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HOOIAK. ALASKA. JUNE 9, 1956
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Navy Seeks
$29 Million
Washington (AP). Navy plans
call for the expenditure of
$23,773,000 at Kodiak in the next
few years. The House Appropria
tions Committee has released chat
departments testimony disclosing
long range plans for $62,831,000 in
expenditures of Naval Stations at
Kodiak and Adak.
Included in the funds sought is
$714,000 to build a mile and a
quarter cutoff from the present
road between Kodiak and the Sta
tion to avoid the area subject to
rock slides.
Plant value of the Kodiak station
was disclosed at $44,894,000. That
at Adak is valued at $81,216,000.
No long range program has been
authorized by Congress. Testi
mony did not disclose when con
templated.
The bulk of the expenditures,
$39,058,000, are proposed for the
Adak station.
Ladies Honored
At Farewell Party
Kodiak Emblem Club No. 187
held a farewell party after the
regular meeting at the Elks Hall
Thursday evening for Lois Hansen
and Margaret Harding.
One of the highlights of the
evening was a visitation by Mike
Monagle, Grand Tiler of the
B.P.O.E. and president of the Ter
ritorial Elks Association. Monagle
praised the work of the Elks and
the Emblem Club in the commu
nity. He stated, “what is good for
the Lodge is good for the com
munity”. Accompanying him on
the visitation were Elks officers
and members of the local lodge.
Monagle made special mention
of the “Visiting Brothers Protec
tiveAssociation” of which “Sister”
Timothy P. A. Gilmore is an offi
cer. John Cushing and Jim Bright
man, two other members of V. B.
P.A., also received “special” at
tention.
At the close of the meeting a
buffet was served to the large
gathering. There was a cake for
each of the departing Emblem
members, beautifully decorated
and shaped in the form of the
initial L for Lois and M for Mar
garet.
New Parking Lot
A new parking area has been
prepared between the Kodiak
Apartments and the Kodiak Hotel.
This is expected to alleviate the
serious parking problem that exists
in the City.
The property belonging to Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson has been turn
ed over to the City for this pur
pose. Loads of fill have been
brought in by City crews to raise
the level of the lot.
BERG FAMILY 'RETURNS
Mrs. Richard Berg and children,
Nancy Ann and Steven, returned
Tuesday from a few weeks vacation
in Spokane and Seattle.
While outside, the Bergs visited
the parents of both Dick and
Vonnie. Dick returned to Kodiak
several days before the rest of the
family. •
Senate Approves
New Health Bill
Washington (AP). The Senate
passed by voice vote the bill auth
orizing Alaska to set up its own
facilities for the treatment of the
mentally ill.
The procedure under which it is
proposed Alaska govern its com
mittment program was stripped
from jthie ■ House passed bill. Be
cause of the controversy over these
provisions, the Senate Committee
removed them from the bill and
inserted the provision authorizing
Alaska Legistlature to draft a
committment program.
Alaska’s mentally ill are now
cared for at government expense
in the privately owned Morning
side Hospital in Portland. Under
this bill the territory will receive
6% million dollars over a ten year
period to ease its way into the
financial burden of the program,
with the right to select one million
acres of public land with which
to develop revenues by which to
aid it further in assuming program
costs.
The Senate added the amend
ment of Sen. Langer (R-ND) ex
cluding territorys right in land se
lection to any mineral deposits
contained on the land which is sub
ject to land order 82. The order
covers Navy’s abandoned petrole
um reserve in Northern Alaska.
Sen. Jackson (D-Wash.), Chair
man of the territories subcommit
tee which handled the bill, said
the measure is “as widely misrep
resented as any legislation ever to
come before Congress.” He said,
"there is absolutely no foundation
in the contentions by some op
ponents of the bill that it will
permit the creation of a “political
Siberia” in Alaska to which gov
ernors of the 48 states could send
political enemies.” Jackson said
this impression arose over the er
roneous interpretation of the stan
dard reciprocity provision includ
ed in the bill which would permit
the governor of Alaska to make
agreement wth another governor
for exchange of residents of one
state who became ill in another.
“Equally baseless,” he said, “is
the contention that millions of
acres of land granted under the
bill will be used for facilities to
care for the mentally ill.” He said
the grant is no different than sim
ilar grants to the western states
fn the development of railroads,
school support and other purposes.
BID OPENING DATE LATER
Changes in bid opening date for
the White Alice projects at Sit
kinak, Unalakeet and Sparrevohn,
has been changed from June 8 to
June 13. to give the contractors
more time for estimating, were
announced by the Alaska District,
Corps ofEngineers.
HASLIPS’ RETURN
FOR SUMMER
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haslip and son
"Firecracker Mike” arrived Satur
day, June 2 from Ontario, Califor
nia, where they spent the winter.
They are presently visiting at
the home of Wes and Sadie
Rhoades. Mrs. Haslip (Arline) is
the daughter of Mrs. Rhoades.
The Hasiips’ will spend the
summer here, and Bill will work
for contractors.
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Work to Begin
Atop Pillar
Army Engineers announced the
United Builders and Modern Elec
tric Company of Anchorage as low
bidders for building the communi
cations station atop Pillar Moun
tain. The bid accepted was for
$863,552.
eWstern Builders of Kodiak are
included in the above company
Ralph Shupp is now in Anchorage
and the loading of materiaY and
supplies has already started.
The communications station is
in connection with the White
Alee project which will be com
pleted here. The government esti
mate was $14)28,297.
Elk Official
Is Speaker
M. E. fMike) Monagle arrived in
town Thursday. He addressed the
members of the Elks Lodge at
their regular session held last
night.
Monagle is Grand Tiler of the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, the first Alaskan to be
appointed to a high office in the
National organization.He is also
president of the Territorial Elks
Association. He is making an of
ficial visitaton to the local lodge.
Monagle was president of the
Alaska Bar Association this past
year. He is a prominent attorney
in Juneau. He has been active for
many years in the Elks lodge, and
is well-known throughout the ter
ritory.
The visiting Elk official was
honored at a dinner at the Town
Club by the local lodge officers
Thursday night. He spoke before
the Emblem Club that evening.
Steelhead Eggs
To Be Distributed
Cdr. W. W. Clark, President of
the Kodiak Conservation Club con
firms the fact that of the more
than a million steelhead eggs taken
at Karluk for incubation at the
Naval Station Hatchery, 250,000
have been assigned to the Fish and
Wildlife Service, 249,000 to the
Alaska Department of Fisheries
and 150,000 to Adak. More will be
distributed to Adak if they can
handle them, Cdr. Clark says. The
balance are as yet uncommitted.
It is expected that due to bad
weather, and some delay in trans
portation of the eggs from Karluk,
there may be a fairly high mor
tality rate. In anticipation of this
a higher number of eggs were
taken than had originally been
planned. The balance will be split,
part being planted in lakes in the
Kodiak Area and an additional
amount being offered to the Fish
and Wildlife Service and Alaska
Department of Fisheries for use
by other military commands with
in the Alaska Area. The distribu
tion of this balanae is predicated
on Fish and Wildlife Service ap
proval.
Clarenc Dizney received orders
to leave tomorrow morning for
Portland and close his office until
his replacement arrives.
No City CierK
Appointed Yut
Herman Trivette, applicant for
the position of City Clerk, has de
cided against taking the job, after
spending a few days in Kodiak
this week.
Reason he gave, among others
is lack of facilities for his twc
boys to play baseball and engage
in other athletic pursuits.
Trivette returned to Juneau.
Sea Explorers
On Big Trip
After two weeks of travel and
sightseeing, eight members of the
local Sea Scout Explorers return
ed Tuesday from a plane, train
and boat trip which took them to
Seattle and return. They were ac
companied by Scoutmaster Verne
Draper and Walt Sewell.
The party left here by an Air
Force plane and flew to Anchor
age.They then Went to Whittier
by railroad and boarded the Fun
ston on May 22. They arrived in
Seattle May 25, and were taken to
Sandpoint.
814 Sea Explorer Scouts and
their leaders were assembled
there. The first weekend they
spent watching exhibits by the
Navy and Marine Corps. They
witnessed a water rescue by a
helicopter. They went aboard a
sub, the U.S. Puffer.
A big event for the boys was a
cruise around Lake Washington.
—ight Sea Scout ships participat
ed. Monday the Anchorage and
Kodsak boys boarded the tug Tach
nuk, and were taken through the
locks to Pier 91,where they in
spected the DER USS Kornier.
They then returned to Sandpoint.
Tuesday they again went to Pier
91 where they boarded a tug for
the Bremerton Navy Yards. They
were taken aboard the battleship
Missouri, shown, among other
things, the spot where the peace
treaty was signed. They had din
ner aboard the huge battleship.
Following the visit they returned
through the locks again.
Scoutmaster Verne Draper took
the Kodiak boys in tow on Wed
nesday. to the home of his parents
at DesMoines, Washington, where
they had dinner.
They boarded the Funston on
Thursday, arriving in Whittier
tSunday. On the trip going down
some of the boys were seasick,
but on the return trip, they had
apparently recovered their “sea
legs,” according to Draper, and
enjoyed a most pleasant trip They
were allowed to stand watch and
take turns at the wheel. On Satur
day night a Bridge of Honor was
staged aboard, it being the first
event of its kind for most of the
boys aboard ship. The officers of
the ship took part.
Those making the trip were Leo
Bromfield, Walter Cohn, Tommy
Eslinger, Tommy Shuyak, Ronald
Spencer, Danny Toschwak. Roger
Williams. Four of the boys had
never been in Seattle before.
Ben Kraft left Sunday morning,
June 3, for a short business trip
to Seattle. He is expected to re
turn on June 13.
Along The
Waterfront
A “bustling waterfront” truly
describes Kodiak these days. Boats
are coming in from various points
around*the island. Local fishermen
are painting and overhauling their
boats and gear, and many are
leaving for the fishing grounds
where the season has opened.
Prank McConaghy at Halferty)s
reports plenty of activity later ip
the week with nice loads of clams
and the best yet on the fish* About
700 boxes of clams were brougbl
in for processing, and activity
along this line should continue
now with good weather and good
tides prevailing. Mike I agoz dock
ed the cannery tender Valencia
with a little better than 6000 reds
That will complete the salmdn
canning until next week, with the
weekend closure in effect.
However, the fish catch on open
ing day, among about thirty boats
was hardly enough to wet the gehr
for one or two boats. The tender
“Sunrise” .with Marvin Myers 4s
skipper, docked over the weekend
and unloaded the combined ef
forts of all the boats with 26flio
fish. This was hardly sufficient to
justify blowing the whistle at Hal
ferty’s.
At the Standard Oil float, there
was considerable movement of
boats, and Merrill Coon and
George Magnusen were kept fair
ly busy, gassing up and fueling
departing fishing vessels. The lat
ter got in a little extra practice
as fireman, and was right there
when Alvin Sargent’s Linda M de
veloped a small fire that could
have been disastrous. But George
wields a mean extinguisher, aife
needless to say, got things under
control in a hurry.
Alf Madsen arrived with his
party of hunters. Pete Walkoff
left with his Adak, as did Moses
Malutin with the UF-2. Gene Er
win’s Marie steamed out of the
channel for the fishing grounds
Also the Quadra. Lorin Lindsley
is the skipper. The Marmot, pilot
ed by Tom Von Scheele was in
and the Judy M, skippered by
Julian Mullen, came in'from Ouz
inkie. The Westward left as did
Park’s Cannery’s Aleutian, and
Donald Nelson’s Donna Rae, the
latter going to Karluk. Also going
to Karluk was Henry Norton’s Rin
pie. This boat is from Cordova
Lloyd Cannon also piloted his boat
the Juneau over the well traveled
waterways to Karluk. The Eman
cipator, skippered by David Be*
(no relation to Nick) also header
for the same place. Dave is from
Anacortes. John Bety’s fishing
vessel Radio also headed out The
Connie Kay, belonging to the
Ranier Pacific Fisheries was in
and out again.
• At Alvine & Gibsons Don Bent
ley’s Summitt is about ready for
thewater, and should be ready in
plenty of time to get to Chignik
where Don ylans to fish. Dr. John
son’s Windbird is also about ready.
The Missionary boat, the Exangel,
is up on the lift for repair follow
ing the winter’s layover. Norman
Smith is working on t.
The Dulcinea, illfated tanker,
has been in since Thursday on a
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