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VOL. 18 NO. 553
KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 7, 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
6 Queen, 4 Princess Contestants
Entered in Fourth of July Race
Six queen contestants are al
ready entered in the contest being
staged in connection with the
Fourth of July celebration, it was
announced this week by Curly
Wilson, who is in charge of the
contest. Four princess candidates
from as many villages on the is
land will compete for the honor.
Queen contestants are Katy
Richardson, sponsored by Max’s
Drive-In; Sandra Koenig, by Knud
«eos; Carolyn Selig by Naughton’s
Bakery; Claudine Laird by the
Village Bar; Charlotte Benson,
jointly sponsored by Kodiak Air
ways and P.N.A.; and Carolyn
Spencer, who will receive the
iiacking of Naval Station person
nel
Ouzinkie candidate for princess
is Alma Panamarioff. From Afog
nak, Zoe Nelson. Marjorie Inga,
daughter of the chief of Old Har
Jbor, will receive the support of
that village and Barbara Agnot,
Alitak entrant
A number of organizations have
signified their intention of oper
ating booths during the celebra
tion. Booths and concession in
Anchorage Group
Here on Weekend
The Prospectors Society «>r An
chorage following a chsrtered
flight here spent Memorir- Dav
weekend touring historic sites, the
NaVy base, the Russian cemetery,
the Aleutian Homes area, the high
school, library and the museum.
In the afternoon the group of
26 went aboard Alf Madsen’s
cruiser “Explorer” for a trip to
the Ope Chiniak sea lion rook
eries. Returning they went via
Whale Pass to the bird rookeries
(here, thence to the Long Island
seal rookeries.
Saturday morning, starting at
2 a.m., a bus trip was taken to
Pasagshak for beachcombing. At
low tide, many good specimens of
fossils were found. In the after
noon the group visited Halferty’s
and King Crab, Inc. canneries, the
jail, and continuing their tour
viewed the old Russian sea wall,
the first garden and stables, and
the site of the Governor's home.
Sunday they attended the Rus
sian Church.
The following members took the
trip: Mr. and Mrs. Loran Wadman,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Blocksom, Mr.
and Mrs William H Watson,
T/Sgt. R. A. sand Mrs. Oltmann,
Mary Oliver, Ruth Wood, Myrtle
Solherg, George S. Coulter, Mar
guerite St. Pallejr, Marcia Flint,
Dorothy Potter, Doris Johnson,
June Dunbar, Virginia Terrill,
Anita BroSlawsky, Peggy Rusnak,
Hazel Block, Mildred McDowell,
Marion Alpine, Louise Savariste,
Emily Savariste, Gertrude Adams,
Mrs. Esther Roberts, Marion
Hicks, Lois Wililard and Pris
cilla Lockwood.
formation may be obtained from
Bob Spencer or Bill Poland, who
are in- charge of this phase of the
celebration.
It was pointed out by the
Fourth of July committee that
the entire cost of the celebration
will be derived from the sale of
tickets in the Queen and Princess
contests, and from the sale of
concessions; as well as the Cham
ber of Commerce booth. None of
the funds of the King Crab Festi
val will be used.
The crowning of the Queen and
Princess selection will be held
during the flag-raising ceremony
on the morning of the 4th. Dead
line for the sale of Queen and
Princess tickets is set for 10 p.m.
July 3.
Many prizes will be offered for
entries in the big parade, which
will be staged on the morning of
the 4th. These include floats,
marching units, bike and trike and
children's units. Entry blanks may
be picked up at the Insurance De
partment of the Bank of Kodiak.
Pete Ramaglia is in charge of the
parade.
The big event of particular in
terest to the children is the Soap
Box Derby, which will be run off
on the Base-Town Road. Walt
Muller, who has charge of this
event, states he has twelve sets if
wheels on order. Those interested
in entering the derby are asked
to contact him for details.
Plans are underway for boat
races to be staged during the cele
bration'. Dick Berg is in charge
of them. Details will be announced
at a later date.
Concessions and booths will be
operated on the downtown school
grounds, and much of the day’s
activities will take place there.
Mail Closing
Time Changes
Closing time on the outgoing
mail from Kodiak will be changed
from the present 4 p.m. to 3:45
p.m., effective this week, William
Lamme, postmaster, announced
yesterday.
The morning closing time of
9:00 a.m. will remain the same.
Outdoorsmen
Clean Up Park
At Abercrombie
Progress on the new recreation
al park at Abercrombie was ad
vanced considerably when the
members cf the Kodiak Outdoors
men held their meeting there
June 3. About 60 members en
joyed a picnic before they began
the general cleanup.
A court for playing horseshoes
is being laid out under the super
vision of Jim Duros.
A working party is planned for
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Kodiak Tracts Up
At Land Auction
A public sale of small tracts is
to be held in the courtroom of the
Federal Building, Anchorage, on
Saturday, June 21. Bidding is ex
pected to start at 9 a.m. 53 tracts
will be up for auction, including
several tracts in Kodiak.
Each tract will be offered the
highest qualified bidder, and pat
ent will be issued without further
action upon the purchaser’s part.
There are no building require
ments upon these tracts.
Bids may be made personally
by an individual or his agent al
the sale, or may be mailed. Bids
sent by mail will be considered
only if received in the Anchorage
Land Office prior to 3 p.m. on
Friday, June 20. Information con
cerning lands for sale and bidding
(procedures can be obtained al
the Anchorage Land Office, 133
5th Avenue, Anchorage. Mail in
quiries should be accompanied by
a stamped, self-addressed enve
lope.
Persons who have previously
acquired a tract under the Small
Tract Act are not qualified tc
purchase a tract at this sale un
less they can make a showing sat
isfactory to the BLM that acquisi
tkm of another tract is warranted
Dr. Bruce Keers •
Arrived Thursday
Dr Bruce Keers, new residenl
physician here, arrived Thursday
with his family.
He was accompanied by his
wife Jo, and his two children, Su
zan, age four, and Cindy,, age
two. The Keers drove up the Alas
ka highway from Spokane in their
Volkswagen. Leaving the oar at
Seward, the rest of the trip was
completed by going to Homer, ar
riving here by PNA.
Dr. Keers will assist at the
Johnson Clinic.
A. Cleggs Leave on
New Assignment
Lt. (jg) Amby Clegg and his
wife Blanche and infant son leave
Wednesday, June 11 for a new
assignment of duty, after more
than two years here.
Lt. Clegg is Movement Report
Officer on the Naval Station. He
goes to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, N. C.
where he will be assistant pro
fessor of Naval Science. His as
signed subject to teach is Naval
History and Sea Power. The
course is part of the N.R.O.T.C.
for freshmen '
Amby Clegg is president of the
Kodiak and Aleutian Island His
torical Society. He was active in
the Kodiak Island Toastmaster’s
Club and is a past president.
DEATH TAKES MOTHER;
LEAVES FOR BURIAL
Word of the death of her moth
er, Mrs. Lou Beuty, was received
here Wednesday by Mrs. Peter
Deveau. Mrs. Deveau left Thurs
day to attend the burial services,
which will be held in Salem, 111.
New Bus Schedule
To Naval Station
The Kodiak Transit will no
longer operate their yellow buses
to and from the Naval Station, ac
cord iing. to an announcement by
Art Kizer, manager of the com
pany. The buses stopped running
effective midnight last night.
Beginning Monday, Ray Shan
non will operate the Kodiak Shop
per three buses daily from Kodi
ak. A morning bus at 7:30, at 12:30
noon and one at 4:30 will com
plete the schedule for the week.
These will leave Kraft’s Super
market at the times stipulated.
Returning to Kodiak, buses will
leave the Navy Exchange building
at 8 a m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Group to Become
Citizens of U. S.
Dr. Gordon Palmer will be the
featured speaker at the naturali
zation ceremonies to be held Tues
day afternoon in the District
Courtroom. Members of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion, and the Navy
band will participate.
Dr. Palmer, a well-known speak
er nationally,, will be in Kodiak
for the occasion. He is presently
making a tour of Alaska. Cdmr.
Ralph Groom will also speak. The
opening invocation will be pro
nounced by Rev. John Molletti.
Residents of Kodiak who are
expected to be admitted to citi
zenship at this time are William
Steve Koumainis, Una Malutin,
Harald Martin Hundhammer,
Alois Kopun, Nadia Kopun and
Natalina Hobson.
Representatives of the variocs
civic organizations will be in at
tendance. The public is invited to
attend.
Two Evacuated
From Sand Point
An evacuation from Sand Point
involving two people was made
Thursday night by the Coast
Guard Air Detachment.
Mi*s. Betty Scott, a native resi
dent there, was reported as
hemorrhaging. The Coast Guard
made an attempt Thursday morn
ing to land, but were unable to
due to low ceiling and low visa
bility. The Clover, enroute to Kod
iak, was intercepted and ordered
to turn back to Sand Point for the
evacuation.
In the meantime,, the fog lift
ing somewhat, a second attempt
was made later in the afternoon
by a CG plane. Cmdr. Peter A.
Young, pilot of the plane, came
down through a hole in the over
cast, and the woman was put
aboard and flown to Kodiak.
Another resident, Gabriel Ga
lonin, who had suffered a stroke
a few days before, was also taken
aboard. Both are in the Griffin
Memorial Hospital and “doing
nicely.”
Along The
Waterfront
First three days of fishing in
the Kariuk area has netted some
28 boats about 15.000 Reds, which
means a daily take of about 4,000
5,000 a day. This isn’t any world
beating record, but the season ha*
just started.
“Quiet” is the word hereabouts
as far as salmon fishing is con
cerned, since the Karluk and
Ugak areas-' are only ones open...
Bob Resoff of King Crab, Inc. left
Thursday for Seattle on business
_Oarl . Rodli is the new book*
keeper at th4 cannery. He is from*
Seattle,'1 and though not connect
ed in rPceiit years with the fish
ing industry formerly worked for
Alaska i Packers and Columbia
River Packers.
The Agnes Foss is in with two
barges of equipment and is on her
way north. The other barge laying
out near the breakwater is Man
son-Osberg’s.
The Civair is still the big pro
ject at Alvine’s Repair. Work on
the GAA boat will probably coiV
tinue most of June. They are also
overhauling the engine in Pete
Olsen’s Parks No. 6.
The cannery workers meeting*
originally scheduled for June 19,
has been advanced to Friday,
June 13. Nominations for the of
fices . of. president, vice-president,
three members of the executive
board, and secretary-treasurer will
be taken up at this tithe. <
The Expansion is due on the
12th heading Westward.
The STkAMSUND, a 44&-tft
fishing vessel, enroute to Kodiak,
radioed .in for aid Thursday —
“Lost “her bearings.” Owner is
Glen Smith from Ketchikan. The
vessel As reported to have dyna
mite aboard, and is from Elfin
Cove in SE Alaska. The SEDGE
and CLOVER, enroute here, are
on the lookout for the vessel. No
report up to time of going to
press.
The CG cutter STORIS is head
ing for Seattle to outfit for sup
plying Dew Line stations in re
mote areas. She stopped at Sew
ard for American Legion conven
tion. The Cutter CLOVER is ex
pected to dock today after a
months absence on an aidsrto
navigation cruise. The BITTER
SWEET is in port on a ready’
status.
Halferty’s Cannery will cap
clams tomorrow, but will swing
over to canning salmon Monday,
according to Norm Haagland, gen
eral manager.
The clam digging has been fair,
but was again hampered by tad
weather. About 20,000 cases have
been canned.
The MICHELLE EVE will bring
in the salmon from Karluk for
the canning.
Fitzgerald Returns
BUI Fitzgerald returned Tues
,day from .Anchorage, where«.be
underwent an operation.
Bill is still not up to par,, hut
states ’.,c is fcci.rj much better.