of the fishing fleet . . .
things like mending of nets, pots,
and boat gear would be of tremen
dously impelling interest to tourists
who are unaquainted with the fish
ing industry. Such people would be
thrilled merely at the sight of tne
fishing fleet coming and going,”
he stated.
Hillstrand insisted that his pro
posed operation “would not be in
competition with the existing bus
inesses here but in fact would be
actually creating a source of new
wealth for Kodiak.”
The council agreed to give a de
cision on the site in the next week.
TOASTMASTERS MEET
The Kodiak Toastmaster’s Club
has been reorganized and interest
ed persons are urged to attend the
first meeting of the season at
Montmartre Inn, Tuesday, Nov. 19.
Oscar Dyson
Selected For
Council Seat
Local fishermen were assured of
having direct representation on the
city’s governing body by the elec
tion -at Wednesday’s night’s city
council meeting of Oscar Dyson to
fill a vacancy created by the resig
nation of Bill Worth several weeks
ago. W'orth, who was a veteran
councilman and served longer than
any other person, resigned due to
poor health. The selection of Dyson
Skipper - owner of the vessel Rob
h;e and a prominent spokesman for
Alaska fishermen, was made by un
animous vote of the other five
councilmen. Dyson barely missed
out being elected to the council in
the Oct. 1st city election.
Speech & Hearing
Clinic Slated
A speech and hearing clinic will
be held Nov. 18th to 22nd., in Ko
diak and the Naval Station.
Miss Margaret Hamilton, speech
and hearing theropist for the
Alaska Crippled Childrens Ass’n.
will be at the Community Baptist
Church on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday and on the Naval Sta
tion at the Community Center
Building on Wednesday and Fri
day.
Children and Adults with a
speech or hearing problem can
make appointments to 6ee Miss
Hamilton by calling—Mrs. Gret
chen Soupe at 486—2610 in Kodiak
or Mrs. Shirley Womack at 487—
3311 on the Naval Station.
PAUL DOKTOR — YALTAH MENUHIN
2nd Music Trails
Concert Set
For Next Monday
When the Duo Doktor-Menuhin
come onstage on Monday at 8:15
p.m. in the Kodiak high school
auditorium, the audience will see
two world famous musicians: Paul
Doktor, virtuoso artist of the viola
(not violin, viola) and the pianist
Yaltah Menuhin, youngest member
of the great musicl family of
Menuhin.
Paul Doktor is the son of the
late Karl Doktor, famous European
violinist. He is a famous soloist in
his own right. Edinburgh Festiva!
goers and Sakzburg Festvial music
lovers both acclaim Doktor’s Bril
liant performances. The Paris
critic called him “truly comparable
to the great Kreisler in his best
years.”
American audiences are indebted
to Doktor for two remarkable
chamber music groups he has
founded here, the unusual Rococo
Ensemble, and the New York
String Sextet, currently much talk
ed about in musical circles. He is
a famous and popular coach and
teacher.
Selections to be played by this
interesting Duo will be from the
works of Johann Nepomuk Hum
mel, Felic Mendelssohn, Paul Hind
emith, Darius Milhaud, Erik Satie,
and Johannes Brahms.