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VOL. 19 NO. 35
Registration Today-School Tuesday
Thirteen New Teachers This Year
The Kodiak Public School year
formally opened Thursday with
thirteen new teachers, nine of
them in the high school and four
in the elementary school, joining
the staff in orientation meetings.
Seven of the high school teach
ers, John Mongrella, French and
science; Alfred Craig and Douglas
Dawson, social scierce; William
Gregory, science; Hugh Smith,
mathematics and industrial arts;
Gary Bensen, music; and Maurine
Nason, vocational home economics
are replacing last year’s staff
members. Two teachers, Mary Kal
inyak, commerce and general
mathematics, and Eudora Preston,
art, are additions to the high
school staff.
The tour new elementary school
teachers are Verna McFarland,
grade one, Edith Cavitt and Ona
Ramsey, grade six, and Lucette
Little, French language.
Teachers returning to positions
on the elementary school staff are
Mary Jane Rickey and Helen
Schott, kindergarten; Betty Ebert,
grade one; Edith Fearn, Wanda
Fields and Emma Zieba, grade
two; Melanie Draper and Betty
Metzgar, grade three; Bertha
Hamann, Eunice Neseth and Ger
tie Otness, grade four: Ruth Breck
berg and Mildred Rextrew, grade
five; Lois Burnham, grade six;
Leona Dickow and Guyneth Kash,
grade seven; Connie Dandeneau
and Curtis Saxton, grade eight.
Teachers returning to positions
they held last year on the high
school staff are Helen Pruessing,
English and Spanish; Geraldine
Veto Hits Alaska
States Bartlett
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Sen
B. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) said
Wednesday the House’s upholding
•f the Presidents veto of the public
works appropriation act “strikes
a heavy blow at Alaska.”
The bill contained $1,348,000 for
Alaska projects, Bartlett said. In
a trimmed-down bill, some of this
money probably would be restored
but four projects important to
Alaska would be lost, he said.
Bartlett said a revised bill
would not give Dillingham the
$406,000 it needs for a small boat
harbor; would not replace the $21,
000 for clearing boulders from the
Naknek River; would not contain
the $245,000 provided in the
vetoed measure for channel work
at Seldovia; and would delay for
at least another year a start on the
study of the Rampart hydroelectric
project.
Mailboat Monitor
To Be Published
Plans are now being made to
again publish the Mailboat Moni
tor, a monthly paper devoted to
news along the Aleutian Chain.
The newspaper will be publish
ed in the plant of The Kodiak
Mirror, and will be issued to co
incide with the sailing of the
M.V. Expansion.
First issue is expected to be off
the press by October 1.
Hofer, English; Mary Culver, girls’
physical education; Joe Floyd,
boys’ physical education, coaching
and recreation director; Louise
Walker, commerce; George Wick,
industrial arts, and Ruth Belcher,
librarian and guidance director.
Marion Lynch is the school
nurse. Claraellen Dawson is the
high school principal and Betty
Springhill is the elementary school
principal.
Evening Classes
Again Planned
The evening adult education
claves will be organized again this
year, according to Ivor Schott,
Superintendent of Schools.
Anyone interested in any par
ticular course in art, shop, foreign
languages, commerce, science and
mathematics should call the main
school office to state his choice.
* The adult recreation program
will be outlined and announced
later, according to the superinten
dent.
Luncheon Served
At High School
Kodiak High School and elemen
tary school teachers were guests
at a luncheon Thursday held in
the school cafeteria and sponsored
by the local PTA.
John Howard, president of the
PTA spoke briefly to the group
following lunch welcoming the
new teachers. “We don’t want to
run the school.” he said. “We
merely want to help for the better
ment of the community.” He men
tioned a swimming pool as a proj
ect now under consideration by
the PTA.
Slides Of Africa
Shewn At Meeting
Color slides and a commentary
on conditions in Africa at the pres
ent time proved of great interest
to the more than 40 people who
attended the meeting Wednesday
of the Kodiak Island and Aleutian
Historical Society. The speaker.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, recently
returned from a trip that took him
and Mrs. Johnson into that part
of the world.
The speaker contrasted condi
tions in Rhodesia where the native
population and the people from
other countries were working to
gether, and that of South Africa,
where the native population is
seeking autonomy. His slides in
cluded pictures of the people, the
country and the wild animals of
the region.
Don Clark was elected presi
dent of the Society, replacing Kim
Clark, whose term expired. Other
officers elected were Rev. Roman
Sturmer, vice-president and Mrs.
Bruce Keers, secretary-treasurer.
Diectors elected were Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, Helen Hall and
Kim Clark. .
The public museum will be open
from 2-4 p.m. on Sundays accord
ing to plans of the Society. A sched
ule of attendants is being drawn
up for the winter months, with
members rotating in keeping the
museum open.
Mounted Bear
Has Long Journey
The long-awaited “bear” of Alf
Madsen’s arrived today aboard the
PNA Connie from Anchorage.
Madsen’s mounted bear, which
is to be placed in front of the
Kodiak Hotel in memory of his
father, Charles Madsen, proved too
large to be flown from Seattle,
and had to be brought up by truck
along the Alaska highway, and then
flown to Kodiak.
City workmen will build, a
cement block on which the mount
ed bear is to be placed. The bear
wi-lil then be turned over to the
City in a ceremony, possibly later
in the week.
Martha Cushing
Here For Month
Mrs. Martha Cushing, co-owner
of the Kodiak Telephone Company
and Sitka Telephone Company, ar
rived here Thursday to join her
husband, John, who arrived last
week. She was accompanied by
their daughter, Cheri.
The Cushings expect to be in
Kodiak for at least a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Boko
Now in Fairbanks
Robert and Mrs. Boko left for
Fainbanks last week, where they
will make their home.
Robert Boko, music teacher here
for the past several years, has
accepted a position as head of the
mfusic department at the high
school there.
Mailboat Service
Begins Saturday
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The mailboat Expansion will
start its first trip around the Is
land Saturday night or Sunday
morning, according to word re
ceived from Capt. Neils Thomsen,
skipper of the vessel.
The vessel will arrive Saturday
morning and will load freight and
supplies for villages around the
Island. Passengers will go aboard
that evening.
Stops will be made at Old Har
bor, Alitak, Karluk, Larson Bay,
San Juan and Uganik, Port Bailey,
Afognak and Ouzinkie.
DAVID J. FREE RESIGNS
JUNEAU — (AP)— The resigna
tion of David J. Pree as Alaska
Assistant Attorney General, ef
fectiveNov. 1, was announced
Thursday. %
Seek Regulations
For Area Fishing
A meeting of the Kodiak Ad
visory Committee of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game was
held in the Council Chambers at
the City Kali, Monday, August 31.
The purpose of this group, whieh
is appointed by the Alaska Fish
and Game Commission, is to make
recommendations to the. Commis
sion from a local level by holding
public hearings and committee
meetings relative to conservation
and utilization of fish and game
resources.
It was pointed out that this is
the first time that Alaskans actual
ly have a speaking voice in the
utilization of this resource and all
interested persons should make a
definite effort to appear at pub
lic hearings and give their views.
A public hearing will be held
late in September, the final date
to be determined later, to review
and discuss the following propos
als adopted by the Kodiak Ad
visory Committee for presenting
for consideration to the Commis
sion, which will meet in Juneau
in October:
Commercial Fishing Proposals
1. That dragging be outlawed in
State controlled waters in the Ko
diak area for king crab and that
a 70 foot ground line limit be
placed on bait trawls.
2. That a king crab fishing sea
son be adopted opening tentatively
August 15 and closing tentatively
April 1, with firm date to be set by
field agent according to conditions.
3. That a limit of 30 crab pots
per boat be established.
4. That a compulsory catch log
be kept on each boat for research
and management purposes.
5. That area fishing, as now de
fined, be extended to embrace all
other fisheries except those fish
eries managed by International
agreement.
Sport Fishing Proposals
That it he unlawful to take, pur
sue or molest salmon above mean
high tide or the grassline at the
mouth of all streams tributary to
SaJtery Cove, Pasagshak, Chiniak,
Antone Larsen and Monashka Bay.
RECORD ENROLLMENT
AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL
When St. Mary’s Parochial
School opened the fall term Thurs
day, it was with the largest en
rollment of any year to date;
H. S. Curriculum Changes Announced;
Courses Aid To Future of Students
Curriculum changes are being
inaugurated this year in the Ko
diak high school, according to
Ivor Schott, Superintendent of
Schools. They are designed to bal
ance the educational program of
every high school student, he said.
Under the new curriculum, the
student will select a course of
study designed to contribute most
to his post-high school objectives.
He may choose an academic course
or a pre-vocational course in either
commeice, industrial arts or home
economics.
The academic course is a stiff
course requiring completion of 20
units of work in high school (16
units is a standard 4-year high
school requirement). This course
includes four units of English,
three units of foreign l&ngtiage,.
three units of science, four units
of social science, one-half tonit of
physical education, one-half unit of
either music and/or art, and three
units of mathematics. The student
must elect two units additional
from either of the broad subject
fields. It is designed to prepare
the student for entrance into any [
college he may choose. A student
choosing this course should have
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Along The
Waterfront
Alaska Department of PWi an$
Game biologist Guy C< Powell ast
nounced this week he will tag 4,
000 king crab and release them
into Chiniak Bay for the purpose
of studying their growth, move
ment, and other biological aspects.
Powell is calling for bids from
vessel owners for charter to eon>
piete the tagging. Anyone wishing
to bid is asked to call Guy Powell
at 5324. Basic requirements for
the vessel include: length, 45 feet;
live tank divided into two com
partments and a four man crew. Ac*
excellent knowledge of fishing
areas within Chiniak Bay is alSf>
essential.
Beginning date will be aibpu*
September 10. The tagging opera
tion should require about two
weeks with a ten-hour wording
day. The Susie Q and the Eldorado
have both placed bids, Powell
stated.
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Several fishermen appearing be
fore the U.S. Commissioner Moh
day on charges of fishing illegally
were acquitted by a jury.
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Three sport fishermen did noi
- fare so well. The three men. W. C
Zeh, D. H. FitzWalin and J. T. Ddr
race, arraigned before the Com
missioner for fishing without ,a>
license, were each fined $25 Thurs
day. One other asked for time tc
obtain legal counsel. Ail were fish
ing in the Chiniak area.
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The Expansion will arrive Satur
day morning an^ will leave Satur
day evening or early Sunday morn
ing for its first trip around the
Island, according to Jack Jofcnsoa
of the City Dock.
The NENANA was in Monday
and loaded the last of the fish pack.
She is the first Liberty type ship
to dock here in about five years,
according to Jack Johnson.
The TATALINA arrived at the
dock Thursday night, having beet,
delayed because of bad weather.
If you want to hear him rave, ask
Jack Johnson about the two litter*
of kittens they have—“beautifulK
and “hoirsebroken” he lays- he’*
looking for good homes for tbem.
They’re free! *
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Hunters are being offered a good
deal by Kodiak Airways when the
Elk season opens. Rates are low for
passengers and the meat flown
back for 6 cents a pound. See their
ad elsewhere in this issue.
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Herb . Donenci, Superintemtent
at West Point Packers passed
through^town this week emoute
to Seattle. Also Chuck Turner of
Kadiak Fisheries.
Crash Kills Six
FAIRBANKS — (AP>— It has
been definitely established that
eight persons, including pilot Bud
Priest of Anchorage, a male pas
senger, and six young women, died
in the crash of the Twin Beeeh
craft near McGrath Tuesday.
The plane exploded and parts
of bodies were scattered over a
wide area, according to U. S. Com
missioner at McGrath, Jerome A.
Carclla.