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all southeastern canneryworkers
under a single uniform union con
tract. Negotiations are underway
between Southeast Alaska cold
storage operators and warehouse
men, cannery and shellfish work
ers. The union is asking a raise
from the present $3.25 an hour to
$3.95, with the same pay scale for
women. Women presently get $2.75.
The union is also asking double
time for hours worked between
5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Mon
day. They presently are on a 40
hour week with a guarantee of
work on Saturday at overtime pay.
Also the union demands include a
request for 10 paid holidays not
had before; 21 cents an hour for
welfare and 27 cents an hour for
a pension fund. Workers now get
10 cents an hour for welfare witn
no provisions for pensions.
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Enroute back to Port Wakefield
following a visit to Anchorage this
past week was Mr. and Mrs. Lowell
Wakefield and their son. They at
tended the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce luncheon featuring a
new hot King Crab dish prepared
by the top Chef of Air France,
which, due to Lowell’s active pro
moting of Alaska King Crab, will
now be served on all interconti
nental flights of Air France! Looks
like the foreign airlines are steal
ing a march on our domestic air
lines on this.
Two other top Wakefield Fish
eries men were traveling this week
also. Superintendent Tak Miyahara,
who, incidentally, is one of the
recognized scientific experts on
King Crab, attended the Pacific
Marine Biologist’s Convention in
Gearhart, Oregon, and Labortory
Supervisor Dick Pace, accompanied
by his wife, was in Portland, Ore
gon, attending the Pacific Coast
Food Technologists meeting.
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Our Kodiak-Homer ferry boat is
finally shaping up with bid evalu
ations now going on . . . and we
now are all convinced it will be a
reality .. . there for a time we were
beinning to wonder a bit. In fact
it has been some time now since
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we last heard it ridiculed as “De
veau’s Dinghy” or “Pete’s Pram.”
Whether you appreciate Pete De
veau or not you gotta admit he
deserves the bulk of the credit for
pushing it through the legislature.
The same holds true in the case of
our Mayor Merrill Coon who
worked nearly 20 years almost 6in
glehandedly in getting us the
s,mall boat harbor. Undoubtedly
others contributed to these achieve
ments ... in the case of the ferry
boat we feel, along with Pete, that
credit should be given to Chuck
Edris, Oscar Dyson, Walter Kraft,
Bill Schultz and Ace Cab drivers
who all together contributed more
than $500 to pay for TV time in
Anchorage on behalf of promoting
the ferryboat bond election. “They
gave more than lip service to our
ferryboat,” is the way Deveau put
it, adding, “And now we must pre
pare for tourists . . . campsites,
marking of historical spots, a ma
rine aquarium perhaps.”
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While up visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Monroe, Sr.,
had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Nelson who were
placing their order for one of Jim’s
Budger Homes. Gordon is skipper
of the 82-ft. Western Clipper and
is well known throughout Alaska,
having lived for many years in
Cordova and fished everywhere
there is anything to fish for in the
sea. Last year he was the highliner
for salmon in the Aleutian Islands
From his comments we understand
he will shortly switch over to fish
ing shrimp.
Both the Monroe boys, Jim, Jr.
and Rocky departed this week as
crewmen aboard the APA’s Heron
which went south to be worked
over. Jim Jr., is first engineer and
Rocky second engineer. According
to Heron Skipper Mike Soma the
vessel would probably return in
about four to six weeks. Othei
members of the crew are: David
Neff, cook; Charles Christensen
John Larsen, and Bryan Sampson
all deck hands.
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Back in Kodiak after experienc
ing a real Mexican holiday down
Acupulco way are Pat and Marga
ret Cannon. They drove about IOC
miles south of Acupulco which *s
about as far as it is possible to
drive in that direction. And they
also toured through most of
“Dixie,” visiting in New Orleans,
Atlanta, Memphis. While in Fair
dealing, Mo., they visited with
Glenn Martin and saw another Ko
diakan of former years, Col. Fred
Hunt in Decatur, Alabama. Col.
Hunt was head of the Army Engi
neers here during World War II.
Pat will shortly be ready to make
an important announcement . . .
one having to do with seafood
processing we understand.
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ADF&G’s Dexter Lall’s new As
sistant Area Management Biologist
arrived in town Tuesday. He is
Jack Lechner, 29, who is trying i0
find a place to live so he can bring
his wife and one child here from
Juneau where he has been the past
year with ADF&G. Jack, who ma
jored in Fish and Game Manage
ment, is a graduate of Oregon
State. Now maybe if they would
just provide Dexter and Jack with
an appropriation sufficient to carry
out the necessary research pro
gram, we might find out how fjr
out to sea the Razor Clam reaches!
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Alaska Packers is in the process
of moving its offices from the post
office building into their cannery
building. Enroute from Seattle to
his home in Anchorage and kept
here by the hurricane-force winds
during the middle of the week was
Norman Rockness, APA Bristol
Bay Area Superintendent who tells
us they will operate only the Nak
nek Cannery in that area this sea
son. Official prognostications do
not call for much more of a season
than last year which was almost a
complete bust for Bristol Bay.
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Art Skarsvog will take the West
ern Clipper out for one trip for
shrimp after which Gordon Nelson
will resume command. Art will be
back with the Power Scow Jim B
which is one of Nick Bez’ Peter
Pan Seafoods’ Bristol Bay and
Westward salmon tenders.
“HOORAH!” . . . Oscar Dyson’s
gleeful yell could be heard clear
across to Near Island when he
heard about a U.S. Navy warship
firing on a Russian pirate trawler
off the East Coast this week! “They
should award those navy boys a
medal by gollies,” Oscar exclaimed,
adding however, “but they should
also strive to improve their marks
manship!” (They missed, you
know.) “And right here off the
shores of Kodiak there are plenty
of big commie ships operating
which would make for excellent
target practice.” We are in com
plete agreement with Oscar on this
and hope that if the federal offi
cials and congress fail to decorate
the men on that navy ship that our
Alaskan legislators and Governor
Egan take appropriate action to let
them know that their patriotic ac
tion is appreciated despite their
poor marksmanship . . . they show
the right spirit!
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