zd ikxlk
«.-»« -« "·
.Jy
Tod-me
-
-.t.
ski. : .
zu
lem ky E IIUSOUM
Tuneam Alaska
Ab »Es-«
( MADE
Neu s of oAmenta Last Frontier”
»UL. ltj ,\U. 11
KODIAK. ALASKA, MARCH 17, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Annual Bab Show
To Be Held May 6
Kodiak’s annual baby show,
which is usually held every Easter,
has been postponed to May 6, due
to the cold weather prevailing.
This event, sponsored every
year by the V. F. W. Auxiliary, is
always popular, with many entries
vieing for the honor of King and
Queen.
Capacity crowds at the Orpheum
Theatre last year saw the crown.
ing of Lynn Davis and Janfte Pan
amaroff as king and queen respec
tively.
The day of the show, Sunday,
May 6, is Russian Easter. Entry
cards can be picked up at Knud
sens or at Berts Drug Store.
To Air Programs
On Constitution
A series of seven halfchour docu
mentaries will run front now until
the April 24 primary elections on
all Alaskan radio stations to bring
highlights of Alaska’s Constitution
al Convention proceedings to all of
the Territory’s residents.
The programs are edited por
tions of recorded convention ses
sions, boiled down and narrated
under direction of the Alaska
Statehood Committee which has
launched a “Know Your .Constitu
tion” program to culminate with
the ratification referendum coin
ciding with Territorial primaries.
First of the series, broadcast
Sunday and Monday on all ten of
the Territory’s commercial stations
covered the opening ceremony
with voices of Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman, former governor Er
nest N. Gruening, as well as later
speeches by Senator William F.
Knowland (R-Calif.), Dr. Ira Gab
rielson and several other promin
ent figures.
The second program, to to aired
next week, will cover the three
branches of proposed state govern
ment: Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial.
Others to be broadcast, in order
of presentation, are on the subjects
of suffrage, elections and appor
tionment; resources; local govern
ment, taxation, initiative, referen
dum and recall; Alaska Tennessee
Plan; closing ceremonies with the
voices of Egan and Mrs. Katherine
Alexander, chief clerk of the con
vention, as they broke with emo
tion when the document was final
ly signed.
CHANGES IN PHONE NUMBERS
ANNOUNCED BY PHONE CO.
There will be many changes in
telephone numbers in the near fu
ture, it was announced by John
Cushing of the Kodiak Telephone
Company.
This is due to the installation of
the new equipment, Cushing stat
ed. The changes will be listed in
the new telephone directory, which
is being compiled at the present
time, and should be in the hands
of the printer next week.
In the meantime, telephone users
are asked to contact the telephone
company when unable to get a
number. Dial 9 for information.
Paul Callahan Drowns
In Fortune, California
Paul R. Callahan, one time resi
dent of Kodiak, was killed in Cali
fornia last Monday, when he slip
ped from a boom at a sawmill
where he was employed.
Callahan is well-known here, hav
ing worked at the Naval Station in
the motor pool for some years and
later on the Aleutian Homes and
other projects. He has a son, Jim
my and a daughter, Nita McKinley
living here at present. .
The deceased was ai.boom man,
having gone from his home in Ev
errett to Fortuna, California, re
cently. No details of the accident,
other than the fact that he drown
ed, or the exact cause has been
learned.
He is survived by his wife Lucy,
who resides in Everett, Washing
ton, three daughters, Billy, Pauline
and Nita, and two sons, Paul and
Jimmy.
Funeral services were held in
Everett yesterday.
MEN LEAVE FOR SEATTLE
Eldon Lester, Pete DeVeau and
W. A. Cannon left this week for
the Federal Trades Commission
hearings to be conducted in Seat
tle.
Hearings will be conducted here
at a later date, and witnesses will
be heard then. The Seattle hear
ings are scheduled for March 19.
STRICKEN SANAK RESIDENT
FLOWN TO KODIAK BY NAVY
John Karlsen was evacuated
from Sanak to Kodiak by a Naval
Station UF Tuesday afternoon. The
amphibious plane was piloted by
Lt. P. R. Day and Lcdr. D. O. Blade
flew as co-pilot.
Karlsen was stricken with a
heart attack Monday and his con
dition was reported as serious but
not critical upon arrival at Kodiak
Tuesday. He was taken to the Grif
fin Memorial Hospital upon his
landing at Kodiak.
An UF from Kodiak Coast
Guard Air Detachment made an
attempt to evacuate Mr. Karlsen
Monday, but was forced back due
16 bad weather.
Lieutenant Day, in describing
the Tuesday flight, said: “This
was one of the ‘hairiest’ flights I’ve
made recently. I’ve always consid
ered Sanak the worst landing area
in the Aleutians, and the 30 knot
winds Tuesday didn’t help a hit!”
The veteran Navy pilot revealed
how he had to use full reserve
pitch on his propellers immediate
ly upon landing at Sanak in order
to stop the plane before he ran
out of water area. The take off for
the return flight was even more
dramatic as the Navy pilots had to
rig four JATO (Jet Assisted Take
Off) bottles to the UF, drop full
flaps, and back up to the edge of
the beach in order to clear the 100
foot cliff facing them on the other
side of the narrow bay.
Mrs. Karl Rextrew returned on
the O’Hara this week from the
States. She was called to Wenat
chee, Washington, earlier this year
by the sudden death of her father.
Water Si vation
Is Under Control
The City water situation, which
has been critical for the past
month, is now under control.
It was feared necessary to shut
off the City’s supply completely,
and declare a state of emergency.
Through arrangements with offici
als at the Naval Station, another
pump and some pipe was secured,
enabling the City to gain ground
in the filling of the reservoir from
another lake.
The Aleutian Homes are particu
larly affected since pipes supply
ing water to the homes in the area
have been frozen most of the win
ter. Charley Truitt, City Manager,
says the water level is rising slow
ly, but it is still necessary to cur
tail the use of water whenever
possible.
Oscar Hanson, Manager of the
Aleutian Homes project says th6
situation is well in hand there. Pre
vailing mild weather is helping
considerably in the present situa
tion.
Alaska Dairying
Is Income Source
“Alaskan farmers net $2,500,000
a year from. their crops,” James
Wilson, Territorial Commissioner
of Agriculture, told the Alaska
Farm Forum in Palmer. In a
speech entitled “Where Do We
Stand?” Wilson reported on the
state of Alaskan agriculture. Milk
is the most important crop dollar
wise, he said, bringing $1,079,000
in farm income. But there is room
for expansion in dairying, Wilson
said.
“There are about a million con
sumers in the railbelt area. We
are producing only one-third the
milk needed for each consumer to
have one pint per day.” Seattle
milk is now a threat to the dairy
industry in Southeastern Alaska,
he warned, and soon may be in
the railbelt. Low-cost production
and high quality will be needed to
meet this competition.
Over 100 persons attended the
Second Alaska Forum in Palmer
March 2, 3, and 4. Farmers, home
gardeners, processors, persons in
the marketing trades, agricultural
scientists, government and military
leaders attended. Some came from
as far away as Juneau, Seward and
the Kenai Peninsula.
Roy J. Jordre, Insular Area di
rector for the Commodity Stabili
zation Service of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, discussed the
administration’s new farm pro
gram, little of which applies to
Alaska.
“You are unique,” he said, “in
having a bigger 'market than you
can supply. In the States more
farm products are being raised
than can be marketed.” Jordre at
tended the Forum in conjunction
with meetings of the Alaska Agri
cultural Stabilization Committee of
which Philip R. Johnson of Fair
banks is chairman.
The Forum had a strong dairying
emphasis. Attending were Dr.
Ralph E. Hodgson, Chief of the
Dairy Research Bureau of the
USD A and Mr. Merrill N. Warnick,
(Continued to Page 4)
Good Fishing Predicted
For Bristol Bay Area
Seattle (AP)—Dr. W. F. Thomp
son, Director of the University of
Washington Fisheries Research In
stitute, predicted Wednesday the
red salmon run into Nushnagak
River will be almost double last
year’s run. Dr. Thompson was the
principal speaker at the Fisheries
Research Conference sponsored by
the Northwest branch of the Na
tional Canners Association.
Using new methods which have
been developed the past ten years
for forecasting salmon runs,
Thompson predicted Nushagak’s
red salmon run will reach mil
lion this year, including both thosg
caught and escapements. It was'3
million last year.
Nushagak River empties into
Bristol Bay and is an important
salmon stream in that area.
A¥$. SPEEDS UP PROGRAM
TO PUBLICIZE ALASKA
Frank Whaley, managing direc
tor of the Alaska Visitors Associa
tion, announced that during the
past two weeks over 260 pounds of
publicity on Alaska has been sent
to stateside newspapers and maga
zines.
The publicity materials included
an over-all total of 3500 pictures of
Alaska’s tourist attractions and a
total of 3,150 pages of news stories
and features prepared by the AVA
Travel News Bureau, Whaley said
this is only a small part of the pro
motional job planned by the AVA
News Bureau.
During March and April the tra
vel editors of every newspaper
over 100,000 circulation in the U.
S. will each receive a new and dif
ferent story on Alaska together
with photos. Special articles and
full page spreads are all ready
scheduled for leading media in
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and Chicago.
PNA PASSENGERS LISTED
There has been some travel this
past week via PNA and some of
the passengers noted coming into
Kodiak are the following:
Roy L. Lee of Anchorage, own
er and operator of the Alaskan
Stationers and Publishing Co., at
Anchorage; William Herzberg,
Anna Mae Vokacek, Mrs. Arm
strong and infant, Larry Foster, A.
N. Thompson, Archie Bindera, E.
Crittenden, Katherine and Herbert
Hoff, Enoch and Marie Poulter,
Barbara Thomis, Jules Radinsky,
Cellan Wildes, William Anderson,
Bert Walker, Gene Randell, Lew C.
Johnson, Clarence Erickson, Alvin
Peferson, Jack Strattford, Don Bur
rous, William McLaughlin, Wil
liam and Mrs. Wood, Howard Al
ton, Richard Dloudy, Waino Hak
kinsen, Fred Williamson, H. W.
and Mrs. Waterfield.
Among the outgoing passengers
were the following: James L. Bur
ton, Paul Weiss, A. J. Cichoski, A.
N. Thompson, Andrew Petersen,
John J. Lee, Walmer Rockstad,
John Bair, Virginia Steltz, Kath
erine Giester, Joan Burnell, Nel
son Smith, Len Johnson and Don
Davis.
Along The
Waterfront
Continuing good weather is
bringing the crab fishermen out of
their sheltered coves these days.
Prospects for some activity at the
fishing grounds are increasing
right along.
There were a few good catches
reported at the Island Seafoods
fbr'. this week.Rudolph Carlson
aboard the Reliance was probably
high man. His boat brought in
35.000 lbs of nice King Crab. Os
car Dysen with the Suzie Q brought
in a totai of 23,000 lbs. The El
dorado, Louie Wick, skipper, came
in’ with close to the same amounf
with 21,000. Barney Corgetelli,
with the JH, weighed his calch at
11.000 lbs.
Pete Deveau, operator of the Is
land Seafoods, left Thursday for
Seattle, where'he is scheduled to
appear before the Federal Trades
Commission hearing as a witness
involving several fishermen here.
Before he left, he invited anyone
wanting good spring water to
come down to the City Dock ramp,
where will be found a hose that *
connects up with a spring on the
hill. Help yourself, he says.
Bob Resoff of King Crab, Inc.
also reports activity. Nick Keteli
koff with the GPC 19 brought in
708 crab, which totalled 7601 lbs.
Ernie Graves, skipper of the boat
Lois brought in a nice catch of
2083 crabs which weighed in at
19,394 lbs. The Juneau, Dave
Murphy, skipper, topped the form
er by a few pounds. He brought in
2107 crabs with the scales reading
19,761 lbs. The Judy M, skippered
by Julian Muller finished out the
activities at the King Crab plant
with 200 crab for a combined
weight of 2200 lbs.
Hiram McAllister, fishing for
Driftwood Products brought in
about 4500 lbs. of crab. This was
about the extent of operations by
this company for the week .
The shipwright crew at Alvine
& Gibsons have been fairly busy
with repairs to damaged boats.
Bill Boskoffsky brought his CPC
22 in for repairs. Bill is from
Ouzinkie, and a recent night storm
caused his boat to drag anchor,
pile up on shore and swamp. Con
siderable damage resulted. It was
a cold night, and eight inches of
ice formed inside the boat. A soft
patch was put over a hole in the
hull and the boat brought in for
repairs. Pete Olsen’s Parks No. 6
is still in the shop, as reported last
week.
Stan and Ollie are ‘ up jn the
air” again, having made their first
flight this week since their plane
was damaged by the w'ind last fali.
Chief Bridgens, who is attached
to the Naval Station, purchased a
fine little cruiser from Wakefields,
said to be the only fibreglass boat
in this area. It is called the Blue
boy.
The Totem left yesterday for a
spot of crab fishing. Delayed for
needed parts, the boat is now on
its way again. Cory Kaldestradt is
the skipper. Sergie Pestrikoff left
earlier with his Left Cape for Old
Harbor. He had a load of store sup
plies for the island village. He will
(Continued on Page 12)