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VOL 13 NO 2
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH ssl. 1953
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Hatchery
Planned
Marcus Meyer, FWS stream
improvement supervisor, ar
rived in Kodiak Sunday to as
sist in the building of a fish
hatchery for Rainbow trout at
Kodiak Nava! Station.
Meyers was formerly sta
tioned in Kodiak in FWS
fisheries management work.
He left Kodiak in 1949 and
has made his headquarters in
Juneau.
The Conservation Club at
Kodiak Naval Station, started
by Rear Adm. Ferry, Com
mander Alaskan Sea Frontier,
will assist in the operation of;
the hatchery and the obtain
ing of Rainbow trout eggs
fr*m Karluk River.
The eggs will be hatched
under the supervision of the
Fish and Wildlife Service
and the fry planted during the
coming fall.
Kecently members or tne
Conservation Club, composed
of both civilian and military
personnel, erected the first
camp on the Karluk River.
They traveled to the area
aboard the USS Bagaduce,
which carried the gear and
material for the camp.
The fish hatchery is being
constructed in Devil’s Canyon.
It is estimated it will take
three months to build.
Meyer plans to return to
Juneau soon but will return to
KNS for the completion of the
hatchery. The Karluk camp
will include a wier for egg col
lection.
Hospital Gets
Contribution
Griffin Memorial Hospital
this week received donations
from two local organizations.
The Kodiak Polio Associa
tion sent a' check for $605.78
and The Emblem Club sent
one for $100.
The Polio group purchased
an iron lung for the hospital
several months ago and also
bought a light for the opera
ting room.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight H. Cox of
Kodiak Naval Station at 2:10
am March 16, at the Navy
hospital. The baby has been
named Barbara Lucinda and
weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
Cox is an AG1 with the
Fleet Weather Central.
Ben Kraft was an outgoing
PNA passenger Monday for
Seattle. He plans to be gone
several weeks and will visit
bis brother and sister in Ari
■ona.
New Goat Joins
fVlates At Ugak
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service flew a mountain goat
to Hidden Basin in Ugak Bay
Thursday and released the
nanny to j oin six others.
This brings the number of
goats “planted” there by the
FWS to seven, two females
and five males. The FWS is
endeavoring to start a herd of
the big white animals
There is no open season on
the goats.
The goat was caught on the
mainland and flown directly to
Ugak Bay.
The same plane also brought
400 pounds of moose meat for
the Kodiak Baptist Mission.
The moose was killed on the
Alaska Railroad by the train
and immediately dressed.
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Bittersweet Aids
Karluk Baby
Little Daniel Sugak, three
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tim Sugak of Karluk, is re
ceiving treatment at Griffin
Memorial Hospital for burns.
The little boy pulled a boil
ing kettle of water from a
stove and scald approximately
50% of his body Tuesday. A
radio request for medical as
sistance was received by the
U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Bit
tersweet and tht vessel left at
9:12 pm Tuesday for the vil
lage on the Shelikof side of
the Island.
Navy doctors, Lt. jg. D. W.
McFarland and E. W. Pelikan
were aboard to give assis
tance. The Bittersweet en
countered bad weather on the
trip arriving off Karluk at
7:13 am Wednesday. ■
The baby was taken to the
Bittersweet in a skiff and
brought to Kodiak, stopping
at the city dock where he was
transferred to an ambulance
and taken to the hospital. His
father accompanied him here.
Lt. Marlin A.. Quick is skip
per of the Bittersweet.
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The next regular meeting of
the city council is on Monday,
March 23. j
Mrs. Barbara Taylor was an
incoming PNA passenger early
this week from Anchorage.
Max LaLande was a PNA;
and NWA passenger for
Seattle last week.
Bob and Helen Hall flew toj
Seattle last Sunday. They ex
pect to be gone several days.
The ASC Square Knot is
scheduled to leave Seattle
March 26 for Kodiak.
Legislators Plan Investigating Board
To Probe Territorial Departments
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Seattle—B. Frank Heintzle-!
man, Alaska Governor desig
nate, hopes to have an infor
mal meeting with legislators
of the 1953 session. Has no
plans for calling a special ses- j
sion. Associated Press says he
becomes governor on April 10.;
Juneau — Sen. Heine Sni
der’s memorial to the Federal
government for a breakwater
as protection for a small boat
harbor at Kodiak was ap
proved by the House Thurs
day. The Senate earlier ap
proved the measure.
Portland—plans for the con
struction of a four and half
million dollar lumber and pulp
chip mill near Wrangell was
revealed Thursday. j
Twins Arrive
Thursday
Twin boys were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Morrison
Thursday morning at Griffin
Memorial Hospital. j
Richard Glenn weighing,
three pounds, 10 ounces was j
born at 9:31 am and his,
brother, Jay Carter weighing1
four pounds, one ounce at
9:34 am.
Mrs. Morrison formerly was
employed at the hospital as a
nurse. Morrison is employed
at Kodiak Naval Station. This
is the second set of twins born
at the hospital in 1953. j
Watson Named Head !
Katmai Post 7056 I
Elwood “Pye” Watson was
elected commander of Katmai
Post 7056 for the coming year
during the annual election at
the club Tuesday. He succeeds
Moe Kimes.
The membership selected
George McCausland as senior
vice commander and Edward
Pagano as quartermaster. Neil
Argy was elected chaplain and
Charles Christopherson as
judge advocate. I
Kimes was chosen as a three
year trustee. George Sonntag
is now two year trustee.
Thomas Strachan, depart
ment commander of the VFW
was here for the election. He
is from Anchorage.
Juneau—All price controls
in Alaska are at an end effec
tive immediately, Fred G.
Hanford, territorial director
of the OPS, announced.
Dental Bill Passes
House By Big Vote
House Bill No. 75, an Act to
amend certain sections-of the
ACLA. 1949, relating to ap
pointments to Board of Den
tal Examiners, passed the
House this week.
The bill provides that no
two members shall be from
the same school of dentistry
and the board shall consist of
five members who shail be
appointed by the Governor,
upon recommendation by the
Alaska Dental Society.
Early this week several tele
grams were sent to the House
and Senate recommending the
passage of the bill. Late yes
terday Rep. Lee McKinley ad
vised Emil Knudsdn the bill
had passed.
—
Sonntag Requests
Cooperation
A request to persons leaving
their homes at night to exting
uish all outside and inside
lights was made this week by
George Sonntag, civil defense
director for Kodiak.
Sonntag pointed out that the
recent and increasing attacks
on American planes has made
jt imperative that all lights be
extinguished during blackouts
and practice drills.
“The next one could be the
real thing.” he declared. He
has called a special meeting
of all members of the Civil
Defense team for tomorrow at
7:30 pm. The meeting will be
held in the USO.
During the recent blackout
police and block wardens
found several outside lights
burning on front porches and
the front of houses. They
couldn’t get in to turn them
out, Sonntag explained.
“Pulling down the shades
and blinds but leaving the
lights on inside is not blacking
out during the drills,” he
said. “An airplane crew can
spot a light through a drawn
shade ”
He added that unless every
one cooperates and blacks out
tnere is no assurance of pro
tection.
Bill Pinnell and Morris
Talifson, big game hunters
from Olga Bay, showed movies
at the Casino Sunday night of
some of their bear hunts.
The two hunters recently
returned to Kadiak after a trip
to the states.
T. T. Jackson was a PNA
passenger for Anchorage Mon
day. __
oiii r<i>aag« /-I aaui CM
Against Veto
v Juneau (/P)—Alaska is go
ing to have a legislative inves
tigating committee during th«
next two years with the most
■sweeping powers ever handed
such a group in the territory.
The Senate passed the bill,
introduced by Herald Stringer,
(R. Anchorage) 14 - 2 Thurs
day for a six-member group
with authority to hire investi
gators under a $75,000 appro
priation. Only Democrats
Egan and Beltz voted against
it.
The bill passed the House
overwhelmingly so it appears
assured of plenty support if
Governor Gruening votes it.
Arguments in both the
House and Senate indicates
there will be heavy emphasis
on uncovering any uossible
wrong doings, inefficiency or
mismanagement in Territorial
affairs.
cills to wipe out present
Employment Security Com
mission and create a new one
won Senate approval. Other
territorial boards given the axe
during the week in the House
were the Development Board,
Alaska Housing Authority,
Health Board and Welfare
Board.
The bill to kill the Employ
ment Security Commission
was labeled by Democratic
critics as the “Bill to Abolish
Ralph Rivers.” Rivers is for
mer Attorney General and
lone remaining commission
member.
The 1953 session of the Ter
ritorial Legislature is expected
to end Thursday in an all
night session.
Rep. Dimock Receives
Gift Of Crabs
Juneau — Rep. Barbara
Dimock, author of a memorial
seeking immediate action to
prevent Japanese encroach
ment in the crab fishery off
the Alaska coast, was present
ed with a pair of giant king
crab this week.
The crabs, caught off Ko
diak Island by local fishermen,
were flown here and presented
to Mrs. Dimock by A.J. Cicho
ski, as a token of appreciation
from the Kodiak area fisher
men.
Mr. and Mrs. George Segner
returned to Kodiak on tne USS
Funston this week from the
states. They flew outside in
January.
Segner is employed at Ko
diak Naval Station and Mrs.
I Segner at the Bank of Kodiak.