1ST
rrNews of cAmerica’* Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 19
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 18, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Seaplane Base Plans
Need Council Approval
A seaplane base in Kodiak
will become a reality soon if
plans and specifications at the
city hall are approved.
Tony Schwamm sent the
plans to City Clerk Bob Hed
loff for the council’s approval.
Clarence Dizney, chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce
airplane committee, also re
ceived a letterfrom Schwamm.
Dizney has worked on the pro
ject for the past two years for
the C of C.
Schwamm asked “would
the city... be interested in
constructing this project?”
He pointed out that if the:
city would undertake the pro
ject it would save at least
three weeks on the start of
the construction.
He indicated it would be le
gal for the City of Kodiak to
contract for this construction
with his department and then
sublet the contract.
Plans call a “TyyeH” type
of seaplane ramp and float.
This is the type used in seve
ral small towns in the terri
tory. 1
The council studied the!
plans Thursday night. Local |
pilots were invited to attend
the meeting and go over the
plans. They were also asked to
make any recommendations or
corrections that might be
seeded.
Birth Notices
Held At Health Center
The notification of birth
registration for the following'
babies are now at the Public
Health Center and may be ob
tained by calling there be- J
tween the hours of 9 to 10 am
and 4 to 5 pm: Steven Carl
Litwicki, Irene Mae Anderson,
Steven Douglas Brooks, Es
ther Ann Harcourt, Karen
Lynn Fannin. Robert James|
Redick, Christine Ann Mick
Bchl, Martha Lynn Burckhard,
Constance K. Humfleet, Bar
bara Christine Woodward,
Sharan Ann Valtman, Laurie
Marie Kozak, Lana Marie Ko
zak, Richard Glenn Morrison,
Jay Carter Morrison.
The Sailors Splice, Alaska
Steamship Company freignter,
sailed Tuesday for Kodiak and
other ports.
The Denali is due at the city
dock Monday with freight and
mail for town.
Ardis Fenner flew to town
from Moser Bay 1 ast week
end. He is working at the
Libby McNeill and Libby can
nery. I
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[Masonic Master
Coming To Kodiak
Fred Winkles, Most Wor
shipful Grand Master of Free
and Accepted Masons of Wash
ington will pay an official visit
to Kodiak Lodge No. 295, F &
AM Monday and Tuesday.
He is currently visiting all
Masonic lodges in the territory
and has been as far north as
Nome on his trip. He visited
Tanana Lodge in Fairbanks
and Anvil Lodge in Nome.
The pa^t week he has been
'n Anchorage and surrounding
towns where there are lodges.
Winkles is from . Spokane,
Washington.
Mrs. Warren Dies
At Home Here
Funeral services for Mrs.
Charles B. Warren were held
Wednesday at 2 pm in the
Russian Orthodox Church.
She died Saturday night at
her home.
Mrs. Warren, 51, had been
in ill health for several weeks.
She had lived in Kodiak for
many years. Burial was in the
Russian cemetery under the
direction of Kodiak Mortuary.
She is survived by her hus
band, two sisters. Mrs. Polly
Erickson of Ouzinkie and Mrs.
Mary Naumoff of Afognak.
Social Worker Begins
Work In Kodiak
Miss Ella T. Hobbs, Alaska
Native Service social worker,
arrived here recently to as
sume her duties. She is cur
rently in temporary offices at;
the Health Center.
Permanent offices in another
location are expected to be
ready soon, she said yester
day. Miss Hobbs is from North
Carolina but came to Alaska
from Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson
and daughters Marie and Isa-1
bel will return on the Denali
Monday after a six weeks va-,
cation outside.
Frank McConaghy of Hal
ferty Canneries, Inc. is in
town this week. He said the
local cannery will be ready to
j operate if the run of salmon
j warrants operations.
• The Alaska Steamship Com
pany freighter Costal Rambler
will leave Seattle on August
11 calling at Valdez, Seward
Seldovia, Homer and Kodiak.
Peeping Tom
Gets Sentence
Robert J. Kirby, 31, carpen
ter, was found guilty of dis
orderly conduct Tuesday and
fined $50 and given a 30 day j
jail sentence, 20 of which
were suspended. j
City policeman John Bou
cher caught Kirby peeping in
to the windows at the Higgins
Apartment on Shelikof High
way. Reports of peeping-toms
have earlier been received by ,
police.
Kirby, who gave his adSress
as Seattle was employed lo
cally as a carpenter, pled not
guilty to the disorderly con
duct charge. However, he con.
victed himself by his own tes
timony. While on the stand he
inadvertently described the
interior of the house he denied
peeping into. >
The previous night he was
arrested by City policeman
Jack Wagner for indecent ex
posure. He forfeited his $35
bail money the next morning,
Boucher had Kirby under
surveillance for several hours
before he caught him at the
window. The policeman said
Kirby’s actions led him to be
lieve he was one of three sus
pected peeping toms on which
city police have records.
The Bear DIDN'T
Go Over The Mountain!
There was NO bear on Pil-!
lar Mountain Wednesday
evening, the 150 persons who
looked toward the hill finally
decided.
A sailor on the main street
reported he saw one on the
side, and cafes, bars and busi
ness houses emptied at 7 pm ^
as crowds gathered to have a
look-see.
A1 Miller, who carefully
surveyed the hill with a pair!
of field glasses, and others!
who used surveyors’ instru
ments, voiced an authoritative
“no” and the crowds dis
persed,
Heiiman-Argy
Wedding Postponed
The wedding of Mis? Sally
Heitman and Neil T. Argy,
scheduled for Thursday morn
ing has been postponed until
July BO. Argy has been ill in
Griffin Memorial Hospital for
the past week, and is expected
to be confined there for a few
more days.
The ceremony will be held
at 9 am in St. Mary's Catholic
Church.
MrsT 6)ar ice Dizney, regu
lar j ... .natron, is now on va
: .cion in the states.
City Considers Operating
Local Federal Jail
Fairbanks Man
Seeks Police Job
The police committee ot the
City of Kodiak city council is
studying the application of
Roland Vickery of Fairbanks
for the position of chief of po
lice here.
Robert Hedloff, city clerk,
has been requested by the
committee to write Vickery
expressing the committee’s
interest in his application.
Tony Reed is currently acting
chief of police.
Vickery sent letters of re
commendation along with his
aoplication. He is a former
member of the Fairbanks po
lice force, has served on the
Miami, ■ Florida, police force
and was a life guard. Accord
ing to his letters of recommen
dation he has been active in
youth work and civic aflairs in
the many places he has done
police work.
Action on his application
will be taken upon receipt of
another letter from Vickery.
Local Cancer Crusade
Nets $767 First Week
The Cancer Crusade in Ko
diak netted $767 at the end of
the first week of the cam
paign, Mrs. Rose Segner,
chairman announced yester
day.
All the money received goes
into the fund for the fight a
gainst cancer. The American
Cancer Society administers
the program.
Persons wishing to contrib
ute may address their check
to Cancer Crusade, p.o. box
104, Kodiak, Alaska.
Pink Season Open
Again July 31
The commercial fishing sea
son on pinks for Kodiak Island
is scheduled to open at 6 am
July 31. A 15 day closure went
into effect at 6 pm July 15.
Dick Shuman, Fisheries
Management Supervisor, was
in Kodiak this week making a
routine check of commercial
fishing conditions.
Well Child Conferences are
held weekly on Friday from 2
to 4 pm at the Health Center.
Miss Olive Walker, public
health nurse, invites all
mothers to bring their small
children to the conferences
She requests that mothers call
the health center on phone
13394 for an appointment.
ine wty ol K-OdiaK may
take over the operation »f the
U. S Federal Jail if the conn
ed approves.
Roy Casey, director of the
new Alaska Jail System, has
been granted authority to en
ter into an agreement with
the City of Kodiak for rental
of the local federal jail at a
fee of $1 per year plus all op
erational costs.
A report on the proposed
city operation of the federal
jail was prepared and sub
mitted to the city council for
action by U. S. Deputy Mar
shal Clarence Dizney.
Should the council decide to
take over the jail the full re
ponsibility for the care of pris
oners will rest with the city.
In the event the councl de
clines the offer to assume con
trol of the jail, the federal
government will assess the
City of Kodiak at the rate of
$7.50 per day per city priso
ner. The current cost to the
city for “housing” city priso
ners in the federal jail is $2
per day.
Dizney submitted a complete
report of the cost of operating
the federal jail- His report
shows that three guards at
$362.50 per month are on the
federal payroll; fuel oil runs
$76.53; delivery of oil, $8.53;
electricity, $77.17; utilities,
$13 and board for prisoners
(average 103 prisoner days at
$2) $206. The total for the
month is $1,468.73. Dizney ex
plained that his figures were
average monthly costs of op
erating the jail.
Dizney pointed out that the
cost of jail guards could be re
duced by possibly employing a
dependable guard to reside in
th i jail and eliminate the ne
cessity of the third guard.
One guard must be on duty in
all federal jails during 24
hours of the day.
In the event the citv takes
over the operation of the jail
the federal government will
I pay the city $7.50 per day for
every federal prisoner.
Prisoner To Anchorage
I A woman prisoner at the
U. S. Federal jail here was
taken to Anchorage to serve
sentence under the new A
^aska Jail System. The prison
jer was accompanied by Mrs.
j Eugenia Strigga, temporary
I jail matron.
I All inmates who have sen
■ tenees as long as three months
must serve their time in the
Alaska Jail System prison
camp near Anchorage.