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Merrill Henington Skipper Conies
From Veteran Alaska Fishing Family
By Karl Armstrong
“Kodiak is one of the best towns
along the Pacific Coast-It’s a
nice town and I like it.” —This is
the judgement of Merrill Hening
ton, skipper-owner of the Pacific
Fisherman, one of the largest
boats engaged in fishing King
Crab in Kodiak waters.
This view is shared by his
brother Joseph who, along with
John Hansen and Jack Diamond,
comprise the crew of the 80-foot
long Pacific Fisherman. Present
ly moored in the small boat har
bor, the vessel, which has a 21
foot beam and a gross weight of
113 tons, is powered by a 200-HP
Atlas Diesel and can carry 55,000
to 60,000 lbs. of crab in her tanks.
Fully fueled she holds 4,000 gal
lons of diesel fuel.
The Brothers Henington have
been engaged in the King Crab
fishery for the past three years
straight but have been fishing in
Alaska for the past 30 years. An
other brother, Roy, also is an
Alaskan fisherman and two other
older brothers have retired from
the Alaska fishing game. The
Henington family originated and
maintains their home in Poulsbo,
Washington.
Henington has a potential crew
man in his own family of four
children.. .one of whom is a hand
some husky lad who’ll be big
enough in a few more years to
haul on the crab pot lines
and, more than likely, be even
tually skippering one of Merrill’s
growing fleet. Merrill’s three
lovely daughters accompanied
their brother and mother on a
vacation trip to visit Kodiak last
summer.
Merrill Henington only recently
acquired the Pacific Fisherman
which he skippers himself. He
also owns the vessel Richard D.
which is also engaged in King
Crabbing under Skipper Bar
ney Corgatelli, a well-known
veteran Alaskan fisherman. The
Richard D is a 72-foot vessel with
-foot beam and holds 36.000
to 38,000 pounds of crab in her
tanks.
Although now engaged solely
in the quest for King Crab, Skip
per Henington has spent most of
the greater part of his adult life
fishing in Alaskan waters for
other sea food products and for
Rotarians Briefed
On Constitution
Members of the Kodiak Rotary
Club, present at the luncheon
meeting Tuesday in the 49 Room
received a lesson in Civic Govern
ment as a recording was played,
which outlined the United States
Constitution, giving its provisions
for government and the amend
ments made throughout the years,
as well as the Bill of Rights.
Present at the meeting as guests
were Dr. Randall Nixon, Howard
Wakefield, Roy Madsen, Miss Or
nella Santoliquido, and Massimo
Amfitheatrof.
Griffin Memorial
Births
A son, Truman, weighing 8 lbs.
10 ozs., was born on March 31 to
Barbara and Kenneth Jones.
A son, Whitney Thomas, weigh
ing 7 lbs. 12 ozs., was born on
April 2 to Louella and Jeremy
Sexsmith.
A daughter, Lois Marie, weigh
ing 6 lb. 5 oz., was born on April
3 to Bonnie Lee and Donald Slat
er.
many years probably would have
described himself as a “salmon
fisherman." Several years ago he
tried his luck at shrimping but
finally found the King Crab quest
more alluring.
However Henington shows a
continuing interest in shrimping
and feels it will in time rival other
sea product industries in the area.
‘“Eventually shrimp will be big
here in Kodiak,” he says, adding,
“Kodiak waters have a tremen
dous shrimp potential. The vol
ume is big. It is not at all un
usual to get 10,000 pounds of
shrimp to a drag. While Seward
area shrimp appear to be of per
haps a better quality or size, a
commercial shrimp fishery of any
size would necessarily depend on
volume, which Kodiak waters ap
pear to have.”
McCune, Hilscher
Join To Tell
Alaska’s Story
Alaskans visiting the 49th
State’s exhibit at the Seattle
World’s Fair will hear a familiar
voice presenting the 12-minut.e
narration outlining Alaska s won
ders to show visitors.
Don McCune, widely known
throughout Alaska for his radio
and television work, has volun
teered to narrate the commentary
now being recorded together with
special lighting and other effects
for presentation several times an
hour during the six month’s show
ing of the world wide exposition.
Herb Hilscher of Anchorage,
well known Alaskan author and
public relations man, put together
what is described by Gov. Egan as
“a well-paced story presenting the
many facets of Alaska, its present
and its future.”
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