^opos« Elmctton
Of Governor
Juneau j'tjur Afeiska
legislators introduced'' a me
morial to Congress recently
asking legislation to allow the
territory to elect its governor.
The memorial said the “ac
quisition of this additional
measure of self-government
will constitute an important
and decisive step toward
achievement of the ultimate
goal of statehood, and will aid
and not detract from the state
hood cause.”; -
Prominent advocates’'--'-'of
immediate statehood ' have
criticized the proposal to Con
gress as only intended to stall
statehood moves.
Mrs. H. L. “Doc” Rochelle
and son Denny returned this
week after several weeks
visiting at her home in Ne
braska.
Directors Named At
Annual KEA Meeting
The election of nine direc
tors for the 1951-5il fiscal year
of the Kodiak Electric As
sociation and a change in the
by-laws were accomplished
quickly Monday night.
Wilton White, president of
the co-op, described the an
nual meeting as one of the
shortest on record.
From a slate oi 17 candi
dates the following nine men
were selected: Wilton White,
93 votes;" Morris ' Burnham,
84; Harry E. Spencer, 85;
Basil Clark, 75; Larry Bucy, j
66; Marshall Crutcher and Leo1
Sears, 62; Robert Acheson,!
58 and Cecil Wilson 53.
Ninety four ballots were
cast and White received 93 of.
the votes. In 1950 he received
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every vote except three.
An amendment to the by
laws whereby a member is
placed on inactive status if he
stops buying power, but re
tains his membership in the
co-op, was approved by 92 of
the voters.
The change in the by
law was necessary as 5% of
the membership must be pre
sent before the annual meet
ing-can -stark The,, pres£ijJ;
membership is around 1500
members, of which Only about
500are active members.
An additional amendment
passed Monday will require
a quorum of 10% of the active
members for the annual meet
ing.
in the manager’s report
Leon Johnson revealed that
the total electric revenue for
the past year was $129,289.77.
The total expenses were $126, •
368, plus $5,745.24 for the
amortization of REA morta
ges, showing a deficit of $2,
823.47 for the past year.
Johnson gave a complete
“break down” of the generat
ing costs for the year, which
was the largest single expense
item, and it showed $68,233.
70 spent.
Second largest item was la
bor costs which totaled $45,
208.52. Depreciation was listed
at $20,912.36. Other expenses
included payrolls, taxes, in
surance, legal services, etc.
The number of commercial
consumers for the year was
138. The number last year
was 130. Residential users for
the past year numbered 540
and the previous year 502.
The total kilowat hours
generated in 1950 was 2.247,
287 as compared to 1.942,374
the previous year.
"Since the installation of
the new diesei generators
power outages have been
practically nil,” Johnson told
the group. He clarified the
status of the proposed rate
increase by stating, "Before
our electric rates can be
changed it is necessary to ob-;
tain approval from the REA.
In answer to our recent re
quest the RFA suggested we '
keep rhe new plant in opera
tion for one year before mak
ing any change”. .
Johnson and White praised
the cooperation and work of
the KEA’s employees and
thanked them for their de
votion to their work.
Following the meeting,
movies, furnished by Stan
dard Oil Company. were
shown and refreshments
served by Tommy Gallagher of
the Polar Bear Cafe.
VA Officer In Town ■
Mrs. Virginia Williamson, j
social worker with the medical
division of the Veterans Ad-'
ministration, was in Kodiak
this week.
She assists veterans who
have suffered a service dis
ability. She makes her head-!
quarters in Anchorage.
Salmon Canning
May Be Limited
— The Alaska
Salmon packing business may
be limited to the largest - and
most modern canneries this
season to save manpower and
strategic materials.
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar Chapman announced
the plan and said fisheries
officials will begin a series of
public meetings in Seattle
Monday to see whether the
plan would be put into effect.
Dunfril^V&rld War II Alaska
salmon canning was limited to
to 74 of the largest plants;
The Seattle meetings will
be conducted separately for
each area. Bristol Bay area
will be discussed first followed
by Cook Inlet area and those
to the north and south
peninsula including Chignik.
it was not known whether
! the Kodiak area was included
! in those listed for discussion.
\stpehan Anderson ■
Dies Tuesday
| Stephan Anderson, 65, life
1 long Kodiak Island resident,
idiedathis home in Kodiak
Tuesday morning.
He was a seasonal employe
for i-’srks Cannery and dur
ing winter months worked at
the former W. J. Erskine
Company. Anderson was born
at Old Harbor but for the
greater part of his life made
his. home in Kodiak. ■*
He is survived by a daugh
ter Mrs. John Tolbert, two
sons, William and Stephan
Jr., all of Kodiak.
Funeral services will be
! held at the Russian Orthodox
, Church today at 2 pm. Burial
' will be in the Russian ceme
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