Admiral And Fleet Weather Central
Boost Kodiak Island As “Banana Belt”
Rear Adm. Fred E. Bakutis,
USN, Commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier and Comdt. 17th Naval
District, has, since assuming com
mand of the Navy component of
the Alaskan Command last March,
been a staunch booster of Alaska’s
native beauty and fine attributes.
As a result of the unseasonably
mild weather experienced here the
past two weeks, Admiral Bakutis
has released the following message
to the Navy’s Chief of Information
in Washington:
Kodiak, the island with a sam
ple of all of Alaskan beauties, is
now enjoying the beauties of Cali
fornia weather. Wanted are homes
for the Christmas iceskates and
sleds, users for the rusting snow
shovels, and snowy slopes to prac
tice ski procedures learned in the
gymnasium.
“While the rest of the United
States shiver in subnormal and be
low temperatures, it now appears
that Kodiak should be added to
the rapidly diminishing list of
warm weather winter resorts. Tha
year around weather on Kodiak
normally compares with that in
many famed resort areas in tha
‘South Forty-Eight.’ The average
annual temperature is 41.1 de
grees, with the record high of 86
degrees in August 1953 and the
low of -9 degrees in January 1917.
“Cmdr. A. L. Dodson, command
ing officer, Fleet Weather Central,
Kodiak, released the following
startling figures for what is usually
the coldest month of the year, the
latter half of January 1963. ‘During
this period the average daily high
temperature has been 43 degrees
and the low 37 degrees, for an av
erage mean temperature of 40 de
grees, only 1.1 degrees off the an
nual mean temperature. On Janu
nry 31, at 2:00 p.m., the mercury
hit an all time high for this date
when it reached 54 degrees.’
“Kodiak, the 17th Naval District
keystone of the Navy’s defense ef
fort in Alaska and the North Pa
cific, the home of the succulent
GRANDMOTHERS MEET
The Grandmothers Club will
meet again on Feb. 11 with the
gathering to be held at the home
of Pauline Selig whose address is
18 Benson Avenue. It is the first
house next to Dr. Colford’s resi
dence.
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king crab, the home of awesome
Kodiak bear, and long recognized
as the ‘Banana Belt’ of the 49th
State, is enjoying a milder wintex’
than the majority of the States.”
Hospital News
BIRTHS
Jan. 30—Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Knagin of Afognak, a girl, Susan
Rae, weight 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Jan. 31—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mc
trokin, a boy, Christian Reaves,
weight 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
ADMISSIONS
Nils Gronn, Dorothy Olson, Fred
Torsen, Roy Lee Jones, Jodi Nel
son, Ellen Dinglassa, Craig Stew
art of Ft. Ludlow, Wash.; Karen
McKendrick, Nick Anderson, Kath
erine Ciano, Robert Ignatin of Old
Harbor. ^
SS REP. DUE HERE
A representative of the Social
Security from Anchorage will be
in Kodiak on Monday, Feb. 11, ac
cording to the Juneau office.
The representative, a Mr. Paul
sen, will be at the Employment of
fice across from the bank building
from 1 to 4 p.m. to answer ques
tions about your social security
program.
Dear Editor:
I have read with great interest
your story about the Town-Base
meeting held last week to discuss
the pass situation.
I think the answer to the whole
problem was taken care of in the
question if there had been any in
fractions by the holder of the
“Pink Pass.’’ If there were no in
fractions then how could there be
any security problems. I believe
the CO of the Base is creating the
alleged security problem. He has
a good man to help him create the
problem in his insecure security
officer.
Heard the other day talk of put
ting up a sentry post at the city
limits to check these same people
out for drivers license, identifica
tion and pass to town. The only
trouble with this is that it would
hinder the wrong people—the or
dinary fellow would be the one to
suffer for the big wheels at the
Base.
I believe most of us are classi
fied as friendly people, and most
of the poor souls at the Base are
too, isn’t it too bad we can’t have
this feeling all the way around.
I don’t see any reason for us to
have walls—be it built of brick,
wire or passes. It’s a lot easier to
be friends, let’s be friends.
John Q. Citizen
CG To Hold Boat Classes
JUNEAU — Seventeenth Coast
Guard District Headquarters in
Juneau has announced that Pleas
ure Boat Safety Classes will be
conducted in Kodiak during the
next few months.
These classes will cover boat
handling, aids-to-navigation, cour
tesy afloat, rules of the road, and
regulations concerning safety
equipment required for the various
classes of boats. A two-hour safety
class will be held one evening.
For particulars and arrange
ments, interested parties should
contact Chief Boatswain’s Mate
Warren G. Atchley, Officer i*
Charge, Coast Guard Mobile Board
ing Team, P. 0. Box 67, Anchorage.
POLICE SLOGAN
Fast and reckless driving has a
very slow future.
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