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Tragedy In Our Midst
Tragedy on the Pacific has hit Kodiak hard this past week. There
was the tragic burning of Ray Layton and the Irene G being inca
pacitated in the Adak area although no lives were lost.
Then later the Barracuda sank with two lives being lost, in Mo
nashka Bay, and still later two Chief Petty Officers apparently lost
their lives in the Ugak Bay area while on a trapping expedition.
Any one of the four incidents would constitute a genuine trag
edy, but one piled on top of the other makes you cognizant of how
dangerous Alaskan waters are and how each day fishermen face the
threat of death on the high seas.
We look upon the fishermen with envy "when they hit a payday”
—which by no means is every year. But stop and realize the constant
peril they are in. Our deepest sympathy goes to the families of all
concerned.—B.M.
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Again we reiterate that the Kodiak Mirror will not publish un
signed letters.
If you have something to say about a particular situation you
should have no qualms about putting your name to your statements.
We welcome letters on all situations, as often constructive action
is an outgrowth of| such letters. But please sign your name. You
shouldn’t be afraid of your opinions.—B.M.
Irene G Finally
Gets Into Trouble
The Irene G, which was the sub
ject of a widespread rumor in mid
January as having sunk near Adak
—a rumor which later proved to
have no basis, finally did get into
some trouble on Monday of this
week when its rudder became in
operative and a distress call was
made to Adak for assistance when
the vessel apparently got out of
control in heavy swells on Sitkin
Island.
The U.S.S. Quapaw. ATF 110,
was safely harbored at Adak on
Tuesday with no casualties.
The Irene G is part of the Pan
Alaska fleet fishing for crab off
Adak.
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Norse Maid Hit
By Wild Goose
Scandanavian Goosed? . . . The
Norse Maid, which was damaged
at Sand Point last summer when
she collided with the Wild Goose
II, is here for hull repairs, accord
ing to Marine Surveyor Bill Dam
ery, who also tells us that the New
Hustler and the GPC8 broke loose
from their moorings during high
winds at Ouzinkie last Friday. They
drifted for a time but suffered lit
tle damage.
KODIAK VISITORS
Supt. Chris T. Johnson of the
Spruce Island Fisheries of Ouzin
kie was in Kodiak on Monday on a
business mission. Also here was
Fred Chernikoff, foreman of the
Spruce Island Fisheries, his wife
and daughter. Marianne.
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Council Tackles —
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City Manager Bill Poland io draw
up an “overall sweeping” revised
maintenance and operation plan
for the harbor.
Several councilmen suggested a
uniformed Police Officer be ap
pointed Harbormaster. The pres
ent Harbormaster is A1 Fenner,
who works full time, but receives
only $300 a month.
Fenner was under fire for the
lack of proper records or concern
for boats in the Harbor.
“Many times,” said Bill Criss,
“I have helped pump out sunken
boats, and there are boats which
lay for days in a sunken condition
with no effort by the Harbormaster
to contact the owner.”
The city could be losing revenue
because there is no up to date rec
ords of boat space rentals,” Criss
added.
JOB FOR P.D.
The City Manager was receptive
to the idea of a Police Department
man for the Harbormaster job. He
also said steps are underway to
number each berth, so records
could be kept. It was suggested
that the same number be placed on
the boat using the berth so it
would be easy to match boat and
berth.
Poland also showed councilmen a
plan to expand the boat harbor fa
cilities where an additional 23 fish
ing vessels and 55 more skiffs could
be tied up.
Plans for an 18 by 20 foot con
crete block building at the Harbor
were approved by the council, and
the city manager and engineer in
structed to go ahead with construc
tion plans.
The building would house an of
fice for the Harbormaster and
toilet facilities for crews tied up
in the Harbor.
School Board OK’s
Extension Bill
The Kodiak Independent School
distribt board went on record Mon
day in favor of a State Senate bill
which would extend special service
districts powers and functions un
til July 1, 1970.
Senate Bill 17, introduced by
Senator A1 Owen (D-Uganik)
would provide for a seven year ex
tensdon. By law all special service
districts, of which the Kodiak
school district is one, would no
longer be in operation because of
the borough organization law
which set July 1, 1963, as starting
date for borough governments.
Kodiak, and a number of other
cities about the state, can see no
chance of creating the new govern
ments or integrating or annexing
service districts prior to July 1 of
this year. With this in mind, Sen.
Owen introduced the bill for the
seven year extension.
Egan Asks Gear
Loss Compensation
JUNEAU — Governor Egan has
advised the Mirror that the State
Department says it is giving study
to a proposal that Kodiak fisher
men be compensated for gear lost
as the result of activities by for
eign fishing fleets such as the Rus
sian trawling fleets off Kodiak Is
land.
AIRWAYS OVERLOOKED
Inadvertently the name of Ko
diak Airways was left off the list
of Kodiak firms congratulating
Alaska Packers Association on
achieving its goal of 100,000 cases
of king crab in one season.
Eagle Scout Badges Awarded
Two Area Scouts In Ceremony
in special ceremonies Tuesday
night, two Boy Scouts were
awarded the highest honor in
scouting, that of Eagle Scout.
Receiving the awards were Don
ald L. Darnell, 14, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph L. Darnell of Kodiak,
and Erland “Bud” Hedblom, 15,
son of Capt. and Mrs. E. E. Hed
blom of the Naval Station.
It marked the first time in the
local district scouting history that
two Eagle Scout badges were pre
sented at one court of honor.
Mayor Merrill Coon of Kodiak
presented the Eagle Scout award to
Darnell, and Capt. E. C. Smith,
commanding officer of the Naval
Station, presented Hedblom his
badge. ^
In each case the mothers of the
new Eagle Scouts were honored,
the boys pinning miniature pins
and corsages on their Mothers.
Twenty-seven other Scouts weie
honored during the evening for
achievements in Scout work. The
Elks Lodge room was filled with
scouts and their parents and
friends for the impressive cere
mony.
Prior to the Scouting awards,
the District Scout Commissioner,
Vernon M. Draper, was presented
a $25 check by Nick Rauch, RCA
site supervisor for the White Alice
station here. Rauch explained the
gift to the local scouts was from
the RCA employes combined char
“Seventh Seal”
Lyceum Booking
Next fills presentation of the Ly
ceum will be the Swedish film “The
Seventh Seal,” to be presented Feb.
23 at the high school.
It is written and directed by Ig
mar Berman and tells the story of
the Black Death which scourged
Europe in the middle century.
The film has received exception
ally high praise from the New York
Times and the Cleveland Press for
the glowing pictorial action.
COAST GUARD WIVES
The Coast Guard Wives will hold
their monthly social at the home of
Charon Alvar at 7:30 Monday, Feb.
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CORRECTION
In an article on new Toastmaster
International now being organized
it should read enlisted men and
civilians holding club privileges on
the Naval Station.
ities fund.
Master of ceremonies for the eve
ning was Paul “Smoky” Stover,
chairman of the Elks Lodge troop
committee, sponsors of the town
troop 625.
The two new Eagle Scouts both
began their scouting careers prior
to coming to Kodiak. Hedblom
whose father is Medical Officer at
The Naval Station began in a troop
in Washington, D.C.
Darnell started scouting in Brem
erton, Wash. His father is a civil
service mechanic in the Heavy
Equipment shop on the Base.
Rotary Hears
Ordnance Man
Chief Warrent Officer L. D. Mea
lor was guest speaker at the week
ly meeting of the Kodiak Rotary
Club, Tuesday.
He spoke of underwater demoli
tion practices and also warned of
the danger of keeping such keep
sakes as unexploded grenades or
shells about the home.
Mealor told of a case where an
old Civil War cannon, used as a
statue piece in a park back Ea3t
was discovered recently to be
loaded and still dangerous.
Rotarians joined in serenading
Merrill Ooon with the “Happy
Birthday” song.
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