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VOL. 20. NO. 47 KODIAK, ALASKA. DECEMBER 10. 1960 PRICE TEN CENTS
Council Votes On Cold Storage Offer
Makes Counter Proposal to King Crab
The proposal of King Crab Inc.
to purchase the cold storage facili
ty now owned by the city received
top priority last night at the regu
lar meeting of the Kodiak City
Council.
After considerable discussion
of the bid stipulations and the pos
sibilities for econmic expansion to
follow, members of the Council
voted to submit a counter proposal
to King Crab on the same basis as
their original discussion except
that the question of exempting the
Company from property taxes for
ten years be deleted.
King Crab originally offered to
buy the cold storage for a price
of $60,000 and to install equipment
to handle a minimum of 500,000
pounds of fish. The full purchase
jrice was to be payable before
April 1, 1962.
Doctor bod Jonnson, repre
sentative of the Executive Council
of Chamber of Commerce, urged
that the Council move forward on
the proposal inasmuch as no other
bids for the plant had been sub
mitted. Action on the Company
proposal had been deferred at the
Dec. 1st. Council meeting await
ing offers from other interested
parties which had not been sub
mitted before the meeting Thurs
day night.
State Representative Pete De
veau, attending the meeting, ex
pressed a doubt if the 50„000 pound
facility would handle the needs
but urged that the Council take
the step to encourage private bus
iness to enter Kodiak area, “from
a practical viewpoint, it is neces
sary that something be done with
the cold storage plant by private
enterprise even if it does not satis
fy the desires of a segment of
local fishermen” Deveau stated.
Deveau also expressed hope that
the ferry system w-ould aid in the
development of a market for fish
and allied products and for the
marketing of beef in Anchorage.
“If the ferry system receives pro
per treatment by the Alaska legis
ature and the measure is stepped
up, we may have unitized cargo
vans operating off the ferries with
in two years allowing a much
cheaper freight rate between here
and the mainland,” Deveau said.
Councilman Frost made the mo
tion that the City submit the Coun
ter proposal to King Crab and it
was immediately passed by the
entire Council present. If King
Crab accepts the offer it will later
come up before the voters for final
decision at a date to be set later.
City Manager Bill Poland was re
quested by the Council to continue
communications with Victor Fisch
er, assistant head of the Alaska
Housing Authority, requesting that
he appear here as soon as possible
to discuss a comprehensive plann
ing and zoning setup for the en
tire area. Fischer, who has been
in charge of Urban Renewel for
the Housing Authority, has said
that he can appear before local
people by the middle of January.
The final readings to exclude
Holiday, Crooked, & Popoff is
lands from the city limits were
accepted and passed on by the
city fathers. Mayor Coon presided
at the interesting session and all
Councilmen except Breehan were
present.
Cardinal Spellman
Plans Visit Dec. 19
His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, Archbishop of New
York and Military Vicar for the
United^ States Armed Forces, has
accepted an invitation from Lieu
tenant General Frank A. Arm
strong Jr., (Commander In Chief
Alaska, to visit the Alaskan Com
mand during the Christmas sea
son.
He is scheduled to arrive at the
Naval Station here at 2:45 p.m.
December lGth where he will be
met by the Commandant and Staff.
At 4 p.m. he is slated to visit with
patients in the Naval Hospital.
Pontifical Low Mass will be con
ducted at 5:30 by the Cardinal,
after which time His Eminence
will shake hands with the congre
gation. At 7:30 he will have dinner
in the Civilian Club.
The holiday trip is in keeping
with a long-standing custom for
Cardinal Spellman normally spends
the Christmas holidays with ser
vicemen stationed abroad. In re
cent years, Korea, Alaska, and
Greenland have been favored.
The Cardinal’s first visit this
year while in Alaska will be paid
to military installations in the
Anchorage area. He will arrive
December 16th at Anchorage In
ternational Airport where he will
be welcomed by Geneial Arm
strong, other senior military com
manders, and by military Cha
plains.
After visiting the Kodiak Naval
Station, he will fly to Galena Air
Force Station and other military
stations in the Fairbanks area.
On December 22nd, he will de
part for Greenland.
Swimming Peel Plans Are Advaneed
A swimming pool for Kodiak
went one step closer to reality fol
lowing a report from a committee
studying the proposal, at the meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday.
Plans complete with drawings
and specifications of the proposed
indoor pool have been drawn up
by LUG Dick Schultz of the Naval
Station. A committee headed by
Dr. Bruce Keers lias been formed.
The committee will be made up by
representatives from various or
ganizations in the city.
A detailed report of the proceed
ings of the meeting of representa
tives at the Alaska State Tourist
Convention held at Juneau, was
given by Art Brooks.
The Chamber members present
backed the Spruce Cape Property
Owners Association in their efforts
to have the dry dump in that area
moved to another location.
Mobile X-Ray Unit
Here Next Week
For Free Clinic
The mobile x-ray unit of the
Alaska Division of Health will
conduct a free clinic in Kodiak
from December 12th thru Decem
ber 16th to fight tuberculosis, ac
cording to word from health
outhorities.
The facility will be at the Kodiak
Health Center Monday thru Thurs
day, December 12-15 and will be
available for chest x-rays every
day 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning
and 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon.
On Friday, December 16th, the
unit will be located at the National
Guard Armory. Chest x-rays will
also be given Monday-Wednesday
& Friday night at the above loca
tions.
Early x-ray is one of the best
ways to uncover hidden causes of
tuberculosis and other chest di
seases that fail to give warning
signals, according to health author
ities.
This free clinic is available to
all residents of the area over 2
years of age and has proven to be a
valuable aid in detecting diseases
of the chest before symptoms be
come noticeable
Early Life FDR
Opens Here Dec. 17
The courage of a man, crippled
by polio, but who later became the
only man to sit in the White House
as President for four terms is
vividly portrayed at the Orpheum
Theatre Sunday, Dec. 17th when
“Sunrise at Campobello” begins a
limited engagement. It of course,
is the life of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt with veteran actor, Raph
Bellamy, living the life of FDR on
the screen as he did earlier on the
stage.
This moving story of FDR, ten
years before he became President
when he was attempting to over
come the ravages of polio, has
one of America’s finest casts with
Greer Garson as Eleanor Roosevelt;
Hume Cronyn, of the stage, as
Louis Howe, FDR’s close friend
and advisor; and a host of other
talented actors potraying his
children, his mother, and his
friends before becoming President.
Dore Schary, former executive
producer at MGM and a great ad
mirer of the former President,
wrote the award winning stage
play that stayed on Broadway for
two years. Kodiak theatre goers
will enjoy the family-loving early
life of FDR as re-created on the
screen in technicolor by Bellamy.
Thanks were extended
Thanks were extended the Ko
diak Police, the National Guard
and Shore Patrol for finding two
missing boys, the eight and twelve
year old sons of Mr. and Mrs. Hix
on by their parents. The youngsters
were found under the docks near
the D & A. store.
13 Shopping Days
Left
Till Christmas
Kodiak Airways Begins New Flight Plan
Pictured is the Kodiak Airways plane just prior to its takeoff on
the inaugural flight following the company’s certification by CAR.
The plane began its regular scheduled service for the Island, Mon
day at 11 a.m. On hand for the takeoff were Postmaster Bill Lamme,
Bob Acheson of D and A, and Walter Kraft of O. Kraft & Son. The
latter is not pictured. In the plane is pilot Gil Jarvela. Mayor Merrill
Coon and Bob Hall, owner of the Airways.
Methodist Bishop
Here December 23
Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy, resi
dent Bishop of the Methodist
church for the Los Angeles area
and President of the Council of
Bishops of the Methodist church,
will be an honored guest Friday
afternoon, December 23rd, of the
Kodiak Naval Station.
Bishop & Mrs. Kennedy accept
ed an invitation from Lt. General
Frank A. Armstrong Jr., Com
mander in Chief, Alaska, to visit
servicemen and their families in
the 49t.h State during the Christ
mas season.
While in Kodiak, Bishop Ken
nedy will visit with patients in the
Station Hospital, be guest of honor
at a Chapel dinner, and conduct
services in the Kodiak Station
Chapel. He will return to Anchor
age Saturday morning.
The present visit to Alaska will
be somewhat of a homecoming,
for when Bishop Kennedy became
Resident Bishop of Portland, Ore
gon in 1918, Methodist activities
in Alaska came under his office.
During his four year stay in Port
land he made several visits to
Alaska.
KING GEORGE, VA. (/P) —The
General deer hunting season is
underway in Virginia. But Mrs.
Juanita Callahan would rather not
discuss it.
A non-hunter, she bagged two
deer she didn’t want the other
night and has two smashed cars
to prove it.
Mrs. Callahan took one of the
two family cars out for a drive near
her King George county home and
killed a deer which ran in front
of the vehicle.
Returning home in the badly
damaged vehicle, she took out the
second car and struck a second
deer.
State Fish & Game Board To Meet Here
Fall Meeting Ends With New Proposals
JUNEAU <#> — The State Board
of Fish & Game selected Kodiak
for it’s Spring meeting although
the exact dates were not set as
it ended it’s annual Fall meeting by
completing 1961 commercial fish
ing regulations for western Alaska.
The Fall meeting had been extend
ed to ten days.
Major actions by areas included
Kodiak where troll fishing will be
permitted in 1961; a salmon sea
son from June 1 to Sept. 30th with
weekly fishing periods of three
days during July and parts of
June-August in some districts;
five day period for the remainder
of the season.
Set netting will be permitted
only by those persons who have
resided in the Kodiak area for one
year immediately prior to date of
fishing. Beach seines 225 fathoms
in length will be permitted. All
waters in immediate Kodiak vi
cinity will be closed to sport fish
ing.
During pink spawning period,
it will be closed to subsistence fish
ing. Kodiak channel from Small
Boat Harbor to Spruce Cape will
De ciosea to commercial ana sud
sistence fishing; also Alaska Pen
insula, Chignik and Aleutian Is
lands. Opening of area northwest
of Port Heiden July 17th; opening
Ilnik Lagoon to gillnet fishery;
opening section from Black Hills
to Moffit Point.
Section between Three Hills
and Cape Seniavin will be closed;
drift nets will not be permitted
between Kenmore Head and Ku
preanof Point. Minimum distance
between set nets is reduced to
900 feet, Nelson Lagoon excepted.
The distance between set nets and
purse seines is reduced to 500
feet. Set nets will be excluded in
Chignik area.
Little League
Receives Donation
The Kodiak Litte League kitty
was richer by $35.50 following
receipt of that amount from the
Fleet Reserve Association, it Was
announced by Curley Wilson, presi
dent of the League.
The amount are proceeds from
a smoker held by the Association,
August 10.