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TERRITORIAL ELECTIONS TUESDAY
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NO. 40
KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 6, 1956
Johnson PoSIs Big Vote
As Write-In Candidate
Leon Johnson, the incumbent
Mayor, rode into office for a third
term on a tidal wave of votes.
Though he did not announce his
candidacy prior to the election, lie
received 277 votes of the 402 cast
in the election.
Jim Brightman polled the high
est vote as Councilman. He receiv
ed a total of 290. He is new to civic
government here, but has served
in previous years on the City Coun
cil at Sitka and Pelican, Alaska.
Bob Spencer, also a newcomer to
Civic politics, ran a close second
in popularity, with 277 votes. Tim
othy Gilmore, riding on the same
ticket with Brightman and Spen
cer, was elected to a Council seat
with, 233 votes. He is Steward of
the local Elks Club.
The other three sucessful candi
dates were Pete Deveau, the only
incumbent in the running, was re
elected with 224 votes. Charles Ed
ris and DeWitt Fields were the two
remaining candidates who were
successful in the race for a Coun
cil seat. They polled 216 and 190
votes each respectively.
The remaining three candidates
who were unsuccessful, Irvin Gil
breath, George S o n n t a g and
George Cornelius, were nosed out
by slim majorities. Wilton White
received 15 votes as a write-in can
didate.
The four high votegetters car
ried on a vigorous election cam
paign. They ran on a “Citizen’s
Ticket." They promised “Efficient
City Government," "Economy for
the people,” and “Better streets
and boat harbor facilities.”
The 402 votes represents the
highest number of votes cast in a
City election. Last year there were
269. Some of the increase is due to
the additional population brought
about by the Mission Road annexa
tion.
The next highest in the mayor
alty contest was Wilton White, who
polled 36 votes as a write-in candi
date. Merrill Coon received 24.
He was also a write-in Many more
recivcd from one to four votes as
write-ins. It was the same in the
Coipicil race, with more than fif
teen names written in, each re
ceiving one or more votes.
In the special election, 290 votes
were cast for excluding the area
commonly known as the “slide
area” from the City. 87 voters
were against excluding it.
Mrs. Betty Acheson received ai
most a unanimous vote for a five
year term as Board member for
the Kodiak Independent School
District. Marion Lynch received
three as a write-in candidiate.
Others who received one vote each
were Wilton White, Mary Scrum,
Dorothy Clark, Robeit Spencer,
DeWitt Fields, Carl Sautner, Har
,old Booth, Louise Coon and Kath
Chichenoff.
The City Council will sit in ses
sion Monday night fpc^e. purpose
of canvassing the election. The
meeting will be heM at the Elks
Hall.
Voting Precinct
At Montmartre
The polling place for Kodiak
(Mission Road) Voting Precinct,
which includes all eligible voters
who reside outside of the corpor
ate limits of the City of Kodiak,
on Mission Road and Mill Bay
Road; also, beyond the boundaries
of the Naval Station, such as Pa-,
sagshak, Chiniak and Anton Lar
sen Road, is at the Montmartre
Inn on Mill Bay Road, between
the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 8:00
p. m. on Tuesday, October 0.
Henley President
Livestock Growers
The Kodiak Livestock Growers
Association met last Tuesday at
Tom Felton’s ranch at Middle Bay.
Officers were elected anfl problems
of livestock raising in Kodiak were
discussed.
Dave Henley was elected Presi
dent. Vice-President is Joe Zent
ner. Bill Stone was elected Secre
tary-Treasurer.
The question of winter feed for
the cattle was discussed, together
with other problems relative to
cattle raising. Gene Vick’s Bobby
is now enroute to Seattle, and will
bring up feed for several of the
cattlemen belonging to the Assoc
iation. Storage space for the feed
was another question discussed. As
a means of meeting this problem,
the cattlemen discussed the possi
bility of securing abandoned am
munition dumps.
The cattlemen present at the
meeting represented about 1200
head of cattle in this area. Among
the men present were Tom Gallag
her, Cliff Moore, Dave Henley,
Joe Beaty, Joe Zentner, Walt Reu
kauf, Bill Stone, Wendall Hylton,
Tom Felton and Ronald Hurst.
Lindgren Head Of
Fishermen’s Union
Harry Lindgren was elected
President of the United Fisher
men’s Union at their sessions held
at the Union Hall starting Wed
nesday. Delegates from around the
Island were in attendance.
Charles Christiansen of Karluk
was elected Vice-President. P. J.
Kerrigan was again elected Secre
tary-Treasurer. This is his tenth
year in that position.
Meeting Of PTA
Postponed 1 Month
The PTA meeting originally
scheduled for Thursday. October
11, has been postponed until
Thursday, November 8, according
to as> announcement made this
feek by Mrs. Madeline Alvine,
President of PTA.
Water Rates
Upped 35%
City residents are faced with a
35% increase in the water rates,
according to an action by the City
Council at their meeting Monday.
Councilman Pete Deveau moved
and Anna Mae Vokacek seconded
the motion which brought about
the increase. The increase is on
recommendation of Alaska Public
Works. The action was made nec
essary as a means of paying for
the construction of Unit 4, water
and sewer project completed last
year. An ordinance will be drawn
up.
Prospects are that a further in
creaseof 20% will be necessary in
the future, before some needed
projects can be started.
A Deputy Marshal is expected in
the near future, according to a let
ter read to the Council from U S.
Marshal Fred S. Williamson. The
Marshal stated an applicant for
the position has been cleared, and
is expected soon in Anchorage. He
will remain there for three weeks
for briefing, before coming to1 Ko
diak.
The Council authorized the writ
ing of a letter to Bureau of Public;
Works in which they requested
that the road to Anton Larsen’s
Bay be maintained and improved..
There was considerable traffic
over the road, due to the cattle
operations there, the use by rec
reational parties and as a base for
the Kodiak Airways planes and
others to land, in emergencies The
road at present is in poor condi
tion.
Considerable discussion arose as
to the future of the Kodiak Cold
Storage building on the City Dock.
Pete Deveau read from the lease
agreement of the Company, ex
cerpts which indicated the agree
ment was voided. The company
was given five years in which to
build. This time has expired. Taxes
have been accumulating every
year. Local stockholders of the
Company want some action. No
action was taken, the Council con
curring it was a matter for the
new Council to decide.
A bill was read from Hubbel and
Waller, Engineering firm of Seat
tle, for the amount of $7f’3.04.
This was for engineering services
in connection with the City reser
voir. A verbal estimate at the
time was given as the cost to the
City of $500. The firm had prom
ised to have an estimate into the
office of the APW at Juneau on
August 14 to coincide with the
visit of Mayor Johnson, so that re
quest for funds for extension of
the reservoir could be drawn up
and sent to Washington. This was
not done. Council members felt
the firm had not lived up to it’s
agreement. They voted the firm be
sent $500 as originally estimated
as settlement.
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A request by feoyaV Munson that
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Many Candidates
File For Office
The general elections will be
held next Tuesday. It is anticipat
ed a record vote will turn out. In
addition to the territorial officers
up for election, two U. S. Senators
and one Congressional Represena
tive will be chosen under the Ten
nessee plan.
Voting in Kodiak will be held at
the City Hall and at the Mont
martre Inn. There will be no vot
ing at the U. S. Commissioners of
fice this year, as formerly.
The Democrats and Republicans
both have a full slate of candi
dates. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, dele
gate to Congress for the past
twelve years, will be opposed by
Byron Gillam. Bartlett is a life
long resident of Alaska. Gillam
came to Alaska in 1941. He served
as a longshoreman in Seward, later
opening a store in Fairbanks. He
now lives in Anchorage. j
The Democrats are offering two
candidates for U. S. Senate. Ernest
Gruening, Governor of Alaska
from 1934-1953, has been an advo
cate of statehood for Alaska for
many years. More recently he has
published a book, “The State of
Alaska.”
The second candidate for the of
fiee of Senator is William Egan
He is a businessman from Valdez.
He was President of the Constitu
tional Convention held recently in
Fairbanks. He is a former Speaker
of the House of Representatives of
the Territory, and a former mem
ber of the Territorial Senate. He
is a lifetime resident of Alaska.
Ralph J. Rivers is the candidate
for the office of Representative in
the U. S. Congress, under the Ten
nessee Plan' He is a practicing at
torney in Fairbanks. He was form
erly Attorney General, and at one
time Territorial Senator. He was
a delegate to the Constitutional
Convention.
J. Gerald Williams, presently At
torney General for Alaska, seeks
re-election. He is a former school
teacher, assistant U. S. Attorney,
and practiced law at Anchorage.
Frank Metcalf seeks the office
of Highway Engineer, a position
he once held in the Territory. He
has been a resident of Juneau for
the past 43 years. His campaign
claim is that he is the only regis
tred Civil Engineer who is a candi
date *or the office.
Candidates seeking office in the
territorial Senate are Victor C.
Rivers, who is a registered engi
neer, and a former member of the
Terirtorial Senate. He was a dele
gate to the Constitutional Conven
tion. Also in the race for a terri
torial Senate office is Ralph E.
Moody. He is a practicing attorney
and formerly Assistant U. S. At
torney. He was formerly City At
torney of Anchorage, and is Direc
tor of the Greater Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce.
Democratic candidates for terri
torial House of Representatives in
clude Eahl D. itillstrand, a former
Assistant U. S. Attorney He is en-.
gaged in the insurance business;
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Along The
Waterfront
Paddy Mullens is not satisfied
with catching the big King crab
in his pots. He brought in a fish
that measured 416 feet, that he
caught off of Afognak Island It
was identified as a Wry-rnouth,
and has been brought up in trawl
and other gear in other parts of
the island.
This fish, which is an ugly crea
ture to say the least, has some
thing of a dog face with a large
mouth. It is pale brown, and ting
ed with yellow and violet, with ir
regular dark spots in series above
and below the bands. In other
places it is almost light fawn. The
body is long and compressed, tap
ering considerably at the tail. The
mouth was large and oblique, with
the lower jaw projecting. The
teeth were small and bluntly coni
cal. The eyes were very small.
The Vrry-mouth is usually taken
in from 18 to 70 fathoms of water.
The last we heard, this one was
taken in tow by Roy Rickey who
was going to turn him over to the
Science class at the High School.
Give Old Knik of the Anchorage
News credit for this one. A King
Crab shell was made into a hat
by movie star Roberta Linn. When
she arrived in Hollywood, photog
raphers took pictures of her wear
ing the crab: sbejll. The picture
looked so good that United Press
sent it all over the U. ,S. Maybe
some of our local canneries had
better look into this one. We’ve
seen stacks of potential “hats”
that they discard in each days op
eration. Knik says the hat locks
like a French stylist’^ version of a
construction worker's hard top hel
met.
The Coastal Rambler wal arrive
in Kodiak October IB or 17, ami
will go to Homer and Seward
from here, it was announced by
Clarence King, Steamship agent
here. It is a good opportunity
get a car over to the mainland, it
someone were lucky enough to be
going on a vacation.
The ill-fated Dulcinea, tanker be
longing to the Northern Tanker
Company of Seattle, is in trouble
again. The ship wem aground at
Buldir Islands in the Aleutia«
group Thursday afternoon. The
vessel was apparently taking water
The USS Tawakoni ATF 114
which was enroute to Adak and
Attu, was diverted to assist the
tanker. The UF Iro n SAR4 at
Adak, flew overhead and reported
the Dulcinea holding together with
no visible signs of leaking aviation
gas. Crew members are reported
to be remaining on board.
At the Island Seafood, Pete De
veau reports great activity. The el
dorado brought in what was per
haps the largest haul of King crab
to date. With more than 500d
aboard, Louie Wick brought in the
combined catch of the Kingfish
and the Euranius. The.se were
caught in thfe; Alitsk area Mqrril!
Hennington brought in tue Rich
ard D, also from Alitak with 3WK»
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