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"News of oAmenca’s Last Frontier”
VOL. 16 NO. 21
PRICE 10 GENTS
KODIAK. ALASKA. MAY, 26, 1956
Chamber Group Favors
A United Fund Drive
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce voted to explore the
feasibility of organizing all the
City’s charity efforts into a United
Fund Drive. The vote was almost
unanimous to consolidate collec
tions for charity into one drive.
Howard Demarest and Clarence
King presented data on the organ
izing of such a drive. In his speech,
Demarest pointed out that estab
lishing such an organization would
eliminate continual solicitng. “It
may take several years to get it
working smoothly,” he said, “but
in the long run, the City would
benefit.” The drive would be made
each year and would include every
one, as well as merchants and
businessmen. “Under this plan,
you can still designate what organ
ization you give your funds to,”
he said.
A Board of Directors for the new
organization was voted in. Those
voted to serve were Emil Knudsen,
Dr. Bob Johnson, Ben Kraft, Betha
Digree, Bob Acheson, Rev. John
Molletti, Harold Booth and Ken
Kincaid. Wilton White and Irene
Brooks received tie votes.
A chart showing how the United
Fund would be set up was present
ed by the committee studying It
A Board of Directors, consisting of
nine members and an Executive
Committee of five members, would
be the central committees. Under
them would be a Budget Commit
tee, Finance and Administrative
Committee, Public Information
Committee, Labor Participation
Committee and a Campaign Com
mittee. All committees will operate
under a vice-chairman in charge.
The responsibilities of the vari
ous committees are as follows: The
Board of Directors elect the execu
tive committee to act between
meetings. The Budget Committee
recommends, on behalf of givers,
allocations from United Fund to
proposed beneficiary agencies. Fi
nance and administration Commit
tee is responsible for finances, per
sonnel and overall administration.
The Public Information Committee
is responsible for dissesmination of
all informaton concerning the Un
ited Fund.
The Labor Participation Commit
tee is responsible for interesting
all labor groups in participation in
the affars of the United Fund. The
Campaign Committee is responsi
ble for the preparation and stag
ing of the united campaign.
WATER RACING FANS
TO HAVE FIELD DAY
Water racing enthusiasts are ex
pected to have a field day during
the 4th of July events planned for
them by Walt Muller, Chamber
of Commerce activities chairman,
as Mr. Muller issued a call today
for all boat enthusiasts to contact
him by phone at 4242 or by mail
at Box 313.
VISITOR FROM KETCHIKAN
Mrs. Albert Strom of Ketchikan
is visiting her daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Don Statter.
Mrs. Strom came to Kodiak to wel
come her new granddaughter,
Donna Susanne Statter, who was
(born May 7.
Trial Of 4 Women
Up To Grand Jury
The four women charged with
entering into an agreement to de
fraud the United States govern
ment, were arraigned Thursday
before the U. S.' Commissioners
Court, and were bound over to
the gran'd jury in Anchorage for
trial some time this fall. «
The testimony of Ray Foster was
considered sufficient evidence to
institute trial. The four women
were alleged to have permitted
themselves to be undercharged for
groceries at the Commissary store
on the Naval Station.
The four women, Louise Eliza
beth Harden, Peggy Joyce Shrove.
Shirley Ann Wicks and Joe Doris
Watkins, all wives of enlisted men,
did not testify at the hearing. At
torney John Mansuy represented
the first three women.
They were released on their
cognisance, and will appear before
the grand jury in Anchorage, pos
sibly in October of this year. The
grand jury will then return a true
bill or no true bill.
Kay Ritchey, Assistant U. S. At
torney, was prosecuting attorney.
Farewell Party
For Adm. Craig
„ The local Elks will gather to
night for a farewell party honor
ing Admiral Kenneth Craig, who
leaves next month.
Admiral Craig is a member of
the local lodge.
Dancing will begin at 9 p. m.,
and refreshments will be served
later in the evening. The party is
for Elks, their wives, Emblem Club
members and their escorts.
MCCARTHY FINED
A fine of $300 was levied on
Leslie McCarthy, when he appear
ed before the City Magistrate on
a charge of driving under the in
fluence of liquor.
McCarthy struck Jim Bright
man’s station wagon, causing con
siderable damage to the door.
Half of his fine was suspended. He
was given a 30 day suspended jail
sentence. His driver’s license was
revoked for a year.
MRS. DIZNEY LEAVES
Alta Dizney and her daughter
Louise will leave Monday for Cor
vallis, Oregon where Mrs. Dizney
will visit her mother.
Clarence Dizney, U. S. Deputy
Marshall here, is not certaip when
he will leave as he has not had
word as to who his replacement
will be or when he will arrive.
MRS. CHAMBERS LEAVES
Mrs. Walter Chambers will leave
today for Riverside Park, N. J.,
where here father is critically ill.
She will be accompanied by the
Chambers’ children, Mitchell, Don
na and Rettajean.
Walt will join his family in
Riverside when he finishes his tour
of duty with the Alaska Communi
cations System here.
City
Council
Br&els
The installing of meters on the
City’s water system came in for
considerable discussion at the
special Council meeting held Tues
day night. Opinions were expressed
by the Council members as favor
ing meters as a means of combat
ing the shortage of water experi
enced last winter.
The City Manager was instruct
ed to outline a program of installa
tion. He will map out the City
water system, determine the area
of first installation, the number
per year, whether the installation
will be outdoor or indoor, approxi
mate cost of each installation, the
cost of the meter and type of
meter. He will report back to the
Council at a future meeting.
The Council concurred on charg
ing monthly for water under the
meter system, and also felt the
owner should be billed as now.
One more application has been
received for the position of City
Clerk. H. E. Trivetts, an account
ant in Juneau, has made applica
tion. A decision will not be made
until the qualifications of all ap
plicants have been thoroughly re
viewed.
Marion T. Howe, local account
ant, and Mrs. J. M. Floyd, Jr. are
the two local applicants.
The City’S Cleanup campaign
has been extended another week,
due to the weather. City equip
ment will pick up litter and rub
bish today and next Saturday,
when placed along the road. It was
emphasized residents distinguish
between litter and garbage. The
two should not be mixed during
the campaign, as garbage disposal
is a routine matter for the sanita
tion department.
The delinquent tax roll sale,
which takes place today and con
tinues until some disposal of the
property is made, came in for
considerable discussion. The Coun
cil withdrew the Kodiak Ice and
Cold Storage plant from the list,
after a study of the original agree
ment and subsequent correspon
dence left some questions to be
answered. All correspondence re
lating to the property will be sent
to the City attorney for study, and
a legal opinion.
One question, among others,
which arose from a clause in the
original agreement, which specifies
a five year moratorium on taxes
after the plant is in operation. So
far, of course, the plant has not
operated.
Ernest Harding appeared before
the Council and reported on the
City’s insurance status. Much of
it is up for renewal. Coverage of
the City dock and the City Hall
was found tto be inadequate. Lia
bility insurance is carried on the
Volunteer Fire Department mem
bers. This was increased from
$5000 as total for accidents, to
$10,000.
The City carries separate poli
cies on fire and theft of equipment,
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4th Plans
iirawn Up
A atative schedule of events
makinj up the coming Fourth of
July celebration in Kodiak was re
leased by the Kodiak Chamber of
Commerce Planning Committee.
Times for the events have not been
scheduled as yet and will be estab
lished at a later date.
A large parade in the morning
will start the day’s activities and
will be followed by a flag raising
ceremony and a patriotic address
to be held in front of the high
school playfield. A reviewing stand
will be erected in front of the
USO building in Kodiak for rank
ing armed service personnel and
civic figures as well as the parade
judges.
Immediately following the par
ade and ceremonies, the individual
day’s activities will be run off.
The tentative schedule for the
rest of the day’s program and
events is as follows:
Soap Box Derby, Mill Bay Road;
Childrens Foot Races, Marine Way;
Boy’s and Girl’s Bicycle Races,
start and finish at Wodlinget’s
Drug Store; Pie Eating Contest,
Reviewing Stand; Marathon, Base
to town, finish at Kodiak Motors;
Egg throwing contest for married
couples, Reviewing Stand; Tug o’
War, new post office site; Boat
Races, front of the D & A Dock;
Street Dance, Front of USO.
Final event of the day will be
a huge dance in front of the USO
Building.
The Activities Committee under
Walt Mulled plan to issue pro
grams of the location of activities
and the starting times so that
there will be a continuous progres
sion of events throughout the day.
One of the newer major events
of the day will be the soap box
derby. Various Kodiak merchants
are sponsoring purchase of equip
ment necessary to build the racers
and the Committee’s major worry
is the number of contestants that
may want to enter.
The various branches of the
armed services on the Naval Sta
tion will participate in the Inde
pendence Day events, according to
Comdr. W. W. Clark, who met
with committee heads from the
Chamber of Commerce.
The parade is shaping up to be
one of the best ever seen in Ko
diak, with bands, color guard,
marching units, mobile defense
equipment and floats,according to
Parade Marshall, Pete Ramaglia.
VETS TO HONOR DEAD
WITH PARADE AND SERVICES
Memorial Day will be commenor
ated by the VWF with a parade
starting at 10 a. m.
Members of the Veteran’s of
Foreign Wars will organize the
annual event and participate along
with Navy and Marine personnel.
The parade, led by units of the
service, will march to the accom
paniment of the Navy band, from
Krafts store, along Alaska Way to
Mill Bay Road to the Cemetery.
Graveside services will be held
there.
The reviewing stand will be is
front of the Orpheum Theatre.
Along The
Waterfront
Freshly painted boats are dot
ting the waterfront once again as
the fishing season fast approaches.
Halibut boats, and the salmon
fleet are moving in and out of the
channel, evidence of the great fish
eries industry assuming its mantle
of activity.
More specifically, Halferty’s Can
nery shipped its first pack of razor
clams to the States on the Alaska
Steamship’s Lucidor this weekend
Over 4200 cans % flat size ,of Pio
neer Mince clams constituted the
first shipment. The cannery is
again canning this wee kend. The
Yarsh left yesterday for the clam
beach at Swishak, and the beaches
are being worked during the lovi
tides which prevailed this week.
The Cannery has five new jit
neys which arrived on the Lucidor1.
They are of the latest type and are
powered by Chrysler Crown en
gines.
The crab canneries are getting
ready for salmon canning opera
tions. Pete Deveau of the Island
Seafoods states they intend to pro
cess reds “if there is any fish.”
And of course they will can the
later runs. The twin-screw barge
Seldovia, arrived the other daji.
The skipper, Clarence Sandnes ami
Don Wright, chief engineer aboard
will fly back to Seattle to pick up
the Cannery’s tender, the Kesiloff,
which will be used here this year.
A number of boats are tied up
at the City Dock float. Among
those noted are the Miss Arctic,
the Mist, the Juneau, the King
Fish, the Western, the Venture,
the King and the Dungeness.
There are quite a few boats at
the Standard Oil Float also. They
are arriving daily from points
around the Island. Bill Torsen has
just received his brand new boat,
“Cape Cheerful,” which came
aboard the Lucidor from Seattle
Capt. Smith, skipper of the mi*
sionary boat, The Evangel, was
being held up by bad weather, but
was anxious to get under way to
Larsens Bay. He may have left.
Howard Sloniger, skipper of the
Civair, which plies between here
and Woody Island, stated he sa»
a couple of King salmon jumping
out m the channel. This welcome
bit of news ought to whet the ap
petites of sports fishermen. Les
Sorum, who just returned from the
States, said he saw a 69 pound
King at Ben Paris’ which was
caught near Ketchikan. We’d like
to see one of our local Isaac Wal
tons hook on to one here. Jwo fish
don’t make a run, but its worth a
try.
Merrill Coon says a schedule of
arrival and departure of the CAA
Woody Island boat is on the bulle
tin board of the Standard Oil Of
fice, for anyone wishing to see it
Chet Turner, general Superin
tendent of the Kadiak Fisheries,
was in town this week, but left for
the cannery.
Tiny Cichoski’s Skippy is now
ready for the water. Alvine and
Gibson’s crew have been giving it
a complete overhaul. It looks
mighty good, and it is rumored
Tiny might break a bottle.-of eham
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