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VOL. 19, NO. 47_ KODIAK. ALASKA, NOVEMBER 28,1959 RICE 10 OEDR
New Commandant
At Naval Station
Washington (JP>. The Navy De
partment announced the assign
ment of Rear Admiral Henry H.
Caldwell, Loomis, Calif, as com
mander of the Alaskan Sea Fron
tier and Commandant of the 17th
Naval District, Kodiak, effective
next March.
Caldwell is now commander of
carrier division one, Alameda,
Calif. He will relieve Rear Adm.
Arnold W. McKechnie, who is
leaving Kodiak in April to become
Commander Fleet Air at Wihidfby
isiand., Wash, Naval‘Air Station.
Death Comes To
Former Kodiakan
Word was received here this
week of the death of Tom Silcox.
former resident of Kodiak. His
death occurred November 13 in
Santa Barbara, Cajlif.
The deceased, who was born in
Harlich, England, was the father
of Mrs. Leo Sears, also a former
resident. She and her husband and
family are now living in the Cali
fornia city. Leo Sears and his
father-in-law were building con
tractors here for a number of
years.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, November 16, ait Santa Bar
bara, and interment followed.
City Has Deed
To Cold Storage
The deed to the Cold Storage
plant has been picked up by the
City. The deed was placed in es
crow six months ago, following
an agreement with Mr. Walts
George and the City.
Under terms of an agreement,
George was given six months in
which to raise capita] and begin
rebuilding the plant. Saturday,
November 21, was the deadline
date.
City Manager Bill Poland stat
ed that in a telephone conversa
tion with George, the latter
stated he was finalizing plans in
' Seattle to begin construction.
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Student Winner
Of Commendation
Milton M. Souter, a student at
the Kodiak High School, has been
cited for outstanding performance
on the National Merit Scholarship
Qualifing Test last spring, accord
ing to Mrs. Dawson, princip2l of
the school.
Young Souter received a letter
of commendation from John M.
Stalnaker, President of the
National Merit Scholarship Cor
poration. 27,000 students received
the commendation from 550,000
high school juniors from 14,500
U.S. schools who took the NMSQT
last spring. The commendation is
in recognition of high performance
on the test ,
Liquor Decision
To Higher Court
Juneau (£). The State moved to
appeal the Fairbanks District de
cision that nullified uniform hours
for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The decision was reached after a
conference between Gov. Egan and
Attorney General John Rader.
Rader said the liquor regula
tion problem is “of sufficient
puiblic importance that we think
it should be passed on by the Su
preme Court.”
Postponed Shoot
Set For Dec. 13
The Kodiak Outdc-arsmen’s tur
key shoot, which was postponed
due to inclement weather from
last Sunday, will be run off Decem
ber 13.
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A fair sized crowd gathered at
the range despite the weather,
which brightened somewhat later
in the day, and several of the
events were run off anyway.
Relays were run* in the 22 rifle
and hand gun classes. Top man in
these events was Lt (jg) “Gunnar’*
Gunderson, who won the maximum
of three turkeys. He won two in
the rifle and one in. the handgun
competition.
Other winners were Bill Sturgell
Les Sorum, Lloyd McKinley and
Mrs. Jack Randolph. The one-shot
shotgun competition was won by
Bill Sturgell and John Shriner,
each winning a chicken.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Outdoorsmen will be held
Tuesday, December 1, at the down
town school.
Hit, Run Driver
Loses License
William R. Beristoff was convict
ed this week on a hit and run
charge. Charged with leaving town
without making out an accident re
port, he was fined $100 with $50
suspended, and sentenced for 30
days, suspended. His drivers
license was suspended for 1 year.
Harold J. H-oopes and Norman
Bowen were each convicted on a
disorderly conduct charge. Bail
was set at $35, which was forfeited
in both cases. Two others, Larry
Waselie and Lawrence Waselie
were fined $25, which was suspend
ed, on a drunk charge.
PNA, Legion Teams
Win Monday Night
In town league action on Monday
night, the American Legion team
overcame a Krafts lead held until
the last 8 minutes of play to win
by a score of 53-47.
Krafts held a half time advant
age of 22-19. High for the Legion
was Coggins with 32 points. Newell
was high for Krafts with 24 points.
The second game also found
PNA overcoming a halftime lead to
win over Supply. Halftime score,
Supply 34, PNA 27. The ^nal score
was PNA 81, Supply 64. High for
PNA was Skinner with 21 points.
Olsen led Supply with 27 points.
This Peeping Ton
Lives Dangerously
by Sig Digree
A peeping Tom who is turning
out to be a Dick and Harry as well,
has Ibeen going strong in Kodiak
for more than a month.
This character is not a peeping
Tom in the true sense. He’s more
than that. His apparent pleasure
is to harass the female of the
species by climbing, in unopened
windows and walking in where
there is an open door.
This peeping Tom started out
with a mustache. He went into
homes by stating he was a friend
of the husband. He thereby became
quite easy to identify. Now he is
cleanshaved. He is said to be small
of build, but a stranger to anyone
who has seen him. Strangely
enough, he selects houses where
he apparently knows the husband
is not at home—there have been
cases where the husband was work
ing, or a sailor with the duty, or
attending some function or pas
time.
He has (been known to return to
the same house twice in the course
of the day. He was at one house
about 4:30 p.m. and again at 9:30
p.m.
This prowler entered one home
through a window and the terrifi
ed woman remained concealed un
til he finally left. But he didn’t
touch anything, such as jewelry or
money.
For a while he carried a formi
dable piece of pipe which he used
on dogs when necssary. This was
found later.
The prowler is without doubt a
psycho case, judging from reports
of his ^conversations and actions.
He is incoherent in his answers,
evidence of a deranged mind.
He is treading on dangerous
ground. One woman is armed like
an English rancher’s wife in Kenya
when the Mon Mau’s were ram
pant. She has a rifle or gun in
every room in the house. She
means business, too. In addition
to others like her, the Police are
alerted, on duty and off, for the
man.
The biggest drawback, police
say, in apprehending the man, is
that the women who have seen him
on the prowl wait from three to
twenty-four hours . before report
ing it to the police.
When we say he is treading on
dangerous ground, we mean just
that. Obviously, when there is an
army of women on .the lookout
for you, backed up by police
officers seeking you on a 24 hour
basis, it isn’t healthy roaming the
countryside for the dubious plea
sure of peeking in windows.
It just isn’t healthy..
BEARS LOSE TO SEAHAWKS
The Kodiak Bears lost to a
rangier and mroe experienced
Seward Seahawks in their two
game series with that team last
weekend.
Scores in the two games were
62-31 and 53-42.
Return games (between these
two teams will be played January
8 and 9 in the hi ,h school gym.
Local gam s scheduled for De
cember 8 will be played between
the JV’s and Krafts, and the Bears
and American Legion.
Fatal Accidents
In Alaska On
The Increase
Governor William A. Egan Wed
nesday called for increased driving
vigilance (by Alaskan motorists to
counteract a rising State traffic
toll.
He made his appeal on the basis
of State Police reports showing
20 traffic fatalities in Alaska dur
ing the last 4% months as com
pared with but six fatalities in the
first six months of this year.
“Alaska has had a favorable traf
fic record during the past several
years,” the Governor said. “I credit
this largely to the good driving at
titudes of our citizens and their
familiarity with the adverse driv
ing conditions experienced during
winter months.
“However, if the present trend
continues, we may well surpass
the record total of traffic fatalities
which occured during 1954 when
36 Alaska residents met their
death on our highways.”
The 26 traffic deaths so far this
year compare with a total of 28
fatalities for the whole of 1958.
Games Slated For
Monday, Thursday
In League action next week, on
Monday night, November 30 at 6:30
the high school Independents play
Supply and at 8:15 the two second
place teams will collide in the
game of the week, with PNA and
Krafts both expected to supply
plenty of action.
On Thursday night the 6:30 game
is still pending and at 8:15 the
high school Independents will play
PNA. :
Friday night’s games find the
high school JV’s playing the high
school Independents at 6:30 nnd
the Bears playing Krafts at 8:15.
JV’s Score Win;
Supply Takes HS
On Wednesday the JV’s made
tfieir first appearance of the 1959
60 season by scoring an easy win
over the base 3th graders. Final
score was JV’s 34, Base 8th, 17.
High for the JV’s was Tillatson
with 7 points followed by Sturgell
with 6. High for the Base was
Strope with 9 points.
The JV team is made up of Gary
Olsen, John Ansonach, Christ Voll
mer, Edward Brown, John Michel,
Hugh Devlin, Dennis Metrokin,
Morris Olsen, feuck Hoyden, Pat
Gammon, Gary Sturgell, Kenny
Tillatson, Harry Wilson, Jack
Sheridan and Woody Allain.
The main game found the Bears
losing to the Supply team by a
score of 53-39. The 30 points scor
ed by Olsen of Supply was a little
too much for the Kodiak high
school Bears to overcome. Ellison
was high for Kodiak with 10 fol
lowed by Jackinsky with 9.
Both high school teams will see
action again next Friday night,1
December 4, with the JV’s playing
the high school Independents and
the Bears playing the strong
Krafts team at 8:15. - , ^
Along The
Waterfront
Crab operations around the »
land are being hampered by bad
weather. Not too many crab as&
showing according to reports.
At King Crab, Inc., they had a
good run several weeks ago, bul
this \yeek only enough for a couple
days operation. There is no shrimp
operation at present.
' Bob Resoff, general superintend
dent! left Tuesday for Seattle and
is expected back early next week
The office staff is now down t®
Mrs. Kay Poland and Carl Radii
The third member, Mrs. Tom
Sweeney, left this week to jo'm
her husband in Anchorage. The
staff at Kng Crab is now occupy
ing the new office down stairs.
f
£
At Alvine’s Marine Repair, Stan
is busy on his barge. He received
a shipment of steel he needed,
which came on the last ship. He
says he has quite a bit of wort
waiting to be done when he cons
pletes the (barge.
£
At Alaska King Crab they have
been processing two or three days
a week. About five thousand went
brought in Friday. *. ?
Tlie cannery tender LOGGER •
will arrive in from Seattle tffis
afternoon.
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At the City dock,, the TATA
LINA has kept the crew busy part
of this week. The ship brought m
515 tons of freight and mail.
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The. WESTERN PIONEER is
expected in shortly with freigfci
and to pick up freight for thr
Westward. The San Juan’s power
barge LOGGER is expected in at
the dock today.
Repair work on the last section
of the dock is expected to begin
shortly. This section, adjacent te
King iCrab, Inc. will take about »
months work to complete.
£
The majlboat EXPANSION »
expected in Saturday from the
Westward..,
Central Alaska
Yields Shrimp
Seattle UR. Pink and sldestripr
shrimp were found in all drag*:
below 40 fathoms by the Fish ani
Wildlife Service Exploratory ves
sel John N. Cobb (between Pyr
Islands and the upper end of
Prince William Sound during b
45-day Central Alaska exploration
cruise. Results were announced by
FWS here.
The operations were conducted
from October 14—November IS
with 101 exploratory drags M,
depths between 20 and 238
fathoms. Six (hundred pounds ef
marketable Pacific ocean pereb
were taken 16 miles east of Pjc
Islands in 90 to 102 fathoms, but
the majority of incidenal catches
were industrial fish and missel
teaecus invertebrates. -