'News of 'America's Last Frontier”
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KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 22, 1956
I'RICE 10 CENTS
Diplomat
Visits Here
His Excellancy Dr. Heinz L.
Krekeler, German Ambassador to
the United States, arrived in Ko
diak Tuesday morning. He was
greeted with full honors by the
Commandant, Captain D.W. Olney;
the Inspector General Captain N.
J. Sampson; Naval Station Com
manding Officer Captain R. W. Al
len; Mayor of Kodiak. Leon John
son and City Manager Charles
Truitt.
The Ambassador toured the Na
val Station in the morning. He
was briefed on the technical devel
opments used in operations, and
Fleet Weather Central, in which
he expressed particular interest.
The Ambassador has been a scien
test in the field of chemistry so
was particularly interested in mil
itary aspects of Alaska with em
phasis on technical developments
and problems.
His schedule included luncheon
with the Naval Station Toastmast
ers Club. He spoke to the members
of the Club on the situation in
Germany today.
In the afternoon, accompanied
by Captain Olney, Capt. Allen, Ma
jor Francis C. Macken of the Air
Force, his Secretary Dr. Otto Axei
herbst, and two City officials. May
or Leon Johnson and Charles
Troitt, he made a tour of the City’s
points of interest. He stopped at
the Russian Church and visited
with Rev. Sturmer. He showed
particular interest in the two can
neries at the City Dock, and the
king crab operation.
. Returning to the Naval Station,
he was entertained at the Officer's
Ch»b by the Commandant at an in
formal stag dinner. In the evening
he spoke over the AFRS radio. His
talk dealt mainly with the German
situation today and unification.
Ihe latter is the greatest problem
Germany faces today, the Ambas-,
sador said. The people are bank
teg on the fact that historically no
nation has remained divided for
long against the will of the people.
Be said he believes this unification
may be accomplished by peaceful
means. In connection with this he
rofcrfed to the fact that three
fourths of Germany Is on the side
of freedom. He cited the uprising
in East Germany -three -years ago
and said tliat if wds ^followed by
tee flood of 200 thousand refugees
who had risked their lives to join
the cause of freedom.
The second great problem, the
Ambassador stated, has been cer
tain differences with France. At
the end of this year, be said, Ger
many will have the SAR Disin
problem settled and will then be
te agreement with Fiance on all
major matters.
Throughout the Ambassador's
gpeaeh was the expression of faith
teat through cooperation in the
NATO Alliance the moral forces
of the free world could provide a
hopeful future.
Dr. Krekeler left Kodiak Wed
nesday morning enroute to Juneajt
where he will be the guest of the
Governor of Alaska.
Pictured above are Captain Olney, Dr. Otto AxelherbSt, Dr. Krekeler, Captain Sampson, Captain
Allen, Charles Truitt and Leon Johnson. —U. S. Navy Photo
Adult Classes
Planned At HS
Adult education classes in aca
demic and commercial subject!
will be open ; soon, according t<
Ivor Schott, Superintendent o
Schools. These will be nigh
courses and will be open to al
adults in Kodiak and on the Na
val Station.
The plan is to help those whc
wish to avail themselves of th<
advantages of evening classes
Courses will be offered in moderi
languages, which will in :lude Rus
sian, French and German; Eng
lish-rrthis will be survey of gram
mar and public speaking;. Mathe
matics—algebra and geometry. 1
is planned to have h i s t o r j
courses. These will include U. S
history, World history and histon
of Russia; also the history of Alas
ka.
Several commercial subjects will
be taught. These will include typ
ing and bookkeeping. Other sub
jects indude Civics; Econdnfit ge
ograpby of the U. S<4&. R., foot
preparation. “It is likely that an}
academic or vocational subject
may be added, provided that in
terest is shown by 12 to 15 per
sons,” Schott stated.
Those interested in the evening
classes program may receive in
formation on registration by call
ing the office of the Superintend
ent of Schools. The telephone
number is 3041.
Registration will be open for the
people of Kodiak at the old higt
school building on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, September 24
25 and 26, in a room located in the
basement, from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m
Registration for Base personnel
may be made on the Naval Station
Classes are expected to starl
October 1.
Ten In Race
For Council
i .■ ..
Ten candidates are known to have
entered the- face far a seat on the
: City Council. Oniyr three have ae
• tually filed up to press time. No
[ one so far is seeking- tht 'Mayor’s
. job. .. .
Candidates who have actually
filed are Tim Gilmore, George
Sonntag and George Cornelius.
> Others who are circulating peti
tions are Bob Spencer, Pete De
veau and Jim Loan. r •
i
Pete Deveau is seeking re-elec
tion. He has served for the past
two years. He is the only one of
the Council members who is seek
ing office this year. Leon Johnson
' has declined to again run for May
or. Bob Hall, present Councilman,
, states he is definitely out of tile
running. So also Anna Mae Voka
cek. Wilton White is out-of-town,
but has not filed. Pat Cannon
could not be reached. Stan Netaon
hadn’t filed up to press time.
Two candidates from the newly
annexed area were disqualified, as
requirements called for two years
in Alaska and one year in Kodiak.
They were Carl Huer and Cil Jar
vela.
With no candidates for Mayor,
there is much speculation as to
how the office will be filled. In the
event there is no candidate, or no
one elected, the Council can select
one of their own members.
Other names mentioned as can
didates are Fred Brechan and El
don Lester. The former stated he
is definitely not going to run. The
latter is on a hunting trip and
could not be contacted.
Time for filing closes at noon
today. .
Four more candidates are circu
lating petitions for Council seats.
Their names, Jim Brightman, De
witt Fields, Erwin Gilbreath and
Charles Edris.
Construction
To Begin Soon
The Building Committee of the
the local Elks Lodge received the
“go ahead” signal for the construc
tion of a new Lodge hall, when
the members voted unanimous ap
proval to erect the building at an
estimated cost of approximately
$100,000. The new hall is being
constructed on the site of the old
Mahle estate, located on Marine
Way.
The members voted to spend this
amount at their meeting last week.
They also voted to assess each
member $10 a- year, which will be
in addition to the regular dues.
The assessment money will be
used to retire the. bonds, which
will be issued, to finance the budd
ing. >*.';' .
An architect in Anchorage is
drawing up plans, for .the building.
They are expected to be complet
ed in the near future.
Jorgen Frederickson, Chairman
of the Building Committee, states
that arrangements have already
been made to pour ready-mixed
concrete. Much of the initial labor
will be done by the members on
a volunteer basis. It is planned to
begin work this year.
Gruenfng To Speak
Public Is Invited
Former Alaskan Governor Ern
est Gruening will be the principal
speaker at a meeting sponsored by
the Kodiak Island Democratic
Club. The meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, and will be held at
the Elks Club, beginning at 8 p.m.
Several other Sfficials and Dem
ocratic candidates for office are ex
pected to be present. The meet
ing is open to the public.
Along The
Waterfront
Rough seas, winds and snow flur
ries are curtailing boat operations
these days in and out of Kodiak.
Crab and fish canning operations,
too, are reduced to a minimum due;
to bad weather.
However, Pete Deveau of Island
Seafoods states the Suzie Q was
the only one in with a load of cfab
this week. Oscar Dyson brought
in 2400. The Eldorado and the
Richard D are both loaded with,
crab and are held up due to weath
er. We erroneously reported Miss
Arctic as. bringing in twb loads of
100 crab last week. It should'
have read 1000.
King Crab, inc. processed some
crab this week. They are freezing
them in sections. They will can at
a later date, using up their can
supply and then expect to switch
to freezing.
The City Dock doesn’t have much
activity other than having some
necessary work done on the dock.
The warm room is being insulated
and a concrete floor put in. The
beer room is also being repaired.
At Alvine and Gibsons, the bosk
man is off on a hunting trip. He
and a group are aboard a boat try
ing for elk. They were last heard
from at Port Wakefield, and will
probably be held up until the pres
ent blow is over. Tom VonScheeles
Marmot has been pulled up for
repair. Tom lives in Afognak.
Frank McConaghy reports little
activity at the cannery, other than
completing the dosing up opera
tion, which he expects to do today.
Henry Eaton leaves today for Seat
tle. Vallentine and McConaghy
will remain here for a while yet.
The tanker Alaska Standard
came in yesterday morning about
nine and left again in the after
noon. Harold Solback is the skip
per.
The big news on the waterfront;
of course,’ is that surveying has al
ready begun on the small boat har
bor. Three men from the Army
Engineers are aim in. Kodiak and
making-the necessary survey. They
are Jack Phillips, Raymond W inj
ect and Harold Gatliett, Jr. Har- .
uid larger is assisting with his
fath^'s skiff and outboard, as >
Petef has gone with Alf Madsen
on $ hunting trip.
Carpenter’s Union
To Have New Hall
The Carpenter s union pian to
have a new meeting hall in the
very near future. Work is progres
sing at their site located on the
corner of Brooklyn and Alaska
Way, where the Shore Patrol was
located for many years.
The new building will be 37 by
82 feet when completed. It will be
used for a meeting place. An old
building which housed one of the
Army theatres on^the Base is be
ing taken down \A sections. It will
be reassembled on the site. A ce
ment floor is planned. The entire
building will l)e covered with as
bestos siding.
Elvin Fost<^ is in charge of con
struction. /