YOL. 22, NO. 50 KODIAK, ALASKA, DECEMBER 14, 19(52 PRICE TEN CENTS
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Proposed School Budget Would Raise
Levy By 1-1/2 Mills On Property Owners
Taxpayers in the Kodiak Inde
pendent School District will find
their tax bill up lVz mills, from
12Vfe to 14 mills, if the budget pro
posed by the school board is ap
proved.
The school board met in a joint
session with the City Council,
Monday evening, at which time
the proposed budget was discussed
which would amount to an in
crease of $34,176.00 oyer last year’s
budget. The heaviest share of the
increase would be for instruction,
$23,064.00.
Other increases are $1,130.00 for
administration; $295.00 for health
services; $300 for pupil transpor
tation; $1,807.00 for plant opera
tion; $5,500 for maintenance of
plant and $2,080 for fixed charges.
TOTAL BUDGET
The total budget, if approved,
would be for $642,332.00 compared
with $619,256.00 for the current
year—with the state’s portion be
ing $360,608 and $16,220.00 com
ing from other sources. The dis
trict’s portion would be $265,504.
The budget also carried a pro
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Chamber Brought
Current On City’s
Future Planning
City Manager Bill Poland
brought the Kodiak Chamber of
Commerce up-to-date on many city
plans and projects at Thursday’s
meeting when he said that work
has begun on the $47,000 airport
improvement project which would
provide a ramp to Big Lake and
clear off 12,000 square feet of land
at the airport for a parking area.
The project is financed by state
funds.
He also said that the city has ap
plied for matching FHHA funds in
the amount of $350,000 for future
street improvements here, and that
three contractors were showing in
terest in the project rejected last
month by the state which since has
called again for bids.
Future plans, he said, included
a new road for the area now known
as the base road and a project
from Seventh Avenue to Mission
Road.
Poland said right-of-way acqui
sition on Tagura Road would be
an expensive proposition.
jected chart of enrollment for the
next school year estimating that
1,200 will be enrolled as compared
with 1,023 presently.
Though no formal action was
taken, many council members
privately expressed the opinion
that they had “hoped the line
could be held on tax increases this
year.”
Condolences Sent
To Pensacola, Fla.
Pensacola, Florida, suffering
in a chilly 19 degrees above, re
ceived some solace from Kodiak,
Alaska, Thursday.
It was voted at the Kodiak
Chamber meeting to wire the
chamber there offering them
condolences in their distress of
the bitterly cold weather and
inviting them to come North to
Kodiak where the temperature
Thursday was 40 degrees, with
the coldest the night before just
one degree lower—39.
The implication was made that
mid-Westerners who ordinarily
would be heading for Florida
this time of the year might well
reconsider and “winter” in
Alaska.
Hunting For Deer
Extended 16 Days
The deer season in the Kodiak
area has been extended through
Dec. 31, according to an an
nouncement from the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
made on Thursday.
The statement said that an ad
ditional deer can be added to
the regular bag limit in all of
Game Management Unit 8 except
that portion lying east of a line
drawn between Hidden Basin
Narrows and Dovolno Point and
the mouth of Pillar Creek (Mon
ashka Bay).
BENNIE CONFINED
Bennie Benson, designer of
the Alaskan State Flag and the
man for whom the Mirror and
Kodiak Airways has been con
ducting a drive to raise funds
for his heavy hospitalization,
was admitted Thursday to Grif
fin Memorial hospital in Kodiak
and given a blood transfusion.
— Kodiak Kapsules —
(By Bill Mason)
Recall how wet and sloppy it
was last Sunday. A steady down
pour with the wind whipping it
up all over the island.
Well, we noticed a little guy
shuffling down Benson. He was
wearing boots two sweaters,
two mufflers, a heavy raincoat
and a pair of gloves fighting all
the way against the wind.
Finally, he made it to Naugh
ton’s Bakery. “Give me two
rolls,” he muttered.
“Two rolls,” repeated the sales
girl there. “You mean to tell
me that you came out on a mis
erable night like this for two
lousy rolls?”
“That’s right,” the customer
answered.
The girl shook her head. “Tell
me,” she asked. “You married?”
“Do you think,” the little man
replied, “that my mother would
send me out on a night like
this?”
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We received one call from a lo
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Kodiak High’s Undefeated Bears
Expected to start in tonight’s crucial series with the Kenai Kard
inals are these five members of the Kodiak Bear squad who currently
are leading Southcentral League with four wins and no losses and
an unblemished record to date. From left to right, Rick Lowry, Tom
McCormick, Stan Sargent, Wayne Kozak, Richie Mize.
Ask For Second
State Patrolman
The Kodiak Chamber of Com
merce, Thursday, passed a resolu
tion asking that another State Pa
trolman be based in Kodiak.
Discussion was brought out that
many similar sized communities
have two to three state officers,
while State Trooper C. E. Hussey
not only covers Kodiak but all of
the Aleutian chain and consequent
ly was away much of the time.
After much discussion, it was
moved that the city add another
night patrolman, if the council saw
its way to do so, to cover the busi
ness district and small boat har
bor.
Guard Personnel
Attending School
Cpl. Lloyd Fuller will return
Saturday from a two-week ( Meth
od-of-Instruction” course at Fort
Richardson, Alaska, to resume his
duties as weapons platoon squad
leader.
Other taking advantage of the
many opportunities offered in the
Alaska National Guard are Pfc. Er
vin McNeil and Specialist Fourth
Class Dennis Moore.
Pfc. McNeil will attend Infantry
Radio Repairman’s School at Fort
Benning, Ga., shortly after the first
of the year. Specialist Moore will
take a general supply supervision
course at Fort Lee, Va., reporting
the latter part of March.
SHUYAK AGROUND
Bill Damery, Kodiak, marine sur
veyor, reported Thursday that Neil
Von Scheele’s vessel “The Shuyak”
is aground on the west side of Sit
kalidak Island.
Chuck Weir, Harvey Flying
Service pilot who flew Damery to
the scene, said that the vessel was
on its side and swamped. More de
tails will appear in next week’s
Mirror.
WE ARE SORRY
Due to a heavy ad schedule we
were forced to eliminate Letters to
the Editor, Waterfront, etc. They
will appear next week.
Final Reminder!
Mirror Christinas
Edition Is Dec. 21
Kodiak merchants and other
business people are reminded to
select their Christmas greetings
for the Christmas edition of the
Mirror which will be published
next Friday, Dec. 21.
We have a complete selection
of Christmas illustrations for
your perusual.
Next Friday’s Mirror will be
the last published in 1962, as
the staff will have a week’s vaca
tion during the time from Christ
mas until New Year.
If you are unable to come to
our office to review the greeting
ads, please call us at 6-5123 and
a representative will bring the
book to your place of business.
State Employes
Get Extra Day
Governor William A. Egan said
today that State employes will be
given Monday, Dec. 24, off so that
those who wish to travel for the
Christmas holiday will be able to
do so.
The action is in line with an
executive order issued by Presi
dent Kennedy granting a similar
privilege to Federal employes.
Gov. Egan said that with Christ
mas day falling as it does this year,
the order gives recognition to the
traditional practice and desire to
be with friends and relatives for
Christmas observances.
Although Dec. 31, the day be
fore the New Year holiday, also
falls on Monday, Gov. Egan said
leave with pay will not be granted
on that day. Those wishing to oe
absent from work on that day will
be required to deduct the time
from their annual leave accumu
lation.
Seek Fertilizer
Plant In Kcdiak;
‘Smit’ The Press
It was committee report and
“Smit the Press” day at the Cham
ber of Commerce meeting in Ko
diak, Thursday noon with Nick
Frost, chairman of the Industrial
Committee, seeking and obtaining
resolutions for efforts to obtain a
fertilizer plant here and to obtain
a site for the State Vocational
School which was approved by
voters in November.
Frost pointed out that the estao
lishment of a fertilizer plant would
serve a dual purpose in ridding
the area of fish offal and at the
same time setting up a plant for
fertilizer which is used extensively
in the Manatuska Valley.
“SMIT THE PRESS”
On the “Smit the Press” section
of the program, Ole Johnson, man
ager of the KEA said that there
wer a half-dozen communities in
Southcentral Alaska with higher
electrical rates than Kodiak but
they weren’t listed in an AP story
carried by both the Anchorage
Times and the Mirror. City Man
ager Bill Poland stated that he
heard that the Mirror was going
to run an item in its “bitch” col
umn about the muddy street cross
ing from the Belmont to the P.O.,
but that it was private land the
city couldn't make any improve
ments. The suggestion that such
an item be published came from a
businessman sitting next to Poland.
And Merrill Coon made a plea
for additional public and press in
terest in city council meetings to
close out that phase of the pro
gram.
Big George’s
Singing Telegram
"Big George” Coma does things
in a big way . . . back in town, this
week from fishing aboard the
Honey Bee, Big George remem
bered it was his mother’s birthday.
Turning to his buddy, Stan "Sir
John” Austerman, Jr. (also known
as "Moose”), he got him to agree
to join him in singing ‘‘Happy
Birthday” to his mother. He then
asked the orchestra at the Casino
if they would play the song. He
then promptly marched them nil
down the street to the Sportland
where, using their long distance
phoning facilities, he called up his
mother down in Grays Harbor,
Wa.h., and the two sang a duet
while the band played on! Ah,
thoje rich crab fi'hermen!
Stale Director
Talks On Borough
A mod crowd was present Tues
day night at the Borough Study
meeting as Chirman John Waller
turned the meeting over to Ronald
Cease, State Director of Local Af
fairs, who spoke on first and sec
ond class boroughs and limited ,
annexation.
Cease also answered questions
directed to him from the floor.