Skipper Ed Liljegren of Boat Stranger
Is No Stranger To Kodiak Or Fishing
By Karl Armstrong
No stranger at all to Kodiak or to
fishing is Skipper Ed Liljegren,
owner of the 42-foot boat Stranger.
Sixty-year old Skipper Liljegren,
a native-born Alaskan from the
Prince William Sound, has been a
fisherman for over 40 years and
has spent “at least 30 years—off
and on” fishing the waters around
Kodiak Island.
Attracted to Kodiak waters for
many salmon seasons Skipper Lil
jegren in more recent years has
been lured here by the almost year
round King Crab fishery.
However, the enterprising mas
ter of the Stranger, which, inciden
tally has a 14’ beam and can pack
1600 to 1800 king crab in her spa
cious hold (she isn’t tanked), is
not only interested in other poss -
ible fisheries here—he is presently
engaged in prospecting for Dun
geness Crab in this area. During
the past several weeks Skipper
Liljegren has been out placing
dungeness crab pots which he bor
rowed for this purpose in various
locations.
“We haven’t had too much sucess
so far however I think that the
Dungeness will come into shallow
er waters of the bays within a few
weeks time and have reasonable
hopes that they will be available
in commercial quantities,” he said.
Liljegren fished Dungeness crab
out of Cordova for a number of
years and has some knowledge of
their existence in this area by vir
tue of his many years of salmon
fishing here. He expects to fish
salmon this summer for San Juan
canneries.
Skipper Liljegren has two able
and experienced Kodiak Island
fishermen in his crew—Otto Mul
ler and Bill “Ootka” Shuravaloff,
both of whom have many years of
fishing experience in their back
grounds. Shuravaloff generally
skippers his own salmon rig dur
ing the summer seasons in fact.
Muller, who has spent many sea
sons accompaning the well-known
veteran local Skipper Ed Sargent,
cited numerous instances of where
dungeness crab were in such abun
dance in shallow water during the
summer that they became a hindr
ance to salmon seining operations.
Muller 40, was born in Kodiak and
attended school here. He spent
six years in civil service before re
turning to his original call as a
Kodiak fisherman.
Dr. Don Fenner
Opens Optometry
Practice Here
Don Fenner, 29, today an
nounced the opening of his prac
tice as an optometrist here in Ko
diak.
Dr. Fenner returned last Thurs
day from Juneau where he at
tended the Alaska Optometry As
sociation Convention. While in Ju
neau he was advised he had suc
cessfully passed the Alaska State
Board examination.
Dr. Fenner’s modern new office
is located on Mission Road near
the home of his mother, Mabel Fen
ner, who is District Magistrate
here. His phone number is 486—
5577.
After obtaining his degree at
Pacific University, near Forest
Grove, Oregon, Dr. Fenner spent
four years as a 1st Lieutenant in
the Air Force stationed at Rich
ards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. He is
a graduate of Kodiak High School.
Don M. Fenner, O.D.
ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS
OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE
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Brunstads Host
Septuagenarians
Two of Kodiak’s well known
“Sourdoughs” — Rasmus Urdahl
and Clyde Hatfield — celebrated
their birthdays on Monday of this
week as dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Brunstad.
Both oldtimers have lived in Ko
diak in excess of twenty years.
Mr. Urdahl became 75 this week
while Mr. Hatfield celebrated his
79th birthday.
Competitive Exams
For State Jobs
The State has announced open
competitive examinations for a
number of positions of employ
ment with state agencies. Applica
tions may be filed with any Alaska
State Employment Office or with
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the Director of Personnel, Dept, of
Administration, Box 2420, Juneau.
Recruitment bulletins on the fol
lowing positions have been issued:
Maintenance Mechanic, Mechan
ical Engineer, Medical Laboratory
Technician, Correctional Super
visor, Motor Vehicle Inspector,
Tariff Specialist, Marine Mechanic.
It may be true that silence is
golden, but very few are able to
convert it into cash.
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B & B BAR
NEWS BULLITEN
Fishermen and cannery workers are leaving town
by the dozens. You might get a stool to set on now
if you get here early.
Those customers that possess wooden nickels bet
ter hang on to them, they will be hard to get until
the big spenders get back this fall.
Blue chip stocks and many others have dropped con
siderably. So Benney Pringle who is manager of
our Small Loans Dept., has closed his office until
late this fall.
We serve a Cannery Workers lunch every noon,
with or without ice.
If the fishermen catch all the fish they have been
talking about the last few weeks the B & B should
have a good pack this year.
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