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VOL. 18 NO. 41
KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 11, 1958
PRICE It CENTS
Many Expected For Alaska Legislative Council Meet
Local Problems,
State Govenment
Views to Be Aired
A vroun of state and congres
sional candidates will converge
on Kodiak next week, when the
Alaska Legislative Council meets
here for a four-day session. The
daily sessions will begin Friday,
October 17 and will continue thru
Monday, October 20.
Sen. Ralph E. Moody, council
chairman, has announced that
legislative candidates from the
Southcentral and Bristol Bay areas
ajad the candidates for governor,
secretary of state, and congres
sional seats have been invited to
attend the public sessions.
Matters to be discussed will in
clude organization of the legisla
tive branch of government under
statehood, security or “Blue Sky”
taws, report on workmen’s com
pensation, fisheries, probate code,
motor vehicle code, revenue and
taxation, and a survey of banking,
oil and gas laws.
Prof. Louis Loss of the Harvard
University Law School will discuss
matters relative to the “blue-sky”
laws for the new state. Drs. Ger
ald W. Johnson and Wilson J.
Frank are the two speakers on
atomic energy. There will also be
two representatives of the Securi
ty Exchange present. These are
Mr. Newton and Mr. Weber.
The group will begin arriving
October 16. Sessions will be held
in the Federal courtroom begin
ning Friday morning.
Saturday evening a no-host
cocktail and buffet dinner will be
held at the Montmartre Inn for
the visiting council members. The
public is invited to attend, as the
group is anxious to meet as many
people in the area as possible.
Carl Huer Heads
New Rental Group
CarJ Huer heads the newly
formed housing rental owners as
sociation. An organizational meet
ing was held Wednesday evening
at the Montmartre Inn, with ap
proximately 30 persons in attend
ance.
The group seeks to improve the
rental situation in the city. Means
will be sought to secure a ‘'more
equitable” distribution of rentals
from Navy personnel.
A legislative committee was se
lected to study the problem, and
present a recommendation to the
Legislative Council when in ses
sion here, and to state and na
tional officials.
The committee is composed of
Mrs. Springhill, Bill Worth, Mrs.
Patterson, Karl Brunstad and
George Cornelius.
Other officers selected were
Bill Worth, vice-president, and
Ben Guhrke, secretary-treasurer.
The group will also seek the co
operation of landlords in both
Anchorage and Fairbanks, accord
ing to Huer.
Leon (Ole) Johnson is in charge
of the dinner arrangements.
The Chamber of Commerce
legislative committee, under the
chairmanship of John Gibbons,
will present a number of recom
mendations to the council. Other
groups in the city will submit
briefs on matters of local prob
lems. The newly formed rental
owners association will also pre
sent matters relative to the local
housing rental situation.
Witnesses and other interested
hart.ies will testify and representa
tives of the Atomic Energy Com
mission will discuss peacetime
uses of nuclear energy in Alaska.
The legislative council is a
permanent interim committee of
the legislature which will con
tinue under the state constitution.
The council considers public poli
cy and analyzes subjects likely to
come before the legislature. It
provides services required by the
legislature in preparing for final
action.
In addition to Senator Moody,
other members of the council in
clude Senators Paul B. Haffland,
Fairbanks; John A. NcNees,
Nome; Frank Peratrovich, Kla
wock: Vic Rivers, Anchorage;
Reps. Seaborn J. Buckalew, An
chorage; George B. McNabb, Fair
banks; and James A. von der
Heydt, Nome.
Funeral Services
For Vic Norton
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for Vic Norton, local
fisherman, who was asphyxiated
aboard a fishing vessel in the
small boat harbor Saturday morn
ing.
Norton had returned to the
boat belonging to A1 Fenner,
which was berthed alongside the
float in the harbor about 12:30
a.m. He had apparently started a
fire aboard, for at approximately
3:30 a.m. smoke was seen coming
from the vessel. Patrolman Tom
Sweeney, who was on duty, turn
ed in the alarm, and went aboard
the vessel. Norton was pulled out
and an attempt was made to re
vive him, without success.
Norton, 42, was born in Kodiak
in 1916. His occupation was fish
ing. He is survived by his father,
John; two sisters, Mary Topper
and Mrs. Don Cross, both of An
chorage; two brothers, Emil of
Kodiak, and Harry of Seattle,
Washington.
Services were held at the Walt
Muller Mortuary and interment
was in the city’s cemetery.
Kodiak Elks to Host B.P.O.E. State
Association Convention Next Year
The convention neyt year of the
Terirtorial Elk1? Association will
be held in Kodiak, it was announc
ed from Ketchikan, convention
headquarters this year.
Eldon Lester, Exalted Ruler of
the Lodge here, telephoned the
announcement from Ketchikan.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester, Mr. and^Mrs.
Don Lawhead, Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Ballard, Mr and Mrs. Lou Veer
man, Bud Metzgar, John Gibbons
and “Lucky” Metcalf were in at
tendance at the convention, which
ends today.
Hal Gilfilen of Seward was
elected president of the associ
tion. Bob Lewis, Anchorage Elk,
Kodiak PTA Drive
Nets 174 Members
174 joined the Kodiak Parent
Teachers association at the meet
ing held Thursday evening at the
Kodiak high school auditorium.
The budget was presented by
N. E. Dinwiddie. An effort will be
made to secure more funds for
the Health and Welfare Council
...program of dental and eye care
for children unable to receive the
care.
The association voted to support
a resolution calling for a board of
education in the state govern
ment, following a presentation by
Ivor Schott on the issue. The
group will also finance a special
half-hour program for school chil
dren of Music Trails artists.
The grade school class of Miss
Otness won the attendance award,
with a 65% attendance of parents.
The Junior and Senior classes
tied for first place in their compe
tition.
O. K. Kincaid
Heads Board
0. K. Kincaid was elected chair
man of the Griffin Memorial Hos
pital Advisory Board for the com
ing year at a meeting of the board
Wednesday evening.
Vice chairman will be Larry
Wodlinger, and Mrs. Marian Lynch
was re-elected as secretary
Kincaid, Richard Berg and Mrs.
Betha Digree, who served the past
year as one-year members, were
re-named for an additional three
year term.
The next meeting-of the board
will be held Thursday, December
11.
Many Alaskans in
Enrollment at U.
Four hundred and twenty-six
Alaskans are included in the rec
ord enrollment of 693 students at
the University of Alaska this se
mester. Late registration closed
October 1, and a breakdown of en
rollment shows 215 students from
other states, including one from
Hawaii and 17 foreign students.
Countries represented by for
eign student enrollment are: Can
ada, France, England, Germany,
Nigeria and the Philippines.
The bulk of the students are
from Fairbanks and Anchorage,
with a scattered few from other
cities and towns in Alaska. 179
was Mected vice-president for
Ala^ West, and William C.
Stum’' Ketchikan, vice-president
for Alaska East. “Osky” Weedy is
the new secretary-treasurer.
John Cushing was elected to the
board of trustees for a three-year
term. The other two members of
the board are Bud Metzgar and
Bob Haag of Juneau.
Spencer, Brechan
Win Council Seats
Bob Spencer was re-elected to
office on the city council and Fred
Brechan newly elected in Tues
day's municipal election.
A total pf 230 votes were cast.
Stan Alvine, also a candidate,, re
ceived 101 votes. Victor Strash
garnered 69. Bob Spencer of the
elected candidates polled the most
votes with 144 and Brechan, 118.
Dorothy Clark was elected to
the school board.
X-Ray Team Here
Week of Ocf. 20
Chest x-rays will be given the
general public in Kodiak begin
ning October 20, according to
Alaska Health Department nurses,
who were in Kodiak this week.
X-rays will be free to the pub
lic. Children will be given the
x-rays on the 24th of this month.
The program will be worked in
three shifts on that day. Mothers
who desire to assist are asked to
call Mrs. Hess at 4593 or 3323.
Next week the x-ray team will
visit the outlying villages.
Dinner Saturday
For Leg. Visitors
A no-host cocktail and dinner
party will be held at the Mont
martre Inn next Saturday in hon
or of the visiting Alaska Legis
lative Council members and visit
ing dignitaries.
The cocktail hour is scheduled
for 6:30 p.m. in the downstairs of
the Montmartre. A chuckwagon
dinner will be served starting at
7:30 in the upstairs dining room.
A Chamber of Commerce spon
sored affair, it is being arranged
to enable as many people as wish
to avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to talk with the visitors.
Leon Johnson is in charge of
the refreshments.
are from the former and 105 from
the latter.
Six students are enrolled from
Kodiak*. ^hese are Herbert Car
penter, Gerald Clark, Kenneth
Durley, Otis Rooney Jr., John
Sautner and Frances Vickery.
Along The
Waterfront
Thousands of King Crab wop*
tagged, and released around Kod
ak Island during the summer. Th*
majority wpre released in Chiniak
Bay, according to an announce
mpit from the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game.
The return of these crabs to h;
oloeists of the department is ne
cessary for studies of crab growth
and migration. Guy Powell and
Roy Rickey, biologists here, r<
quest that any crabs caught, wilt
tags attached, be delivered to
them. They may be contacted al
phone 3324. The crab, with ta^
attached, may also be turned ir v
to canneries processing crabs.
A reward of $2.00 will be pa*,
for each crab that is carrying s>
tag.
&
WORKERS, CANNERY AGREE
The cannery workers and the
King Crab, Inc. reached an agree
ment late last week, when the
Cannery Workers Union elected to
accept the offer of the cannery
for a similar wage scale as pre
vailed last year. The scale is $2.2h
per hour straight time. The work
ers request for a weekly payday
instead of the draw system as ir*
past years, wa^ granted by th*
cannery.
*£
JUNEAU The 1958 Mask,
canned salmon pack fell 25,(KM
cases short of the three million
mark, but surpassed last year ?
by more than half a million case,v
The final Fish and Wildlif*
pack report gave this year’s tota
as 2,974,993 cases. That was 532
283 cases more than packed :
year ago. The solid pink runs ac
counted for the gain over the 1957
season; helped to offet the severe
decline in reds and lesser loss ir
chums. This year Southeastern
and Central districts showed 1
substantial gain over last year.
The Western district, where m
catches were far below normal
finished with a decline of 123,44;
cases from 1957.
£
At King Crab, inc., some activi
ty is being shown. The canncr>
will start receiving crab Octobe
14, mainly for freezing.... Boats
are bein" readied for the crab op
eration which will soon start nov
that the wage dispute hos beer
settled_ Bob Resoff is expect
ed back Sunday.... The nev
shrimp packing addition is mov
ing right along, with Chris Paul*
son overseeing.
£
At Alvine’s Marine Repair, they
are working on the All-Jim....
Pete Walkoffs Attu is being out
fitted with a.new; Ford diesel..:.
L 'Bob Von Scheele’s Shuyak is hav
; ing new guards put on.
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