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’56 The Year To Fix
Of the 50 million homes now
standing in’ the U. S., about one
half are 30 years old or older. 10
million are 50 years old or older,
Twetny-seven percent have no bath
tub or shower; fifteen percent no
running water and fifteen percent
no kitchen sink.
These startling figures were re
vealed in a recent nationwide sur
vey. A survey of Kodiak could re
veal a somewhat similar situation.
Discounting the Aleutian Homes
pftiject, it might be said that half
the homes in Kodiak are 30 years
old or older—construction in the
past five years has raised the level
of Kodiak homes tremendously.
But there are a startling number
of homes in need of improve
ment—perhaps 85 percent or more.
Many of them need only minor re
pairs—others need a definite face
lifting.
Housing deterioration is one of
America’s greatest domestic prob
lems. Older home areas become
the slums of tomorrow, unless they
are maintained. Anchorage, Fair
banks and Sitka are dong some
thing about these conditions now.
Kodiak could well embark on such
a program before it becomes an
acute problem.
Operation Home Improvement is
a program of such tremendous
scope it should enlist the coopera
tion of every businessman and
home-owner in the country. It is
designed to accomplish two things:
(1) To interest more people in im
proving their homes, and (2) To
help make it easier fqr home own
ers to buy materials and services.
Of what benefit is all this to the
home owner? The home-owner will
say: Making needed repairs, add
ing a bedroom or fixing up the old
bathroom, or modernizing my kit
chen—all this represents a big in
vestment, which will be harder to
get out when I want to move. Be
sides 1 don’t have the money. Lets
take a look at these objections.
First of all, are the benefits to
be derived worth the effort? They
can be summarized as follows.
Home improvement means:
.1 Greater comfort. A moderniz
ed home is more livable and cozier,
’Butch'' Rush returned to Ko
diak Sunday after an extended
trip in the States. He had been
gone for over six weeks.
Rush is head butcher at Kraft’s
Super Market. He spent most of
his time in California and Las
Vegas, Nevada. “Glad to be back,*’
he reports.
warmer in winter, cooler in sum
mer.'
2. Greater convenience. A mod
ernized home is easier to care for.
3. Greater pleasure. A modern
ized home gives you more room,
more light, a better view, more
relaxation.
4. Greater satisfaction. A mod
ernized home witli its new charm
and enchanced appearance is a
source of real pride to its owner.
5. Greater economy. Modernizing
your home keeps heating and re
pair costs down and insures a long
er life for your property.
6. Better value. A modernized
home is worth more and can be
sold for more.
We don’t think anyone can re
fute the above observations as to
the benefits to be derived from im
proving the home. Eeveryone of
them are sound reasons for going
ahead with a program of improve
ment. Now lets look at the second
question. “How and where do I
get the money?”
The government is wholeheart
edly behind OHI. Under the FHA’s
Title 1 Program, the home owner
can borrow from the local bank, at
an attractive interest rate, funds
needed for home improvement. Re
paying the loan can be spread over
a period of years, thus making
the monthly payments small. In
addition, in many cases, funds can
be secured even though there is a
mortgage on the property. Every
effort is bing made to encourage
home improvement.
Home improvement means com
munity improvement. That’s why
we are so wholeheartedly back of
the program of OHi. There is so
much more satisfaction to living
in a community of well-kept yards,
clean painted homes, than when
the reverse is true. There is every
arguement for home improvement,
but none for the philosophy of “[
don't care.”
Kodiak, as we said before, is a
picturesque town, nestled in a set
ting that stirs the imagination of
the artist. Homes are an integral
part of that beauty. How they are
kept spells out the amount of
pride residents have in their com
munity.
Let’s make ‘56—the year to fix
Bob Jones is a newcomer to Ko
diak, and is on the staff of ACS
Jones is from Port Orchard, and
has been married only a month.
His wife is expected to join him
in June. He was formerly with the
National Guard. This is his first
tour of duty with ACS.
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... oiagenm. a Fish
II„ j i'ne N.i n. He
’ .uipanied by . a and
two ...»i children .
v ... uie arrival o._ ,s, the
Kouiua. Conservation w.u., will get
into us Spring rouaa o. activity,
i he uarluk camp will be reopened
again tins year, and the work of
egg-taking will be undertaken by
members of the Club. A prelimi
nary working party will leave for
Karluk April 13, to ready the camp
for the big task of transfering the
eggs from the spawning Steelhead
to the hatchery located on the Na
val Station. They will return the
following Sunday.
A fly-tying class was proposed at
the meeting of the Club last week,
and Lt. L. R. Broun will be the in
structor. He is commanding officer
of the LSM 161.
The entertainment committee
announced that plans are being
made for a Club clambake in the
near future.
Considerable interest has been
evidenced concerning transfer of
the Kodiak Fish Hatchery from the
Fish and Wildlife Services to the
Alaska Department of Fisheries.
This hatchery was founded by a
combination of individuals and or
ganizations under conditions prob
ably unprecedented in the history
of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The man probably most instru
mental in the hatchery develop
ment was Adm. Perry. In the fall
fall of 1952, he was commandant
of the 17th Naval District and sta
tioned here. At his request, the
FWS’s sport fishery biologist, Rog
er Allin, conducted an investiga
tion to determine the feasability
of restoring the Buskin River run
of steelhead. This river was famous
as the best in Alaska, in the opin
iwn wi ca^ci u>, uciui c lilt; war.
During the fall and winter of
1952 a group of military and civil
ian sportsmen from the Naval Sta
tion organized into the Kodiak Con
servation Club to promote the hat
chery objectives. In recompense,
persons working on the fish restor
ation operation were provided rec
reational trips to the Karluk River,
Kodiak Islands famous steelhead
stream. That winter the Club per
sonnel put the warehouse into
shape and constructed the neces
sary troughs and living quarters
for the fish culturist. The follow
ing Spring a small dam was con
structed to insure a steady supply
di' good water to the hatchery.
In May, a group of Club mem
bers went to the Karluk River and
installed a weir to catch the down
stream spawning steelhead. This
crew, under the direction of Mark
Meyer, of the FWS, took ripe fe
males and stripped the eggs from
them. This milt from males was
poured over the eggs to fertilize
them and these eggs were then
flown to the Kodiak hatchery by
Navy aircraft. The hatchery phase
of the operation was supervised by
fish culturist Fred Bittle, a FWS
man on temporary assignment to
this operation from a stateside
hatchery.
During the following summer, a
number of lakes on Kodiak and in
the Interior were investigated for
their stocking potential by Roger
Allin. Stocking schedules on the
basis of these investigations, were
set up and as the fry hatched they
were planted by Navy helicopter
and truck, FWS Widgeon and
Gooses and by back-packs of all
personnel. Elmendorf Air Force
Base supplied four flights of C-47’s
to transport fish to the mainland
for stocking* of streams.
Liieiy
prouc
In
.U'Uiiead were
.» over 511,000
fry we . .j the maimand.
These ..... . .ocked in Finger,
Sundi, laikectna, Crooked, Oscar,
Lynn Last Bernice, Seventeen
Mile, kniK, West Bay, Second Sal
amtof, Buffalo Mme, Willow Creek,
Louise and live of the Meadow
Lakes, all in the Anchorage-Gul
kana area. The remaining 1,300,000
fish were stocked in the Buskin
River and in the vicinity of the
Naval Base.
In 1954, about 2,500,000 fish were
produced. Of this number, 1,332,
000 fry and eggs were transported
to the mainland and Southeastern
Alaska for the planting by the
FWS. About 500,000 eggs were sold
to the Alaska Department of Fish
eries for their Anchorage and
Fairbanks hatcheries and the re
maining production was stocked on
Kodiak Island and Adak.
In 1955, the mainland deceived
71,000 eggs for distribution in sev
eral lakes in the vicinity of popula
tion centers in Prince William
Sound and in Lake Louise. The Al
aska Department of Fisheries re
ceived 200,000 eggs and again the
remaining production of 1,300,000
fish were stocked on Kodiak and
Adak Islands.
The transfer of Kodiak egg-tak
ing and hatchery operation to the
Alaska Department of Fisheries, of
course, does not change the Fish
and Wildlife Service’s responsibili
ty for sport fisheries in the Ko
diak area or elsewhere. By law,
the FWS with the aid of investiga
tions conducted under the Dingell
Johnson program, are responsible
for the management and regula
tion of these resources. The ser
vice will continue to exercise juris
diction over these activities on Ko
dak as they do throughout the re
mainder of Alaska.
PASSENGERS COME AND GO
The following were listed as out
going passengers this week: Jack
Chisum, Mark A. McCashon, Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Holmberg, Peter
and Katie Ludvick, Donald Schec
jels, Henry Gronverud, R. L. Wood,
Don O’Leary, R. Nelms, R. h.
Crawford, Mrs. Durell Adams, W.
L. Coles, Dick Thurman, Cora
Sinch, Alexander Outracht, Loren
Lund, Don Maxvold, Don L. Rom
an, John Peterson, J. L. Johnson,
John L. MacPherson, Peter Killam,
Albert Viken, Norma Chichenoff,
Fanny Kelly, Betty Smith. Mrs!
N. G. Lane, Ann Thorton, Jane
Johnston, Jay Rickey, Larry Pent
li, K. B. Wise, C. A. Pottreus, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald E. Crowell, J.
Irving, Jr., Francis B. Lugue, C.
W. McCall, Charles T. Marris, Rey
nold T. Morris, Theodore Osbekoff,
Tim Panamaroff, Jr., Wm. C. Rob
ertson and T. M. Franklin.
Incoming passengers via J>NA
were W. DeForrest, Miles An
spiger, Richar Lincoln, Gilber Ol
son, J. C. Craig, Fred Lyons, Roy
Rickie, Len Johnson, Arthur Peter
son, R. C. McDonald, M. S. Mc
Donald, Leonard Hopkins, Burke
Fuller, John Peterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Wilkenson, Florence
Dyson, Walter Logan, Bill Wilson,
Mr. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. H. Olson
and Bush Cooley.
Rev. Judson E. Masters, pastor
of the Church of God here, left
Friday for Portland, Oregon. He
will attend the Northwestern Min
esterial Assembly there, lasting
from April 9 through 12.
The following week he will be
lecturing on the coast, showing
slides and movies from Kodiak. He
is scheduled to return here on Ap
ril 20.
J from page *■>
fott . -v- t call.
„rs. Susan Perbuous,
I’m 1, ., -oout the story I sent
in on uie visit at my home by my
thiru L'ouj»u from Altadena.
“I believe we ran an item on
that ....
••. >,ut you left out so much."
“You mean his war record? It’s
sometimes necessary to leave out
a detail or two, even as important
as his tour of duty in Texas, for
space reasons, You see . . . .”
The lady didn’t see.
Seconds flew before the next
call.
“Whaddaya mean with that tripe
about flying fish?” I could almost
smell the cigar.
“Somebody asks the council
whether they’d add to the decor of
the swimming pool and you make
it sound like they’re spawning
there already.”
"There may be some mistake,”
I came back feebly. “No such
story appeared in the Progress.
Are you sure you didn’t read it
elsewhere?”
“Whatzat? Oh yes. Another pap
er? Har, har!”
I barely had time to light a cig
arette.
“Hello, I just wanted to tell you
that I thought this was a wonder
ful issue. All the columns were in
teresting. There was a wealth of
news and very good interpretive
articles. I especially liked the car
toon and the excellent photo cov
erage. The editorials were thought
provoking and well written. The
paper was outstanding.”
I waited until the lady was
through.
“Thank you," I answered hum
bly. “What’s for dinner tonight,
honey?”
A lady, perhaps more cautious
than informed, wanted a TV sales
and service representative to dem
onstrate a set in her home before
she would buy. She seemed disap
pointed when informed that was
impossible, as there were no TV
programs being broadcast as yet.
esult: No sale. People who have
the Missourians trait of having to
"see it first” will miss out on the
initial programs. Sometimes it’s
hard to make an honest dollar.
*****
Seen on the street: A tall man
with a short-handled rake digging
a trench for drainage in front of
Mar Lou’s Dress Shop. The scene
had all the earmarks of a WPA
project.
*****
Signs of progress in Kodiak. Ko
diak Airways and D & A both in
stalled key P.P X. systems in their
places of business. This is an inter
communication system that makes
for greater efficiency, and better
service to the customer.
Naughtons Bakery installed a
bread mixer that will mix bread
in seven minutes instead of thirty
as formerly ....... Then, too,
Kodiak is soon to have a daily we
hear.
In a special session of the City
Council held Tuesday, a new cat
loader, known as a Traxcavator
was authorized for purchase.
ACE Cab was given permission
to move their stand from its pres
ent location closer to the Polar
Bear Cafe. This was made neces
sary because of action of Attorney
General prohibiting cabs operating
in conjunction with liquor busi
nesses.
Ben Kraft expects to leave Sun
day for Seattle. From there he
will continue on to California to
visit his wife.
eH is making a combined busi
ness and pleasure trip and expects
to be gone twenty days.