Kodiak salmon season dates largely unchanged for 1950
Fisheries agent Roy Lindsley announced Kodiak area opening and closing dates for commercial salmon. Uniform closures apply July 15 to 31 with limited exceptions. Barluk Red River districts run June 6 to August 13 and September 10 to 30. Alitak July 5 to 15 and July 81 to August 14. gill nets follow prior periods if escapement holds. Herring quota fixed at 275000 barrels for 1950-1952 with season ending September 30, post quota permitted due to believed adequate fall runs.
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Kodiak
Roy Lindsley
Barluk
Red River
Alitak
Karluk
Seattle
Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, D. C
Legion To Fete Kodiak High Basketball Team Dinner
The American Legion and Auxiliary will honor Kodiak High School basketball, Class B champions, at the Far Rendezvous dinner on Tuesday March 28. Tickets are $3.00, 100 total, on sale soon at the Legion Club. Herbert Spiegel chairs the event.
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The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Kodiak High
Legion Club
Herbert Spiegel
Kodiak Youths Face Pending Judgment in Christofferson Case
Commissioner A M Vokacek has not handed down judgment in the case of Alfred Christofferson and recon Shuravloff, Kodiak youths. Christofferson was released on $200 bail this week, but Shuravloff could not meet the bond.
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A. M. Vokacek
Alfred Christofferson
Recon
Shupp Chase and Tolbert Form New Construction Company
Shupp Chase and Tolbert Construction Company formed merging Shupp Chase Tolbert interests. Effective March 1, the firm will build a new Brooklyn Avenue building with lumber yard, electrical and plumbing shops, mill, paint, and trucking services. Temporary office at Mill Bay Road and Alaska Way.
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Shupp, Chase-Tolbert, Jennings Farm New Construction Company
Chase and Tolbert
Ralph Shupp Construction Co
Emmet Jennings
Shupp, Chase and Tolbert Constuction Company
Brooklyn Avenue
Jay Tolbert
Pany
Ralph Shapp Construction Company
Mill Bay Road
Alaska Way
Kodiak
Shupp
John Chase
Mission Road
Kodiak Cleaners
W. J. Erskine
Carlson Hill
Seattle Chamber Visits Alaska This Summer Tour
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce plans a summer Alaska tour by air, with a 12 hour Kodiak stop. Ray Martin, PNA agent, received a letter from Seattle confirming the tour. The chamber secretary read the letter at the Thursday meeting. Lee C. Bettinger reported on his Juneau trip about advancing General Service Administration funds and will report at the council school board meeting Thursday night. Due to a poor Bristol Bay salmon season the Alaska Salmon Industry cannot yet comment on hiring plans. W. C. Arnold, ASI president, wrote the local chamber. the secretary urged hiring Alaska fishermen over stateside workers. Paid up membership stands at 45.
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Ray Martin
PNA
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Lee C. Bettinger
Juneau
General Service Administration
Bristol Bay
Alaska
W. C. Arnold
ASI
C of C
Garland Mailboat Stops in Port Sunday
The garland mailboat from Seward to the westward halted in port Sunday providing routine mail service and coastal transit updates for travelers and crews along the route.
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Garland
Seward
Port Sunday
White Named KEA President
Wilton White was elected president of the Kodiak Electric Association at the new board meeting. Leo Sears was named vice president and Morris Burnham secretary treasurer. Committee chairmen will be appointed March 20. Bernard Kirk, REA field representative for Alaska, attended and announced four Alaska representatives with HQ in Anchorage. Kirk and Donald T. Lowery oversee REA divisions. Herbert Bryan’s previous Alaska post is abolished.
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Wilton White
Kodiak Electric Association
Leo Sears
Morris Burnham
Bernard Kirk
REA
Alaska
Kirk
Anchorage
Donald T. Lowery
Generals Attend All Alaska Armed Forces Boxing Finals
Lieut. Gen. N. F. Twining and Maj. Gen. Stanley Scott of Fort Richardson and Capt. G. H. Hamilton of NOB Adak flew to Kodiak NOB yesterday to watch the boxing tournament finals.
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N. F. Twining
Stanley Scott
Fort Richardson
G. H. Hamilton
Nob
Adak
Kodiak Nob
All Alaska Armed Forces
No Funds Yet For School and Water System in Alaska
Mayor Lee Bettinger told a joint city council and school board meeting that GSA funding applications for a new Kodiak water system and a Juneau area school were returned. Land-title issues blocked the reservoir site, with Anchorage’s District Land Office saying land cannot be obtained. Further appeals may be needed. Governor Gruening backs the plan and a $70 million Alaska allotment aids GSA construction.
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General Services Administration
Juneau
Kodiak
Independent School District
Lee C. Bettinger
Bettinger
Anchorage
James Ryan
Ernest Gruening
Gruening
GSA
Alaska
Drewes Elected Commander of Katmai Post 7056
John Drewes was elected commander of Katmai Post 7056 VFW at a Tuesday meeting. Other officers for one year include E. E. Foster as senior vice commander Tom Frost Jr as junior vice commander Anthony Perez as quartermaster Alvin Pickett as judge advocate Leroy Wenzel as chaplain Tom Larson as surgeon and William G. Woodward as trustee for three years. Bob Showalter of Edmonds Washington left for home after a week’s visit with Ben Benson, designer of Alaska’s flag, and the two once raised mink together.
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John Drewes
Katmai
Vefw
E. E. Foster
Tom Frost, Jr
Anthony Perez
Alvin Pickett
Leroy Wenzel
Tom Larson
William G. Woodward
Bob Showalter
Edmonds
Wash
Ben Benson
Benson
Alaska
Showalter
Water Bill Paid In Full By City Pumping Service
City council unanimously approved charging the private Mission Road Pumping Service $3.50 per month per unit for eleven months of city water use since April 1 1949. A total of 31 homes subscribe to the private line and six within city limits will receive city water applications. The city will cut the private line at the last house inside the limits while outside users receive no notice. The pumping service is owned by John Gibbons and John Hughes.
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Mission Road
Kodiak
Mill Vokacek
Lee Bettinger
John Gibbons
John Hughes
Elks To Stage Two Day Carnival Fundraiser
The Elks Club plans a two day carnival and celebration March 31 and April 1 to bolster the B P O E Charity Fund. Committees for events will be announced soon. The club rooms on Brooklyn avenue host the event and the group continues charity work including sponsoring local Boy Scout troops.
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Elk’s Club
Brooklyn Avenue
Power outage hits part of town from broken KEA plant piston
A broken piston in a KEA plant engine caused a partial power outage for about an hour on Thursday evening, affecting nearby neighborhoods and prompting utility crews to isolate the fault and restore service.
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Kea
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Calif
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