VOL. 17 NO. 48
PRICE 10 CKNTf
KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 30, 1957
AVA Drive
Starts Soon
The annual drive for Alaska
Visitors Association memberships
will be made soon, Dr. Bob John
son told the Chamber if Commerce
Wednesday. He urged that every
one support it.
He stated that there has been
some criticism that AVA does not
benefit Kodiak. “This is unjust
ified, despite the fact that the
tourist business is not booming,”
Johnson stated. “Some tourists are
coming here. Kodiak is getting
•more publicity and advertising
than the town could obtain
through its own efforts. It will
eventually pay off,” he concluded.
VA Hospitals
In Need Of Nurses
i ,i .
Veterans Administration Hosp
itals throughout the nation are in
urgent need of nurses to help care
for veterans of all our wars, VA
has announced.
Many locations throughout the
nation now offer nurses oppor
tunities for career advancement,
VA said, and nurses available for
employment are urged to contact
the nearest VA hospital for full
information.
VA is appealing especially to
nurses who have not been working
in their ^profession to return to
#ork if their circumstance* per
mit.
The need for nurses is especial
ly critical in VA Hospitals in New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles and
Ann Harbor, Michigan. Others in
the Northwest needing nurses at
<on£e ire general medical and sur
gical hospitals at Miles City and
Ftart Harrison, Montana, Spokane
and Vancouver, Washington, and
Portland, Oregon^ and in the
neuropsychiatric hospitals at
American Lake, Wash., and Rose
burg, Oregon. Other locations may
be obtained from any VA Hospital.
VA nurses salaries range from a
minimum of $4,025 annually for
junior grade to a maximum of
$8,645 for the assistant director
.grade. .'>•.'*
Emblem Club
Bazaar Next Week
The annual y Emblem Club
Autumn luncheon, bazaar and
bake sale is scheduled for next
Saturday, December ? in the Elks
IJall from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Barbecued beef, salad, rolls,
dessert and tea or coffee will be
served for ‘lunch. There will be
home baked pies, cakes and cook
ies, as well as needlework, on
sale.
The public is invited to attend.
AFRS TV WILL SHOW
SPECIAL POSTAL FILM
A special film, “Men, Mail and
Machines”, produced by the U. S.
Postal Department will be shown
dVer AFRS-TV on Wednesday,
December 4 at 7 jun. The film
depfcts palest Ib^liods being
used to speed up lnaa delivery,
and more efficient handling. .
BPR To Repair
Kodiak Streets
The Bureau of Public Roads has
allocated $20,000 for maintenance
of primary roads through Kodiak
from city limits to city limits,
according to M. L. Zimmerman,
BPR representative who was here
recently.
Funds cover- period of nine
months beginning October 1, 1957.
Primary roads are Shelikof, Brook
lyn, Mill Bay road to city limiti,
?nd Alaska Way, Main Street and
Mission Road to city limits.
Farr ily Of Nine i
Go To California
Pete Unger and family leave foir
Los Angeles, California tomorrow?,
where they expect to make their
home. " - :
Florence and Pete Unger were
both born in Afognak: They have
seven children, four boys and
three girls. Pete has worked as a
fisherman for the past several
years, and also as cook for Alf
Madsens camp during the hunting
season. He was formerly employed
on the Naval Station as an
electricians helper.
The Ungers will go to California
nder the Alaska Native Service
relocation plan. He will go to
work as electrician’s helper on a
Dewline project.
Club Speakers
On Varied Topics
Sjx irking on such varied sub
as m «try, art, literature and the
Elk^ National Foundation, Dr. A.
Holmes jobnson, Paul Bond, Dr.
Victor Strash and Bob Dawson ad
dressed the Toastmaster’s Club
Tuesday evening at the Montmart
re. ' /:
Dr. Bill Henry acted as Toast
master of the evening, and Will
Troyer as Table Topics Toastmast
er. Henry introduced the four
speakers in a novel way, as pas
sengers aboard a space ship. Carl
Huer as Chief Evaluator was a»
sisted by Amby Clegg, Bob John
son, Kim Clark and Rev. Talbott.
Bob Fredrick, Don Wolf, Larry
Black and Jim Gray are the four
speakers next week who will be
judged by Chief Evaluator Marty
Zucker and his Evaluators. TheSe
have been announced as Jules Rad
insky, Bob Johnson and Dr. Strash.
The Toastmaster of the evening
will be Sig Digree and Table Top
ics will be handled by Bob Boko
Grammarian will be Jack Howard
The following week speakers
will be Bob Boko, Kim Clark, Mer
rill Swenk and Will Troyer. Ker
Stanford will be Toastmaster, and
Harry Sprague Table Topicsmast
er; Chief Critic, Bill Henry and
critics Harold Booth, Amby Clegg
Dick Guthrie and Dr. A. Holme
Johnson.
EIGHTH GRADERS
ON HONOR ROLL
Four eighth grade pupils ir
Curtis Saxton’s class are on the
honor roll. They are Patricti
. Snidejr, 3.2; Karen Gregoroff, ?.l
Marge Collins, 3.0 and Alberti
Mueller, 3.0. ; * l
Life Saving
Award Given
Public recognition was given to
Harold Alexander, for his act of
heroism in saving the life of Ken
heth Shreives earlier this year. He
was presented an engraved wrist
watch, the gift of Employers Mut
ual of Wausau, Wisconsin, at
the Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon held Wednesday at the Island
Fountain.
Alexander, an employee of KEA,
was on a routine call to the City
Dock, when he peered into the
water and saw the top of some
one’s head going under. He leaped
into the water fully clothed, and
caught' young Seven year old
Shreives as he came up,; and with
hie; assistance of several onlookers,
hauled the boy to safety.
'As 'soon as Alexander pulled
hiihself from the Water he began
to administer artificial resfiratiOn
and continued steadily for a full
ten minutes before the victim
coughed up water and began to
show signs of life.
Chief of Police Roland Vickery
ki a presentation speech said:
“The principles of life saving are
very important to know. Quick
thinking, fast action and that
knowledge on the part of Alex
ander saved the life of Kenneth
Shreives.”
J. Neal Anderson, Red Cross
Field Director, also spoke briefly.
“We give public recognition and
credit to a hero,” he said. He then
recounted the story of the rescue.
He also gave credit to Miles Me
dearias, Petr Beveau ‘ and Rafael
Banez, the latter a medical student
.workih% here during the summer.
All of these men assisted in the,
rescue. Anderson stated that
awards suitable for this type of
action must come from Red Cross
headquarters. “Such awards are
expected soon and will be made to
these men.” he stated.
Mission Childi-on
Guests Of Elks
Forty-six children and staff
;• members of the Kodiak Baptist
Mission were m attendance at the
Thanksgiving dinner held at the
Elks Club.; / .
This annual event, sponsored
by the Elk’s Lodge, has been held
for the past seven years, and is an
event looked forward to by the
Elk’s Lodge officers. “We look
forward to it, too,” one of the staff
members said, “with no big meal
to cook.”
George Kappos, local restaura
teur, cooked the dinner and was
iassisted by the lodge officers in
serving.
Following the dinner, entertain
ment was furnished by The
Buddies, a trio composed of Leon
> Roach, Gloria Lane and “Pick”
Woods. Following the Western
music presentation, Price Harril
man and Bill Waialeale entertain
ed, This was followed by the show
ing of cartoons.
MRS. FLETCHER LEAVES
-Mrs. John Fletcher left Wednes
idaiy for- the States. She will visit
ft# daughter in California.
C Of C Discusses
City Problems
Nine guests and twenty two mem
bers were among those present at
the meeting of the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce Wednesday.
A presentation of an award to
Harold Alexander for his life, sav
ing act was the highlight of the
meeting.
Various phases of community
problems were taken up, reports
of which are contained elsewhere
in the Mirror. '
The Kodiak Welcome dub
through its representative, Mrs.
Betty Mahaffey, offered the ser
vices Of that Club in making up a
brochure of Kodiak for tourists
and newcomers. They asked Cham
bers support financially, as the
club has no funds.
Charles Edris gave a report on
roads. The use of the TV station
and its problems were discussed
at the Base-Town meeting held
recently, according to Leon John
son. The Navy advised they are
short of trained technicians and
announcers, He said seven trunks
are now in operation between the
Base and town. He also stated the
Navy does not contemplate any
further reduction in force* hither
civilian or military, in the near
future
Johnson also reported the new
KEA generator is not yet in Of>
eratioft due to a delay in the de
livery of the engine. A three
months delay was caused by the
steel strike. He said he hopes
there will be ho curtailment of
power. ; e. :
* Guests at the meeting were J.
Neal Anderson, Red Cross Direc
tor, Harold Alexander, Mrs. Betty
Mahaffey, Roger Morris, Lloyd
Biondiii, Jerry Hart, PH3, USN,
ROland Vickery, Doug Preston and
Lou Veerman- ,,
Firms Properties
Now Off Market
Seattle(AP). Seward, Haim*,
Petersburg and Wrangell proper
ties of the bankrupt Ala$kf tele
phone Corporation were taken off
the market and efforts are under
way to reorganize the company.
Hearings are scheduled for
January 27 before Uv&. rJ$f$rfct
Court Judge William J. Lindberg
for presentation of reorganization
plan.
Judge Lindberg indicated at
Monday's hearing he expects to
file formal confirmation shortly
on sale of Skagway properties of
Alaska Telephone Company to
Communities Utilities, Iric. cf
Washington state.
One of the key features of re
organization iplan is. conversion of
the Seward Telephone system
from manual to dial operation
according to Trustee Richard
Harris.
The bankrupt firms properties
are no longer on the market be
cause of a series of objections
filed with Judge Lindberg and
because one prospective buyer
withdrew The buyer was a jrroup
if persons including Mr. and Mrs.
John Cushing, who operate teder
phone systems at Sitka and -
Kodiak.
Along The
Waterfront
BUNKER REPLACES BEACON ,
A Winker light will replace fb$
beacon on Gull Rock (near Puffin
Island) it was learned in a report
to the1 Chamber of Commerce
giyen by Cl^ence King, Water
transportation committee head, i
, The day beacon is of no assse
tance at night. The rocks hav*
long been a hazard to boats. 1
The wage controversy between*
cannery workers and King Crarf
Inc. is no nearer settlement. Can*;
nery workers are now being pa>&
$2.20 per hour, under the eaistins*
salmon contract The cannery ha>
asked that this be reduced to $2.00
per hour on crab only, as they arO
unable to meet competition under
the $2.20 wage scalp. This offer
was refused by the workers, but
the. cannery has asked that they
reconsider* stating they are unable
to continue operations otherwise ,
A meeting will be held by the. can
nery workers December 4.
.. .Kipg Crab Inc. announced this
week they have an order for 7506
cases choice pack king crab from
nationally known grocery firm,
and plain pack of 2500 cases far
the open market They reported
they have 12*000 cases still in the
Warehouse of the winter of 1056-57
pack, which has not yet been soM
Latest report >k that all women
cannery workers are being replac
ed by men.
Russel, Wright will install the
lights oi* the breakwater of the
small boat harbor, for the Coadt
“Guard, according to an announce
ment this week.
All the big money isn’t to be
made in the boxing ring, for bein#
struck by a 150 lb halibut netted
one Peter A. Granmo of Seattle
$5,713.
Tbe accident occurred off
Kodiak Island July 23, 1956. Grai>
mo was helping puli the halibut
aboard, and started for the other
side of the deck to get out of the
way so the j fish could be brown
intlif cbecl&ng bin. Granmo con
tended other crew members didn’t
give him enough time to get out
of the way and the fish struck him,
hriockinghim Of Phis feet. He s*#
fered numerous injuries including
rib . fractures, and was awarded
the five grand by a jury deciding*,
the ease.
'rhe Totem came in with 4606
pice king crab, which are being
processed.
According to an AP dispatch,
emergency action to prevent do
pletion in North Pacific tyy *
Japanfishermen was urged by
Alaska Packers and fishermen al
hearing in Seattle Wednesday,
Witnesses opposed waiting for the
next scheduled meeting of the
International North Pacific Fish
eries Commission in Toyko a yedr
hence. The Commission, meeting
in Vancouver, B.C., recently, re
fused to consider an immediate
change in regulations. \ •
The hearing was conducted by
Seri. Warren G. Maghuson {p
Wash.), as Chairman of the Senate
Interstate .and Foreign. Relation^ ;
Comsnittee. He. suggested the D.3
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