APOSTOLIC DELEGATE ARRIVING
Archbishop Vagnozzi, the Apostolic Delegate, personal representative of the
Holy Father, is due to arrive in Kodiak this afternoon on the PNA flight,
according to Rev. John J. Marx of St. Mary's Parish. He will be accompanied
by Bishop Dermot O'Flanigan, Bishop of Juneau. They will remain in Kodiak
overnight and will return to Anchorage tomorrow. Father Marx said the
arrival of the Apostolic Delegate is indicative of the concern of the Holy
Father for the people of Alaska and of Kodiak in this time of disaster.
STEAMSHIP HERE
Alaska Steamship Agent Lou Veerman advises that the southbound freighter
SUSITNA arrived in Kodiak this morning and is taking on cargo at City Dock
from both Alaska Ice & Storage and King Crab, Inc. The freighter ODUNA will
be here from Seattle tomorrow afternoon at the Naval Base.
OMNIBUS BILL
Steve Collins, vice president and manager of the local branch of the
National Bank of Alaska, advised the City Council last night that he had
conferred with his bank's President, Elmer Rassmusson, of Anchorage and
that "it looks pretty optimistic at this time that the Congress will
approve the Omnibus Bill under which the government would make good on all
insurance that at present lacks coverage for the earthquake and tidal wave
damage incurred in Alaskan cities.
ROBERTSON RETURNS
Well known Kodiak resident Bill Robertson Sr., who was in Anchorage for
medical purposes, has returned home although there was no home left
standing to live in. His house was directly in the path of the tidal waves.
He and his wife Myra are now living with their son Bill Robertson, Jr.
PHI BETA KAPPA
Milton Souter, Jr. senior at Washington State University entered the ranks
of the Phi Beta Kappa Key holders this past week. His parents were notified
that Milt's high scholastic standing won him the highly coveted honor.
COLD STORAGE
Manager Bix Bonney of the cold storage plant today announced that "we will
be processing dungeness crab in just two weeks!"
BODY RECOVERED
The list of dead rose again today with the finding of the body of Maurice
Curry who lived at Kalsin Bay. The number of dead is now officially set at
ten. The missing list now totals nine.
APA PAYCHECKS READY
APA Area Superintendent Vern Hiliker advises that pay checks for the week
ending 3/28/64, for employees of the crab cannery, can now be picked up any
day between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., at the APA office in the upstairs of the
Donnelley building.
MARINES SAVE 14 LIVES
Quick thinking and action on the part of two Marine sentries in the
downtown school house area resulted in saving the lives of the fourteen
persons living in the home of Ray and Dorothy Albrecht early this morning.
They spotted flames and smoke in the frame home located on Rezanoff Drive
and raced through the house arousing the unknowing and sleeping people and
directing them to safety outside the structure which soon thereafter was
entirely engulfed in flames. Police received the fire call at 5:10 a.m. and
both the local volunteer fire department and the Naval Station fire
department answered the call to fight the blazing inferno. All occupants
of the house es-caped unhurt, thanks to the two fast acting young Marines,
The two Marines are: Lance Corporal Howard F. Skeean of Rocky Hill, Conn,
and Lance Corporal James E. Loseman of Jenning. Mo. Cause of the fire is
undetermined.
WASHINGTON BOUND
Mayor Pete Deveau is scheduled to depart for Anchorage today where he will
join Governor Bill Egan and representatives of other disaster struck
Alaska communities all of whom are flying to the nation's capital to
expedite federal assistance to Alaskan area devasted by the tidal wave and
earthquake.
THURSDAY GALE DAMAGE
Six boats were a total loss and nine others damaged to varying degrees in
the heavy winds that whipped through the area early yesterday morning.
Councilman Oscar Dyson who along with Pat Cannon have been coordinating
various waterfront and fleet salvage efforts, listed the following six
vessels as total losses: VAGABOND, MARGUERITE, FIDELITY, SHUYAK, TINY, MISS
ARTIC. Dyson said the TINY was crushed and the MISS ARTIC sank. The
following nine were beached and damaged: INVICTA, MARY L, HAZEL A, JOANNE,
NORMAN J, CINDY, NEPTUNE, SOPHIA K, AND THE WINDBIRD. The WINDBIRD was
moored in Women's Bay and apparently was the only one which broke loose
there. The Navy assisted in pulling the NEPTUNE free of the breakwater
according to Oscar. Benny Groteclose's JAN M was pulled from drifting into
the rocks of the breakwater but not before he suffered some damage we have
been told. The losses were due to lack of any protective mooring
facilities.
GIBSON COVE
Two roads are being put down into Gibson Cove and both have now reached
down to the beach according to Oscar Dyson. Dyson said it appears there
will be plenty of parking room available in the area as well as area for
fishermen to work on their gear and equipment. Dyson said he was "very
optimistic about the possibilities offered by the Gibson Cove area."
HOUSING AVAILABLE
Two persons have notified us that they have immediate housing available in
the form of house trailers which they wish to sell. Bernard Skonberg has a
36 foot trailer near the Spruce Street playground available anytime.
Frenchy Richardson has a 40 x 8 foot 2-bedroom house trailer for sale.
Contact Trailer #17 in the Erdman Trailer Court on Buxfan Road off Mill Bay
Road.
HOUSING DESTROYED
According to a report made to the City Council last night by Civil Defense
Director Frank Irick, a total of 157 dwelling units were destroyed in the
immediate area by the tidal wave.
BOAT HARBOR
Councilman Oscar Dyson advises that work continues with both the Gibson
Cove facility which is being rushed to afford protection for vessels}
"possibly we hope within a week," and also with the small boat harbor in
town. He said divers continue to search the harbor, which is full of
various kinds of debris including trucks, autos, sunken boats, fishing
gear, broken piling, and also is full of silt, rocks, gravel and such
washed into it during the tidal surges. It is considerably shallower than
it was or is supposed to "be. The work of the divers, which is affected by
weather conditions and tide action, has been organized and is under the
direction of Guy Powell. Incidentally, the piledriver had already gotten
five piling driven in Gibson Cove, but the williwas winds yesterday morning
caused them to break off. He said hey are using 70 to 75 foot long pilings
there. He commended the driver crew with saving the driver itself during
the gale.
KING CRAB INC,
Kodiak's one remaining cannery was threatened during the williwaw winds
early yesterday morning. One corner of the roof of the vast building broke
loose from the building and was flapping about 3 or 4 feet. However, winds
diminished before severe damage was done, and workmen have secured the roof
again, according to Pete Deveau. King Crab Inc. President Bill Kingston
said work is progressing on cleanup of equipment and the plant under
foreman Jim Burke. Kingston said they have a boiler going and lights on
already, and "we expect to be processing crab and maybe even shrimp
(Eastpoint operation) again before the end of the month possibly within two
weeks."
ZACHAR BAY PROCESSING
In reports to the City Council both Bill Kingston and Pete Deveau brought
good news in the form of a report that their firm was undertaking a new
processing operation at their Zachar Bay facility. They said about 20 men
would be employed within a short time in the processing of herring for roe
for the Japanese. Kingston said that "while the operation is a small one,
it has excellent potential for the next year and the future."
FUNERAL SERVICES
Funeral and memorial services for Rose Marie and Eugene Schulz will be held
at 2:00 P.M. Sunday at the Assembly of God Church.
THE ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (ACS) IS HOLDING TELEGRAMS FOR THE FOLLOWING NAMED PEOPLE AT THEIR OFFICE.
ALASKA TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY KRAMER, DALE ARDINGER, HARRY KOMM, MICHAEL N. ANDERSON, NICK LARINOFF, PETE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT CO. LASSES, LT. & MRS. ELK BORENIN, PHIL LEONARD. ROBERT BERESTOFF, GERTRUDE MRS. MADSEN, ROY H. BROWN, JOHN MCCOY. HOPKINS DARKHOEFFER, TED MRS. MCALISTER, WILLARD BRYANT, HAROLD MR. OR MRS. MARKS, REV, JOHN J. BUNDY, R.A. MARTIN. RAY JR. BEGLEY. CURT JR. MARTIN, RAY DIERMANSKI, MARGARETHE AND ALFRED MCMEEKEN, LOUIS UNITED FISHERMANS MARKETING ASSN. MEYERS, HARRY (JAN BEUKERS) MOSER, DON BURNERR, GLEN MURLEY, MAY CHYA, MRS. PAUL NELSON, MR. & MRS. WALLY CHURCH, JACK R. NICHOLAS, MR. & MRS. WILLIAM J. CANNON, W.A. NORMAN, KAY CHRISTENSEN, MRS. DORIS NELSON, GORDON AND DOROTHY CANE, DOROTHY NIXON, MR. & MRS. AL COHEN, WALTER OR EDWARD ALVIN NEIBAUR, JUNITA CHRISTENSEN, ROLFE NESTELL, DONNA CROWELL, MILDRED NOORE, JANNE COLLART, DAVE W. NOLAND, STANLEY H. CASTER, MAUREEN NOVAK, JOHN P CULTHBERT, JIM ORCULL, THRUSTON (SONNY) CHASE, REED OLSEN, DANIEL CHOINSKI, EDNA AND PAUL OGBORN, MRS. ED CICHOSKI, MR. AND MRS. TINY PEMBERTON, CHARLES CORGATELLI, BARNEY PESTRIKOFF, PAT CASE, HELEN D. PETERSON, MR. & MRS. KARL DAMERY, WILLIAM PONCHENE, NATALIE DANIELS, LYLE PHILLIPS, WOODROW DENNY, IRMA PORTER, HARRY DURLEY, KENNETH PRATT, MRS, BERTHA ELGNAD, CLARENCE PONCHENE, PETER JOHN ELBEN, RUSSELL J. PUTNEY, GEORGE ERICHETTI, JOHN OR HERMAN WOOD OR JOHN GIVEN: PETTYS, MRS. OR MRS. JOY TRIPLETT ELLISON, CARL NICHOLAS MOORE, DEAN FREMLIN, HOWARD RUIZ, ERNEST FLETCHER, INA RENSVOLD, C.H. FRONT, MR. AND MRS. THOMAS J. JR. RICHARDSON, FRANCIS H. FRANKLYN, JOE E. RAPIER, FRANK FORSBURG, EDWIN ROTHAUG, MR. & MRS. E.J. FAA RANDOLPH, JOHN P. GEHRKE, BEN RUSSEL, WN. D. & MIGNON GIVEN, JOHN RUSS, WILLIAM GILBREATH, I.O. ROUTZHAN, GRACE GREGOROFF RICHARDSON, JOSEPH MCCOY HARVEYS FLYING SERVICE ROSENGRAN, C.L. HARVEY, LOUISE SAXTON, RON HAWKINS, JAMES, R. ZACHAR, RUKOVISNIKOFF, BAPTIST MISSION HARRIS, MISS MELISSA SPENCER, ROBERT JOHNSON, CHARLES STONE, ZELMA KNAGIN, DENNIS STEELE, SHIRLY OR CHIARD, L. SUPKO, MARLENE SIMMONS, HAROLD SALMINE, JOHN SLATER, D. STACK, MR. & MRS. RAYMOND J. SMITH, WILBUR OR JIM OR JERRY FLEMING SMITH, C.F. SELF, MR. AND MRS. HERB SMITH, JAY BRUCH SPONSEL, JOHN SPEARS, ERNEST TOOLEY. MRS. JOHN SKIN, NOAH TONY, PAUL TAYLOR, ROBERT VEERMAN, LOU URDAHL, RASSMAS WILSON, NANCY WOODHAM, FATE WOODARD, HERMAN (SEE JOHN ERICHETTI) WOODS, DORA M. WALLACE, DILL
SCHOOL TO BEGIN MONDAY
St, Mary's and the Public Schools will resume regular sessions on Monday,
April 6. Each child who must pass through the demolition area to reach the
Downtown School must be accompanied by a parent. The children who must
pass through the demolition area in the afternoon to reach their homes will
be held at school until either a parent or a responsible adult calls for
them. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ALL CLASSES WILL BE DISMISSED AT 3:30 P.M.
IVOR A. SCHOTT, Superintendent
REITZE HERE
Harry Reitze, Regional Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, is
now in Kodiak, accompanied by Jim Murdock, fisheries loan officer. Both
are from the Juneau headquarters. They hope to expedite loans to
qualifying fishermen and speed up plans for the establishment here of a
fisheries research facility for the federal government,
POWER SAW OPERATOR
Tom Kelley tells us that he has a large power saw and himself available for
those needing such equipment and operator. Tom's house was one of those
which was damaged on lower Brooklyn (Benson) Avenue, and he hopes to find
enough work to enable him to keep wife Marie and their nine children here.
PINK SALMON OUTLOOK
ADF & G Management Biologist Dexter Lall said today he suspects the tidal
waves caused considerable damage to pink salmon spawn, particularly in
Chiniak Cape bays and on down the east side of the island. He said it would
probably cause very poor catches of pinks in the 1966 and 1967 seasons. "I
am dubious that there will be much of anything in the way of a Kalsin Bay
run in 1965," Lall said after hearing of how high the tidal waves roared
into the spawning beds of Kalsin River.
TIDES
With tides running about eight feet higher than normal it will probably be
interesting to see what will happen when the 11-foot tides begin on the
14th of this month. Actually they will be more like 19-20-foot tides!
Already the tide is washing away the foundations of the remaining KEA
warehouse and causing considerable structural damage to the city dock and
plants in that area.
TELEPHONES
It will be some time before Kodiak will have a regular phone system
operating again, according to Kodiak Telephone Co. Manager Gordon Nelson,
Meanwhile, valiant efforts on the part of ACS personnel, with Jensen's
assistance, has nearly completed a switchboard installation with the
following 18 local lines in service:
111 City Police 207 Pillar Mountain 112 City Manager 208 Woody Island 113 City Hall 212 KEA 114 Information 214 Hospital 120 ACS Radio 215 Dr. Bruce Keers 122 PNA (City Office) 216 Civil Defense Headquarters (by high School) 202 High School 217 Dr. Bob Johnson (Home) 203 National Guard 218 Alaska Ice & Storage 206 ACS 222 ChiniakIn addition, they now have four long distance lines with three booths operating at ACS.
MONEY AUTHORIZED
Senator Bartlett has advised the city that the Urban Renewal agency has
released $ 67,000 to the city for planning purposes.
URGENT MESSAGE
The Red Cross is holding an URGENT message for Lew Revett, Jr. at City Hall.
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CHURCH SERVICES
FOLLOWING IS A SCHEDULE OF SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST. JAMES THE FISHERMAN CHURCH:
8:00 A.M. - Holy Communion
9:30 A.M. - Holy Communion and Sunday School
11:00 A.M. - Holy Communion
(Other churches wishing to list their hours of worship may do so by leaving
messages at City Hall or giving to Karl Armstrong.
SALVATION ARMY
Lt. Col. Daniel G. Rody, Divisional Commander of the Alaska Division of the
Salvation Army, arrived yesterday morning to meet with local S. A.
officials and arrange for coordination of their efforts with the Red Cross
here. He confired while here with Mayor Deveau and local S. A. official
Emil Knudson. Incidentally, Emil just returned to Kodiak. He was out on
a vacation and for medical purposes.
DONATION FUND
The City Council yesterday authorized the setting up of a special fund for
all the donations which have been received or offered directly to the city
for emergency relief purposes. A number of individuals and communities
have offered assistance, al-though most is in the form of clothing or food
of which there is now a sufficient supply on hand to meet immediate needs.
NATIONAL GUARD
First Lt. Tuza, commander of the local unit of the National Guard last
night advised the council that the unit, which has been on full time active
duty during the past week, is being partially demobilized. He said that
from 12 to 15 men will be kept on full time duty and that at any time
needed the unit would be called back into full mobilization.
REFUGEES
Civil Defense Director Frank Irick reports that 55 persons slept at the
High School Thursday and 235 meals were served Friday at the cafeteria. He
said the Bureau of Indian Affairs and state welfare agency sent
representatives to discuss what is to be done for the remaining homeless.
He said neither appeared to be able to provide funds for anything. Irick
tongue-lashed the Civil Defense Agency for "having come here in the
beginning and telling us that we could get anything from them we needed,
and then here a week later they can't furnish even such a small item as a
set of walkie-talkies...they said we'd have to buy them!" he exclaimed
before the council.
INCOME TAX
According to latest reports from stateside newspapers, the Internal Revenue
Department has given a 90-day extension to residents living in the
disaster areas for filing of income tax returns. The previous deadline
was April 15.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Public visitation will be held at the Slumber Room in the Kodiak Mortuary
between 5:00 P.M.and 7:00 P.M. for Charles "Chuck" Barrett, who died about
6:00 A.M. Friday morning. Mr. Barrett who owned the Kodiak Cafe and
previously was Chef at the Mecca 49 Room is survived by his wife Betty.
SIREN
Police Chief Jack Rhines advises that beginning next Wednesday the civil
defense siren will blow again every noon at 12:00 noon. HE REMINDS US THAT
THE SIGNAL FOR THE APPROACH OF ANY TIDAL WAVE WILL BE A STEADY FIVE MINUTE
LONG SOUNDING OF THE C. D. SIREN OR IN THE EVENT OF NO POWER THE POLICE
SIREN WILL BE USED.