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By Karl Armstrong
Five lucky people in Kodiak
knew the right guy to get a King
Salmon from. Receiving gift Kings
from Chet Chaser, who usta was
the engineer on the Lex this win
ter and is over in Cordova area
now were: Fred Brechan, Coogan
Peterson, Mrs. David Murphy, Jess
& Anna Blinn and John & Lil Shur
avaloff.
Talkin’ ’bout f^ng Salmon, didja
here about the one what got away
from Bill Unger over Monashka
Bay T’uther day? We understand
Bill was over there after some o’
that delectable black bass. He made
one cast and lo ’n behold if’n a
mighty King Salmon didn’t latch
onto his baited hook. Bill fought
the monster up to the boat several
times but had not anticipated fish
ing for anything except Black Bass
so didn’t have a gaff along. Musta
been heartbreakin’ to have gotten
it alongside a number of times only
to lose it in the end.
Milt and Ann Souter have been
busy as proverbial bees gitt’n their
22-ft. cabin cruiser ready for the
summer season. Saw Ann a’paint’n
the interior coupla Sunday’s ago
and Milt had her up on the grid
Monday for copperpaint’n her bot
tom. Their son Milton, Jr., voughta
be home from college the 11th by
the way.
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Pillar Pipeline
Progress Report
Progress is excellent on the Pil
lar Creek water pipeline project,
according to Jim Barr, consulting
•engineer of the city.
Barr, accompanied by the editor
of the Kodiak Mirror made an on
the-spot inspection tour of the
pipeline area early this week and
found that the entire length of the
pipeline route has been cleared
and much of it grubbed already.
Also one mile of equipment access
road leading off the White Alice
road has been completed in less
than one week.
“We have started digging the
pipeline trench and have over 200
feet done so far,” said Lloyd McIn
tyre, foreman of the Locher Pipe
line Co. whicn is constructing the
pipeline project.
“The Beaver Lake pipeline of
lightweight transite pipe is now
being laid,” Barr advised, adding,
“It, of course, is temporary for
emergency use in case of any ex
tended dry spell this summer be
fore the Pillar Creek project is
completed.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Memorial Services for Staff Sgt.
Richard Aga of Larsen Bay, who
died in a plane crash early this
week, will be held at 2 p.m. at the
Community Baptist Church.
CANNERY FIRE—Fire caused by electrical wiring in the attic de
stroyed most of the roof and attic area of the mess hall at APA’s
Larsen Bay salmon cannery early Monday morning. The fire, which
began at 2 a.m. was brought under control by employes of the firm
who turned out enmasse to fight the blaze which for a time, due to
a stiff breeze, threatened the entire plant. Strenuous efforts by the
crew, coupled with a favorable shift in the prevailing; breeze, saved
the day, however, and as a company spokesman advised, “Breakfast
was served on time!”
Mayor-Council City
Elections Spark
Early Speculation
City elections, still many weeks
away, should prove lively and in
teresting should the present high
level of widespread interest con
tinue.
Selection of Carl Rodli to replace
Councilman Nick Frost has re
ceived the general approval of lo
cal voters, particularly those in
terested or allied in some way with
the fishing industry. Rodli had re
ceived endorsement from fisher
men at the last city election at
which he narrowly missed ousting
an incumbent councilman.
So far two names are receiving
wide mention as possible candi
dates for Mayor. They are Wally
Nelson, manager of Kraft’s Hard
ware Dept., and Ed Naughton of
Naughton’s Bakery. To date both
have declined any comment on the
possibility or probability they
would choose to run. Mayor Merrill
Coon, who will be completing his
third 2-year term in that post, has
not indicated as yet either if he
will stand for re-election. He is cur
rently on vacation with his family.
Mentioned as possible candidates
for the city council so far are Mike
Fitzgerald, well known fisherman
and hotel owner, Jan Beukers, busi
ness agent of the Fishermen’s As
sociation Dr. Don Fenner and Os
car Dyson.
NEW COMPANY
Listed in the monthly report of
new domestic corporations orga
nized to do business in the state of
Alaska was Kodiak Marine Supply,
Inc., with a capita'ization of $100,
000 for the purpose of general ma
rine supply.
SALMON PRICE
Although there have teen sev
eral meetings and “much talk
ing” in negotiations on a saimon
contract foi this season, nothing
definite has yet been deter
mined insofar as a price for sal
mon is concerned. Spokesmen of
both the fishermen and the can
"r5e «p“ w,r lr'•''ecu, •>* reach
j ii'iu'.nt VJiiiin several
days however.
Japanese Crab
Fleet Departs For
Kodiak On Monday
The Japanese fishing fleet, des
tined to fish for king crab in the
Kodiak Island area, should depart
Japan this coming Monday, June
10, according to an article appear
ing in the June 3 issue of the U.S.
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Market News Report published in
Seattle.
The article, entitled “Japanese
Plan Experimental King Crab Fish
ery in Kodiak Island Area,” is
quoted in its entirety here:
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Russian Fishing
Vessels Jamming
“Mayday” Channel
Russian fishing vessels in Gulf
of Alaska waters are indiscrim
inately using the radio frequency
channel 2182 (“Mayday”), the fre
quency set aside for distress sig
nals and calls, according to one
70-year-old seaman who originally
came from Estonia and speaks and
understands the Russian language.
The Mirror refrains from identify
ing the man by name or vessel out
of consideration for relatives he
has in the old country.
“While they seem generally to
use 2738 in their radio transmis
sions between ships, the Russian
vessels apparently think nothing
at all about blasting forth out over
2182, which of course is our “May
day” or distress frequency,” he
told the Mirror.
“From listening in on their con
versations on the air I have
learned that they have run into
troubles in getting their catches of
perch from the fishing boats to the
factory ships and have been, in
some cases, forced to dump their
catches ba'k into the Gulf,” ho
said.
He said the Russian trawling ef
fort was being made at a depth of
170 to 200 meters according to
their adio reports and said that
the Russian skippers were com
plaining that their catches were
nvu.h rmailer out in the Gulf ps
cr" -itft th'!- p'forts closer
to Kodiak Island earlier.
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Prominent Kodiak Civic Leader
Arthur Wickman Dies In Accident
The Kodiak community lost one
of its most respected citizens when
an accident caused the death of
Arthur Charles Wickman.
Wickman, 53, was pronounced
dead at 3:10 p.m. Monday after
noon and the cause of death was
“crush injury to chest.”
Wickman was assisting in setting
a cold storage walk-in unit in place
over a new foundation at the new
City Market building located
across the street from City Hall
when the unit, which was about
two feet above the ground, slipped
six inches off the blocks and
pinned him beneath it.
He and his wife Mary, who op
erates the Kodiak Laundry, have
lived in Kodiak the past decade
and have been active in the com
munity’s civic affairs. He was an
officer in the local Carpenter’s
Union and active in the Central
Labor Council here.
Wickman was born Sept. 26,
1910, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Besides his wife he is survived
by two daughters and two foster
sons. The daughters are Louise
Ziviello and Jewel Zajic. The Eons
are Ronald and Conrad Flynn, all
of whom reside in Alameda, Calif.
Other survivors include a broth
Fourth Local Man
Quits Police Force
Lewis Lyle this week announced
he had resigned from his position
as an officer on the Kodiak city
police force on which he has served
off and on since 1958.
“There just isn’t any unity on
the force anymore and 1 simply am
getting another job where there is
some unity,” said Lyle, adding,
“I’ve seen good men come and go
in the years I have served on the
force here.”
Lyle said he understood his re
placement had arrived here from
Fairbanks and was presently serv
ing on the force. Lyle is the fourth
local officer to quit the force in
the past 10 weeks. Those who re
signed earlier were Frank Pagano,
John Boucher and “Corky” McCorc
kle. Lyle’s resignation was effec
tive June 1
HALIBUT DERBY
Discussion of the upcoming local
annual Halibut Derby will take
place at the Tuesday evening meet
ing of the Kodiak Outdoorsmen
Club. The meeting will be held in
the Downtown School building and
begins at 8 p.m.
er, Albin Wickman, and a sister,
Frances Snyder, both of Dubuque,
Iowa. Another sister, Angeline
Stark, lives in Tony, Wis.
Funeral services were held at
9 a.m. Thursday morning in the
Catholic Church here and inter
ment will be in Alameda, Calif.
Mrs. Wickman accompanied the
body on Thursday’s flight to Ala
meda.
“Around
The Ball Park”
(“Around the Ball Park” is a
new column the Kodiak Mirror
will be carrying. We are indebted
to Dave Fremmin, local agent of
the New York Life Insurance
Co., who has generously volun
teered his time and effort to
write this column for us.)
By Dave Fremmin
This week’s Little League activ
ity saw Alaska Ice & Storage de
feat the Elks team by a score of
15 to 7.
The strong Kraft s team subdued
the Outdoorsmen by a score of 15
to 6 in Wednesday’s night game,.
Tuesday night at the base, the
Red Sox outscored the Outdoors
men in a real see-saw battle that
ended up 8 to 7. A real strong bat
ter appears in the ranks of the
Outdoorsmen; Joe Lester, w.ho
seems to thrive when he is under
the pressure of two strikes against
him. He has come through in two
cases with an over-the fence hit.
Had a nice chat over a cup of
coffee at the concession stand with
Marsha Ekin, Maggie Drabek and
Rita Hangstefer. These girls, along
with many others who contribute
actively to Little League, certainly
deserve a big hand for their inter
est.
Edith Longmire informs me that
there is a complete loudspeaker
system just waiting to be hooked
up. Any persons who would like to
lend a hand with this project may
do so by contacting her.
I am indebted to Phyllis Farber
for keeping me supplied wi h in
formation about the games as I
am not always able to attend. I will
be contacting spectators and the
managers of various teams for com
ments about the games. Through
these people this column will at
tempt to keep Little League in the
news and perhaps, get more par
ents to attend.
The Senior League game sched
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CAP Cadets attending encampment: Back row (left to right) Darrel
Poomgaarden, Craig Miller, William Wade, Jeff Nelson. Front row: ,
Sonya Anderson, Frank Cook, William Simon, John Connors.
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