Coast Guard Ship
Makes Mercy Trip
uuast ijuara uutter
J>edge brought a sick halibut
fisherman to the Kodiak Naval
Station dispensary for medical
treatment Tuesday following
the receipt of a request for
assistance from the haiibut
boat Evening Star.
Donald Starr, 41, Kirkland,
Wash., became ill while fish
ing and the skipper of thei
vessel radioed for assistance, j
The Evening Star was report-1
ed to be on the halibut!
grounds approximately 85!
miles east of Kodiak.
The Sedge, enroute to Jun
eau, immediately started to
the vessel and a CG PBY
piloted by Lieutenants A. G. ‘
Cassel and W. E. Murphy took '
off from KNS to help locate
the Evening Star.
The PBY carried a Navy
doctor and planned to land
alongside the vessel but heavy
seas prevented a landing.
Crewmen aboard the PBY
were j. L Lacey, b.-w. lo
fer, A. L. Morris, A. C. Car
son and H. Winston.
The Sedge brought Starr t<
the Naval Station and he en
tered the hospital around 8:3<
pm Tuesday. Wednesday hi
condition was reported as fair.
Ronnie Miller Home
From Hospital
Mrs. A1 Miller and son,
Ronnie, returned to Kodiak
Monday evening by PNA.
Ronnie has been in the Child
ren’s Orthopedic Hospital in
Seattle for treatment for seve
ral months.
Ronnie is much improved
but will return to the hosoital
for a check up within two
months, Miller said Tuesday.
Mrs. Hal Drinkall has taken
over the dancing classes for
children, originated and for
merly conducted by Mrs. Jane
Brown.
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Kodiak Fishermen
rtitist Register
Kodiak fishermen planning
o take their fishing boats into
ook In'et this coming sal
non season must re-register
it one of five places before be
ginning fishing operations, ac-1
■ording to a new directory'
issued by Thomas J. Costello I
Ir., Fishery management
biologist.
If a fishing boat has regis
tered and has a FW3 plate
from Kodiak the boat must re
register al one of the follow
ing places: Room 42, Post of-)
fice. Anchorage; FWS head
quarters, Kenai; Post office,
Seldovia; Snug Harbor Pack-i
ing Co., Snug Harbor; or'|
aboard the two FWS boats
“Steelhead” and “Coby”.
Operators who intend to
take unprocessed fish out of
Cook Inlet must report their
catch before it may be moved
according to new fishing regu
lation 109.2b.
Transient drift boats enter
ing the Cook Inlet fishery
from adjacent districts has
created the present problem
and the re registering.
Section 102.8 of the general
provisions requires the re
registering prior to fishing in
any new district.
Mayor Testifies
In Washington
Lee C. Bettinger, mayor of
Kodiak and president of the
League of Alaskan Cities,
made a presentation in Con
gress recently in behalf of the
Alaska Public Works program
for restoration of the $20
million requested by the Presi
dent in his budget message,
according to Delegate Bart-,
lett’s weekly newsletter.
The House slashed the re.
quest to $7 million. The hear-!
ing was held recently.
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Driver Fined;
License Susperdad
Chief Charles E. Grandt, i
42, USN, was fined $50 and j
had his drivers license sus-1
pended for 30 days after be
ing found guilty of driving
while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor.
The case was heard in City
Magistrate Robert Hedloff’s
court on Monday. Grandt was
arrested on May 17.
navy asks mas
For KNS Job
The District Public Works
Officer, 17th ND, is seeking
bids for hauling, dumping and
spreading topsoil adjacent to
56 family quarters at Kodiak
Naval Station.
Sealed bids, accompanied by
a $10 deposit, must be in the
public works office by 3 pm
May 28.
For further information in
terested pei sons may apply to
the District Public Works Of
ficer, 17th ND, Kodiak, A
laska.
Albert Kraft is working in
I the clothing department at 0.
j Kraft and Son this week.
Tax Payments
Show Increase
From Saturday to Tuesday
$4,092.08 was collected in de
linquent taxes by the city
clerk.
The tax roll has been iaken
to Anchorage by Paul A. Dup
ler, attorney, and has been
presented to the Third District
Court for adjustment and
order of sale.
Property owners whose
name appeared on the delinqu
ent tax roll may still pay their ^
taxes. However a five percent;
penalty plus a charge of $2.191
will be added to the total
amount of taxes due. The
$2.19 is to cover the advertis
ing cost of the tax roll, City
C.erk Boh Hedloff said Tues
day.
Joe Zentner reported the
loss of two head of cattle last
week to bears. He is also re
ported to have nine other
head unaccounted for. Zentner
has a ranch in the Pasagshak
area.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cardi
nal spent a week hunting and
fishing in the Zachar Bay and
Brown’s Lagoon area recently
as the guests of Joe Maxwell.'
Both hunters shot a Kodiak
bear and fished for rainbow
trout.
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