APA’s Ralph Jones Can Call Upon
20 Years Of Fisheries Experience
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APA’s Superintendent Ralph Jones
Twenty years of experience in
fisheries, virtually all of it in
Alaska, is one of the vital assets
in the background of Ralph Jones,
plant superintendent of the Alaska
Packers Association cannery here
in town.
In the past several weeks Jones
coordinated cannery activities so
as to keep the plant’s normal King
Crab operation producing while at
the same time an expansion-con
struction program virtually dou
bling the plant’s processing capa
city, was successfully completed.
Jones, now 43 years old, started
out as a salmon fisherman skipper
ing his own boat in the Puget
Sound area 20 years ago. This ex
perience stood him in good stead
and is another of the vital assets
in his bckgroun 1 as a cannery su
perintendent. With all other APA
employes of an executive or su
pervisory capacity in this area,
Jones shares the experience in
background of having actually
fished for a living at some time.
Whether by design or coinci
dence it appears to be a necessary
perequisite in the APA organiza
Cornin’ Events
Sunday, Sept. 9
Attend the church of your choice
today.
Moonlight Bowling, 7:30 p.m.,
Elks Lanes.
Thursday, Sept. 13
Borough discussion meeting.
Dist. courtroom, 8 p.m.
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NAUGIITON’S FLY OUT
A1 and Dora Naughton departed
Tuesday on PNA for Seattle where
they will take in the World’s Fair
during their combination and pleas
ure trip. They will visit Dora’s sis
ter Olga, formerly of Kodiak, who
now resides in Arlington, Wash.
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In 1947 Jones started with Wake
field Fisheries aboard their combi
nation fishing and processing ship
“Deep Sea” which was operating
for king crab in the Bering Sea.
In 1951 he became master of the
144-foot diesel-powered Deep Sea
which was joined by the Shilikof
and Foremost, both converted to
processing ships.
Having helped in the pioneering
stages of the King Crab fishery in
Alaska, Jones, in 1955, became gen
eral superintendent for the Wake
fields over their five plants lo
cated in various parts of Alaska.
In 1959 he moved to Port Wake
field with his family and two years
later, in 1961, joined the APA or
ganization and moved his family
to Kodiak where he became plant
superintendent.
Jones and his charming wife,
Ruth, have established their home
in Kodiak, having built a new
home since their arrival here.
They have a 13-year-old daughter,
Susan, and a married son, Kennetli,
who also resides in Kodiak with
his family.
Hospital News
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hatcher,
a daughter, Robenett Hope, weight
7 pounds, 9 ounces. Born Aug. 31.
ADMISSIONS
Donna Fuller, Geneva Hartman,
Jennie Sunderberg, Jennie Alex
anderoff, and Mrs. Ruth Vest.
DISCHARGES
Earl Fleming, Kathy Ellenak,
Donna Fuller, Geneva Hartman,
Mrs. Robert Hatcher and infant
daughter, Jennie Sunderberg, Jen
nie Alexanderoff, Joan Descloux
and infant son.
SUNDAY SPECIALS
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Brownies. 80 Ea.
Apple Pie. 600 Ea.
NAUGHTON’S BAKERY
Open Day & Nite
Phone 486-2600
Waterfront
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ports through August 26. Kodiak's
total pack for all canneries for the
season is 711,831% for all species.
Our local King Crab, Inc., cannery
was the last cannery to “hang it
up” for the season. It ended its
salmon canning just before the
Labor Day weekend. While the sea
son is still being kept open, this is
to accommodate the many local
residents who desire to get fish
for personal use, according to
ADF&G’s Dexter Lall. “Persons
who intend to get personal use
fish can still do so,” Lall said, “but
they would be well advised to
come in and obtain a personal use
permit before going unless they in
tend to use legal commercial gear
and observe all the legal restric
tions,” he added.
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Despite the generous rainfall yes
terday, APA’s huge tender Heron
continues to bring in fresh water
for their cannery operations which
requires approximately 350.000 gal
lons per day, or about one third of
the city’s daily consumption of
about 1,000,000 gallons per day.
The Heron, which can hold 100,000
gallons, started operating on “Op
eration Reservoir” last Saturday
at 3 p.m. She delivers her water
to the Balena moored alongside
the cannery. APA’s management
offered to supply the city with up
to one million gallons of fresh wa
ter per day in order to keep all the
area going as normal during the
water shortage. Whether APA’s
generous offer will be taken up by
the city will largely depend on
whether the weather provides
more rain.
Around The Town
MORE STUDENTS DEPART
More Kodiak college students
students have been reported leav
ing for various campuses:
On Thursday Merle Snider de
parted and Pat Heitman leaves to
day and Sandi Marconi tomorrow:
all will attend the University of
Alaska.
Also leaving today to attend Ed
ison Tech in Seattle are Gary
“Ace” Marconi and Mike Scibor.
On the 15th, Bill Richardson
will fly to Los Angeles to attend
Northrup Institute of Technology.
Earl Lloyd has already begun
classes at Diablo Junior College
near Oakland, Calif., while Billy
Cummings plans to depart shortly
to return to studies at the Univer
sity of Alaska.
GORDON FRANKLIN HOME
Gordon Lee Franklin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Franklin, returned to
Kodiak last Thursday from a 2
months trip to the lower 48. He
visited with friends in Los Angeles
and Phoenix before returning and
is now employed by the state de
partment of highways here.
AUSTERMAN BOYS TRAVEL
Alan Austerman, Kodiak Air
way employe, departs Saturday on
a two-weeks vacation trip to Cali
fornia. He plans to take in the
World’s Fair while in Seattle and
will visit with friends in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
His brother, Richard, a school
district employe returned last
week from a three-weeks trip to
to the Pacific Northwest for dental
attention. He took in Century 21
while in Seattle and visited rela
tives in Everett, Wash. A house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bur
rows (formerly of Kodiak) while
in Marysville, Wash., he saw their
son, Mike, who attended high
school here, before he reported for
service with the U.S. Army.
Large Stock Must Go — D & A
Evening Recreational Program Begins
At School Starting Monday, Sept. 10
Evening recreation programs
sponsored by the Board of Educa
tion will begin on Monday eve
ning, Sept. 10, it was announced
this week.
The following schedule has been
established: Mondays 7 to 9 p.m.,
adults: Tuesdays, high school stu
dents: Wednesdays, grades 5 and 6
from 7 to 8 p.m. and grades 7 and
8 from 8 to 9 p.m.; Thursdays,
adults and high school students
until basketball season starts and
then Thursdays will be utilized by
adults. Friday nights will be re
MEET ON MONDAY
The Kodiak Chapter Alaska
Crippled Children’s Association
will hold a meeting Monday, Sept.
10, 1962, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kodiak
Health Center. Anyone interested
is invited to attend.
NAUGHTON’S HAVE GUESTS
Penelope Adkin and husband
Tom with their three young daugh
ters are here on a two-week visit
with Penelope’s father, Bennie
Gregoroff. The Adkins, who are
house guests at the Naughton’s
ranch home, make their home at
Castaic, California.
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The fall program will consist of
basketball, weight lifting, ping
pong and rope climbing.
Grade school students will par
ticipate in appropriate supervised
activities suitable for their age
group.
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
Women, especially mothers, are
urged to turn out for a meeting to
discuss organizing of a Women’s
Softball Team. The meeting will
be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carl Coon
Memorial Ball Park near the Arm
ory.
APA Announces
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The cannery has been a virtual
beehive of activity during the past
two weeks as crews of carpenters,
machinists and laborers pushed to
complete the expansion work by
today ... the target date for com
pletion.
Key technicians were flown into
Kodiak from Larsen Bay to assist
in getting the expanded plant fa
cilities into production by today.
Approximately 18 men, mainly car
penters and machinists, were
needed for the expansion project.
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