Voting Hours Set for Alaska Statehood Referendum
Voters age 19 and over in Alaska will vote August 26 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on statehood. Absentee ballots reached 84 with U S Commissioner Vernon Counter noting more may come. Two Republicans face off for the state legislature while Bernice Stokke and John Longworth contest the GOP spot against Elder Lee. Voters may declare a party but are not required. judges will ask. Residency requirements are 19, one year in Alaska, 30 days in precinct.
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Alaska
Loie
State Vetersburg
Recine
Spec
Scow Bay
DeBoer
West Petersburg
Mathew
U. S
Vernon
Petersburg
Petersburg Coach William Neher Joins Kake School Staff
William Neher, Petersburg High School coach for three seasons, will leave to join the Kake school staff with his family. They will rent their Scow Bay home for winter as housing is arranged, and Neher will work this summer for Pacific American Fisheries.
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William Neher
Petersburg
Kake
Neher
Scow Bay
Pacific American Fisheries
Alaska Salmon Pack Totals Show Strong Early Run Gains
Through Aug 17 Alaska salmon pack reached 2,697,706 cases, well above 1957's 2,114,935. Southeast Alaska totals rose to 962,858 cases versus 658,355 last season, with Petersburg Wrangell and Kuke district at 230,670 vs 146,439 in 1957. Seine and trap season near end in SE Alaska. only West Coast and Clarence Strait open for a week. Coho fishing on the Stikine improved. 1,932 fish taken this week, compared with 1,509 in 1957 and 495 in 1956.
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Alaska
Petersburg Wrangell
Kuke
West Coast
Clarence Strait
FWS Lab
Midway
Balder
Symphony
Halibut Thompson
Vitanic
Petersburg Council Sets General Fund Budget at 236000
Petersburg town council adopted a 15 mill tax rate to fund an estimated 236000 budget for the coming year. The plan projects 242070 in revenue from property tax and other sources including state support, hospital income, and sale of cemetery lots. Officials note a prior 60k shortfall was bridged by borrowing and aim to reduce debt.
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Council
Petersburg
Public Works Dept
B.P.R
Anti Statehood Move Targets Alaska Statehood
Anti statehood forces plan a Fairbanks meeting sponsored by the Alaska Sportsmen's Council representing 13 groups. Washington conservationists C R Gutermuth and Charles H Callison will speak, with Gutermuth opposing statehood in Congress and Callison involved in fishing condition disputes in Alaska.
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Anchorage
Fairbanks
Anchorage Times
Alaska Sportsmen's Council
Alaska
Times
Washington, D.C
Congress
C. R. Gutermuth
Wildlife Management Institute
Charles H. Callison
National Wildlife Federation
Gutermuth
Thomas Pelly
Seattle
Statehood
Callison
Petersburg
Derby leads kids with ten pound six ounce coho
Doug Welde tops the Hammer and Wikan sponsored derby with a ten pound six ounce coho. Jeff Boddington follows as the youngest entrant with a nine pound three ounce catch. Jerome Dahl and Butch Whitethorn each report eight pound seven ounce fish. Pre school medical exams by Dr. R. C. Smith are scheduled next Tuesday and Wednesday for kindergarten children, with early A through M on Tuesday and remaining names on Wednesday. Parents must accompany children and bring a urine specimen.
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Doug Welde
R. C. Smith
Seaton to Speak in Anchorage on Alaska Statehood Referenda
Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton will address an Anchorage banquet tonight hosted by the chamber of commerce. He will discuss statehood and three referendum propositions on the August 26 ballot. The itinerary includes Fairbanks Saturday Nome Monday and Juneau Tuesday with returns to be heard in the capital Tuesday evening. Departure for Washington follows on Wednesday.
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Anchorage
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Chamber of Commerce
Seaton
Petersburg School Reopens with Full Schedule Next Week
School opens again in Petersburg on Tuesday September 2 with regular classes starting Wednesday morning. Supt J F Hayward states teachers meet at 9 00 Tuesday in the high school home economics room for orientation. New students register Tuesday afternoon 1 30 in the high school and grade school offices. Kindergarten also attends Wednesday with elementary classes starting at 8 30 and high school at 8 20. Class assignments for elementary students appear in the paper next Friday.
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Petersburg
Supt
J. F. Hayward
Hayward
Travelers record of passengers to Alaska ports
A list of travelers and destinations shows many passengers flying from Juneau Wrangell Ketchikan Seattle and Sitka to Anchorage Juneau Wrangell Ketchikan Seattle and Verangell with names including Frances Belanger Captain Lester Holmes Mildred Massey Ed Hughes Chet Steear and Jerry Benson. The notes mention multiple departures from Juneau and arrivals from Sitka and Wrangell.
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Frances Belanger
Capt
Lester Holmes
Anchorage
Ray Flummer
Hans Enzbrunner
Wrangell
Peter Husy
Ketchikan
Mildred Massey
Seattle
Ed Hughes
Chet Steear
Jerry Benson
Juneau
Helen
Kenn Fenn
Sitka
Darlene Conn
James Rhodes
Les Florence
A. Holt
Jake Angell
H. Coleman
Tom Kito
Jeanette Kito
B. Y. Grant
G. A. Rydberg
Harold Heaton
C. R. Mattson
Chas. Marchant
Ann Hendries
Parr
Infant
South
Ruth Thorsen
Jake Agell
H. Heaton
Verangell
Art Qlsen
Carroll Clausen
Bell Island
Walter Birkeland
Hazel Mori
S. Steward
Jack Berge
Louis Krukoff
Ken Thynes
A. Gilbert
Pat Anderson
Harold Stolpe
E. F. Kvinsland
Alice Stafford
Olga Kawiuk
R. Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
Marjorie
Shelia Ward
Alda
Stan
John
Bevery Reid
Pat Grove
Preston Kiger
Denice
Darla Ryan
Andrew Wikan
Rodney Ellis
Loyal Pelly
James Wheeler
Maxine Husvik
Paur Tony
Karen
Karen Rasmussen
Don Walle
Mary Laposki
J. K. Vaughn
L S. Barnes
Hilton Deranger
C. M. Armstrong
Edward McArthur
Carl Swanson
Stewart Conn
Alma Wallen
E. E. Norton
Gary Swafford
L J. Barnes
Vance Sutter
Harry Benson
Edwin Popin
Wallace Norman
H. G. Dawes
Randy
Rexall dinner hosts Rexall executives and staff
Neil Hitman an Alaska Rexall salesman hosted a dinner for Peoples Drug employees this week. Wes Walker Rexall northwest and Alaska manager attended as a guest. Afterward the Rexall men discussed new products and plans for the advertising campaign with Rexall store employees and owner Les Elkins.
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Neil Hitman
Alaska
Rexall Drug Company
People's Drug
Wes Walker
Northwest
Rexall
Les Elkins
BPW Urges Yes Vote On Statehood Referendums
Petersburg's Business and Professional Women's Club posted posters urging voters to approve all three statehood referendums on the ballot next Tuesday. BPW collected scholarship fund tickets for the committee chair, Mrs. Dale Fleck, and held a going away party for member Mrs. Frances Belanger who moved to Anchorage with her husband and daughter.
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Petersburg
Business and Professional Women’s Club
BPW
Dale Fleck
Frances Belanger
Anchorage
Mitkof Sales Buys City Lot Near Mitkof Garage
Leon Hasbrouck informs the city council he will accept the offer to buy a lot between the Mitkof garage and the new paved main street for 500 dollars plus paying assessment. He warns no expensive structure will be built until traffic warrants a road down the Stikine. The council notes a protest on a property assessment but leaves the protested assessment in place. The finance committee recommends a 15 mill tax rate for the new year, up from last year, with budget justification to be published. The council discusses hookup charges for water and sewer with a plan to review utility fees via the public works committee.
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Leon Hasbrouck
Mitkof
Hasbrouck
Stikine
Board of Equalization
Finance Committee
Knut Thompson
Prolic Works Committee
Injured Kake Boy Sent South After Gunshot
Raymond Quick, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Quick of Kake, was sent to the U S Public Health Service Hospital in Seattle after a bullet wound to the head. Officials say the shooting may have been an accident during a firearms play by children aged 6 to 9. This follows the Quick family tragedy of 1950 house fire deaths and prior firearm fatalities.
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Salvation Army
Alice
Stubby) Dundin
Edward Hughes
Assembly of God Church
Dundin
Oregon
Alaska
Ketchikan
Pioneer Heath
Petersburg
Jack O’donnell
Jennie Lloyd
Joe Miller
Seattle
Don Appel
California
Bert Heath
John Heath
Fairbanks
Mickey Heath
Raymond Quick
Peter Quick
Kake
U. S. Public Health Service
R. C. Smith
Raymond
U. S
Vernon Counter
Quick
Alaska statehood drive dominates Alaska primary preview
The editorial urges voting yes on statehood propositions and portrays Alaska’s path to self care. It surveys gubernatorial contenders William Egan Victor Rivers and J Gerald Williams, debates for attorney general candidates Ray Plummer and Ralph Rivers, and profiles Nolan Laiblin Veatch Barnes and other local figures in the Alaska election landscape.
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William Egan
Victor Rivers
J. Gerald Williams
John Butrovich
Williams
Alaska
Rivers
Anchorage
Munticipal
Egan
Valdez
Bob Bartlett
Ray Plummer
Ralph Rivers
Fairbanks
U. S. House of Representatives
Henry Benson
Territorial
Plummer
Pople
James Nolan
Ketchikan
George Laiblin
Laiblin
Southeastern
Camp Cook
Nolan
Wrangell
Democratic Party
Petersburg
Doris
Ines
Senate
Ernestine Veatch
Sitka
Howard Bradshaw
Barnes
Ed Locken
Kake
Veatch
Spike Buck Wins Trading Union Prize for Under16 Hunter
Butch Bailey won the Trading Union prize for the hunter under 16 by bringing in the first deer of the season with a spike buck taken yesterday morning. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates about 10 deer were taken when the season opened last Wednesday. Other opening day entrants include Tex Blankenship Bob Fitzhugh Art Hammer and Ken Andersen. No entries had yet been received for the Hammer and Wikan deer derby at dawn today.
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Butch Bailey
Trading Union
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tex Blankenship
Bob Fitzhugh
Art Hammer
Ken Andersen
Wrangell Opens Thunderbird Hotel After Fire
Wrangell prepares to launch the Thunderbird Hotel with a grand opening next weekend. Builders and owners Mr and Mrs Harry Thorburn say the hotel, damaged by a 1952 fire, will soon offer full rooms and will be ready by August 30.
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Wrangell
Harry Thorburn
Thorburn
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