Int’l. Halibut Commission Ships
Operating In Kodiak Island Area
Two of the three ships chartered
by the International Pacific Hali
but Commission of Canada and the
U.S., the St. Michael and the West
ern Flyer, were in dock at Kodiak
this week.
The ships, which have been op
erating in the Kodiak waters for
the past year, are carrying on ex
perimental halibut tagging opera
tions by trawling up to a depth of
250 fathoms. Stations are set up
about seven miles apart and are
visited three times a year. Be
tween 700 and 800 stations have
been checked during the past year,
with the work concentrated be
tween Unimak and Kodiak.
The operation will give a pic
ture of the quantities and areas
where halibut may be found as well
as studying the most effective
method of catching them.
Major Undertaking
Leadmen biologists on the three
ships are Dick Taylor, Ted Rothlis
berger and Malcom Mallory. Skip
pers are Captain Olaf Angell of
the Arthur H; Captain M. J. Evich
of the St. Michael and Captain
Charles Loftus of the Western
Flyer.
This year’s survey will cover the
region from the northeastern end
of Kodiak Island eastward to Cape
Spencer, a distance of 480 miles
along the coast involving about 25,
000 square miles of shelf area. Last
year’s survey covered the region
from Kodiak Island to Unimak
HEAD WORK
The thinking man of today has
little trouble finding ways to make
both ends meet.
Give some people a choice of
two evils, and they’ll take both.
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Pass, approximately 550 miles of
coastline with 40,000 square miles
of area.
In scope and intensity, the sur
vey surpasses anything which has
been undertaken heretofore in this
field by Canada and the U.S., the
Commission reports.
They will not return to Seattle
until next December.
You Can Still
Plan A Picnic
Kodiak’s weather may be unpre
dictable, but data collected over a
period of ten years ought to tell
the weatherman what to expect.
Figures released by the U.S.
Fleet Weather Central on the Na
val Station gives a few enlighten
ing facts for the month of July.
The average daily mean tempera
ture is 54.0 degrees with an av
erage daily maximum of 58.8 and
49.2 degrees respectively. The ex
treme maximum of 80 degrees oc
curred in 1955 and an extreme min
imum of 40 degrees was recorded
in 1956. The average daily sea wa
ter temperature is 52.3 degrees, fit,
as most of you would say, only for
ducks.
Your picnics have a fair chance
of not being rained out, with pre
cipitation of at least 0.01 inch oc
curring on an average of 14.1 days
resulting in an average total
amoun of 3.74 inches. The maxi
mum amount of precipitation that
has occurred in one 24 hour period
is 1.77 inches.
Have faith in your work, or it’s
bound to end in failure.
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PHONE — 486-2411
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Ihave read with great interest in
last week’s “Mirror" about the ap
pearance of Jack Hinckel and How
ard Wakefield before the City
Council. As I see it, they are plead
ing exemption from our city sales
tax for some “chosen few” boats
which they would pick, and this
v/ould result in the City and all
concerned reaping huge benefits.
They have not shown us how W'e
can get on this grand, band wagon.
I hope the City Council and other
City officials see through their lit
tle scheme and deny this minority
group the concessions for which
they are asking.
I and all the other fishermen and
boat owners are paying the sales
tax and not appealing to the Coun
cil for special concessions and priv
ileges. My heart bleeds good Rain
ier for the poor fishermen who
can’t pay the sales tax the same
as we local yokels. If the stagger
ing amount of a 3% tax keeps them
from making a living, they have no
business fishing, so why all the
beef for a minority group? As for
the poor business men supposedly
going broke on account of the tax,
why do they stay in Kodiak? I will
cjonate each one a dollar toward
paying their fare out, and I think
that enough fishermen think as I
do that they could pass the hat for
their tickets and make it with a dol
lar or two to spare.
Many dollars from Alaska have
been paid into the coffers of the
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School 1®:00 A. M.
Worship Service 10:45 A. M.
Meeting each Sunday morning
in the Old City Hall Bldg.
For Information call 487—5846
Church of God
6th St I Streets
Fred Mamaloff, Pastor
Sunday School. 10 a.m.
Morning Worship.11 a.m.
Evening Service_7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service .. 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Christian Science
Society
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Service_ 11:00 am.
Testimony Meeting
.2nd & 4th Wed.
8:00 p.m.
Reading Room.Wed.
7-8 p.m.
Located at 31 Benson
near Cope St.
Kodiak Assembly
of God Church
Mission Road
Pastor Wm. L. Cummins
Phone 486—2491
"Not By Might, Nor By Power,
But By My Spirit, Saith the
Lord of Hosts.”
SERVICE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
Sunday School.10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .. 11:00 a.m.
Christ’s Ambassadors 6:30 p.m.
Evangelistic Service . 7:20 p.m.
TUESDAY
Women'6 Prayer
Meeting.2:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer & Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Youth Meeting.7:00 p.m.
Prayer Meeting.8:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Missionettes.2:00 p.m.
South 48 in the form of sales taxes,
but we would probably be laughed
out of City Hall if we tried to get
an exemption from the sales tax
in Seattle, for instance. The out
side boats that cannot pay the sales
tax could stay out of Kodiak and
never be missed by me or anyone
else who lives here, pays his tax,
and manages to raise and educate
a family. We need no chiselers in
Kodiak. Let them go elsewhere.
They will be doing us locals a fa
vor.
A. J. Cichoski
CAP Squadron
Receives Radio
Equipment Here
A receiver and transmitter has
been received by the Kodiak
Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol
from the Wing Headquarters and
will be installed shortly. When it
is in operation it will give the
squadron radio contact with Wing
Headquarters and become a part of
the entire radio network.
Further details on the scheduled
t,ip by the Cadets on the Exchange
program are bing held up due to
transportation difficulties.
Cadet Lt. Wm. Richardson of the
local unit will return from Perrin,
AFB, Texas, this week. While on
his trip he visited bases at Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco and in the
states of Colorado and Wyoming.
St. James
The Fisherman
Episcopal Church
Second Sunday after Trinity
Church School 9:45 a.m.
NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Guild: 2nd Wednesday, 8 p.m.
BAHA’I WORLD FAITH
“All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing
civilization. . . . Those virtues that befit His dignity are for
bearance, mercy, compassion, and loving-kindness towards all
the peoples and kindreds of the earth.”
—Baha’u’llah
Baha’i Fireside Discussions:
Tuesdays — Home of Bob Leonard 8:00 P.M.
Sunday — Home of George Putney 8:00 P.M.
The Community Baptist Church
Rev. Lewis White, Pastor
“The Big White Church on the Hill”
Sunday School — 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship — 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups — 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship — 7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal 8 p.m. Wednesday
“HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE”
All denominations are Welcome
Berean Baptist Church
REV. CLETIS LEVERETT, PASTOR
L. B. LINDSEY, S. S. SUPERINTENDENT
A Bible Believing Baptist Church with
a Real Concern for Souls of Men.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00
EVENING SERVICE 7:00
PRAYER MEETING (Wed.) 7:30
“For the Word of God and the
Testimony of Jesus Christ.”
KODIAK DIRECTORY
VODIAK
EMBLEM
CLUB
No. 187
Meets 1st & 3rd
Thursday at
8 p.m. at the
Elks Club
KODIAK LODGE NO. 1772 BP6E
□ Meets every Friday
evening
at 8:30 p.m.
vismng Members Welcome
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Regular meetings 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays, 8 p.m.,
at the VFW Hall.
BARTENDERS LOCAL 875 A.F.L.
Meets on 2nd Sunday of every
month, 12 noon at Fishermen’s
Hall.
KODIAK
LODGE
F. & A. M.
No. 295
Meetings — Stated 3rd Monday,
8 pun. at Kodiak Masonic Temple
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
Hours of Business
Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 6pm
Saturday, 9 am to 12 noon
Sundays and Holidays, Closed
Wires may be filed during the
closed office hours by dialing 110.
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN’S CLUB
Business Meeting — 1st Monday at
7:30 p.m.
Dinner Meeting — 3rd Monday at
7:00 p.m. at Montmartre