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Alaska Petersburg Press

Location

Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1958

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wrangell Harry Thorburn Thorburn

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