Public Invited to Open House at
Oil A Station on Woody Island
The CAA * operated Air Traffic
Communications Station at Woody
Island is holding an open house
from Monday through Saturday, in
celebration of the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration’s 20th anni
versary, June 23. The public is in
vite-iL
Station Manager, Darrell Chaf
fin, and members of the person
nel operating the station will be
on hand to conduct tours of in
spection at the installation.
“The public is cordially invited
to attend and inspect this import
ant link im our national aviation
system and see how it operates to
makes flying safer and more de
fiendable,” Chaffin stated. Trans
portation will be furnished dur
ing the week to all those inter
ested in seeing the installations.
Phone 3652 and arrangements will
•be made.
June 23 is Civil Aviation Day
and is proclaimed as such by Gov.
Stepovich, and the week of June
23-28 is Civil Aviation Week. The
Civil Aeronautics Authority was
created toy the Civil Aeronautics
Act of 1938. The function of this
body was to grant airmen certifi
cates, regulate mail and passenger
rates, write air regulations, and
formulate policies for civil avia
tion development.
From the beginning civil avia
tion has been carried out by pure
ly civilian departments of govern
ment rather than toy bureaus of
military air ministries as in Eur
ope and most countries of Latin
America. /CAA is interwoven with
the development of commercial
aviation all the way. In 1927, the
year of the big boom in flying,
The Community Baptist Chureh
“The Big White Church cm the Hill"
Rev. John Molletti, Pastor
Sunday School —9:45 a.m.
Morning Wqrship —11:00 a.m.
Vouth Fellowship Groups —6:30 p.m.
Fvening Worship —7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service —7:30 p.m., Wednesday
“Holding Forth The Word Of Life’*
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pilot licenses jumped from 1,000
to 5,500 and the number of li
censed planes from 1,000 to 4,700
Companies Hum were not concern
ed with carrying passengers, con
centrating on mail All airlines
put together carried 8,700 people.
During 1041, the last year of nor
mal prewar operation, the airlines
carried 4,080,500 passengers.
The Civil Aeronautics Act of
1938, which provides the basis for
nearly all Federal regulation of
civil aviation, originally provided
for the creation of the Civil Aero
nautics Authorty, the Administra
tor, and the Air Safety Board. The
term “Authority” has since been
abolished, and the functions of
that body are now exercised by
the Civil Aeronautics Board. The
C.A.B. is responsible for the legis
lative and judicial functions of
civilian aviation covered by the
Act of 1938 as amended, while
the C.A.A. is responsible for the
administrative functions related
to it, the Washington National Air
port Act of 1940 and the Federal
Airport Act of 1946.
CAA actually began to func
tion in Alaska January 1, 1940,
when the aviation activities of the
Alaskan Aeronautics and Com
munications Commission were ta
ken over. The CAA Fifth Region
office boasts “Twenty years of
service to aviation in Alaska,”
since CAA men and programs
were at work here in 1938, at the
time of the signing of the Civil
Aeronautics Act of 1938.
Work on the Woody Island Sta
tion was begun in 1940, in its
establishment, and it was com
missioned as a navigational aid
June 22, 1941. A staff of three
who manned the station at that
time, has grown to a total of six
teen. Darrell Chaffin is the station
manager.
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Looking Over
Site Supervisor
Overlooking Us
“Fitting right into the Alaska
scene is Robert L. Miller, site su
pervisor at Pillar Mountain on
Kodiak Island.”
The above is the opening para
graph of an article appearing in
the June 13 issue of Top-O-Spheric
Chatter, newspaper of the F.E.C.
White Alice project. Bob’s back
ground is quite fully covered in
the article, excerpts from which
we reprint herewith.
“Although Miller has been with
FEC only since October of 1956,
he has been in Alaska much long
er having come to the territory
in 1951 as a TechRep for Philco
Corp.
“Originally from Michigan, Mil
ler attended public schools in De
troit as well as the Veterans In
stitute Program. He received a
diploma from the standard elec
tronics course of National Schools,
Los Angeles, Calif, and since a
certificate in electronics engineer
ing covering radio, television and
all phases of electronics from the
Radio Electronic Television
Schools, Detroit.
Completing his training in this
field he came to Alaska for Philco.
His duties included serving as in
Friday
Game Night
8:30 p.m.
at
V.F.W.
structor for Air Force personnel
throughout the territory, with the
last two years assignment as resi
dent engineer at the Elmendorf
AFB communications center. Du
ties in this capacity necessitated
travel to McClellan AFB (Sacra
mento, Calif.) and return to the
home office in Alaska.
After leaving Philco, he took
the technician course at the FEC
Training Center in Anchorage and
received his assignment to Pillar
Mountain. At Kodiak, Miller finds
time to participate in a variety of
community activities during off
duty hours.”
Formerly a professional har
monica player on stage and radio,
he still plays for benefits, on tele
vision and on the APRS here. He
enjoys outdoor sports and is a
charter member of the Kodiak
Outdoorsmem. He has been a
prime instigator and sponsor of,
together with coaching, the Little
League baseball teams.
Last week he was elected to the
office of secretary-treasurer of
the Kodiak Chamber of Com
merce.
His wife, Nile, lives with hixa
here, and is also busy in commu
nity affairs. She is a member of
the Emblem Club, and a Red
Cross worker.
NOTICE
The telephone number at the
residence of Dr. J. Bruce Keen
is 5544. 14 3-n
FOR SALE
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Harry Felton, Representative for
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Write Box 597, Kodiak, or call Ph.
5771.
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