Kodiak In 1960
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The Coast Guard Cutter North
wind docked for a short break in
her long arctic cruise, and City
Council voted raise in salaries for
incoming members, and for the
Mayor.
In October the Cub Scouts put
on a paper drive and a number of
Navy Leaguers flew to Seattle for
a regional conference and a foot
ball game. Betha Digree flew
south for medical treatment and
the amount of local news in the
paper dwindled—there were not
enough long arms to reach all the
work. The Coast Guard Air De
tachment helped rescue a downed
and badly injured pilot near Se
ward, and we were all exhorted to
vote-the-panty-^f-our-choice - But
VOTE. The Alaska Department of
Public Works made further plans
to extend float facilities at the
Small Bdat Harbor and a cable
break temporarily interrupted
long distance service north of
Juneau. AlitaJk was reported to
have reopened the school there
with the coming of a new teacher.
The newly elected City Council
members were sworn in: Wilton
White, Bill Criss, and John ‘Black
ie’ Patterson. Campaigning Demo
crats came to Kodiak for a rally
and the town organization hosted.
Representative Ralph Rivers and
Senator E. L. Bartlett. The Brian
Tlhorsheims celebrated 30 years
of marriage, and the Mercator,
largest canning and freezing ves
sel under the American flag visited
Kodiak. Dr. Tom Colford, local
dentist, made a trip around the
island to attend to toothaches in
the villages. And if you hadn’t al
ready killed a moose this year you
could probably get a permit to
shoot one anterless moose if you
applied right away to Juneau. Also
in October the American Legion
post presented an American Flag
to Griffin Memorial Hospital, in a
ceremony attended by civilian and
military dignitaries as part of Navy
Day observances. On the same day
children from the Baptist Home
were given a tour and dinner
aboard the USS Kodiak.
November and voting were fast
upon us. Aside from the excite
ment of the (National race, Kodiak
elected three legislators to the
state legislature, Owen, Deveau,
and Jarvella.
Most of Kodiak was also pleased
when the results from the state
bond issue votes included victory
for the Ferry System. The local
tracking station tracked Explorer
XVII all the way to the successful
mid-air snatch of its nose cone.
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Mirror published an historical ed
ition that had most of the small
force connected with it fairly hys
terical by the time all copies were
out. The Kodiactors from the Naval
Station gave three performances of
Bernadine, adding to their laurels
for the year.
In December General Carroll
who, along with many others, was
pretty alarmed about the state of
the state National Guard, came to
Kodiak to drum up interest. Bossy,
the milk cow on Woody Island,
died of gunshot wounds inflicted
by a careless hunter, and plans for
a municipal swimming pool were
advanced a little farther. Bob
Hall’s Kodiak Airways at long
last took off on the inaugural
flight of regularly scheduled air
mail to the island villages,
following cintification by the CAB.
The Post Office issued its first
cachets for the flight. The date
was December 10th. On December
13th the first plane landed on
Kodiiak’s first municipal airport
strip, then 500 feet complete.
Rancher Dave Henley touched
down in his Piper PA-11. The A.
Holmes Johnsons returned with
tans and appreciation for the
Hawaiian Islands, but glad to be
home, and Harry Wodlinger re
turned from Palm Springs looking
most fit. Another bit of history
took our interest on the 17th. with
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ling system that allowed direct
dialing to the states via Anchor
age. One more important step oc
curred before we retired the old
year: Craig Eniterprizes, an Anchor
age firm, took an option on a cold
storage plant for Kodiak. They plan
space for beef, seafood and other
meat products, and for unrestricted
use by the general public. There
are yet a few substantial prob
lems to wrestle in this venture,
but it appears likely that Kodiak
will have a cold storage plant in
the near future.
The last event of the year came
to one and all, each in his own way
—Christmas. The one universal
reaction was probably among chil
dren. We can best sum it up with
a quotation from one little fellow
who kept his parents awake most
of the night: ‘I’m so full of joy
I could bust.’
There was sadness in the year
as beloved citizens departed, but
those are best left to private
thought. By and large, at least to
this untrained but interested ob
server, 1960 seems to have been a
good and progressive year for
Kodiak.
As we type the last few lines the
Mirror linotypist, John Salmine, is
rushing his wife to the hospital
and very soon now the Kodiak
population count will increase by
one.
Happy New Year. It was a girl!
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