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VOL. 22, NO. 34—Section 1, Pages 18 KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 24, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Record Even-Year
Salmon Pack Is
Reported-ADFG
An even-year record salmon
pack totaling 703,903 cases was
reported through Aug. 19 by
Dexter Lall of the ADF&G. At
least one cannery continues op
erating.
The total already exceeds the
season pack of 1946 (648,977).
1947 ( 609,928) and 1955 (600,
672), but falls slightly short of
the 710,891 in 1941, the 716,977
in 1945, and in all likelihood will
not exceed the record 730,070
case pack of 1943.
This years’ pack to date more
than doubles the 1960 (even
year’ pack total of 336,327 as well
as the 323,831 total for last year.
- School -
- Calendar -
Classes in the Kodiak schools
start on Sept. 4 after the Labor
Day holiday. Remainder of the
school calendar to the first of Jan
uary is as follows.
Sept. 19— KEA meeting.
Sept. 17-21—Achievement tests
for elementary school.
Oct. 17—KEA meeting.
Nov. 2—End of first quarter.
Nov. 7—Report cards sent out.
Nov. 12-16—American Education
Week.
Nov. 21—KEA meeting.
Nov. 22-23—Thanksgiving Holi
days.
Dec. 19—KEA meeting.
Dec. 22-31—Christmas Holidays.
A search has been revived for
Gerold J. Meyer who has been
missing for 17 years from the Ko
== Kodiak K apsules —
(By Bill Mason)
SCHOOL DAZE
It didn’t happen here, but it
could, we guess.
The sweet young high school
er was eagerly standing by the
registration line at a high school
in the Lower 48, and couldn’t
quite decide what courses she
wanted to take.
The impatient teacher eager
to get on with the job of enroll
ing snapped, “Just leave your
name and I’ll mail you a bro
chure.”
“I’m afraid my Mother will
feel that I’m too young to wear
Season Concert
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the 1962-63 Alaska
Music Trails Concerts are now on
sale in Kodiak.
The forthcoming season shows
promise of being an enriching
one and will include perform
ances by Miss Alice Shoenfeld,
violinist, Oct. 15; Miss Carolyn
Stanford, mezzo-soprano on Nov.
19; Herman Godes, pianist, on
Jan. 25; and the New York Wood
Quintet on March 25.
Season tickets will be $10 for
adults and $4 for children under
12. Further information may be
obtained by contacting Mrs. Bob
Johnson, ticket chairman by call
ing 486—.2366.
one,” she said as she slowly
turned away.
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REMEMBER WHEN: School
desk inkwells were a target for
dangling pigtails? Jawbreakers and
yard-long licorce sticks were musts
for enroute to school munching?
. . . Spelldowns were held every
Friday afternoon? . . You could
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Accidental Shot
Wounds Marine
A Marine, Pfc. James Kyregos,
22. is making satisfactory progress
after being accidentally shot in
the abdomen early Saturday morn
ing in downtown Kodiak.
According to available reports,
the young Marine and a girl friend
planned to do some target shooting.
The unidentified girl picked up
the revolver and didn’t realize it
was loaded and the gun went off,
with the slug striking the Marine.
At the first, the wound was con
sidered of a critical nature, but
reports from the Base, Thursday,
were that he is making satisfac
tory progress.
Marine authorities are continu
ing the investigation into the mis
hap.
Eager To Start The First Grade
The Salmine twins, Patricia, left, and Richard, right, will be enter
ing the first grade this fall, and both seem eager to get their
education under way. Whether the same spirit will prevail in later
years remains to be seen. Their Daddy is co-publisher of the Mirror,
and Mama works there, too.
Search Renewed For Kodiak Carpenter
Who Suddenly Vanished 17 Years Ago
1,500 Island Youngsters Begin Trek
Back To School Starting Next Week
Approximately 1,500 Kodiak Is
land school children are making
preparation to return to school on
Sept. 4 as registration plans are
being announced in today’s edition
of the Kodiak Mirror.
About 325 pupils enrolled at the
Base school this week, and over
1,000 are expected to start enroll
ing Monday for the Kodiak public
schools. Base high school students
will register starting Monday and
other students on Tuesday and
Wednesday starting at 9 a m. and
continuing until 4 p.m.
St. Mary’s will begin registration
Sunday following the two Mass
services and continue through
Monday.
Public school students will see
many changes in the physical
plants of the schools as well as in
curriculum this year.
Other registration information
Kathryn Hoff, 41,
Passes In Seattle
Kathryn Hoff, 41, passed away
Sunday, Aug. 19, at the Virginia
Mason Hospital in Seattle. She had
been hospitalized for several
months and was a victim of can
cer. Burial will be in Petersburg.
She is survived by her husband,
Herbert D. Hoff; four adopted
children; her mother, Mrs. Emma
Naughton, Kodiak; five brothers,
George, Ralph, Albert, Harold and
Edward, all of Kodiak; and three
sisters: Mary, Janet and Jane.
diak area.
Seeking the missing man is Stan
ton S. Dedier, a civilian auditor
now at Elmendorf Air Force Base
whose sister is married to one of
Meyer’s sons.
Meyer is described as ‘‘a white
haired man about 5 feet, 9 inches
tall.” His wife was with him in Ko
diak at the time of his sudden dis
appearance. She now lives at 2115
Clement St., Apt. 4, San Francisco.
Meyer, who was a carpenter
here, was described as a good fam
ily man and disappeared right
after his boys had grown up and
entered the service.
Moms To Decide
Title On Sunday
A playoff is slated Sunday at the
Town Little League Park to decide
the Island's top “Mother” team.
Tuesday the Base Mothers of Lit
tle Leaguers trounced the Town
Mothers 20-7, but with a never-say
die spirit the Town Mothers fought
their way back to tie up the series,
Thursday, in town 11-10, winning
in the bottom of the 7th frame be
fore a large crowd.
the evening up of the series
called for the rubber game on Sun
day. All proceeds go to the Little
League fund.
Biological Study Of King Crab Is
Aided By Increased Tag Recovery
A significant increase in the re
covery of tagged king crab during
the past year has been noted by
King Crab Research Biologist Guy
Powell at the Kodiak Research
Center.
“During the past year the Alas
ka Department of Fish and Game
King Crab Research biologists at
the Kodiak Research Center
studied 2,507 recaptured tagged
king crabs turned in by fisher
men. Some of the crabs were
tagged as far away as Unimak
Pass, west of San Point, and as
long ago as 1956,” Powell said.
“The Saate of Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game is coop
erating with the F.W.S. by per
forming all the recovery effort for
their tagging programs from Ko
diak to Unimak Pass as well as for
state tagging programs in the Ko
diak area,” he said.
“During 1961 Federal and State
tagging programs increased into
off-shore areas increasing recov
eries significantly. During July,
1962, 495 crabs have been recap
tured and recorded. All data is
immediately transferred to IBM
forms for annual machine proces
sing providing an efficient labor
saving system for analyzing the
voluminous biological data,” Pow
ell concluded.
MEETING DELAYED
Regularly scheduled meeting of
the Kodiak City Council which was
to be held Thursday evening was
postponed due to a lack of a
quorum. The meeting will be held
Monday evening at 8 p.m. Aug. 27.
and school news appears through
out the 16page Mirror today in
the publication's annual ‘Back-To
School” edition.
Following next week's registra
tion activities and teachers’ meet
ings, all classes will start on Tues
day, Sept. 4. the day following La
bor Day.
House-To-House
Cancer Campaign
Begns August 26
The 1962 Cancer Fund Drive
in Kodiak will be kicked off Sun
day with a house-to-house drive
headed by Chuck Powell.
Volunteer workers will gather
at the A. Holmes Johnson Clinic
promptly at 2 p.m. to begin the
drive. Additional workers are
needed for the campaign.
Mrs. Charles (Etta) Edris is
general chairman of the drive,
and should any canvasser miss
you Sunday afternoon, your con
tribution to this worthy cause
can be mailed to Mrs. Edris at
P. O. Box 906 or to the National
Bank of Alaska, Kodiak Branch,
P. O. Box 1067.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Kai l Armstrong
It’s just about all over but the
shouting and bell-ringing . . . the
salmon season is a record one for
an even-year according to reports
to date with the pack exceeding the''
700,000 case figure so far. Most
every fisherman made good this
season. While you’d think that
every fisherman is a "happy fish
erman,” there still are many not
quite so happy as others. Can’t ex
pect everyone to feel the same I
suppose. It’s the limit. Most of the
salmon fishermen have "hung it
up” for this year although some
will continue on through the silver
salmon season. Some have already
begun outfitting for King Crabbing
and not just a few have either al
ready departed for the World’s
Fair or will do so shortly.
+
Met four very happy fishermen
last week . . . the four Tarabochia
brothers . . . who between them
accounted for over 400,000 fish.
Each skippers his own boat. Mar
tin skippers the Thrush; Dominie
the Albatross; Mike the Arctic
Tern; and John the APA 7. A fifth
brother, Jack, who fishes the
Parks 7 was still holding hook
somewhere when the older four
caught the plane out for Seattle
. . . ain’t it the limit!
&
Listening in on conversations
around the boat harbor leaves the
impression that many fishermen
are unhappy wdth holding the pri
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