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Co. cannery at Moser Bay. This
makes the 52nd trip for him across
the Gulf which he crossed in com
pany wtih APA’s new huge Ptar
migan. The Ptarmigan (135’ is
several feet longer than the Heron.
Skippered by Hubert Urich she
will tender salmon (brine tanks)
and then be fishing crab here. Lit
tle Joe tells us that when they
came across from Cape Spencer it
took them four hours to pass
through the Russian trawl fleet
offshore here . . . and constantly
was forced to zigzag through them.
Incidentally. Little Joe introduced
purse seines to Kodiak salmon
fishing.
&
Skipper Norm Holm figures he
will have his Neptune ready to
.start bringing in crab for King
Crab. Inc., in about a week or so.
£
Brothers Jack and Oren Diamond
iare going south to pick up a 98’
boat Many will recall that they
usta own both the Richard D and
the 100' Diamond D. This is accord
* ing to Bobbie Robinson who intro
! duced me to them. Bobbie is still
; with Skipper Oscar Dyson’s Robbie
i which just got a new glass job
j finished.
£
Have you heard about APA’s
j new instant communication? The
j Air Force technician civilan Ralph
' Poeschel, left Thursday evening
j after completing the installation of
i a teletype machine in the APA
offices. It is one link in a closed
I circuit comprised of Kodiak, An
■ chorage. Cordova, Seattle, San
; Francisco, Blaine and King Salmon.
• The salmon line is all ready for
reds. King Crab, Inc.’s Ervin Thies
i sen tells us. Couple more king
crabbers joined their fleet too this
' week . . . Skipper Friti Deveau’s
Kingfish and Skipper Ron Kepp
linger’s Banshee. Apex Skipper Al
bin Fredericksen and Chacon Skip
per Carl Tuber are already fishing
but so far nothing spectacular has
been located Thiessen sez.
£
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Crewman Jim Brightman of
Skipper Arne Hanson's Sea Quail,
sez they sighted one big Russ ship
Tuesday . . .and they observed a
Russ whaler chasing down a whale
. . . "real bum shots . . . missed
twice,” Jim the Beard sed.
&
Seems to be an awful lotta ac
tivity going on in Carl Rodli’s Ko
diak Suppliers section of the De
veau building. Really expanding
fast and we understand via the
grapevine we are to be pleasantly
surprised when they get finished.
While pokin’ around there I ran
into Ron Hogan who will be skip
pering the Billiken this season . . .
he had transmitter troubles. What
he told me was almost incredible!
Sed he “saw Big Les (of Tony’s
Bar fame) slapping a paint brush
against Skipper Mike Hansen’s
Miss Arctic!” Wonder if’n there
was any paint in the can! Imagine
Big Les WORKING. Von’ll never
believe it!
X
I ain’t been able to check it out
but got a pretty reliable report that
five Japanese fishing boats passed
through Unimak Pass heading this
away on last Thursday. My inform
ant, unacquainted with fishing,
sed, “There was one big ship and
four smaller ones and they had
bird cages on deck” Interesting
No? Gov. Egan is in Tokyo now
. . . and that’s just the place he
should start screamin’ bloody mur
der if’n these “bird cage” boats are
king crabbers cornin’ here.
X
Most everyone is getting pretty
disgusted with the Russians blan
keting and blacking out everyone
on the marine radio band. Can’t
hardly hear even ACS any more!
Another informant tells me she
heard the M/V Eclipse, which is
chartered to tag for the Interna
tional Halibnt Commission, report
they lost 3% skates of gear to the
Russian trawling fleet. Another re
port is that a cruiser of the Rus
sian navy, complete with uni
formed men, has now joined their
fleet of 155 vessels hereabouts.
X
Alaska Ice & Storage Manager
Bix Bonney tells us over 55 vessels
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had cleared through here for area
3A as of Wednesday and 35 had
offloaded at the plant. Close to one
million pounds of halibut has been
shipped out already and they are
nearing the lVfe million pound
mark now. Their expansion pro
gram continues to come along as
scheduled he sez.
t
The Vita, Henning J, and Fort
ress continue shrimping but now
have to fish an average of four
days and still don’t get real big
loads, according to East Point Sea
food Manager Jim Major, whose
Office Manager Shirley Fillis, sez
most of the catch is being frozen
into logs with very little canning.
Their good news, and good news
for canneryworkers too, is that it
appears very possible they will be
able to continue operating during
the salmon season.
&
Ray Martin Jr.’s fresh king crab
plant shipped out a giant king crab
on Thursday morning addressed to
Astronaut John Glenn who is visit
ing in Anchorage.
RUMMAGE SALE
There will be a Rummage Sale,
June 8, next Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s School’s
large classroom.
George Ameigh Is
Back In Town Now
George Ameigh arrived back in
town for a week to 10 days visit.
Accompanying him on his trip is
Bob Jacobsen of Hayward, Calif.,
The two arq planning out a full
schedule of hunting and fishing n
ihe area. According to George the
two will “get a few of those Bus
kin River Red Salmon, go out after
a 300-pound halibut or two, def
initely get some Monashka Bay
Ocean Black Bass, hunt a few seal
and/or sea lions, and maybe even
try for a record Kodiak Brown
Bear. ... I guess we are too early
to get a deer or elk though.”
Miss Laurel Earl
To Be June Bride
In California Rites
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson wish
to announce the engagement and
forthcoming marriage of Laurel
Louise Earl, daughter of Mrs.
Laura B. Johnson of Kodiak, to
Robert Charles Bolden, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert T. Bolden of
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
The wedding is planned for June
18 at Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN OREGON
Word was received this week of
the death of Mrs. Margaret Con
ners, a former resident of Kodiak.
Mrs. Conners has been confined
in a nursing home in Ashland, Ore.,
the past few years. She died
Wednesday of last week.
MOLESTING CHARGE
Robert Berg, 18. was arrested
Thursday on a charge of child mo
lesting involving a 4*6 year old girl
and 5*4 year old boy. The alleged
incident occurred Tuesday, May 23,
and he will be arraigned before
Deputy Magistrate Mabel Fenner
today, according to City Police
Chief Jack Rhines.
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