.Harbor Project Down For Holidays
pejorated Dredge
Gives Xmas Look
Tp Harbor Site
(This is the third in a series of
article# dealing with the Small
Boat Harbor construction).
By Sig Digree
The 'Christmas spirit has invaded
the* windblown dredge that sucks
relentlessly from the cold depths
of the small boat harbor site. As
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the dredgemen daily push their
tasi. of deepening the harbor, they
have paused long enough to
“plant” a Christmas tree atop the
pOpt house, and decorated it with
many-colored lights and orna
pients.
; This and the long string of many
colored lights along the pipe float
has served to make this town a
little more conscious of the holi
day spirit.
As you read this, many of the
i
know of no
no truer
Kodiak
this sincere Holiday
Christmas and
Bless You”
The Miiegges
and
The Fitzgeralds
Kodiak Hotel
We wish you
a sparkling, joyful
anil Hcppy Holiday Season!
The iStaff
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Log Cabin Liquor Store
crew members have boarded a
psane for home and Christmas with
their families. Many of them will
remain, however, having their
families here.
We have stressed in these art
icles what “knowhow” means in
completing a project of this na
ture. The work is dangerous, since
it is done day and night, in any
kind of weather,, and on tide
water—dangerous at anytime in it
self.
The crew is built around a key
group of dredgemen and old-time
employees. Art Molvar, energetic
dredge captain, has been on dredg
ing operations the past 28 years,
and has understandably picked up
a lot of the tricks; of the trade in
that time. He worked here in 1938
u —.. pcTiww, ior j^raj&e .t'uget
Sound when they were dredging
Woman's Bay.
(>! the three levermen, Carl
Andresen has spent 40 years of his
life in the business. Another lever
man, Bill Simpkins has been doing
it for 35 years and Courtney Lyons,
15 years. Simpkins is in charge
during the holiday shut down.
Of the five mates aboard, Ells
worth Wilson tons them all in ex
perience with 15 years, and Bill
Pavao next with 10. The others,
John Ferguson, Louis Cavenaugh
and Fred Angerman, have all had
several years experience. Welder
aboard, and a busy one, is Ted Be
hall.
We have already mentioned
Floyd Barney, the Chief Engineer.
He not only is an experienced
dredgeman, but had a hand in the
building of the dredge itself. Todd
Shipyards in Seattle, partially
built the dredge and it was com
pleted and outfitted in the Manson
Osberg yards. Cost was approxi
mately $335,000.
The rest of the crew is made up
as follows: Assistant engineer Art
Prekaski, Bill Hunter and Ronald
Schwartz. Boatman Jim Coulter,
we are sorry to report, left recent
ly for hospitalization in the States.
Deckhands include three local
men, Sam Nelson, Herb Carpenter
and Leroy Rlondin and four
• • MERRY CHRISTMAS: and J!
\[ A HAPPY NEW YEAR to \\
l} all the Kodiak people from • •
•; Olaf Halverson, _ Nome, l!
•! Alaska. « ] [
t* # ♦ ♦ ♦ f *
Mey we extend the wish
trot yours will be glad
dened a little by cur
oppreciotion r
Greetings
from the
Staff of the
Polar Bear Cafe
Closed
Christmas Day
others—James Ryman, Charles
Hixon, Jim Schwartz and Mat
Pytel.
Work as you know, continues
around the clock. It has been es
timated by “Jiggs” Tice, Resident
Engineer on the project for the
Corps of Engineers, cost is about
$2 a minute for the operation.
Tice’s job is to see that the con
tract “specs” are carried out.
That, of course, is only one of his
many duties. He keeps a log of
construction progress, a log of the
men working on the project, and
their hours of work, accidents,
last time, payroll, complete pay.
estimate. Unlike many contracts*
the contractor is paid periodically
during construction. Completion
of the job data is therefore im
portant
“Jiggs”, whose first name is
Tom, likes Kodiak. He and his wife
Gail (whom he met in Switzerland)
and their two boys, Tom age 10
and Jim, age 8, live on Marine Way
in a house purchased since he
came here in April of this year. He
hails from Galletin Valley, Mon
tana, and attended Montana State
(Continued on page 15)
HAPPY
HOLIDAY SEASON
Fired, Ruth & Lou
Breakers Bar
Thank you, friends and neigh
bors, for your fine cooperation
and helpful courtesy in the past
year. We look forward to a
bright future and hope you will
receive a generous share of the
good will and happiness so
much in evidence today. •
Crab, In
IN THE SPOTLIGH
m
CHRISTWA
MAY THIS
*E YOUR
HAPPIEST
SEASON OF
THEM ALL
KNUDSEN’S