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VOL. 19 NO. 1$ KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 25, 1959 PRICE M CENTO
inaugural Flight Friiaqr Begins
Birect PNA Service To Seattle
Special Flight
Arrives 5:40 a.m.
7 A party of approximately thirty
people, comprising mainly news
men, TV newscasters, PNA offi
cials and others from the Pacific
Northwest will arrive aboard, the
PNA constellation Friday morn
ing. May 1, at 5:40.
The group, which will be headed
by A. G. Woodley, president of
the company, will be greeted at
the airport by Chamber of Com
merce officials, the .Commandant
of the 17th Naval District, and
Other station officers. Following
ffce arrival, the entire group w31
proceed to the Elks Club whe?e
breakfast will be served by the
Emblem Club. This Is a no-host
breakfast.
Hie visiting dignitaries will
then be shewn points of interest
m file city, and the hospitality of
residents, prior to the luncheon,
which will be served at the 49
ten. Departure time for the
plane on its return trip to Seattle
tee been set for 1 p.m.
The inauguration of the direct
flight to Seattle will cut in half
At flight time of passengers go
tee to Seattle or returning from
the Northwest city. Flight time is
expected to be from 5 to 5%
terns.
The time gained is not the only
advantage to Kodiak residents.
Passenger fares between Kodiak
and the Pacific Northwest will be
reduced more than. 12 pjr cent
as a result of the new service,
and cargo rates will be cut 10 per
cent. Speedpak service for mall
and cargo will be available on all
flights, it was announced.
The direct flights open up the
Immediate Action
On Afognak Road
Fremilinary work on the eon
street ion of the road on Afognak
Island has been authorised, and
wxil begin immediately.
In a letter to.Kenneth Supping
fen, construction superintendent,
Ln d. Hubbard, Director of High
ways. has issued instructions to
iwciwl immediately with the
necessary work to effect coostrec
Imr of the road. The road con
nects with the Forest Service
read, and will connect Back Bay
with the town of Afognak. A sum
net more than $20,000 has been
authorized. Specifications are for
a one way light vehicular and
fret traffic road. A contract wfll
le let later following the selection
«f a suitable route.
This information and a copy of
the letter was received by Sea.
A) Owen.
Suppington was in town Thurs
day, and expected to leave that
game day for Afognak. He stated
this road is not being constructed
with the assistance of the Fonwt
Service as previously announced,
lot is a project of the Highway
Department.
possibility for the future to cut
the time it takes to reach other
Pacific coast cities. Pacific Nor
thern Airlines has fried applica
tions with the Civil Aeronautics
Board for routes down the Pacific
Coast to San Diego and from Alas
ka and the Pacific Northwest to
Hawaii
One application requests a
route between the co-terminal
pomts of Anchorage, Ketchikan,
Seattle and Portland to Honolulu,
Hawaii; while the other requests
extentien of PNA’s Anchorage
Seattle-Portland route to San
Diego via San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
A. G. Woodley, President of
Pacific Northern, revealed recent*,
ly that his company has acquired
two additional Lockheed Congela
tions which are being put into
service this spring, bringing the
PNA fleet of Constellations in
Alaska service to six.
Arriving with the Northwest
group will be Dick Berg, president
of the 'Chamber of Commerce.
The list of passengers making
the first flight from here include
Mr. and Mrs. Jack H rocked, Irene
White and infant Carmen, Dalton
L Mills, Jr., Alexander Riddell,
Frank Kumsky, John Cornelius,
Lyle L. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs.
William Chisholm, Ralph ®. Dur
ley, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Per
sobn, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson,
and Mr. Bell.
New Tanker Due _
The new motorship “Ab&ka
Standard/’ which replaces a smal
ler 35 year old tanker, will arrive
in Kodiak. Thursday, April 30,
according to Merrill Coon, agent
here for the company.
Christened April 1 by Mrs. Wil*
liam Egan, the tanker is 255-feet
in length, with a capacity of 18
000 barrels. The ship was built in
Portland, Oregon.
Parade To Start
Loyalty Day
Program Friday
The joint Loyalty Day-Youth
program, dated for next Friday
will get under way at 7 p.m. with
the formation of parade units on
•the downtown school grounds.
This is a V.F.W. - Elks sponsored
event.
The parade will proceed to the
Labor Temple, according to R. P.
Harris, Loyalty Day chairman for
the Veterans organization. Joint
ceremonies will be held there
with the Kodiak Elks lodge of
the B.P.O.E. Officers from the
Lodge will make presentations of
awards to the winners of the Elks
sponsored Youth Leadership and
Most Valuable students contests,
which were recently held. *
Planning for the Youth Day
phase of the program is Norman
Dinwiddie, Chairman of the B.P.
O.E. Youth Leadership commit
tee. The Elk’s May 1 salute to
the nation’s junior citizens has
-been observed annually by lodges
of the order since 1951.
Special recognition and awards
will be made to Janet Zieba,
Sharon Van Btiren, and Jill Ache
son, winners in the “Most Valu
able Student” contest and to
winners in the Youth Leadership
contest. These are Sharon Van
Buren, Janet Zieba, and Nancy
Jennings, first, second, and third
winners respectively in the girls
division; and to Adolph Jack insky,
Wayne Kraft, and Dennis Gillilan
in the boys division.
The public is invited.
Refreshments will be... served
teenagers at -the Labor Temple,
and adults at the VFW Post
rooms, ,
As a further observance of Loy
alty Day, Harris pointed out, the
American flag should be display
ed. “Having received recognition
from President Dwight D. Eisen
hower and the Congress of the
United States in- 1958, Loyalty
Day is now a national observance
by Presidential proclamation,”
Harris pointed out.
Diner To Mark Elko 10th Anniversary
BJ\0. Elks Lodge No. 1772
celebrates its tenth anniversary
tonight with a big dance and birth
day dinner. A steak dinner begin
ning at 6:30 will be followed by
dancing at 0:30 this evening.
The Kodiak lodge was instituted
April 23, 1949. The then District
Deputy Eugene E. Smith of An
chorage, District officers and
Exalted Euler Luther Weeda and
hie officers of Anchorage Lodge
Bio. 1351, came to Kodiak and in
stalled the lodge's officers.
Starting with a charter member
ship of 120 at that meeting, the
lodge has enjoyed steady growth,
util its present membership is
dose to 500.
The first Exalted Ruler of the
local lodge was Max C. La Lande,
who was followed by Gene Marlar.
Since then some of the men who
have, served as exalted rulers are
Leen Johnson, Vinnie Root, Maur
ice Gunderson, Irv. Bowman, John
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Gibbons, and more recently Pete
Ramaglia ani Eldon Lestor. Pres
ent holder of the high office is
Don Lawhead.
Prior to the lodge’s beginning,
an organization known as the Ko
diak Bill's Club kid the ground
work for the lodge’s formation.
The Kodiak lodge has played
a leading role in the affairs of
the former Territorial Elks Asso
ciation, furnishing many of the
officers. This group, now known
as the Alaska State Association,
supports as its leading charity the
treatment of Cerebral Palsy. Many
other charities such as the March
of Dimes, and also local charities
receive support from the lodge.
Charter members of 1772 will
receive special recognition at the
dinner-d&pce tonight. The pro
gram tonight is under the direc
tion of Jim Eggemeyer, club
manager.
legislators Speak t *
eporto
“A terrific field ^covered” was
the way Sen. A1 Owen described
the recent legislative sessions of
the first Alaska State legislature
at Juneau. The three returning
legislators from this district, Sen.
Owen, and Representatives Pete
Deveau and Hank Haag, spoke
briefly oh the Legislature’s ac
complishments, at the Chamber of
Commerce/ meeting Thursday
noon at the Island Fountain.
Owen credited the past legisla
ture as having brought about the
approval of the Mill Bay-Ouzinkie
Road as a part of the State high
way system, thus assuring Federal
funds in its construction.
“Engineering on the road,” he
said, “would be done this year.
But there will bp a time laspe of
one year between survey and be
fore actual construction begins.”
He also said the construction of
the Afognak road to Back Bay will
begin immediately.
Among other legislation, Owen
stated a program was established
in which Kodiak can participate
under the. National Defense Edu
cation system.
Rep. Deveau spoke next He
stated he was a member of the re*
sources committee of the legisla
ture. He said he was the originator
of HR34, which dealt with the set
up for control of Alaska’s fish
eries. “When 1 went to Juneau,’*
he said, “I thought I had a fair
knowledge of the fisheries re
quirements, but after discussing
the problem with men from all
over the State, I found the prob
lem a great deal more complex
than I thought. He said he thought
the bill would be adequate. “But
we wont know for ten years just
how good it is.”
Deveau then spoke on JHM 21,
relating to Px’s. He stated he
thought the Chamber should with
draw its earlier action in protest
ing the memorial. He said mer
chants have told him since his
return that they had been" intimi
dated” by personnel on the Base
since the memorial was passed.
The bill, he said, seeks to elimi
nate abuses in PX purchases.
Mailboat Contract
Up For Bid Soon
In a communication received by
the Chamber of Commerce from
C. C. Hahn, Postal Department,
Washington, D.C., the mailboat
contract will go up for bid in the
very near future. The present con
tract has been extended two
months to allow sufficient time
for the advertising of the contract.
The present contract is held by
the Aleutian Transport Company,
operators of the M/V Expansion.
The new contract will extend
from September 1, 1959 to August
31, 1961.
Bidders may contact Mr. M. S.
G. Schwartz, Regional Operations
Division, P.O. Box 3703 Main Post
Office Bldg., Portland 8, Oregon.
The run will originate in Sew
ard fis new and Will extend to
Nteilchik on the Aleutian chain.
Mrs/ Basil Clark then said ah*
thought the ‘Chamber member*
should back their representative*
'Deveau announced he ' had a
tape recording of Gov. TCganV
speech before the joint session
of the Senate and House. Ariyonb ’
wishing to do so may borrow it, *
he-said.
Rep. Hank Haag in a short'.*
speech stated he was a - member
of the local government commit -
tee of the leigslature. He called
it the “busiest committee” in the
whole legislature. Many problems ]
had to be ironed I out calling 'for *
committee meetings at all hours* %
He spoke on tidejands legislation
and other matters.
Questions from the members,
were answered by [the legislator*,
following their speeches. In the*
absence of the president, Art'
Brooks presided.
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Along The
Waterfront
“We’re going full blast” is tine,’
way Frank McConaghy says about*
the clam operation at MoCotnag-j
hys. Clam canning started Mon-i
day and has been going’ great)
guns ever since. i
Favorable tides, which ^should j
last for a few more days, he says,)
has furnished .a good supply of;
dams. The YARSH Is expected in)
with about 1000 boxes.
Frank has gained moral sup-1
port, too, with the arrival Monday'
of Mrs. McConaghy who will be
here for the summer.
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It’s otherwise -pretty quiet gem
erally along the waterfront thi/>
week. Very little going on all
Standard Oil dock, and just rou
tine at Kodiak Oil Sales. The M/V
PIONEER refueled at the Union
Dock. This is a fisheries research
vessel heading for the Bering Sea
area.
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The EXPANSION wilt be in
Sunday enroute to Seward. The
GALENA is expected in either
Tuesday or Wednesday, aciHJTdtny
to dock superintendent Jack John
son.
South End Note*
By JACKIE LlIQUE
(Ed. Note: South End Notes
will appear from time to time
in the Kodiak Mirror, written by
Mrs. Jackie Xaique of Moser Bay.
Below is a condensed version of
her column recently received.)
Most everyone has heard of boot
hill, Well, we don't have a boot!
hill down on the south end of the
island, but we do have a crab
pot hill. Since the fellows are end
ing their crab fishing for the sea
son, many of them are storing
their crab pots on the hill here
near the Moser Bay cannery.
My husband Ben was doing4 at
bit of electric welding when he<
had a freak accident. A piece of
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