VOL. 22, NO. 28_KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 13, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
President Art Brooks Appoints Four
Major Chamber-Commerce Committees
Art Brooks took over the gavel
as President of the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce, Thursday, from
Chuck Powell and one of his first
acts was the appointment of four
major committees to serve for the
year.
President Brooks pointed out
out that the committees were re
duced from 10 to 12 which have
served in the past.
The committees, their chairmen,
and the functions they will cover
are as follows:
Industrial
Nick Frost, chairman; George
Cornelius, Chuck Edris, Russell
Wright, Chuck Weir, Howard
Wakefield, Bill Poland, Walter
Kraft, Rev. Lewis White.
This committee will replace the
following old committees, fisher
ies, transportation, roads and
lands, and harbor.
Festival Committee
Ray Martin, chairman; Bill Lam
me, Ed Naughton, Stan Nelson.
George Seagraves, Emil Knudsen.
Tourist
Dr. Bob Johnson, chairman;
Gene Anthony, Bill Mason, Don
Wolfe, Alf Madsen.
Civic Projects
Chairman A1 Hochberger, Roy
Queen Of Kodiak
At Seattle Show
Kodiak will be represented at
the Seafair in Seattle which runs
from July 27 through Aug. 5 with
the presence of Miss Polly Perry
who was Queen of the King Crab
Festival held in Kodiak in May.
Miss Perry has since moved with
her family to Corpus Christi, Tex.,
but announced she would represent
Kodiak at the Seafair. The Cham
ber of Commerce is providing
funds equivalent of a plane ticket
from Kodiak to Seattle and return,
and Miss Perry’s family, she wired
this week, is furnishing the bal
ance of the air trip expenses.
Kodiak Kapsules
(By Bill Mason)
Co-Publishers John Salminc
and Bob lies got off to an au
spicious start in their first week
of publication of the Mirror.
Late Thursday afternoon, the
day before press-time, lies tan
gled with the linotype machine
coming out second best. His left
forearm was cut as was an ar
tery requiring some 60 stitches.
Owner Sig Digree, who has
been having dreams of big hali
but and winning that aluminum
boat, pitched in to pull us out of
a tough spot. All of which was
greatly appreciated by the entire
staff. We made it with flying
colors, although a few hours late.
Glad to report Bob is back at
work this week.
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With the open season on politics
about to descend on us in Alaska
we are reminded of a half-century
old story of the time when Edward
Everett Hale was Chaplain of the
U.S. Senate when someone asked
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Madsen, Ivor Schott, Chuck Pow
ell, Jim Barr and Len Johnson.
This committee formerly was di
vided into groups working on Base
Town problems, Legislative,
Schools and Military affairs.
Five Aqua-Therm
Anti-Ice Devices
Will Be Bought
The Kodiak City Council, Thurs
day night, authorized City Manager
Bill Polland to go ahead with ne
gotiations for the purchase of five
% horsepower units called “Aqua
Therm” which will be used to keep
the small boat harbor ice-free dur
ing the winter months. t
The units cost approximately
$600, and it is felt that at least four
will be needed to do the job satis
factorily, with the fifth being used
as a spare and possibly utilized at
the city reservoir if needed.
The Aqua-Therm units have been
used with great success in the Ant
artic to prevent ice-formation.
Not The Twist
This could be interpreted as a
version of the twist, but it isn’t.
It’s an unusual shot of Larry
Elliott of the U.S. Marines who
remained on top of the situation
and his opponent Rick Fischer
of the USN Fire House at the
recent Legion Smoker to earn a
victory.
Auto-Magic Grand
Opening Delayed
‘Til Sun. July 22
Scheduled opening of the
Auto-Magic Cleaners for Sunday,
JULY 15, at 1 p.m. has been de
layed one week or until Sunday,
July 22 at the same hour, accord
ing to a statement by Gil Jarvela,
co-owner, late Thursday.
The delay was due to circum
stances beyond the control of
the owners. They issue an invita
tion to attend the opening on
JULY 22. Remember when read
ing the ad on Page 7—that the
opening is July 22—not July 15.
The grand opening ad was
printed before the announce
of the delay.
New Aide Arrives
Lt. J. L. Keery, USN, a recent
arrival in Kodiak, will relieve
Lt. Cmdr. B. A. Nystrom, USN,
on July 17 as flag lieutenant and
aide to Rear Adm. F. E. Bakutis,
USN, Comdt. 17th Naval Dis
trict. Lt. Keery, a naval aviator,
previously served with Training
Squadron Tw-o at Whiting Field,
Milton, Fla. He and Mrs. Keery,
and their four children, are re
siding on the Kodiak Naval Sta
tion. (Official U.S. Navy Photo)
Kodiak Ferry Bid
Now Set For Nov.
The bid on the Kodiak Ferry
will be awarded before Nov. 1,
1962, Phil Spaulding and Associ
ates, naval and marine architects
informed Pete Deveau via tele
phone this week.
Earlier bids which exceeded
the 3 million limit were rejected
and the plans call for a reduction
in size from 276 feet to 230 feet
in length. It will have a cruising
speed of 17 knots, Deveau ad
vised the chamber organization.
In a left-handed manner, the
Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce endorsed the ferry this
week, after previously tabling
the issue. In other words, the
“ferry received the Anchorage
approval if it traveled to An
chorage.”
Chief Executive
Will Be In Kodiak
Rep. Peter Deveau of Kodiak re
ceived a wire Thursday from J. M.
Rothstein, administrative assistant
to Gov. Bill Egan of Alaska, stat
ing that the governor will be in
Kodiak before the primary elec
tion.
Rep. Deveau said he hoped also
to have Sen. Ernest Gruening and
Sen. Bob Barlett appear here the
same date as the governor, and to
hold a no-host dinner followed by
a question and answer period.
In a later telephone conversa
tion, Thursday, Rep. Deveau said
that the governor will probably be
here next weekend.
PROJECTOR NEEDED
A 16mm projector and hall are
needed for showing of an underwa
ter film showing aspects of trawl
ing. Persons interested contact Guy
Powell Research Division of
ADF&G.
Arrival of Adventuress Raises Hopes
For Kodiak Dungeness Development
The arrival in the small boat har
bor on Monday evening of the trim
ship “Adventuress” out of Aber
deen, Washington, focused atten
tion anew on the possibility of the
development of a Dungeness crab
fishery in Kodiak area waters.
Skipperowner Robert Moore jf
the Adventuress said he left Wil
lapa Harbor, Washington, on June
28th with 75 dungeness crab pots
aboard, and advised that they had
“a pretty fair trip north” enroute.
Accompany Skipper Moore were
his crewmen, Bruce Legernes and
Bob Pearson. They left the boat
harbor early Wednesday morning
and will be fishing “immediate Ko
diak waters,” according to Skipper
Moore.
Several other boats have in the
past several weeks been fishing
dungeness crab in local waters and
a sizeable shipment of 80 tons of
frozen dungeness was delivered to
Chamber Orders
$2,000 In Alaskan
Trade Dollars
The Kodiak Chamber of Com
merce, Thursday, voted to partici
pate in the Alaska Booster Trade
Dollar program, patterned after
the Century 21 trade dollars, to
the extent of purchasing $2,000
worth of trade dollars to be dis
tributed and accepted by local mer
chants.
The trade dollars, which are the
same size as regular American dol
lars, have inscriptions on one side
stating “See Alaska, Too,” Alaska
Boosters, Souvenir money, and an
nounces that they are good for $1
in trade during 1962 at any co
operative business, or redeemable
at the Alaska Boosters Association
Headquarters until Dec. 31, 1962.
The front piece shows a midnight
sun design, a totem pole and a
moose with the lettering “Alaska,
Land of the Midnight Sun.”
Members who discussed the idea
with O. G. Bittner of Seattle, rep
resenting the Alaska Booster
Ass’n, said that future coins should
bear a fishing engraving rather
than a moose, as it was the state’s
leading industry. Bittner com
mented that the idea was discussed
when the coins are manufactured
again.
Distribution of the trade dollars
to merchants began Friday.
COMIN’ EVENTS
July 13 — Kodiak Elks Lodge,
Elks Club, 8:30 p.m.
July 14-15—Second weekend of
Halibut Derby.
July 15—Attend the church of
your choice today.
July 15—Bartender’s Local 875,
Fisherman’s Hall, noon.
July 17—Rotary Club, 12 noon,
Mecca.
July 17—VFW regular meeting,
VFW Hall, 8 p.m.
July 19—Kodiak Emblem Club,
Elks Club, 8 p.m.
July 20—Bowling competition at
Elks Lanes to see who meets the
AMF champs on July 27.
Alaska’ Steam’s Tanana by the boat
Medina. Also a shipment of dun
geness from Port Williams went
out on the Coastal Monarch this
week.
Ray Martin Jr.’s Martin Fresh
Crab plant processed 2500 dungen
ess on Monday of this week for air
shipment to the states.
The sizeable vessel Mitkof, which
was moored in the small boat har
bor during a large part of the past
several weeks, is engaged in diin
geness fishing in Kodiak waters.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Sports fishermen continue to
line the banks of Buskin River in
hope of getting one of the big sock
eyes (reds), according to Junior
Warner, who showed us a prize 14
pounder he caught Tuesday after
noon. He had three other smaller
specimens that averaged about 10
pounds each and was still shy 2
fish of the daily 6-fish limit. Ac
cording to Warner almost all the
sports fishermen are using Pflue
ger “Last Word” spinner hooks in
getting the Buskin Reds.
&
Local fishermen are showing
strong signs of “humpy fever” now
that indications are there may not
only be an early run of pinks but
that there may be a “Big Year”
this season. In nearby waters sev
eral local boats have been scouting
daily and on Monday one boat
came in with four. . . . “First
Humpies Of The Season.” And the
following day we heard another
local boat brought in about 35
humpies. This was followed by a
report that about 30,000 were taken
in the Tonki Cape area. Almost
without exception, men in the in
dustry . . . fishermen, cannery
operators, research biologists, all
express highly optimistic outlooks.
Coupled with excellent run reports
from adjacent areas, this has every
one wearing hopeful smiles. Down
at King Crab, Inc., Superintendent
Bob Springhill reported his crew
busy on Wednesday processing
about 30,000 fish . .. when we went
down to watch we noted the tender
Anna A disgorging salmon. The
Kalgin Island dog (chum) salmon
run has been reported as excel
lent. Cook Inlet fishermen are
swamped . . . tenders are unable
to handle the record catches. Ruth
Brechan advised us that the barge
Lex is tendering salmon out of
the Seldovio area. Also we hear
that the Port Dick area is getting
“quite a pink run.”
.t.
Tommy Gallagher’s boat Butch
was up on the small boat harbor
grid for scraping and painting
Monday with wiry 22-year-eld
crewman James Herod doing the
honors. By Wednesday young He
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