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KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1958
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VOL. 18 NO. 37
Plans Are Underway for Filming
King Crab Industry This Season
■; A report on the Chamber-spons
ored king crab film was given by
Roy Rickey, Chairman of the pro
•tect., at the meeting of the group
Thursday.
•; Rickey stated letters have been
cent out announcing the proposed
filming of the king crab industry
bn Kodiak Island. He had not re
ceived answers from all those
contacted, but stated considerable
interest is being shown. O.K. Kin
caid appointed Eldon Lester as co
chairman to assist Rickey. A color
ed movie of the entire operation
will be made during the forthcom
ing season.
A guardrail along the new-Base
town road and the placing of a
pickup station for servicemen was
discussed at the Base-town meet
ing, Jack Hinckel reported. The
location of the pickup building
has not been decided on, but is
now being studied.
A local rental housing survey is
City May Acquire
Airport Property
, The City’s attempt to acquire
tile necessary property needed for
the proposed municipal ainport
site progressed another step, fol
lowing action by the Council
eft authorizing the City Manager
to negotiate purchase of a small
strip of property belonging to
ACS.
4 The property in question is a
small triangular strip in which is
now located a 140 foot vertical
steel antenna support tower. The
property is declared excess by
ACS. Col. Hatch, Commanding
Officer of the System, in an earlier
letter, stated that he had advised
the Alaska District Engineers that
that portion was excess. He stipu
lated certain requirements had to
be met by the City before any
agreement could be reached. An
access road had, to be provided to
the reservation, and the tower
would have to be removed by the
City at no expense to the ACS.
Since then a letter wras received
from George S. Wright. Chief,
Real Estate Division, Corps of En
gineers, and also one from L.T.
Main, Operations Supervisor, B.L.
M. The latter outlined methods of
leasing or buying the property.
City Manager Poland was auth
orized to proceed with negotia
tions toward its acquisition.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HERE FOR THREE DAYS
The Legislative Council will
meet in Kodiak October 17, 18 and
19. Place of meeting is in the
District Courtroom in the Post
Office building.
Anyone who desires may appear
before the council in behalf of leg
islation pertinent to this area.
This is the last meeting of the
group prior to the sessions of the
legislature.
now in progress, it was reported
at the meeting.
Kincaid appointed John Gibbons
to serve as the chamber’s dele
gate to the meeting of the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, to be hold
in Anchorage October 23, 24 and
25. He replaces Jack Hinckel, who
has served for several years.
Alaska taifaiid
Exercise Soon
Kodiak, Alaska, Sept., 10—The
Alaskan Command announced this
week that Exercise Polar Bear, an
Alaskan Command military exer
cise,, will be conducted at some
unannounced time between now
and October 15, 1958.
Army, Navy, and Air Force or
ganizations throughout Alaska and
the Alaska National Guard will
participate in Polar Bear.
The exercise will determine the
readiness and capability of the
Alaskan Command in several
fields. Among these are: tthe ef
fectiveness of the air defense
forces, Army-Air Force ground
defense plans, medical plans for
the care of mass casualties, non
combatant dispersal plans, and
coordination between Aslaska civil
defense forces and military agen
cies responsible for non-combat
ant dispersal.
Only non-combatants living on
military installations will take
part in dispersal during Polar
Bear.
During the exercise there will
be no relaxation of the alert status
of the Alaskan Command.
SALESMAN ABROAD
WITHOUT LICENSES
A warning note was sounded by
Chief of Police Vickery, who stat
ed magazine salesmen are in
this area without city peddler’s
licenses.
The chief advises residents
check with his department before
purchasing magazines.
Johnsons Embark
On 6-Month Trip
A trip that has been years in
planning begins soon for Dr. and
Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson. They
will visit ports in many parts of
the world during the next six
months.
Dr. Johnson ;lea’T'} today to . at
tend a. meeting, o: the Alaska.
School Hoard at Ketghiknn. • He. is.
president and will preside over
the sessions to be held September
16 to September 19.
Following the meeting, he will
join Mrs. Johnson in Seattle.
They will continue on to Portland,
remaining there briefly to visit.
They will depart Los Angeles
October 16, aboard a Dutch pas
senger-freighter, traveling through
the Panama Canal, remaining
aboard it for 28 days before arriv
ing in Cape Town. The Johnsons
will visit relatives there and ex
pect to spend two or three months
in Africa.
They will continue on to Eng
land, where the Doctor has rela
tives, and after a sojourn there,
will embark for the East Coast,
remaining mainly in New York,
where Mrs. Johnson has relatives.
They will then go to Virginia, re
turning to the West Coast later
next spring. Though the Johnsons
will not be bound to a schedule,
they expect to return to Kodiak
in May of next year.
DR. E. J. SULLIVAN
MARRIES IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. E. J. Sullivan, local dentist,
was married Saturday, according
to word received here by his
daughter, Pat Herbrig. \ , ,
The bride is Mrs. Marion. Hoag
of Hermosa Beach, California. Dr.
and Mrs. Sullivan are expected in
Kodiak the week after next.
JOHN FLETCHER LEAVES
John Fletcher, manager of the
Orpheum Theatre, left for Seward
this week to join his fafnily who
are visiting their son, Skip, and
daughter-in-law, Marie.
The Fletchers are expected to
return next week.
SALMON PACK UP FOR 1958
JUNEAU (M — U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service report 19,210
cases of salmon canned last week,
raising total 1958 pack to 2,918,
343 cases, 594,085 cases ahead of
last year.
Good Elk Hunting
An estimated 41 elk were shot
so far this season since opening of
the hunting season. Twenty-five
of these were downed on Rasp
berry Island, the balance bn Afog
nak.
More than a hundred hunters
paritcipated this year so far. The
season ends Monday, September
15, but elk will again be hunted
from October 20 to November 5.
Hunters are reminded to turn
in the lower jaw of all elk to Will
Troyer, Refuge Manager, FWS.
Bear Hunt Season
To Open Sept. 16
The fall bear hunting season
opens Tuesday, September 16, in
this area, according to Fish and
Wildlife Service officials.
This year any person required
to possess a hunting license must
also purchase a special bear li
cense prior to going bear hunting.
Natives of one-half or more Indian
or Eskimo blood are exempt as
are persons under 16 years of age.
The fee for the bear license is
$10.00. These licenses are avail
able at the Kodiak Outfitters or
at the regular licensing office on
Naval Base.
Hunters are also warned that
sows with cubs and their cubs are
not legal.
Window Service
Closes at 5:30
Effective September 29, closing
time for window service at the
post office will be 5:30 p.m. daily,
it was announced this week by
Acting Postmaster Lamme. The
time at present is 6 p.m.
The 9 a.m. opening will remain.
Money orders may be purchased
right up until closing time, it was
pointed out by Lamme.
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular monthly meeting
of the Emblem Club, scheduled
for September 18, will be post
poned until September 25, due to
membership participation in the
Elks cerebral palsy benefit show,
“Around the World in a Daze.”
A dress rehearsal for the play
will be held that night.
Elks Lodge to Present CP Show
“Around the World In a Daze,’’
the new hilarious musical comedy
to be presented by the Elks at the
high school auditorium, is just
what the name implies, two hours
->f fun-packed entertainment for
the whole family. The show is
scheduled for Friday and Satur
day nights, September 19 and 20,
Proceeds go to the Lodge cerebral
palsy fund.
From the moment the curtain
rises on a full stage of chorus
girls at a big New York Quiz
show where Casper* portrayed
by Clarence Selig, Sr., and Mable,
played by Nile Miller, win a trip
around the world in the Quiz pay
off, to the grand “homecoming”
finale, there are chuckles and
melodies that will send you home
humming the familiar tunes.
Assisted by a pair of Air Host
esses, Casper and Mable visit such
places as Denmark, Czechoslo
vakia, a night club in Paris and
Japan. They even have a privi
leged visit to a sultan’s harem in
Egypt where they meet six of the
Sultun’s rarest beauties, who are
charmingly portrayed by some of
the towns best-known business
men.
A jet trip transports them back
to the hills of Tennessee, where
they witness a whole mountain
side of women hold their annual
Sadie Hawkins Day meeting of the
Royal Order of He-man Hunters.
This laugh provoking scene also
includes a rib-tickling silent movie
version of the feud between those
reckless mountain boys—the Mar
tins and the Coys.
Miss Verville, who is directing
the play flew in here Saturday
from Seward and Fairbanks where
the show played to packed houses.
Tickets may be obtained from any
Elk member or from any member
of the cast.
Aioftg The
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Waterfront
City to Supply
Water “Needed for
Shrtriti^Qfeteration
An agreement was reached be
tween the City and the Island Sen
foods, Inc., by which the forme
has agreed to supply the cannery
with 100,000 gallons of water daily
for use in the proposed shrimp
operation being started by tint
company.
The City will supply the water
“to the best o&its ami ty/’ giving
Island Seafoods first claim ore?
any subsequent users. It war
pointed out, however, , by Council
men, that ,in ithe event- of art
unanticipated shortage, the hom$
user will come first. t
The cannery estimates using
the 100,000 gallons daily, am*
sought assurance of an adequate
water supply for the operation,
which is anticipated to start this
fall. \
City Seeks Curb
On Speedy Boats
. A conference will be held in the*
near future with Capt. Epley.
Commanding officer of the Coast
Guard Air Detachment at Kodiak,
and City Manager Poland on the
question, <>f regulating speed of
boats gOing through the channel
The meeting was suggested by
Capt. S.Gi Chilli USCG officer aj
Juneau, advising the City Manag
er to take; khk question up with
the Coast Guard here. There havf
been several Oqhiplaints of boatj
speeding through the channel and
becoming a hazard thereby, and
also causing possible damage U
boats moored along the beach. TT^
City is seeking a means to curb
the practice.
City Council Briefs
CLARIFIES ORDINANCE
A clarification on the sales ta*
ordinance was given by City At
torney Arnett, who wrote in res]
ponse to a letter from citv
officials.
Arnett stated it was his opinion
that sales tax could not be charged
on rental for living quarters wher<J
sub-rental of rooms by the renter
was involved. Arnett further statf
ed„ however, that where a resif
dential business was carried oil
sales tax would be applied to tha
portion of the rental only.
HEGLIN TO ANCHORAGE
The City Council voted to sen^
Assistant Fire Chief Harold Heglin
to Anchorage, to attend the fire
fighting school to be held ther<
September 22 to September 25.
His fare and per diem expense;
would be allowed.
Councilman Carl Huer asketl
that the City Manager definitely
determine the disposition of jthei
8 inch watefr l&ie'which had been*
approved for Mission Road, andl
report at the next meeting.