Id.brary €* Museum
Juneau, Alaska
Plan Reception
For Glee Club
After Ooncert
A reception is being planned
for tbe Boston University Glee
Club, following the concert by the
group, which will be given in the
high school auditorium, Friday,
April 11.
The Business and Professional
Women’s Club, who are making
all arrangements for the appear
ance of the group here, will serve
refreshments following the con
cert in the high school cafeteria.
Various organizations here will
assist in the arrangements for
their entertainment. The Rotary
Club will provide flowers for the
platform. The Tourist Committee
is arranging a tour of the citv
Saturday. The Historical Society
Museum will be open to the visi
tors.
Admittance to the concert will
be free. The Glee Club will furn
ish the music at the Community
Baptist church Sunday, April 13,
for the morning services. Later on
Sunday, the group will give a
concert on the Naval Station.
They will appear Sunday ‘‘ter
noon at the Enlisted Men’s Club
and in the evening at 7 at the
Billeken Theatre.
Throughout its long history of
choral excellence under the direc
tion of Dr. James R. Houghton,
the Glee Club from Boston Uni
versity has won the plaudits of
audiences and outstanding music
critics from Maine to Florida and
as far west as Chicago, Illinois.
Six years ago, the Glee Club, spon
sored by the United States Ajr
Force, Division of Air Force Chap
lains, thrilled large audiences of
United States military personnel
and civilians in England, France
and Germany, with presentation
of complete program of sacred
music. This was the first project
of its kind in the history of the
Air Force. Last year the Glee
Club toured the New England
States and New York enjoying un
usual success. Two years age the
singers captivated large audiences
in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
The Glee Club singers are tour
ing Alaska as guests of the Alas
kan Command Armed Forces
Chaplains Board, and the Depart
ment of Defense. They are rated
as an outstanding choral group.
Admiral Presents
Awards to 2 EVien
Rear Admiral A. W. McKechnie,
USN, Commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier and Commandant Seven
teenth Naval District, presented
awards to two U. S. Navy men dur
ing ceremonies at the U. S. Naval
Station, Kodiak, last week.
Thomas F. Mason, Chief Quar
termaster, USN, was presented a
letter of commendation by Admir
al McKechnie for his initiative, in
dustry and intelligent planning
during recent Joint Fleet exer
cises in the Alaskan area.
Carlos C. Corpus, Steward’s
Mate first class, USN, was present
ed a Navy Unit Commendation for
service on board the USS PHILIP
PINE SEA during action against
I epemy forces in Kore^,
6 Vie for Queen,
Voting Is Heavy
Voting is reported heavy in the
race for Queen of the King Crab
Festival. Six candidates are vieing
with each other in the sale of tick
ets, as each ticket sold counts as
one vote.
Six attractive young ladies are
being sponsored by local business
firms and clubs both here and on
the Naval Station. The four re
ported earlier and their sponsors
are Beoma Blinn, Elks Club candi
date: Anna Mae Benson, sponsored
jointly by King Crab, Inc. and the
Orpheum Theatre; Linda Tucker,
American Legion and Frances
Bu~ke, Culver Realty.
Two additional candidates have
now entered the race. One is Bon
nie Wheeler, who is being spon
sored mintly by the Civil Service
Club a~d the CPO Club. The other
is Opal Green, who is sponsored
by the Enisted Men’s Club.
It is a little early yet to secure
tabulations on the ticket sale and
the voting, but all report that
ticket sales are brisk.
Sire t decorations for the Fes
tival are going to be a little out
of the ordinary. Banners were es
pecially designed for the occasion
by Paul Bend. These have been
ordered and will arrive on the next
boat, according to Chamber of
Commerce President John Gib
bons.
A program for the occasion is
still in the planning stage, accord
ing to Festival Chairman Jess Bal
lard. Plans are expected *to be
firmed by next week, he said.
Canadian Ship
Hera on Research
The Candian Pacific Naval La
boratory’s research ship, HMCS,
docked at The U. S. Naval Station,
Monday.
The commanding officer, Lieu
tenant Commander G. H. Barrick,
C.D., ECN, was welcomed to Kodi
ak by Rear Admiral A. W. Mc
Kechnie, USN, Commander, Alas
kan Sea Frontier, and Comman
dant, 17th Naval District.
The OSHAWA sailed from Es
quimau, B. C., on March 10 for a
five week survey trip into north
ern British Columbia and Alaskan
waters. The survey is being car
ried out in the interest of the Fed
eral Fisheries Department, the
Pacific Naval Laboratory, and oth
er Canadian Agencies.
E. B. Bennet is senior scientist
on board the Oshawa. Five other
oceanographic scientists embark
ed are: K. S. Booth, R. L. Johnson,
0. D. Kennedy, D. G. Robertson,
and M. P. Sinclair. They are from
the Pacific Oceanographic Group,
Nanaimo, B. C.
Seward Host to
American Legion
The 39th annual Department
American Legion convention will
be held June 4 through June 7,
in Seward, Alaska, when the Sew
ard Post No. 5 will be the host.
The Legion in Alaska has a com
bined membership of more than
4,000, and according to advance
notices, the convention will be the
largest the Legion has ever staged
in Alaska.
Kittiwake Here
Qa All-fear Duty
The Fish and Wildlife vessel
KITTIWAKE has been assigned
to Kodiak for year-around duty,
and is expected in this vicinity
about May 1.
Skipper aboard the vessel will
be Fred Barnett, who is attached
(to the Honolulu FWS operations.
Applications are now being sought
for the positions of Chief Engin
eer and Assistant Engineer. Local
men with the necessary qualifica
tions will receive preference.
Roy Lindsley, regional director
at Anchorage for the FWS, will
be in Kodiak Monday, and will re
main here for a few days. Those
seeking the above positions. are
asked to contact him at the Fish
and Wildlife Service office.
This is the first time a patrol
vessel of the Service is being
based in Kodiak for year-around
service. Vessels will be placed in
most of Alaska’s major commer
cial fishing districts on the same
bases. C. Howard Baltzo, assistant
regional director for the Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries, in mak
ing the announcement recently,
said: “The move to assign the big
ger patrol vessels to permanent
duty in the various districts, in
contrast to the previous practice
of bringing all vessels into Juneau
for the winter lay up at the end
of the fishing season, will now pro
vide support in local district func
tions on a continuous yearly basis.
It will also bring about an increase
in the number of crews to be em
ployed for the year around oper
ation.”
In addition, Fish-and Wildlife
will operate 14, one-man small pa
trol operations, in enforcement
work during the 1958 fishing sea
son.
TOURING FEDERAL GROUP
TO DISCUSS REGULATIONS
A Federal group from the Civil
Aeronautics Administration and
CAB, together with a party from
•the Regional office of CAA and
CAB, will stop briefly in Kodiak
during an eight day tour of the
territory April 16 through April
24.
They will visit 13 centers of
commercial activity in the terri
tory to meet operators and discuss
proposed changes in the regula
tions governing certain air trans
portation activities which are pe
culiar to Alaska.
All commercial operators of
small aircraft and scheduled air
carriers are urged to attend the
meeting which is planned for the
airport April 21.
U.S. ARMY FIELD BAND
MAY COME TO KODIAK
The 110-pieCe U.S. Army Field
Band, scheduled for a 45-day tour
of Army installations in the Pa
cific area starting May 1, may
come to Kodiak and other cities
in Alaska.
Lt. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong,
Jr., Commander-in-Chief, Alaska
has requested that the Alaska
Command be placed on the itiner
ary. It will visit Japan, Okinawa,
Hawaii, Korea and Formosa.
Woody Island Man
Dies Suddenly
Death came suddenly Tuesday
morning to another old time resi
dent of Kodiak and nearby Woody
Island. Mike Chabitnoy, 63. well
known resident of Woody Island,
was suddenly stricken as he was
walking in the nearby woods from
his home.
The body of Mike Chabitnoy
was brought to Kodiak on the
Woody Island boat. Services will
be held at the Russian Church,
Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. He will be
buried on Woody island.
The elder Chabitnoy was born
in Sand Point, Alaska, April 6,
1895. He came to the Baptist Mis
sion Home on Woody Island at the
age of 8. He remained there for
some years, enlisting in the Army
at the age of 23. After the war, he
was foreman at the Home, and
later earned his livelihood as a
fishermen.
He leaves to mourn his passing
his wife, Ehen, and two sons, Mike
and Cecil. Six step children sur
vive him. These are Mrs. Earl
Komm and Bud Fadeoff, both of
Vancouver, Washington; Mrs. Ro
Bert Williams of Waukegan, Illi
nois; Mrs. Natalie Simeoff of Kod
iak; Mrs. Nettie Harmon of Woody
Island, and a sister in Sandpoint,
Mrs. Mary Peterson. He had thir
ty grandchildren.
Elks to Install
Officers Friday
The officers for the coming
year will be installed at the meet
ing of the Kodiak Elks Lodge No.
1772, which will be held next Fri
day.
Eldon Lester, well-known busi
nessman, is the new Exalted Rul
er. He succeeds Pete Ramaglia,
who has held the position since
April, 1957.
Other officers who will be in
stalled at the same time are Don
Lawhead as Esteemed Leading
Knight; Archie Zene as Esteemed
Loyal Knight; Bob Dawson as Es
teemed Lecturing Knight and Tom
Frost as Esquire. Assistant Es
quire is Loran Chester. J. B. Tapt
is the new Secretary of the Lodge.
He replaces Bob Dawson, who has
been secretary the past five years.
Treasurer is O. K. Kincaid, and
the Chaplain is Bob Spencer. Tiler
is Verne Carnahan and Inner
Guard is Lou Veerman.
Trustees named for the new
Lodge year are Hank Haag, Vin
nie Root, Carl Huer, Russ Wright
and Jess Blinn. The latter is serv
ing for the first time.
Pete Ramaglia will serve as
Special Officer for the coming
year.
The April 4 meeting has been
cancelled due to Good Friday. A
breakfast will be served at the
Elks Club Easter Sunday, from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m.
ASSUMES COMMAND
Cmdr. Vance W. Adler, U3N, as
sumed command of Patrol Squad
ron ONE Thursday, relieving
Cmdr. John H: Cardwell, who had
commanded the squadron for the
past 18 months.
Along The
Waterfront
Three “key men” arrived at Hal
ferty’s Cannery this week, which
means the 1958 clam canning sea
son is not far distant. Del Valen
tine, accountant at the cannery,
Norman Haagland, general super
intedent, and Hans Sohol, new
foreman, all drove up the Alaska
highway in Norman’s car. It was
rough going according to Del.
with very little snow, except back
in the hills. “We saw only two
moose on the trip,” he said.
Jack Johnson, superintendent
at the City Dock, is off to Port
Bailey, presumably to taka over a
rudder for the Pacific Belle. The
latter, a Canadian halibut boat,
which was towed in by the Coast
Guard last week after losing a
rudder, is beached at Port Bailey,
awaiting a new rudder.
Stan Aivine and crew are mak
ing repairs to Arnold and Mike
Hansen’s PARKS II, which went
on a reef near Port Wakefield
Sunday. It was towed in by Mike
Mullens.
Alf Madsen has been cruising
around in his re-vitalized cruiser,
the EXPLORER which is complete
with new engines. Alf says she
cruises at about 23 miles per hour.
King Crab Inc were going great
guns the first two days of the
week, but slackened off after that,
and have been practically idle
since. Manager Resoff expects to
have a few boats in the first of the
week .which should about wind up
the crab operation.
We misquoted in this column
last week. The cannery has a
shrimp trawl, not a trawler as
stated, which they are going to
use in their shrimp operations.
There is a lot of activity at the
small boat harbor site—with blast
ting the basin entrance, building
up the breakwater and filling in
along Marine Way.
City Manager Bill Poland is
calling for bids on the construc
tion of the inner facilities. Bids
will be opened at 2 p.m,, April 2L
Freight Rates Up
SEATTLE (^—Freight rates on
shipments to Alaska by four com
panies went up 15 percent Thurs
day over last year. The actual in
crease is 7V2 percent since all the
companies have been operating
since January 30 under an interim
75/2 percent raise granted by the
Federal Maritime Board.
Alaska Steamship Company,
Coastwise lines, Garrison Fast
Freight and Alaska Freight Lines
are the companies involved. The
new rates went into effect auto
matically at the end ot tue maxi
mum 4-months wsiti.g period
which board ordered while consid
ering request. The new rites re
main in effect while the Board
enters a decision on the rate re
quest.
JONAS BACK FROM STATES
Curley Jonas returned this week
after vacationing in the States. He
spent most of the time in the
Northwest. He will work at Hal
ferty’s cannery again this '/ear.