Festival Preparations Go Into High
Gear-Opening Day Next Friday!
King Crab Festival preparations
moved into high gear as the open
ing of the big three day event or
May 3 is just one week away.
Seven lovely candidates for Fes
tival Queen, and their sponsor
are busily selling Festival tickets
Organizations are finishing up las'
minute preparations for theii
booths, parade entrants are work
ing away to be ready by Paradi
time. Saturday, May 4, at 10 a.m.
In the meantime many Kodiai
area residents and elsewhere in th<
State are eagerly looking forwari
to the annual celebration whicl
this year heralds the greatest Kinf
Crab catch in the history of th«
young industry.
Tickets for the Festival drawing
are available practically every
where in town. The Queen candi
date selling the most tickets wil
be Queen of the Festival, and alsc
Kodiak’s representative to the Se
attle Seafair in August, as well a:
Kodiak’s official representative foi
the coming year.
Winners of the Festival drawing
will have some of the finest trios
ever offered in any contest any
where.
First prize this year is a ont
week all expense vacation trip foi
2 to Acapulco, or $1,000 in cash
Second prize is a week’s all ex
pense trip for two to Las Vegas or
$600 cash. Third and Fourth prizes
are round trips for one each to Se
. attle via Pacific Northern Airlines.
Alf Madsen, famed hunter and
guide has offered two prizes. One
; is a flying trip over the Valley of
■ Ten Thousand Smokes, and the
• other an all-day fishing trip to one
! of his Kodiak Island fishing camps.
Parade Chairman Gene Sund
; berg has announced there’s room
, for more floats in the Grand Pa
[ rade. He also said there would be
t a separate judging of best deco
- rated motor scooters, as well as
, judging in a number of parade
categories.
Another major highlight of the
’ festival will be the Millikens an
. nual presentation, now in rehear
sal.
i There will be many other high
. lights including the annual crab
; shaking and crab contest judging.
There will be skin divers, high div
ers from airplanes, air, sea and
land tours, an art exhibit, band
! concerts, and many other exciting
activities, for the Festival guests.
Those dates again are May 3-4-5.
Read the classifieds for profit
use them for results.
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Each loaf mailed in attractive shipping box — interesting
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Champagne Capers
Plans Underway
Members of Kodiak Emblem
Ciub No. 187 are busily engaged in
preparing for their second annual
festival, “Champagne Capers."
The semi-formal dinner-dance is
scheduled for Saturday, May 18, at
the Elks Club. Chairmen for ;hj
event include Antjie Huer, decora
tions; Lila Lester, entertainment
and Irene Lawhead, food.
4 Huge Jap Ships
Will Fish Gulf
The United States and Canada
will have observers aboard four
large Japanese fishing vessels
which will be operating in the
Gulf of Alaska this year, accord
ing to the Market News Service
bulletin published by the U.S. Bu
reau of Commercial Fisheries.
The four vessels, ranging in size
from 497 tons to 1,454 tons and
representing four different Japa
nese fishing firms, will be fishing
bottom fish. Three of the ships
will use otter trawls while the
fourth is licensed to conduct bot
tom gill net fishing and will have
three small vessels doing the actual
fishing.
Because of concern for the ef
fect of these types of fishing upon
halibut and other species, a
thorough evaluation will be made.
The Japanese government is plac
ing an inspector aboard each ves
sel to assure compliance with reg
ulations.
The Canadian government will
place a man aboard one of the ves
sels and the U.S. government will
have men aboard the other three
to observe the operations of these
vessels and to collect scientific in
formation on the quantity and
composition of the catches.
NOTE OF THANKS
The women of St. Mary’s Altar
Society wish to express their
thanks to all those who so gener
ously gaye their time to help with
last Sunday’s annual dinner. Many
thanks are also due to all who at
tended the dinner and help to
make it such a grand success.
I
Why Did Russian
Trawlers Hover
Off Cape Chiniak?
According to highly respected
Washington newsmen, Robert S.
Allen and Paul Scott, “The Royal
Dutch Air Force reports that
15,000 Soviet trawlers are now en
gaged in combined fishing and in
telligence operations. The ships
work in groups of 10 to 30 in spe
cific areas. Most of these vessels
have the latest electronic equ; »■
ment to monitor U.S. Communica
tions and missile firings.
Kodiak fishermen reported con
centrations of Russian trawlers
just a few miles off Cape Chiniak
during the past year. Although the
Russian vessels remained in that
area for a number of days at a
time, they did not appear to be en
gaged in any type of fishing op
eration.
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Bill Richardson
Enters Boot Camp
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—William C.
Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Cook of Kodiak is undergoing
nine weeks of basic recruit train
ing at the Naval Training Center,
San Diego, Calif., with graduation
slated for April 11.
The indoctrination to Navy life
consists of physical fitness drills,
military drill, seamanship, basie
military law, customs and etiquette
of the naval service, swimming and
survival and first aid.
During the training period, re
cruits receive tests and interviews
which determine future training
and assignments in the Navy.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Three cases of V.D. were re
ported in Kodiak for the week end
ing April 12, according to the week
ly communicable disease report of
the Division of Public Health of
the Alaska Department of Health
and Welfare.
Now is the time of the year to make those repairs on your home.
If you need additional money to complete that project, come
in and talk over your problem with us.
I KODIAK BRANCH
NATIONAL. BANK
I OF ALASKA
* Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corpu
j ond Federal Reserve System
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KING CRAB FESTIVAL SMORGASBORD
Place ELKS HALL Time 11:30-7:30 Fri., May 3
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MENU
Fried Crab in Lemon Butter
Imperial Crab Cakes
Crab Casserole
Crab Louie and other Crab & Shrimp Dishes
Barbecue Top Sirloin of Beef
Ham, prepared as a delicacy
Island Cole Slaw
Kooleech - Perok, Borsch
Salads & Relishes St, Dessert
Salad & Cocktail Dressings
Bread - Rolls - Coffee - Tea
All food prepared by some of the best cooks of
the City of Kodiak.
Sponsored by the Russian Women's Club
* ^®rg*t the Dance Fo,,°wing - 9:30-1:30
$3.00 Adults SI.S0 Children
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