Library & Museum
Juneau* Alaska
VOL. 18 NO. 8
KODIAK, ALASKA*FEBRUARY 22, 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
Council Action
Arouses Citizens
Following the City Council’s ac
tion last week in consenting to the
demolition of the concrete build
ings on Miller Point, citizens were
•" '*oused Protests began pouring in
to the City Hill, and a special C’tv
Council meeting was called for
Wednesday night.
Interested persons appeared be
fore the Council asking the Coun
cilmen to reconsider. Letters from
the Business and Professional
Women’s Club and the American
Red Cross seeking Council’s recrin
sideration were read.
Several reasons were given as to
why it was not advisable. They
were: the buildings can be used as
temporary shelters in case of at
tack; and they could be used a«
first aid stations, for storage of
food, water and medical supplies
for survivors.
City Manager Poand reported
lie made a survey of the Ft. Aber
crombie area, and had found three
large buildings that could be used
in case of need. Three of the
smaller ones were of no value, he
said. The large one on the lookout
point, and another two hundred
yards away, he said, were dry and
in fair condition. One other is now
being used as a powder magazine
by M-K, and is in good enough re
pair to be of use to the City in
case of disaster.
A discussion followed on future
plans for the possible use of the
area for recreation.
Art Brooks was appointed tem
porary Civil Defense Director at
file meeting. His name is to be pro
posed to Civil Defense Head-cart
ers for permanent appointment as
Director.
As an outcome of the discussion,
the Council decided to hold up
any action on the demolition of
the buildings until a recommenda
tion is made to the Council by the
CD Director.
The City Manager stated he had
explained the situation to Mr. M.
C. Zimmerman, District Engineer
of the Bureau of Public ,,Roads
who was in town, and Zimmerman
had stated he thinks the Bureau
has found a source of usable rock
for the access road between the
Naval Station and town.
The original idea was for the
contractor to use the material sal
vaged from the buildings on the
as binding material for a stretch
of the road now undermined by
the action of the tide.
Call Out Firemen
Volunteer Firemen and all those
interested will meet at the Fire
Hall,. Sunday, February 23 at 1
p.m.
Instruction in firefighting will
be given.
TOPIC “LANDSCAPING”
WILL BE DISCUSSED
“Landscaping” will be the topic
for discussion at the next meeting
of the Kodiak Garden Club. The
meeting is scheduled for Wednes
day, February 26, at the home of
Ifrs. Billie Day. "
Visitors are welcome.
Dinner Tonight
Honors National
Officers Of VFW
A dinner party honoring two
local men who are National Aides
de Camp of the Veterans of For
eign will be held this even
ing at the Post Hail beginning at
8:30 o’clock.
Tho men to be honored are Phil
lip Dinglasa, Commander, Katmai
Post 7056, and Charles Christoffei -
son, both of whom were recently
appointed to their National office.
Featured on the menu will be
roast suckling Dig. All Post ^nd
Auxiliary members and their
guests re invited to attend the
function.
Films Viewed By
BPW Members
Two short films were viewed by
Kodiak Business and Professional
Club members at their dinner
}meetin!* at the Island Fountain
Monday evening, February 17.
One film, “Losing to Win”, was
on weight control, while the
second, “Anger at Work”, dealt
with the subject of anger displace
ment toward others, and how it
impairs efficiency. The education
al, thought provoking program
was presented by Margaret Light
foot, Health and Safety Chairman.
Among items of business discus
sed was that of the disposal of the
concrete bunkers in the Fort Aber
crombie area. The club voted to
request the City Council to recon
sider their decision granting the
Bureau of Public Roads permission
to destroy the bunkers, because
of possible future defense needs.
The newly formed Civil Defense
Committee of the BPW reported
that a series of short articles which
began last week in the Kodiak
Mirror will continue. It was sug
gested that everyone should clip
the articles for future reference.
Music Trails Chairman, Betty
Springhill, announced that the
next concert, which is scheduled
for March 8, will feature Aldo
Parisot, renowed Brazilian cellist.
Margaret Lightfoot was named
chairman of the reception com
mittee for the event.
Guests at the dinner were Donna
Keller, elementary school teacher,
and Karen Peterson, Bank of
Kodiak employee.
Due to the KEA election being
held on Monday, March 3, the
reguar business meeting of -the
BPW scheduled for that evening
will be postponed until Monday,
March 10. It will be held at the
home of Marge Knudsen, with
Bertha Hamann, Muriel Valen and
Grace Pecore acting as co-hostes
ses.
GS COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
ELECTS MRS. JARYELA
Mrs. Bonnie Jarvela was elected
to the office of Chairman of the
Girl Scouts Community Committee
at a meeting of the group Thurs
day afternoon at the Girl Scouts
Hut. L:
Mrs. Sally Ramaglia was relect
ed as Secretary, and Mrs. Marie
Nye will again act as Treasurer.
Kodiak HS Bears
Off To Anchorage
Thursday, February 27, the Ko
diak Bears, local high school team,
will come out of their den and
after a mild winter’s hibernation
will go to Anchorage to comnete
in the annual Fur Rendezvous bas
ketball tournament. Tournament
teams represent various cities in
the Western and Northern divi
sions of Alaska.
Kodiak received a bye in the
first round of the tournament, and
will play the winners of the Fair
banks-Nome game, slated for
Thursday night. The Kodiak team
will play at 7 p.m. Friday.
The game Thursday night at 7
p.m. will match Fairbanks and
Nome and at 8:30 p.m. the power
ful Anchorage team will battle
with the Seward Seahawks. Win
ner of this round will play Palmer
Friday night.
Losing teams in the tournament
will play morning and afternoon
games Saturday for a consolation
prize.
Twelve players, four cheer
leaders, David Pestrekoff, the Bas
ketball manager, Joe Floyd, Coach
and Miss Novak, the Pep Club
sponsor, will make the trip. Seve
ral spectators from Kodiak will
also accompany the team on the
chartered PNA plane, which will
leave here at 1 p.m. Friday. These
are Maurice Briggs, Morris Burn
ham, Cecil Belcher, Pat Cannon,
Maxine Brooks and Mrs. Emil
Knudsea.
Survey Started
By BPR Party
A survey is being made of a road
right of way from Mill Bay Road
and the north end of Island Lake.
Mr. Fitzgerald, Superintendent of
the survey party, arrived this
week, and the work is in progress.
This road may be started this
summer, and is the start of the
south end of the proposed loop
road from Kodiak, to Antone Lar
sen’s Bay via Ouzinkie. According
to Mr. Zimmerman, BPR District
Engineer, who was also here, the
Loop Road survey party will be
here at a later date.
Mr. Zimmerman was also here
in connection with the rock slide
by-pass road. Problem at present
is to secure suitable rock for the
road, which has been partially
washed out by tide action.
Construction will resume as soon
as possible following furthei
study.
POLIO CLINIC MARCH 1
A Polio Clinic will be held al
the Kodiak Health Center from 1(
am to 11 am Saturday, March 1
All children ages 3 month*
through 19 years will be giver
first, second or third shots as
necessary.
Children must be accompanied
by an adult.
Kodiak king crab as well as
other Alaska seafoods wore: serv
ed at the Washington Alaskalstate
Society dinner held last night al
Fort Meyer, Virginia. •
Panel Discussion
To Be Held
Monday Evening
A panel discussion on the sub
ject of “Growth of Education” will
be held Monday, March 10 at 7:30
pm in the high school auditorium.
The discussion will be lead by
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Other
panel members are Mrs. Eileen
Pew, Fr. Raymond Talbott, Chap
lain H.W. Buckingham, Ambrose
Clegg, Jr. and Mrs. Dera Brunstad.
All interested persons, both
from the Base and town, are
cordially invited to attend. A
social hour will follow the discus
sion and refreshments will be ser
ved.
Bride And Groom
United By Phone
Pensacola, Fla. UP. Lora Cutrer,
23, now has a new name and a $12
telephone bill. She is now Mrs.
George R. Blakeman.
The $12 is what it cost her for
her long distance marriage to a
Navy machinist based at Adak.
The Gulfport, Mississippi bride
was married in proxy ceremony
performed Thursday by City Clerk
Byrd Sims. The groom is from Red
Rock, Arizona.
The fifteen-minute ceremony
went off beautifully after earlier
attempt Tuesday night failed be
cause of bad circuits in Alaska.
Lavine Leaves
To Join Family
C. W. (Bill) Lavine will leave
Monday or Tuesday to join his
family in Portland, Oregon where
they will make their home.
Lavine, who has been employed
by Pacific Northern Airlines since
his retirement from the Navy
early last year, will be working as
agent for the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company. Alaska
has been assigned as part of his
territory, so he will return here
from time to time.
An all-expense round trip from
Portland to Hollywood Beach,
Florida for Lavine and his wife
was awarded him as the result of
his record sales of more than
$300,000 worth of insurance dur
ing the past six months. While in
Hollywood Beach, Lavine will at
tend the 50th Anniversary Con
vention of his firm from March 19
to 24.
Mrs. Lavine and their two
daughters have been living in
Portland since early December of
1957.
INTRODUCE RESOLUTION
ON SALMON FISHING
Washington—UP). Senate Foreign
Relations Committee reported to
Senate floor a resolution urging
early United States—Japanese ne
gotiations to clear fishermen of all
nations on N^rth Pacific salmon
feedTng^gronnds, ;*■.
Resolution introduced by Senat
—ops Magnuson and: Jackson;. .... ^
Along The
Waterfront
A; M. Ritter, owner of the Pan
Alaska Fisheries, dropped hi
yesterday. He was on his way to
Ouzinkie, where the firm is opera*,
ing a crab Canr-jry. He has been v::
the States for the past week or so
on business.
Pan-Alaskas operation involves
from 16 to 18 fishing boats, mos+
of them fishing in the Alitak area.
The firm has been running t her
shifts as the crab come in and most
of the time average more than tht
eight hours.
Ritter stated the JAGUAR, r
Kadiak Fisheries tender, is due ir
Ouzinkie this week. The 70 foot
tender will pick up the crab at the
fishing grounds, and bring them
to the cannery.
An interesting*point was brought,
out by Mr. Ritter. He also opera
tes a cannery at Homer, and the
normal procedure is to close dowr
in the winter because of the prob
lem of frozen pipes, etc., and no
crab. This year he said the crah
have returned during the winter
reversing their usual habits of de
parting to return in early sumrae!
Bob Resoff at King Crab, Inc.
reports a new process being trie*’:
at the cannery, which eliminates
bluing from the crab when canned.
Considerable research has been
going on to eliminate blood and
the bluish color that forms when
a crab has been packed for some
time. The process has proved
quite successful, according to Re*>
off? and shouldvresult in a better
looking product.
Some delays in getting crab to
the cannery have been encounter
ed, due to the bad weather to*
tween here and Alitak. But the
cannery is employing about
people and canning about 351
cases. A power scow is used to
bring the crab in.
Over at Alvine’s the crew is
working on the ALF-JIM, AL
Anderson’s boat.
We’d like to call your auemwu
to the Alaska Steamship Company
ad on the back page, which give>
the very vital information to ship
pers and those receiving freight
from the States, as to departure
date of ships for Kodiak. Any
other info, of course, can be at>
tained from the Company’s agent,
Lou Veerman. The ad will appear
in the same spot as formerly, t<
aid those with short memories lft«
the writer’s.
According to an AP dispatt,
from Tokyo, Japanese plan tc
send out about 16 salmon fleets
each w'.tli mother ship and 30 to
35 catcherboats each.
They also hope to send som«*
four crab fishing fleets, each with
a floating cannery and three or
four catchers.
This operation could drastically
change, a government spokesman
said, depending on the Japanese
Russian fish talks now underway
in Moscow, and on what agree
ment is reached with the U. S. on
moving the imaginary line prohi
biting Japan fishing in the North
west Pacific off the Aleutians* set
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