Schools Ready
For Enrollment
Incerease Again
' The school enrollment is in
creasing yearly and the long range
planning necessary to insure a good
school for a growing community
must not be neglected. Each time
additional classrooms are built the
accumulated backlog of a growing
school population fills them im
mediately. Consequently, the very
next year the painful and costly
process of renovating and patching
obsolete classrooms begins all over
again. This year. 1962-63, will once
again fill to capacity the Downtown
Building. After that, there will be
no facilities for temporary class
rooms,” Ivor Schott pointed out.
“Ten years ago the total enroll
ment figure was 424: at the close
of the current year (1961-62) the
total enrollment was 1,099. This is
an increase of 675 pupils or 159.43
per cent.
“Of the 424 pupils enrolled in
1952, 357 were in grades one
through eight; 67 were in high
school. In 1962. there were 803 pu
pils enrolled in the elementary
school (kindergarten through
grade eight) and 296 enrolled in
high school. The percentage in
creases during the 10-year period
were 124.93% in the elementary
school and 341.79% in high school,”
Schott stated.
Pointing out that while the pupil
enrollment increased per centage
wise by 195.43 during the ten year
period, Schott directed attention
to the fact that “at the same time
the number of teachers increased
127.77%. The failure of teacher in
crease in number to correspond
with the pupil increase is due to a
lack of enough classrooms to keep
the pupil-teacher ratio at 25 to 1
(an established Alaska standard).”
Mid-Year Phone
Books Started
Kodiak’s mid-year telephone di
rectory is now in the hands of the
printers at the Island Publishing
Company, and the task of setting
up the directors in print has be
gun.
The Kodiak Telephone Company
was sold last month by Mr. and
Mrs. John Cushing to the Trans
Alaska Telephone Company of
Alaska.
No changes in policy or person
nel are anticipated in the near fu
ture, according to the new owners.
New Silver Fry Raising Pond
This is the raising pond between Dark Lake and Island Lake. The
upper screen will remain as a permanent installation to land-lock
Dark Lake. The hatchery and related work will be developed along
the lines of a conservation project for older Boy Scouts.
Silver Salmon Hatchery Project
Is Underway At Nearby Dark Lake
Dark Lake, northeast of Kodiax,
is the scene of an ambitious fishery
enterprise being conducted by Paul
"Smokey” Stover who has started
the Island Lake Hatchery with an
initial 8000 Silver Fry.
Plans call for the hatchery to
raise 20,000 silvers this year to
stock the lake for fishing which
will be open to the public, and ul
timately start a silver salmon run
to Mill Bay and Island Lake.
Stover says that considerable
work will have to be accomplished
within the next three years to in
sure a return sea run of silvers.
Conservation Project
The hatchery and related work
will be developed along the lines
of a conservation project with the
Boy Scout Troop 625 especially for
the older Scouts working on troop
advancement.
Presently work is under way to
complete a natural spawning bed
adjacent to the raising pond. Sto
ver says it should be ready to
spawn 10 to 15 silvers in by this
fall, and if successful should yield
from 50.000 to 100.000 silvers
yearly.
Valuable technical assistance in
developing the program has been
available through Jerry Sexsmitn
and Bill Sheridan of the State De
partment of Fish and Game.
Project Started
Paul Smokey Stover released
the initial 4000 Silver Fry into
the raising pond which he has
been building between Dark Lake
and Island Lake.
(Photos by Stover
DOING FINE
Mrs. Glen Banks, who is Seattle
for medical attention, is doing well,
according to her husband who
talked to her via telephone this
week.
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We Are Pleased to Announce That The
KODIAK MIRROR
Will Henceforth Be Published By
John Salmine and Bob lies
Who Will Also Care For Your Printing Needs.
Until Further Notice.
THE KODIAK MIRROR HAS NOT BEEN SOLD
The new editor of the Kodiak Mirror is Bill
Mason who will also assist advertisers in
copy layout and advertising needs.
Phone the same old number, 486—5123 in placing advertising or when you have
news items.
Sig and Beth Digree
Waterfront
(continued from page 1)
Vern Hilliker down at Alaska
Packers mentioned that they ve
added another fine big vessel to
their growing fleet of crab fishers
and refrigerated tenders. Owner
operators Arnold Hanson, who
lives here now, and Louis Le
Compte, who is moving his family
here shortly, brought in their 82
foot Sea Quail this past Tuesday
and have since taken her down to
Larsen Bay. Also APA’s big 135
foot Heron passed through here
enroute to Bristol Bay from Se
attle. She was based here last win
ter and will be Kodiak-based again
this year beginning July 25th. An
other of APA’s fleet of big boats,
the Merganser, was in port several
days after delivering clams from
Poly Creek. The Sea Lion was over
Swickshak picking up more clams.
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Pan Alaska Fisheries Inc.’s
Alaska Trader and Mercator (reef
er vessels) both pulled into port
during the week. On Wednesday
evening they were both tied up
alongside one another down at the
Standard Oil Dock. While down
there we noticed that Lloyd Can
non had completed the painting of
the superstructure of his mighty
Oceanic and had moved on over
to the city dock area loaded up
with crab pots . . . and Oscar Dy
son was busy loading aboard crab
pots on his equally handsome boat
Robbie. He pulled out for the crab
grounds early Thursday morning.
Most of the crabbers are either al
ready out again or about ready to
commence crabbing operations.
With many of the salmon boats al
ready out after “Reds” and more
merely waiting for the first signs
of “Humpies,” the boat harbor is
beginning to look deserted. Once
the humpes come in, the boat har
bor will probably look mostly like
a sport fisherman’s marina!
To come out on top a man must
be willing to start at the bottom.
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24 hours
Ph. 486—5637 or 486—2255
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(No Exceptions) Order Now!
WHEN YOU GET
A GOOD TROPHY
REMEMBER WHERE
YOU GOT IT.
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Corsages Made To Order
Blooming Potted Plants
Your florist is as near as your phone.
Call 486-2332
MONTMARTRE FLORISTS
KNUDSEN’S
Films — Photo Finishing-Enlargements
Cameras, Screens and we have the New Kodiak 35mm
Carousel Projector
Toys For Outdoor Play
Fishing Tackle — Guns — Ammo and Components
Alaskan Jewelry and Gift Items
Parkas and Slippers
See Our New Stock of Cards for Every Occasion
and Gift Wrappings
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