VOL. 21, NO. 67 KODIAK, ALASKA, MAY 12, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Thirty-five Seniors To Graduate;
Commencement Exercises Tuesday
Commencement exercises for the
class of 1961 will be held at the
high school auditorium, Tuesday,
May 16, beginning at 8 p. m., 35
Seniors will receive diplomas at
the traditional ceremony.
Cmdr. R. K. Stacer, legal officer
for the 17th District on the Naval
Station, will deliver the address.
Following the traditional pro
cessional, the Pomp and Circum
stance No. 1, by Elgar, by the high
school band, and the invocation by
the Rev. Fred Mamaloff, Church
of God minister, the salutatory will
be given by Miss Carol Vail. The
high school chorus will sing
“Spring Greeting” which will be
followed by the valedictory by Miss
Jerilyn Smith.
Following Cmdr. Stacer’s ad
dress, Miss Mary Ann Yovino will
sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
by Richard Rodgers. She will be
accompanied at the piano by Kath
ryn Alvine.
Presentation of the Class of ’61
will follow by Mrs. Claraellen Daw
son, high school principal, and the
awarding of diplomas by Mr. Ro
bert Hall, Chairman of the Kodiak
Board of Education. Presentation
of awards will be made by Mr.
Ivor Schott, Superintendent of Ko
diak Schools.
The recessional will follow.
Baccalaureate
Services Tuesday
Chaplain R. R. Goffrier, MCB 10
Chaplain will give the main ad
dress at the Baccalaureate services
to be held for the high school grad
uating class in the high school au
ditorium, Sunday, beginning at 8
p. m.
Following the invocation, by the
Rev. Lewis E. White, three chorals
will be sung by the high school
chorus under the direction of Mr.
Gary Bensen, musical director at
the school. The three numbers by
John Sebastian Bach, are “O Bles
sed Jesu,” “The Sorrows Thou Art
Bearing,” and “When Life Begins
to Fail Me.”
Closing benediction will be pro
nounced by Mr. George Wick.
The members of the graduating
class is as follows:
James Allain, Dorothy Anderson,
Alan Austerman, Audrey Beck,
Reinhard Biermanski, Kenneth
Bortles, Jerry Chaffin, Gail Cobb,
David Dawson, Melanie Draper,
Carl Ellison, Perry Flotre, Gordon
Franklin, William Hall, Peggy Heg
lin, Lenard Heitman, Allan Her
bert, Dennis Huey, Jon Jeffries,
Virginia Johnson, George Kemper,
Marjorie King, Verna Mead, Daniel
Olsen Jr., Donald Penny, Robert
Richmond, George Richardson,
Jerilynn Smith, Edward Spencer,
Courtney Starbird, John Trent,
Carol Vail, Douglas Woody, Gail
Zieba, Zola Petry.
Festival Nets
$3,000 Pretit
Reports on the King Crab Fes
tival occupied the attention of
members present at the Chamber
of Commerce meeting Thursday
noon at the Town Club.
Ray Martin, Festival chairman,
reported the celebration to be one
of the best staged in Kodiak. He
said he received excellent co-oper
ation from all chairmen and com
mittee members. Ticket sales
amounted to more than 11,000.
Receipts from the sale of tickets
amounted to $10,005.55.
Expenses to date were given as
$8,003.08, and total receipts a
little more than $11,000. Incom
plete report by the secretary-treas
urer showed a balance of approx
imately $3,000 after expenses paid.
A clean-fix-up campaign, engi
neered by the Civic Projects Com
mittee, is scheduled to start June 3,
according to Del Valentine, chair
man of the committee. The city
will aid in the campaign by haul
ing away free of charge refuse col
lected and laid along the road.
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
OF RAINBOW GIRLS SUNDAY
Installation of the officers of
the Order of Rainbow Girls will be
held at the Masonic Temple, at 2
p. m. Sunday, May 14.
The installation is open to the
public.
GOV. WILLIAM A. EGAN is seen as he cuts the ribbon at the
official opening ceremonies held at the field on Sunday.
Photo by Ameigh
Cold Storage
Agreement Made
The Kodiak cold storage will be
come a reality in the near future
as a result of an agreement reached
last night between the City Council
and the Kodiak Cold Storage Inc.,
the firm having an option on the
City-owned plant.
A few differences arose between
the City and the company since the
Council was authorized by munici
pal vote last fall to sell the plant,
and an option to buy was drawn up.
A later agreement drawn up by the
company and a counter agreement
by the City did not meet with the
approval of the parties involved.
Negotiations were deadlocked un
til last nights meeting, when Mr.
Craig and Mr. Dick Sweezey of the
Kodiak Cold Storage Inc. met with
the City Council, and terms were
agreed on.
The cards were laid on the table
when City Manager Poland pointed
out that the feeling was general
here that the company planned to
install a shrimp cannery here
rather than a cold storage. He
pointed out that the main interest
of the City Council is that a cold
storage plant foe operated on the
premises at present, stating that
adequate water could be provided
for this operation. Anything more
than that would require additional
piping to the city dock.
It was brought out in the discus
sion that additional water could be
supplied if necessary at some fu
ture date.
Mr. Sweezey stated the main con
cern of the company is to have suf
ficient water, “equal to any pres
ent user” to operate the cold stor
age. This he was assured he would
have.
Another point that was cleared
up in the discussion was that of
adequate insurance to cover the
City’s interest in the plant until
ownership is turned over to the
company. Poland’s position was
that the company should insure to
the full value of the plant, which is
appraised at approximately $138,
500. Purchase price was $65,000. An
agreement arrived at, was for the
company to insure to this value
and the City for the additional
amount if they so desire.
Terms agreed on was for the City
to furnish adequate water for a
cold storage; the rate of payments
to be made by the company $500 a
month for a period of two years, at
no interest, and the balance in
larger amounts as they see fit; in
surance to be based on purchase
price.
Kiddies Parade
Everybody loves a parade.
This is especially true when the
kiddies participate as they did in
this year’s King Crab Festival pa
rade. The emphasis was on the kid
dies’ entries, and some of these
proved exceptional to say the least.
Marching units, the Navy band,
the fact that the governor led off
the parade and the presence of the
Fur Rendezvous Queen, Miss Han
sen, all gave it a lift from former
parades.
The prize award list gives an ink
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Alberta Mueller Queen Of Festival
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THE 1961 KING CRAB FESTIVAL QUEEN, Alberta Mueller,
pictured above, was crowned and donned her royal robes at the Coro
nation Ball held Saturday night at the National Guard Armory, be
fore a huge crowd.
Alberta is a junior in the Kodiak high school, and is studying
for secretarial work. She is 16 years old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Mueller. She was born in Kodiak. The car, a Corvair Sports
Coupe offered to the lucky ticket holder in the drawing, went to Miss
Mueller’s mother, Mrs. Anna Mueller.
Nearest competitor in the number of votes went to Dolores Me
Louth, the Naval Station contestant. Other contestants were Sandi
Marconi, Shirley Holman, Peggy Heglin, Chickie Zehe, Ruby Carlson,
Sandy Carter, Mae Valley, Melanie Draper, Chickie Chya and Del
phene Snider.
The highly successful stage show, “Mirth Around the Earth” pro
vided the entertainment, which was followed by dancing.
Piedmont Point Selected As Dump Site
Piedmont Point was selected as
the new dump site for the City’s
dry garbage.
This action was taken at the
City Council meeting Thursday fol
lowing a recommendation of City
Manager Bill Poland that the site
be used for the purpose. A permit
will have to be secured from the
Bureau of Land Management for
use of the land for the purpose.
The selection of the site came
prior to the presentation of a pe
tition, signed by 62 residents of the
suburban area, who protested the
selection of a site along the Mis
John Fletcher
Dies Suddenly
John Fletcher, manager of the
Orpheum Theatre here, died in
Seattle Tuesday night of a heart
ailment. He was fifty-five years old.
Mr. Fletcher left here Tuesday
morning on the direct flight to en
ter the Virginia Mason Clinic. He
succumbed at the hospital during
the night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher first came
to Kodiak in July, 1953, from Un
alaska, where he operated a thea
tre and engaged in business. He
was U. S. Commissioner there also.:
sion Road—Mill Bay Road cutoff,
as previously mentioned. Verlyn
Geriene presented the petition. A
delegation of residents were pres
ent at the meeting.
The school budget was presented
for consideration, but final action
was tabled until the next meeting
so that Council members could
study the budget. There is an in
crease of more than $60,000 over
last years budget.
A lady applicant was granted a
temporary permit to operate a
cab, but will be restricted to driv
ing from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily.
Further study is to be made on this
and an ordinance to cover drawn
up.
Mr. Fletcher succeeded Dick
Hendrickson as manager here, and
worked for the Poulson and Shock
interests until he and his son pur
chased the company’s interest in
both the Orpheum Theatre and the
Liberty Theatre in Seward several
years later.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Ina, daughter Janette Wil
liamson of Vallejo, Calif., sons Skip
of Seward, Raymond and Rusty.
Funeral services will be held at
Middlestadt Mortuary in Seattle
at 3 p. m. Saturday. Burial will be
it Washelli in Seattle.