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VOL. 21, NO. 53
Oi iu l>. ocj uei t ana ms C'ainanche, the first commercial plane to land
on the new airstrip.
Staff Photo
1st Commercial Plane Lands On Airstrip
Kodiak’s new city airport was
inaugurated for commercial traffic
by Orin D. Seybert, operator of
Peninsula Airways, at Pilot Point,
Alaska. He landed his five-place
Comanche on the strip Friday,
spent the week-end in Kodiak on
business, and departed Sunday
with passengers for Chignik. Mr.
Seybert, commenting on the city’s
new facility, said, “It’s a fine strip,
Cold Storage
Plans Completed
The Kodiak Cold Storage Com
pany has announced that plans for
the construction of a plant at Ko
diak are progressing on schedule.
Engineering and construction
drawings will be completed on
March 1. The company plans to call
for bids for the various construc
tion features April 1 for work to
be completed this summer.
The Equipment Building will be
designed to house the presently
contemplated equipment and pro
vide room for future expansion.
The presently contemplated plant
will provide handling and freez
ing facilities with a storage ca
pacity of 500,000 pounds. The com
pany expects the plant will be in
operation on December 1 of this
year, and will provide freezing or
storage for the general public.
Kodiak Cold Storage Company
officials are optimistic about the
future of Kodiak and of the freez
ing potential. All of the residents
of Kodiak should derive benefits
from this new industry, they state.
and should do a lot for the whole
town.”
A number of local pilots visited
the airport to inspect Mr. Seybert’s
plane, which had retractable wheel
landing gear, unusual to be seen
in Kodiak. Drawings of the future
stages of development for the air
port will be on public display in
the near future.
Queens Needed
For Festival
Entires are now open for con
testants for the annual Queen con
test to be held in conjunction with
this year’s big King Crab Festival,
to be held in Kodiak May 5 through
the 7th.
“We would like to have at least
a dozen candidates,” Ray Martin,
festival chairman, said today, “pre
ferably sponsored by organizations
or businesses.
“This year,” he added, “the
chosen queen will be crowned by
Alaska’s Governor William Egan,
who has accepted an invitation to
attend our festival, and besides
the thrill and honor of serving as
Queen for the gala event, will also
be given a $500 cash honorarium.”
“Our first candidate signed up
this week,” Mr. Martin announced.
“It is Roberta Mueller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Erich Mueller, and
she is being sponsored by Thomp
son Transfer and Anna’s Apparel.”
The candidates will sell tickets
at $1 each for the grand prize, a
car, and the seller of the winning
ticket will also be given $100.
Queen candidates should make
arrangements for entering the con
test as soon as possible, and may
do so with Ray Martin or Frank
Irick.
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Banking facilities as provided
by the National Bank of Alaska,
Kodiak Branch, to the Naval Sta
tion every Friday, will be discon
tinued beginning next week, ac
cording to an announcement by
Mr. A1 Hoohberger, Vice-president
of the Kodiak Branch.
“As a result of a recent survey
as to the economic feasibility of
continuing the banking facilities
on the Naval Station every Friday
from 5 to 6 p. m”, Mr. Hochberger
stated, “the Department of the
Navy, and the U. S. Treasury De
partment have concluded that the
volume of business generated is
not sufficient to compensate for
the expense of conducting the serv
ice.”
The Naval Base banking facili
ties will terminate after Friday,
February 10.
“The bank will continue to re
main open for business in the City
of Kodiak on Friday evenings from
6 p. m. to 8 p.m. rather than 7 to 9
as formally,” Mr. Hochbcger con
tinued. “We will gladly furnish
bank-by-mail postage paid enve
lopes to our customers ” ^
Highlights
Of Message
President Kennedy offered many
recommendations and told of ac
tions he had taken in the domestic
and international fields, in his
State of the Union message to the
joint session of Congress Monday.
Below are some of the highlights
of the message, which was broad
cast across the nation:
Economic. Within the next 14
days, Kennedy said, he would pro
pose measures: To improve unem
ployment compensation through
temporary increases in amount and
duration on a self-supporting bases;
to provide more food to families of
the unemployed and aid to needy
children; to redevelop distressed
areas; to expand services of the
U. S. employment offices; to stim
ulate housing and construction; to
raise the minimum wage and ex
tend its coverage; to offer tax in
centives for plant investment; to
increase the development of na
tural resources; to encourage price
stability; to take other, unspeci
fied, steps aimed at prompt recov
ery and long-range growth; a new
housing program under a new De
partment of Housing and Urban
Affairs; Federal grants for public
schools and higher education;
health care for the aged under
social security, plus increased fa
cilities and personnel.
Under Finance Kennedy said
that to ease the balance of pay
ments deficit and prevent any gold
crisis he planned executive orders,
legislative requests and coopera
tive efforts with U. S. allies: to at
tract foreign investments and
travel to this country; to promote
American exports at stable prices
and with more liberal government
guarantees and financing; to curb
tax and customs loopholes that en
courage undue private spending
abroad.
Under National Security Ken
nedy said that oo strengthen the
nation’s military tools he had in
structed the secretary of defense:
to reappraise our entire defense
strategy; to increase the capacity
for transporting military forces by
air; to step up the Polaris sub
marine program, concentrating at
the moment on “improved organi
zation and decision making;” In
order to improve the nation’s eco
nomic tools, Kennedy proposed:
authority from Congress to estab
lish a new foreign aid program
nomic tools, Kennedy proposed: au
thority from Congress to establish
a new foreign aid program with
commitments to long-term devel
opment, attention to education, em
phasis on the recipient nation’s ef
fort and purposes, planning for
national and regional development;
appropriation of $500 million for
Latin-American development; a
new interdepartmental task force
under the State Department to co
ordinate policies related to the
Americas; expansion of the food
for-peace program and immediate
dispatch of a food-for-peace mis
sion to Latin America; formation
of a national peace corps; called
for increased support of the United
Nations.
RAY MARTIN SOUTH BOUND
Ray Martin left today for the
South 48 for a months vacation.
Elks To Gather
For Steak Night
Another steak night is planned
for the Elks Lodge members and
their wives, Emblem Club mem
bers and escorts, for Saturday, Feb.
11. Dancing will follow serving of
the dinner.
Dinner is planned for 7 p. m. and
will be served until 9:30. Dancing
will commence at 10.
Eye Clinic Here
Beginning Feb. 5
Dr. Milo Fritz, eye specialist and
John Spahn, optcwnetrist, both
from Anchorage, will hold a week
long clinic in the downtown school
starting Feb. 5 and continuing
until Feb. 12.
Eye examinations will be con
ducted on school children and
adults during that period. Appoint
ments can be made by calling Mrs.
Hall at 2344 or the Dr. Johnson
Clinic.
Fifty Years Of
Naval Aviation
The 50th anniversary of naval
aviation was observed on the Naval
Station on Jan. 27, with a gathering
at the Officer’s Club.
The event was commemorated by
naval aviators throughout the serv
ice. Highlight of the event here was
the cutting of a huge aircraft car
rier-shaped cake by Rear Adm. H.
H. Caldwell, USN, Commander
Alaskan Sea Frontier and Com
mandant 17th Naval District.
School District
Receives Funds
$26,142 has been certified for im
mediate payment to the Kodiak In
dependent School District from
funds providing financial assist
ance for schools in federally af
fected areas.
The Alaska delegation, Senators
Earnest Gruening and E. L. Bart
lett, and Rep. Rivers so advised
the MIRROR in a telegram this
morning. L. G. Derthick, Acting
U. S. Commissioner of Education
so advised them. He said the
amount is out of a tentative 1961
fiscal year entitlement of $41,007
under public law 874, which pro
vides for schools in areas occupied
by the military. “We are advised
that a treasury check for $26,142
will reach your District within the
next week or so,” the telegram
stated.
Dog Poisoner
Suspected Here
Some person in Kodiak is indis
criminatly poisoning dogs with
strychnine, City Sanitarian Dick
Pace reported today.
At the completion of the rodent,
control program in early Dec.,
1960, several dogs were reported
to be dying in different areas of
the community. Investigations of
these deaths by both Pace and Dr.
Bruce Keers led them to suspect
that these deaths were not due to
any poisons used for the control
of rodents. In all cases the death
throes appeared to be similar to
those caused by strychnine poison
ing. Examination of the stomach
contents of one of the dead dogs
by the Public Health Laboratory
in Anchorage confirmed Pace and
Keers suspicions as the analysis
was positive for strychnine.
During the past month at least
two other dogs have died from
symptons similar to those caused
by strychnine. Efforts have been
made by local authorities to ap
prehend “Strychnine Sam” but
without success. Residents are
urged to keep their dogs at home
or on a leash as there is every
reason to believe that strychnine
loaded baits are still being scat
tered throughout the community.
None of the rodent control baits
which are currently being used in
the city will kill dogs, Pace added.
Free warfarin rat bait may be ob
tained at city hall and residents
having a rodent problem are urged
to avail themselves of this bait.
Any person who suspects or
knows anything about the activi
ties of “Strychnine Sam” are urged
to contact either Police Chief, Ro
land Vickery or Dick Pace.
Seats Available
On Charter Flight
On Feb. 14, the high school bas
ketball team will charter a PNA
DC3 for Anchorage where they Will
play in the annual inter-Alaska
tournament.
Coach Joe Floyd states that
there are still five seats available
for the charter flight Anyone in
terested in going to Anchorage on
that date and returning on Fieb.
18, are asked to contact either Mrs.
Dawson, high school principal,' or
Joe Floyd. Price will be $20 either
way, or $40 for the round trip.
Along The Waterfront
Alaska King Crab are doing their
share of processing king crab, ac
cording to Emil Norton, superin
tendent of the Tagura Road can
nery.
The pack this year has not been
as heavy as last year, he said, and
has slowed down the past few
weeks, but there is some activity
at all times. The firm goes in for
both packing and freezing. They
have about 43 boats out, mainly
fishing in the Alitak area.
Two tenders, the SUNRISE,
skippered by George Harris and
the G. W. KING, Jim Markey, skip
per, bring in the crab to the plant,
which employs in the neighborhood
of 56 people. 12,000 crab, or about
130,000 pounds have been brought
in.
At King Crab, Inc., they carry
on a dual operation, erab hnd
shrimp processing. This Week there
has been a steady go on shrimp
with some crab, too. There Was
about 650,000 pounds of crab for
the month.
The tender, EILEEN, skippered
by Anton Isaksen, is back in serv
ice again after a breakdown.
Bob Resoff, general superinten
dent, left Tuesday for Seattle on
company business. He will work out
of the Seattle office for a while,
dividing his time between here and
there.
The ASC m/v FORTUNA is due
in and will pick up 60,000 pounds
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