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VOL. 23, NO. 30 KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 19, 1963_ _PRICE TEN CENTS
Preston Locher &
Associates Buy
71 Erskine Lots
Preston Locher of the Locher
Pipeline and Locher Construction
firms and three of his associates
have purchased 71 lots of the Ers
kine Estate property located a
cross from city hall, according to
City Clerk Doug Preston.
Mr. Locher was not available at
press time for further details or
comment on the purchase which is
believed to be the largest real es
tate transaction in the history of
the area.
Mr. Preston said that Mr. Locher
had told him of the sale and plans
called for construction of several
homes before this winter.
Preston said Locher was greatly
impressed with Kodiak since he ar
rived here in connection with con
tracts his firm has for constructing
the Pillar Creek pipeline and
Leite Addition sewer as well as the
harbormaster and comfort station
in the small boat harbor.
ASST D. A. HERE
Assistant District Attorney Ro
bert Oplund has been in town the
past week in connection with the
prosecution of various cases ap
pearing before District Magistrate
Mabel Fenner’s court.
Sudden 50% Drop
In Unemployment
A 50% drop in unemployment in
the Kodiak area is reported by
Doris Simon, manager of the local
state employment office.
The start of salmon fishing com
bined with the arrival of floating
king crab processing vessels as well
as the opening of Alaska King
Crab’s freezing plant operation ac
counts for the sudden drop in un
employment ranks according to
Mrs. Simon.
“We have been sending out the
second shift crews to the recently
arrived floating processors and also
undoubtedly the beginning of the
salmon fishing took a number of
men from our active file," she ad
vised.
Fishermen Fare
Poorly In Court
Fishermen, both sport and com
mercial, haven’t been faring well
in court this past week either with
or without jury trials.
At 9 a.m. ths morning (Friday)
Judge Mabel Fenner handed down
sentence on the crew of the boat
Flatfish. Skipper Rodney Saxton
and crewman Kenneth Nekeferoff
were each fined $500; another
crewman, Paul Zaharoff, who had a
previous offense, was fined $650. In
addition all three had their com
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72-Lb/er Lands 77-Lb/er!
Standing proudly beside his winning 77-lb halibut is 72-lb, 12-year
old Lester Wiley who told the Mirror that he “knew I had a big one
the minute he struck cause he almost caught me! . . . For a minute
I thought he was gonna pull me into the water but after about 45
minutes of battle I finally brought him in.” Young Wiley, son of Mrs.
Edith Wiley was using 108-lb test line and caught the winner of the
children’s division of the Annual Kodiak Outdoorsmen Halibut Derby
out on Buoy No. 4 on the day before the derby ended. Les, who was
born and raised here and will be a sixth grader this fall, won a 410
over & under rifle with his big fish. “Yup, sure I’m gonna enter again
next year,” Les told the Mirror. What happened to the big halibut?
“I gave it to Lloyd McKinley who took me out so I could fish in the
contest,” Les said. (Photo by Lloyd McKinley)
WARNING!
Tomorrow morning beginning
about 9:30 and lasting until
10:15 a.m. an eclipse of the sun
will take place. It is extremely
dangerous and can cause per
manent blindness to attempt to
directly observe the eclipse.
Parents are urged to take par
ticular care that their children
do not attempt to look at the
eclipse. Read other stories in
this issue about this and watch
the eclipse safely on your tele
vision set.
Complete List
Of Lucky Halibut
Derby Winners
Alvin A. Boyd landed a 114-lb.
halibut and took first prize of $100
in the (Adult Division) in the an
nual Kodiak Halibut Derby spon
sored by the Outdoorsmen Club.
A lOl-lb.’er won a 1-day fishing
trip for two at Hidden Canyon
Lake as second place prize for V.
Jensen.
A piece of luggage and $10 worth
of cleaning was the third place
prize won by D. Lambert who haul
ed in a 97-lb halibut.
C.G. Barnett’s 93-lb fish put him
into fourth place and won one day s
fishing for one at Uganik Lake.
A 60 - pounder landed by Herb
Bell won fifth place honors and a
.22 magnum rifle.
In the Kids Division it was a 77
lb. beauty that put Les Wiley (see
picture) into possession of a new
over & under rifle.
Dennis Bell’s 24-pounder landed
him in second place with a spinn
ing rod and reel the reward.
A 21-lb. halibut brought Ray
mond Golden a crisp new $10 bill
for third place.
Technicality In Gov’t Regulations
Stop 1st Federal Kodiak Branch
The decision of First Federal
Savings & Loan of Anchorage not
to locate a branch in Kodiak was
based upon a technicality involv
ing federal regulations and is de
finitely no reflection upon the
bright prospects of the Kodiak
area economy, according toHowa' d
Fremlin, who is so sold on Kodiak
that he has resigned from the firm
and is making Kodiak his home.
Fremlin, who had been manager
of the Spenard Branch of the firm
and was slated to become the man
ager of the Kodiak branch, in an
interview with the Kodiak Mirror,
revealed that a misinterpretation
of federal regulations which re
quires that all loans made outside
of a 50-mile radius of the Anchor
age office would be classified as
commercial loans.
‘-This classification would ser
iously hamper 1st Federal’s oper
ation in Kodiak due to the fact
that only 20% of total assets in a
federal savings and loan associ
ation can be commercial loans, and
furthermore, in all fairness to the
people of Kodiak this regulation
would mean that only 20c on
every $1 on deposit with the 1st
Federal locally would be available
for lending purposes,” said Frem
lin.
“After due consideration the dir
ectors felt that this limited oper
ation would not be advisable,” he
said.
Fremlin, who is “frankly, in love
with Kodiak,” said, “this is no re
flection on the bright prospects of
the economy in the Kodiak area
and it is regretable that the de
cision was deemed necessary.”
Fremlin revealed that he has re
signed from 1st Federal and has
established his home here and
“looks forward to my future as
sociation with the residents of this
area.”
He said any questions or infor
mation regarding the above can be
obtained from him personally by
phoning his residence phone 486—
5597.
Mayor Merrill Coon Says Will Not
Be Candidate For Fourth Term
Mayor Merrill Coon, heading in
to the last quarter of his third 2
year term in that post, today ad
vised the Kodiak Mirror that he
“definitely will not be a candidate
for reelection this fall.”
“I’ve enjoyed every minute I’ve
been mayor of Kodiak and wish to
express my sincere thanks to the
people of this community for the
fine support they have always
given me both as a candidate and
as their mayor during the past
nearly 6 years,” said Mayor Coon
stated, adding, “I hope that I’ve
done some good for the fine people
of this city in that time.”
He expressed hope that there
would be a number of candidates
running for mayor and for council
seats.
“Kodiak is a fast growing com
munity and the people should have
an opportunity to select from var
ious candidates in their elections,”
Coon said.
councilman wuton wnite mde
cated that although business pres
sure upon him had increased great
ly in the past year that he “did not
contemplate not running for re
election.
Councilman Bill Criss, whose 3
year term ends this fall had early
indicated he would be reluctant
to succeed himself but it is known
that he has been strongly urged to
file again by supporters.
Councilman Carl Rodli, who was
appointed to fill out the term of
Nick Frost until the next election
has indicated that he will be a can
didate for reelection to his seat.
A prospective candidate for
mayor gave further indications
this week that he would most like
ly be a candidate for election to
Coon’s post as mayor.
“Either city officials must pro
duce results or else!, “was the word
this week from Wally Nelson of
Kraft’s Hardware who said he is
more interested than ever in run
ning for mayor in the fall city elec
tions.
Refering to the city administra
tion, Nelson said, “All city offic
ials from top to bottom would be
given an opportunity to demon
strate that they can do their job
the way the community wants it
done and if, in a reasonable length
of time they fail to respond or pro
duce as desired, their jobs would
be vacated and refilled with people
who can obtain the desired results
and action.”
“I also strongly believe that
there should be some form of civil
service system for hiring of person
nel in all city departments and that
all job openings, from top to bottom
should be advertised and filled
with qualified local applicants
whereever possible,” Nelson stated.
“The laws of the state and com
munity must be complied with and
if and when citizens don’t like the
laws than they should use the dem
ocratic ways and means available
to change them. Nobody should
show their disagreement with the
law by becoming lawbreakers or
otherwise making themselves li
able,” he stated.
RUMOR NOT CONFIRMED
Rumors that Bristol Bay fisher
men will be allowed to fish Kodiak
area due to the disasterous salmon
run this season cannot be confirm
ed by the Kodiak Mirror. The local
office of the ADF&G said they had
not heard about any such action or
plan.
Under Sails
The Luxury yacht Nereus un
furled her sails and caught the
breeze as she sailed by Ouzinkie
last Sunday heading for the Prib
iloff Islands after spending three
days in Kodiak. Skipper - owner
Bill Pomeroy and their family
and crew said they prefered sails
to power because of the lack of
distracting engine noise. The a
bove shot of the Nereus was
taken by Nick Rauch from aboard
his sport boat Sea Hawk.