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VOL. 21, NO. 74 KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 30, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Group Of Scientist Arriving Here
For Early Aleut Study On Island
The early Aleuts and Eskimos
their differences in languages anc
physical structures, was the subject
of an address by Dr. William S
Laughlin before the Kodiak ant
Aleutian Islands Historical Society
group Thursday at the downtowr
schoolhouse. A large crowd was ir
attendance.
Dr. Laughlin is an anthropologisl
from the University of Wisconsin
He is the leader of a group from
the University who will continue
work in the Kodiak and Aleutian
areas in physical anthropology and
archaeology this summer. He haf
spent several summer seasons in
the Aleutians and other parts oi
Alaska doing research. Laughlin
first came to Alaska with Hrdlika,
well-known authority on early Ko
diak history, in 1938.
Speaking on the subject, “Ear
liest Aleuts and Eskimos,’’ Laugh
lin said the Eskimos have made
the most extensive migrations in
history. He said the Aleuts cannot
understand the Eskimo language
nor can the Eskimos understand
Aleut. It is estimated that their
languages separated about 4600
B. C., he said.
Dr. Laughlin said the group has
a definite project scheduled for the
next five years, but will need about
twenty years in order to get a clear,
complete picture of the background
of the people.
The group will continue studies
at Old Harbor begun last summer,
when a program of blood typing of
the natives was carried out. The
Old Harbor area was chosen, he
said, because it has some isolation
and less mixture of races than
other villages. They hope to go to
Kaguyak when studies at Old Har
bor are completed.
The extremely interesting talk
was illustrated with slides. Dr.
Laughlin said copies of the group’s
papers will be given the Historical
Society for their records.
Group members who arrived
Thursday were Dr. Laughlin, Dr.
William G. Reeder, anthropologist
Ernest P. Graves
Dies In Seattle
Ernest P. Graves, 46, died ot
pneumonia on June 21 at the
Marine Hospital, Seattle, Washing
ton. Mr. Graves, who was born at
Avoca, Minnesota on February 10,
1915, had been ill for nearly two
years previous to his death.
Mr. Graves, a commercial fisher
man, had spent most of his time
here since he first came to Kodiak
in 1936.
Survivors include his wife, Irene;
his mother, Mrs. Ida Graves oi
Battle Lake, Minnesota; two broth
ers, John of Seattle, Washington,
and Elmer, of Portland, Oregon;
two sisters, Mrs. Loretta Bjork and
Elmira Graves of Seattle, and four
step-children.
Services for the deceased were
held in Seattle last week, and at
the Community Baptist Church in
Kodiak on Wednesday, June 28. In
terment followed at the Russian
Cemetery in Kodiak.
, from the University of Wisconsin.
These two will work at Sitkalidak
. most of the time, but will also
spend some time at Nicolski, Um
1 nak Island. Others already here
are Dr. Edward Beals, U. of Wis
consin Plant Ecologist, who will be
making studies of animals on Sit
kalidak; Richard Nelson, Henry
Lundsgaarde and Joel Hubbard.
The latter three will collect fish
and invertebrates in the Old Har
bor area.
Arriving today are Dr. Erik Shel
ler, Ophthalmologist from Copen
hagen, Sweden, who will make a
study at Old Harbor; and Dr. Al
bert Dahlberg, from the University
of Chicago, Senior Dental Surgeon
of Public Health Reserve, who will
also work at Old Harbor. Mrs. Dahl
berg is accompanying him.
Keneth Taylor, of St. Andrews
College, Scotland, also arrives to
day, as does Morgan Usadel and
William McHugh, the latter two
from the U. of Wisconsin. These
three will work on a diggingsite at
Rolling Bay. Carter Denniston,
from the U. of Wisconsin, also ar
rives today. He will do blood typing
at Old Harbor.
Protest City
Land Acquisition
Considerable discussion arose at
the Council meeting Thursday on
the City’s request to the Bureau of
Land Management to acquire the
land which embraces the area from
Mill Bay Road to and including Ab
ercrombie. It is planned to set this
area up as a recreational area.
Protests have been made 10
Councilman by individuals owning
property nearby. A total of approx
imately 400 acres is involved, which
includes the watershed area.
Outer Area VFD
Must Incorporate
The Outer area Volunteer Fire
Department must be incorporated
before a fire engine can be turned
over for its use.
This decision was reached Thurs
day evening by the Council. The
suburban group has been offered
the use of a surplus engine. Re
sponsibility must be assmed by
an authorized group, it was brought
out.
MRS. JOHNSON RETURNS
Mrs. Len Johnson returned Tues
day from Seattle where she spent
the past five weeks.
She was accompanied by her
daughter, Bernice, who will spend
the summer here.
Council Told Road Construction
Should Get Underway By Mid-August
The City should get started on
its program of road surfacing by
the middle of August, the City
Council was told by City Manager
Bill Poland at its meeting last
night.
Starting of the work, he said, has
been hampered by lack of skilled
labor in operating heavy equip
ment, and suitable equipment it
self, as well as breakdowns. An op
erator has been brought in from
Anchorage, and rock breaking is in
progress, notices for removal of
trees, etc. on right-of-ways have
been sent out, the planning work
near completion. “With a few good
breaks we should begin paving by
mid-August,” he said.
The City Council lent a sympa
thetic ear to Ray Albrecht, who ap
peared before it, offering a plan
for remodelling his home on Res
anoff Drive. His original plan for
the remodelling did not meet with
the approval of the City’s Planning
Commission. Objection was that
the house would be too close to
the street. His revised plan calls
for approximately 12 feet of land
from the house to his property
line, as against five feet before.
Council voted to recommend ap
proval of the revised plan. The de
cision was based mainly on the fact
of the partial construction of the
home, and the necessity of complet
ing it, and the fact that other
homes on the street project out
even further than Albrecht’s home.
No decision was reached on a
protest by Mrs. Archie Lewis, who
appeared before the Council, on a
revision of her property tax on
buildings at the corner of Benson
Ave. and Alaska Way. The property
has not been used for several years
due to the proposed road to be
built by the State which would cut
off part of the building. Decision
will be made following a formal
protest upon receipt of a tax evalu
ation notice, which Mrs. Lewis
stated she had not received.
Three members of the Council
will assume the role of Solomon in
an attempt to resolve differences
between Bob Acheson and City
Wharfinger Jack Metzgar. Acheson
appeared before the Council pro
testing an action by the wharfinger,
who, he said, refused two parcels
for shipment on the Expansion be
cause they arrived after closing
hour for freight acceptance. Delay
in getting the shipments aboard,
Acheson said, was due to the
freight’s arrival a half-hour before
the time, the repacking for ship
ment Westward. Since the wharfin
ger would not accept them, the par
cels were taken aboard the ship,
but were removed by Metzgar and
were later taken back to the store.
The committee, consisting of
Wilton White, John Patterson and
Bill Criss, will bring the two to
gether in an effort to iron out the
differences and set a policy.
City Awards Bids
Kodiak Oil Sales and the Union
Oil Company were successful bid
ders for supplying stove and fur
nace oil and gas and diesel oil to
the City.
Kodiak Oil Sales, consignee for
Union Oil Company, with a low bid
of .183 won over Thompson Trans
fer’s bid of .191 for stove oil, and
the latter’s bid of .176 for furnace
oil. They bid .175.
Bids for supplying gasoline were
each .28. Policy of the Council is to
award a company other than exist
ing supplier when bids are the
same. Low bid of Union of .24 for
diesel beat that of Standard Oil’s
.25.
Have Chutes, Will Jump, Say NG Men
Spectacular Display 4th Of July Event
Members of the Anchoragi
Alaska National Guard Parachuh
Club will provide excitement foi
spectators on the Fourth of Jul^
as they complete approximately 2(
parachute jumps from a Cessnj
170 aircraft, at 10:30 a. m. Th<
spectacular event will follow th(
flag raising ceremony at the smal
boat harbor, weather permitting.
The jumpers will be taken alofi
by John Warren, pilot for Kodial
Airways, and owner of the aircraft
The group will arrive from Anchor
age aboard a Air National Guarc
aircraft on the day preceeding.
The men jumping will be: Major
Lloyd T. Mapes, U. S. Army Ad
visor Detachment, with a record ol
100 jumps, who will attempt a IE
second delayed opening; 1st Lt
Ronald Smyth, Hdqs. & Hdqs. Co.
record of 5 jumps, will attempt E
second delayed opening; Sgt. Brad
ley Morleans, Hdqs. & Hdqs. Co.
record of 15 jumps, will attempt
5 second delayed opening; SP-!
Thomas Fisher, Supply Co., Sup
port Bn., U. S. Army Alaska, rec
ord of 305 jumps, will attempt 4f
second delayed opening; SP-4 Rich
ard Simons, Supply Co., Suppor
Bn., U. S. Army Alaska, record o
94 jumps, will attempt 45 secorn
ueiayea opening; Airman rirs
Class John Liba, 114th Air Tran!
port Sqdn., record of 2 jumps, wi]
make static line jump; SP-5 Fre
Yenny, Hdqs., & Hdqs. Co., recori
of 2 jumps, will make static lin
jump; PFC Larry Gillespie, Con
bat Support Co., record of 2 jumps
will make static line jump.
With the exception of Majoi
Lloyd T. Mapes, SP-5 Thoma:
Fisher, and SP-4 Richard Simons
these men are all members of the
Alaska National Guard. Airman lsl
Class John Liba is a member of the
Alaska Air National Guard. The
rest are from units in the 3rd Bat
tie Group, 297th Infantry, Alaska
National Guard.
The jumpers will land on a drop
zone on Near Island, directly across
from the Small Boat Harbor. The
drop zone is being cleared by the
members of our local National
Guard unit, Company D, also oi
the 3rd Battle Group, 297th In
fantry.
In the event of unfavorable
» weather on the fourth, the jump
. will be delayed until 10:30 A. M.
• on the fifth. The best places to
r view the jumps will be the Stand
l ard Oil Dock, the Small Boat Har
t bor, and the extension of Marine
. Way that runs between them.
. During the afternoon of the
Fourth, Company D will hold open
house in the Kodiak Armory, where
the Parachute Club will display
and demonstrate it’s equipment.
Three types of parachutes will be
on display. At 2:00 P. M. there will
be a demonstration showing how a
parachute is packed.
The public is cordially invited.
Fourth Of July
Events Scheduled
Independence Day July 4 wUl be
celebrated in the traditional man
ner again this year with events
scheduled for most of the day.
' A pre-Fourth dance, open to the
public, will be held at the Elks
• Hall the evening of July 3rd, be
' ginning at 9.
At 9:30 on the Fourth, there will
t be a parade. Beginning at the Post
E Office, it will travel via Main
1 Street, Shelikof, Marine Way to the
t Small Boat Harbor. The parade will
■- be followed by a flag raising cere
1 mony at the Harbor at 10 a. m.
1 Reeves Read is in charge of the
i parade and Walt Kraft the flag
i raising ceremony.
At 10:30 the first of 20 parachute
, jumps by members of the Anchor
age National Guard will be staged.
• Landing is on Near Island. M/Sgt.
> Archie Zehe is making local ar
, rangements for the event. Chil
! drens races are scheduled for 1
p. m. This will be followed by an
ice cream give-a-way for the chil
dren. Arrangements for these
events are being handled by Walt
Muller.
At 4 oclock, the National Guard
will stage a parachute exhibit at
the Armory. From 4 to 8, a Com
munity Bar-b-que will be held. The
event is being arranged for by
Jerry Redick. It is being staged by
the Jaycees, and will feature bar
becued beef sandwiches.
The barbecue will be held at the
downtown school playgrounds.
7000,000 Acres Released On Island
Executive Order No. 8344 Revoked
About 700,000 acres of Kodiak
and surrounding islands will be
opened for state selection under
an order signed Tuesday by Sec
retary of the Interior Stewart
Udall.
The acreage is part of 2.5 million
acres of public lands set aside by
executive order 8344 of February
10, 1940, for classification.
Under the release order, which
is public land order No. 2417 of
June 26, 1961, 1.8 million acres of
the original withdrawal will con
tinue to be a Kodiak bear refuge,
John Carver, assistant secretary of
the Interior, told the congressional
delegation.
Any acreage of the opened land
not selected by the state within 90
days as part of its statehood land
grant will be available for entry
under usual public land regula
tions.
The Kodiak Area Chamber of
Commerce, through its Lands Com
mittee, sought and obtained sup
port from the congressional dele
gation to have the original execu
tive order revoked.
Revocation of the executive or
der affects Kodiak, Uganik, Spruce,
Sitkalidak and Aiaktalik Islands,
including, with certain exceptions
“all adjacent islands, rocks and
pinnacles within two miles of the
shores thereof comprising approxi
mately 2,500,000 acres.”
A portion of the order continues
as follows: “Of the areas released
from withdrawal by this order, an
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