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VOL. 19 NO. 22 KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 6, 1959 PRICE 18 CENT'S
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Queen Contest Announced for Fourth
July Fourth is drawing near
again, and July Fourth would not
be the same without a Queen to
wear the velvet gown and crown
designed specifically for this
event. The Queen will rule over
the Fourth of July Festivities, be
ing crowned at the Coronation Ball
on the third.
. With this premise in mind, the
JAYCEES announce the “kickoff”
Of the Queen Contest. Contestants
will be from both the city and the
Naval Station and sponsors are
urged to register their girls early.
Requirements are that the contes
tants be single and from sixteen
through twenty years of age.
Registrations may be made with
Bob Leonard at 3201, Chuck
Powell at 2233 or Roger Reed at
360 on the base.
The Queen contestants will be
selling tickets at $1.00 each which
will be a vote for the contestant
and will entitle the purchaser to
make one estimate on the number
Of beans in a bottle. The Bean
bottle will be on display together
with its inside measurements in
One of the front offices at the
Bank of Kodiak. Slide-rules are
allowed in makng the overall
estimate and any other mathema
tical techniques desired may be
employed. The person who cal
culates closest to the actual num
ber of beans will be awarded a
1959 Volkswagen at the Fourth of
P.N.A. to Build
Huge New Hanger
Announcement of plans for the
design and construction for Paci
fic Northern Airlines by the D.
Diamond Corp., of Portland, Ore.,
of a $2,000,000 hangar and general
office building at the SeattLe
Tacoma Airport wag made today
by A. G. Woodley, President and
General Manager of PNA.
A 50-year lease for the 700,000
square foot building site at the
Southeast corner of the airport
bordering on South 188th Street
was signed with the Port of
Seattle Tuesday morning.
Construction of the concrete,
steel and glass building is to start
within 60 days with completion
scheduled for the fall of 1960,
Woodley stated. The newly plann
ed structure will house Pacific
Northern’s overhaul and main
tenance base, as well as the com
pany’s general offices and cargo
handling facilities. Dimensions of
the building are 500 feet by 185
feet with a two-story glass-wall
office section accounting for
45,000 square feet of space.
The main hangar, being design
ed to handle future jet or turbo
prop equipment as well as PNA’s
present fleet of Constellatons,
will be approximately the size of
a regulation football field. Huge
electrically operated doors, more
thah four stories high, will open
the entire length of the hangar
section. .j-Rfta
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July Ball.
The contestant selling the great
est number of tickets in this com
petition will be the Fourth of July
Queen.
Two 4th Festival
Dances Scheduled
FLAPPERS WILL APPEAR
IN “ROARING TWENTIES”
The Kodiak Island JAYCEES
have plans for two dances on the
Fourth of July weekend. Both will
be held at the Labor Temple.
Friday evening’s dance will fea
ture the Navy Band and will see
the crowning of the Queen. Sat
urday, George Buxton and his
group will supply the music, and
the grand award for the Bean con
test will be presented. Following
this dance will be a fireworks dis
play.
Word has been received from
the girls that a “Roaring Twenties”
show will spice things up both
nights. This will bring back some
of the familiar faces of last year’s
“Gay Nineties Revue” plus a great
number of new local stars in flap
per costume, calculated to raise
the spirits of those in attendance
to an all-time high. The girls are
appearing both nights by popular
request, and there will be song
and dance routines, skits, and a
male quartet, topped off on Satur
day night by a garter auction.
Tickets will be available from
JAYiCEES at $1.50 and will serve
as admission to both dances. Tic
kets will also be available at the
door each night at a cost of $1.00
each.
Ramp Completed
The small boat launching ramp,
which has been under construction
by the Kodiak Outdoorsmen is now
complete, according to Curley
Wilson, president of the club.
Many people have aided in the
construction of the ramp ,which
will give easy access to Monashka.
Bay. “We would like to publicly
thank all those who assisted in the
construction of the ramp,” Wilson
stated. “The ramp is for public
use,” he added.
Soap Box Derby Drivers Dust Off
“Bugs” for Big 4th of July Event
Plans are underway for another
Fourth of July event, the down
hill derby race. This will take
place, as it did last year, on the
Base-Town Road in town. The
JAYCEES will be ably advised by
the man who originated this part
of the festivities, Walt Muller.
The starting ramp will be set up
on the fourteenth of June, and
tryouts and practice runs will be
scheduled from that time on.
The boys are urged to get their
old racers in shape for this event
and to have them ready by the
time tryouts start. Any boy with a
“bug” may register from now on
by contacting Walt Muller at 4242
or Danny Ensslin. Any boy who
does not have a “bug.” may obtain
wheels and start building now.
Walt or Danny will supply the
wheels which will remain the pro
perty of the Senior Chamber of
Commerce.
The upper age limit for con
testants is 15. The prizes will be
the same as last year, $50, $40,
$30, $20, $10, for the first five
places. The scheduled time for
the race on the Fourth of July
will be 4 pm.
Interested boys and parents are
urged to get started early so there,
will be plenty of time for practice.
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To Form Junior
Bowling League
The BPO Elks 1772 of Kodiak
will initiate a- junior bowling
league in connection with their
youth activities program.
All children over eight years
of age and not yet in High School
are urged to attend an organiza
tion meeting on Monday; June 8th
at 1 p.m. at the Elks Hall. This
includes children that graduated
from eighth grade this spring. ‘
Norm Dinwiddie, Youth Cha.ir
man, has asked all parents in
terested in having their children
bowl to please attend this meeting
with their children if‘ possible.
Reduced rates ' wilt ' prevail for
junior bowlers in all league play.
Wrights Return
After Two Years
Bill and Helen Wright docked
their boat the Fancy Free in the
small boat harbor Friday morning,
after an absence of over two years.
The Wrights left here May 12,
1957, for a leisurely trip down the
coast of Alaska, thence following
the Washington, Oregon :*- and
California coastline to COroftadcfr,
Calif, During the trip their 45 foot
boat was their home. They stopped
in various coves along the; way,
pacing their trip according to thej
weather. ...... •
They left Coronado March 23
for the return trip, and laid in
overnight at Izhut Bay arriving
here midmorning yesterday. : .•*
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Outdoorsmen, Elks win League Openers
League Play Rained Out For Two Days
Opening game in the Little
League was played on the Naval
Station, Wednesday, June 3, with
the Kodiak Outdoorsmen Winning
over the EM Club Braves by the
close score of 13-12. The game
scheduled for Monday could not
be played until Wednesday due to
rain.
Pitchers for the Outdoorsmen
were Nick Shuravaloff. who struck
out 8 and walked 8, and Dave
Ayers, with 2 strikeouts and 2
walks. Losing pitcher was
Fritcher, with 3 strikeouts and 5
walks. Thurman wAs relief pitcher.
Veerman and Knudsen each
brought in home runs for the Out
doorsmen and Mample scored for
the Braves.
The game Wednesday in town
saw the Elks team outslug the
Red Socks and win by the score of
20-9.
Winning pitcher was Don Robin
son who was replaced by Morrison
at the top of the 6th. Losing
Gibbons Returns
John Gibbons, delegate to the
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
conference held at Nome, Alaska,
My 21-23, returned to Kodiak Sat
urday.
A four point program which was
adopted included the interesting
of businessmen in politics and
spending on the federal level.
pitcher was Devine, replaced by
McArthur at the top of the 3rd.
Thursday on the Naval Station
the Red Socks routed the Cardinals
by a lopsided score of 23 to 3.
The Red Sox scored 23 runs
from 24 hits. Winning pitcher was
Burchard and catcher was Con
verse. For the Cardinals, Moore
was the losing pitcher.
The Kodiak Merchants downed
the Outdoorsmen Thursday in a
hard fought game, played in town,
by a score of 9 to 4.
Winning pitcher was Marvin
Frost, who faced 26 batters* allow
ing 10 hits, striking out 11, and
walkng only 1.
On the mound for the Outdoors
men was Dick Veerman, who fac
ed 29 batters, retiring 6, walking
5, and allowing 11 hits.
A home run by Marvin Frost in
the opening inning, bringing in 2
runs, was declared illegal with no
runs scored, for standing outside
the batter’s box when the ball was
hit.
Many Prizes To Be Given Winners
In Annual Halibut Derby This Year
Approximately $1000 in prizes
will be given away in the second
annual halibut derby, scheduled
for July 31, August 1 and 2. ac
cording to Curley Wilson, presi
dent of the Kodiak Outdoorsmen,
sponsor of the event.
Donations of prizes and money
contributed by individuals and
merchants have reached nearly
$700, he said, with more coming
in. Keen interest in the derby is
being shown, he said, with tickets
selling rapidly.
Prizes this year include a 16 mm
Keystone movie camera given by
Knudsens; a Geiger Counter by
Donnelley & Acheson; a 22 Hi
Standard by O. Kraft & Son; and a
pair of 7 x 35 binoculars by
Sportland.
In addition to these prizes there
will be a host of others, including
cash, watches and “in trade” cou
pons. A list of the donors includej
Sportland, Tony’s Liquor store,
Knudsens. O. Kraft & Son, Jack
Grohe, Frontier Shop, Culver:
Realty, Town Club, Ace Cab, Log
Cabin Liquor Store, Mecca Cab,
John Springhill, Mecca Bar* Ko
diak Variety Store, Kodiak
Amusement, Ships Tavern, Bob
Schumacher, Polar Bear Cafe,
City Market, Don Burrows* Wod
lingers Drug, Heubert Vinberg,
Ralph Longmire, John Mansuy, C.
W. Selig, Bryan Thorsheim, Bill
Koumanis* Barney Pringle, Jim,
Grace and Jack Healy, Pete De
veau, Pye Watson, Maurice Egan,
Donnelley & Acheson, B & B,
Beauty Kraft, Ethel McCurrey,
Kodiak Jewelry, Hank’s Radio TV,
Dog House, Holmes Johnson Clin
ic, Veterans of Foreign, Wars,
.Halferty’s, Standard Oil Cmpany
of California and Kodiak Ins. and
Bldg. Corp.
Washington (£). Sen. Bartlett
predicted the Senate Appropria
tions Committee would restore ,the
million dollars which was cut from
proposed Alaska Fish and
Wj’dlife futds by the House.
Senate Approves
Transition Bill
. The so-called Alaska omnibus
bill this week breezed through the
Senate on a voice vote in which
there was no apparent opposition.
The measure, designed to help
the former territory take over its
rie\V; ’stkte responsibilities, was ap
poved after £ brief explanation of
Hs contents./
The bill authorizes a federal
appropriation of $28,500,000 to
Alaska over a five year transi
tional period.
A similar, hijl fpassed the House
Monday. •
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Wife
iak
;J* Dr. apd Mrs.-T_E. Coiford ar
rived in Kodiak Wednesday and
will make their home here.
Dr. Coiford will assume the
practice of Dr. Gene Sullivan,
who will not return to his prac
tice here. The Colfords come from
Baker, Oregon. Dr. Coiford has
practiced dentistry in Eastern
Oregon for the past 16 years.
Kodiak Airways
Has New Plane
A new type of airplane has l}een
added to the fleet of the Kodiak
Airways with the arrival Tuesday
of the Skimmer, a four-seat plane
new to Alaska. Bob Hall, owner
of the Airways is the Alaska
agent for the plane.
The engine and prop are atop
the plane, allowing unobstructed
visability to pilot and passengers.
Amphiban, the plane is said to
have landplane performance and
amphibian versatility. The widest
tricyle landing gear of any popu
lar single engine private plane,
plus knee-action oleos, make taxi
ing easy on rough ground or beach.