VOL. 23, NO. 22 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 31, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Things are beginning to liven up
around the waterfront with im
proved weather resulting in more
clams down APA way, more shrimp
down East Point Seafoods, and a
few more crab down at King Crab,
Inc.
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Holy Toledo! Cannery workers
down APA way were pleasantly
surprised this week when they
opened their pay envelopes and
found their pay had been hiked
seven cents per hour. Company of
ficials made no comment and the
hike was an unexpected surprise
to everyone the girls told us Thurs
day night. As Donna said upon
lookin’ over her check: “Hello
Der!”
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Everyone seems busy down an
the boat harbor . . . lots of paint
brushes slapping and engine over
hauling goin’ on. Barney Corgatel
li, Jr., just put a new 110 h.p. Wau
kesha diesel in his Michelle M anil
with his crew of Alfred Torgram
sin and Dave Boyd, plans to join
Tiny Cichoski and his Skippy anil
head for Prince William Sound - i
the 10th. Skipper Curley’s Arrow
also will fish the Cordova area,
crewman Mike Vackaryous sez. On
Wednesday the Evangel was up on
the grid and Benny Grotecloss was
seen unloading a new 10’ skiff he
got from Fred Brechan.
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Skipper Maurice Paige was busy
overhauling the Lois V engine and
shortly plans to pick up crab gear
at Port Bailey. He may go for sal
mon too, he said.
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That long slim looking vessel
flying the Canadian flag in the
boat harbor is the TW Islander
whom some of you may recall was
here last summer on her fui seal
research trip north.
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Skipper Jim Cuthbert’s Yukon
is sportin’ a new coat of paint
largely applied by crewmen “Little
John” Eckhart and Glen Evans.
Down the float aways we saw Bill
Cuthbert’s Selif preparing for a
new paint job.
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New owners of the Dolphin, a
49.3 registered keel length Alaska
limit vessel, are Walter Osterback,
Sr., and his son of the same name.
Young Osterback will be operating
her out of Sand Point mostly and
for salmon, halibut and crab. They
bought her from Arnold Mathisen
who will be skippering the Sea
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Finally got to meet the well
known “Little Joe” Syrian, who is
skippering APA’s Parakeet which
just arrived here from Anacortes
this week. Little Joe seems to know
everyone in the fish game and that
is probably because he has been
fishing Kodiak since 1937 and
used to own the Far North Packing
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Sells First VFW Buddy Poppy
Pretty little Suzanne Wilson, VFW Baby Show Queen and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wilson, PHI, makes the first sale of a VFW
Poppy to Capt. Gee, commanding officer of the Kodiak Naval Station
as Pye Watson, VFW leader, looks on approvingly. Winners of the
prizes for selling the most poppies were: On-Base: Bill Anderson
and Diane Abston, 1st and 2nd prizes. Frances McClaernon, 3rd. In
town the winners were: Arnette, Kenneth and Keith Klockenbrink,
1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners respectively.
AI Hochberger
Our banker, Al Hochberger, vice
president of the National ltank
of Alaska, is leaving Kodiak
June 15 and will be operating his
own business in Iowa. Read his
comments about Kodiak and the
Kodiak people on Page 2.
TOMMY MADSEN BETTER
The many young friends of Tom
mv Madsen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Madsen, will undoubtedly be
happy to hear that Tommy is now
feeling much better. Tommy had
his appendix removed last week
and complications had set in which
made him one very sick lad for a
few days.
Aircraft Carrier
Two Submarines
Coming To Kodiak
Two submarines, one a missile
sub, and an anti-submarine air
craft carrier are scheduled to put
into port here, according to word
given Alaska’s congressional dele
gation by Navy Secretary Korth.
The missile sub, the USS Growl
er, is expected in Kodiak in mid
June.
The aircraft carrier, the USS
Bennington and the submarine
USS Spinaz are scheduled in Ko
diak Aug. 17-18 and 24-25.
A total of 13 Navy ships are
tentatively scheduled to visit vari
ous Alaska ports during the sum
mer months. Among them ar.e five
destroyers, a radar destroyer es
cort, an oiler and an icebreaker.
Late Bulletins
A Coast Guard Search and Res
cue plane with a naval station doc
tor aboard departed Kodiak at 9:23
this morning to rendezvous with
the t'shing vessel Alsek at. Port
Williams and effect evacuation of
an injured or sick fisherman, Glen
E. Melville. Nature of the man’s
illness was not given. The distress
call from the halibut vessel was re
layed to the Coast Guard by the
Sea Quail, according to the C.G.
duty off5cer.
Salmon Price Settlement Still Not
In Sight; Fishermen Want Guarantee
No progress has been effected as
yet insofar as settlement of a con
tract between fishermen and can
neries is concerned.
“I met with Kadiak Fisheries
General Superintendent Chuck
Turner last week and we discussed
the general situation and compared
figures,” said Lloyd Cannon, presi
dent of the United fishermen’s
Marketing Association, adding,
“but we didn’t go into details on
fish prices and as yet I would only
be able to say that things remain
much the same as they were the
week before. The fishermen have
been ready and willing to negoti
ate for the past three weeks.”
Cannon said that the matter of a
limit had been brought up and it
was suggested that the contract
contain provisions under which the
fish limit per man per day be regu
lated by the contract should the
need arise to put fishermen under
a limit as happened with all can
neries excepting one, which ac
cepted all fish caught by their
fishermen during all but two days
of the entire season last year.
Cannon intimated that the fisher
men will also ask for a season guar
antee similar to that the canneries
give in their contract arrangements
with machinists and other cannery
workers brought up from Outsde.
“Some of our boys feel that there
should be a similar contract ar
rangement for fishermen who in
some years not only do not make
any money but actually go into the
hole for the season,” Cannon said.
“We definitely will not fish for
any cannery that does not sign a
contract this year,” he stated.
The marketing association’s ne
gotiating committee has suggested
to Chuck Turner, general superin
tendent of Kadiak Fisheries, that
the fishermen would consider ac
cepting last year’s prices on a per
fish basis, not on a per pound ba
O.K. NAVAL HOUSING
The Armed Services Committee
early this week approved requests
of the defense department for
building of 250 units for the Ko
diak Naval Station.
sis, according to Oscar Dyson who
said, “The fishermen seem to gem
erally feel that the per poundage
basis should be tested out in the
Cordova area first.”
Malaspina Unable
To Visit Kodiak
Before departing for his good
will tour of Japan, Gov. William
Egan wired the Kodiak Mirror to
regretfully advise it was not pos
sible to include Kodiak as a port
of call for the Malaspina when she
makes her trip to Anchorage and
other mainland communities next
month.
“Regret inability arrange clear
ance for Malaspina travel open wa
ters to Kodiak on forthcoming visit
to north of Gulf of Alaska area,”
Eigan wired, adding, “However, ii
will be a great day for me, as I
know it will be for Kodiak resi
dents, when the vessel which will
serve your area goes into operation
next year.”
Senior Little
League Teams
Organized Here
A Pony or Senior Little League
has been organized with teams tioW
organized for both the base and the
town, according to Victor Marcdril
who is manager of the “Dodgers,”
the town team.
Vic Igartua is manager of the
base team, the “Giants.”
Boys in the ages of from 13 to.15
are eligible to participate in this
league. Marconi advised.
Beginning Saturday the teams
will alternate playing in town and
on base. The first encounter be
tween the Dodgers and the Giants
will begin at 6 p.m. at Carl Coon
Memirial Ball Park near the Arm
ory. The fololwing week the teams
will play on base, and thereafter .al
ternate. Games in town will begin
at 6 p.m while those on base will
begin at 3 p.m., Marconi said
Let's Play Ball!
Little Leaguers line the field at Carl Coon Memorial Parik at the
Grand Opening of Little League season last Saturday. Some pretty
lopsided scores resulted from the first games played this past week.
On Saturday the Braves battered down Alaska Ice & Storage 34 to 3
while the Outdoorsmen similarly whipped the Elks by 27 to 7. In a
closer game, Kraft’s got 5 home to the Red Sox’s 1. On Monday,
TraO’s were again on top over the Elks by 21 to 12.