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VOL. 16 NO. 17
KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 28, 1956
PRICE 10GKNT8
Sales Tax
Exemptions
The City Council, in a special
session Wednesday night, tackled
the knarled problem of what to
tax and what to exempt in the
levying of a sales tax. The Council
exempted medical, dental and fun
eral expenses, but retained the
proposed tax on movie admissions.
School bus tickets were also ex
empted.
The City Attorney, Russ Arnett,
was present at the meeting. He
had been thoroughly briefed on
the objections raised by residents
of Kodiak at the public hearing
Monday. Tape recordings had been
made of the entire proceedings.
These had been read back to him.
He provided answers on the legal
aspects of certain actions of the
Council in c onnection with the
levying of the tax.
Wilton White registered the only
dissenting vote favoring eliminat
ing the tax on medical and dental
services. He felt an “across the
board” policy should be adhered
to, with no exemptions. The Coun
cil had once agreed to stand, he
said.
the question of taxing insurance
premiums came in for discussion.
Since the legality of a sales tax on
su«}h premiums was not clear, the
question will be studied further.
The business can collect the tax,
and absorb it in the selling price,
if he so desires. This suggestion
came out in the meeting Monday,
and was approved by the Council
at the special meeting.
The Council will seek a hearing
before District Court to hold an
election establishing the bound
aries of the City not to include the
slide area.
Seniors Present g
Play Next Week
“Good Glory,” a 3-act play will
be presented by the Senior class
of the Kodiak High School, Friday
and Saturday, May 4 and 5. The
curtain will go up at 8 p. m. at the
Community Baptist Church.
The cast of characters are as
follows:
Sam Witherspoon - Kelly Simeonoff
Kit Witherspoon • - Linda Rockstad
Agnes Witherspoon - - - Dona Van
Buren
Roma Trelelan - Anna Mae Benson
Todhunter.Jay Molletti
Glory Witherspoon - - Nancy Tem
pleton
George Darnell - - - - Jim Eelinger
David Jordon - - Russel Gallagher
Marion Coggles - - - - Irene Hicks
Caleb.Brad Poland
TOASTMASTER’S CLUB
CHANGES MEETING PLACE
The Toastmaster’s Club has
changed its meeting place from
the Island Fountain to the Mont
martre Inn. The first meeting in
the latter place will be held next
Tuesday.
Meals will be served as before,
a similar program of speeches will
follow. Anyone not having trans
portation are requested to contact
•mbers with cars.
Twelve People
Are Naturalized
A fitting ceremony was enacted
Thursday in the courtroom of the
District Court when twelve people
became citizens of the United
States in naturalization proceed
ings, conducted by Judge J. L. Mc
Carrey. A large audience of more
than one hundred and fifty people
witnessed the impressive cere
mony.
The program, which was emceed
by John ; Gibbons, was sponsored
by the Elks Lodge. Speakers gave
short talks, and the program was
interspersed with music by the
Navy Band.
Mayor Dip,Johnson gave an ad
dress of welcome to the new citi
zens. Adm. Kenneth Craig spoke
briefly following the Mayor’s talk.
“You will be ^s proud as I am of
being a citizen of the United
States,” he said.
Cmdr. J. Grant, Legal Officer on
the Naval Station, was the fiext
speaker. He pointed out that it
was too often the case the new
citizens have greater pride in their
citizenship than those who are nat
ural born. He particularly wanted
to point out to the petitioners that
they exercise their right to vote.
It is a fact by general consent we
come to a common good, he said.
“The same applies to voting. By
your vote you can change the
world,” he said. He said he wanted
to mention the three things for
the naturalized citizen or all citi
zens to do. They are: to vote, keep
informed and write your congress
man. The latter, he said, should be
done any time you have a problem
of government.
Bud Metzgar, Exalted Ruler of
the Elks Lodge spoke to the newly
made citizens. He stated the Elks
organization was typically Ameri
can, and honored the flag of our
country as symbolizing the princi
pal of the order, Charity. He eulo
gized the beauty of the flag, and
presented each citizen with a flag
ts “a memento of the occasion."
juage Mccarrey, in nis Drier
message concluding the cere
monies, said the 169 year-old flag
of the United States represents
the oldest government in existance
today. He charged the new citizens
to assist in keeping our govern
ment a representative body of the
people as it is today.
Several groups of the Kodiak
grade school attended the cere
monies in relays. Eagle Scout Stan
Thorsheim was called up front by
John Gibbons, honoring lys attain
ment in the Boy Scout troop.
A. C. Dyer, Jr., District Director
of the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service, assisted throughout
in the proceedings. The following
were given their naturalization cer
tificate by the judge:
Helga Kozber Landreth, wife of
Sergeant Jack Landreth of ACS,
and a native of Germany: Dawn
Veronica Minshall, of Australia,
wife of EN1 Mahlon W. Minshall
of the YTB 497: Phyllis Alice
Stewart, also Australian born, wife
of Clint F. Stewart, civilian em
ployee in the Supply Department
at the Naval Station; a Canadian,
Eta Carmela LeGrue, wife of
Henry LeGrue, CS1, of the Naval
Station Infirmary; Stella Eileen
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Court Here
For 2 Days
• The district Court of the Third
Division met in session this week
beginning Wednesday. A number
of divorces and civil cases were
tried, and judgement handed down
by Judge J. L. McCarrey.
The following cases were tried
and the Court action in each fol
lows:
The divorce case of Diana Brim
son vs. Wesley Brinson was, dis
missed, as was the following: Anna
Mae Berg vs. Kenneth C. Berg and
Ivan M. Gilliam vs. Caroling J.
Gilliam. ,
George Yosheda won a judge
ment over Stanley P. McNallen.
The case arose out of a dispute be
tween the two parties as to the:
Isewage flowing onto Yosheda’s
property from the defendents
$ouse. The plaintiff was granted
?a total of. $255.. .. . . ,
A div.orce was granted the fol
lowing; Gertude-M, Berestoff from
Nick S. Berestoff; Etila S. Cosby
from Woodrow Cosby; George B.
Knight from Isabelle V. P. Knight
and Isla Mae Heitman from Aug-,
ust J. Heitman. The petition of
Alvin E. Miller against Helen G.
J. Miller was not granted. The case
of Geraldine McLean vs. Cyrus--E.
McLean was not heard. That, of
Nora Jacobson vs. Henry Jacobson
was continued.
Other cases continued were: City
of Kodiak vs. Mueller; City of Ko
diak vs. Pearson; City of Kodiak
vs. H. F. MacDonald. The. cases
of the City of Kodiak and Tony
Valtman and that of Paul Stover
will be argued in Anchorage.
The case of Hilda M. Mansuy vs.
United Fishermen's Union of Ko
diak, Alaska and Nick Nekeferoff
was dismissed without prejudice.
Milton Roy Pagano did not ap
pear and the City of Kodiak was
awarded his bail.
MEMBERS OF DISTRICT COURT
WHO APPEARED THIS WEEK
The following people were mem
bers of Judge McCarrey’s Court
which appeared this week.
William C. Hilton, Clerk of the
Court; Joan Myers, Deputy Clerk;
Court Reporter, Bonnie Brick and
Judges Secretary, Mary Turner
Attorneys appearing were Bur
ton Biss, who is City Attorney for
Anchorage; Donald Burr, Assistant
U. S. Attorney, who represented
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration and Russ Arnett, City At
torney.
Court was adjourned Thursday af
ternoon and the Court personnel
left on the afternoon plane.
Late election returns give jandi
dates the following total vote
Eisenhower, 6,801; Knowland, 46S
Stevenson, 5,861; Fefauver, 3,698.
In the race for Highway Engi
neer Metcalf is leading Davis, his
Democratic opponent by more
than two thousand votes. Reed,
Republican, trails Metcalf by less
than a thousand. The vote count
is as follows: Metcalf, 7,429; Davis,
5,158; Eyinek, 1003 and Reed, 6619.
All the large precints have been
heard from, and only outlying
areas are incomplete.
Speakers Advise
Senior Students
A “Career Planning” Conference
was held Thursday night in the
Kindergarten room of the Grade
School. This was sponsored by the
High School Guidance Department
and Faculty. Members of the sen
ior class were special guests. Oth
ers attending were the parents and
juniors and their parents.
Dr. Bob Johnson introduced
the speakers, and made appropri
ate remarks throughout. He'
brought out three points that he
urged the students to follow: 1)
Know yourself, 2) Pick your game,
3) Be honest with yourself.
Five speakers ' gave general
speeches on the following subjects:
Professions, Trades, Business, En
gineering and Arts and Music.
John Mansuy, in his talk on the
Professions pointed out the high
drop-out rate of students prepar
ing for his profession, law. About
ten percent of those who start
law school actually finish, ne sai 1.
Sig Digree followed wi.th a
speech on Trades. He emphasized
a right attitude towards the work
decided on, and advised the stu
dents to develop skills as soon in
life as possible.
Harold Booth, the next speaker,
gave a humorous chronology of
conditions as they have changed
in the past and a slant on the
"space ship” age of the future.
The speaker said the student en
tering the business world should
hring first of all a liking for his
fellowman, a liking for the work,
and a formal education.
Jerry Dodd followed with a talk
on Engineering. In his speech he
outlined briefly the many fields of
engineering open to the student.
He stated 94 per cent of the grad
uates are placed before they leave
school, but pointed out much hard
work lay ahead following gradua
tion.
The last speaker to address the
audience on the general subjects,
was Jules Radinsky, who spoke on
Arts and Music. He gave as the
greatest reward in these fields, en
joyment. If you are looking for
riches, the arts or music are not
for you, he said.
Mrs. Dera Brunstad was then
introduced. As guidance counsel
for the students, Mrs. Brunstad or
ganized the evenings program.
Students and Counselors then
met in various assigned rooms,
and the student was given the op
portunity to discuss with various
professional and business men,
the work they were interested in.
Professions, John Mansuy, cor
ordinator. Medicine, Dr. R. Holmes
Johnson; Law, John Mansuy;
Teaching, Ivor A. Schott; Nursing,
Mrs. Donna Piestras; Social Work,
Neal Anderson; Law Enforcement
and game preservation, Bert Walk
er.
Trades, Sig Digree, coordinator.
Mechanics, Wilton White; com
munications, John Cushing; Print
ing, Sig Digree; Ranching, Joe
Beaty; Logging, Malcolm Harding.
Engineering, Jerry Dodd, coord
inator. Architecture and Drafting,
Harry Sprague; Civil, Charles
Truitt; Construction, Research and
Plane Design, Jerry Dodd.
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Along The
Waterfront
There has been a lull of activi
ties at the port of Kodiak this past
week. The crab industry has slow
ed down to a slow walk, or should
we say rather is now in low gear.
The Eldorado with Louie Wick •
as skipper, came into the island
Seafoods with 1700 crab, weighin'
15,000 pounds. This was the only
boat appearing this week, accord
ing to Pete Deveau.
Oscar Dysen, skipper of tiie .
Suzie Q made a hit of history
week. He has installed yaJur on ,
his boat. This will be used iox hali- ,.,
but fishing, assisting him to oper
ate in bad weather. His istfpd, y.flly,,. .
locally owned boat to install'this
modem equipment. R F Waro-oP .
the Raytheon Manufacturing Com- •
pany is doing the installing.
Dave (Snorkle-Tube) Murphy ■
is finishing installing a steel tank ,
in the Western. He is also install- i
ing a Lister diesel. The .Oranious is ;
in f6r engine overhaul, and ia tier! j
up at the City float.
Two boats docked at King Crab j
Inc. and unloaded crab. Harry )
Kanagin brought in 50 crab with
his KFC 5. They weighed 457
pounds. 1465 crab were brought
in by Dave Murphy aboard the
Sue. Their weight was recorded at f
12,920 pounds. The Eldorado ur>- !
loaded 1800 crab belonging to Don
Bentley’s Summit. They weighed ;
16,200 pounds.
The Martha Foss, skippered by
Fred Berg, who is well-known to
many Kodiakans, made an over
night stop at the City Dock and
took on water. She is enroute to
Seattle with a cargo scow, aftei
discharging a load at Sitkinak.
Jack Johnson at the City Dock
reports the Lucidor will be in May
2 with 700 tons. The Expansion is
also due next week, and the simul
taneous arrival of these two ships
will put the dock on a qui viv*
status. The Western Trader wav
also due in soon, but as you win
read elsewhere, she is having pick
et trouble in Seattle.
frame Mceonagny reports n»>
ferty’s Cannery tender, the Yarsh,
left for Swishak, thte Company’:
dam beach. The camp is ready and
digging operations will begin -or*
the first low tide in May, which is
about the 7th.
The Cannery started negotiating
with the Cannery Workers Union
yesterday to set wages for the sea
son.
Chuck Turner, general superin
tendent for the Kadiak Fisheries,
arrived in town Thursday, and has
gone to Port Bailey.
Alvine & Gibson’s boatwrights
are keeping busy these days. Jack
Petaja’s Martha Jean is in lor cop
per painting. Moses Malutin’s SJ3
is in drydock for painting. Dei
Valley’s boat is about ready fo*
launching. Rumor has it a couple
of ACS boys have fibre glassed a
16 footer, and made a nice job of
it too. We haven’t seen it.
Along the Waterfront wouldn’t
be complete without mentioning
the ladies once in a while. A new
booklet put out by Johnson Motors,
entitled ' Ladies Aboard,” appear
ed on the Editor’s deste Landlub
bers, both male and female, can
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