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VOL. 16 NO. 25
KODIAK, ALASKA. JUNE 23, 1956
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Committee Announces
4th Of July Events
The Chamber of Commerce
Fourth of July Planning Commit
tee has released a final schedule
of the events planned for this com
ing Fourth and the following
times scheduled for the days ac
tivities will be adhered to as close
ly as possible.
9:00 a.m.—Parade, marching units
and floats to report to Parade Mar
shall Pete Ramaglia for the par
ade formation scheduled to be set
up from the intersection of Alaska
Way and Brooklyn back past the
Elk’s Building and up Thorsheim
Way.
10:00 a.m.—Parade. Starts at
Brooklyn Ave. & Thorsheim St.
10:30 a.m.—Flag Raising, School
yard
11:30 a.m.—Childrens Races, Mar
ine Way
’ 11:30 a.m.—Childrens Races, Mar
ine Way
12:00 noon—Mountain Climb, 16
yr. old and under
12:30 p.m.—Mountain Climb, 17
years and over
(Climbs start and finish at Bert's
Drug Store)
12:30—Bicycle Races, Boys and
Girls, Bert’s Drug Store.
1:00 p.m.—Soap Box Derby, Mill
Bay Road
1:30 p.m.—Soap Box Derby con
tinued, Mill Bay Road
2:30 p.m.—Pie Eating Contest,
Main St. at USO
3:00 p.m.—Egg Throwing Contest,
Main St. at USO
3:30 p.m.—Ice Cream, Free for
kids, front of USO
4:00—Tug O’ War, Fishermen
(World Champs) vs. All Comers
4:30—Boat Races, D & A Dock
6:00 p.m.—Horse Races, Shupp
Bldg, to Brooklyn & Alaska Way
8:00 p.m.—Evening Street Dance,
Front of USO
DRIVERS APPREHENDED
Earl Crouse was fined $35, and
given a 10-day suspended sentence
in the City Magistrate’s court earl
ier this week. His drivers license
was revoked for a 20-day period.
He was apprehended for driving
60 miles an hour on Mission Road
in a 30 mile zone.
Jack Bierce received a $25 fine,
which was suspended, and his stu
dent license revoked for 20 days,
on conviction of negligent driving
NEW STAFF EMPLOYEE
Stanley Thorsheim joined the
staff of the Kodiak Mirror this
week.
Stanley will work as a part time
employee. He will continue his
studies at the Kodiak High school
this fall.
SLANDER SUIT PbSTPONED
The Amanda Price-Oleta Daniels
slander suit will be tried some
time next week, it was announced
by the U.S. Commissioner, Mabel
Fenner.
Lack of a U.S. Marshall has slow
ed court proceedings, as a jury
has to be paneled. The Commis
sioner has appointed Patrolman
Ovid McKinley to select a Jury. It
is expected thus will he accomp
lished next week
Baptists Due
Here Tuesday
A special plane carrying four
teenteen visitors is due Tuesday,
June 26 at 10:10 a. m. The group,
headed by Miss Dorothy Bucklin,
has been attending the American
Baptist Convention in Seattle the
past week. Miss Bucklin is Direc
tor of Alaska Work of Home Mis
sion Society, with headquarters in
New York City.
The party will have lunch on
the Naval Station before coming
into town. There will be an orien
tation session Tuesday evening at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson. Dr. Johnson will
give an outline of the history of
Kodiak. A trip on the Mission
boat Evangel to Ouzinkie, with
lunch at Baker Cottage there, is
scheduled for Wednesday, weath
er permitting. There will be a
Family Night dinner at the Bap
tist Church Wednesday evening.
The party, will be taken on a
tour of Kodiak, and shown places
of historical interest, on Thursday.
Those expected on the tour are
Dr. Ralph Taylor Andem, Execu
tive Secretary, Michigan Baptist
Convention, Lansing, Michigan;
Mrs. Marie Ball, Seattle, Washing
ton; Mrs. J. M. Carlson, Menlo
Park, California; Mrs. Harvey O.
Dobson, Brooklyn, New York; Mr.
and Mrs. Royall Gay, Chicago, Ill
inois; Mary Evelyn Jerome, Ben
nington, Vermont; Loree Presnell,
Garden City, Michigan; Ruth
Richardson, Brooklyn, New York;
Mary E. Risser, Dayton, Ohio; Mil
dred;-Scott, New York City; Mrs.
Jane West, Plainfield, New Jer
sey; Mrs. Jennie Willis, Terre
Haute, Indiana and Miss Bucklin.
Friday has been set as the day
of departure.
New Speed Laws
On Naval Station
New speed zones are now in ef
fect throughout the Naval Station.
Limits have been raised in certain
areas and lowered in others, ac
cording to Naval Station officials.
Tom Stiles Road and Avenue
‘G\ from the Main Gate to the
Rear Gate, the Ski Chalet Road
and the Chiniak Road, from the
Rear Gate to the end of the Naval
Station Boundary, are all 35 mile
per-hour zones. 15 mile-per-hour
zones include all residential areas.
Lake Louise, Aviation Hill, Civil
ian Hill, SOQ-JOQ-M EMQ areas
and Third Street, the residential
area on Nymans Peninsula.
All other areas are considered
to be 25 mile-per-hour zones.
VFW DELEGATE RETURNS
Mrs. Edythe Smith returned yes
terday from Anchorage where she
attended the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Territorial Encampment
held this past week. She attended
as a delegate from the Ladies
Auxiliary to Katmai Post 7056.
Mrs. Smith announced that the
1957 Territorial Encampment will
be held in Kodiak.
Small Catch
At Karluk
Closure of the fishing in the
Karluk area has been announced
by FWS Agent Roy Lindsley. This
is a temporary closure, according
to Lindsley, due to the small run
of fish so far.
The area has been open eighty
four hours a week, and was sched
uled to re-open Monday. Fish
caught., according to Lindsley, has
reached an all-time low. 32,000
fish have been caught through
June 21. Fifty boats have been
operating in the area. This repre
sents a small catch per unit. The
32,000 catch is in striking contrast
to the 1926 figure of 1,126,000
which is the number of fishi that
passed through the weir in that
year. About 4000 were counted so
far this year, making a total of
about 36,000 fish.
The closure will be in effect
until further notice.
Boat Racers
To Meet Again
Another meeting of boat owners
who will compete in the 4th of
July races has been called for to
morrow at 2 p. m. at Walt Mullers
Apartments.
Competition is expected to be
keen this year. Activities Chair
man Muller is seeking to work out
rules for the events which will be
satisfactory to all participants.
Anniversary
Celebrated
The U. S. Army Signal Corps
celebrated its 96th anniversary on
June 21. Its theme for this year
is announced as “Serving the
Army and the Nation.”
Highlighting the Anniversary,
Army Signal Corps Installations
and Troops Units throughout the
world planned activities ranging
from Military Reviews and open
houses to demonstrations and dis
plays of Army Signal Corps equip
ment and communications tech
niques. Keynoting all anniversary
activities was the graphic portray
al of the theme.
The Alaska Communications Sys
tem, an agency of the ASC. has
long been identified with the de
velopment of Alaska and the Pa
cific Northwest. Its headquarters
are in Seattle, but stations are
maintained in 32 population cen
ters in Alaska. It is basically miii
tary, but was conceived of a com
bined military and civil require
ment and over the years has con
tinued to serve both.
The ACS manned two expedi
tions into the Arctic. One in 1881
to Pt. Barrow. The other, in 1884,
to Lady Franklin Bay. Construc
tion of new lines followed, until
in 1900, communications in the
territory became a reality.
Experiments with radio were
conducted by the Alaska branch
Of the ACS between Port Safety
in the vicinity of Nome, south
across Norton Sound. In August.
1903, messages were exchanged
satifacorily, and commercial ser
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Traffic Shown
In Road Count
A road count of traffic on the
Base-Town road was taken over a
period of seven days, beginning
June 12 and ending Tuesday, June
19. Figures disclosed an average
of 1745.5 cars passed per day over
the road in the seven day period,
according to Paul Stover of the
Alaska Road Commission.
A special counter, furnished by
the department, was set up above
the junction of the Base and City
dock roads. The count was auto
matic, and was actually a tire
count. Each set of wheels register*
ed a half a count. Thus, each pass
enger car and average truck would
register one full count, and six
wheel trucks one and a half.
Stover stated that in peak peri
ods, over 400 cars would travel
the road over a short period of
time, the heaviest being in the
morning and evening rush hours
to and from work
The count conducted this year
year reveals that the traffic on
the road has almost doubled since
the last tabulation about two years
ago. Below is a day to day count.
Each represents a 24 hour period.
Wednesday, June 13, 1514 cars
were counted; June 14, 1567; June
15, 1851; June 16, 2026; June 17,
1736; June 18, 1532 and June 19,
1993. Total cars counted were
12,219.
Stover stated considerable main
tenance work will be done in the
Chiniak area this summer. He is
is presently constructing a pile
driven bridge across Rossland
creek, and stated that several
other bridges are in need of re
pair.
IMPROVEMENT IN RADIO,
TV RECEPTION NEAR
A vast improvement in both ra
dio and TV reception is expected
with the completion of assemby
of the new radio broadcasting
tower now in progress. The con
struction work is being done by
men of the Naval Station Public
Works Department at the site of
the new AFRS Building located
on Nymans Peninsula.
At present both radio and TV
outlets are using the same tower,
whereby the radio antenna is sup
pended between the AFRS Build
ing and the TV tower. The prox
imity of the radio antenna to the
TV equipment has been the cause
of poor reception on local TV sets.
The new radio tower, which is
expected in operation within a
week, will be 200 feet high.
RETURN FROM CONVENTION
Rev. and Mrs. John Molletti and
Mr. and Mrs. S. R Dunlap of
Paradise, California, are expected
to arrive in Kodiak today. Mr. and
Mrs. Dunlap are the parents of
Mrs. Molletti and will visit here
for an indefinite time.
Also arriving today are William
Stone and his brother. Rev. Sid
ney Stone of Livermore, Califor
nia, who will remain in Kodiak
several weeks.
They have all, been attending
the American Baptist Convention
in Seattle tliia past week...,
Along The
Waterfront
Gleaming white boats, reflecting
in the sunlight of the past week,
and their multi-patterned wakes as
they churned out the channel, was .
a familiar and pleasant sight these
past days.
However, as far as the fishing
picture goes, it is not so pleasant.
The small catches reported so far,
and the consequent closure of the
season in the Karluk area, have ao
tually brought more activity ti
the local waterfront, as boats are
in for supplies, etc, in preparation
for the reopening of the arga for
fishing. See elsewhere for a more
detailed account oh t he closure.
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There have been a few boats ift
this past week. The San Juan,
skippered by John Johnson, re
mained here several days awaiting
parts for repair of her depth find
ing equipment. The halibut bopt
Laredo from Vancouver, B.C. took
on a load of fish for bait. Olaf
Rofstad is the skipper.
The tug Active, belonging to
Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co,
was in. The health boat Hygiene
refueled and proceeded on its way..
The Cordova Salvor brought in
the FWS plane which had ground
ed at Sitkinak some time ago
Some of the boats noted at the
dock were the Lois, Kinkfish, Mar
mot, Billy Marie and Miss Jean,
and many others.
The Sea Star, a Libby McNeil
tender, brought in 7000 fish to
Halfertys. The Cannery’s tender,
Yarsh, brought in 170 boxes of
clams. The Sunrise, Marvin Myer,
skipper, docked yesterday with
7500 fish. She is a Kodiak Fish
eries tender.
The Guy Junior is getting equip
ped for a trip to Sitkinak, as it
has been chartered by the Morri
son-Knudsen Company. Chet and
Beryl Clymer and Neil Sargent
are the crew-owners.
At Alvine and Gibsons, the Ros
anna Dawn is off the float. The
CAA boat Civair is in for exten
sive repairs. Howard Sloniger, the
skpper, is taking a vacation this
week, and is reported doing some
fishing. Gene Erwin's jitney is *»
for repairs. The Explorer had a
new prop installed, but is seen i»
the water again. The skipper, Alf
Madsen, has been getting her ship
shape for trips to Sea Lion Rook
eries and for charter. The work
on the missionary boat Evangel
has now been completed. All say
she looks like new. The Parks No
6 is in for repair on her damaged
sides.
LONG BEACH VISITOR
Randall McFarland of Long
Beach, California, arrived this
week to visit Sig and Betha I>»~
gree for an indefinite time. Mr
McFarland and Mrs. Digree are
cousins.
NELSONS RETURN TO KODIAfc
Stan and Nita Nelson retnrne#
Wednesday from an extended va
cation in Enumclaw, Washington.
According to Nita, they enjojntf
sunny, warm weather during n»oa*
of their stay there.