Library & Museum
Juneau, Alaska
K
■_ _
^kfiedintf' ike (S/^ew& of, Ma&kab oMeri ^/ktot^c ($&latui
VOL. 20, NO. 37 KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 1, 1960. PRICE TEN CENTS
Voters Will Decide
Council Race
Tuesday, Oct. 4
Municipal elections for three
vacancies on the Kodiak City
Council will be held on Tuesday,
October 4th. Voting will begin at
8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. in the
Council Chambers at City Hall.
Requirements for voting are
that the voter must be nineteen
years of age and must have been
a resident of Kodiak for thirty
days, and of Alaska for one year.
Voters will register at the time
of voting for this election.
Councilmen are elected for
terms of three years. Two vacan
cies occur each year, but this year
there is also one, one year term
to fill out for Robert Spencer, who
moved outside the city limits, and
so became ineligible to serve. I.
O. Gilbreath was appointed to
serve in the vacancy until this
election. Jessie L. Tucker, Gerald
W. Redrick and John W. (Blackie)
Patterson have each filed for the
one year term.
William B. Criss and Wilton T.
White, I. 0. Gilbreath and DeWitt
Fields have filed for the two
three year terms.
White is a former member of
Council, Patterson and Fields are
now finishing out three year terms,
and Gilbreath has served as noted.
During the last legislature the
age for voting was dropped from
21 to 19; it is hoped that many
young people who have not been
able to vote prior to this time,
will take an interest in their city’s
government.
Chief Vickery states that all bars
and liquor stores within the city
limits will be closed during the
hours of voting.
School Board
Election Tuesday
Voters will be asked to approve
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson for a five
year term on the School Board at
the same time that they vote for
the City Council members. There
is one opening on the board; Dr.
Johnson, who presently serves on
the board, is the only candidate
for the office.
The voting hours are 8 a.m. to
8 p.m., Tuesday, October 4th., in
the Council Chambers at City
Hall.
NEW TAX RULING
JUNEAU W) —State’s Attorney
General Ralph Moody ruled that
the state’s cigarette tax is applic
able on all cigarettes sold through
vending machines on military res
ervations.
FISHING VESSEL GROUNDS
Bang! Bang!
You All
FAIRBANKS UP) — 50,000 fire
crackers shipped from Hongkong
will be set off Friday to celebrate
the grand opening of Alaska’s larg
est food center, the two million
dollar Foodland Shopping Circle.
Civic dignitaries and ranking mili
tary officials will attend the open
ing of the store which has 32,000
square feet of shopping space.
Biologists Visit
Siberian Island
SEATTLE (JP)—Dr. Victor Shef
fer, Seattle, and Eugene Maltzeff,
Portland, representing the Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries, are back
from a 13-day visit on Robben
Island off the coast of Siberia. The
men were inspecting Russian seal
herding and said they were well
received.
They were impressed with some
of the Russian methods of opera
tion, and with Ihe wages. Sheffer
compared wages and found the
Russian biologist earned consider
ably more. He said the island resi
dents are well fed and well housed.
Virginia Mowry,
Former Resident,
Receives Award
A resident of Kodiak for the
past 15 years, until 1959, Miss
Virginia W. Mowry, won a sugges
tion award from the U.S. Army
Engineer District, Alaska.
She is employed by the District
at the Anchorage headquarters.
Her suggestion improved an
operating procedure.
Miss Mowry worked for the
Navy at Kodiak from 1944 until
June, 1959.
Bids Sought For
Mail Hauling
An advertisement for bids for
mail messengers service has been
posted on the post office bulletin
board. Postmaster Lamme an
nounced today.
The service covers the hauling
of mail to and from boats at either
the city dock or the naval base
dock, a distance of 1 and 6 miles,
respectively.
Further information may be
obtained from the posted adver
tisement or the postmaster.
Governor May Ask New Appropriation
JUNEAU (/P) — Implementation
of the state’s new uniform pay plan
could prompt a request for a de
ficiency appropriation to carry
the state government through next
June 30. Governor Egan said. The
plan announced Saturday provides
generally for increased salaries
for state workers, particularly in
lower and medium wage brackets.
Egan was asked at a news con
ference if an increase in the state
payroll might bring a cut in the
number of state employees, or a
reduction in services. He replied
that department heads had been
asked to consider it and a number
of new services planned being held
up. Also, there will be a vigorous
attempt to keep all departments
within their budgets. He said
whether it would be necessary to
ask the next legislature for more
money to carry through to the
end of the fiscal year is yet un
determined.
Northwind' akes
A Break On .ong
Arctic Cruise
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
Northwind arrived at the Kodiak
Naval Station this week after more
than three months in the Bering
Sea and Arctic Ocean areas. The
ship is commanded by Captain T.
R. Midtlyng who is making his
third consecutive northern cruise
as skipper of the Northwind.
After resupplying and outfitt
ing, the ship will depart again for
the Arctic on October 7 for two
months of ice reconnaisance and
oceanographic work.
The Excutive Officer, LCDR A.
G. Jones said that the Northwind
had visited 29 native villages this
summer, furnishing medical and
dental care to all residents as re
quired. This service is not a pri
mary Coast Guard responsibility,
but is done in cooperation with
the Alaska Native Service and the
U.S. Public Health Service. The
primary job of the Northwind was
associated with the foreign fish
ing fleets in the enforcement of
international treaties.
During the cruise just complet
ed, the Coast Guardsmen partici
pated in four search and rescue
operations. At one time the two
HUL helicopters attached to the
vessel saved four Air Force men
who were lost on Unalaska Island.
Ensign Geoffrey T. Potter, an
officer on this hard working ship,
hails from Anchorage Alaska.
Cold North Hails
Nigeria Freedom
While living in one of the cold
est sections of the U,S.A., a citizen
of one of the hottest nations in the
world will celebrate his country’s
independence.
The celebrant is Joseph Taiwo
Okedara of Nigeria, a junior stu
dent at the University of Alaska,
farthest north university in the
world. Joseph, who is majoring in
biological sciences at the state
university, is the son of Asande
Efuntola of Ipades Compound,
Ilora, Nigeria.
On Oct. 1 (Saturday here),Jos
eph’s country will receive its in
dependence. To celebrate, Joseph’s
friends at the University of Alaska
plan a coffee hour on Friday to
give recognition to this very im
portant event in the history of
Nigeria.
Frosts Return From
First Trip Outside
Mrs. Mary Frost and her three
children returned about ten days
ago from their first trip outside.
They visited relatives in Seattle.
Mrs. Frost reports that she was
most favorably impressed with
the city and throughly enjoyed
her stay there.
Her brother, Ole Mahle, flew by
jet to Maine and is visiting friends
there.
Boat Anchors;
Bass Jumps
SPARTANBURG, S. C. 0P) — A
2-pound, 10-ounce bass jumped into
S. E. Hunsuck’s boat just as he
dropped anchor in shallow water
over the weekend.
“I didrv’t catch another fish all
day, he said. “In fact, I never even
got a bite.”
Recent Weddings
In Kodiak Area
Annie Kewan of Afognak and
Simeon Squartsoff of Kodiak were
married in Afognak on September
21st. Father Roman Sturmer per
formed the ceremony in the Nativi
ty of Holy Mother Church.
Vivian Anderson and John
Nelson, Jr., both ofOuzinki, were
married there on September 25th.
by Father Gerasim.
The following marriages have
taken place recently in the Kodiak
Federal Courtroom:
September 16th., Christine Wolk
off of Ouzinki and Ponto Kvasmi
koff of Kodiak; September 23rd.,
Virginia Johansen of Squaw Har
bor and Jack Kvasnikoff of Kodiak;
September 24th., Florence Chris
tine Phillips of Kodiak and Harvey
A. Struber of the Naval Station;
September 28th., Edna Jane
Shuravloff of Kodiak and Phillip
Ferris of Pittsburgh, Pa. On Sept
ember 24th., Genevieve A. Niemiec
of Kodiak and Bobby H. Hood of
Birmingham, Alabama, were mar
ried on the Naval Station.
Magnuson Calls
Commission Meet
SEATTLE (JP)—Senator Warren
Magnuson, Washington Democrat,
called a meeting of the Alaska
International Rail and Highway
Commission here for November 11
to receive the long-awaited Bat
telle Memorial Institute Report. It
could lead to railroad construction
in Alaska.
The institute, hired by the com
mission to survey economic resour
ces in the Pacific Northwest, West
ern Canada and Alaska, reported
on the effect improved transporta
tion facilities have on the develop
ment of the region.
WIN BOAT
John and Sally Nosich, 'owners
of the Rendezvous, won the Cata
maran boat which was contributed
for the Cerebral Palsy Fund.
CG Air Oet. Saves
Four On Bonanza
Off Chirikof Island
A distress message from the
fishing vessel Bonanza of Seattle
was received by the Coast Guard
last night at 12:30 a.m. She report
ed she was agroundWSW of Chiri
kof Island and about to break up.
A UF from the Kodiak Coast
Guard Air Detachment was dis
patched immediately and the Coast
Guard Cutter Bittersw'eet, operat
ing in the Shumagin Islands, was
diverted to the scene.
The UF dropped parachute
flares, enabling the crew to aban
don the vessel in their dory.
Flares were also used to guide the
dory to the beach on Chirikof
Island. A second UF dropped sur
vival food, equipment and an emer
gency radio to the four man crew.
The men indicated by radio that
they were in good shape and ade
quately equipped to await the ar
rival of the Bittersweet, due on
the scene about 7 p.m. this evening.
State Accuses
Alaska Steam
JUNEAU (/P) — The State of
Alaska accused Alaska Steamship
Company of ignoring a Federal
Maritime Board order to set up a
special account for all money re
ceived as a result of the contested
rate increase. In a petition filed
with the board in Washington, D.
C., the state asked that the board
order refund of the money receiv
ed by Alaska Steam as a result of
the rate increase, or that the
board enforce its order, pending
final decision on the rate increase.
After Alaska Steam, Coastwise
Line, and Garrison Fast Freight
filed new tarriffs increasing rates
ten per cent, the board agreed to
let it stand, providing special ac
counts are set up.
New Mail Rate
Pay Satisfactory
NEW YORK (A1)—Charles Willis,
Jr., president of Alaska Airlines,
expressed satisfaction with the
mail rate pay decision made by the
Civil Aeronautics Board. The
new permanent rate announced,
and made retroactive to last Jan
uary 1, will be $2,620,000 a year,
an annual increase of$162,756 over
the present rate. He said it will
make it this company’s best earn
ings year in history.
Weekly Salmon Pack Dwindles Sharply
JUNEAU (/P) — The weekly
salmon pack report dwindles away
as last week the total 1960 pack,
through Sunday, reached 2,549,
545 cases. It is an increase of only
3,895 cases over the end of the
previous week.
The state Fish and Game Depart
ment said it might be the last of
the season, barring an appearance
of a late run of Chums in South
eastern Alaska, where the area
pack last week was only 35 cases.
This brought the year’s total in
Southeastern to 304.508 cases. Cen
tral Alaska added 3,800 cases to
bring its total to 1,200,310. The
Western Alaska figure of 1,044,692
casces remains unchanged. The
total state pack for the same period
a year ago was 1,770,795.
The Southeastern herring catch
through last Sunday was 34,213.7
tons.