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VOL. 22, NO. 3_ KODIAK, ALASKA, JANUARY 19, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Along The Waterfront
The seagulls were probably the
only ones mad about seeing the
ice broken up in the small boat
harbor the other week. They still
have a thin coat to sit on as it is.
Ovid McKinley with the Fish
and Game Department “icebreak
er” did a good service when he
broke up the ice and freed some of
the crab boats from their icy pri
son. A little touch of drama was
woven into the procedure when a
couple of dogs got stranded on an
ice island, and had to be rescued
by McKinley.
Harbormaster A1 Fenner reports
that two sections are still frozen in
the harbor. He said the ice this
year was one foot thick. The ice
pulled out a lot of piling, partic
ular the native spruce piling. New
reinforcing piling was driven this
week. The piling that broke loose
under the ice pressures was already
eaten thin according to Fenner.
Fenner said that Fritz DeVeau’s
boat the King Fish was going on
the grid to repair a bad leak. Lloyd
Cannon’s “Oceanic” was in for
pump repair.
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The boat Hekla brought shrimp
in to King Crab, Inc. this morning
Salmon Fishermen
Deadline Now Set
It is essential that all salmon net
fishermen who intend to fish dur
ing 1962 obtain their vessel and
gear licenses prior to April 15, ac
cording to a statement issued this
week by Walter Kirkness, Com
missioner of the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game.
The provisions of fishery regula
tions under which late registration
or transfer to another registration
area may be granted have been
changed, Kirkness warned, adding,
“Formerly, a salmon net fishing
gear license could be forfeited by
a person not wishing to use it and
a license issued in its place to an
other fisherman after April 15.
This practice is no longer permitt
ed.”
The regulation now reads: “Late
registration or transfer of register
ed nets or vessels to another regis
tration area may be permitted by
the Commissioner only in the case
of serious injury, sickness or
death.”
Previously, the Commissioner
could grant late licensing or trans
fer upon a determination that con
servation of the salmon runs would
not be adversely affected.
Cold Storage Set
To Begin May 15
Kodiak’s new cold storage plant
will be in operation by May 15th,
according to Bruce Smith, super
intendent of Alaska Ice and Cold
Storage Company here.
“We have a lot of gear and
equipment arriving on the next
steamship and our present sche
dule should put the plant into oper
ation by May 15th,” Smith advised.
Plant Manager Howard Wake
field is expected to arrive in Ko
du<k “t'v’ay or tomorrow, but we
per* no' positive,” he said.
. . . they’re getting some crab in
but it’s still fairly quiet . . . more
crab and shrimp are expected in
now that the weather has improv
ed.
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Bob Resoff, former superinten
dent at King Crab, flew here last
Friday to meet his freezer floater
ship, the 180-foot Theresa Lee
which came into Kodiak this week
to pick up its new master, Mel
Leonard, who is well-known in Ko
diak, Other crew members aboard
include Ivor Wallin and Ronnie
Fadaoff.
Resoff is now in Anchorage and
will fly to Adak to meet the ship
there.
£
Not much activity at Alvine’s
Marine Repair, but the king crab
boat Lucky Star which ran into
trouble last week is still under
going repairs.
£ x
An Alaska Packers spokesmen
described their operations there
as “fairly quiet. ”
Fox Family Loses
Home In Blaze
Three serious fires early in the
week completely dispossessed one
Kodiak family, virtually gutted an
other’s home, and burned out the
interior of a third’s boat.
One of the Pinch apartments was
completely gutted Monday after
the oil stove exploded setting fire
to the unit. Escaping unharmed
from the early morning blaze was
Norman Fox and his four small
children: Norma 9, Diane 7, Gary
5 and Randy 4. Fox, a D & A em
ployee who has lived in Kodiak the
past three years, lost everything
the family owned in the fire.
“Yes, we lost everything we had
. . . everything except our friends
and I didn’t realize we had so many
friends until this happened,” said
Fox in expressing his thanks for
the many offers of aid he has re
ceived from Kodiak residents.
In another house fire, about Sun
day midnight, Dr. and Mrs. T. E.
(Colford escaped unharmed from
their blazing home located next
door to the Elks Club. The blaze,
believed started by a cigarette,
virtually gutted the interior of the
living quarters in the combination
home and dental offices of the Col
fords. Fire Chief Harold Heglin
unofficially estimated the fire’s
damage at about $10,000.
The third fire, occured shortly
after noon on Tuesday inside Alf
Madsen’s 33 - foot boat “Polaris”.
The Polaris, unused for the past
several years, has been beached
alongside Kraft’s Store. Chief Heg
lin has advised that he has deter
mined that the fire was caused by
two small boys. Madsen estimated
the fire’s damage to the interior
plywood sheathing at about $100.
The vessel was not covered by in
surance, he advised.
OUZINKIE WOMAN WED
Married yesterday afternoon in
the district magistrate office by
Judge Mabel Fenner were Eugenia
Larionoff of Ouzinkie and Herman
Heiser of Ilwaco, Wash.
Moving Capital
Petition Sent
To Sec’y Of State
Juneau (/P) —Two packages con
taining 136 capital relocation peti
tion booklets were received in
Secretary of State Hugh Wade’s
office.
A spokesmen for the capital in
formation committee, backing the
capital move, said in Anchorage
booklets contained signatures of
6,877 qualified voters. Secretary
Wade’s office said the first step
was to determine whether the peti
tions signed by required 6,218
qualified voters would be to verify
the voting qualification of the
sponsor of each book. Wade indicat
ed that if sponsor of a book is not
a qualified voter, signatures in
the book would be automatically
disqualified.
The committee said Wednesday
that additional petition books
would be mailed to reach Wade’s
office prior to Monday, when the
1962 legislature meets.
Seven Are Nabbed
In Drinking Party
A drinking parly aboard a boat
moored in the small boat harbor
and involving minors resulted in
jail sentences for two local men in
District Magistrate Mabel Fenner’s
court this week.
Sentenced to 90 days with 60
days suspended and a $50 fine was
Paul Davenport, 19, convicted of
the charge of minor drinking,
drinking aboard a boat, and dis
orderly conduct. Michael Chya,
also 19, was charged with minor
drinking and drinking aboard a
boat and was given 90 days with 60
days suspended.
Of the seven apprehended in the
case, two minor girls and one 16
year old boy are being held for the
state youth and adult authority.
One 18-year old boy and one minor
girl were released. Two of the girls
involved were 14 while the third
was 13 years old.
Technical difficulties prevented
us from running pictures schedul
ed for this week’s issue.
$50 Million Earmarked For Alaska
Washington (JP) — More than
$50 million is earmarked for
Alaska, including $12,290,000 for a
postoffice and courthouse in Jun
eau, in the president’s budget for
the year starting July 1. The bud
get, containing the requests for ap
propriations, were sent to Congress
today.
The U.S. Army Engineers survey
items include Wrangell harbor,
$6,000, Seward, $8,000. A $3 million
dollar transitional grant, the maxi
mum authorized for the year under
the Alaska Omnibus act, is asked
for continuing the changeover to
statehood. Congress authorized a
total of 28 million for this through
1964. So far $22.5 million has been
appropriated.
For the Alaska Communications
System, the budget recommends
Stricklers Leave
Kodiak Next Week
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Captain Lyle E. Striekler, USN,
chief of staff to Cmdr. Alaskan Sea
Frontier and Comdt. 17th Naval
District, will depart Kodiak Jan
uary 23 for duty at Los Angeles,
Calif.
Upon his arival in Los Angeles,
Captain Striekler will assume com
mand of the U.S. Navy and Marine
Corps Reserve Training Center in
that city.
Captain and Mrs. Striekler have
been in Kodiak since December
1959 and have been instrumental
in developing and expanding com
munity interest in Little Theater
work. Their past accomplishments
include the production of “Pajama
Game,’ “Bernadine,” and “Gram
ercy Ghost.” Scheduled as their
last production before leaving is
“Miss Mary Poppins,” to be held at
the Striekler Little Theater, on the
naval station, January 20-21.
The “Striekler Little Theater”
was so named in honor of Captain
and Mrs. Striekler, through whose
efforts an amateur theater was con
verted from an empty building and
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$6,900,000. ‘Wo significant expan
sion of the system planned”, the
budget stated, pending sale and
transfer to private ownership.
Musical Fantasy
Opens Saturday
Saturday night is opening night
for the latest production of the Ko
diactors, a musical fantasy entitled
“The Story of Mary Poppins’’ which
will be performed on the stage of
the Marion Strickler Little Theatre
on the Naval Station. Only two
evening performances are schedul
ed, Saturday and Sunday, with a
children’s matinee Sunday at 2 p.
m.
The production features music
by Carter Wright, with book and
lyrics by Richard Goddard.
A cast of thirty has been in re
hearsal for the past two months.
Many of the cast who made the
Kodiactors last production o f
“Gramercy Ghost” so enjoyable,
will be featured in the fantasy,
which is under the direction of
Mrs. Marion Strickler, who also
directed “Gramercy Ghost” and
other successes.
The curtain will go up at 8 p.m.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Years ago we read in an Armed
Forces newspaper an article en
titled: “Are civilians people?”
The writer had apparently got
ten indoctrinated in his few years
as a member of the military, and
had come to the conclusion that his
was the only life. Civilians untouch
ed by matters of the military,
might ask the same question in re
verse: “Are members of the mili
tary people?”
Both questions were answered to
the complete satisfaction of both
concerned when nine members of
the Kodiak Chapter of the Navy
League joined eight Navy Leagu
ers from Anchorage and a total of
about 200 from the West Coast and
Montana as they converged on Cor
onado and saw some of the inner
workings of the Navy and Marine
Corps, and listened to speeches
given by high ranking officers who
apparently knew what they were
talking about.
It was apparent there was a
meeting of the minds. The physi
cally flabby civilian’s encounter
with his physically fit military
counterpart left something to be
desired as to the former, but it was
demonstrated that he was mentally
alert to our fighting forces being
ready and the defense of om coun
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Navy Leaguers
Attend Conference
Nine members of the Kodiak
Chapter of the Navy League joined
a group from various areas of the
Northwest, at the Regional Confer
ence of that body held at Coronado,
Calif. Jan. 10-13.
Approximately 200 people at
tended the conference and were
given briefings on the role of the
Navy and Marine Corps in the Na
tion’s defense. Other League-spon
sored projects were presented in
cluding the Sea Cadets and Coast
Guard Affairs.
Delegates Attending Conference
sessions held at the del Coronado
Hotel were addressed by the Com
mandants of the 12th, 13th and
17th Naval Districts, as well as
hearing addresses by others prom
inent in Naval and Marine affairs.
Friday, the final day, was given
over to a sandtable landing force
demonstration at the Naval Am
phious Base; an underwater demo
lition demonstration; conducted
tours aboard the Aircraft Carrier
the USS Oriskany and a guided
missile destroyer; a “scramble” by
A.W.F.S.; and a tour of the U.S.
Marine Corps Training Depot,
where Marine recruits were seen
in actual training. Final event
prior to the evening reception and
dinner, 3,200 Marines marched be
fore the reviewing stand.
The group from Kodiak included
Jack Hinckel, Russ Wright, Frank
Irick, Merrill Coon, Sig Digree, Dr.
Bob Johnson, Dr. A. Holmes John
son, Emil Knudsen and Walt Mull
er.
Marvis Hedloff
Dies In California
A former resident of Kodiak,
Marvis Hedloff, passed away in
Los Angeles Wednesday of last •
week, according to word received
here this week. She was the wife
of Bob Hedloff, former City Clerk
here.
The deceased passed away quiet
ly in her sleep on January 10th,
of a heart condition. She has been
in and out of the hospital the past
several months.
Her husband accompanied her
body back to her family plot in
Little Rock, Arkansas, where she
was buried on the 15th of this
month. Bob Hedloff plans to re
turn to the West Coast and will
take up residence at 7225 Holly
wood, Calif.