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VOL. 22, NO. 39 KODIAK, ALASKA. SEPTEMBER 28, 19G2 PRICE TEN CENTS
These Five Men Seek City Council Positions
Brvan Martin
Bill Worth
Carl Rodli
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Nick Frost
Jan IJeukers
Beginning Of The End?
Russian Trawl Fleet Forces Kodiak King
Crabbers Out Of Prime Fishing Grounds
“The Russians forced us right
out of one of our prime King Crab
bing areas this week,” Skipper Lee
Andrich of the vessel Merganser
told the Kodiak Mirror yesterday
afternoon.
“A fleet of 14 Russian vessels
moved into the Twoheaded Island
area early in the week. One of the
, two huge motherships in the fleet
was anchored in about 45 fathoms
of water about 8V2 miles offshore
and southeast of Twoheaded Is
land on Tuesday . . . they’re well
within sight of our shore,” And
rich stated.
“They have three huge 180 to
190-foot stern trawlers and nine
smaller trawlers about 110 to 120
feet in length. The three larger
trawlers just seem to be moving
around but the smaller vessels are
all busy fishing with their huge
otter trawls,” he said.
LOSING CRAB POTS
“A number of our Kodiak crab
bers have lost abnormally large
amounts of pots and it can’t be
attributed to tide or weather as we
have been crabbing that area for
a long while now. The loss of pots
and gear has occurred since the
arrival of the Russian fleet and
their trawlers,” he said, adding
“It’s impossible for us to attempt
pot fishing in the midst of such a
huge trawling operation that
sweeps the bottom clean, taking
not only bottom fish and crab, but
our pots as well. We were forced
to pick up our pots and leave.”
“About three weeks ago we went
alongside a huge Russian whaling
ship in the area. They seemed a
friendly bunch and traded us their
cigarettes for some crab and a bot
tle of good cheer,” Andrich said.
“We went alongside several of
the trawlers as they were traveling
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... Winding.. .
The Main Stem
In question form:
What Kodiak financial “tycoon”
was seen modeling blond wigs in
the Belmont Cafe this week?
What postmaster of an Alaskan
island city locked in two patrons
as he was closing up shop during
the week?
Howcum our state department
is so concerned about Russian fish
ing vessels off the Coast of Florida
and completely indifferent to those
in Alaskan waters?
Are Kodiak residents going to
have a complete city public budget
report the same as other Alaskan
communities?
Is it true that the Democrats are
more worried about Rep. Ralph
Rivers chances than any other can
didate?
— Kodiak Kapsules —
(By Bill Mason)
We paid four cents out of our
pocket this week to pick up a
postage due letter from Anchor
age from a young upstart who
for five long pages carried on
the most vicious attempt at char
acter assassination on Alaska s
junior U.S. Senator Ernest
Gruening we have ever seen in a
political campaign.
We are not going to dignify
the author of the postage due
letter by printing his name, and
we have a further hunch that
very little wlil be heard of him
after November’s elections.
* * * *
Then there’s a fellow back in
Ohio who says, “We’ll bet 10 to 1
that Uncle Sam will be the first
to offer interplanetary aid.”
* * * *
Dr. Carl Von Hoffman, world
traveler and adventurer who was
in Kodiak earlier this month,
left the island complaining that
while we know how to catch sal
mon we don’t know how to cook
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Cornin' Events
Sept. 29-30—Alaskan State Elks
Bowling Tourney, Elks Lanes.
Saturday, Sept. 29
Bowling Banquet at Elks Hall
starting at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30
Attend the church of your choice
today.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Kodiak Outdoorsmen meeting,
National Guard Armory, 8 p.m.
Democratic Party Meeting and
election, Fishermen’s Hall, 8 p.m.
City and School Board Elections,
City Hall, 8 a m. to 8 p.m.
Kodiak On March,
Population, Wealth
On Big Upswing
Kodiak is on a definite up
swing towards a population
growth and tremendous econom
ic development, facts and figures
released at Thursday’s Chamber
of Commerce meeting con
firmed.
Leading the array of figures
was Ed Franklin, manager of
Aleutian Homes, which he esti
mates comprises one-third of the
city’s housing. He reported that
276 homes are occupied today
—an increase of 65 since Jan. 1
1962, with the bulk coming in the
past six weeks.
Franklin pointed out that slight
ly more than 65 per cent is a result
of military families with the re
mainder due to civilian occupancy,
a swing from the picture in 1954
when the homes were completed.
He said he had only 24 units re
maining until complete occupancy
of the available homes in the 340
home subdivision. Using Aleutian
Homes as an index, he said that
Kodiak probably had 200 more
families than in January.
SALES TAX UP
City Manager Bill Poland said
that one per cent sales tax collec
tions were up 33 per cent over a
similar period in 1959, while Post
master Bill Lamme pointed out
that he is completely out of rental
boxes although he received 90 units
in April which were to have taken
care of his needs for 10 years, and
how he had ordered two additional
sections capable of accommodating
270 families.
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5 Seek 2 Council Posts, 2 In School
Board Race In Tuesday Elections Here
Approximately 500 Kodiak area
residents are expected to turn out
Tuesday, Oct. Z, to select two coun
cilmen, one member of the Board
of the Kodiak Independent School
District and to pass judgment on
$630,000 in bond issues.
City voters will also vote on a
proposition to sell land to Alaska
Cold Storage, Inc., and to create
a charter commission and to elect
nine men to draft a new charter.
Seeking the two council posts
are five candidates including the
two incumbents, Bill Worth and
Nick Frost. Other aspirants are
Bryan Martin, Carl Rodli and Jan
Beukers. No sharp issues have de
veloped in the camapigns to date.
SCHOOL BOARD RACE
For the first time in the memory
of most Kodiakans there is a race
for the five-year school board post,
being vacated by Gil Jarvela. Seek
ing the position are Phil Anderson
and Emil Norton.
Polling place for both elections
is the City Hall with voting hours
from 8 a m. to 8 p.m.
A list of 25 have been nominated
to serve on the Charter Commis
sion, if the issue is approved, with
the nine receiving the highest vote
to serve. They are Jack Hinckel,
A1 Hoehberger, Charles Powell,
Stan Nelson. Walter Kraft, John
W. “Blackie” Patterson, Frank
Irick, Leon “Ole” Johnson, Gene
Sundberg, Thomas Frost, Jr., Rus
sell Wright, Fred Breehan, Stan
ley Alvine, R. S. ‘ Bob” Acheson,
George Cornelius, Robert Hall,
Emil Norton, Fred Mamaloff, A1
Borton, Al Dickow, DeWitt Fields,
Pete Olson Edgar Burress, Irving
O. Gilbreath, Raymond Albrecht.
Former Policeman
Thwarts Burglary
Friday Morning
An alleged burglary attempt at
the Phil Anderson home on Mill
Bay Road was thwarted about 2
a.m. Friday morning when 28
year-old Frank Purdue, a Coast
Guardsman stationed in Kodiak,
was apprehended by Anderson
and held at gun point until State
Police Officer C. E. Hussey and
city officers arrived.
Mrs. Anderson was awakened
by the noise of someone prowl
ing through the house and awoke
her husband who cornered Pur
due and then called officers.
Purdue was arraigned this
morning before Magistrate Ma
bel Fenner on a burglary count.
Anderson, a candidate for the
Kodiak School Board, also is a
former policeman, having served
on the Fairbanks department.
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Mail Schedule Changes Sunday
Due to changes in the Pacific Northern Airlines schedule
going into effect Sunday. Sept. 30, the mail closing times at the
local post office have been changed, Postmaster William Lamme
announced today. Morning flights are from 5 to 50 minutes later,
he pointed out. while the afternoon flight, daily except Sunday,
is one half hour earlier. ........
Following is the complete schedule of man closing times,
and it is suggested that it be clipped and save for future reference.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY
Morning flights to Anchorage, includes Anchorage and Alaska
mail only—mail closes 9:50 a.m.
Direct flight same days to Seattle, Seattle and States mail only
—mail closes 10:55 a.m.
SUNDAY, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY
Morning flights to Anchorage these 4 days only, includes
Alaska and States mail both closes 10.4j a.m.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Afternoon flights to Anchorage, includes Alaska and States
mail both—closes 3:15 p.m.