Many Boats and Crews Help Rescue
Sea Quail From Marmot Island Rocks
(Ed. Note: Following is Ma
rine Surveyor Rill Ramery’s
complete report on the rescue of
the stricken crab boat Sea Quail.
Ramery returned early this week
after flying down to Old Harbor
to salvage the small seiner
Comet which dragged anchor
last Wednesday and went up on
the beach. The vessel was floated
Monday morning and anchored
in the lagoon at Old Harbor.)
By Bill Damery
The large fishing vessel Sea
Quail dragged anchor and went
aground Wednesday, October 24th
on Marmot Island. The Miss Arctic,
skippered by Mike Hansen, was
anchored nearby and got a line
aboard but was unable to pull the
Sea Quail off.
When the vessel grounded the
Coast Guard was alerted and the
C.G. Cutter Bittersweet was dis
patched from the Kodiak navy
base. The Merganser, skippered by
Lee Andrich, arrived soon after
the vessel stranded. The Bitter
sweet got pumps aboard with great
difficulty because of the heavy
surge.
The Sea Quail laid over on a
large rock and was holed on the
port side. At about noon the Alas
ka Packers tender Heron departed
Kodiak with patching material and
oil drums. On arrival at the wreck
a small boat from the Bittersweet
took the oil drums in to the Sea
Quail. A heavy surf was running
and the operation was extremely
difficult. An officer from the Bit
tersweet hurt his arm seriously.
At high tide around midnight
the Merganser took a pull without
success. At the high tide about
noon the next day, the Bittersweet,
Merganser and Heron took a pull
without success. That night, be
cause of the heavy swell, the ves
sels anchored in Tonki Bay. The
next morning, at 05:00, the Miss
Arctic departed for the wreck with
Arnold Hanson and the crew from
the Sea Quail. Ten more oil drums
were installed and about 500 crab
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K.H.S. Carnival
Starts At 6:39
Kodiak high school’s annual
carnival will be held Friday
night starting at 6:30 and extend
ing through midnight.
There will be a host of events
for the young adults, ranging
from fish ponds to other games
of skill and chance.
Admission will be 10 cents and
a door prize will be awarded.
The students and their spon
sor, Larry Craig, say that it is a
family event.
A public dance will also be
held in connection with the car
nival.
Willow Lawrence
Writes Base News
Mrs. Willow Lawrence will serve
as base correspondent for the Ko
diak Mirror.
Most of the news items in to
day’s edition are written by Mrs.
Lawrence.
Any items of news about Base
personnel should be called in to
Mrs. Lawrence at her home phone
number, 486—5530.
Kodiak Crab Fishermen Accept APA
Cent Per Pound Price Increase Offer
Threat of a shut-down in Ko
diak’s king crab fishery evapo
rated last Saturday morning
when Alaska Packers Associa
tion’s offer of a one cent per
pound increase was accepted by
members of the United Fisher
men’s Marketing Association.
Wakefield Fisheries signed
the new contract price on Mon
day morning and during the
week Alaska King Crab, Inc.,
King Crab, Inc., and Ray Martin
Jr.’s Martin Fresh King Crab
followed suit.
Oops, We’re Sorry!
Due to an exceptionally heavy
advertising schedule, we were
forced by lack of space to leave
out Elaine’s for Flowers ad,
Alaskan Steamship, the school
carnival and Wodlinger Drugs.
Under the circumstances about
all we can say is that buy your
corsage for the Purple Bubble
Ball from Elaine’s; the MS Ta
nana will be leaving Seattle on
Nov. 14, and be sure to attend
the school carnival tonight, and
if you catch a cold stop by at
Wodlinger’s for some remedies.
Lowell Wakefield announced
that Wakefield Fisheries were
also raising the price by one cent
in Seldovia and San Point areas
which are not within the mem
bership area of the United Fish
ermen’s Marketing Association
at the present time.
Fishermen will not deliver to
unsigned canneries.
CORRECT STATEMENT
An earlier report in the Mirror
that Stanley Winters had been or
dered to leave Kodiak apparently
was erroneously reported to the
newspaper, as he was released
upon his own recognizance by lo
cal officers some weeks past.
PT-A Schedules
Nov. 8 Gatherng
The Kodiak Parent Teachers As
sociation will hold the second
meeting of the year this coming
Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in
the high school auditorium. There
will be a panel discussion titled
“What Parents and Teachers
Should Know About Homework.”
All parents and interested persons
are invited to attend.
“Outranked And Outflanked”
These “young sailors” admire an admiral’s hat and perhaps envision
the day when they might swap their “uniforms” for true Navy blues.
Sons of BM1 and Mrs. M. E. Barker, USN, of the Kodiak Naval Sta
tion, Douglas, 2, and Michael, 4, were present at a Navy Day
observance at the naval station on Oct. 27. The hat? It belongs to
Rear Adm. F. E. Bakutis, USN, 17th Naval District commandant,
who addressed the gathering.— (Official U.S. Navy Photo)
Don’t Look Now,
But Xmas Mail
Time Approaches
Suggested dates for mailing
Christmas cards and packages for
assured delivery before Christmas
were announced today by Post
master William Lamme, as fol
lows:
Christmas cards: Surface, Dec. 8;
airmail, Dec. 15; local cards the
week before Christmas (which
comes on a Tuesday this year).
Packages: Surface, Dec. 3; air
mail, Dec. 10.
“Some patrons question the mail
ing dates every year, thinking they
are too early,” Postmaster Lamme
noted, “but they are based on past
experience. Surface Christmas
cards, for instance, mailed from
Kodiak may arrive at their desti
nation in ^ or 6 days, but the point
is that if they are mailed only a
week later they probably will not
even arrive in time for Christmas,
due to the last minute glut of
Christmas mail. These cards are on
a space available basis, and last
year a lag of as high as 10 days
developed between Kodiak and the
States. No matter how much extra
space is acquired and extra help,
backlogs develop in places like
Seattle because too many people
have the last minute mailing
habit.”
On packages patrons may note
“Do not open until Christmas” or
“Remove outer wrapping only” or
any other instruction they wish.
FOUND ITEMS
Lost items turned into the Mir
ror office this past week include
a pair of black horn-rimed glasses,
and a key, either a boat or car key
on a wire loop. They may be
claimed at the Mirror office.
Cornin’ Events
Nov. 2
Kodiak High School Carnival,
gymnasium, 6:30 to 12. Open io
public.
Nov. 2-3-4
Presentation of “Cuckoos on the
Hearth’’ at Strickler Little The
atre on Base by Kodiactors, 8 p.m.
Nov. 4
Attend the church of your choice
today.
Nov. 6
General election from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. voting at Base, Montmartre
and City Hall and Armory in town.
Bars closed so you might as well
vote.
Nov. 8
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce
meets at 12 noon, Town Club.
Nov. 11
Outdoorsmen Turkey Shoot at
north end of Big Lake.
Egan-Stepovich,
Jarvela-Powell,
Hold Spotlight
Close races in the gubernatorial
campaign between incumbent Gov.
Bill Egan and the last Territorial
Governor of Alaska, Mike Stepo
vich, and a down-to-the-wire fin
ish in the campaign for House of
Representatives between incum
bent Gil Jarvela (D) and his Re
publican challenger, Chuck Pow
ell, capture the political spotlight
on Kodiak Island.
Voters will be handed four bal
lots, Tuesday, and there’ll be other
races too. The one for U.S. Sena
tor between Sen. Gruening (D)
and his oponent Ted Stevens (R);
U.S. House of Representatives be
tween the present office-holder,
Rep. Ralph Rivers (D) and his
strong challenger Lowell Thomas,
Jr. (R) and for Nick Begich (D)
and Bob Stratton (R) for State
Senator from this district.
Four state bond issues will be
on one ballot: (1) for $5,950,000
for the University of Alaska, (2)
$4,175,000 for trunk airport con
struction, (3) $5,000,000 for school
construction bonds, and (4)—the
one with the most interest locally
for $2,200,000 to build a vocational
school in the Kodiak-Aleutian Sen
ate District.
On the judicial ballot, voters
will be asked whether or not to re
tain Buell A. Nesbett as Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court for 10
years and John H. Dimond as a
Justice on the Court.
Also a ballot on an initiative to
relocate the capital in Western
Alaska will be placed before the
voters.
Bonus Awaits 1st
D & A Customers
An extra bonus awaits the
first customers at Donnelley and
Acheson’s close-out sale on its
final day, Saturday, \ov. 3.
Nine gleaming white, porce
lain bed-pans will be given to the
first nine customers on the last
day of the sale.
Be the envy of your neighbors
—be the first to bring home a
brand-new bedpan.
Kodiak Kapsuales
(By Bill Mason)
This could come in the cate
gory of being none of our busi
ness, but we are making it just
that.
Why wasn’t someone from Ko
diak, the state’s most historic
Island, named to the Alaska Cen
tennial Committee by Gov. Bill
Egan?
* * * *
NOT FROM WEBSTER:
Alimony: A splitting headache.
Marriage: An institution which
teaches a man regularity, frugal
ity, temperance, and many other
splendid virtues he wouldn’t need
if he stayed single.
And a few axioms to file and
forget: People who live in glass
houses shouldn’t do much of any
thing. . . . Many a fellow who talks
like a big wheel is merely a spokes
man. . . . And men seldom pick out
girls who don’t stick out. . . . We
know of a new secretary who
stopped her boss after he had
bought a sable scarf, a chinchilla
coat and a mink cape, as she
thought that was fur enough.
* * * *
We gather by that number of
charges and counter-charges in
today’s Mirror that “feud” prices
are continuing to go up around
here.
JFK must be complimented on
getting the Russian missile bases
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