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VOL. 2.3, NO. 10 KODIAK, ALASKA, MARCH 8, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
These Are Our Kodiak Bears
Congratulations are due to Coach Terry McMullen and every
member of the basketball team for the extremely fine showing in
the Western Alaska Basketball Tourney this past week.
The experts had the Bears out of the running in the first game,
but they upset West Anchorage 48-47. They came through in the
semi-finals in the final minutes and edged Palmer 42-36. Only 10
points separated them from winning the championship game, and
Coach McMullen said two of his starters, Ron Franklin and Ritchie
Mize, were nursing colds the day before and the day of the cham
pionship game. But he didn’t use that as an alibi. He said were were
beaten by a better team.
The picture for next year is extremely bright with virtually all
squad members returning.
We believe their fine showing merits a dinner in their honor,
and if some civic organization is interested we most certainly would
cooperate, and if not we’ll carry it on ourselves.
We believe perhaps that such an occasion might erase some
doubts which arose as to the community’s backing of the team
during the regular season—Bill Mason
Girl Scout Week
Observance Starts
Sunday, March 10
Girl Scout Sunday will be ob
served in the churches of both Ko
diak and the Naval Station this
Sunday when Girl Scouts and
Brownies in uniform will attend
the church of their choice. Bulle
tin covers honoring Girl Scouts
and Girl Scout Week, March 10 to
16, have been distributed to the
churches for use this Sunday.
There are 100 Girl Scouts and
Brownies in town and an additional
75 on the base.
The Girl Scout council commit
tee met Monday at the home of
Mrs. Bob Acheson, with repre
sentatives from both town and
base. Mrs. Norman Sutliff is coun
cil chairman and Mrs. L. W. New
man directs Scouting activities
at the Naval Station.
Preliminary plans were made for
the summer camping session. It is
hoped the Girl Scouts will be able
to have a 5-day camp at the Boy
Scout camp immediately following
the boys’ session. The local Boy
Scout camp is located at the Naval
Station.
There will be a Girl Scout Bake
Sale at Kraft’s Super Market be
ginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday,
March 16. All Brownie and Girl
Scouts are asked to donate deli
cacies. Proceeds of the sale will be
used in local Scouting activities.
Attending the Monday meeting
were Council members, leaders and
assistant leaders from both town
and base.
Teachers Charter
On March 20 Has
Room For 12 More
There are 12 seals available on
the planes chartered by the Kodiak
Education Association for the state
teachers conference in Anchorage
March 20-22.
Departure is scheduled for 7
a.m., Wednesday, March 20. The
return flight will depart Anchor
age, Saturday, March 23, at 4:30
p.m.
If all seats are taken the fare
will be approximately $36. All per
sons interested contact Larry
Craig at 486—2488 during school
hours. Seats will be taken on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
Weather Causes
Moby Dick Delay
To Next Tuesday
The Lyceum wishes to apolo
gize to anyone who may have
been inconvenienced last Sun
day night.
We understand that a number
of people ended up with baby sit
ters and no place to go, and
others arrived to find the hi“h
school dark and empty.
We were fortunate, though,
that a majority were notified
through the kindness of AFRS
radio and TV.
Mr. Hanson was “weathered
out” of Anchorage on his char
tered flight to Kodiak and had
to return to Fairbanks.
However, he is scheduled t.»
return on Tuesday evening,
March 12, weather permitting,
at 8:15 at the high school audi
torium.
Routzahn To Head
Red Cross Fund
Drive In Kodiak
Cmdr. M. M. (Tim) Routzahn,
USN, ret., an employe at Knud
sen’s, has been appointed as the
Fund Chairman for the Kodiak
Chapter of the American Red Cross
by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson.
The drive will be conducted
throughout the month of March,
and Routzahn said that it would be
intensified the last two weeks of
the present month.
This year marks the 100th anni
versary of Red Cross with the slo
gan “Always there with your help.”
The Fund drive committee met
on Tuesday of this week in an in
formal gathering to formulate
plans for later action.
Borough Meeting
Night Is Changed
Elsewhere in today’s Mirror
you will find notices and adver
tisements to the effect that the
vote on the borough will be held
on Tuesday, March 12, at 10:30
—tain’t so.
The meeting night has been
changed to Monday, March 11
and will start at 8 p.m. at the
courtroom over the post office.
The borough study group
changed the night so as not to
conflict with the Philip Hanson
performance on the high school
on Tuesday night.
Ron Gets “Bussed”
Receiving all-star trophy and kiss from Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
Queen Susan Koslosky is Ron Franklin, Kodiak guard. At left is
William Zahradnicek, Palmer superintendent and newly nominated
commissioner of education, who awarded the trophy.
54 Pilots Ask
F.A.A. Facility
Fifty-four pilots and interested
persons attended a meeting last
Friday evening in the courtroom of
the Donnelley Building to lend sup
port for the location of the Fed
eral Aviation Agency flight service
station presently situated on
Woody Island. Those attending
were in unanimous agreement that
the move to the area, but the town
as well.
A film on Civil Air Regulations
was shown to the group. Darrell
Chaffin and Milo Rousculp of the
FAA staff answered questions per
taining to the proposed move. Bob
Hall, Bill Harvey and Bill Poland
were delegated to present a peti
tion requesting the move to Allen
D. Hulen, Regional Administrator,
Federal Aviation Agency, Anchor
age, Alaska. Persons wishing 10
add their support for the move
should address their letters to Mr.
Hulen.
Jarvela Defends
Stand On Halibut
Ed Note: A complete state
ment in reply to attacks on his
stand on the halibut controversy
has been received from Rep. Gil
Jarvela and will be carried in
next week’s Mirror. Lateness of
receipt and space limitation pre
vents presentation of his lengthy
statement this week.
— Kodiak Kapsuiles --
(By Bill Mason)
START AT THE TOP
From the monthly newsletter
of the Associated Press origi
nating in Seattle, Washington:
“Bill Mason of the Kodiak Mir
ror gave us the first report on a
Navy plane crash there, and then
we ran into delays which forced
a number of expensive telephone
calls until we could jar the in
Change Of Command At Navy Station
Captain Roy P. Gee (left) and Captain E. C. Smith pause momen
tarily for a photograph when Captain Gee arrived at the U.S. Naval
Station Kodiak, Alaska, this week. Captain Gee relieved Captain
Smith as Commanding Officer of the station in change of command
ceremonies this morning (March 8). —(U.S. Navy Photo)
KEA Names Nine
To Director Board
Nine directors were elected Mon
day night to serve on the Kodiak
Electric Association Board of Di
rectors for this year.
Topping the list of 28 nominees
was the present President Pete
Ramaglia with 64 votes. Next was
Harry Felton with 53.
Others elected and the votes
they received are as follows: Gene
Sundberg 49, Arthur Brooks 46,
Bob Dawson 45, Phil Anderson 40,
George Magnusen 39, James Ga
routte 38, Russ Wright and Don
Lawhead each received 36 votes
for the ninth spot on the board,
and by a flip of the coin Wright
won.
Door prizes were won by Jack
Hinckel, a month’s free electricity;
Roy Madsen, an electric frying pan
and Mrs. Edna Foster, a Sonia
TV set.
Still Balmy
The temperature was in the 40
degree range most of the week,
with the coldest reported on
March 6 when it hit an even 32
degrees. Remember you had to
scrape your windshield off. High
wind velocity was on March 2
when it reached 33 knots.
Date High Low Prec
March 1 . 42 35 —
March 2 . 39 34 .49
March 3 . 43 35 .15
March 4 . 45 39 Tr.
March 5 . 42 35 .03
March 6 . 42 32 .02
March 7 . 46 40 .03
NOTICE
Scotch Doubles at Elks Bowling
Lanes starting March 16. Phone
6-5222 for reservations.
formation loose from the Navy.
We finally reached an Admiral
who remarked: “This is a little
unusual, but call me back in five
minutes and I’ll have the infor
mation.' We did and he did.”
Our mistake was in going
through channels.
* * * *
Larry Craig’s government class
paid a visit to the last city council
meeting which was held in the
courtroom in order to accommo
date the class.
One observer noted a young girl
making notes on the meeting
which read like this:
“One man talked an awful lot
but he didn’t say much.”
That was the sum and substance
of her impressions.
* * * *
Up at Jerry’s Garage the first
part of this week, Jerry was ex
amining a woman’s automobile
to see why it wouldn’t start
properly. He crawled out from
under the car. “Madam,” Jerry
announced, “you have a short
circuit in the ignition.”
“Well, don’t just stand there,’
the lady replied, “lengthen it.”
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We hear that they’ve brought out
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