J. B. Rileys New
House Parents At
Baptist Mission
On March 19 Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Ililey (Pat and Mary) arrived from
San Diego, Calif., to work with the
staff of the Kodiak Baptist Mission
as houseparents to the children
who live in Ayer Cottage. In order
for them to accept this call, Mr.
Riley resigned in February from
his position with the city of San
Diego as building inspector, refrig
eration and air conditioning. A
testimonial dinner in his honor was
arranged by his co-workers and
was held in the Flame Restaurant
in San Diego. He was also one of
the instructors in the San Diego
Night College.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley have been ac
tive members in the Ocean Beach
Baptist Church with special em
phasis on sponsoring youth work.
It was in this church that their
Missionary Dedication Service was
held. Besides important jobs, they
have also left three grown children
in the South 48 to accept this ap
pointment to Missionary Service
under the board of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society.
James D. Fulp, III
One Of Four To Win
Navy Recognition
James D. Fulp, III, of the U.S.
Naval Station in Kodiak is one of
the four young Alaskans selected
as principal candidates for 1963
regular Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps program, according
to a wire received by the Mirror,
Thursday from Sen. Bob Bartlett,
Sen. Ernest Gruening and Rep.
Ralph Rivers.
His qualifying physically will
make him eligible to embark on a
Navy career this fall in one of the
52 colleges and universities parti
cipating in NROTC program.
His selection was based on a na
tionwide aptitude test.
FROZEN KING CRAB
Alaska King Crab froze 126,400
pounds of king crab meat and 81,
000 pounds of crab in the shell in
1962. During the same period, King
frnb Inc. froze 120,518 pounds of
crab meat and 88,860 pounds of
crab in the shell.
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PNA Has Special
Festival Fares
A special reduced-rate round
trip excursion fare from Alaskan
points to Kodiak for the King
Crab Festival, May 3-5, has been
filed with the CAB by Pacific
Northern Airlines.
The excursion fare will be in
effect April 30 through May 8,
starting at 12:01 a.m. and ending
at 11:59 p.m.
Samples of the special rates
are as follows: From Anchorage
to Kodiak, $53.50 plus tax; from
Juneau via Anchorage, $147.90
plus tax; from Kenai, $51.15 plus
tax; from Homer, $28.40 plus tax
and from Ketchikan, $180.30.
COURT POSTPONED
A session of Superior Court
scheduled to be held in Kodiak
starting Monday, March 25, has
been postponed until April.
Canadian Halibut
Vessel Has ‘Bad’
Time In Alaska
By Bill Damery
The Canadian halibut fishing ves
sel, NEW QUEEN, out of Van
couver, B.C., skippered by Ralph
Drevland ran into a storm approx
imately 150 miles west of Kodiak
on Thursday, March 21, as a huge
wave came over the bow and car
ried away the rail and steering
wheel on the flying bridge;
knocked out two windows in the
wheelhouse and put their elec
tronic gear out of commission.
They were unable to continue o
turned back to Kodiak for repairs.
Soon after midnight Sunday
morning, March 24, the New Queen
ran on a rocky ledge near Fuller’s
Cold Storage in the channel be
tween Near Island and Kodiak
Island, and the vessel was refloated
about 11:30 Sunday morning at the
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high tide and was towed to Al
vine’s Marine Repair by the Ocean
Pride, where the vessel is now
undergoing repairs.
Crew members include Ralph
Drevland. skipper; Dick Anzulo
vich, Jr., engineer and Lars Hel
dal, Erik Likness, Feere Myhre
John Berdum, Robert Gomerich
and Mindy Phorsen.
BLINNS TO HAWAII
Mr. and Mrs Jess Blinn departed
Tuesday on a vacation trip. They
plan to visit Mrs. Blinn’s daughter,
Alberta, in Alameda, Calif., and
will spend several weeks in Hono
lulu, Hawaii.
St. Mary’s Annual
Dinner April 21
The women of St. Mary’s Altar
Society announced this week that
their annual dinner will be held
at the Elks Club on Sunday, April
21, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Baked ham, roast beef, and other
home-cooked foods will be offered.
Tickets are now being sold by the
children of St. Mary’s School.
Prices are the same as last year:
Family ticket $6, adult $2, single
child $1.
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