Ben Kraft Laid To Rest Wednesday;
Graveside Salute Given At Interment
Funeral services for Ben Kraft
were attended by a large crowd
who witnessed the last rites, prior
to burial, at the Russian Church,
two o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Father Gerasim Schmaltz officiat
ed at the services, assisted by Rev.
Roman Sturmer, rector of the
Church.
Inclement weather did not defer*
the vast number of people who
gathered in the church and attend
ed the graveside services which
followed. r„~
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Pall bearers were Charles Rush,
Stan ^Nelson, 7. Brian Thjrsheim/
Jack 'Hinckel,. Ed Getty, Emil
Knudifen and - Tom Frost, Jr.
Honorary pall bearers were Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, '‘Bill Lamme,
Robert Von Scheele, Henry Ne
seth, Clark Andresen* Ray Martin
and Merrill Coon.
The burial procession was led
hy an American Legion honor
guard composed of the following
men: Post Commander George
Cornelius, Chaplain John Trent,
Roy Snyder, Carl Brunstad, Oke
Chandler, Charles Woodward,
Charles Rush. Mrs. Mary Mowry
represented the Legion’s Auxiliary
Post No. 17 at the graveside ser
vices. Chaplain Trent presented
the flag to Walter Kraft. Ben Kraft
was accorded a graveside salute
furnished by a firing squad from
the local unit of the National
Guard. Lance Corporal Melvin
Blair, USMC, was the -bugler.
Members of the firing squad who
participated are M/Sgt Quinto
Denato, SFC Richard Hartman, Sgt
Charles Pemberton, SPC Ray
Shively, SPC Edmund Hall, SPC
Anderson, PFC Lexie Fadaoff and
PFC Paul Haron.
Left to mourn his passing are
his wife, Mrs. Edna Kraft; •• son
Walter; three sisters, Margaret
Bogen of Seattle, Wash., Mrs.
Freida Blinn of Kodiak and Mrs.
Pauline Hunt of Phoenix, Arizona;
two brother$, Emil and Albert; and
six grandchildren, Suzanne, David,
-Ben, Teresa, Kevin, Timothy and
Jennifer. •* • ••
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Sunday Last Day
Fer Elk Hunting
Sunday, October 25, is the last
day for elk hunting, according to
Will Troyer, Manager of the game
department for FWS here.
This has Jjeen an exceptionally
good year for hunting, according
to Troyer. The weather has faydr*
ed the hunter except just for
past few days. About one hundred
animals have been taken out, he
said, coming mainly from the
Maiina Lake and Tonki Cape
areas. The kill will be comparable
to last year, Troyer stated.
Deer season will continue until
November 30.
CAP Officials Visit I
In Formation of Cad
Representatives of the Alaska
Wing of the Civil Air Patrol were
in town Friday, October 16th to
discuss matters pertaining to the
formation of a CAP Cadet Squad
ron here. The group were lunch
eon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell
Chaf/in at the Montmart Inn. Rob
ert Leonard, also a guest at the
luncheon, was appointed act ng
commander for the purpose of
supervision of all organizational
work of the new Kodiak unit, and
Yule M. Chaffin was given tem
porary duty assignment of Exec
tive and Public Information Of
ficer.
The Anchorage representatives
were Lt. Col. Roman Malach
(CAP) Executive Officer, Maj.
Robert Livsay, (CAP) AF-CAP.
Liaison Officer, Capt. Gilbert
Wolferton (CAP) Director of
King Crab Labels
Offered For Sale
If you want to put something
distinctively Alaskan and par
ticularly Kodiak on youir letters
the Chamber of Commerce is pro
viding a gummed sticker publiciz
ing Kodiak as the “King Crab Cap
ital of the World”.
It is an attractive sticker in
three colors showing a “crowned”
king crab atop the world. The
stickers sell for $1.50 per hundred
ar.d may be obtained at the Kodiak
Mirror office or from Mrs. Do .'s
Simon.
Kodiak to Aid
lei Squadron Here
Material, 1st Lt. Betty Wolverton
(CAP) Information Services Of
ficer, and C/Maj. Jeanne Perkins
(CAP) Cadet Counsel.
The parly met with high school
students at a general assembly at
3:30 Friday afternoon where a
film “Ambassadors with Wings”
was shown. The film showed one
phase of the cadet training pro
gram, that is, the cadet exchange
program in which cadets who
have earned the privilege are sent
to foreign countries. Lt. Col. Mal
ach talked briefly on the impor
tance of aviation in the future
and the part that will be played in
in it by today’s youth. Students
interested in CAP met with the
representatives after the assembly
for a question and answer session.
Small Cut Seen In School Funds
Juneau (AP)—Sen. Bartlett de
nied there will be any mult-million
dollar losses in federal school sup
port funds because of statehood.
He said cuts in federal support
money caused by transfer of fed
eral property to state will prob
ably run in the neighborhood of
$257,000.
Deputy State Commissioner of
Education, Howard Matthews said
at Anchorage last week Alaska
will lose a large portion of feder
al support funds that have aver
aged about six million dollars an
nually. Bartlett quoted the school
assistance division of the Office of
(Education at Washington, D. C.
that no such decrease is expected
and any cut “most assuredly will
not amount to anything like six
million dollars’.
Matthews in a talk before a
meeting of 'superintendents ad
visory commission said the loses
would result jrom reductions of
payments in lieu of taxes covering
children of parents who live or
work on federal property.
Westair Begins
Flight Service
Out of Kodiak
Westair Transport will begin
passenger service between Seattle
and Kodiak, via .Anchorage on
Wednesday, October-,28, according
•to an announcement by company
officials.
. There will be two. passenger
flights weekly, on Wednesday, and
Saturday according yto .Newell
Davis, General Sales Manager.
From Kodiak • southbound, the.
plane will leave here aj; 4:30 p.m.
and arriving Seattle at-4:45 am.
Northbound, the plane leaves Seat
•tle 1:45 a.m. arriving in Kodiak at.
12:45 p.m.
The flights will originate .at
Boeing field ins Seattte* !..UmQusii)e
service will be provided & both
airports and the city.! . ,!.""
Plane used. op. the flights will be
a 4 motor Douglas Skymaster with
first class seating, and stewardess
service. Continental breakfast and
snacks will be served out of
Seattle. Anchorage to Kodiak pas
sengers will be served full break
fast at International Airport in
Anchorage. Kodiak to Seattle
passengers will be served full din
ner at Anchorage.
The fare will be $75 plus $1.74
tax one way. Military personnel
will be given a 10 per cent reduc
tion on a round trip ticket. Freight
service will be available at approxi
mately a 15 per cent saving, Davis
stated.
Bob Holbert is president of
Westair. Executive vice-president
and general manager is Tommy
Thompson. Capt. Lynn Mansfield
is director of operations. Newell
Davis is general sales manager
and Ve>n Fannin, the local station
manager. A city ticket office will
be located in the Bank of Kodiak
building.
Westair Transport is now in its
13th year of operation, according
to Davis. The company’s prime
program in the past has been
heavily concentrated on contract
freight operations to Alaska and
contract passenger movement in
the other states, he said.
In January, 1959, CAB awarded
Westair a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity as a
supplemental scheduled air car
rier.
Thompson stated, “The company
feels proud in finally obtaining
this authorization and is proud to
present its services on a more
formal basis to Alaskans.
Recommend Plan For Perpetual Care
For Graves En New Cemetery In Kodiak.
Establishing a cemetery in
Kodiak and providing for its per
petual care was discussed at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Thursday noon at the Island Foun
tain.
Rev. Talbott, reporting for the
C i v i c Improvement Committee
stated the problem has been under
consideration of the committee..
Under the plan proposed by Rev.
Talbott, a corporation wouldvbe
formed with a board created to
handle the administration, of** the
cemetery. He voiced the* opinion
that the * various : churches 'end,
organizations would probacy purf
chase sections and resell to in
dividuals.
. Dr. Bruce Keets4 offered figures
for a' preliminary study he had
made. Cost • of each plot, -which,
would be approximately 5 ft. %
40 ft. would depend on how mheh
of the land Was uSed, he said. If
all were sold, the cost to indivi
duals would be about $25. If part
of lands was used for trees and
shrubs, cost would necessarily go
up. He said he thought the cost
would probably. be between $50
$100 per grave.
Under the plan, half of the
funds would go nto a bank account
and only the interest on this would
be used. The other half would be
used for maintenance costs. He
estimated an attendant would be
needed at an estimated cost of
$3,000 a year.
A motion for the Chamber to
form a corporation and board of
directors to assist the City in
securing and operating such a
cemetery, was amended to have
the City appoint its own board. In
the end the members present vot
ed to refer the question to the
Legislative Committee of the
Chamber in order to clarify cer
tain land laws.
Following reports of committees,
Kim Clark brought up the subject
of 90 million acres which the De
partment of the Interior wahts to
Move to Shift
Capital Underway
Anchorage (AP) A comm-mittee
disclosed plans to move for enact
ment by initiative law that would
shift the State capital from Juneau
in 1965. The location picked by the
five-member state-appointed com
mittee would be in Cook Inlet
Rainbelt area.
An application to proceed will
be filed with Secretary of State at
Juneau by next Wednesday, Earl
Hillstrand, Anchorage Democra
tic legislature heading the new
capital site steering committee,
said. He is chairman of the State
House of Representatives Finance
Committee.
The proposal would go be
fore voters in the 1960 general
election if all requirements as to
procedure are met. The petiton
would have to be signed by a
number of qualified voters equal
to 10 percent vote cast in the last
general election and include signa
tures from at least two-thirds of
the 24 elections district of. the
State. This means about 5,000 sig
natures will be needed.
set aside as an Airctie Wildlife
Range. It is primarily needed, he
said, to protect the polar bear
denning area.-.He .said there was,
no Arctic type .irange for wildlife
in Alaska. . .... . . .*
, His suggestion, was referred to
the Roads, Lands and Harbor com
mittee for further study and re
port.
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Along The
Waterfront , ....
. Cloudy and -rain-drenched skys
and driving wirids of gale proper
-lions kept boats snugged, down in- f i
the small boat. harbor and else
Ayhere for most of the week. This
.made for activity along the water
front alright, but, not of the right ...
kind. v, . ryv .... •.
The winds slowed operations at; •
King Crab, Inc. The firm processed, -
crabs -on Monday but had only i #
skeleton crew fpr the rest of the .
week. .. - • ... ’ • ... ---
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The arrival, of. the EXPANSION .
Tuesday was .about the only activ-.* ...
ity at the City-Dock this week. The ..
mailboat had just completed the
trip around the Island. She was to
have departed the same day, but ---.
the blow at sea kept her tied tc
the dock. Capt. Thomsen wound
up in the hospital overnight when -
he ran a fever, but the ship depart- *»
ed Thursday headed for the West
ward. The EXPANSION returned
in about three hours because of
the high seas, again leaving this
morning (Friday).
Alaska King Crab processed
about 1800 crab this week, held up
mainly by the poor weather.
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CARE OF FISHERMEN
Alaska’s program for Care of
Sick & Disabled Fishermen has
processed more than 1100 cases so
fair in 1959—a more than 20 per
cent increase over the total for
last year.
During the 12 months of 1958,
the Fishermen’ss Fund processed
901 cases, of which 34 claims were
rejected. Of the more than 1,100
cases handled so far in 1959 only
23 were denied.
Primary Election
Change Is Sought
Juneau (AP)—The first for
mal applicaton for initiative en
actment of a state law was filed
Wednesday with Secretary of State
Hugh Wade.
Bearing 109 signatures, the ap
plication seeks to replace the so
called blanket primary election
ballot for party primary bulloJ •
adopted by the 1959 legislature
The application seeks ballot
proposition on question at the
1960 general election. Under the
new Alaska law, voters may past
-ballots only for candidates of one
party in the primary election. Pro
posed initiative would again per
mit voting for candidates of more
th:r. cec r;.r4y in the primary.