First Tour Boat to Visit Petersburg This Summer
The Canadian Prince, formerly Princess Norah, owned by Northland Navigation Co., will call at Petersburg for a series of Friday visits starting June 28 from 8 am to noon. The chamber of commerce notes implications for local tourism and discusses supporting housing facilities for campers and plans for a forthcoming festival.
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Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Prince
Northland Navigation Co
British Columbia
Princess Norah
Alaska
Chamber
Bartlett
Gruening
FHA
Harold Lee
Lars Eide
A. J. Trones
Ragnar Stokke
Lew Williams
Arold Lee
Divi Og
and i
Kake Harbor Hearing Set for May 21
A Corps of Engineers hearing on proposed improvements to Kake Harbor is scheduled for Tuesday May 21 at the Presbyterian Church in Kake. The delay from an April 2 date was announced with emphasis on data requests covering harbor resources, past and present water-borne commerce, and details of vessels currently at the harbor and transient traffic.
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Corps of Engineers
Kake
Presbyterian
Col
K. T. Sawyer
Airline schedule changes announced for Petersburg midsummer
Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines will add summer services from Petersburg with northbound flights at 9:30 am and 3:45 pm and southbound at 9:30, 11:30 am, and 3:30 pm. The 11:30 pm southbound improves Annette Island connections. Pan American and Pacific Northern arrivals in Annette align with morning schedules. Sitka service to Petersburg runs 9:30 am daily, with direct trips three days weekly at 1 pm. Kake service six days weekly at 9 am. Curfew extended to midnight for graduation. Chief of Police observed.
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Petersburg
Annette Island
Annette
PAA
PNA
Pan American
Pacific
U of A Announces 1963 Commencement Speakers
University of Alaska sets May 26 for baccalaureate at 1 30 PM and May 27 for commencement at 10 AM in the new gym. Chaplain Brown, Lt. Gen. Doolittle, and Robert Shaw named as primary speakers. Nancy O Donnell of Petersburg among graduates with education major.
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Charles B. Brown Jr
James H. Doolittle
Robert Shaw
University of Alaska
William R. Wood
Brown
U. S. Army
Doolittle
Shell Oil Company
Shaw
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Burns faces disorderly conduct charge in court
Iman Burns appeared before Deputy Magistrate Vernon Counter and was charged with disorderly conduct. He received a $100 fine and a five day jail sentence, both suspended.
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Court News
Vernon Counter
Iman Burns
Grade School Track Meet Highlights and Prospects
The annual grade school track meet at the gym area featured kindergarten through grade 8 events with winners across 15 disciplines. New marks were set in 15 of 48 events while plans for a larger athletic field include a circular track and possible dual or triangular high school meets.
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Harukd Bergmann
Richard Hansen
Becky Ohmer
Barbara Jordan
Merlyn Newland
Andy Massey
Helen Matunding
Patty Plumley
Richard Hensen Jr
Mike Fitzhugh
Valda Cooday
Christy ’Hammer
Cathy Henpen
Lenore Mathisen
Christy
Cathy Hansen
Christy Hammer
April Otness
Laura Strand
Connie Crane
Greg Miller
John Rice
Joe Philbin
Richard Gartz
Kenneth Richards
Helen Zepp
Polly Martens
Jody Penttila
Karen Jordan
Kay Holosen
Millie Evenden
Kay Holosén
Jody Pentula
Dennise Ryan
Sue Roth
Janet MacDonald
David MacDonald
Myron Lyons
Roy Smith
John Katasse
Mark Anderson
Eric Stenberg
Myron
Lyons
Jerry Miller
Billy Menish
Eddie Haugen
Don Kelly
Williard Payno
Robert Lewis
Ricky Thynes
Vieit
Harold Moshier
Tim
McChord Field
Air Force
Harold
Air Force Base
Alagka
Lloyd’ Roundtree
Moshier
Anchorage West High School
Kake High School honors first senior class in church commencement
Kake High School gradates its first senior class in a ceremony at Kake Memorial Presbyterian Church. Valedictorian Elsie Kadake delivers, with salutatorian Carol Ann Williams and historian Cheryl Jackson among graduates. Several students began at Mt. Edgecumbe. others completed all four years in Kake. Recipients include a University of Alaska scholarship for Kadake. plans include University of Alaska and Haskell.
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Kake High Schigell
Kake Memorial Presbyterian Church
Trancine Peopl
Raymond Bell
Elsie Ruth Kadake
Carol Ann Williams
Cheryl Jean Jackson
Joseph Thomas
Bob Shawcroft
Robert J. Peratrovich
Alaska Native Sisterhood
Rake
Mt. Bdage
Bowling Event Raises Cancer Funds in Petersburg
The Bowldown Cancer event added 198 to the fund with 108 from the latest bowls. Coordinators Art Hammer and his wife thanked the Elks lodge for alleys and attendees including Justin Lind Bob Fitzhugh Jim Leckley Werner Israelson Duke Miller and prize donors. Winners include men Johnny Johnson Rank Renk Harold Sisson Ken Welde and women Irene White Dolorest Lund Ruby Martens Norman Tenford Carolyn Westerberg. Alternate doubles saw Bob Dennison and wife win 378 with other top duos. Prizes were donated by local businesses and individuals. Toastmistress club meets Monday at 6:30 in the Pastime dining room.
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Art Hammer
The
Elks Lodge
Justin “Lind
Bob Fitzhugh
Jim Leckley
Werner Israelson
Duke Miller
Bowl Down Cancer Committee
Johnny Johnson
Rank Renk
Harold Sisson
Ken Welde
Irene White
Dolorest Lund
Ruby Martens
Norman ‘Tenfford
Carolyn ‘Westerberg
Bob Dennison
Bob Norman
Marvin Peterson
Jerry Johnson
Jeanette Cook
Clyde Temple
R. C. Smith
Trading Union
Arctic Liquor Store
Bank of Petersburg
Hammer & Wikan
People’s Drug
Richard Day
the Star
Petersburg Liquor Store
Sanitary Market
Hobby Shop
Hi Harbor
Bar Liquor Store
Dependable Oil Service
Petersburg Motor Co
Hannah Porter
Kennedy Names Ex Senator Smith to International Fish Meet
President Kennedy designated former Senator Ben Smith of Massachusetts as chairman of the U S delegation for talks with Japan and Canada on renegotiating the North Pacific Fisheries Convention. Meeting in Washington is slated to begin June 6 with participation by Gloucester, Massachusetts fish interests. Beaver Knut Thompson received an advisory invitation but would pay own expenses due to budget limits.
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Washington
Kennedy
Ben Smith
Massachusetts
United States
Japan
Canada
Tor E. L. Bartlett
Tree Sepote
Ben Leyion
Gloucester
Mass
North Pacific
Sr Petersburg
Beaver Knut Thompson
State Department
Thompson
Magnuson Named to North Pacific Fisheries Treaty Delegation
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson a Washington Democrat is named to the U S delegation for a three nation meeting opening here June 6 on possible renegotiation of the North Pacific Fisheries Treaty.
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Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington Democrat
U.S
Rules That Peeler Co Faces Alaska Rate Probe
The commission found that West Coast and Alaska rates for leasing machinery to shrimp processors were double those in other states. As of August 31, 1960, six Peeler Co. machines were located in Alaska and the company must discontinue the disputed practice after review.
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Hoes
Roqpore Toe Firn
Ts .N Ve
Dmartpers
Tie Ov Dence
West Coast
Alaska
Progrem
Poe Deere
Puget Sound
Alaska van Lines
Alaska Northern Express
Alaska Freight Line
Garrison Fast
Consolidated Freightway
Hospital Admission and Discharge Log for Petersburg May Week
The list records admissions and discharges at Petersburg General Hospital for two weeks in May. Names appear for patients admitted May 2 to 8 and May 9 to 15, with several individuals repeated on both sides, including Ruth Steear, Jewell Haube, and Julia Hall among others.
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Petersburg General Hospital
Ruth Steear
Jewell Haube
Larry Baysinger
Peter Moe
Phyllis Padgett
Donald Richards
Lavina Bland
Oscar Wikan
John Jensen
Wm. Paulino
Joe Cox
John Varness
Andrew Gjerde
Louis Duval
Pete Reitan
Julia Hall
Phyliss Padget
Baby
Delphine Nanmack
Lithic Norway Festival Decorations Fire Up Seattle Town
City crews mounted street decor for the sixth annual Lithic Norway Festival to be held Saturday and Sunday. The program includes a Nordic dance, church social, and a salmon bake at Sandy Beach with community groups urging public attendance.
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Elks and Emblem Club
Sandy Beach
Tu.s
J & Fs
Hearing Set For Fish Bargaining Bill
Senator Bartlett will hold hearings in California in late May on the Magnuson Bartlett bill to let fishing vessel owners join with crew members for bargaining over sale of their products and allowing buyers to form industry wide associations for bargaining on fish prices. Preliminary hearings were held in Washington last week. California hearings include a May 24 timetable with meetings in San Pedro and San Diego.
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Washington
Bartlett
California
Magnuson-Bartlett
Seattle
Kodiak Anchorage
Peterburg
Ketchik
San Pedro
San Diego
Rice Buys Out Marine And Logging Supply
Dependable Owl Service announces an outboard motor service and repair display at Rice warehouse on Sasno Punt with a pickup room for service and repairs. South Coast Forest Products Inc will retain the Frver building.
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Renair
Esttres
Sasno Punt
Outboard Motors
Dependable Owl Service
South Coast Forest Products Inc
Frver
Biele Named National Aide to VFW Leader
Kansas City reports that Phil Biele of Petersburg is appointed national aide-de-camp to Commander-in-Chief Ron Gentry of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The commander says Biele will act as his personal representative and advance the organization’s work.
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Kansas City
Byron B. Gentry
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Phil Biele
Petersburg
Gentry
Biele
Potluck event for Sons of Norwes lodge readied
A local lodge announces a potluck tomorrow for the Sons of Norwes group with plans for a social dinner and note of a nearby gathering. Attendees are urged to bring dishes and participate in a community meal at the lodge hall.
Mitkof Hotel seeks homeowners for summer room rentals
Mitkof Hotel announces a three week program inviting homeowners with spare rooms to rent during the summer tourist season. The Stokkes say tours may fill spaces, with Amber Tours from Los Angeles staying July 29 in Petersburg. interested residents should call the hotel to offer accommodations.
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Mitkof Hotel
Ragnar Stokke
Los Angeles
Petersburg
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