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KODIAK, ALASKA,MARCH 1, 1958
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Adm. McKechnie
Honorary Member
Kodiak Chamber
Adm. Arnold W. McKechnie,
'"’''mmandant of the 17th Naval
^isiT’ct, was made an honorary
member cf the Kodiak Chamber
r* Commerce at the meeting of
that group Thursday.
Adm. McKechnie in a brief talk
before the group stated he wants
to meet with the Base-Town Com
mittee, and said he was certain
the base and town will work to
gether as in the past. “One group
cannot get along without the
ether,” he stated.
Forty-four were in attendance
when the President, John Gibbons,
called the meeting together. Bob
Hall* Chairman of the Air Trans
port Committee, stated the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce seeking
support of three resolutions from
the Kodiak group. One was, fur
ther Government aid in airport
construction of airports and main
taneance of airports in Alaska. The
sum of $5,175,000 will be matched
by the Territory; second, extension
•f the present 20 year lease on
the International Airport at Anc
horage, and the International Air
port at Fairbanks to 55 years: the
thhrd proposal was that permission
be granted the Scandinavian Air
lines to pick up European bound
passengers at Anchorage and dis
charge incoming passengers from
Europe.
In the Chamber’s letter the
Anchorage group expressed the
lelief it would further tourist
trade, because of the kindred ->irit
ef the Scandinavian countries and
Alaska. Over 50% of Alaskans are
Scandinavian descent, the letter
stated.
The Kodiak Chamber approved
the Anchorage resolution and a
similar one is being drawn up.
Charles Edris, Chairman of
Roads Committee, reported the
4hort survey at the beginning of
the Loop Road is completed. The
main survey will begin as soon as
the weather permits, he said.
Edris stated the Bureau of Public
Roads has a big program planned
for Kodiak Island within the next
few years.
Owner Requested
To Move House
The City in seeking an appro
ach. to the small boat harbor has
tequested Toney Perez to move
Bis small house adjacent to South
Brooklyn Avenue.
The action was taken at Monday
sights Council meeting. Prior to
that Perez had been notified by
letter as to the advisability of
asoving the house, and he had ap
peared before the Council on two
different occasions. No decision
Bad heeni reached until Monday
lights meeting, however.
JBe house is at the foot of
Kraft’s Street facing South Brook
Ba, anil/-next to one of Kraft’s
Bfcarehou^es.
Perez h« been given until June
^ of this year to move the house.
A letter was read by John
Gibbons from Bob Logan in which
he stated that 600 children to the
Westward have no high school
facilities available to them, unless
they go to Mt. Edgecum. The
latter has a waiting list at present,
the letter stated.
The letter was turned over to
Dr. A. H. Johnson for study by the
Board of Education.
Dr. Bob Johrtsorf, Chairman of
the Tourist Committee, stated a
letter had been sent to the Homer
Chamber of Commerce suggesting
a one day flight to Kodiak for
tourists. This would be of mutual
interest to both towns, he said.
Among the guests present were
Rear Adm. Arnold McKechnie, Lt.
Tom Overdorf, the Admiral’s Aide;
Robert Miller. Supervisor, White
Alice Installation; Charles (Chuck)
Connelley, District Fishery Mana
gement Supervisor and Robert
Yerion, auditor from Anchorage
here auditing for King Crab Inc.
Crab Festival
Dates Now Set
The date of the forthcoming
Crab Festival has been set for
May 2nd and 3rd. The announce
ment was made by committee in
charge at the Chamber of Com
merce meeting Thursday.
A crab queen will be crowned
during the festivities. Sponsoring
groups will be Kodiak business
houses, Unions, and organizations.
Tickets will be sold, and valuable
prizes ^iven away.
A cabin cruiser and 35 h.p. out
board motor will be given away,
and several other prizes. An award
will be given for the largest crab
and the heaviest crab. Jess Ballard,
Chairman of the event, stated the
Governor of Alaska, Mike Stepo
vich is planning to attend. In the
event he cannot, a representative
will be here.
During the festival a huge public
dance will be staged. The festival
will' be marked by gigantic crab
feeds and other events. “After all,
Kodiak is the crab capital of the
world. Let’s celebrate it in a fitt
ing way,” Ballard stated.
Others on the committee with
Ballard are Eldon Lester and
Frank Irick. Bob Resoff and Roy
Rickey will assist.
Revised Plans
For Boat Berths
The suggested plan for the lay
out of the inner facilities of the
small boat harbor was rejected by
the Corp of Engineers.
Harold Moats, Chief of Civil
Works Planning Board stated in a
letter to “Jiggs” Tice, Project En
gineer here, that the planned faci
lities would not accomodate suf
ficient boats. The plan rejected
appeared in the Kodiak Mirror
February 1 issue.
The City Manager has prepared
a revised*,plan, which he presented
to the Council for study. Under
this plan, there will be,accomoda
tion for 310 boats. The Veyised
plans have been forwarded to the
Engineers for approval.
Johnson To Head 1
Kodiak RC Chapter
Leon Johnson was elected presi
dent of the Kodiak Red Cross
Chapter at the annual meeting of
the group held in the Community
Baptist Chhrch, February 26.
Others elected were John Mollet
t,i as Vice-Chairman, Lou Veerman
as Secretary and Ben Guhrke as
Treasurer. Yearly reports from all
committees were heard
Service pins and awards were
made by Mrs. Norman Sutliff. Mr.
Neel Anderson, Red Cross Direc
tor here, awarded Dr. and Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson certificates of ap
preciation and 15 year service pins.
Past President John Molletti ex
pressed appreciation for the work
done by acting-secretary Mrs.
Dorothy Haag.
Lt. Cmdr. R.E. Van Limburgh
and Captain F. Kirk Smith were
appointed by the Commanding
Officer of the Naval Station to the
Board of Directors to represent
the Naval Station at the Kodiak
Red Cross Chapter.
The meeting was well attended
by both town and Naval Station
members.
Policy Of Council
No Pay, No Water
City Manager Bill Poland report
ed to the Council that an effort is
being made to clear up old utility
accounts and prevent delinquent
accounts from getting any bigger.
Policy now is to turn off water in
cases where requests for payments
are ignored.
Poland stated this entailed dig
ging uo the pipe and installing a
shutoff va|ve, a procedure the
utilities department has had v to
follow on several occasions.
The Council unanimously ap
proved the method, all members
feeling the service should be dis
continued unless the user makes
an effort to pay the bill.
A number of unpaid utilities ac
counts to the amount of $631.10,
long past due, were deemed un
collectable and were written off.
CG Airman Here
Awarded Ribbon
A member of the Coast Guard
Air Detachment here, Lt. C. (Bud)
Hobdy, Jr. was recently awarded a
Commendation Ribbon with Medal
Pendants, for his part in effecting
the rescue of a seaman from the
merchant ship George about 1000
miles southwest of San Franscisco
last July.
Hobdy was copilot aboard a P5M
plane. After the long flight, accord
ing to the report, the plane made
an open sea landing in foot waves,
and still heavily loaded with fuel,,
took off with a jato blast and
brought the seriously ill seaman
to San Franscisco.
The Coast Guard airman arrived
here December 10, 1957. His wife
Margaret, and daughter Lisa, age
4, also reside here.
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$20 MILLION EARMARKED
ANCHORAGE CONSTRJJCTIpN t
Military construction in the
^Anchorage area, is expected to epst
j$r4,000ib0Q Jnd fcfeOMj
000 during 1958, according to the
tJrS. -ArmyEngineers.r ---
Council Approves
City Manager Plan
To Reclaim Area
The area adjacent to the City
Hall will be reclaimed by a gar
bage disposal method used in many
larger cities, where a land fill is
necessary. Action was taken by
the City Council at their meeting
Monday authorizing the City Mana
ger to proceed with the plans out
lined.
City Manager Poland stated he
had assurance from the Depart
ment of Health officials and they
had approved this method being
used. Poland further stated the
method entailed no burning, but
that each days accumulation was
compacted by a tractor and cover
ed with dirt immediately.
The City Manager emphasized
that by this method a valuable
piece of property could be created.
After considerable discussion, the
Council unanimously approved the
project.
Outdoorsmen Club
Officers Elected
Albert Borton was elected presi
dent of the newly formed Kodial
Outdoorsmen, at the meeting oi
the club held list Tuesday. Curies
Wilson was elected vice-president
Forty-seven members were or
hand when the election took plac<
and the constitution and by-law;
were passed on and adopted. Th<
new club will be known as the Ko
diak Outdoorsmen.
Others elected to office include
Dick Berg as Secretary and Char
les (Chuck) Edcis as Treasurer
An advisory board Composed oi
the officers and five additional
members include Kim Clark for a
three year term; Alf Madsen and
Fred McIntyre each for a two year
term and Ruth Bracken and Park
Munsey for one year terms each.
Various committee chairmen and
members will be selected at the
next meeting, scheduled for March
11.
Discussion of membership dues
resulted in turning over this mat
ter to the Advisory Board for an
opinion. The Board is expected to
make a recommendation at the
next meeting.
Following the meeting, a social
hour was enjoyed. Refreshments
were served, and three films were
shown. One of them, “Flying
Skiis,” showed world champion
skiiers in action. In another, Ko
diak’s king crab industry was de
picted, with movies on the fishing
and experimental operations by
the Alaska Fish and Game Com
mission. Tagging, measuring and
culling methods were shown which
enabled the males to live through
at least one breeding season. The
film on salmon and their predators
brought out the startling fact that
more than a thousand salmon fin
gerlings were found in a Beluga
whale caught by the Department.
Bears, seals and I seagulls as
j>r§datpfs were pictured- A pic
ture pronounced as “very inter
esting*’ by itudse preset on the
pla^iiTg ^ lakes oi
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Along The
Waterfront
In today’s column your reporter
is really going to cover many miles
of waterfront.
We regard the happenings i-r
any village or .along the
coastline of the island as Along
the Waterfront news beat, and o
trip around the island by some oi
the officials of the Fishermen t
Union comes under that scope.
Dr. Paul Jaeger, Orthodontist
here and at Anchorage, accom
panied Nick Frost, Business Agent
for the Fishermen’s Union, and
Harry Lindgren, President ann
Bill Fitzgerald, on a trip to various
villages. Highlight of the trip, at
cording to Frost, was the visit c'
the dentist. It proved quite a work
out for him.
First stop was at Ouzinkic.
where the teeth of 53 people were
examined, and extractions in some
cases made. Saturday the grou?
went to Old Harbor, where Di
Jaeger was even more swamped
There he examined 77 patients,
extracting where necessary. A!
Alitak there were 40 people. Pro
cedure followed was to go to the
schoolhouse and examine children*
’ teeth, and later adults This ser
’ vice he performed free.
While the doctor was busy, the
Union officials met with fishermen
and boat owners on Union bus:
| ness. The proposed contract with
' boat owners is now pending.
’ Wednesday, the three official.*
went to Afognak, Karluk and Lar
sen’s Bay, mainly in regard to the
, boat owner contract.
At Oyzinkie, terms for the fish
ermen and cannery workers were
agreed on between the official !•
and A.W. Ritter of the Pan-Alaskt*
Fisheries. Frost stated the cafnner*
was idle due to bad weather bold
ing up boats.
Frost also stated Haiferty s can
nery approved the cannery work
ers contract with the Union ant!
last year’s rate of $2.20 will apply.
King Crab Inc. are keeping busy
these days, and some big crab are
coming in. They are working the
usual 8 hour shift 6 days a week.
Excitement is beginning U
mount along the waterfront with
plans underway for the two day
celebration May 2-3 when the King
Crab Festival gets underway.
Who is going to bring in the big
gest crab and the crab with the
widest spread? Some of these loca?
crab fishermen with the know hov
ought to be able to stake out tht
big ones, by then.
The Expansion was in Friday
night heading for Seward, and
should be pulling out today.
Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week the Tatalina should be in. Oi
interest to those who have freight
going to the mainland, the ship
will dock at Seldovia and Homer
on the return trip to Seattle.
At A1 vine’s, Alf Madsen has the
crew busy installing new engine.'
in his boat .the EXPLORER. This
& jo|>, but they are also
working on the FORTUNE, Her
man Anderson’s boat and putting
the finishing touches on the ALF'
ANfrBRSON. • —- -T
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