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Mr. and Mrs. Brian Winson
(Jill Cope) have returned to
the Fairbanks area, where
Mrs. Winsor wil teach home ec
onomics at Wainwright junior
high school. Mr. Winsor will
continue his studies at the Uni
versity of Alaska.
* * *
Carmel Lee Mohan, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Mohan, left for Chicago on
Thursday, Aug. 22 for a visit
with relatives before return
ing to Mercy Hospital School
of Nursing in Janesville, Wis
consin. Mis Mohan will be a
junior this year.
* * *
Valton D. Fowler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Valton L. Fowler
of Willow, recently enlisted in
the U. S. Army at Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska for paratroop
training.
The new private will receive
his basic training at Fort Ord,
Calif., and his paratrooper
training at Fort Benning, Ga.
Upon completion of para
trooper training, Private Fowl
er will be assigned to either
the 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Campbell. Ky.
Fowler attended Wasilla
high school and has been a
resident of Willow for the past
two years, coming from Palm
dale, Calif.
* * •
Henrik Ohnstad, a guest at
the Alaska Pioneers’ Home in
Sitka, will celebrate his 79th
birthday on Sept. 6. Friends
in the Palmer area are asked
to send cards, letters or small
gifts to brighten the day,
which is often otherwise dull
for the residents of the home.
* * *
Janet Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Johnson
of Palmer, left last Sunday for
Tacoma, Washington, where
she will spend a week visit
ing former friends there be
fore making preparations to
enter the fall term at the Uni
versity of Puget Sound. Janet
is a 1963 graduate of Palmer
high school.
She will be joined by her
sister Mary next Sunday. |
A sophomore at UPS, she will
be enrolled in the Honors pro
gram this year.
Robert Corbin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Corbin of the
Butte area, will leave Sunday
for Portland, Oregon. Robert
will enter Pacific University at
Forest Grove, Oregon this fall.
He graduated with the 1963
Palmer high school class.
* * *
Grace Hurt, daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Hurt of Lazy
Mountain, will return to Chi
cago next Sunday, where she
will continue her studies in re
ligious music at Moody Bible
Institute.
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PALMER
Prince William Sound Salmon
Run Forecast Proves Correct
Purse seine fishing in Prince
Wiliam Sound closed on Aug
ust 19 after the longest and
most productive odd-year sea
son in fourteen years. Total sal
mon catch in 1963 was 6.3 mil
lion and escapement to streams
is expected to total 2.4 million
salmon when the last runs en
ter spawning streams in Sep
tember. Pink salmon composed
5.2 million of the catch and 1.8
million of the escapement. No
odd-year cycle pink run since
1949 has approached this size.
A 1.4 million catch and 0.5 mil
lion escapement of chum sal
mon combined to make the
1963 run the third largest of
all time and best since 1945 for
that species. Red salmon re
turning to Coghill River contri
buted 45,000 fish to the fleet
catch from a total run of 110,
000 reds. This represented a
three-fold grain in catch com
pared to 1962 and 1961 when
this fishery was first develop
ed by the Department. No fish
ery was permitted during the
year in the Eshamy district,
where the red salmon run, as
forecast, failed to develop any
strength.
The Department of Fish and
Game began forecast research
on Prince William Sound pink
and chum salmon populations
in 1960. The report of 1963
runs, issued in late 1962, fore
cast a pink salmon run of at
least moderate size (5 million)
based on preemergent fry sam
pling and listed several plus
COMMITTEE NAMES FIVE AREAS
TO AID ALASKANS IN JOBS
Governor William A. Egan
has announced that the Advi
sory Committee for State Man
power Development and Train
ing has cited five main areas
of attack in its efforts to make
sure Alaskans have the oppor
tunity to qualify for Alaskan
jobs. |
Accordingly, Committee
Chairman Gil Johnson has ap
pointed five separate sub
committees for continuing
work in each of the following
fields: Training Projects; Local
Workers; Youth; Research; and
Legislative-Public Relations.
Governor Egan appointed
the committee recently to
make recommendations con
cerning manpower develop
ment and training activities ap
propriate to the resources and
needs of Alaska. It held its
first meeting in Juneau last
week.
Keynoting the two day ses
sion, Governor Egan said, “I
believe this group can perform
one of the most important fun
ctions of any committee we
have ever had. If we do not
do something about occupa
tional training of our own peo
ple we will be falling down on
a job that is important to all
Alaska. This is the first state
wide concerted effort in this
field. The committee here is
a good nucleus of the people of
our State, who have a vital
interest in the program. I am
sure you will do your best to
promote recommendations that
will be helpful and practical
for Alaska.”
Chairman Johnson made the
following sub-committee as
signments:
TRAINING PROJECTS —
Chairman, Ferrall Campbell.
Operating Engineers Local 302,
Juneau: F. D. Chiei, RCA Ser
vice Company, Anchorage; J.
A. Kornfeind, Electrical Work
ers Local 1547, Fairbanks; Wil- ;
liam Woodfin, State Vocational |
Education Director, Anchorage. !
LOCAL WORKERS—Chair
man. Dwayne Carlson, Carpen
ters Local 347, Fairbanks;
Charles Featherstone, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Juneau; Joe
McGill, Dillingham; John Nus
unginya, Barrow.
YOUTH—Chairman, Henry
Bryant, Sitka Independent Sch
ool District! William E. Dav
is, Alaska Methodist Univer
sity, Anchorage; Joseph Fiala.
U. S. Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training, Anchorage;
James Simpson, Ketchikan
Community College; Lew Wil
liams Jr., Petersburg Press;
William Woodfin, Anchorage.
RESEARCH—Chairman, Dr.
John G. Tryon, University of
Alaska, College; Robert C. Sch
ick. Federal Aviation Agency,
Nome; William E. Davis, An
chorage; S. E. Hazelquist, Ket
chikan Pulp Company.
LEGISLATIVE-PUBLIC RE
LATIONS—Chairman. James
Simpson. Ketchikan: Ferrall
Campbell, Juneau; John B.
Foley. Anchorage; J. A. Korn
feind. Fairbanks; Dr. John G.
Tryon. College.
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factors based on escapement
and estuarine fry sampling
which indicated the pink sal
mon run would approach 8.0
million level. Since the Depart
ment’s objective during this
preliminary phase of forecast
development is to establish the
general level of the run and
thereby avoid severe financial
losses in the industry, the 7.0
million pink return in 1963 is
considered proof that current
research is accomplishing its
purpose. Expansion of similar
forecast studies into pink sal
mon fisheries at Kodiak, Cook
Inlet and Southeast Alaska was
already underway by early
1963.
The value of forecast ma
terial available on Prince Wil
liam Sound was especially evi
dent to management personnel
in the area. No changes in clos
ed waters were necessary as in
past years since areas of excess
and weak abundance were
forecast and this was provided
for either during Board of Fish
and Game meetings in 1962 or
by early closures of certain dis
tricts. For example, a huge run
at Port Etches was harvested
efficiently as it first appeared
and escapement gains were
: made in the Northwestern and
Northern districts where poor
runs were forecast.
CATES NAMED
Governor William A. Egan
anounced appointment of John
Cates of Noorvik as Director
of the Office of Rural Develop
ment. Cates, 47, now is teacher
and principal of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs school at Noor
| vik. Prior to taking over the
Noorvik assignment last June,
he had taught at the Bureau’s
school in Kwigillingok since
1961.
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ALASKA DAY
The Division of Marine
Transportation has announced
a three-vessel schedule design
ed to facilitate Alaskans’ par
ticipation in Alaska Day ob
servances at Sitka Oct. 18.
The M/V MATANUSKA will
leave Prince Rupert, British
Columbia, at 5 a.m. Oct. 17
with stops at Ketchikan (11
a.m.), Wrangell (5:15 p.m.),
and Petersburg (8:45 p.m.), be
fore arriving at Sitka at 7:45
a.m. on Alaska Day morning.
From the north, the M/V
TAKU will leave Skagway at
3:15 p.m., Oct. 17. with sched
uled arrivals at Haines (4:15
p.m.) and Juneau (10:45 p.m.)
before a scheduled 7:30 a.m.,
Oct. 18, arrival at Sitka.
For returning passengers, the
M/V MALASPINA will be
leaving Prince Rupert at 5:30
a.m., Oct. 18, and will arrive
at Sitka at 8:30 a.m.. Oct. 19, en
route to Juneau. Haines and
Skagway. The M/V TAKU will
depart Skagway at 11 p.m.
Oct. 20 arriving at Sitka at 3:15
p.m. Oct. 21, enroute to Pet
ersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan j
and Prince Rupert.
The Alaska Day ceremony,
which this year will mark the
96th anniversary of the United
States’ acquisition of Alaska
from Russia, annually draws a
large number of Alaskans to
Sitka where the formal trans
fer took place in 1867.
McGill Named
Coordinator
Governor William A. Egan
announced the has named Joe
McGill of Dillingham as coor
dinator of efforts to alleviate
distress in the Bristol Bay
Kuskokwim River area. Bris
tol Bay and Kuskokwim com
munities were hard hit as a
result of the disastrous salmon
fishery this year.
Governor Egan said McGill. ^
a long-time resident of the
area, has a basic understanding !
of the problems involved and i
will work closely with the Gov
ernor's Office and Federal ag
encies involved in the program
i aimed at helping minimize ef
1 fects of the poor fishing season.
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Governor Urges
Bell-Tightening
In New Budge!
Governor William A. Egan
has advised all State depart
ment heads that administrative
belt-tightening will be needed
in the preparation for the 1964
65 State budget.
Preliminary work on the
budget began last week.
In a memorandum to his de- |
partment heads, Governor Eg- ;
an issued the following budget j
instructions:
1. Over-all operating bud- j
gets for the departments can
not be higher in the coming
year than they are in the pres
ent budget year.
2. Departments must identi
fy areas where existing pro
grams may be reduced below
their current levels.
3. Capital improvement pro
jects for the 1964-65 budget
year will be limited to those
which can be financed from
existing bond authorizations.
Governor Egan pointed out
in his memorandum that while
Stevens County has Wash.
| ington’s highest mink catch.
the over-all economic growth
j and development of the State
i continues at a high level, sev
j eral factors make the immedi
| ate future financial picture
! less favorable.
He mentioned specially the
I federal government’s refusal to
\ acknowledge the State’s right
j to lease certain offshore tide
! lands for mineral exploration
! and the expiration of federal
transitional grants.
Governor Egan said that in
planning 1964-65 budgets, each
department head “must assure
himself that all programs re
quested are totally essential
and that the amounts request
ed are the minimum necessary
to provide a reasonable degree
of service.”
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