Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Down at the cold storage Everett
C. LeVan advised that he had re
signed as office manager and in
troduced us to his replacement,
Mike Tyron, of Seattle, who said
he didn’t anticipate moving his
family north. Two vessels offloaded
halibut on July 14, the Linda (79,
546) and the Canadian boat Alla
verdi (67,376).
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Several salmon rigs were still to
be seen in the area last weekend.
Taking off for the fishing grounds
was the Lois V. with Skipper Dan
nial Valley at the helm, Fred De
veau on the bow line and Julien
Anderson on the stern line.
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After several days rest, Martin’s
Fresh Crab is again busy process
ing 3,200 King Crab, according to
Manager “Battlin’’ Frank Hoch
muth. A new concrete floor was
poured and carpenters continue
the plant’s expansion. New man
hired this week is Corky McCorc
kle. “Twistin’ ” Earl Lloyd put in
his last 12-hour day on Wednesday
and is busy preparing to depart
for California where he will be at
tending Diablo Junior College this
fall.
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ADF&G’s speedy boat Coho
shoved off July 16 after Skipper
Edward “Fish Hawk” Spencer had
her up on the grid on Friday and
Saturday to give her a new
“shadow.” Where she had been a
dazzling white easily spotted miles
away, her new coat of gray oughta
make it possible for Skipped Spen
cer (also a protection officer for
ADF&G), to be right alongside be
fore being noticed. Assisting Spen
cer is crewman Ken Cramer.
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“Never thought I’d see her look
ing so good again,” Big Game
Guide Alf Madsen said enthuisas
tically as he inspected the newly
renovated boat Polaris which he
sold some months ago to Richard
Monell from out Chiniak Cape.
Madsen used the Polaris for a num
ber of years in his guiding opera
tions and she was pulled up out of
the water alongside Kraft’s for a
time and last fall was gutted by a
fire set by small boys. Monell has
put her back into first class shape.
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Talked for a few minutes with
the crew of the Marathon which is
ALASKA
NEEDS
Lowell
Thomas, Jr.
In
CONGRESS
owned and skippered by Emil An
derson of Ouzinkie who came in to
visit his wife at the hospital. With
almost 12,000 on their fish tickets
crewman Aloys Kopun, Richard
Boskofsky, and Gene Anderson
were wearing smiles.
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The small boat harbor, excepting
for the sport-pleasure craft and
several fishing vessels in for re
pairs, is virtually vacant now that
the pink salmon season is in full
swing. As Johnny Malutin said as
he gazed out over the empty basin,
“Geez, there’s nothing left but
tracks!”
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Your marine editor has got the
humpy fever real bad too . . . so
bad that he will be gone for a time
“researching” fishing with Skipper
Bill Robertson aboard his boat In
vader. We’ll try to send reports in
from the fishing grounds however.
As for the rest of this week’s col
umn, pressed for time and space,
we will take Gene Holland’s advice
on condensing the column and
merely say, “Some boats came in
and some boats went out.” (They’re
all catching fish though!)
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Marine Ed
itor Karl Armstrong departed
Saturday evening on his fishing
expedition after appropriate
goodbyes to all his friends. He
was back in town Sunday eve
ning, having hitch-hiked back to
Kodiak. Seems he forgot his fish
ing license. At the last report
he was back on course, Monday
with license in hand.
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We Never Close
SUBJECT OE STORY
Lt. Charlene Ida Suneson, USN,
who spent a two year tour at Ko
diak from Dec., 1957 to Jan., 1959,
was the subject of a feature story
in a recent edition of the Anchor
age Daily News.
She holds the distinction of be
ing the first female line officer
ever to sail as part of the Navy
ship’s crew. She is the ship’s as
sistant transportation officer and
her duties include seeing that the
troops and cabin passengers aboard
ship are maintained in proper ship
shape.
JUNE CLAIMS $15,909
A total of $15,909, including $4,
588 was paid in unemployment in
surance benefits to claimants in
Kodiak during the month of June,
it was reported by Gil Johnson,
Alaska Department of Labor Com
missioner.
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