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VOL. 21, NO. 71_ KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 9, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Chamber Officers
Are Nominated
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson was nom
inated to head the Kodiak Area
Chamber of Commerce as presi
dent for the 1961-62 term.
Other officers nominated by the
nominating committee were Chuck
Weir, vice-president; Jack Hinkel,
2nd vice-president; and board of
directors members, Dr. Bob John
son, Nick Frost, and Russ Wright.
Others nominated from the floor
at the meeting Thursday noon at
the Town Club were: 1st vice-presi
dent, Del Valentine, Ed Naughton;
2nd vice-president, Nick Frost and
Bruce Keers; directors, Walter
Kraft and Chuck Edris.
President Bob Johnson gave a
report on a recent Executive Board
meeting at which, he said, future
King Crab Festivals were discussed
at great length, and several new
policies decided on. No member of
a queen contestant’s family will be
allowed to participate in the car
raffle in future festivals, he said.
The Chamber will not sponsor a
contestant from Kodiak in the Miss
America contest.
it is planned to have Mr. Hector
Chevigny, noted author and au
thority on Alaskan history, to lec
ture here September 20-21, John
son stated. It was also planned to
attempt bringing the cast of the
Frank Brink production, “Cry of
the Wild Ram” to Kodiak, but the
production required a larger stage
than was available here.
The Executive committee has re
quested a hearing be held on the
trucking of mad to Alaska.
Del Valentine, chairman of the
Civic Projects Committee, reported
that announcements will be made
on radio and TV on the clean-up
campaign. Merchants who are as
sisting in publicizing the clean-up
campaign in the Mirror were com
mended by Dr. Bob Johnson.
Cmdr. Dick Stacer, District Legal
Officer on the Naval station, spoke
on land withdrawals in certain
areas on the base. His remarks
were in answer to questions raised
at a previous meeting. He read
from a station directive on firing
of firearms, and stated that no one
area is singled out. The regulation
states, among other things, that
firearms cannot be discharged
within 500 yards of a road, and is
designed to protect others in the
r.rea.
Lammes Return
From Orient Trip
Postmaster and Mrs. William
Lamme returned Wednesday from
six-weeks vacationing in Hong
Kong and following that continued
on to Tokyo, Japan, where they at
tended the Rotary International
Convention. They said that more
than 23,000 people attended from
some 60 countries.
Parents Urged To
Attend Meeting
. A meeting of parents of Little
Leaguers and League officials is
scheduled for Tuesday, June 27, in
the Rose Room of the Civil Service
Club on the Naval Station.
Plans for the remainder of the
season will be discussed, according
to Bill Leistner, vice-president of
the Little League. League officers,
managers and coaches will be pres
ent to answer any questions con
cerning Little League, he said.
Leistner urged all parents of
youngsters playing in Little League
to be present at the meeting which
will begin at 7:45 p. m.
Two Honored
At N. S. Tea
Mrs. Helen Stookard and Mrs.
Ruth Bushaw were the guests of
honor at a large tea held Thursday
afternoon at the Civil Service Club
on the Naval Station. Hostesses for
the function were members of the
Civilian Women’s Club and the
Kodiak Grandmothers Club.
Both Mrs. Stockard and Mrs.
Bushaw expect to leave Kodiak
later this summer, when their hus
bands retire from Civil Service.
Pouring at the tea were the Mes
dames Bess Vosgien, Merrill Spin
harsey, Inez Shields, Isabell Brown,
Pearl Chisholm, Muriel Valen, Jus
tine Hinchel and Betha Digree.
Takes Honors
In Inspection
The Kodiak National Guard unit,
Co D, was inspected by Lt. Col.
Willis H. Davis, on the 12th of
April and received a rating of
excellent. This is the highest rat
ing that Co D achieved in an an
nual inspection.
Since January of 1961, Co D ha6
raised it’s strength from 30 en
listed men and 1 officer, to 47 en
listed men and 2 officers.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Congressman Pelly from Wash
ington seems to want to get into
the act and make all the decisions
for Alaska. As you will read else
where his latest is an attack on the
Post Office Department in award
ing the mail contract to the Aleu
tian Marine Transport Company
for carrying mail to the Aleutians.
He thinks it should have gone up
for bid.
We have no quarrel with the bid
idea, but under the existing law the
Postmaster General contracts for
this route, by powerboat, with
service to be performed on a
monthly frequency, using a “safe
and seaworthy boat of sufficient
size to provide adequate space for
mail, passengers, and freight, the
annual cost not to exceed $250,000.”
That same law provides that the
Postmaster General “in his discre
tion” may contract for a period of
no more than four years, without
advertisement . . . What more can
Congressman Pelly say to that?
* * *
There have been some rumblings
and grumblings about the service
provided by this company in the
past. Some are no doubt justified.
But with the new ship being put
into service this month it is hoped
there will be an improvement in
the service, with some benefits to
the users. One complaint was the
high cost. Capt. Thomsen has ad
vised the Department that freight
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Halibut Survey
Now Underway
SEATTLE (A5)—Three trawlers
of ihe International Pacific Halibut
Commission are already in West
ern Alaska waters starting a year
long halibut research. The survey
is “made urgent,” because of
foreign ships’ exploratory work
there, Henry Dunlop, the Commis
sion’s director of investigations,
said. The approximately $400,000
cost of the survey will be shared by
Canada and the U. S.
The ships are the St. Michael,
Arthur H., and the Morning Star.
The area, between 40 and 45 thous
and square miles, 72 miles along
the coasit between Unimak Island
to the East end of Kodiak Island
out to a depth of 250 fathoms, will
be worked over by the trawlers
three times.
Senate Restores
North Star Funds
Sen. Ernest Gruening Wednes
day obtained Senate approval by a
48 to 43 vote of his “North Star”
amendment to restore to the In
terior Department an appropriation
of $375,000 needed to refit a vic
tory ship to replace the present
North Star operated by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs to serve commun
ities in the far north of Alaska.
The House of Representatives
approved the sum requested by the
Interior Department for this pur
pose but the Senate appropriations
committee deleted the item in its
report on the appropriations bill.
Sen. Gruening began his fight for
restoration of the North Star funds
when the appropriations bill came
to the Senate floor this week. He
pointed out that the need for a new
ship is because 90 out of 98 com
munities served by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs are without service
from any commercial carrier. The
present ship is inadequate in space
to carry increasing amounts of
cargo needed iby the people it
serves. Its machinery is obsolete
and increasingly hard to replace
or repair, he said.
He fold the Senate the North
Star currently serves 34 villages
operating cooperative stores under
the direct supervision of the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs and that
these stores are the only medium
through which the villagers can
purchase food, clothing and fuel
supplies. He mentioned the other
many services performed by the
ship as it made its round of calls.
The amendment was vigorously
opposed by the ranking Republican
member of the Interior sub-com
mittee of the Senate Appropria
tions committee, Sen. Karl Mundt,
of South Dakota. It was strongly
supported by Sen. Hubert Hum
phrey, of Minnesota.
Joseph A. Abey
Heads Rotarians
Joseph A. Abey, of Reading, Pa.,
will head Rotary International for
1961-62. He was elected president
at the 1960 convention in Miami.
Nitish C. Labarry, of Calcutta,
India, was elected to follow Mr.
Abey as president and will take
office. July 1, 1962.
Along The
Vessels Needed
For Pink Tagging
Some fishermen in the Kodiak
area are being offered a chance
to supplement their incomes
through chartering boats and fish
ing for the Alaska Department of
Fish and Game during this season’s
c’.osed periods, according to Bob
Simon, who is in charge of a new
tagging program for the Kodiak
area.
Funds have been made available
to the State of Alaska Department
of Fish and Game for certain re
search programs, among which is
a tagging effort in the Kodiak area
to determine the migration routes
and timing of the pink salmon runs.
To carry on this program, the
Department wishes to charter
purse seiners during the weekly
closed periods to catch pinks on
the outer capes, and on which tag
ging crews can work. An ad has
been run in this paper ea*h week,
and form letters have been sent to
each cannery requesting interested
vessel owners and skippers to con
tact either Bob Simon or Jack Me
Farland at the Kodiak Managemenl
Office. To date, the response has
been disappointing.
Simon points out that the pink
salmon is the most important spe
cies taken by any commercial fish
ery in the Kodiak area. In 1960 the
fishermen were paid $2,807,615.16
for the pink salmon taken. This was
over twice the raw fish price paid
for the next most important re
source, including King crab.
“Fisheries science has little
more than scratched the surface
on pink salmon ,” Simon explained.
“Management has yet to predict
runs with even a semblance of ac
curacy. The final destination of a
good portion of the pinks taken in
Kodiak is not known. Proper man
agement depends to a large extent
upon a knowledge of the migration
Wood Alcohol
Fatal For Two
Two died this week and ten
others were for a time in a critical
condition as a result of imbibing
spirit fluid at Old Harbor.
The two men who are dead are
Luzan Lukovitch and Herman Ka
hutak, both of whom died shortly
after drinking the methanol wood
alcohol, which is deadly poisonous.
The group were said to have drunk
more than a gallon of the liquid,
which they were said to have ob
tained in the school building at the
village.
State Trooper, Jim Hussey flew
to Old Harbor Tuesday, following
a call from the village. The four
women and six men were rushed
to Griffin Memorial Hospital Tues
day evening, and were on the crit
ical list for a time, but all sur
vived. These were Myra Andrew
vitch, Anna Kahutak, Barbara Sla
ten, Vera Haakansen, Paul Kahu
tak, Alfred Hansen, Nick Aloklie,
Tommy and Mike Shugak and Pete
Alevedo.
Waterfront
paths pf the fish and the timing of
the fishery.”
Simon urges all fishermen, ves
sel owners and operators to con
sider this program.
“We need vessels to charter for
this important tagging program,”
Simon emphasized. “Not only will
a few operators benefit directly
and immediately by these charters,
but also we at the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game think it is
important for members of the fish
ing fleet to help us plan a sounder
economic future through gather
ing the critical data we are after.”
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Ml ton M. Souter of Kodiak, who
is now attending Washington State
University, was among the 35
freshmen recently selected by Phi
Eta Sigma, the national freshman
scholastic honorary fraternity.
The undergraduates were picked
for achieving at least a 3.5 grade
point average for either one or
both freshman semesters.
Phi Eta Sigma, with chapters on
more than 100 campuses, has had
a WSU chapter since 1948.
SEEKS NATIONAL
FISHERIES CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON (JP) — A resolu
tion requesting the president call
a national conference on commer
cial fishing was introduced in the
House by Rep. Bob Wilson, (R
Calif.).
Wilson asserted the fishing in
dustry on all coasts are in a fight
for survival, and added: “A con
ference involving all of the indus
try, plus government representa
tives, can lead to a discussion of the
problems and issues that will re
sult in a healthy climate in the
industry.”