"News of oAmerica’s . Last Frontier”
VOL 14 NO 29
KODIAK. ALASKA.
SEPTEMBER 25 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Historical Society Elects
Dr. A. Johnson President
The Kodiak and Aleutian Is
land Historical Society, Inc.
held its first meeting at 8 pm
Tuesday at the Kodiak High
School. The meeting was pre
sided over by Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson and Lee Bettinger.
An unexpected turnout of
interested persons packed the
school’s science room and were
read the Articles of Incorpora
tion and by- laws of the so
fciiety by Bettinger. Following
this reading, the 48 persons
present, were allowed to join
the society. Forty of the at
tendance signed their signa
tures and became charter
members.
Following in rapid succes
sion were the adoption of the
previously read articles of
corporation, by-laws and the
election of officers.
jDr. Johnson was unanimous
ly! elected president. Others
nominated and voted intp of
fice were: Lee Bettingerj viee
pfesident, Lillian Lamme,
secretary; and Bill Smith,
treasurer. : ■'
/ Trustees elected were: E. L.
Lightfoot, George Cornelius
and BobAcheson.
Dr. Johnson pointed out dur
ing the meeting that the main
objective of the newly formed
organization was to pursue the
subjects of the second article
of Incorporation. Namely that
of Archeology;' Anthropology
and Ethnology, Natural his
tory, Historical Site ahd lhstly
that of Museum, Library and
Research Center. Members
were given a choice of sub
jects.
An encouraging letter and
brochure entitled, “A Pro
posed Research Center at Ko
diak, Alaska,” (preliminary
plans) sent to City Manager,
Bob "Sharp from Dr. Ted Bank
Aleutian Expeditions Director,
were read by Dr. Johnson.
Bank stated in his letter
that there has been some ac
tive work accomplished by the
Institute for Regional Explor
ation, and af the next meeting
of the Institute’s Board of
Trustees (in November) he is
scheduled to present a rather
complete plan of action, in
cluding recommendations of a
site for the center. Bank fur
ther stated that he is person
ally inclined toward Kodiak as
the site for the proposed cen
ter.
Bank concluded .that he
plans to journey to New York
sometime in October and try
to locate a $10,000 endowment
fcr the Kodrak Society and
Prosposed Museum.
C of CCommittae Hold
Boat Harbor Meeting
The Chamber of, Commerce
Small Boat Harbor Committee
will sponsor a public meeting
Sept. 28, at 7:30 pm at the
Elks Club.
Mr. Harold L. Moats, Chief
of the Civil Works branch of
the Army Engineers, will
speak on the Kodiak small
boat harbor and related pro
jects in Alaska. All fishermen,
boat owners, cannery opera
tors and businessmen are
urged to attend.
At Thursday’s regular meet
ing the Chamber of Commerce
passed a resolution petitoning
the District .Engineer, U. S.
Army. Chief of 'Engineers,
U. S- Army and the Secretary
of the Army to request Con
gress for construction funds
for a small boat harbor.
The Chamber also passed a
resoluiton opposing the Fish
and Wildlife Service’s propos
ed five inonth closed crab sea
son. They indorsed, the local
fishermen and cannery opera
tors reccommendations.
Art Show Winners
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The following were winners
of prizes in the various section
of the Arts and Crafts Show
held a week ago Saturday and;
Sunday at the U.S.O. rooms; ,■ |
if. Adtrit art section, iirst prize.!
Paul Bond’s ‘Blac^and White’
second prize, Theresa Kelly’s
“Siesta”; adult craft section,
first prize Don Wadsworth’s
“Crossbow”; second prize,
Lieut. McCracken’s “Sailing
Frigate,’; junior art section,
first prize, Lila Olsen’s “Fro
licking Friends”;second prize,
Tony Tucker’s “The Passing
Storm”; junior craft section,
first prize, Dona Van Buren’s
“Baby Land”; second prize,
Larry Snider’s painted plate.
It is hoped that next year
pictures and crafts may be
grouped into classes to facilit
ate the voting.
Members of the Art Group
greatly appreciate the city and
base support given this exhibi
tion.
Remember the Girl Scout
Community Committee meet
ing Thursday, Sept. 30th, 8pm
at the High School Gym.
Brownie Leaders and Com
mittee members are invited to
attend as Brownie problems
are going to be discussed. ; '
AIT persons interested are
urged to attend.
Sharp Announces
Small Boat Harbor
Nearing Reality
Robert Sharp, Kodiak City
Manager, announced upon his
return this week from a con
ference at Anchorage with
District Engineer, U.' S. Arriiy
personnel, that the Kodiak
Small Boat Harbor is nearer
reality than at any time in
previous years. Sharp met
with Colonel Winegar, Execu
tive Officer and Harold L.
Moats, Chief of Civil Works
Branch, of the District Engi
neer’s Office to present a peti
tion of the City Council urging
that funds for construction of
the project be requested of
Congress at the next session.
Sharp stated that both Colone
Winegar and Mr. Moates were
fully informed of the great
need for the Kodiak Small
Boat Harbor project and that
they said that the project was
among those with highest
priority assigned by the dis
trictEngineer.
Mr. Moats is scheduled to
arrive in Kodiak on Monday to
further dtscuss th^; construc
tion features of the Small Boat
Harbor project With City1 Of
ficials and to collect engineer
ing and other information pre
paratory to the issuance! of1 a
call for bids-for the channel
dredging' inithe. North Chan •
nel approach to St,'Paul ;• Har
bor. Art appropriation < Of ap
proxitnately »i i $114, Wm) ■' n.lw&s
■made by-Congreskat: itsndast
session.' for tbisiiwbrk.o • <o««1
Sfcarp, st^t^ipthat^e
met with. Bureau of Land Man
agement Officials and obtain
ed the necessary information
to complete formal application
for transfer of title to theCify
of 80 acres on Manaka Bay for
a cemetery site. The applica
tion will be made under Public
Law 387, 83rd Congress which
was approved by the Presi
dent a few weeks ago. Appli
cations are also to be prepared
in the near future for a Rec
reational Area at Miller Point
and an AirportSite. Two areas
are being considered for the
Airport Site. Department of
Aviation officials were contact
ed and are assisting in neces
sary survey to complete this
application. Discussions with
BLM officials also covered the
acquisition of a iock quarry
site for the City to make a.
v.ailable to the District Engi
neer over 106,600 cubic' yards
of rOCk for the Kodiak Small
Boat Harbor, BLM officials 'in
dicated that they were recept
ive to ' the City’s •need*"for
these Sites and would expedite
the processing of the applica
tions;
Fishermen Oppose F&W
Proposed, Crab Season
The Fish and Wildlife meet
ing, held at the Union Hall on
Monday night, September 20th
was a very spirited affair at
tended by representative from
all the interests in the fishing
industry and especially those
in the King Crab Industry of
Kodiak.
James Brandon, head of the
law enforcement divison of the
F&WS here in Kodiak, took
charge of the meeting and con
ducted a very crderily meet
ing at which a great deal was
accomplished to the satisfact
ion of all those interested in
attendance. Branson explain
ed the reason there were no
supervisory F&WLS personnel
present was due to the air
plane accident that recently
killed five members of the
Service near “Juneau. Roy
Lindsley, the local F&WLS
representative, was unable to
attend because of recent hos
pitalization and convalecence
at home.
The proposed changes, in the.
salmon fishing industry met
with little opposition, because
the changes referred chiefly
to red salmon. However, Rus
sell Atwood, a‘fisherman rep-1
resentating the'-Halferty ini
terests made the statement
that the proposed changes will
‘‘Kill the Independent fisher
ttienv”< Al6cal fisherman and
Secretary of the,,K°dia,k . Fish
Producers Ai^oci&tSoft,' •' A.'J"
Cihosski, voittted the sentiment
of-hia organization by„:saying
“I see np reason tor the dras
tic change at present.”
Three proposals were writ
ten into, the records of the
meeting. the Fish and Wildlife
proposal, the proposal made
by the United Fishermans Un
ion, and one that was drawn
up by a representative com
mittee of Kodiak crab fisher
men and processors, which was
finally adopted by the sixty
attending the meeting as be
ing the best answer to the
needsof the economic situation
in Kodiak:
The Committee Proposal a
dopted by a unanimous vote is
printed elsewhere in this issue.
Mayor Jack Hinckle gave a
very spirited speech on the ef
fect of )the F&WLS proposal
and its effect on the econmic
distress it would cause in Ko
diak.
The Mayor was followed by
Emil Kundsen, well known
Kodiak businessmen and cand
idate for House of Represent
atives in the coming election,
with a very interesting speech
comparing the situation which
confronts Kodiak at the pre
sent time with similiar condi*
tion having existed in Wash
ington and Oregon fishing
areas several years ago.
Those in- attendance from
out of town were: Steele Cul
bertson, Territorial Represent
ative of the Alaska Salomon
Industry, GeneralSupt. George
King of San Juan Packers,
Verne HUlaker, General >£fupt.
of the Alaska Packers, Chicle
Turner, General Supt. Kaidiate
Fisheries, and several fisher
men representing Port. Wake
field fisheries, Erickson, Powell
and Atwood. The local fisher
men were well represented by
Cihoski McAllister, DeVeau
and Wolkoff.
A petetion was read into the
minutes of the meeting offered
by the entire population of
Karluk and read by Jake Lak
tonen, seeking permission for
the Karluk resideuts to con
tinue beach seining, as this is
the sole means of support for
the entire population of the,
village. By denying the'natives
of this means of livlihootj
would necessitate the entire
village to'hecome wards of the'
i Terri tdry^.i,)-'
The proposal will be present
ed at the ; annual hearing of
the Fish & Wildlife in Service
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r Resigns
City Council lob
Mayor Jack Hmekei an
nounced Thursday that Ati
Miller had resigned from the
Cify Counjcil and. h^a with
drawn his name from the Pra
gressive partie’s ticket for the
coming election.
Upon query Miller state#,
“lean seethe hand writing
on the wall.” “I have served
two years on the Council, I
have worked hard and have
done an honest and conscienti
ous job.” “It (serving on the
Council) hks hurt my busi
ness.” “I feel that there would
be far toO rniaeh work involved
fpr me aft a; Councilman or any
other Councilman if the City
Manager type of government
fails,” Miller concluded.:' > '
Ar of press time ho replace
me.> t for Miller had been an
nounced by the Progressive
party. <
; Jeannett Williamson, d Sligh
ter of Mr. and Mrs.; John .Flet
cher, ief'c1 Kodiak Monday' for
her home at Richmond, Citif.