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Jim Sandin came through town
enroute to Kadiak’s Port Bailey
this past week ... his plane con
nections were too close, however,
that he didn’t have time to stop in
and say howdy, according to his
pa in-law Van Buren down Stand
ard Oil way. Jim will be fishing
again this season with Skipper Pete
Hjalmers . . . jest like he said he
would end o’ last season! Musla
got the power block fixed!
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Western Clipper Skipper Gordon
Nelson tells us about sighting a
big Russian vessel inside our wa
ters. He immediately got on the
radio and called another boat “to
get the fact on the air” . . . where
upon within seconds the Red craft
headed out and her skipper, appar
ently having understood what Gor
don had reported, boomed out on
the radio, “We are not inside your
waters.” Nonetheless he headed for
open waters in great and sudden
haste.
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Incidentally Gordon will be gear
ing up to fish salmon again in the
Aleutians where he was high boat
last year. This year, present plans
call for his pretty and active wife
to accompany him. While enjoying
a cool one at the Mecca 49 Room
with the Nelsons last weekend, I
had the pleasure of meeting his
very lovely young cousin, Miss Bet
ty A. Nelson of Craig, Alaska, and
Fisherman’s Luck
YOU SHOULD SEE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY — David W. Car
roll senior chief yeoman, USN, of 17th Naval District Headquarters,
displays the 160-pound halibut caught off Buoy 4, Kodiak Harbor,
May 14. Carroll was fishing from Navy Tug No. 498 when he hooked
into the big one for a 45-minute struggle, which at times appeared
to be heavily in favor of the fish.—(Official USN Photo)
her fiance, Lt. CoL Harris Lauter
barh, director of operations, Alas
kan Air Command, Elmendorf
AFB, both of whom were greatly
impressed with Kodiak and with
Gordon’s Western Clipper.
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KF6 Skipper Nickie Anderson,
accompanied by his 3rd mate Mary
and crewmen Julius Anderson and
Bill Skinner, left last Saturday for
Port Bailey to pick up gear and
work on the boat before the salmon
season begins in earnest.
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Spent a couple hours down in the
boat harbor encouraging me old
Skipper, Bill C. Robertson as he
diligently repainted his Invader.
Bill’s pop, Bill, Sr., will be fishing
with hirn again this year . . . am
gonna miss being with em this year
by gollies. He will be fishing for
Port Bailey again this season.
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Tomoira afternoon 5 p.m. will be
a most important time for Peggy
Hoedel and Oscar Dyson, skipper of
the Robbie. Tis the time their mar
riage ceremony begins at the home
of Seldon Nelson. Been invited to
the reception which follows there
immediately following the “I
Do’s” by Pretty Peggy who is the
stenographer at the Kodiak Health
Center. ,
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APA Field Coordinator Tom Mc
Allister has decided to get a pair
of sea legs again . . . he’s gonna
join Skipper Lee Andrich’s Mer
ganser crew as soon as she returns
from Seattle. The Merganser will
tender salmon for APA during
the season and then go back king
crabbing.
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Mecca Cab’s young Mike Scibor
departed last week for Juneau
where he will board the Roosevelt
now owned and skippered by his
step-pop Everett LeVan.
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Port Wakefield Supt. Walt Bur
ton headed southward yesterday
for a month long vacation in the
Seattle area. Walt tells us that
Lowell Wakefield will be back from
Europe on June 22. Lowell has
been attending a week-long fishing
gear congress in London organized
by the United Nations food and ag
ricultural organization.
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“CLAM CALL GURGLES GUAR
ANTEED"—was a newspaper ar
ticle heading which has attracted
considerable attention hereabouts.
According to a story emanating out
of Bremerton, Wash., one A1 Dorn
feld, an inventor is perfecting a
clam call ... it resembles a soda
straw . . . “you insert tube into
sand at water’s edge. As seventh
wave comes in, dose eyes and blow.
Gurgling sound is guaranteed to
attract limit of razor clams of both
sexes to surface. Perhaps APA
should order a few dozen for their
clam diggers at Swickshak. Or bet
ter yet, get their Mel Vega to build
one big giant one that might get
the clams to come popping right
out of the sand into waiting buc
kels.
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One fisherman asks me the ques
tion which I can’t answer so I’ll
jest pass it along: “Why does it
take a garage five days to get ma
rine engine parts and a cannery 5
weeks?"
HAWAII BOUND
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Catterlin
left Thursday for a month-long va
cation in Hawaii. Accompanying
them is their daughter, Bonnie.
Dr. Bruce Keerd
New Lyceum Head
Dr. Bruce Keers was elected
chairman of the Lyceum at the
May 24 meeting held at the home
of Dr. Bob Johnson.
Elected to serve with Dr. Keers
were Mrs. Madelyn Magnusson,
secretary and Mrs. Bob Johnson,
treasurer.
Committee chairmen chosen
were: Dr. Bob Johnson, Music
Trails; Mrs. Bob Waage, Produc
tions; Mrs. Bruce Keers, Films.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Good clean living habits and
high moral standards undoubtedly
accounts for the fact that Kodiak
is not even listed on the communi
cable disease report of the Division
of public health for the week end
ing May 31.
Read the classifieds foi profit
use them for results
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(Across from the
Orpheum Theatre)
Portraits By Appointment
Phone 486—5282
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