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VOL. 18 NO. 24
KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 14, 1958
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Seven Residents
Become Citizens
Seven residents of Kodiak be
came citizens of the United States
in a fitting ceremony held in the
courtroom Tuesday. An overflow
crowd audience was in attendance.
The program, interspersed with
musical selections by the Navy
band under the direction of Chief
Bennett, consisted of the presen
tion of the petitioners by George
Martin, of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, and the ad
ministering of the oath by the
Clerk of the Court. Following the
signing of the petitions, and invo
cation, given by Rev. John Mol
letti, members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and American Le
gion Color Guard presented the
colors. This was followed by the
oath of allegiance, led by George
Cornelius, commander of Post No.
17 of the American Legion.
Merrill Coon, mayor of Kodiak,
acting as master of ceremonies,
introduced Cmdr. Ralph Groom,
district legal officer, 17th Naval
District, who s;poke briefly.
Dr. Gordon Palmer spoke to the
new citizens on the subject of
“The Privilege of Being an Ameri
can.” In a stirring message. Dr.
Gordon stated: “One of the great
est privileges under God is to be
an American citizen.” He spoke
from first hand experience, he
said, because he came to this
country from another land. He
drew on his personal experiences
to show the United States as a
land of opportunity—where each
has equal rights to gain an i Jura
tion and to work.
“It is all wrong,” he said, “to
designate one group as Anglo
American, another Italian-Ameri
can or Russian-American. There
is no such thing. After taking
your oath of allegiance you re
nounce allegiance to any other
country or ruler. You are an
American.”
“The first thing to do when
Plan Many Events
For Celebration
A tentative schedule announced
hy the Fourth of July planning
committee this week, reveals
something every minute during
the big day’s celebration.
The day will start with the tra
ditional parade and" flag raising
ceremonies. Following these,
events will be run off like clock
work with the day’s contests get
ting under way.
Among the day’s events will be
the children’s games and races at
the downtown school grounds; the
Pillar Mountain climb; boys’ and
girls’ bicycle races; tug of war
contests for both adults and chil
dren; pie eating contest; egg
throwing contest for adults only;
boat races from the D & A dock;
soap Ibox derby; Little League
baseball game at the new ball
field; smoker at the Labor Tem
ple; the Coronation Ball and wind
ing up with the gigantic street
dance in town.
you gain, citizenship is to register^
then to vote,” he stated. “For it is
by this means we can out-think,
out-live atheistic communism. Let
them know we can out-die .them.”
Dr. Palmer is on a lecture tour
of Alaska and is director of the
“Christ Is the Answer” radio ser
vice in the state of California.
Peter Ramaglia, past Exalted
Ruler of the Elks lodge here, pre
sented American flags to the new
citizens. The program was con
cluded with remarks by Judge J.
L. McCarrey, Jr., who also pre
sented the certificates. Singing of
the National anthem and retiring
of the color guard concluded the
ceremony.
The seven petitioners were
William Koumainis, Una Malutin,
Harald Hundhammer, Alois Ko
pun, Nadia Kopun, Natalina Hob
son and Jean Jarvis.
Convention Date
Set for Nov. 6-8
The 8th (annual convention of
the League of Alaskan Cities will
be held in Juneau November 6,
7, and 8, it was announced this
week (by Anchorage Mayor Anton
Anderson, league president. The
two Gastineau Channel cities, Jun
eau and Douglas, will be joint
hosts to the fifteen other member
cities of the league. Invited guests
will include officials of other Alas
kan cities and villages, federal
and territorial officials, elected
legislators, representatives of the
Military and Labor.
Newly appointed to the league’s
executive committee by Mayor
Anderson is Dr. Paul Haggland,
mayor of Fairbanks. He succeeds
former Fairbanks mayor Douglas
Preston, now Kodiak city clerk.
Preston, 1955-56 president of the
league, resigned his position as
league trustee in order to give
Fairbanks representation on the
executive committee. Other mem
bers of the committee are Juneau
Mayor M. L. MacSpadden, league
vice-president; Mayor Ernest J.
Haugen, Petersburg; Mayor Mer
rill Coon, Kodiak; Mayor Karl
Barth, Cordova; Mayor J. E. Win
ston, Ketchikan; and Mrs. Lucy
Mick of Palmer, executive secre
tary.
Ben Kraft Home
From Stateside
Ben Kraft returned Tuesday
from Seattle, where he spent the
past three weeks on business.
He also visited his wife, Edna,
in San Raphel for a few days.
Mfrs. Kraft is still taking medical
treatments but may be coming
back to Kodiak for a short visit
later this summer.
Elect Dave Henley
Dave Henley was re-elected
president of the Kodiak Stock
growers Association at their meet
ing held June 5.
Joe Zentner will serve as vice
president and DeWiit Fields as
secretary-treasurer. ^ >
Kincaid Elected
C of C President
In what was probably an unpre
cedented election O. K. Kincaid
was elected president of the Kod
iak Chamber of Commerce for
the coming year. He succeeds
John Gibbons, the present incum
bent.
Kinkaid, nominated by the nom
inating committee, declined. Eight
members were nominated from
the floor, and each in turn de
clined. The new president-elect
then withdrew his declination,
prefacing it with the comment,
“This has gone far enough.” He
was elected president by unani
mous ballot
Others elected to office were
Dick Berg as 1st vice-president;
2nd vice-president-elect is Charles
Edris. Bob Miller was elected sec
retory-treasurer. On the board of
directors, besides retiring presi
dent John Gibbons* who automa
tically acts on the board, are Dr.
Bob Johnson and Ben Kraft.
O. K. Kincaid has been a resi
dent of Kodiak for the past sev
eral years. He is a certified ac
countant.
The new officers will be install
ed at the next meeting of the
Chamber.
Dr. Bob Johnson, chairman of
the 4th of J^ly committee, report
ed plans for the celebration “pro
gressing nicely.” He urged all
those present to support the pro
gram by buying tickets and par
ticipating.
Rev. Talbott spoke to the group
and advocated a community recre
ation project be started, as an aid
to curbing juvenile delinquency,
evidence of which, he said, has
been apparent in the community
of late. He suggested such activi
ties as possibly a baseball clinic,
classes in tap, ballet and other
dancing, demonstrations such as a
style show for the girls, and other
projects as an outlet for youthful
energies.
Ten dollars was voted to the
Community Improvement Com
mittee for its work after an ap
peal from Merrill Coon. Mayor
Coon suggested each organization
in the city at a later date contri
bute $100 towards the work of the
commattekr “This would enable
us to buy paint or needed sup
plies and hire labor when needed.
Volunteer labor is hard to find
many times,” he said.
Elgin Is Visitor
0. L. Elgin, industrial manager
for Libby, McNeil and Libby, was
a visitor in town this week. He
was enroute to the company’s can
nery at Moser Bay.
Ellgin was superintendent at
the Moser Bay cannery in 1956
and 1957. He is visiting canneries
throughout the territory in his
new capacity as industrial mana
ger.
WINTERMAN TO RETIRE
George Smith, winterman at
Libby McNeil and Libby cannery
at Moser Bay, is being retired
this year. He is 65.
Council Frowns
On Money Request
The newly-formed Planning and
Zoning Commission’s request for
an appropriation of $1,000 met
with disfavor from the council,
who were reluctant to reallocate
funds in the budget to supply this
amount. Funds were, however,
granted the commission.
Council members were of the
opinion that the anticipated ex
penses of the commission could
be included within the structure
of the present budget. It was
voted the commission operate
within the budget in the same
manner as any other department.
The body will be responsible to
the city manager for such ex
penses as may be necessary.
The commission’s recommenda
tion that the city manager attend
the building meeting in Anchor
age, July 24 and 25, was approved
byi the council.
Another recommendation of the
commission was that the city, ac
quire the portion of the city dock
area now claimed by Wallis
George, where the cold storage
plant was to be erected. A letter*
has been sent to George stating
that no extension would be given
him beyond the deadline of De
cember 19, 1958.
District Court
Sessions Conclude
Special sessions of the District
Court were held from Monday to
Wednesday, Judge J. L. McCar
rey, Jr., presiding.
Divorce cases heard, and the re
sults, were as follows: Oscar Dot
son vs. Ruby Dotson, proof suf
ficient for divorce; Spracher vs.
Spracher and Kraft and Son. a di
vorce settlement case, opinion re
served; Carol Tomaskiewicz vs.
Tomaskiewicz, separate mainten
ance case, dismissed.
Other oases heard and their re
sults: Fenner vs. Vokacek, quiet
title, continued to fall term; Curly
Jonas vs. Bank of Kodiak et al,
an admiralty case, opinion reserv
ed; Parry et al vs. Jim Beaty for
wrongful conversion, dismissed;
Kraft & Son vs. Don Bentley,
judgment entered against Bent
ley; Olena Daniels vs. Mildred
Markham et al, for personal in
jury, dismissed.
Two cases, City of Kodiak vs.
Pacific Alaska Contractors, Inc.,
and Darrell Chaffin et al vs. Harry
Lindgren, et al, were settled out
of court.
Visitors from L. A.
Honored at Dinner
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Palmer
were guests of honor at a buffet
dinner hosted by Rev. and Mrs.
John Molletti at their home Mon
day evening.
Dr. Palmer, who is retired but
describes himself as a ‘Minister-at
large,’ appears on the radio pro
gram “Christ Is the Answer,”
which is broadcast from Los An
geles. t ■:> &
Along The
Waterfront
Further Dredging
At SBH Entrance
Additional di edging to improvt
conditions at the channel entrance
has been approved by the U. S
Army Engineer District, Alaska,
on the Kodiak Small Boat Harbor
project
The additional dredging by the
contractor, Manson-Osbterg, wBt
move some 3,000 yards of material
removing a portion of a reef and
widen the entrance channel near
the southeast breakwater.
This work will complete thr
Army Engineer project. *
Harbor Nearing Completion
Work on the small boat harbor,
including the additional drilling
and dredging, should be complet
ed by July 4, according to *‘Jiggs*
Tice, resident manager, U. S. Corp
of Engineers. Well ahead of sched
ule, the boat harbor project should
be complete with floats and inner
facilities shortly, after that dalle.
Del . Valley came in with t|»
LOIS V late Thursday afternoon*
with the main float. It is anchored
in the harbor. The segment floats
are nearing completion, and friS
be brought in shortly.
City Manager Bill Poland is
calling for bids for part 2 of the
inner facilities project, which in
cludes the dock and berth con
struction. Bids will be received
until 2 p.m., July 1. Completion
of the harbor will moye
along after this contract is award
ed.
Construction Facts
A recap of some of the little
known facts on the small boal
harbor construction, supplied by
Tice, might be of interest.
Palroll from October 20, 1957
to May 5, 1958 amounted to $238,
397.59. Average payroll per week
for 29 weeks, $8,220.61. As 'of
May 20, totals man hours worker!,
60,812.
147,460 cu. yds. of material were
dredged and 155,480 cu. yds. of
material were placed in position.
Number of holes drilled and shot
in harbor, 2176. Powder used in
this operation in just the harbor
was 38,967 pounds. Total footage
drilled in the harbor was 22,461.
Considerable mileage was chalk
ed up by the big EucLids in haul
ing the rock for the harbor break
waters. They made a total of
5654 round trips from the harbor
and quarry. The weight of a load
ed Euclid averaged 25-30 tons. .
Offer Big Prizes
To Boat Racers
Boat racing is expected to t»
one o<f the feature attractions of
the big celebration planned for
the 4th of July. Three types of
races are now being planned with
some excellent prizes for each.
One of the races that attract
considerable interest, | especially
from the spectator ibipt. 0f view*,
is the unlimited hydroplane race
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