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School Enrollment For All Grades
Friday, September 4 At Main School
Friday, September 4 has been
set for the beginning of the fall
term of the public schools in Ko
diak, with all-school enrollment
beginning at that time.
Beginning at 9 o’clock and con
tinuing through the day until 4
p.m., the high school students will
register in the school cafeteria.
Members of the high school staff
will be present to help with en
rollment.
Each-student must pay a $5
book deposit when enrolling. The
deposit is refundable when the
student returns the books in good
condition at. the end of the school
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Tile Navy Base school bus will
Make the regular run at 2 p.m. to
pick ap stragglers who may not
have their own transportation into
> The elementary school children
M*y enroU any time Friday morn
ing, September 4, by reporting to
the main school. This includes
kindergarten children as well. All
lijrst grade children and those reg
istering for kindergarten must pre
sent proof of birth when they en
roll. “If not accompanied by a
parent, make sure your child
knows his post.offke box number
and his telephone number,” Super
intendent of Schools Ivor
Schott, stated.
ho Paving Plant
Available As Yet
The possibility of the Council
securing a surplus batch plant in
the near future, was m^de more
remote with a letter received from
the Craig, Taylor Equipment Com
pany, who investigated one avail
able in Anchorage.
The company advised against
purchase in that the plant was con
sidered in bad shape, requiring
considerable work to get into work*
able condition. • . •
A lengthy discussion ensued on
paving the streets here, the equip
ment necessary, and costs. A 13
20 ton asphalt plant was under
consideration.
Premission was granted an ap
plicant who wished to subdivide
three lots so that the dwelling now
on two would be on one. In an
other case, permission was granted
an applicant, Cecil Vaughn, to
divide three lots, making two. He
wished to build two houses and
provide ample space for each.'
In another action by the Coun
' cil, $45,000 of surplus funds was
transferred to the general fund
from the dodk fund. The City Man
ager stated that auditors concur
red in the transfer of the funds,
since the heavy drain on the gen
eral fund and the interim in which
no funds are available, the general
fund has to be bolstered by the
water and sewer funds.
The matter of acquiring the
property adjacent to the Pillar
Mountain road, which includes
part of the city watershed, now
controlled by the Bureau of Public
Roads, was tabled for further
study.
The land in question, constitut
ing 1,003 acres can be acquired by
the City, for the cost of the surVey,
which is estimated would be ap
proximately $8,0C0.
Mission Lake Is
Declared Unsafe
Mission Lake is unsafe for
swimming, according to Dick Pace,
Health Officer in this area.
The lake was inspected recently
r 1 found to be polluted. “It is
definitely unsafe for swimming,”
Pace stated.
Occident Fatal
To Mrs. Bob Blair
Word has been received here
this week of the death of Mrs.
HI air, a former resident of Kodiak.
Mrs. Blair and her husband Bob
left here several years ago. He
now resides in £itka. Mrs. Blair
was killed in an automobile acci
dent in another state. No details
were given.
Residents Protest
Moving Of House
Into Their Area
The proposed movin'? of a house,
purchased surplus from a govern
mr-1* into a locality of bet
ter-than average homes, brought
several of the homeowners in the
vicinity to the Council meeting
Thursday.
Emil Knudsen purchased a two
story dwelling, a part of the ACS
property on Signal Hill. He plan
ned to move it to a recently pur
chased lot south of ACS and ad
joining the Fannin’s' property.
Residents in the area, the Fan
nins, Jim Eggemeyer and Jack
Hinckel appeared before the Coun
cil and voiced objections to a build
ing being greeted on the un
less it met with the standards of
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City Maiager & Pol
Nobody has been fired yet or
nobody has resigned, but
A small ad placed in a maga
zine of national circulation by
o ice Chief Vickerv seeking pos
ition in another city caused City
Manager Poland to write him a
letter stating his action offered
the City Manager no other recourse
than to seek applicants for the
position about to be vacated.
The whole matter was aired be
fore the City Council at their
meeting Thursday.
Chief Vickery stated in a speech
before the Council it was not his
intention to embarrass the city
manager by bis action, either in
seeking another job or appearing
before the Council. He asked that
•the situation be discussed and he
be given a chance to state his posi
tion.. He. further stated that he
is well-satisfied with his position,
that he likes Kodiak, and that he
has attempted to give Kodiak the
best police protection possible in
his six years here.
Poland then read his letter
which he had sent to the chief, in
which he stated that in view of the
action of the chief, it was neces
sary for him to advertise for ap
plicants, since it would appear
there would be a vacancy. “I felt
it was my responsibility to be pre
pared. My action was to counteract
a move already made by the chief.”
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©cnmcilmen conjured with May
or Coon who contended the prob
lem was administrative and should
be left to the City Manager to
make the decision. On that note
the Council adjourned the meeting.
Since this was written, a meet
ing between Vickery and Poland
has resulted in an understanding.
The former Will remain as head of
the department.
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CP Therapist
Here Sept. 3 . .
Nick Peters, the Elk’s Physical
Therapist, will be in Kodiak on
Sept. 3. He will see patients at
the-£3fcs Club starting at 8 a.m.
There wffl'not'W £:W«U CJHM
Conference Wednesday, Sept. 2, at
the Kodiak Health Center. Anyone
who was planning to attend, is in
vited to come to the one Sept. 9.
Magnusen Lauded
In Council Acfioif
A resolution was unanimously
adopted by the City Council Thurs
day, commending former Fire
Chief George Magnusen for his
services to the City while head
of the fire department. Magnusen
left last week to make hk home
in Tacoma. .
\ The farmer fire chief served, in
that capacity for 13 years, and( wap
a member of the department for
20 years. The resolution, highly
laudatory, credited hiih with pre
venting major fires occuring, and
keeping to a minimum damage
from fires in the city.
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Waterfowl Season
Opens September 1
The seasons throughout Alaska
for ducks, gees, coots and brant
will be from September 1 through
December 3; for Wilson’s snipe,
from September 1 through Octo
ber 15, according to. Will Troyer,
FWS Game Department ^Igerit
here. •*. ' \* f"
Daily bag limits for ducks Will
be seven, with 14 in possession.
The daily bag limit for old squaw,
harlequin, scofer, and eider ducks
aiid American affd red-breasted
merganser ducks will; be 10 singly
or in the aggregajo of 'all kinds
of such ducks. T^ese limits njay
be taken and possessed in .addition
to the previously mentioned limits
for other tducks. "
The daily bag limit for geese is
, five of which not more than three
may be species other than snow
geese and the possession limit is
Ho of which not more than six
may be species other than snow
geese. The daily bag limit for brant
is two, possession limit, four. Daily
geese bag and possession limit for
Wilson’s snipe, eight/
Before hunting waterfowl, all
persons 16 years and older are re
quired to have a duck stamp which
is available at any post office.
Two Of Kodiak’s Oldest Residents
Succumb To Lure Of Sunny California
Sunny California skies and tem
perate clime beckon two of Ko
diak’s oldest residents.
Oscar Nelson and his wife,
Alexandria, both born on Kodiak
Island, will make their future
home near San Francisco in either
the Mountain View or Altos area.
They leave September 1. This will
mean retirement for Oscar, well
known fisherman and big game
guide here these many years. The
Nelsons have sold their home,
which was originally built by Os
car’s father. He has since remodel
led it, practically building a new
house.
Three boats, the Alma N,
Marie N and the Isobel N, which
have plied these waters in search
of fish for longer than most of
us can remember have also been
sold by Oscar. The Marie N, a die
sel powered craft, which Nelson
used for pleasure and hunting,
was sold some time ago to Harry
Gottschalk. The other two were
sold recently.
There are few men in Kodiak
who can boast of 67 years resi
dence here, as Oscar can. There
are few fishermen who have on
sistently caught fish as he has.
He had few bad years.
His knowledge of the water has
served him jn good stead, for he
began earning a living off the*sea
at an early age. He was captain on
the cannery tender H. S. Apache
for 16 years. This was formerly
owned by the Alitak Packing Com
pany and later sold to P.A.F. It
was seldom he was caught ip a
blow at sea, mainly because he
learned to outguess the weather.
He^early learned to watch the
sky and the cloud formations told
him what the weathef would be.
He then acted accordingly.
Prior to the fishing season each
year, Oscar would take out hunt
ing parties, hunting mainly on
Afognak Island and Terror Bay.
The Nelsons have three daugh
ters living in California. These
are Mrs. Jean Zampa and Mrs.
Bobbie Franklin, both of Moun
tain View, and Mrs. Marie Hum
phreys, presently living in San
Diego, but who expects to
move back to Mountain View with
her husband and baby boy m Sep
tember. The Nelsons also tnwe a
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Chamber Hears
Committee Reports
The Island Lake approach to the
new Ouzinkie road is considered
economically. uni“ea3ibly ... by the
Alaska Highway Departments sur
veyors, according to a report to the
Chamber of Commerce at a meet*
ing he'd Thursday noon at the Is
land Fountain.
* There ore tjhree routes under
consideration, according to City .
Manager Bill * Poland. A’ route
through the City watershed seems
the most logical, it was reported. -
Poland stated he has written to
the Department, asking their in
tentions, and “mildly protesting”
the proposed route..- ;
The remainder of the time at
the meeting was taken lip mainly
with reports of committees. Sev* '•
era! of the committees are holding
meetings, and formulating studies
and plans to b$presented to the
Chamber at a later.date;
Del Valentine, secretary-treasur
er of the Chamber, reported the
ifcxecutive Council of the Chamber
recommended a policy be set by
the Chamber of not contributing
to fund drives conducted in the
City, no matter how worthy, H
was felt the Chamber members in
dividual contributions should be
sufficient from the group. .
Del Valentine, chairman of the
Fisheries Committee, ..Stated the
committee met and favored certain
action be taken by the' committee, .
Among the points the committee
will endeavor to carry out, he said,
were further legislation of benefit
to the industry and fishermen;
study and assist in meeting prob
lems in the industry; study regu
Continued to page 4
Along The
Waterfront
At a special meeting called Aug
ust 22, the Kodiak fishermen out
lined an agreement on terms for
the fishing of king crab.
They are asking last year's price
of 8 cents per pound for king rrab,
along with several changes from
last year’s conditions of handling,
delivery, etc.
All Kodiak fishermen have
agreed to lift their crab pots from
the water and cease fishing until
negotiations with the operators
has been completed.
Alitak seems to be producing a
normal number of crabs this year,
according to reports.
T
A1 Owen, Senator from this dis
trict, met with an accident jis he
was transporting building mater
ials and supplies to Mush Bay,
aboard his fishing vessel.
He ran into trouble in the Uga
nig passage as the vessel went
aground. He radioed for help,.
His message was picked up by
Port Wakefield, and relayed to
Bill Harvey, who immediately went
to the area. He flew Mrs. Owen
and her daughter to Mush Bay, and
arranged for assistance. The sup
plies and men were taken aboard
another boat.
The boat is reported a total loss
due to the subsequent rise and fall
of Uw tide.