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Rev. R. Sturmer
Accorded Ovation
Rev. Roman Sturmer, a member
of the Toastmaster’s Club for sev
eral years, was accorded an ova
tion from that group on the oc
casion of his last appearance be
fore the club on March 28, before
his departure from Kodiak.
President of Toastmasters, Chuck
Weir, presented the departing
member with a speaker’s trophy
as a token of appreciation for the
many contributions which he said
had “greatly enhanced the esprit
de corps” of the speakers organi
zation. Later Rev. Sturmer spoke
on the subject of “Preparedness.”
His speech was directed towards
the preparedness of individuals
accepting responsibility of a task
Whether it be big or small. The
speech was appraised as his best.
He was given a standing ovation
and an applause of long duration.
Table topics for the evening
were handled by Winn Hoover, who
was introduced by Dick Hensel.
Theme of the table topics was fo
cused upon an issue relevant to
the future development of Kodiak.
Speakers of the evening were
Bob Royce, who gave his maiden
speech; Dr. Bruce Keers, who
spoke on formulating opinions and
conclusions on world affairs.
Chief Critic of the evening Will
Troyer, gave a brief evaluation of
the three speakers, and then called
on Bill Sheridan, Ron Batchelor
and Kim Clark to individually criti
cise the speakers in more detail.
Guest and former toastmaster, Dr.
Bob Johnson, who was present, and
at the request of the Chief Critic,
evaluated the entire meeting and
offered a critique of the manner
in which the participants treated
table topics.
Guests at the meeting were A1
Hochberger, Kim Clark and Tom
Meade, all former members of
Toastmasters, Alfred Craig and
Jim LeDoux.
PNA Goes To Jets
The purchase of Pacific North
ern Airlines of two Boeing 720 jet
airplanes was announced by A. G.
Woodley, president and general
manager of the airlines. The an
nouncement was made as Pacific
Northern commenced its 30th year
of Alaska service.
This purchase represents an in
vestment of $12,000,000. including
aircraft and spares. Delivery and
inauguration of service between
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
points served by the company, is
scheduled for Spring of 1962.
The PNA 720’s will have a seat
ing capacity of 120 passengers, and
will include tourist and first class
accommodations. The 600-mile-an
hour jets wild be powered with
Pratt & Whitney turbo jet engines.
“The Boeing 720 jets were se
lected after more than a year of in
tensive evaluation studies of var
ious jet aircraft, and the decision
was influenced by the demon
strated integrity of the Boeing air
planes which have experienced
more hours in airline service than
any other similar aircraft,” Wood
ley stated.
AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SCENE of the crash of the Kodiak Airways plane last week gives
an idea of the rugged terrain of the interior of Kodiak Island. The rescuing helicopter had difficulty af
fecting a landing on Crown Mountain, but after two attempts brought the pilot back to safety. His plane
is circled. He is now in Griffin Memorial Hospital.
FAA officials were here this week and flew to the scene of the crash. No statement as to cause of
the crash has been released. Coast Guard Photo
State Ferry Bill
Now Signed Law
JUNEAU UP> — Gov. Egan Thurs
day signed into law the bill imp
lementing the sale of $23,000,000
in general obligation bonds for the
creation of a State ferry system.
The bond issue was approved by
the voters last fall and the State
Senate on March 20, completed leg
islative action on the bill. The
ferry system will take $18,000,000.
The legislature directed, through
passage of another bill, that $1,
000,000 be used to make a start on
the Fairbanks-Nome road .
Gov. Egan declined to make an
estimate as to when bonds could
be sold and actual construction on
the ferries and ferry approaches
can be started. He said he will meet
with the state bond committee in
the next day or so to lay ground
work for the sale of the bonds.
House Kills Bill
JUNEAU (/P) — A bill which
would extend the maximum period
for employment security payments
from 26 to 28 weeks was killed in
the House Wednesday.
Install Officers
At Elks Tonight
Officers of Kodiak Elks Lodge
No. 1772 will be installed into of
fice this evening when the Lodge
holds its regular session beginning
at 8:30 p. m.
Bob Dawson, newly elected Ex
alted Ruler of the Lodge, will be
installed into that office together
with a full slate of officers elected
for the ensuing Lodge year. He
served as Esteemed Leading
Knight last year.
Other officers of the Lodge to
be installed are: Esteemed Leading
Knight, Tom Frost, Jr.; Esteemed
Loyal Knight, Jim Eggemeyer; Es
teemed Lecturing Knight, Russell
Pancihot; Tiler, Richard D. Moore;
Secretary, Loren Chester; Treas
urer, Stan Nelson; Chaplain, Char
les Powell; Inner Guard, Bill Un
ger; Esquire, Wally Valen. Trustee
for five year term is Archie Zehe.
Installing officer will be Leon
Johnson, a Past Exalted Ruler and
District Deputy, who will represent
the Grand Lodge and will be as
sisted by members of the Lodge.
Soions Close Session With Taxing Spree
JUNEAU (/P)—The second State
legislature called it quits for a year
early Thursday, after okaying the
largest budget in Alaska’s history
and boosting taxes by $2,640,000
annually.
The 74-day session faded into
history at 2:08 a. m. PST, when
Rep. Taylor banged down the gavel
to send the House into adjourn
ment until Jan. 22, 1962. The Sen
ate had adjourned 20 minutes earl
ier when Sen. Peratrovich rapped
the gavel for the last time this
year.
The general appropriations bill
for fiscal 1962, as finally approved,
calls for State expenditures of $55,
734,040. $52,094,000 will come from
general fund revenues, Federal
transitional grants and surplus
funds. New taxes make up the rest.
There are new taxes on cigar
ettes, motor vehicle licenses, wine
and hard liquor, highway gasoline
and individual net income. In a
last-minute amendment to the in
come tax boost, the Legislature
wrote in an applicable date on Jan.
1, 1961. That means that income
earned during the current calendar
year will be affected by the in
crease.
The Legislature trimmed the
teacher’s salary boost to a total of
$1,500,000. Of that amount, $975,
000 will come from State funds and
the remainder from Federal and
local sources.
3 Found Guilty
Fines of $250 each were meted
out to three defendents found
guilty of operating gambling de
vises here.
The three, Edith Anderson, Von
Aron Straut and Ray Geiger, ap
peared before Magistrate Hugh B.
White, of Anchorage ,and were
found guilty by a jury. The ma
chines were ordered destroyed.
Wendall Kay, defending attor
ney, appealed the case, which will
go before the Superior Court.
George Hayes, District Attorney,
was prosecuting attorney.
Hector Chevigny
May Lecture Here
Mr. Hector Chevigny, noted
author and authority on Alaskan
history, may lecture in Kodiak this
summer, if plans now being formu
lated can be worked out.
Chevigny is the author of “Lord
of Alaska” which concerns the life
of Vitus Bering and the early days
cf the Russian dominance in
Alaska. Much of the book deals
with the industrial empire set up
by Bering, in which Kodiak figures
heavily.
Dr. Bob Johnson, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, announced
at the meeting of the group Thurs
day noon at the Town Club, that a
letter has been sent to the author
asking if he would come. He is to
be in Anchorage this summer,
which would only necessitate the
additional trip from there to Ko
diak. Herb Hiloher, author of the
book, “Alaska Today,” who was
present at the meeting, highly rec
ommended bringing him to Kodiak.
He said he was a wonderful
speaker, and he felt he would be
thoroughly enjoyed.
“Welcome” signs as well as his
torical signs have been ordered by
the Chamber, according to the
president, and should be here in
time for the Festival.
The Kodiak King Crab Festival
idea is “catching fire” according to
Ray Martin, Festival chairman.
There is considerable interest in
the Festival throughout the Pacific
Northwest due to the publicity it
has received, he said.
The problem of housing people
during the Festival was discussed.
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CALLING ALL BOYS
All boys between the ages of 13
through 17 who are interested in
Junior baseball are requested to
contact Curley Wilson at Curley’s
Barber Shop or Call 486—2442._
Along The Waterfront
A calm sea as this is written, es
pecially in the small boat harbor,
typifying the quiet serenity exist
ing at most of the canneries here
abouts.
Boats have been coming in off
the fishing grounds the past two
weeks or so, and this week all can
neries have operated on a cur
tailed basis.
At Alaska King Crab, Emil Nor
ton reports a half days work a
couple times this week. A moulting
period now exists and it will be a
few weeks yet before the crabs
come in in any great quantity.
Making up for the small quantity
of crab, they pulled out a nice one
that is something of a record for
size, 24 lbs., 4 ozs. in weight. More
about him (or her) in a future
issue.
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These king crab are finally com
ing into their own, it seems. A big
live one is going to Harvard Uni
versity—that’s right, Harvard. As
he boards the PNA plane for his
air trip, the stewardess will be
dressed in gown and cap and the
pilot in a dress suit. But more
about that later, too.
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At Alaska Packers its much the
same story except for one excep
tion. They only canned a couple of
times this week and may one more
time. But they are getting the ma
chinery ready for the clam opera
tion, which is scheduled to start
about Thursday of next week.
“Tiny” Cichoski, skipper of the
Skippy is over at Swikshak ready
ing the camp for the diggers who
will begin April 14. There will be
about 60 diggers according to Del
Valentine. A sure sign of Spring as
Del says—the Yarsh arrived Mon
day, with John Aunil at the helm.
John Holland will be the skipper
aboard when the tender makes its
trips between the clam beaches and
the cannery.
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King Crab( Inc., according to
Bob Springhill, processed very
little this week, either crab or
shrimp. The Eileen, skippered by
Anton Isaccson and the Afognak,
with Andy Hested, both crab tend
ers, are well on their way to Se
attle by now. Leonard Lang’s Com
mander is at Alvine’s Marine Way
for repairs.
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There’s some activity around
the cold storage plant with officials
of the company in town. More on
that next week.