VOL. 20, NO. 33 KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1960. PRICE TEN CENTS
TO SP 075,00Ji
Kodiak Telephone Company To Install „ « . .
New Long Distance Toll Dial System CollegeBouniT
Kodiak will be hooked up with
all sections of the United States
in the telephone system planned
for the near future. A $75,000 out
lay by the Kodiak Telephone Com
pany will bring cities as far dis
tant as New York in the U. S. or
any other part of the world by
simply dialing under the new toll
dial system soon to be installed.
In announcing plans for the
future development of the com
pany’s system, John Cushing, co
owner with his wife Martha, stated
the new equipment is in line with
the company’s policy to keep
abreast of present development in
communication trends throughout
the United States. “We believe in
Kodiak's future,” he stated, “and
these improvements which we will
installation of the system, however,
it will be necessary to put a call
through ACS at Anchorage. This,
too, will be eliminated in the near
future, and a person-to-person
call can then be made from here
to anywhere by simply dialing a
number.
“Our present equipment,’’ Cush
ing stated, “is now obsolete, de
spite the fact that it was installed
only a few years ago. The strides
in electronics have been phenom
enal over the past few years, ne
cessitating the changeover to the
new system.”
No longer will residents of Ko
diak be able to dial their friends
with only four digits. Under the
new system seven digits will be
necessary, even for local calls. All
John Cushing, left, is looking over the recently arrived equipment
which will be installed in the Kodiak Telephone Company’s building,
beginning Sept. 6. The other two, Gordon Jenkins, right, and John
Ives, center, are company employees. The entire rear of the building
will be completely soundproofed, disposing of the garage facilities
to make room for the equipment. Photo by Ameigh
begin installing next week are only
one of several we plan for the near
future.”
A part of the equipment pur
chased from the Stromberg-Carl
son Corporation arrived on the
last ship. Installation of the equip
ment. which will begin September
6, will be under the direction of
R. J. Smith, technician from the
Stroinberg - Carlson company. The
work will be completed by a crew
of three men from Rochester, N. Y.
Completion date is expected in
less than three months.
The equipment is the very latest
in the electronic field, according
to Cushing, and will connect Ko
diak with the Bell Telephone sys
tem across the nation. This is a
7-digit system, which eventually
will hook up Kodiak by simply
dialing a number anywhere in the
country. It will no longer be nec
essary to connect for a long dis
tance call through ACS. Following
calls, even those locally placed,
will require dialing three digits,
which will be followed by four
more. All numbers now used will
be changed. The numbers 486 will
designate Kodiak in all calls.
Cushing further stated a long
distance booth will be available
at the Kodiak Telephone Company
office after the cut-in, elated for
office after the cut-in, slated for
Booths will be established through
out the town also, with one defi
nitely slated for the small boat
harbor.
A feature that should prove
popular for people on the move
is that no matter how often they
move, they will always keep the
same number.
Also planned for the near future
is an extension of telephone serv
ice to Port Wakefield and Ouzin
kie. and possibly other villages on
the island. This will be done by
micro-wave, similar to White Alice.
A good percentage of students
from the 1959-1960 Kodiak high
school graduating class will leave
shortly to further their education
in schools throughout the country.
Many of them were scholarship
award winners and will attend the
college designated in the award.
Milton Souter, Jr., winner of the
$500 Rotary Pat Lynch Memorial
scholarship, leaves September 6 for
Washington State College at Pull
man, Wash. He will study business
administration.
Another scholarship winner,
Norman Smith, will leave for Lin
field College at McMinnville, Ore.,
on Sept. 9. Winner of an $800
scholarship, he will take a liberal
arts course.
Tommy Shugak, winner of two
scholarships, one from the Sitka
and Kodiak Telephone Companies
for $300, and another from Sears,
Roebuck & Co. for $50, will attend
Sheldon Jackson College at Sitka.
He plans later to work in fisheries
and related fields.
“Duffy” Jackinski, winner of a
$750 scholarship, left last week for
Alaska Methodist University at
Anchorage. Norman Saxton, who
was awarded a $250 scholarship,
will attend the same school. Others
who will attend the same school
are Billy Fern and “Punky” Gal
lagher.
Kathryn Brooks, winner of a
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club award for $250 and the
Emblem Club award for $250,
leaves Sept. 9 for Central Wash
ington College of Education at
Ellensburg, Wash.
Other students who will leave
shortly and where they are going
follows. Stanley Austerman, Wash
ington State College; Ronda Shupp
and Anita Stewart, Western Wash
ington College; Billy Cummings,
University of Montana; Wayne
Kraft, Arizona Southern ^Univer
sity; Jack Healey, Seattle Univer
sity; Denton Andrews, University
of Idaho; Jim Wheeler, College of
the Ozarks; Zelanna Stone, South
ern Oregon College, Ashland. The
latter was married this week, and
she and her husband, Clayton Cop
sey. a graduate here last year, will
both attend the same school. She
will study primary education and
he biology. Two others, Phyllis
Burum, who left last week, and
Jim Fritcher will enter schools in
the lower 48.
A graduate of former years, Jim
Beaty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Beaty, local ranchers, left this
week for the University of Wyo
ming, Laramie, for his second term
in that school.
Another high school graduate
who leaves today for California is
Merle Snider, who will enter San
Mateo Junior College. He plans to
major in English.
Snider has been working for the
Alaska, Department of Fish and
Game this summer.
Hunters Charged With Wanton Kill
Emblem Club 187
Visited By
Supreme President
Supreme President of the Em
blem Clubs of America, Mrs. Mil
dred Thorn, Hemett, Calif., ar
rived here Thursday evening to
visit the Kodiak Emblem Club No.
187. She was accompanied by Su
preme Marshal Mrs. Elinor Elfert,
Glendale, Calif.
A special meeting of the local
club was called to honor the visit
ors, and was held at the Elks Club
Thursday evening.
The two officials are making
visitations to all Emblem Clubs
in Alaska. They left Friday morn
ing for Homer.
Contest Looms
For Council Seat
Three candidates are in the pro
cess of filing for office on the
City Council, according to word
received just before press time.
One other has withdrawn his name
from the race.
The three men are Wilton T.
White, Bill Criss and Archie Lewis.
A fourth, Al Fenner, withdrew his
name after he had obtained the
necessary 25 signatures to a peti
tion.
Filing date for candidates is set
by ordinance, and is 20 days prior
to election and not later than seven
days prior to election, according
to City Clerk Doug Preston.
The first two candidates will run
on a platform for lower taxes.
C of C To Discuss
Street Project
On the agenda for discussion at
the Chamber of Commerce meet
ing next Thursday noon at the
Island Fountain is the controver
sial street improvement project.
This announcement was made by
President of the Chamber Dr. Bob
Johnson, who also stated a discus
sion on City taxes will follow.
Residents with an opinion for or
against the road project are urged
to send in their ballots, or hand
them to the secretary of the Cham
ber, Miss Doris Simon. The ballots
can be sent to Box 1485, Kodiak.
WASHINGTON iW—The Senate
has confirmed President Eisen
hower’s nomination of George M.
Yeager to be the U. S. Attorney
for Alaska.
Three hunters were arraigned
before the Deputy Magistrate’s
court this week on charges of
wanton waste of meat. The three
pleaded not guilty.
Wayne E. Lillie, Fred A. Green
and Richard N. Talbott were
charged by Herbert Downing, law
enforcement officer for the ADFG,
for leaving one full elk carcass
and parts of two others in a hunt
at Tonki Cape on Afognak Island.
Group To Honor
Seadragon at Nome
Personnel of the atomic powered
submarine, the Seadragon, which
has just completed a successful
underwater trip from east to west
via the Northwest passage, will be
honored in special ceremonies
upon their arrival at Nome Mon
day.
Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell,
Commandant of the 17th Naval
District and Commander of the
Alaskan Sea Frontier, will head a
group from here who will fly to
Nome Monday for the ceremonies.
A group of newspapermen from
the various news services, TV and
radio networks will leave from
Anchorage for Nome Monday
morning.
Commanding officer of the Sea
dragon is Cdr. G. P. Steele, II.
There are 13 officers aboard and
82 enlisted men. Commodore
O. C. S. Robertson, representing
the Royal Canadian Navy, is also
aboard as an observer.
Fish Pack Down
JUNEAU UP)—Only 58,129 cases
of salmon were packed in the state
last week. Pack figures reported
through last Sunday by the Depart
ment of Fish and Game showed a
total pack of 2,484,746.
Even with a poor season in
Southeastern Alaska, the Depart
ment said, the 1960 total pack
should hit 2V2 million cases.
WADE, BARTLETT, EGAN
ON KENNEDY JAUNT
WASHINGTON Wl—Alaska Sec
retary of State Hugh Wade and
Sen. E. L. Bartlett will accompany
Sen. Kennedy to Anchorage Sat
urday.
Gov. Egan will fly from Juneau
to Anchorage to meet Kennedy
and will accompany him during his
appearances at Palmer and An
chorage, returning to Juneau Mon
day.
State Seeks To Recover Back Taxes
JUNEAU UP) — The State has
filed 209 complaints to recover
personal property taxes due under
a now-dead property tax law of
1949-52, the Department of Reve
nue announced.
These complaints have resulted
in the collection of $17,000 from 40
firms and individuals, officials
said. They said that personal prop
erty tax accounts involving a total
of $153,892, on which complaints
have not been filed, still remain
on the tax rolls.
The old property tax law was
repealed by the 1953 Legislature.
After a long litigation, the U. S.
Supreme Court ruled the taxes
could be collected by the State,
even though the law was repealed.
KAPPOS VERY ILL
George Kappos, owner of the
Belmont Cafe, is in serious condi
tion at the Virginia Mason Clinic
in Seattle, following an operation
about 10 days ago.
Mrs. Anne Mueller, of Anne’s
Apparel, visited him for a short
period while in Seattle this week,
and reported his condition as very
bad.