k·yvss«- »
"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 22
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 8, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Art-Craft Exhibition
Opens At USO Today
The Arts and Crafts Show
will offer a variety of exhibits
for public viewing today and
tomorrow from 2 to 7 pm at
the D.S.O.
In addition to work by city
and KNS artists, entries have
been received from neighbor
ing villages. A skin bidarki
model, ivory work and objects
woven of beach grass have
come from Old Harbor. Father
Gerasim Schmaltz of Monk’s
Lagoon has sent a crocheted
rug and other exhibits have
been received from Afognak.
An added attraction to those
attending the show will be a
group of sketches and water
colors done by Dwight Kirsch
while visiting in Kodiak. Dr.
Kirsch, director of the Des
Moines Art Center, has been
on vacation here for the past
two weeks.
A special feature of the
show will be local artists in
action, working in various |
media.
The schedule of the artists
at work will be as follows:
Saturday - 2 to 4:30 pm. Mrs.
V. O’Rourke, water color por
traits; Gerald Harness, pen
and ink sketches; Mrs. Ada
Latham, wood carving.
From 4:30 to 7 pm. Paul
Bond, oil portraiture; Mrs. S.
Gross, palette knife painting.
Mrs. Marshall Crutcher will
do flower painting in oil from
4:30 to 5:30 and from 5.30 to
7 pm Harness will again do
pen and ink sketches.
Sunday - Mrs. Martha Bol
ling, monotype or clay model
ing from 2 to4:30 pm; 3 pm,
Mrs. Latham, wood carving;
2 to 7 pm, Bond, oil portra
iture; 4:30 to 7 pm, Mrs. Crut
cher, flower painting in oil.
Persons attending the ex
hibition will have an oppor
tunity to vote for their favo
rite drawing or painting and
their favorite craft item. First
and second prizes will be a
■warded the artists receiving
the most votes.
The prizes were donated by
Donnelley and Acheson, Nor
man PhotoShop, Knudsen’s,
O. Kraft and Son, The Idle
Hour and Wodlinger-Berts
Drugs.
Many of the exhibits will be
on sale. There is no admission
to the show. Refreshments
will be served.
M irk Meyer was an incom
ing plane passenger this week.
Frank McConaghy was an
incoijung PNA passenger early
this week. -
Rat Petition
Handed Council
Kodiak’s rats, which have
been the subject of much pub
licity and the object of much
poison, are now featured in
a petition which has come to
rest before the city council.
Signed by Garlson Hill resi
dents and property owners
the half-page document adl
dressed to the city fathers in
sistently, but in a half-humor
ous manner, calls to their at
tention +he breeding grounds
for the rodents near the Shupp
building ©n Brooklyn Avenue.
“Being accutely aware of
the uncertainty of this life
certainty of illness at least,
should we become too friendly i
with rodents: realizing that as ,
residents and good taxpayers
our several properties are en
hanced in value by outward
appearances,” the petition’s;
signers request the city dads |
to “so disarrange the rats
nest rent free as to make it
uncomfortable to remain
there”.
The area is “distasteful, un
healthy and dangerous”, ac
cording to Mr. Weil it is very
unhealthy to all inhabitants of
the city”.
The petition also mentions
that the area under fire is the
entrance to the new housing
project and that as such it can
hardly be considered desirable.
Info On Deer
Hunt Sought
During the deer season on
Kodiak Island, August “0 to
23, inclusive, the local office of
the Fish and Wildlife Service
will attempt to collect as much
data as possible regarding the
deer that are killed.
“Unless you are contacted
by a FWS agent in the field it
will be appreciated if all those
hunters killing deer will fur
nish the local office with infor
mation that will help the FWSr
karn more of the deer’s hab-l
its,'' Paul Chapados, FWS a
gent, said yesterday.
The service wants to know
the weight, number of points
general appearance of the,
deer, if it has any deformities,
location of the kill.
The lower jaw of the deer
is valuable to the FWS in de
termining the age of the deer.
If possible the hunter should
bring it to the office.
Ed Pearson flew to Homer
this week on business.
New Police Chief
Hired Monday
Roland Vickery has been
hired as Chief of Police for the
City of Kodiak. His cpplica
tion for the position was ac
cepted Monday night by the
city council during a regular
meeting.
The new chief has been liv
ing in Fairbanks for the past
three years. He has had con
siderable experience in police
work according to the numer
ous letters of recommendation t
submitted with his application.
He flew to Kodiak Sunday
for a personal interview with
members of the council and,
mayor. He returned to Fair- j
banks on Tuesday and will
come back here within two
weeks to assume his duties. I
Tony Reed, who has been
acting chief, will remain on i
the force as a patrolman. John (
Boucher and Neil Argy are
the other members of the
force. i
Argy was hired this week
to replace Jack Wagner who
resigned. Argy was formerly
a guard at the U. S. Federal [
Jail. |{
I
Late Bulletins ]
By Associated Press ;
Washington — Members of
the Senate Interior Committee 1
will hold statehood hearings ]
in Juneau, Ketchikan, Fair- 1
banks and Anchorage late 1
this month. i
Milwaukee — Delegates to
the National Encampment of i
Veterans of Foreign Wars S
passed a resolution urging 1
statehood for Alaska and 1
Hawaii. i
Panmunjom — The Com- (
munists turned back more i
American, British and South
Koreans and other Allied <
prisoners of war on the third 1
day of the big post armistice s
exchange. Most Americans 1
and' British appeared to be in.
sound condition. However,
many are sick and required
immediate hospitalization. 11
Koje Island — United Na-! 1
tions guards quelled with riflej
fire and gas three riots by | j
2,000 North Korean prisoners j
who demonstrated yesterday, j i
Seoul—Secretary of State
Dulles conferred with Presi
dent Syngman Rhee on the
explosive question of unifica- i
tion of Korea. Dulles indicated
little progress was made in j
the 1 hour and 45 minute
session.
The \ Alexander Popoff
h. been added to the Bank of (
Kodiak.
Jail sentences and fines were
given commercial and “sport”
fishermen the past week on
charges filed by Jim Branson,
FWS enforcement agent sta
tioned here.
Crewmen of three fishing
boats received fines ranging
from $175 to $250 and jail sen
tences from seven to 10 days.
Six “sport” fishermen were
fined for snagging and shoot
ing salmon in the Chiniak
stream last Sunday.
The boat Pafico II was pick
ed up on the night of July 30
and the crew eharged with
New Dental Office
fo Open Here
Dr. Lee McKinley of Anch
>rage plans to open a den
:ist’s office in the newly re
nodelled Blinn Building on
Vlain Street.
Around $8,000 in equipment
vill be shipped here from a
lental supply company in the
states, he told the MIRROR
yesterday.
Dr. McKinley plans to com
nute between Anchorage and
Kodiak two times a month. “I
vill be here from four to
.0 days on each trip and will
>ring a lab technician with
ne. In the event I cannot be
sere twice a month I will be
sere at least once every
nonth,” Dr. McKinley said.
He arrived here yesterday
norning by PNA and will stay
intil Sunday. He has been in
erested in opening offices in,
Cediak for some time. The ex
ict date he will open his
ffice depends on the arrival ,
md installation of equipment. !'
Dr. McKinley is a Republi- J
an representative for the
hird division. He sponsored ,
everal bills in the territorial
egislature. ] ■
Zrawford Clan
Suffers Depletion: |
Six Gone, Six Lett
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Craw-'
ord and daughters Cindy and i
\pril and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. |
Crawford left on the Denali
VIonday.
Gene Crawford was printer
for the MIRROR for two
years, and will work for a
newspaper in Carthage, Mo.
Mrs. Crawford worked for the
past year at Knudsen’s.
Mr, and Mrs. E. L. Craw-'
ford, parents of Mel, Don and I
Gene Crawford, have been i
here for the past vear, and j
are returning to their home in
Jasper, Mo.
fishing prior to the opening of
the season and fishing in the
mouth of a salmon stream.
The violation occured at Sulua
Bay.
The men pled guilty when
taken before U. S. Commis"
sioner A. M. Vokacek on Aug"
ust 1. Jim Toland, the skipper,
received a 10 day jail sentence.
Ray Wells, William Jason,
Darrold Cannon, Russell Ken
nett and Thomas'Wirtyf ell re
ceived seven day sentences.
All are from Anacortes, Wash.
The Rio De Oro, tender foi
Libby McNeill and Libby, was
spotted by Branson from the
FWS plane, piloted by A1
Kropf, on July 30 in Olga Bay.
Branson charged the crew
with fishing during a closed
period; using illegal gear; fish
ing a non-registered boat and
fishing in the mouth of a
stream.
Captain John W. Tuski of
Seattle pled guilty and re
ceived a $175 fine and two five
day jail sentences to run con
currently, Jack Postle of Mo
lalla, Oregon also pled guilty
and received the same fine
and sentence.
Ike Howe, Orting, Washing
ton the cook on the tender and
the engineer 0. B. Iverson
were found not guilty.
Four residents of Kodiak
Slav al Station were found
guilty of snagging salmon in
;he Chiniak Stream when they
ippeared before the commis
sioner on Aug. 2. Carl and
Louise Graham and L. V. and
Slancy Bacciarnni received
ines of $25 each.
Robert Titus, USN, and Al
)ert Donathan of Afognak
vere each fined $40 when they
were found guilty of shooting
ish in the Chiniak stream,
die snagging and shooting
violations occured on Sunday,
Branson said.
The fishing boat Comet
was found inside the markers
it Sulua Bay on Aug. 3. The
skipper, John Anich of Ed
monds, Wash., was fined $250
ind received a 10 day jail sen
:ence. Gerald Granville of
knacortes, Wash., and Ola
Rakdal of Ivanoff Bay received
i $200 fine and 10 day sen
tence.
More alleged fishing viola
tions are scheduled to be heard
by the commissioner.
The Uyak section of the
Karluk district opened to com
mercial fishng at 6 pm yester
day. The section has been
closed since July 15. The com
mercial season will end on
August 13.