yOL14 NO 11
KODIAK. ALASKA
MAY 22. 1964
PRICE KfCEMTS
BESS?®*’
The Kodiak Fish Producers,
Incorporated, a newly organ
ised group of Boat Owners and
Skippers have signed the price
settlement for the 1954 fishing
season with the Kadiak fish
eries. The same agreement is
expected to be signed by the
ether operators in this area,
aext week.
The price settlement is the
none as was in effect during
the 1953 season. Kings,$2.60;
reds, $.85; pinks, $.37; Chums,
j.42; silvers, $.78.
Pat Cannon, newly elected
president of the K.F.P.I. also
stataed a price agreement was
signed with the United Fisher
men of Alaska, consisting of:
lings, $1.73 l-2;*eds, $.5$ 2-3
pinks, $.24 2-3; chums, $.28;
stivers, $.52. I
Arnold T. Hansen was elec-1
ted to the office of Business A
gent for the Kodiak Fish Pro
ducers Inc. He was formerly
anployed by Dalmond Valley!
Lumber Co. of Afognak, and f
swell known to the area fish
ermen.
NO FISH STORY
Clarence Selig Jr. caught a
5 ;lb. 9 oz. rainbow trout
eariier this week at Dark
Lake. The fish measured 27
inches long.
I Red Cross Starts
i Swimming Course
The American Red Cross
are planning to sponsor a
' Learn to Swim Campaign for
the boys and girls of Kodiak
this summer.
A suitable place that will
assure the required amount of
depth to the water and also
be safe enough for the class
to hold its daily meetings, is
being sought by Chief R. E.
Vickery, who is a qualified in
structor in the Red Gross
Swimming Program.
All classes will be run ac
cording to age group classifica
tions and free of charge. Les
sons in Life Saving will also
be taught^as set up by the Red
Cross in their manual for
adult groups.
The Kodiak Mirror at a later
date will print more in detail
the time and place for these
scheduled swim meetings.
The KodiaK Police Depart
ment including the Chief and
his four patrolmen all passed
their tests in the First Aid
Course offered by the Ameri
can Red Cross under the tute
lage of Lee Bettinger. This
means that Kodiak Police
Force is now capable of pos
sibly saving someone’s life by
knowing what to do just at
the right time.
Flood waters roll past nearly-submerged parking
®*ters in downtown section of Peabody, Mass., (May 16)
after a dam west of the city burst. The dam gave way follow
la? nearly two weeks of rain topped by a record 5 and a half
earlier in the day. About a mile of the center section of the
Clt? of 23,000 was flooded with damage expected to be in the
ns. No loss of life was reported. (A’wirephoto)
Crank Cuts Wire
On Hall Piper Cub
Robert Hall recently pur
chased two tandem Beat Piper
Cub trainer plants to use for
idstructional purposes in the
piolet training school he con
templates starting in the near
future. The two Piper Cub
“121” were parked out behind
the Montmartre on Big Lake
last Monday night when some
one maliciously cut the right
aeleron control wire with a
pair of cutting pliers.
The cablets made of three
sixteenth inch steel wire and
the cutting was just serious
enough to cut through about
half the strands of small wire
which is woven into the mak
ing of the cable.
Tuesday when A1 Cratty,
one of the instructors and
mechanics for-tbe Kodiak^Air
ways had the plane out on a
trial spin, noticed the cut
cable starting to unravel and
he immediately landed the
craft on the bay to inspect the
damage done the guy wire. It
was established that the cut
was a fresh one as the strands
were still uncorded.
Here in Kodiak metal of any
kind soon corodes in the damp
ness and salt water atmos
phere. It was also felt that the
prank was of a malicious na
ture but no theory as to in
tent could be established.
According to Hall’s state
ment, “If anyone knows of
the particulars of this ma
licious act or knows the per
son or persons perpetrating
said act, it would be greatly
appreciated if it were reported
to the police before someone’s
life is lost.”
Money Alloted For
Habor Project
Senator Francis Case, Re
publican of South Dakota, has
advised Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman that the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee
foif Civil Functions is accept
jng his motion to provide
funds for sdme Alaskan pro
jects including $109,900 for
Kodiak harbor and $507,700
for Wrangell harbor.
The bill including these
items was reported by the ful
Appropriation Committee on
May 19.
Senator Case said, “he be
lieves this is th first appropria-.
tion reported for river or har
bor projects imAlaska in many
years.” He expressed the hope
that the Senate will approve
the measure and that it will
be accepted by the house con
„erees.
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Sales Tax Defeated
By Kodiak Voters 3 td 1
Wakefield Dies
At Seattle Home
Lee H. Wakefield, 78, died
last Thursday at his home in
Seattle, Washington.
Wakefield was well know in
Kodiak for his activity in the
fishing and canning industry.
At one time he is reputed to
have owned seven canneries
in Alaska. The only remaining
cannery which is still operated
under the Wakefield name is
the one known as Port Wake
field on Raspberry Straits.
Wakefield is survived by
four sons, Howard, Laverae,
Lowell and Lee Jr. all well
known in Kodiak. One married |
daughter, Mrs. Carol Ome, j
now living in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Howard Wakefield, the
eldest son is at present in the
Bering Sea attending to Fish
ermen Union business in re
igards to the Japanese fishing!
fleet fishing in American j
waters.
A Girl Scout Leadership
Course will be conducted in
the basement of the Baptist
Church on Thursday, May the
27th. to interest more people
in the work the Girl Scout
program are attempting to
start here in Kodiak.
All adults interested in the
scouting program for girls can
call 3682 for further informa
tion on the corn se.
Shall the Common Council*
of the City of Kodiak be au
thorized to levy and collect a
sales tax of 2 per cent upon alf
retail sales and the answer as
attested by 271 Kodiak voters
was a great big NO. An arous
ed city went to the poles on
Tuesday to vote on- three pro
positions the City Council pro
posed and in each case an
overwhelimug.NO was* mani
fested bjfr the people’s ballets*.
After a final tally of votes
wa» confirmed##aH* summed*
up to:
Proposition No. 1: 2 per
cent Sales Tax, No, 202 Yes 69.
Proposition No. 2: Street
Repair, No, 100 Yes, 62.
Proposition No, 3: City Hall,
No, 98 Yes 64.
On proposition number one
the total vote was 271, which
is the largest vote ever to have
gone to the polls . in a City
Election of this type. The
qualifications to vote on this
proposition were to be living
within the city limits and com
ing under the usual age re
quirements etc. On the last
two propositions the voter had
to have been on the 1953 real
property tax list which cut
down the total votes on those
two propositions.
On proposition number two
there were 161 votes cast,
with one; rejection'and on the
j third proposition there were
162 votes cast.
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Two former World’s heavyweight boxing champions
square off as they met in Chicago (May 16) for the first time
in 16 years. It’s 48-year-old Max Schmeling, left, of Germany
and 39-year-old Joe Louis whose smiling moods are a far cry
I from their last meeting when Louis flattened Schmeling in
! June, 1938. Two years before thatSchm<?liqg handed Louis, his
j first defeat as a professional fighter. Max will referee a figh.t.
! in Milwaukee this week. (iT'w ire photo)