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It’s June In January In Kodiak, Alaska
With virtually all the rest of the North American
Continent gripped in the icy grasp of a sub-zero
winter, the island of Kodiak backed under cloud
less skies and balmy breezes this past week. As
our Mirror photographer sweated his way up
Carlson Hill yesterday afternoon he thought he
might be a victim of heat prostration at sighting
these two young ladies decked out in sun suits,
cooling their pinkies in the rushing mountain
brook, and feasting upon ice cream cones! A sec
ond glance convinced him he was suffering hallu
cinations caused by sun stroke inasmuch as the
two bathing beauties looked exactly alike! Just to
make sure later on, he snapped this photo and
was coyly assured by the two lovelies that he
wasn’t addled at all cause they were “Joan & Jill,”
the identical 10-year-old, fifth grade daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Austerman, Sr. (California and
Florida papers please copy).
—(Mirror Photo and Engraving)
Along The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Am sorta sore at Bill Wood and
envious of A1 and Annie Anderson
to whom Bill took a big chunk of
FRESH King Salmon last week.
That’s right, FRESH King Salmon!
Bill’s good friend Hal Drinkall,
owner of the shrimp boat Vita was
the benefactor. According to Vita
Skipper Clyde Lovett the salmon, a
White King, was taken in their
trawl in Sitkalidak Straits. “We
very seldom find a salmon amongst
our shrimp . . . this is about the
second one we have gotten this
season ... occasionally we get sole,
flounder, grey cod, and other scrap
fish,” Lovett told us. Editor Bill
Mason sez to “hint that we likes
all kinda fish! . . . specially fresh
white king salmon ... or any other
color salmon!") Early this week
the Vita brought in about 45,000
pounds of shrimp and stayed in an
extra day to change gear. Skipper
Ted Moseley’s Fortress had a bit
of bad luck . . . lost her trawl doors
and had to borrow some shrimp
gear from Skipper Oscar Dyson’s
Robbie before going back out to
the shrimp grounds.
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According to Lone E. Janson’s
“Waterfront Scuttlebutt” column
in the Cordova Times, fishermen
in that area are negotiating their
contract agreement on a per pound
basis rather than a per fish basis
as in the past. Also from the Cor
dova publication we learn that
ADF&G research on razor clams
indicates that the hard freezes of
the winter months appears to have
been detrimental to the survival
of last year’s spawn. We hope our
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Elks Lanes Close
On Sunday Only
The Elks Bowling Lanes will be
closed on Sunday, Feb. 2, 1963,
after the mixed double league in
order to put a coat of finish on the
lanes prior to the City Tourna
ment.
KEA MEETS MARCH 4
Annual meeting of the members
of the Kodiak Electric Associa
tion will be held at 8 p.m. on Mon
day, March 4, at the Kodiak Elks
Hall, according to A.M. Given, sec
retary.
A number of proposals in
changes of the bylaws will be taken
up at that time, according to a
notice mailed this week to con
sumers.
BASE BABIES
Alisa Louanne, the 7 lb. 6 oz.
girl of Hunter Leake, CS2 USN,
and his wife, Almaryne, was born
Jan. 27.
Tamara Yvonne, the 7 lb. 2 oz.
daughter of Charles Stephens, CE1
USN, and his wife, Molly, was born
January 29.
Heat Wave Hits
City, Record High
Set On Thursday
A record for January was es
tablished on Thursday when the
temperature reached the 54 de
gree mark. Previous high was
established in 1940 when it was
52 degrees.
Date High Low Prec.
Jan. 25 41 39 .24
Jan. 26 40 39 .67
Jan. 27 41 38 .15
Jan. 28 41 32 Tr.
Jan. 29 41 33 —
Jan. 30 50 34 —
Jan. 31 54 42 —
Week’s high wind velocity on
Jan. 30 when it reached 26 knots.
Mrs. Knudsen Will
Host BPW Meeting
The February business meeting
of the Business and Professional
Women will be held at the home
of hostess Mrs. Margery Knudsen
on Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
— Kodiak Kapsules --
(By Bill Mason)
OVERHEARD AT CHURCH
“In times of trial,” said the
minister, “what brings us the
greatest comfort?”
“An acquittal,” came a voice
in the row back of us.
* * * *
Came a feminine voice over the
telephone Tuesday inquiring,
“Are you really selling those silly
‘pink passes’ you wrote about in
last week’s edition.”
We not only informed her that
we were printing them but were
just about out of the initial print
ing.
All of which makes an utterly
ridiculous situation just that much
more ridiculous.
* * * *
HERD AND SCENE: Big news
is in the offing down APA way
sometime this weekend, so we
hear. . . . There’ll be no federal
funds for the proposed water and
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Kodiak To Have Branch Of Loan Firm
Established Early In Spring Of 1963
A branch of the First Federal
Savings and Loan Association will
be established in Kodiak within the
near future, Howard Fremlin, who
will serve as manager, told the
Mirror this week.
Fremlin was here the first part
of the week looking for a location
for the banking institution. It was
his first trip to Kodiak and he was
highly enthusiastic over the future
of the city.
It will require some time to
make application for a charter
through the Federal Loan Bank
Board, he said, but meanwhile he
was making a study of cost esti
mates, building costs, land values,
completed residential home values
and seeking a place to live.
NEED IS HERE
Fremlin said that he will be
making frequent trips between
here and Anchorage, and is inter
ested in the public’s reaction to the
establishment of such an organiza
tion here. He pointed out that it
would not conflict with the Kodiak
Branch of the National Bank of
Alaska, and that his firm felt there
was room for this type of lending
association in this area. Primary
purpose is to make first mortgage
Anchorage Dentist
Is Seeking Location
Dr. Larry McKinley, a practicing
Anchorage dentist and the son of
Dr. Lee McKinley who has prac
ticed dentistry in Kodiak in the
past, is seeking a location suitable
for establishing an office in Ko
diak, it was learned this week.
Dr. McKinley was in town on
Wednesday seeking a suitable
place to establish his practice. He
would like to have a location near
the downtown area, and a home
is large enough perhaps to serve
the purpose.
Anyone having such a location
for sale is asked to contact Emil
Knudsen at Knudsen’s store, and
the information will be relayed to
Dr. McKinley.
Emblem Club, Pink
Passes Add $250
To Benson Drive
A $50 check from the Kodiak
Emblem Club; $156. resulting
from the benefit show staged at
the Orpheum last week and over
$20 coming in from the sale of
“pink passes” brought the total
for the Benny Benson Fund to
nearly $250 this past week.
Over 200 Pink Passes were
sold and a few still remain at
the Mirror office. They are avail
able for sale at the nominal cost
of 10 cents per pass with all pro
ceeds going towards the Fund.
Further donations to the Ben
son Benefit Fund may be sent to
the Kodiak Mirror, P. O. Box
1307, Kodiak, Alaska.
loans on residential properties on
a long-time basis as well as home
improvement loans which would be
useful in increasing home values
here.
He said that he hopes to have
the branch in operation early this
spring to take advantage of the
construction season.
Bix Bonney New
Manager For Cold
Storage Plant
Alaska Ice & Cold Storage this
week announced the appointment
of Bix Bonney as manager of their
cold storage plant here.
Bonney has been in Kodiak sev
eral weeks and his wife Pat and
their five children arrived this
Tuesday. They are residing at Aleu^
tian Homes at present.
For the past several years Bon:
ney lived in Sitka where he was
laboratory superintendent for the
Bix Bonney
Sitka Pulp Mill. Prior to that he
operated his own sea food process
ing plant in Seattle.
Diversification and development
of new sea food products is one
of my primary interests,” Bonney
told the Mirror, adding, “and this
interest, of course, is closely tied
in with our plans for greatly ex
panding our cold storage facilities
here.
Bonney has been consulting with
ARA and SB A officials during the
past several days on the proposed
plant expansion which has already
received approval of the local ARA
organization.
YOUNGSTER LOCATED
A 14-year-old boy, Lawrence Pro
kopeuff of Atka who has been miss
ing has been reported as found
this morning by a search party.
Atka is on the Aleutian chain east
of Adak.
NO PINK PASSES required
at the RENDEZVOUS.