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Councilmen Receptive To KYC
And Swimming Pool Projects
Persons trying to expand local
recreational facilities, especially
for Kodiak’s youth, last night found
city councilmen in a generally re
ceptive and sympathetic mood.
After listening to reports by
three adult members of the recent
ly-organized Kodiak Youth Council
of its efforts and its desire to estab
lish a recreation center near the
National Guard Armory, and hear
ing Rep. Pete Deveau’s progress re
port on his efforts towards con
structing a swimming pool in the
same general area, the council ap
proved a move instructing the city
manager to investigate the possi
bilities of leasing portions of the
area for the proposed projects once
the city acquires the land.
At present the state is in the
process of acquiring the land in
volved from the federal govern
ment so that it can then turn it
Halibut Derby To
Start July 7th
First Prize in this year’s Halibut
Derby sponsored by The Kodiak
Outdoorsmen is a 14-foot Elgin
Aluminum boat.
Season tickets for the 1962 Ko
diak Outdoorsmen Halibut Derby
are $5. The tickets will cover any
halibut caught in the area from
Chiniak Point to and including
Monoshka Bay. Dates this year are:
July 7-8, July 14-15, July 21-22.
Fishermen Will
Vote On Prices
Agreement between Kodiak Is
land fishermen and canneries
moved a step closer this morning
after industry negotiators made a
new offer. Members of the Kodiak
Marketing Association will be
polled today and tomorrow on the
new offer, according to Lloyd Can
non. association president who has
been heading the association s ne
gotiating committee. Earlier this
week the association asked a five
percent increase in fish prices
which amounted to approximately
two cents per fish. Members voting
around the island turned down al
most unanimously an industry offer
of one cent per fish increase.
The new offer, which may result
in a settlement, would give fisher
men an increase of three cents on
“Dogs,” 1% cent on “Pinks,” 2
cents on Silvers, and 2Vz cents on
Reds.
Kodiak Airways
Subsidy Doubled
Washington </P)—'The Civil Aero
nautics Board has proposed to dou
ble the mail subsidy rate of Kodiak
Airways, Kodiak. The CAB said
the temporary rate now in effect
produces about $33,000 in annual
subsidies. The order becomes ef
fective within eight days if no ob
jections are filed and would give
£ airline, for the period from
Dec. 5, I960, through Dec. 31, 1961,
a total of $69,442.
over to the city. Rep. Deveau read
a letter from National Guard Adju
tant General Thomas P. Carroll to
the effect that the land he desired
for the swimming pool could be
leased to a non-profit organization
such as he envisions.
Representing and speaking on
behalf of the Kodiak Youth Coun
cil were Dan Steadman, Phil An
derson and Bob Spencer.
The land area involved is south
west from Carl Coon Park behind
the Armory toward downtown.
Kodiak Ferryboat
Bid: $4,239,000
Juneau (/P)—Kodiak was another
major step closer today to realiza
tion of its share of the state’s “Ma
rine Highway System” when bids
were opened on the construction of
the Kodiak-Mainland Ferryboat.
Richard A. Downing, Alaska
Commissioner of Public Works,
said it will take considerable time
to evaluate the bids.
Puget Sound Bridge and Dry
dock Co., Seattle, was apparent
low bidder among four bidders
with a basic bid of $4,239,000 and
a 12-month delivery date. The firm
is already building three other fer
ries for the Southeastern Alaska
Ferry System.
Boy Scout Camp
Van Evergreen
Opens With 54
Fifty-four boys, 18 of them from
Adak, were on hand yesterday for
the opening day ceremonies of Boy
Scout Camp Van Evergreen located
on the naval station.
Thirteen of the scouts are from
town Troop 625 and 23 are from
Troop 626 on the base. The 18
scouts from Troop 651 at Adak
were flown to Kodiak via Elmen
dorf AFB and they arrived on
Wednesday evening.
The scout encampment at Camp
Van Evergreen is an annual two
week event.
Lt. Cmdr. J. H. Vaughn greeted
the scouts with a welcoming ad
dress at the opening day cere
monies Thursday.
Armed Bandit
Robs Cabbie
An armed but unmasked bandit
early this morning pulled a gun
from under his jacket and shoved
it in front of Mecca Cab Driver
Dick Parke and subsequently re
lieved him of about $65 in cash.
The bandit had gone to the Mec
ca Cab Stand where he was picked
up as a fare to the Beachcombers
at about 1 a.m. by driver Dick
Parke. On the way to the Beach
combers at about the junction of
Spruce Street and Mission Road
the man, who was sitting alongside
Parke on the front seat, pulled a
gun from under his belt and jacket
and asked, “Do you know what
this is? Parke replied, “Of course,
it‘s a nine-shot 22 calibre pistol.”
The man put the gun back inside
his jacket and when the cab ap
proached the Beachcombers he
again whipped it out, pointed it at
Parke and said: “This is the real
thing. . . . keep driving.”
Parke drove on down to the Mill
Bay road cutoff and then on to
about where the planes are parked
alongside Big Lake where the ban
dit ordered him to stop. The gun
man then tore the radio phone out
and took about $65 from Parke’s
wallet.
He then walked around and,
using his left hand, shook hands
with Parke and told him “not to do
anything foolish.” Whereupon the
cabbie left the scene without any
further urging. He drove on into
town to the police station and re
ported the incident.
Police Chief Vickery was on
hand and immediately called the
Montmartre and gave them a de
scription of the bandit and told
them to keep a lookout for him.
Three suspects were checked out
within a short time by police of
ficers. State Patrolman Hussey is
out of town at present so the city
police handled the matter.
The gunman was described by
Parke as being “about 30 years old,
weighs about 140, about 5’7” tall,
has a protruding lower lip and is
wearing a black leather jacket and
peaked bill cap. Police are contin
uing their search for the gunman
at this writing.
This is believed to be the first
armed robbery in Kodiak.
Five Eminent Scientists Arriving
Today To Investigate Kodiak Island
The arrival of a group of five
eminent scientists, two from Swe
den, one from Canada, ad two
Americans, is expected here today,
according to Will Troyer, Refuge
Manager of the Kodiak Island
Wildlife Refuge for the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service here.
Dr. Thor Karlstrom, Geologist,
Alaska Terrain & Permafrost Sec
tion, U.S. Geological Survey out of
Washington, D.C., will head the
group of prominent scientists, each
world-renouned in his own profesr
sional field of study.
The group’s study will center
around the Karluk Quadrangle
(south end of the island) and last
several weeks. The study is off;
daily listed as: “Kodiak Island
Glacial Refugium Investigations,
1962.”
Accompanying Dr. Karlstrom
will be: Dr. Eric Hulten of Swe
den, one from Canada, and two
Sweden, Entomologist; Dr. George
Ball of Canada, Entomologist; and
Dr. Robert Rausch, Zoologist, Arc
tic Health Research Center, An
chorage.
Geologist Karlstrom will be do
ing a reconnaissance job of field
mapping on southwest Kodiak Is
land in the Wildlife Refuge west
of 154 W. Long., and north of 57
N. Lat.
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Gaia Fourth of July Celebration Is
Shaping Up; Still Need Some Helpers
A full schedule of events is shap
ing up to assure this will be the big
gest and best 4th of July celebra
tion in the island’s history, accord
ing to Carl Rodli who has been co
ordinating the various plans com
mittees, and events.
A gala Independence Day Dance
will be held at the Elk’s Club be
ginning at 9 p.m. on the 3rd but
stretching well into the early morn
ing hours of the 4th!
The 4th of July Parade will be
gin at 9 a.m. and will be complete
with military band, floats, march
ing units and pretty girls.
Immediately following the pa
rade will be the official flag rais
in ceremonies at the small boat
harbor. The Toastmasters will pro
vide an orator to deliver the speech
for the occasion.
Kid games begin at 10 a.m. as
does operation of the Rotary Kid
die Train.
The annual Marathon Races will
start at noon. Two events are pres
ently scheduled for this event: one
race from the Ad building on the
base to town, and another for
younger sprinters from the base
gate to town.
Two baseball games are sched
uled by town teams of the Little
League at Carl Coon Park; one
slated for 2 p.m., another to start
at 4 p.m.
At 8 p.m. in the evening a
Smoker will be staged at the Na
tional Guard Armory and a spec
tacular fireworks display will be
gin at 10:30 p.m. to culminate the
day’s activities.
There will be a Midway at the
small boat harbor. The Fleet Re
serve Association is handling
booths for the midway, Rodli ad
vises.
For those interested in swim
ming, Pete Deveau is opening his
swimming pool located at his resi
dence up on 6th Street near the
high school for the public. There
exists a need for .lifeguards for
this and anyone interested in being
a lifeguard at the Deveau pool is
asked to contact Carl Rodli at 486
—5375.
“We also hope to get all veterans
of World War I on the ball for this
year’s celebration. They are asked
to contact Chuck Edris or Lou
Veerman,” said Rodli.
“Those desiring to enter the
Marathon races should contact
John Lotz, 487—2233, or John Wal
ler, 486—5190.
“Also I am hoping that we might
be able to organize a street dance,
with particular emphasis on square
dancing,” Rodli advised, adding,
“anyone interested in helping to
organize a street square dance for
the night of the 4th please contact
me.”
Budget Approved,
Raise Tax 1 Mill
After approving a city budget
prepared by the city administra
tion, the city council last night gave
its approval to a resolution raising
property taxes by 1 mill this year.
The budget total of $371,534.55
includes $121,650 for schools with
the balance of $249,884.55 repre
senting the budget total for the
city's general fund.
The resolution establishes a rate
of levy on real property taxes to
be used for municipal purposes at
7.0 mills and for school purposes
at 12.5 mills for the tax year be
ginning Jan. 1, 1962, through De
cember 31, 1962.
It was brought to the council’s
attention that the school district
anticipates a 14% increase in stu
dent enrollment during the coming
year.
Along The Waterfront
Though the red salmon season
is under way now and reports indi
cate “fair to good fish signs” most
local fishermen remain “on the
beach.” Many of the local boats
have left the small boat harbor to
pick up seines and gear at various
canneries or villages so that they
will be ready to “pull the pin and
let ’er go” whenever an agreement
is reached on fish prices.
&
The boat “Forward” brought in
a small load of halibut to the local
cold storage and is tied up getting
“oil pressure” trouble fixed. The
“Forward” was crabbing this last
fall and winter but switched over
to halibut after Capt. Jenson took
her over this spring.
&
Mayor Merrill Coon, down at his
Standard Oil dock, tells us that
there have been a lot of halibut
boats in fueling up in the past few
days. “Otherwise I guess you could
say it would be quite quiet as not
many salmon rigs have been in as
yet,” he added. (We have heard re
ports from others that Mayor Coon
may take to wearing broad-rimmed
hats while out on the dock—due
to his recent messy encounter with
an unusually accurate divebombing
seagull!)
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Supervisor Bob Springhill at
King Crab, Inc., advises that they
have been running through a “few
crab on a very limited operation."
They expect to process salmon
again this Saturday and got in
about 5,000 reds last week we un
derstand. Though a few seiners
were operating down around Kar
luk most of the fish is from gill
netters.
&
On Tuesday the Coast Guard
towed in the “Pacific Wave," a
Prince Rupert Co-op halibut boat
which broke down with engine
trouble. Skipper Mickey Bush has
her tied up now in the small boat
harbor waiting for a repairman
from Anchorage.
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We note that Manager Howard
Wakefield of the local cold storage
has been on hand to greet most all
the halibut boats that have been
in recently.
X
Maurice “Red" Burnham’s Ko
diak Welding Works has been
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