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Along The Waterfront
Boom In Alaska Fisheries Revealed;
Kodiak In Center Of Huge Development
By Karl Armstrong
BOOM!—If you think that Ko
diak's fisheries have been ex
periencing a rennaissance or re
vival . . . you ain’t seen nothin’
yet! Perhaps one of the best kept
secrets in industrial history is
now coming to light. Alaska wa
ters, most particularly those sur
rounding Kodiak, have long been
known by biologists to be the
richest in the entire North Pa
cific . . . abounding in various
sea foods. This fact is now em
phasized by revelation of plans
to expand the fishery effort in
these waters to a degree almost
unbelievably large in scope.
Revelation of the tremendous
fishery development was made by
two University of Washington bi
ologists. Donald E. Bevan and Ole
A. Mathisen of the Fisheries Re
search Institute of the U. of W.
College of Fisheries. In a series
of circulars they have revealed the
extent of the present new fisheries
now operating and also revealed
facts and figures of the planning
being put into action to greatly
expand these already massive ef
forts.
The amazing development involv
ing untold millions of dollars, doz
ens of vessels, and hundreds cf
men, has been underway for over
36 months and been virtually an
undetected industrial - economic
secret.
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Bennie To Face
Major Surgery
Ben Benson, popular resident of
Kodiak, and designer of our Alaska
Flag, is in Virginia Mason Hos
pital in Seattle where he has been
under care for a Staph infection
on his foot, and also expects to
undergo surgery to correct a seri
ous constriction of the main ab
dominal Aorta this week. Visitors
at Ben’s ‘isolated’ bedside last
week were Betha and Sig Digree
who did a lot to cheer Ben.
He Makes His Calls By Plane
Forest J. McConnell of Anchorage, right, General Agent for Western
Life Insurance Co. in Alaska, is less than two hours away from in
surance conferences with Kodiakans in his Cessna 180. He is shown
here conferring with Nick Anderson of Kodiak on the left. George
Cornelius is the local representative for the insurance company.
Seven Complete
Medical Course
Seven persons have received cer
tificates for completion of Medical
Self-Help Training Course spon
sored by the Civil Defense and
AMA.
They include Helen Schneider,
Margaret Cook, Fred Adler, Wil
liam Richardson, Frank E. Cook,
Grace Pecore and Linda Hajdu.
Anyone interested in enrolling
in future classes should contact Dr.
Bob Johnson. -
CONCLUDES TRIDUUIVI
The Rev. Russell Boehning, S.J.,
left Wednesday for Anchorage
after conducting a Triduum at St.
Mary’s. Father Boehning enjoyed
his visit here and was appreciative
of the island’s beauty. He left to
preach missions in Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Kouezbue and Nome.
Mrs. Louise Walker
To Represent KEA
At State Session
Mrs. Louise Walker has been
chosen as a delegate to represent
Kodiak Teachers at the Alaskan
Education Convention in Anchor
age.
Subject of the convention will be
social security for teachers, a tax
sheltered annuity benefit, a pro
fessional practice act and other
possible legislation.
Attendance at Wednesday’s KEA
meeting was encouraging in that
it included Base teacher personnel
and the Catholic sisters from St.
Mary’s.
Housing Needed!
Members of the Kodiak Elks
State Bowling Committee have
issued a plea for accommodations
for some 60 members of the Elks
Lodge for Saturday night. Sept.
29 when the state tourney wili
be staged here.
Visiting Elks bowlers from
Fairbanks, Anchorage, Ilomer,
Palmer and other lodges will be
here and “there just plain won’t
be room for them at the hotel.”
Brother Elks are asked to call
the Lanes at 6-5222 if they have
a spare room or rooms, and
others not belonging to the lodge
are also ask**d to volunteer ac
commodations.
The howlers will be here for
one night only, Sept. 29 — ar
riving that morning and return
ing the following evening. Sept.
30.
Unoccupied House
Leveled By Fire
Fiames consumed an unoccupied
house on Mission Road about 2:50
a.m., Thursday morning, as the
volunteer fire fighters were called
out of their beds.
The structure, located at the
rear of a quonset formerly owned
by Mrs. Beulah Short, had not been
occupied in a number of years.
The blaze was out of control and
the house completely burned be
fore the firemen arrived.
AT GOP MEETING
Charles A. (Chuck) Powell, GOP
candidate for the state legislature
as representative of Dist. No. 11,
was in Anchorage this past week
end attending a party meeting
there.
Two Enter Uses
For School Post
At least two candidates will be
seeking the school board post va
cated by Gil Jarvela.
A petition for Emil Norton was
filed this week and another bear
ing the name of Phil Anderson is
being circulated.
The election will be held in con
junction with the city elections on
Oct. 2, and is for a five-year term
on the Board of the Kodiak Inde
pendent School.
Norton is superintendent of
Alaska King Crab, Inc., and the
father of two daughters and one
son, while Anderson is the father
of six children and is employed by
Kodiak Telephone Company.
Jarvela, who served in the post
10 years, is not seeking reelection.
Principal Leaves
For School Meet
Mrs. Clarellen Dawson, Kodiaic
high school principal, left today
for a meeting to be held in An
chorage on Saturday of the West
ern Alaskan High School Activi
ties Association.
This organization plans the ath
letic, musical, dramatic and other
activities for the current year with
its purpose to raise the standard of
activities, to unify school eligibili
ties and regulate all inter-scholas
tic meetings.
The activities Association also
oversees Student Council groups.
Nelda Stone is president of the Ko
diak Council and Mr. Craig, faculty
advisor.
Chamber Seeking
Improvement Ideas
The Kodiak area Chamber of
Commerce is seeking your help
and ideas.
The organization, intent on
continuing to improve the eco
nomic and industrial foundation
of the town and area, is asking
for ideas as foundations for proj
ects to make Kodiak a better
place to live and to play.
Persons are invited to submit
their ideas by writing to Ro\
1485. If you do not want to sign
your name, it is all right — al
though signatures would he ap
preciated. All ideas will receive
serious consideration.
Five Boys Take
Two Day ‘Outing’
To Woody island
Five youngsters from the Ko
diak Baptist Mission, ranging in
ages from 11 to 13, gave the Ko
diak Police Department, the Na
tional Guard and the Coast Guard
an anxious 48 hours this past week
end.
Fear of being reprimanded, the
youngsters “borrowed" a rowboat
from the dock near Donnelley and
Acheson and and were intent on
going to Ouzinki but changed their
plans due to the weather and
rowed to Woody Island where they
took cover from searching officials.
They left the Mission Thursday
about 9 a.m. and were spotted Sat
urday afternoon by Harold Chaf
fin of the FAA at Woody Island.
The quintet was in good condi
tion and suffered no ill effects
from their two-day outing, Chief
Roland Vickery said.
— Kodiak K apsules -=
(By Bill Mason)
NAVY EDUCATION
There’s a story going around
about the Indian who learned
electricity while he was in the
Navy and after being discharged
decided that he would become
an electrician. He went back to
the reservation and tried to
drum up some business, but no
body was interested.
So, to display the advantages
of electricity, lie undertook to
wire one of the small outbuild
ings and in so doing became the
first Indian to wire a head for a
reservation.
* * * *
WAIT A MINUTE
Rep. Ralph Rivers, in a speech
to organized labor at Juneau ear
lier this month remarked in a quo
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Interest Mounts
In Oct. 2 School
& City Elections
Besides incumbents Nick Frost
and Bill Worth, three others are
reported to have petitions circu
lating for nomination to the city
council. They are: Carl Rodli,
Jan Beukers, and Bryan Martin.
Interest was mounting this week
with both the city and school elec
tions only 10 days away.
For the first time in years there
will be a race for the vacancy on
the Kodiak Independent School
Board as Emil Norton and Phil
Anderson filed for the post this
week which was vacated by Gil
Jarvela.
Norton is superintendent of
Alaska King Crab, Inc., and the
father of three children, while An
derson. father of six children and
active in youth work, is employed
by the Kodiak Telephone Com
pany.
Thus far, incumbent Bill Worth
is the only city council candidate
to file for the Oct. 2 election, al
though it is understood that Nick
Frost, another incumbent, has a
petition in circulation. There will
he two council vacancies.
Voters will also be called upon
to pass on two bond issues totaling
$630,000—$500,000 for water im
provement and $130,000 for sani
tation facilities, as well as the
question of whether to frame a
new city charter and sell a portion
of land to Alaska Ice and Storage.
Only property-tax paying voters
may cast ballots on the bond issue,
and some verbal grumblings have
been heard in opposition to these
two measures.
ARMS ORDINANCE
The Kodiak Police Department
reminds gun owners that there is
a city ordinance which prohibits
the shooting of any firearm or air
rifle within the city limits, and
that the ordinance will be strictly
enforced.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
The General Obligation Bond
Issue to be voted upon October
2, 1962 is restricted to taxpay
ers by the following wording:
"His or her name must appear
on the last tax assessment roll
or record of the City of Kodiak
for the purpose of municipal
taxation."
The bond attorneys call spec
ial attention to the exact word
ing, and we find that in many
instances only the name of hus
band or wife appears on the
tax roll.
Please examine your last tax
bill and should you wish the
names of both husband and wife
to appear, please have this cor
rected several days before the
election, as there is no commun
ity property law in Alaska.
Douglas G. Preston
City Clerk-Treasurer
Publish Sept. 21, and 28