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VOL. 18 NO. 50
KODIAK, ALASKA. DECEMBER 15, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Rotary Is
Party Host
Two Xmas Parties
Next Saturday A.M.
The Rotary Club is calling all
the children of Kodiak to attend
their two big annual Christmas
Vaotties to be held next Saturday,
at the Orpheum Theater and the
0SO.
The party at the Orpheum is for
the youngsters .frbm six years old
and over, according to Jess Bal
ttatd, who is in charge of arrange
ments. Doors to the theater will
®»en at 10:30 a. m. An hour-long
Kartoon Karnival will be a fea
ture of the entertainment for th
children, and has been arranged
fey Manager Skip Fletcher and the
Orpheum. Santa Claus will have
presents for all, according to Bal
lard.
At 10:45 next Saturday morn
ing; while the older children are
enjoying themselves at the thea
ter, the young fry will gather at
fle USO fnc'Uh» fliifWmac party
te fee held there. This is for all
children five years of age and
The holding of these parties is
traditional with the Rotary Club.
They have been enjoyable affairs
in past years. Proceeds from fines
levied the members throughout
tee year defray the expense.
AH children are invited to these
parties. Its a big day for kids prior
fa their celebration at home on
Christmas day. ,
Home Display
Can Be Winner
A prize of $50 awaits the win
ner in the Home Decorations con
tot sponsored by the Elks and
KOfclem Club, for the best Christ
mt decorated home. A second and
third prize of $25 and $15 will be
given also.
A similar contest was held last
pear. It created considerable in
terest and some fine displays. “We
•apect to have more entrees this
par,” Bill Lavine, chairman of the
event, stated. "We are attempting
. ta encourage the less expensive
type of displays. Two of the win
ners last year won first and se
cand prize on decorated windows.
K pour home has a large window
which faces on the street, or where
it can be easily seen by the general
traffic, a few tubes of show-card
paint, some cotton and paper or
material remnants, could be form
at into a very beautiful and dec
orative display. You can make
poor home an object of admiration
iar just a few dollars,” he con
ceded.
It is necessary to turn in a
signed entry form, in order to
campete in the contest. There is
no entry fee. Contestants may en
ter who reside in the City of
Kodiak or on the Naval Station,
according to Lavine. An entry
blank will be found in this and
•ext weeks issue of the Kodiak
Mirror.
Religious Leader
Here Sunday Night
Dr. Eugene C. Blake, president
of the National Council of Church
es in America, will arrive here
today. He will deliver holiday
greetings to the servicemen on
the Naval Station, and speak be
fore a mass meeting at the high
school auditorium tomorrow eve
ning.
Dr. Blake will appear on AFRS
TV tonight. He will be a guest of
honor at a dinner arranged by
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ira Hobbs.
Ciyilian, military and religious
leaders have been invited.
Sunday, Dr. Blake will speak at
the morning service at 11. This
will be held at the Billiken Thea
ter. At 12 noon he will have lunch
with the enlisted men in the En
listed Mens Mess hall.
Dr. Blake will be accompanied
to Kodiak by Mr. Donald C. Bolles,
Executive Director of Public Re
lations, National Council of Chur
ches; Chaplain Martin C. PocS,
USAF, Alaskan Air Command
Staff Chaplain, and Chaplain John
M. Highes, USAF, Senior Chap
lain Elmendorf AFB.
The meeting Sunday at the
auditorium will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited.
Freezing Plant
May Yet Be Built
Wallace George is expected to
arrive in Kodiak today from Ju
neau. He is the principal stock
holder in the company formed
here several years ago to build a
cold storage plant here.
He will meet with Civic officials
and local stockholders to formu
late plans to complete .a storage
plant here. He heads the Juneau
Ice & Cold Storage Company,
sentatives. Anyone interested is
cordially invited to attend, accord
ing to Strash.
The classes, which have been
conducted nightly the past several
months, will be resumed January
15.
Measles At
Perryville
Perryville, a village on the
Alaskan peninsula has been struck
by an epidemic of measles, which
has developedi into pneumonia, ac
cording to Navy Flight Surgeon
Lieut. W. J. Henry, a Kodiak based
doctor, who flew on a mercy-mis
sion to the stricken village Tues
day. A child of thirteen and a
seven-month old infant have al
ready died.
The doctor found thirty cases
of measles with fifteen of them
involving pneumonia. Seven others
have been complicated hy severe
ear infections. Twenty-five of the
cass reported are children.
The epidemic of measles struck
at the settlement upon the return
of a resident who had been tem
porarily employed at Kodiak. He
was bedridden with a high fever,
sore throat, lack of appetite and
skin blemishes within three days
of his return. In ten days epidemic
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New Service
Inaugurated
A new and important communi
cation link between the United
States and Alaska was inaugurat
ed and opened to public service
Tuesday. The link consists of an
underwater telephone cable sys
tem stretching some 1,2’?!) miles
from Port Angeles, Washington
tb Skagway, Alaska. This new
facility links the entire Alaska
Communication System with the
United States; providing' high
quality telephone communications.
Ceremonies conducted simul
taneously at Anchorage, Fair
banks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Seattle
and Washington, D. C. inaugurat
ed the new communications facili
ties. First to make a call’ over the
system was B. Frank Heihtzle
man Governor of Alaska.
The cable system represents two
major construction projects, one
financed by the ACS and the other
by the Long Lines Department of
the AT &TC. The total cost of the
two sections of the cable is in ex
cess of $20,000,000.
Officials Fly
To Anchorage
A group of Base and City ojjl
ciftls left Thursday for Anchorage
to attend the observance of the
10 anniversary of the Alaskan Aii
Command.
Rear Admiral Ira Hobbs and
his Flag Secretary Lt. Willett, ac
companied by Mayor Leon John
son and Jack Hinckel, President
of the Chamber of Commerce,
were among those going over from
here.
Suggest New Road
At C. of C. Meeting
A road will be built between
Fort Abercrombie and Anton Lar
sen’s Bay if the suggestion of the
Road Committee is adopted. In its
report to the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday, it was suggested
applications be made requesting
the construction of the road
This would open up consider
able good land for homesteading
and recreational purposes, it was
pointed out. It was suggested tne
road follow the shoreline.
Dr. Bob Johnson acted as chair
man of the meeting in the ab
sence of Jack Hinckel, who left
for Anchorage. Dr. Johnson an
nounced the Tourist Committee
is trying to obtain as much his
tory of Kodiak as possible. The
Committee, he said, is also trying
to organize a tour of historical
sites. The historical site signs
which various people have been
constructing and lettering, are
now ready and will be varnished
by Howard Demarest.
Johnson also reported the Mu
seum building will be moved by
volunteer labor, but assistance is
needed to get the building ready
for use.
Bob Hall stressed the need for
a municipal airport here and said
application is again being for
warded to the Department of A vi
lliOft.
Bidarka Here
Gift to KAIHS
A native bidarka was brought
to Kodiak by the Navy ship Tawa
koni Friday afternoon. The famed
skin boat, the former Aleut pop
ulation’s means of sea transpor
tation, is one of the few remain
ing in existence, and was given
to the Kodiak and Aleutian Is
lands Historical Society by the
Mayor of Unalaska to the West
ward. It is 22% feet iq length .and
holds three men. George Cpr-,
was on hand when the bidarka
was brought aboard the Naval
Station. He was accompanied by
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, a Director
in the Society, and Henry White,
member in charge of transport
ing the craft to Kodiak. Bob Fix,
also a member of the Historical
Group, was on hand for picture
taking.
This is the first gift of any con
sequence to go to the Society. It
is valued highly in that none is
known to exist in exhibitions in
the Smithsonian Institute and
other museums, according to Cor
nelius.
nelius, president
Car Turns Over
Five Escape Death
A car driven by a teen-ager
plunged over an embankment on
Mission Road in front of Vine
Dalys and came to rest on its side
on the beach about 2 a. m. Mon
day morning. The four boys, who
were occupants of the car, mirac
ulously escaped death. One is in
the hospital in a critical condition.
Joe Peterson, 19, was driving
the car, which was owned by Har
ry Nielson, 22, also an occupant
According to the story released
by the police, Nielsen had pur
chased a case of beer about 9:30
p. m. He and Peterson, Ted Pana
maroff, 17, Daniel VaHy, 15 and
Mike Bofkosky, 19, throve around
the outskirts of town along Mill
Bay Road and later Mission Road.
Peterson was trying to see how
fast the car could go. In his state
ment to the police he said he had
told Nielson to watch the speedo
meter as he couldn’t watch it and
the road at the same time. He
stated that the last time he had
looked at the speedometer, it re
gistered 70. He admitted he had
nine cans of beer while driving.
At the time of the accident,
Peterson apparently lost control
as he was trying tp negotiate a
curve. The car hurtled over the
embankment, struck a concrete
block and turned over.
Peterson walked to Daly’s house,
called a cab and went home to
tell his wife about the accident,
and then went back to the scene.
Dr. Bob Johnson was there ,when
police arrived. Patrolman Joe
Taylor and Territorial Police Gor
don Nelson were investigating
officers. Two of the boys were un
conscious when the police arrived.
Neilson has fractured skull,
broken right arm and cuts about
the head. Daniel Valley suffered
a broken left arm and cut neck.
Joe Peterson sustained cuts and
scratches. The other two were not
injured so far as is known.
Along The
Waterfront
Those fine big crab, known ar
the iKng of the crustaceans are
swimming their way to Kcdiak
these days in fairly large nun.
bers. They, of course, arrive in
tanks, and are processed fresh.
Island Seafoods have been fait
ly busy, according to Pete Deveau
Manager of the cannery. It ma?
be. the good weather or it ma?
he, the need of funds for Christ
mas, but the crab fishermen have
been bringing in some nice eatek
es. "Tiny” Cicboski brought in 7tt*
crab on his Skippy. These crjfcv
were caught bp. the Western anje
brought in; by JTiny: .Fred Pesfcn
koff brought in the New Hustle?
with 700 crab alBo.
The Eldorado docked with U
good load, the combined catch bf
two boats, the Eldorado and tlii
Kingfish. The feuzip Q is expecteci
in with a load of 2200 crab tonight
Bob Resoff of King Crab Inc..
reporta the processing of crab is
keeping them fairly busy. The
Marmqt brought in 500. Mike Mid
lan is the skipper. Paul Bayou
docked the Linda Mae with 284,.
followed by Pat Mullan with 755
Hiram McAllister came in with
806. The Seamount brought in
1644. John JKatelnikoff is skipper
aboard. Tiny Cicboski figures in
again. He brought part of his
to King Crab to the tune of 1800.
These crab caught by the crew*
of the Western and the Juneau.
The North Cape with Alex Pan
amaroff skippering was in in pre
pa ration for some crab fishing.
Ed Opbeim brought in a load of
lt$o^w*fronr#usXinill near Owzitt
skier’EHdie Paakkanan towed in
the lumber with his boat the Vic
tory. The latter is in for a load
of supphes for Larsen’s Bay. The
.Totem is tied up at the Standard.
Oil Dock.
Gene Irwin’s Mary Lee has beer,
repaired according to Alvine and
Gibsons. The boat works crew are
working «n his jitney now. They
are also making repairs to Moses
Malutin’s UF No. 2.
The Expansion will be in from
her Westward trip on December
18. She She will not of course
discharge much freight here nor
take HHKh^oOt- according to Jack t
Johnson, Warfinger at the City
Dock. The Palisana is due on the *,
same day. This is the "Joy” beat
for Kodiak, with the Christmas
mail and Santa's packages. Chris
TTondsen is again the skipper. He
will spend Christmas at sea again
this year. Jim Stitt, in his last
time in, said this happens most.
of the time.
The refrigeration ship Icelaad
was enroutc to Seattle. She has/
been fishing for the Alaska Fresh,
a Homer cannery, and has a load
of King Crab for tha Stateside:
market
Adult Education
Will Be Discussed
There will be a meeting at 2 p
in. today in the library of the neir
High Schopl, to discuss the adult
education .program, according to
Dr. Vietjov 8trash, who is in charge
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