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ypL14 NO 31 KODIAK. ALASKA, OCTOBER 9. 1954 PRICE 10 CENTS _
JOHNSON DEFEATS HINCKEL FOR MAYOR
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General Election Tues.
Record Vote Is Forecast
THE GENERAL Election of
the Territory will take place
on Tuesday October 12th, and
both the Democratic and Re
publican parties have full
slates of candidates for all the
Territorial Offices. The Kodiak
Island Precinct voting places
will be in the usual places,
namely: Mission and Mill Bay
Rd. area-Montmartre, U.S.
Naval Base-Community Cent
er and the City polling place
will be in the City Hall. The
' polls will be open from 8 A.M.
to 8 P.M.
The main contest .this -year
is between E. L. Bartlett, the
Democratic choice forDelegate
to Congress, and Barbara Di
mock, the Republican choice
or that seat. Bob Bartlett is
seeking reelection having
been in Offices since 1945.
THE POSITION of Territor
ial Treasurer is being sought
by two residents of the Territ
ory for many years, Hugh J.
Wade, the Democratic nomin -
ee, and his opposition on the
Republican ticket Earle Hunt
er, both candidates are resi
dents of Juneau.
The Commissioner of Labor
contest centers around the in
cumbent candidate of the Re
publican Party, Henry Benson
and his Democratic rival. H.J.
Lannen, who is pushing him
for the position.
THE SLATE of candidates
for the Territorial Senate are
all carrying on heated cam
paigns. The Democrates are
backing J. Earl Cooper, Al
Owen andJ. H. WernCr while
the Republicans are pinning
their hopes on Heinie Snider,
Dr. Lee McKinley and Sally
Gorsuch. Both parties have
> representatives well known to
Kodiak as Al Owen lived here
for many years and Dr. Lee
McKinley has a dental offices
in the City at the present time.
The House of Represenatives
struggle election is as always
a spirited affair. Each party
have selected a slate of well
known Alaskans to run for the
ten seats. The Democratic tic
ket has Raymond E. Plummer
the Democratic National Com
tnitteeman; Wendell P„....Kay,
an incumbent in the'iiouse;
Ken C. Johnson, an Anchorage
Insurance broker; E:Gt jBaileji
from Mountain View, JL suburo
kt'AncbocageviJarty B.--Pal
mer; mining engineer; Stanley
McCutcheon, incumbent and
speaker of the House in 1949;
Russell K. Young, a Labor Un
ion Official; Irene Ryan, a min
ing engineer; Seaborn J.Buck
olew Jr. a practicing attorney
in the City of Anchorage; and
Peter J. Kalamarides, another
attorney at law from Anchor-'
age. , 1
THE REPUBLICAN candi-j
dates fdr the House of Repre
sentatives are: Paul W.Nelson;
a World War’ll veteran; Carl,
T. Rentschler, an Anchorage!
realtor: Dorothy Prior, an An
chorage business woman; Paul
F. .Robison, Anchorage attor
ney at law; Winfield Ervin Jr.
a businessman; M. D. Snod
grass, a farmer; Jim Hawkins
a school teacher; Lloyd C. 01- j
sen, an Anchorage travel agent; i
Jack H. White, businessman: j
and Emil Knudsen, a Kodiak
businessman.
Council Passes
New Resolutions
THE CITY Council passed
three resolutions which were
approved by Mayor Jack Hinckel
last week. In the order inwhich
they were passed the resolu
tions are as follows:
Resolution No. 15-54: Author
izes the submission of an'appli
cation for a Fire Station and
equipment under the provis
ions of the Defense Housing
and Community Facilities and
service act of 1951.
RESOLUTION No. 16-54:
Resolves that the City Council*
endorse the' recomendations
of the Kodiak fishermen and j
cantteryoperators tor the Ko-1
diakrarea'itning 1955. j
Resolution No. 17-54: Author-;
izes the submission of land ap
plications to the Bureau of
Land Management for a Cem
etery site, Rock Quarry and
an Airport Site.
Cab Sarvica To Polla
Otfarad By Damocrata
THE KODIAK Island Area,
Democratic Club have set up
election day headquarters in I
the club rooms of the VFW |
Club. Taxis will be available:
tor transportation to and from i
the polls for the purpose o|f
voting by calling 4094. Anyj
>U}fot,mati<pn concerning the
election may also be obtained
.from DemeeraticHeadquarteW
during the hours the polls are
open.
Kodiak King Crab
Now Big Business
The King Crab Industry has
becomemoreimportant than the
salmon fishing industry, ac
cording to Clarence L. Ander
son director of the Alaska De
partment of Fisheries.
Ed Huizer, Biologist for the
Department, who is making a
survey of the King Crab In
dustry here in Kodiak, releas
ed some very ,-v interesting
figures on the industry sitrce'
its beginning five years ago.
At that time there were only
five fishermen taking the King
Crab from the local waters.
Huizer said in his report,
“The crab catch in the Kodiak
area has stepped from 64,882
pounds round weight in 1950.
to 817,897 pounds last year.”
By May 8th 1954, this years
catch was 1,658.901 pounds
and this figure does not include
the important productions of
Port Wakefield and Port
Williams.
In 1953, one hundred twenty
nine fishermen were working
out of Kodiak for King Crab.
This year the number of fish
ermen is unknown as yet, but
it is certain to be much larger
because over 6C boats are en
gaged in the operation and the
total number of crab is much
greater.
Three shore plants are
operating at Kodiak, giving
substantial employment to ap
proximately forty women for
the entire year.
“I believe this industry
means more to Kodiak now
than the - salmon,” Anderson
said. “If the Alaska operators
can maintain their market,
this should be a major fishing
industry-! n-thefuture. ”
United Fishsrman
Hold Convention
The United Fishermen of
America have been in conven
tion here in Kodiak this past
week and the first order of
business was the election of
officers for the ensuing year.
On Wednesday, Elden Les
ter was elected president re
placing A1 Syling, Herman
Anderson of ©uzinkie;1 was
elected vice president1,' and'the
executive board11'-elected con
sisted of Glenn Martin, George
■P&namaroff and-C h antes- '■War
ren all o^ftbdiftk;k
P. J. Kerrigan vfa^hgair
elected to the office of secre
| tary and Treasurer.
Johnson Elected Mayor
By Landslide Majority ;
Cerebral Program
In Final 3 Weeks
The Cerebral Palsy Com
mittee of the local BPOE
Lodge No. 1772, have sche
duled a very interesting pro
gram for Spnday, October 17
for tiie benefit of the cerebral
palsy drive here in Kodiak.
This program is divided into
three separate sections and ad
mission is payable at the door.
At three pm a series of 16
mm movies will be shown en.
titled “This is Alaska,” taken
by Verne and Verna St. Louis.
These exceptional pictures are
Part 1. Bristol Bay Salmon
Fishing, in which the entire
fishing indu-try is explained
from the getting of the gear
ready to the canned product
ready for the market.
Part 2. “Gdd Mining” pic
tures taken near Circle City,
Alaska, showing all the vari
ous methods of mining and
including the amazing vege
table gardens in the hot spr
ings of the intertor, graves of
native Aleuts, Portage Glacier
one of the most impressive
sights in all Alaska. Part 3 is
entitled “Life in a Trapping
Cabin,” a pictorial wonder of
life during the winter in the
interior. - ■
This amazing couple uvea
for many years on the shores
of Lake Ugashik, where they
trapped for fur, operated a
ham radio, their only contact
with the outside world, the
battle of man versus the ele
ments and the spring break
up -which will hold you breath
less at its beauty. These films
are all in color which has cap
tured the beauty of this won
derful Northland and a pttfture
that everyone in Kodiak should
see.
The program at the Elks
Club also includes an auction,
on [Sunday, October 17th,
which proved so popular at
one other Elk benefit
The Cordova City Council
recently appointed Elbert G. |
Hash to the position of City
Manager.
Rash had formerly been
Manager of the Cordova. Pub
lic Utilities. Effective as' of
jjctoljpr ^t, thu. positions of
; $it£r litabageb a’nd ..Utilities.
'Manager'will be combined and
his appointment will be ef
fective at that time.
Leon “Ole” Johnson, mam
ager of the local KEA, wa»
voted into the Chair of Mayor*
of Kodiak by an over w betak
ing majority. The largest vote
ever cast at a City election,
323 votes, gave Johnson 267j.
while the encumbent; candi
date’ Jack Hmekle received
53. Heading thej Non-Partisan
Ticket the five candidates on
the slate were all elected into
office and Robert Hall, an in
dependent candidate was
lected as the sixth Council
member.
The votes cast for City
Council were as follows: Anna
Mae Vokacek, 264; Wilton
White. 256; Stanley Nelson,
223; Robert Hall; 1*6; Pet#
Deveau 167; W. A. Cannon,
1137: and the losing candidates
.received: Basil Clark,
Vinnie Root, 93: Oscar HansoA
84- Morris Burham, 79; E. L
Lightfoot, 72; William Smith,
68; and the other two running
independents, Lee Cadell, 83^1 i
Herbert Spiegel, 32.
The new Council will meeti
for the first time next Monday
night. October 11th in thet
Elks.Club Rooms.
In the school election therej
were 304 votes cast and th i
only candidate on the ballotO
Robert Hall deceived 283 voter
In this election there were n.
number of write in candidate*
their total vote amounting to
21. ' ' r
St. Mary’s Church will hold
a rummage sale from October
9th through October Iffth to
the Rectory of the Church.
The sale will be daily fw»»
10 am to 7
Anyone having saleable
clothing can bring them to the
Church
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Miss Pearle Rold is arriving
in Kodiak this week end to
join the staff at the Kodiak
Baptist Mission., Miss Rpld
formerly was with the Chung
Mei Home in El Cerrito, Cali
fornia. v
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.E. R. HAINES arrivedi
Wednesday to take over the
duties bf assistant cashier a*
the Bank of Kodiak. He waa
the former assistant manager
at thejPacific National Bank
Branch at Bellvue, Wash. i
;el(t6siiiilpfi
akefield ^annerj^
left Kodiak on Sunday, Oct. 3
for for the States.