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ADFG Raises Legal Size of King Crab;
Adopts New Pot Buoy & Seine Rulings
The 1962 fall meeting of the
Board of Fish and Game resulted
in a number of additions and
amendments to the Commercial
Fishing Regulations that will af
fect the 1963 fisheries.
A provision was made that would
permit the Commissioner to per
mit late registration of vessels in
the event a registered vessel is lost
to the fishery by sinking, destruc
tion or extensive mechanical
breakdown.
Monofilament purse seine web
is not legal in the State of Alaska.
Leads and purse seines cannot
be used to form heart, hammer
head or arrowhead traps.
Fish other than salmon may be
taken with all types of defined
legal gear for subsistence pur
poses.
Regulation changes that apply
only to the areas involved are as
follows:
ALASKA PENINSULA AREA
The Cinder River section will
open Aug. 5 rather than July 16,
except that the season inside False
Ugashik remains unchanged.
The Bechevin Bay section will
be open May 27 through Sept. 27
with no mid-season closure.
The south side of the Peninsula
will close one week later, Aug. 16,
and will reopen Sept. 2 for set net
fishing only.
The limitation on maximum
depth of purse seines has been re
Tough Sleddin’
For Santa Here
Santa Claus may have to wear
rain gear on his visit to Kodiak.
But then Christmas is too far away
weatherwise to determine just
what the climate conditions may
be.
A check with Fleet Weather Cen
tral at the U.S. Naval Station
brought forth guarded replies, and
rightly so, for the swiftly changing
weather conditions that exist here.
Indications point to more
chances of rain than snow on the
25th, but who can really tell, to
day.
A southerly flow of air is bring
ing warmer temperatures and rain
type precipitation for the next two
days.
Those desiring to check accu
rately the sunrise and sunset on
the shortest day of the year will
be frustrated by the weather con
ditions.
Observers will simply have to
take the word of Fleet Weather
Central that Saturday is the short
est day of the year. Sunrise will be
at 8:53 a.m. and sunset at 3:24 p.m.
Today, Friday, we enjoyed six
hours and 32 minutes of daylight,
or sunlight, or whatever it is that
came up at 8:52 and set at 3:24.
On the 22nd, the shortest day,
gives Kodiak 6 hours 31 minutes,
then on Sunday it’s back to 6
hours 32 minutes of sunlight.
moved.
CHIGNIK AREA
Effective July 24 the weekly
fishing period in the Chignik Bay
district will be increased from
three to five days continuing
through Sept. 27. A fall fishing sea
son was established in the Western
and Perryville districts from Sept.
2 through Sept. 27. Reductions in
closed waters were provided for
Kujulik and Portage Bays and
existing boundaries in Agripina,
Chiginagak, and Aniakchak Bays
were clarified.
KODIAK AREA
Most important of the changes
made in the regulations for 1963,
as recently passed by the Board
of Fish and Game in Cordova, is
the increase in minimum size
required for the taking of king
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Berean Baptists
In New Edifice
Members of the Berean Baptist
Church will enjoy Christmas
Services this Sunday in their new
church building located just off
Mission Road on “K” Street, ac
cording to Rev. Cletis Leverett,
pastor, and L. B. Lindsey, Sun
day school superintendent.
Sunday school begins at 9:45,
Morning Worship at 11:00 and
Evening Service at 7 p.m. Prayer
Meeting will be 7:30 Wednesday.
The Sunday School Christmas
Program begins at 7 p.m. Sun
day evening.
Santa Is Coming
To Saint Mary’s
Santa is going to be at St. Mary’s
Parish in the “Large Room” at St.
Mary’s school on Sunday, Dec. 23,
at 2 p.m. Stockings will be given
and refreshments will be served.
Children of all ages are invited to
attend.
Schools Close
For Holidays
Children of the Kodiak school
district and the Parochial school
received their Christmas present
from school authorities today.
School is out until Jan. 2, when
they return to resume studies.
Christmas parties and gift ex
changes were in order for today.
In the Kodiak school gymnasium
last night the annual Christmas
concert was present featuring vo
cal and instrumental groups. A
large crowd was on hand for the
concert.
Episcopal Church
Offering Prayers
For Bennie Benson
Benny Benson, designer of
Alaska’s flag, is well on the road
to recovery following major
surgery last Friday.
Benny was rushed into the
hospital last Thursday and given
blood transfusions. Friday he
was operated on for an intestinal
obstruction.
It was learned this week that
in the National Cathedral in
Washington, D.C., prayers were
offered for Benny’s recovery, at
last Sunday’s services.
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
The National Cathedral each
Sunday honors a State in the
Union, and that state’s flag is
carried in procession.
The Dean of the Cathedral had
been notified of Benny Benson’s
serious condition, and during the
service prayers were offered for
his recovery. Each noon this
week in the National Cathedral,
prayers are being offered for the
designer of Alaska’s flag.
Contributions to the Benson
fund still may be made by mail
ing them to the Benny Benson
Fund, .P.O. Box 1307, Kodiak,
Alaska.
KEA Engineers Report Shows Kodiak
Electric Rates Not Highest In State
Protesting a report of the Fed
eral Power Commission that Ko
diak has the highest electric rates
in the State, the Kodiak Electric
Association this week submitted a
letter listing nine other communi
ties with higher rates than here.
In a letter to Editor Bill Mason,
KEA manager, Leon Johnson said
the company’s engineer, R. W.
Retherford Associates in Anchor
age compiled a report of various
Alaskan utilities all showing rates
higher than the Kodiak rate of $ld
for 250 KWH residential rate.
The Mirror first ran the story
of the high Kodiak rate in the Nov.
2 issue, quoting an Associated
Press report from the Federal
Power Commission in Washington.
In the FPC report Kodiak was
listed first with a $16 rate for the
period beginning Jan. 1, 1962. Fair
banks was second at $15; Chugiak
Eagle came next with $13. On the
other end of the scale Juneau’s
rate was $5.75; Ketchikan $6.75
and Anchorage $9.40.
Companies listed in Johnson’s
letter to the Mirror this week,
using the 250 KWH residential rate
comparison showed: Copper Val
ley, Glenallen, $25.50; Seldovia
Light and Power, $22.50; Dilling
ham PUD 1, $25.75; Naknek Elec
tric Assn., $25.75; Nome Power and
Light, $23.00; Kotzebue Electric
Assn., $30.75; Homer Electric,
$20.75; Seward Electric System,
$19.80, and Golden Valley Electric
Assn., Fairbanks, $17.00.
Here’s What I Want For Christmas!
Angela Contos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Contos, has already
made her choice as to what she wants Santa to bring her on Christ
mas. Angela made her choice known at Knudsen's this past Monday.
She is three and one half years old. —(Mirror photo and engraving)
50 Will Perform At Traditional Milliken
Show At Single Performance Saturday
The Milliken Christmas Charity
Show, always a highlight of the
year, takes place Saturday night
at the High School Gymnasium.
Curtain time is 8 p.m.
Proceeds from the show go to
Griffin Memorial Hospital and to
the Alaska Crippled Children’s As
sociation.
This year’s production includes
a cast of nearly 50 talented local
stars. Songs, dances and dialogue
highlight the annual show.
Two scenes are programmed
with the first taking place in a
ski chalet. Among the musical
numbers featured in the first
scene are “Baby Its Cold Outside,”
sung by Lola Harvey and Roy Mad
sen. “The Christmas Song,” is sung
by Bob Waage, and Marge Wolf
sings “Silver Bells.”
The first scene ends with Ella
Mae Warren singing “I’ll Be Home
for Christmas.”
Skiers in the first act include
George LeCours, Dick Johnson,
Lucy Johnson, Marilyn Branden
burg, Ken Brandenburg, Ella Mae
Warren, Gary Nevinger, Roy Mad
sen, Lyle Gubler, Lola Harvey,
Bob Waage, Bob Johnson, Marge
Wolf, Eugene Anthony and Dan
Heffner.
Coordinator for the opening
scene is Lucy Johnson. The show
gets underway actually with the
Milliken Sprites, Nell Waage and
Mary Heffner introducing the
opening scene and also the second
scene.
The latter setting is the Twilight
Zone, somewhere between the con
scious and unconscious. The dia
logue was written by Jane Melar
vie who is coordinator for the
scene which presents in Twilight
Zone style Santa’s workshop. And
things that he constructs there
are “out of this world.”
Santa is played by Eugene An
thony and Mrs. Santa is Jane Me
larvie. There are dancing dolls,
dancing candy canes, Winter Won
derland dolls, Variety dolls.
Among the dancers are Mae Bux
ton, Nell Waage, Jo Keers, Ella
Mae Warren, Judi Fitzgerald, Jean
Harvey and Lola Harvey.
Also in dancing numbers are
Joanne Walker, Barbara Steacy,
Betty Seward, Jerry Ekval, Iris
Arnold, Peggy Kerry, LaRue Troy
er, Lena Carpenter, Eleanor Put
ney, Lyle Gubler and Ron Chase.
In the role of Santa’s helpers
are Marsha Craig and Marilyn
Brandenburg.
The limping skier throughout
the scene is Dan Heffner. Alfred
Newton is the Sailor.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production staff includes Dr.
Bob Johnson, at the piano; Bill
Harvey in charge of recorded mu
sic; Sharon Collar* Shirley Chris
tofferson. Nancy Gross and Billie
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