Port Wakefield Superintendent Walt
Berton to Handle Akutan Conversion
PORT WAKEFIELD — Walt
Berton, popular superintendent of
the crab plant here for the past
three yers, is being transferred to
the company’s Seattle office, it was
announced this week by Lowell
Wakefield, president of Wakefield
Fisheries. Walt’s new responsibili
ties will center largely around the
conversion of the firm’s new crab
processing ship, the 178-ft. Aku
tan. It is hoped that the Akutan,
which is approximately twice the
size of either of the two floaters
now operated by the company, the
Deep Sea and Reefer King, will be
ready for operation next June. Ber
ton left for Seattle yesterday.
New superintendent at Port
Wakefield is Richard C. White.
Rich, who holds a University of
Washington degree in fishery tech
nology, originally moved here to
work in the company’s quality con
trol and product development lab
oratory, and last summer was made
plant foreman. His wife, Judy, and
two youngsters, Carmen and David,
are an active part of village life.
Promoted at the same time to
assistant superintendent is Fred
McGlashan, who has been with the
Wakefield organization since its
early days of pioneering the Alas
ka king crab industry in the east
ern Bering Sea. Fred and Olga
McGlashan moved their family
here from Akutan several years
ago. Daughter Jerrine attends
Sheldon Jackson high school in
Sitka on a Wakefield Fisheries
scholarship; Fred Jr., Janelle and
Janice are students at the Port
Wakefield School, and two pre
schoolers, Louie and Norman, com
plete the family roster.
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THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR
THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
In the Matter of the Estate of
ARTHUR F. BROOKS, Deceased
No. 63-411P.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that Max
ine Brooks has been appointed Ex
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F. Brooks.
All persons who have claims
against the deceased must present
them, with proper vouchers, not
later than March 6th, 1964. Claims
must be presented to the Execu
trix at the offices of Kodiak In
surance at Kodiak, Alaska.
/s/ Maxine Brooks
MAXINE BROOKS
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Perhaps Kodiak is about to boom
and we agree with those who say
that everything is pointing to that,
but right at the moment we have
a considerable amount of unem
ployment here. Doris Simon, man
ager of the Employment office tells
us there are about 240 applications
on file for work now which is a
100 per cent increase in three
weeks. She said this is seasonal
however and will drop to about
one-third that number by the 20th
of January.
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Two weeks ago the Mirror had a
story on the proposal to build a
16-mile long bear-proof fence. Alf
Madsen is sparking the move to
get this going and tells us that he
is making progress. Governor Bill
Egan is “optimistic and favorable”,
Congressman Ralph Rivers has ad
vised he will push the proposal in
the Congress and among the fed
eral agencies, and perhaps most
surprising of all, both the stockmen
and the big game guides seem to be
in apparent agreement on this idea.
Though there are some who cringe
at the price, this is one project
that would pay for itself in beef
and bears preserved and the best,
thing about it would be the fact
that the federal government would
actually be spending some of our
tax money here at home instead of
wasting it by the billions of dollars
in helping foreign countries. While
we can’t even get our state de
partment to show enough spunk
to defend our fishing rights those
same striped pants so-called diplo
mats even find time to aid and
assist other countries to compete
with our own fishing fleets!
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We are told that our observation
that Buster and Lill Richardson
were believed to be the first to
make a round trip flight in their
own small plane to the 6tates—
was incorrect. Several others have
accomplished this feat with pos
sibly Eugene and Larry Harding
being the first back in 1946.
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Back in town after having spent
the past several months out on the
crab grounds is the Victory Maid.
Our good buddy “Big George” Co
ma, a member of the crew, is back
amongst us though perhaps many
would not recognize him due to the
heavy growth of brush on bis face.
Skipper Lawrence Olsen will take
off for Snohomish, Wash., for the
holidays but plans to be back out
fishing around the third of Jan
uary. Other crewmen are Andy
Anderson and Ora Olsen, the lat
ter will be in Wenatchee, Wash.,
during Christmas.
&
John and Sally out at the Ren
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