Library & Museum
Juneau, Alaska
VOL. 21, NO, 31 KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 18, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR—Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy, USAF,
Commander in Chief, Alaska, inspects the Marine Honor Guard dur
ing military ceremonies at the Kodiak Naval Station, August 15.
General Mundy, who two weeks ago assumed his post as commander
of military forces in Alaska, is currently on a familiarization tour of
the Alaskan Sea Frontier and other installations. He was welcomed
to Kodiak by a traditional 15-gun salute. During his brief stay, he met
with local military and civilian officials. (Official U.S. Navy Photo
Reception Honors
Gen. George Mundy
A reception honoring Lt. Gen.
George W. Mundy, USAF, new
Commander-in-Chief, Alaska, was
held at the Officer’s Club on the
Naval Station, Tuesday evening.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Howard
Caldwell hosted the reception.
The reception was attended by
more than one-hundred Navy per
sonnel and townspeople. Gen.
Mundy succeeded Lt. Gen. Frank
A. Armstrong, Jr. USAF, in com
mand of all armed forces in the
49th State. At the time of his Alas
ka assignment Gen. Mundy was
Commandant of the Industrial Col
lege of Armed Forces, one of the
nation’s most senior joint service
colleges, specializing in the study
of the inter-relationship of national
defense and all aspects of the
world economy. He had served in
this capacity at Fort Lesley J. Mc
Nair, Washington, D. C., since Nov.
1957.
Alaska Baptists
To Hold Retreat
On Woody Island
American Baptist Missionaries
from Alaska will be meeting this
coming Sunday in Kodiak to begin
a three-day retreat on Woody Is
land.
Missionaries from Cordova and
Anchorage will join with the mis
sionaries from Kodiak and Ouzin
kie.
Dr. Clifford G. Hansen from the
Home Missionary Society in New
York City will speak at the morn
ing service at the Community Bap
tist Church. Dr. Hansen will be rep
resenting the Home Mission Society
at the retreat. Dr. Elmer Adams
from Berkeley, California who rep
resents the Ministers and Mission
aries Retirement Board will also be
in attendance at the retreat.
Rev. Mr. Leo L. Schlegel, the
General Missionary from Anchor
age, will be bringing the evening
message at 7:30 p. m. There will
also be a commissioning service
for three Missionary couples dur
ing the evening service. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Richardson, housepar
ents at Doane Cottage of the Ko
diak Baptist Mission, Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Essex of the First
American Baptist Church of Anch
orage and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Hall from the Community Bap
tist Church of Cordova will be com
missioned. The public is invited to
these services. A reception for
the Missionaries will be held after
the evening services in the Social
Hall of the Church.
Rev. Lewis White is pastor of the
Community Baptist Church.
Missionaries attending the meet
ing will include: Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hall, Cordova; Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Essex from Anchor
age; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Leo L.
Schlegel from Anchorage; Miss
Malva Quinlan, Cordova; Miss Belle
Williams, Cordova; Miss Elsie
Pettys, Cordova; Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis E. White; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Stone; Mr. and Mrs. Zip Zediker;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richardson;
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Death Comes To
Mrs. C. Kraft
Mrs. Christie Kraft, the widow
of the late Otto Kraft, both former
residents of Kodiak, died at Minne
apolis, Minnesota this week.
Mrs. Kraft, in her late 80s, lived
in Seattle since she and Mr. Kraft
moved there from Kodiak in 1940.
She had gone to Minneapolis in
February to be with her family.
Burial services and interment
will be held in Seattle.
The late Mr. Otto Kraft was the
founder of the present firm of O.
Kraft & Son in Kodiak.
Mrs. L. Ponchene
Dies In Sitka
SITKA (A5) — Funeral services
were held Wednesday for Mrs. Lu
cille Ponchene, 83, who died in the
Pioneers Home here.
A lifelong Alaskan, she was born
in Kodiak in 1878. Her husband
died previously. Survivors include,
a son, Alfred, of Kodiak; two
daughters, Mrs. Anna Pickens, Bos
well Bay; and Mrs. Agnes Alssas,
of Seward.
ELKS TO PICNIC
The annual family picnic of Elks
Lodge No. 1772 will be held Sun
day, August 27, at Cliff Point, ac
cording to an announcement this
week.
NS Dairy Land
Up For Lease
The Kodiak Branch, Northwest
and Alaskan Division, Bureau of
Yards & Docks, has announced the
release of an Invitation to Bid for
the leasing of 997.5 acres of land
within the naval reservation here.
The land is available for leasing
to private parties for the operation
of a dairy farm for a period of one
year, with an option to renew for
four additional one-year periods.
Bids are to be opened at three p. m.
(AST), September 1, 1961.
The land is described as rang
ing from fairly level to gently and
moderately sloping, rolling hills.
Large open spaces provide good
grazing for livestock and wooded
areas furnished shelter during bad
weather.
Several small, fresh water lakes
and streams are within the area
available for leasing. Existing road
ways afford access to and from the
premises and the City of Kodiak.
Information concerning the lease
and bid forms may be obtained
from the Manager, Kodiak Branch,
Northwest & Alaskan Div., Bureau
of Yards & Docks, Box 38, U. S.
Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska. The
offices are located in Bldg. S-12;
telephone Kodiak 487—2296.
Along The Waterfront
A rash of boat accidents is keep
ing marine surveyor Bill Damery
busy these days.
The 90-foot power barge, Shuyak
belonging to the Washington Fish
and Oyster Co., went aground near
the entrance to Kugak Bay. The
barge was hauled off Sunday after
noon with the assistance of the
Duchess. It was towed to Port Wil
liams. Both skegs were damaged
and rudders knocked loose.
It will later be towed to Seattle
for repairs.
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The Sherry, Everett Levan Skip
per, hit a rock by Puffin Island
Sunday afternoon. It was hauled to
Alvine’s Marine Repair.
The Kasilof sustained minor dam
age August 12. when it struck the
point at Malina Pt., Henry San
guinette is the skipper.
A marine
ways rough. Bill reports he was
fogged in at Afognak for two days,
and was “attacked” by some of the
big silvers in Litkik River. All he
had to defend himself with was a
rod, reel, line and some hooks.
They were big ones according to
Bill.
&
Emil Norton, Superintendent at
the Alaska King Crab, is expected
in on the direct flight from Seattle
today.
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Fishing Violations Net $2,500 Fines
Five fishermen charged by the
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game with fishing illegally in the
closed area of Dead Mans Bay on
July 24, pleaded guilty and were
given fines totaling $2,500 by Su
perior Court Judge Edward V.
Davis, when they appeared before
him Thursday morning.
The five men, Bill Wolkoff, Bill
Bayou, Paul Oskolkoff, Rudolph
Anderson, and John Shuravloff,
were fishing for Columbia Ward
Canneries, and were aboard the
“Deception.” Attorney William
Renfrew of Anchorage, represented
all the defendants. Prosecuting
was District Attorney George N.
Hayes. The latter recommended a
fine of $500 each, a fishing license
Rotary United
For World Peace
“Rotary Clubs in 123 countries
are united in these difficult times
of international tensions in an en
deavor to promote understanding,
good will and peace throughout the
world,” District Rotary Governor
E. D. Fletcher stated in a speech
before the local Rotary Club Thurs
day noon, at the 49 Room.
Mr. Fletcher was in Kodiak for
a two-day visit, during which time
he spoke to a gathering of commit
tee chairmen at the home of Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson, Wednesday
evening. The meeting was preceded
by a dinner at the 49 Room in hon
or of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, and
attended by members of Rotary
and their wives.
The District Governor expressed
himself as pleased with the pro
gress and activities of the local
club, and the hospitality shown
him. He was introduced at the
luncheon by Archie Zehe, presi
dent of the Kodiak club.
In addition to the activities of
more than 11,000 Rotary Clubs
within their own communities to
promote this objective, Mr. Fletch
er explained, Rotary International
has awarded grants of more than
$3,750,000 in the past fourteen
years through its program of stu
Edward D. Fletcher
dent fellowships, which enables
outstanding college granduates to
study for one year in countries
Other than their own, as Rotary
ambassadors of good will. Since
1947, when this program was es
tablished, 1,454 Rotary Founda
tion fellowships have been awarded
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suspension of thirty days to take
effect upon any future fishing vio
lation being committed by any of
the defendants.
Attorney for the defendents told
the Court that this was the first
violation by any of the men.
Judge Davis held the fishing li
cense suspension in abeyance on
the condition that the men would
not commit any further fishing vio
lations. He ordered the seine net be
turned over to the ADF and G.
The jury was dismissed when the
men pleaded guilty.
Sourdoughs Meet
In Seattle Aug. 24
When the Sourdoughs of the
United States and Canada meet in
Seattle, Washington at the Olympic
Hotel, August 24-27 for their 30th
International Sourdough Reunion,
they will swap tales of the Klon
dike Gold Rush Days of ’98 as the
oldest PEACE CORPS in North
America. The convention unites the
pioneers of two nations in both the
Yukon and Alaska in the perpetua
tion of half-century friendships un
equalled in history, and begun with
the discovery of gold on August 17,
1896. The “Ton of Gold” arriving
in Seattle July 17, 1897 sparked ad
venturers world-wide to “Go
North.”
Walter R. Hamilton, 89-year-old
gold rush veteran, Vancouver, B.
C., is International President. Of
ficers and members of Sourdough
Clubs from San Diego to Ottawa,
and Victoria, B. C. will be guests
of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers, and
Ladies of the Golden North of
Seattle. All Alaskans and Yukoners
are invited to attend meetings.
The program opens at 10 a. m.
on August 25th, followed by “What
Have-You-Luncheon,” and Grand
Ball; a special collection of pictures
from the North at Seattle Public
Library, visit to site of Century 21
Fair, Seattle Historical Museum,
and banquet August 26th; picnic
at Woodland Park, Stove 6, August
28th.
Lee L. Mellen, Hans Greenaa,
and Mrs. Mary Ann Hopkins are
joint chairmen of the convention,
which will have a record attend
ance as indicated by advance reg
istrations.
Gary Marconi
In Seattle
Gary Marconi, who was seriously
injured in an automobile accident
a few weeks ago, went to Seattle
for further medical treatment at
the Virginia Mason Clinic.
Victor Marconi, his father, ac
companied Gary to Seattle and will
remain there a few days.
Will Study Icing
Of Boat Harbor
The House Committee on public
works Wednesday approved a reso
lution directing the Board of En
gineers of Rivers and Harbors to
conduct a survey of icing condi
tions in the small boat harbor at
Kodiak.
The resolution was requested by
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers.