ATKO OF ARK FAME
I BACK IN TACOMA;
!E LIKES NORTHWEST
Paul Satko. the rugged individ
ilist who towed his 40- foot home
lilt boat from Virginia to Tacoma
1940, then sailed with his family
ward his Ark for Alaska, is back
Tacoma working as a steam
tter.
His story, accompanied by pic
ires taken of S'atko's Ark at the
me of its launching in Commence
ent Bay ten years ago this week,
ad Satko today in his role of
earn fitter, was published in last
unday’s Tacoma Ledger-News Tri
une as follows:
In the 10-year span, Paul Satko
nd his family carved a home out
f Alaskan wilderness, spent a
tason fishmg salmon in a 26-foot
oat, the family returned to the
tates and went back to Richmond,
a., and now Satko is back in la
cuna, says the Tacoma newspaper.
The 59-year-old steamfitter looks
ke a man in his 40’s. A ready
mile still illumniates his face,
"imes are easier for Paul than
hey were when he first came to
his city. He, Mrs. Satko and the
hildren traveled cross-country late
a 1939, towing the welded steel
rame of a boat behind the car.
hey eventually came to Tacoma
nd completed the Ark here. The
ountry was just pulling out of the
lepression, and was none too
teady.
Bet Against Its Floating
On the day of the launching onc
lalf of Taccma had made bets
vith the other half of Tacoma that
he Ark would net float. It did.
t benefit dance for the family may
lave helped ease the financial bur
len of those days—we hope it did
-and soon Paul and his flock were
:ailing for Seattle.
There they met with a less than
friendly greeting when the citizens
if that town petitioned the juvenile
:ourt to prevent his sailing the Ark,
which they felt endangered the
family.
But Mrs. Satko and the children
stood behind Paul, and they sneaked
out of Ellcitt bay under cover of
darkness. The voyage to Alaska
took 56 days. In what remained
of the Alaska summer Paul and
his family built a cabin in Eagle
valley. But farming was a rough
go—one year Satko went fishing
salmon—and by 1944 Paul and the
family called it quits and moved
to Juneau. After the war he came
through Tacoma on his way back
home to Richmond.
The Satkos stopped in Arkansas
for awhile, but it was too hot, and
they continued on to Richmond.
From that city four months ago
came a dispatch ending: "But, you
know,” Satko added, “I still like tc
go—and sen’ctimes I get mighty
itchy feet.”
Got Job Ilere First Day
Well, the bug hit him; Mrs. Sat
ko said she still liked it best or.
Puget Sound, so two weeks ago he
arrived in Tacoma. He got a job
the first day. working as a steam
fitter for a refrigerating company;
yes, that's what. we said. This
week he has been installing pipes
and fittings for the refrigerate:
holds of the Golden Glow, a 96
foot tuna clipper being built at the
Peterson Boat Building Co.
And how is the family? Paul
has a hard time keeping up with
them. There's an even dozen, scat
tered from Juneau to Richmond
In Richmond are Mrs. Satko, Wil
liam 18, Betty 14, Northsea 10,
May Esther 8, and Charles 4V
Roy and Earl, older sons, are still
in Richmond; two daughters are in
Alaska, one son has been here but
is on his way to Alaska; another
is up near the Canadian border
and yet another is in Spokane.
One of Satko’s reasons for re
turning to the coast is his love for
fishing. While spending the sea
son on the Alaska banks, he found
it a fine sport, even while earning
a living at it. He had the thrill
of catching a 75-pound salmon on
one occasion and a 7-foot halibut
on another. Exclaimed Satko;
‘‘That halibut pulled my little
boat around like it was a toy. I
finally get close enough to shoot
the fish in the head and then I
was able to handle it a little bet
ter.”
» NOTICE
I will not be responsible for any
bills contracted in the name ot
the Minfield Home or Minfield
School after November 6th unless
personally authorized by me.
(Signed! Peter J. Nickel
650-3t
DOUGLAS
HEWS
TRAINING SCHOOL
CHURCH WORKERS
Considerable interest, is be m:
shown in the training school fci
church workers, which will be lielc
November 13, 14 and 15. All per
sons interested in getitng training
in methods and materials for teach
ing any of the various age groups
are invited to attend. This is no:
only an opportunity for these with
no or little training, but is also
| an opportunity for the better train.
I ed teachers to exchange ideas.
The school will be held at the
! Northern Light Presbyterian Church
; irom 7:30 to 9:30 each evening.
It is hoped that enough interest
will be shown to warrant a train
ing school each year, as a co-opera
tive venture of the churches on
the Channel area. Further infor
mation may be obtained from the
pastors of the cooperating churches
cr by calling the Rev. J. P. Porter,
Douglas 882.
ARMISTICE DAY
Tomorrow, Saturday November 11,
is Armistice Day and business
houses of Douglas will hold their
usual holiday hours.
I) I. W. CLUB NEWS
Members of the Douglas Island
Women's Club met Wednesday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. Richard
Shuman, hostess, who was assisted
by Mrs. Milford Marshall. Dis
cussion was made on Christmas
plans and the date was set for the
regular December meeting at which
time members would be assessed a
set amount with the total to be
used in purchasing a group gift to
the Chronic Ward at St. Ann’s
Hospital, instead of the usual prac
tice of exchanging gifts among
members. A pie sale is scheduled
for November 22, to be held at the
Drug Store. Other plans for the
Christmas party will be announced
later, as will special invitations to
guests.
GOETZ AT HOME
Albert E. Goetz is home this
week after closure for the winter
months of the Lumbmer Company
at Whittier, where he has been
Fireman in the power plant.
FIRE CALL
A call was made for the Douglas
Volunteer Fire Department when a
over-heated lloor furnace resulted
in a fire in the Malcome Hardy
residence, on Second Street.
The fire was under control short
ly on a nival of the Fire Depart
ment, with some damage to the
walls, but not extensive.
RETURNS HOME
One of the arrivals on Wednes
day's PAA flight, was Val Poor,
who was in the States the past
three weeks, receiving medical at
j tention.
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ARMISTICE DAY DANCE
The Douglas Eagles, are sponsor
ing an Armistice Day Dance for
Saturday evening, Nov. 11, in Eagles
Hall, starting at 1 p.m.
FORMER SAILING
SHIP C. S. HOLMES
WRECKED IN GALE
SEATTLE. Nov. 10—;<?)—1The for
mer sailing ship C. S. Holmes, fam
ed for service in the Alaska fur
trade, was wrecked last night in a
gale that hit the west coast of Brit
ish Columbia.
The ship was being towed by the
Tahsis Company barge Joan G. from
Zeballos, B. C., to Port Alberni
when the tow line parted in the
storm near Esteban.
Carried toward shore by the wind,
the Holmes smashed against rocks
and was broken into four pieces.
Word of the accident was received
here by agents of the Tahsis Com
pany.
The Holmes, a four-masted
Wash., in 1893, was operated in the
Alaska fur trade by the late Capt.
John Backlund and his son, John,
Jr. For years the ship made annual
voyages to Point Barrow. Taken
over by the Army during the war
she was shorn of her masts and
later was sold to the Tahsis Com
pany .
By coincidence the* Holmes was
i wrecked the week that the Puget
j Sound Maritime Historical Society
) devoted a program to the ship’s
1 history.
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TOWN’S 1,000 T H ANNIVERSAR V—Residents of the West German town of
Oberretfcnbcrg march in a historical procession celebrating the town’s l.OOOtli anniversary
STUDIO VISITO R—Barbara Stanwyck sits with her husband, Robert Taylor (right),
Norman Woodland and Deborah Ktrr (second from left) c.i the set of “(Ho? Vcdis?” near Rome. Italy._
TENT HOTEL ON BALTIC — Vacationists in Scharbeutz, German Baltic seaside
resort, live in a tent hotel set up to accommodate tourists because of housing shortage.
DENALI SCHEDULED
TO SAIL THIS P M.
SEATTLE. Nov. 10—(*—The Al
aska Steamship Co. is scheduled
to resume passenger service this
afternoon with the sailing of the
steamship Denali at 5 o’clock. The
service had been suspended since
October 1.
Members of the Marine cboks
and Stewards’ Union (Independent)
signed on the ship yesterday. One
member of the 52-man steward';'
crew was removed by the Coast
Guard and was replaced by the
union.
The ship was to sail for Alaskan
ports with about 05 passengers and
a load of general cargo.
Passenger service was suspended
by the line after repeated delays
in signing on crews. The union
was protesting procedures used in
j screening “bad security risks” from
crews under the National Maritime
' security program.
The security program, which was
| voluntary on the part of unions'
, and shipping firms until Octobei
27, has now become mandatory
under Federal law.
FROM SEATTLE
Donald E. Lawson of Seattle ir
' registered at the Baranof Hotel
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FAST ORGANIZING
FOR NEW ALASKA
VISITORS ASSN.
Permanent organization of a new
; association to promote the tourist
i industry is expected soon by the
i 70 Alaska businessmen who met in
! Juneau and Anchorage within the
! week. Sixteen communities were re
presented.
At a meeting Monday in Anchor
age, 35 members unanimously en
dorsed action of the Juneau session
I two days earlier. They voted to
adopt the name chosen here—Al
aska Visitors Association—as well
! as the form of organization.
; The plan is similar to that of the
! Hawaii Visitors Bureau and simi
j lar stateside organizations, Which
have proved outstandingly .effective ■
Businessmen meeting in the west- I
ward also were enthusiastic over
the statement of aims and objects,
according to George Sundborg. He
was elected temporary chairman, a
he had been here. Both meeting:
were held at the invitation of the
Alaska Development Board foi
which Sundborg is 'consultant.
Chuck West, of Fairbanks, is serv
ing as “liaison officer.” He attendee
both meetings, and is expected tc
be here tomorrow with recommen
dations from the executive commit
tee elected in Anchorage. -(West,
president of Arctic Alaska Travel
Service, has been on a quick busi
ness trip to Minneapolis in the
meantime.)
Elected to the board by the An
chorage group were West and twe
others from Fairbanks—Phil John
json and Paul Greimann; Russel
j Swank and Henry Cuffel of Anch
orage. and Antonia Polet cf Nome
Johnson is president of the Bank
| of Fairbanks; Greimann. president
cf Alaska Coachways; Swank, of
] the Matanuska Valley Bus Lines.
! Inc. Polet is a well-known Arctic
Strader. Greimann also participated
I in the Juneau meeting.
West’s meeting will be with board
1 members representing Southeast Al
I aska; Fred Dunn and O. F. Beneckc
| of Juneau; William Boardman, Ket
jehikan; Don Pettigrew, Petersburg:
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Royal O'Reilly, Taku Lodge, and
Carl Heinmiller, Port Chilkoot.
After the Anchorage meeting, the
six board members caucused con- ;
cerning a slate of officers.
At the Monday meeting, 20 An- j
chorage residents attended with 15
other persons. These included A.,
B. Stanfield of Seattle, president of j
International and Domestic Service ;
(known as I. and D.i, which has
agencies in Anchorage and Fair- j
banks.
Other representation was seven!
persons from Fairbanks, two from
Nenana, two from Palmer and one
person each from Nome and Seward.
The new Alaska Visitors Associa
tion plans to request the 1951 Ter
ritorial Legislature to appropriate
funds for national advertising of
Alaska’s attractions to match funds
subscribed by members. - At the
meeting here, discussion was for a
>60,000 appropriation.
13 CARRIED BY ALASKA
COASTAL THORS. TRIPS
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Alaska Coastal Airlines carried j
i total or 13 passengers on flights
Thursday with nine arriving and
our departing. Weather permitted
:he flying of only four trips.
Leaving fer Sitka were: Emil
Perkovich, Dr. Graves, B. Lowell:
fer Tenakee: James Holmes.
Arriving from Tenakee were • C.
Carlson, T. B. Hansen, J. Dossow:
from Sitka: Les Florence, Dorothy
Woods, William Olaver, D. Soder- !
lind; from Fish Bay: Joe Thomas. I
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