Vello Väärtnõu's Family and Youth in the Estonian Press, 1954 to 2016 - his father Captain Arseni Väärtnõu, his mother Ida and the young swimmer

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Subject	The family and youth of Vello Väärtnõu: his father, Captain Arseni (Arseeni) Väärtnõu of the "Sõrve Kalur" fishing collective farm and later of the Muhu collective farm; his mother Ida Väärtnõu; and Vello as a schoolboy swimmer in Kingissepa (Kuressaare)
Newspapers	Kommunismiehitaja (Kingissepa, Saaremaa), Eesti Meremees (Tallinn), Estonsky Moryak (Tallinn, in Russian), Spordileht (Tallinn), Meie Maa (Kuressaare), Leole (Suure-Jaani)
Language	Estonian; one article in Russian (Estonsky Moryak 1962)

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 13 November 1954, page 1

Traallaevastik täienes

Nõukogude valitsus loob kalureile kõik võimalused viienda viisaastaku plaani edukaks täitmiseks uue püügitehnika suunamisega kalurikolhooside kasutusse. Neil päevil täienes Kingissepa mootor-kalapüügijaama kalapüügilaevastik jällegi ühe traallaeva võrra. Uus traallaev STB-7160, mida juhib kapten Aksel Alas ja kus traalmeistrina töötab Arseeni Väärtnõu, sõitis nüüd püügile.

K. VAHE

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 1 May 1956, page 2

Riia lahe avarustel

Rajooni kalurikolhooside kasutusse antud traallaevad alustasid Riia lahes intensiivset püüki. Traallaev STB 7125 (kapten Väärtnõu) täitis juba k. a. I kvartalis aastaplaanist ligi 30 protsenti. Temale järgnevad traallaevad STB 7160, 7119 ja 7204, kelle püügitulemused olid viimasel viispäevakul peaaegu võrdsed, püüdes iga päev rohkem kui tonni jääräimi.

Traallaevastik tähistab töötajate rõõmupüha püügiga avamerel. See on kalurite kingitus kodumaale ja rahvale.

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 26 January 1957, page 1

Võistlust juhivad traalerid STB-7204 ja STB-7125

Rasketes ilmastikutingimustes püüavad praegu kala meie rajooni traallaevad. Kuigi triivjää ja udu toovad sageli kaasa ebameeldivusi, see kalureid ei heiduta. Lülitunud valimiste-eelsesse võistlusse, teeb iga laeva meeskond kõik, et võetud kohustusi täita. Teistest paremaid tulemusi on seni saavutanud „Koduranna“ kolhoosi traaleri STB-7204 meeskond (kapten Vaher) ja „Sõrve Kaluri“ kolhoosi traallaev STB-7125 (kapten Väärtnõu), kes püüavad Soome lahes. Mõlemad traalerid on täitnud kvartaliülesandest ligi 90 protsenti. Balti merest püüdvatest traaleritest on parem STB-7160 (kapten Alas), kellel on ülesandest täidetud ligi 50 protsenti. Püük jätkub. Pole kahtlust, et traallaevastik täidab I kvartali püügiülesande ennetähtaegselt.

O. MAHL

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 2 February 1957, page 3

«Salme Kaluri» kolhoosi üleskutsele järgnedes

SÕRVELASTE KOHUSTUSED

„Sõrve Kaluri“ kolhoosis on k. a. I kvartali püügiülesanded paremini täitnud hülgepüügigrupp, kelle vastav näitaja küünib 105 protsendini. II lüli särjepüügiüksus (lülivanem Eduard Keidong), kes püüab Mõntus, täitis samuti kvartaliülesande. Unnapüügil on esirinnas kalurid Hindrek Pits, Laas Münt, Aleksander Ramst, Leopold ja Mart Oeselg, Arnold Aus jt. Praegu annavad nad kala üle kvartaliplaani. Kolhoosi ulatuses on aga ülesandest täidetud rohkem kui 80 protsenti. Edukas on ka traalpüük. Traaler STB-7125 (kapten Väärtnõu) raporteeris hiljuti kvartaliplaani täitmisest.

Innustatuna „Salme Kaluri“ kolhoosi kalurite sotsialistliku võistluse üleskutsest ja rajooni kalurite aktiivipäeva otsusest, mis hiljuti brigaadides läbi arutati, võtsid I brigaadi kalurid viimasel tootmisnõupidamisel rida kohustusi. Nii otsustati kohalike töörahva saadikute nõukogude valimiste päeva auks täita kvartaliplaan 130-protsendiliselt. III lüli (lülivanem V. Lind) kutsus võistlusse I lüli (M. Oeselg), kohustudes plaani täitma poolteisekordselt. Särjepüügiüksus aga sõlmis võistluslepingu hülgepüügigrupiga. Nende arvates ei tee raskusi püügiülesande täitmine 250-protsendiliselt. Ka kolhoosi kõige vanem kalur Laas Münt otsustas noorematega sammu pidada.

Kõrvuti püügiülesannete täitmisega otsustasid kalurid suurpüüniste remondi lõpule viia hiljemalt 15. veebruariks.

B. VAPPER

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 26 February 1957, page 2

MEHED MERETUULTES

G. Jisop

Soome lahe põhjarannik. Tiheda männimetsaga kaetud kaldal asub Maksim Gorki nimeline kalurikolhoos ja Vergi sadam. Juba kaugelt paistab tihe mastide mets kai ääres. Siin on talvisel traalpüügil Muhu, Pärnu, Hiiumaa, Kingissepa ja ka Leningradi traallaevad. Kingissepa mootor-kalapüügijaama traallaevadest püüavad siin „Koduranna“ kalurikolhoosi traallaev STB-7204 (kapten Vaher), „Sõrve Kaluri“ traallaev STB-7125 (kapten Väärtnõu) ja „Varuli-Ranna“ traallaev STB-7291 (kapten Makarov). Allpool räägime lühidalt sellest, kuidas näeb välja tavaline tööpäev meie tublidel meremeestel-kaluritel talvisel Soome lahel.

SÕIT PÜÜGIKOHALE

...Varane hommik, puhub 3-4-palline SW tuul. Taevas on kaetud ühtlase tumehalli pilvitusega. Ehkki on alles videvik, käib püügilaevadel juba kiire askeldamine: masinamehed käivitavad mootoreid ja tekimeeskond seab valmis traalnootasid. Päästetakse lahti kinnitusotsad ja üksteise järel eemalduvad traallaevad sadamast. Ka STB-7204 võtab kursi avamerele. Ühetoonilise mürinaga töötab diiselmootor ja sujuvalt kord tõustes kord vajudes lõikab laeva vöörtääv Soome lahe tinahalle laineid. Ahtri taga kaob hämarusse mustendav kaldaviirg, millest eraldub vaid kaks plinkivat majakatuld, mis asuvad täpselt üksteise all. Need on meremeeste teejuhid öises pimeduses.

Roolimajas kummardub kapten kaardi kohale, märkides ära laeva kursi ja püügikoha, kuhu kavatseme suunduda. Pilk kellale kinnitab, et püügikohta jõudmiseni on jäänud paarkümmend minutit. Viibime roolimajas neljakesi: kapten, kapteni abi Aleksander Marokin, mehaanik Heino Väli ja mina (motorist Johannes Laurits on masinaruumis). Vahetame omavahel arvamusi ja oletusi tänase püügikoha ja arvatava püügitulemuse kohta. Kapten Feliks Vaher on meremees, kellel on traalpüügil rikkalik praktiliste kogemuste tagavara, kuid ka teised meeskonnaliikmed on juba vilunud püügimehed, kelle sõnu ja arvamusi on vaja tõsiselt võtta. Seepärast arutataksegi alati ühiselt, kus lasta noot sisse. Et kindlaks määrata kalaparvede asukohta, peetakse silmas õhu temperatuuri, tuule suunda ja tugevust ning vee sügavust.

NOOT LASTAKSE SISSE

Omavahelises vestluses möödub aeg kiiresti ja olemegi jõudnud püügikohale. Meie läheduses hakkavad mitu traallaeva noota sisse laskma. Ka meie laeval on kõik valmis. Kapten võtab „käigu maha“ ja pöörab laeva tüürpoordiga, s. o. parema küljega vastu tuult. Laev asub külglainesse ja kapten asetab käigukangi asendisse „stop“. Kapteni abi Aleksander Marokin võtab noodapära sülle ja heidab selle üle parda. Edasi järgneb kogu traalnoot ja veepinnale jäävad õõtsuma ainult klaasujukid. Kapten annab edasikäigu ja asetab rooli poordi, laev hakkab tsirkuleerima.

Kui laevavöör on pöördunud ettenähtud kursile, annab kapten täiskäigu ning käsu mehaanik Heino Välile ja motorist Johannes Lauritsale, kes on ootevalmis traalvintsi juures, „et võib traallauad ja vaierid minna lasta“. Väli ja Laurits vabastavadki kohe vintsipoolide stopperid ja kummagi pooli pealt hakkavad vaierid vette jooksma. Et traalnoot jookseks laeva järel õigesti, on mõlemad vaierid täpselt mõõdetud ja märgistatud. Mehaanik tõstab käe märgiks, et vaierid on vajalikul hulgal välja lastud ja kapten, kes kogu aeg tähelepanelikult jälgib roolimajast, tasandab hetkeks laeva käiku. Stopperid keeratakse kinni ja mõlemad traalvaierid tõmmatakse laeva ahtris ketiga kokku ning uuesti annab kapten laevale täiskäigu. Traal on sees. Nüüd väljub kapten roolimajast ja kontrollib ka ise „nooda jooksu“. Veendunud, et kõik on korras, läheb ta uuesti roolimajasse ja märgib laeva päevaraamatusse traali sisselaskmise aja.

Kuna traalnoota vedav laev peab ise hästi kurssi, kinnitab kapten rooli vastavate stopperitega. Nüüd on mahti suitsu teha ja ka teisi laevu jälgida. Neid on silmapiiril juba kümmekond.

LÕUNATUND

Vahepeal on laeva vööris asuvast kambüüsi korstnast hakanud tõusma tihedaid suitsupilvi. Tänane kokk, kelleks on seekord kapteni abi Marokin, on asunud lõunat valmistama. Varsti tulebki ta meid sööma kutsuma.

Laskume alla meeskonnaruhvi, kust juba ukse avamisel lööb vastu isuäratav supilõhn. Kuna kõht on päris tühjaks läinud ning niiske külm riiete alla tunginud, maitseb soe supp eriti hästi ja tekitab mõnusa tunde. Supitaldrikuga peab aga oskuslikult ümber käima, sest meie jalgealune ei ole kuigi kindel ja laeva kokkupõrkel suurema lainega võib taldrikutäis suppi kergesti kõhu asemel sülle sattuda.

LOOMUS TULEB PÄEVAVALGELE

Kell näitab, et nooda väljavõtmiseni on jäänud vaid mõned minutid. Kapten vajutab nupule, mis paneb helisema elektrikella meeskonnaruumis. Mehaanik ning motorist asuvad oma kohtadele traalvintsi juures. Kapten lülitab käigu välja, samaaegselt päästavad mehed lahti vintsipoolide lintpidurid ja mehaanik lülitab käima traalvintsi. Undamisega hakkab see tööle, keerates poolidele terasvaiereid.

Kapten vähendab mootori käiku. Juba kerkivad veest enne ahtri-, pisut hiljem ka vööripoolne traallaud. Mehaanik lülitab välja traalvintsi, kapteni abi ja motorist vabastavad traallauad vaierite küljest ning kinnitavad seejärel traallookade külge. Kõik on korras ja mehaanik lülitab vintsi uuesti tööle. Viimased meetrid vaierit, ja juba kerkivad veest nooda kummagi tiiva otsas olevad vaalupuud ja ülemine selis klaasujukitega. Nüüd paneb mehaanik traalvintsi seisma ja siis hakkame kõik ühiselt märga, rasket noota käsitsi laeva pardale tirima. Kuna laev asub külglaines, on vaja töötada ettevaatlikult, muidu võib koos noodaga üle parda kukkuda. Ei tea, kust on äkki meie laeva kohale tulnud terve parv kajakaid, kes valju kisa saatel nooda kohale veepinnale laskuvad ja sealt kalakesi noka vahele haaravad. Laineharjal kerkib noodapära tuhandete siplevate kalakestega. Meeled, mis on kogu aeg olnud ärevil saagi ootuses, rahunevad korrapealt, tuju muutub rõõmsaks. Juhtub ju pahatihti, et pärast mitmetunnilist traalimist tõmbad merest välja peaaegu tühja nooda, milles ei ole niigi palju kala, et jätkuks keedu jaoks. „No oma kümmekond kasti peaks sellest loomusest ikka saama,“ arvab mehaanik ja meie kõik nõustume temaga. Kapteni abi kinnitab tropi ümber noodapära ja poomi abil vinname saagi tekile, mis kohe kattub siplevate kalakeste kihiga.

Heidame nooda uuesti sisse ja siis on aega kalade kastidesse kühveldamiseks. Selgub, et saime selle loomusega 14 kasti, s. o. umbes 400 kg räimi ja kilusid.

Meie lähedusse on ilmunud traallaev, vilgutades fokkmastis asetsevat signaaltuld. Selgub, et see on „Sõrve Kaluri“ kolhoosile kuuluv traallaev STB-7125, kes püüdis meie läheduses ja teatab nüüd oma saagi suuruse kastide arvu järgi. Tuli süttib ja kustub 12 korda - tähendab 12 kasti! Teatame ka oma püügitulemuse samal viisil.

Teeme veel kaks loomust, ja kuna tuul muutub üha tugevamaks ning lainetus on juba niivõrd suur, et traalimine muutub võimatuks, siirdume sadamasse. Ka kõik teised traallaevad on juba töö lõpetanud. Sadamas kala üle andes selgub, et tänane väljapüük on ligemale 1000 kg kala.

ÕHTUL SADAMAS

Sellega pole aga tublide meremeeste-kalurite tööpäev veel lõppenud. Kapten ja tema abi hakkavad traalnooti parandama, kuna masinamehed toovad laevale kalakastid ja hiljem leiavad tööd masinaruumis. Alles siis, kui läheb pimedaks ja sadam lööb tuledest särama, lõpeb üks paljudest püügipäevadest. Kui palju harilikku ja igapäevast, kuid siiski visadust, sihikindlust ja tööarmastust see sisaldab!

Väsinud ja külmetunud, kuid heatujuga õnnestunud püügipäeva üle, tulevad mehed ruhvi. Nüüd kõigepealt pesema, siis nõuab kõht oma osa. Kui need toimingud on sooritatud, pannakse raadio mängima, ja juba tulevadki ruhvi ka naaberlaeva kapteni abi Herman Must ja mehaanik Loonurm, et ühiselt vahetada mõtteid tänasest püügireisist ja teha plaane homseks. Aleksander Marokin võtab raamatu ja hakkab lugema, varsti järgnevad tema eeskujule ka teised. STB-7125 kapteni Arseeni Väärtnõu armsaimaks sõbraks puhkehetkil on aga mandoliin. Varsti on laupäev, siis on ette nähtud saunaminek ja pärast seda rahvamajasse kinoetendusele. Nii elavad ja töötavad päevast päeva meie tublid meremehed-kalurid.

Traallaevad STB-7204 ja STB-7125 hoiavad meie traallaevade võistluses kindlalt oma käes esikohti. Mõlemad on kvartali püügiülesande täitnud ligi 250-protsendiliselt ja võib kindel olla, et Eesti NSV kohalike töörahva saadikute nõukogude valimiste päevaks ületatakse püügiülesanne kolmekordselt. Raske on meremehe elu, ent töö eest saadakse vääriline tasu - k. a. kahe kuuga ulatub see igal meeskonnaliikmel ligi kümne tuhande rublani.

Kommunismiehitaja, Thursday, 4 October 1962, page 3

„Sõrve” hakkab kündma maailma meresid

Mitmesuguste tunnetega on käidud Sõrve teedel. Läksid loomakarjana Saksamaale aetud naised, nutvad põngerjad käekõrval, heites ahastavaid pilke kaugenevaile kodumändidele. Tuli tõmmu tugevate põsesarnadega sõdur-võitja läbi Sääre küla suitsu, aidates hellalt blondi haavatud seltsimeest. Venisid sõjavangide pikad read, vööpannaldel kelkiv: «Gott mit uns».

Lõppes sõda ja teedel hakkasid veerema lõbusad rattad: ehitusmaterjale, uusi püüniseid, toodi raadioid, diivaneid. Külavaheteed aga rõkatasid mootorrataste ja traktorimürinast.

Palju külalisi on Sõrves käinud, aga niisugust, kes täna tuli, ei ole varem nähtud. Uudishimulikult vaatab mees auto aknast välja. Vahel laseb ta auto peatada ja pildistab vennaskalmistut, majakat, pukktuulikut või mereäärseid kive, mis oktoobripäikeses näivad lumivalgetena.

See on äsja vette lastud tuliuue Eesti Riikliku Merelaevanduse mootorlaeva «Sõrve» kapteni esimene abi Leopold Kokk, kes tuli «Sõrve Kaluri» kolhoosi rahvaga sõprussidemeid looma. Nüüd on tal soov õppida põhjalikult tundma oma tulevasi sõpru-võistlejaid ja nende kodukohta.

Lülle külas on II põllundusbrigaadi rahvas virgalt rehte peksmas. Kui sm. Kokk laeva tutvustamisel jõuab sõnadeni, et esimene reis tehakse Aafrikasse, naised ahhetavad.

«Mida sealt tuuakse?» uudishimutsetakse.

«Punast puud, teemanti, rauamaaki. Meilt viiakse sinna veomasinaid ja tööstuse sisseseadeid.»

«Sõrve» on Saksa Demokraatlikus Vabariigis ehitatud kaasaegne moodne laev. Võtab peale 4000 tonni laadungit ja sõidab kiirusega 16 sõlme. Meeskond - 37 inimest - koosneb eestlastest ja vennasvabariikide meremeestest. Kolhoosnikud on vaimustatud.

«Miks talle niisuguse halva koha nimi pandi?» pärib keegi naistest ja lisab oma mõtte selgituseks: «Eks Sõrve olnud kodanlikul ajal ainult suiliste ja suluste maa. Terve mandri talude töö tegime ära, aga naerdi meid ikkagi ega sõrulasi inimesteks peetud.»

Kuid sm. Kokk on vastupidisel arvamusel. Sõrvelaste töökusest teatakse nüüd kogu Nõukogude Liidus.

«Head reisi ja hoidke oma laeva hästi!» soovib brigaadi nimel Viima Lütt.

Torgu 8-klassilises Koolis, kuhu edasine tee viib, on sm. Koka tulek suursündmuseks. Paljude õpilaste isad ja vennad on kalurid või traalimehed, aga näha tõelist kardpaeltega meremeest, kes isegi Aafrikas on käinud, pole igapäevane asi. Kui sm. Kokk jutustab, kuidas väike neegripoisike talt Gagarini pildiga rinnamärki palus ja seda enne rinda kinnitamist hardunult suudles, vallandub lausa aplausitorm. Pioneerimaleva nõukogu esimees Silvi Kokk annab meremehele pioneerikaelaräti ja märgi, paludes need edasi anda Ginea pioneeridele. Mõte, et nende saadetud kaelarätti hakkavad imetlema kräsupäised neegripoisid ja -tüdrukud, keda suureks kasvades isiklikult kohatakse noorsoofestivalil või Aafrika-sõidul, on nii unistama panev, et õhtul võetakse võõrkeele- või geograafiaõpik juba palju sügavama huviga kätte.

Kolhoosi kontoris täituvad esimehe Endel Lingu abiga meremehel pooled märkmiku leheküljed arvude ja näitajatega. Toome neist mõningad. Viimased kolm aastat on kolhoos kalapüügiplaanid täitnud. Tänavune ilmastik purustas küll palju angerjamõrdu ja võrke, aga nelja traallaeva abiga loodetakse ka nüüd aastaplaaniga toime tulla. Praegu on traallaevadest esikohal STB-7125 (kapten Arseeni Väärtnõu), kus III kvartali plaan täideti 175,6-protsendiliselt. Kaldapüügi kaluri keskmine teenistus aastas on kasvanud 1958. aastaga võrreldes 300 rubla võrra.

Kolhoos on üks suuremaid vabariigis, omades 8000 hektarit maad. Igal aastal tehakse juurde 100 ha uudismaad. Kui teravili kannatas ilmastiku tõttu, siis kartulisaagiks arvatakse 170 ts hektarilt. Hästi kasvas hernes, suhkrupeet ja mais. Viimaste aastate jooksul on kolhoosnikud ehitanud 17 uut individuaalelamut. Kolhoosi poolt ehitati neljakorteriline elamu karjatalitajate perekondadele, kalurite soemaja, kolm lehmalauta, kolm sigalat, kaks kanalat, üks tibula, kooli internaat, peaaegu valmis on vasikalaut ja käsil teine. Tehnikat on saadud niipalju, et ei oska kohe kokku arvata: 10 autot, 10 traktorit, 3 mineraalväetise külvikut, 3 teraviljakülvimasinat, elektrikeevitusagregaat, kombain jpm.

Lepitakse kokku, et kolhoosnikud ja meremehed hakkavad omavahel võistlema tööülesannete täitmises, isetegevuses, õppimises. Aga kui laev Aafrika-reisilt tagasi Tallinna tuleb, sõidab kolhoosi rahvas meremeestele külla.

Head reisi, «Sõrve»!

H. ARISTOVA

Eesti Meremees, Saturday, 3 November 1962, page 2

Part 3 of L. Kokk's series on his visit to the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm (the visit described above by H. Aristova). Part 3 is given in full.

Sõrve

3

L. KOKK, kapteniabi

Kõik kuulasid tähelepanelikult jutustust uuest mootorlaevast «Sõrve». Jutustasin neile ka seda, et olen käinud juba Aafrikas mootorlaevaga «Mahtra». Kolhoosnikud tundsid suurt huvi noorte Aafrika riikide vastu.

«Mida ma annan edasi mootorlaeva «Sõrve» meeskonnale teie nimel?» küsisin.

«Kolhoosnikute palavad tervitused,» vastati mulle.

Vana naiskolhoosnik Viiu Saav ütles erutatult:

«Ütelge meie nimel «Sõrve» meremeestele, et nad hoiaksid oma uut mootorlaeva ning töötaksid kohusetruult. Meie püüame samuti töötada nii, et kogu meie rahvas elaks veel paremini.»

...Kõik kolhoosnikud, kellega me vestlesime Sõrvel, palusid meremeestele edasi anda oma tervitused ja soovitused töötada hästi. Kõik olid rõõmsad, et nimekaimude - kaubalaeva ja poolsaare meremeeste ja kolhoosnike vahel arenevad sõprussidemed. Saarlased avaldasid soovi organiseerida sotsialistlikku võistlust meremeestega. Nad ütlesid, et sõidavad kindlasti külla laevale, vaatavad, kuidas meremehed elavad.

ELU JA PERSPEKTIIVID

Parteikomitees nimetati mulle, et lähemas tulevikus toimub kolhoosis «Sõrve Kalur» reorganiseerimine. Elu nõuab tootmise laia spetsialiseerimist. On otsustatud muuta «Sõrve Kalur» täielikult kalurikolhoosiks. Põllutööbrigaadide baasil aga moodustada sovhoos.

Kolhoosi esimees Endel Ling, keda viimaks kohtasime kolhoosi juhatuses, jutustas kolhoosi kalurite edusammudest. Praegu kuulub artelli laevastikku neli STB traallaeva ja mootorpaadid rannaäärseks püügiks. Juba kolme aasta kestel on kalurid ületanud kalapüügi plaane. Tänavu peavad nad andma riigile 8050 tsentnerit kala. Eesrindlikud meeskonnad täidavad edukalt ülesannet. Ees on praegu traallaeva STB 7125 meeskond, kus kapteniks on Arseni Väärtnõu. Ka teised püüavad mitte maha jääda.

(Järgneb)

Pildiallkiri: PILDIL: KOLHOOSI UUED LOOMAKASVATUSHOONED. Autori foto

Estonsky Moryak (Эстонский Моряк), Wednesday, 7 November 1962, page 4

The final part of L. Kokk's series in the Russian-language Estonsky Moryak, the Russian sister paper of Eesti Meremees (earlier parts on 27 and 31 October and 3 November 1962). Its opening paragraphs are the same as the end of the Estonian part 3 above; the final part is given in full, in Russian.

СЫРВЕ - полуостров и теплоход

Председатель колхоза Эндель Линг, которого мы наконец-то застали в правлении, рассказал об успехах колхозных рыбаков. Сейчас флот артели состоит из четырех тральщиков СТБ и мотоботов для прибрежного лова. Рыбаки уже три года перевыполняют все плановые задания по улову рыбы. Нынче они должны сдать государству 8.050 центнеров рыбы. Передовые экипажи успешно справляются с заданием. Впереди сейчас идет команда тральщика СТБ 7125, где капитаном Арсений Вяртныу. Другие тоже стараются не отставать.

За самоотверженный труд один из старейших рыбаков артели Март Петрович Оссельг, участник боев за Сырве, награжден недавно орденом Ленина.

Мы поинтересовались доходами колхозников, условиями жизни колхозных семей.

- А вот спросите у него, - ответил председатель колхоза, показывая на высокого пожилого рыбака, - сколько он зарабатывает, сколько в дом приносит его жена.

Эдуард Кейдонг, на кого ссылался председатель, стал подсчитывать:

- Так что получаю я в месяц в среднем 100 рублей, да Хельми 50. Хельми работает в полеводстве, а если нужно, плетет рыболовные сети.

150 рублей - доход семьи, плюс приусадебный участок, корова, поросенок, куры. Неплохо!

Хорошо зарабатывают рыбаки - от 100 до 200 рублей в месяц. Животноводы ф 70-80 рублей. Два года назад колхоз ввел денежную оплату с выдачей авансов.

О личных доходах колхозников говорят, например, такие факты. За последние три года колхозники выстроили 17 жилых домов, причем это - современные, из кирпича, постройки. Сейчас заканчивают строительство собственных домов рыбаки Александр Саар и Виллем Ыунпуу. Недавно тралмейстер Андрес Йыги приобрел автомобиль «Москвич». Мотоциклы имеются почти в каждой семье.

- Кроме всего этого, - рассказывает Эндель Линг, - колхоз построил для животноводов четыре четырехквартирных жилых дома, школьный интернат на 70 детей.

...Опять разговор заходит о теплоходе «Сырве». Председатель колхоза Эндель Линг от имени правления и всех 623 членов артели поздравляет моряков теплохода «Сырве» с новым судном, желает отличных успехов в труде и крепких дружеских связей с тружениками полуострова Сырве.

У МОЛОДЫХ ДРУЗЕЙ МОРЯКОВ

Секретаря комсомольской организации колхоза «Сырве калур» мы застали ... за уроком. Да, Майе Либлик - учительница начальных классов в Торгуской восьмилетней школе. Директор школы Герман Каськ и старшая пионервожатая Хелле Рахнель никак не могли упустить возможности, чтобы перед ребятами не выступил помощник капитана нового теплохода «Сырве» с рассказом о сулне, о жизни моряков, о далекой Африке.

Около двухсот пар детских глазенок загорелись восторгом от того, что отныне у них будут такие шефы, как моряки с теплохода «Сырве». Да, они будут в своих письмах рассказывать дорогим шефам о своих школьных успехах, о том, чем занимаются в свободное время. И если их успехи будут достойными того, чтобы шефы-моряки пригласили их на свое судно, то они будут очень счастливы. И еще они просят передать этот скромный подарок - красный пионерский галстук и пионерский значок - школьникам Африки, куда скоро в свой первый рейс пойдет теплоход «Сырве», как горячий товарищеский пионерский привет с маленького эстонского полуострова Сырве.

С секретарем комсомольской организации Майей Либлик мы договорились, что комсомольские организации колхоза и теплохода «Сырве» будут работать в контакте, что соревнование за коммунистический труд будет основой шефских связей.

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Пора и покидать гостеприимный полуостров Сырве. Через час я буду в Таллине. Сразу же сяду писать. Напишу обо всем, что видел на Сырве, передам горячий привет тружеников полей, рыбаков, школьников и их пожелание «Счастливого плавания» морякам.

Л. КОКК,
помощник капитана теплохода «Сырве».
Остров Сааремаа, полуостров Сырве.

На снимке: новые жилые дома рыбаков колхоза «Сырве калур». Фото автора.

(Окончание. Начало в №№ 86, 87 и 88).

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 22 December 1962, page 3

Suure pere plaanid

«Sõrve Kaluri» kolhoosi kalureil tänavu lihtsalt ei vedanud. Kõige paremal angerjapüügi ajal lõhkus torm püünised. Vaevalt suudeti osa neist uuesti korda seada ja püük sai jälle hoo sisse, kui tuli uus torm ja tegi puhta töö. Aga Sõrve mehed pole niisugused, kes lööksid raskustest araks. Kolhoosi esimees sm. Ling peab uusi plaane ja need on nüüd juba suure pere plaanid.

Tuleval aastal künnab merd neljast kolhoosist ühinenud, tervet poolsaart hõlmavas Sõrve kolhoosis juba 10 traallaeva. Kalurite arv (ehkki osa eakamaid läheb pensionile) kasvab 130-le. Kalapüügiplaan on aga suurem kui praegu neljal kolhoosil kokku. Kui see täidetakse, antakse rahvale 1000 autokoormat kala. Angerjaid üksi püütakse välja üle 38, siiga üle 17 tonni jne. Esmakordselt lähevad sel talvel kõik kolhoosi traallaevad Ventspilsi tursapüügile.

Plaanid on küll head, aga mida tehakse nende täitmiseks? Kolhoosi esimehele, kes hiljuti käis tutvumas tulevase ühispere kaluritega Salmel, Ansekülas ja Lõmalal, jäi kõige parem mulje «Varuli-Ranna» meestest - töökad ja homsele mõtlevad. Kala saadakse praegu kilode haaval, kolhoosil on aastaplaan täis, aga kalurid käivad iga päev merel. Suurpüügiks vajaminev püünistematerjal on samuti varutud ja ettevalmistused käimas. Ka «Kaljuranna» osas pole vaja muretseda. Aga «Salme Kaluri» kolhoosis on lood halvad - püünistebaasi pole seal peaaegu ollagi.

Kuidas siis Sõrves tahetakse talve vastu võtta?

Talve tulekul olid siinsed veed kalatühjad ja nii suunati kalurid sinna, kus meeste jõudu oli kõige enam vaja. Nad ehitavad jahuveskit, laiendavad remonditöökoda, raiuvad elektriliini trassi. Hiljuti sai Helmi Aasaväli esimese särjenooda valmis. See on püügikorras ja kui ilm lubab, lähevad Eduard Keidongi mehed Mõntu söödakala püüdma. Tänavu ollakse targemad - tehakse kaks noota. Möödunud aastal oli äpardus: selle ajaga, kui noota tühjendati, oli särg veest kadunud. Oleks püüniseid rohkem olnud, oleks võinud kaks loomust järjest teha.

Igapäevane töö õpetas veel muudki. Tulevaks aastaks ei tehta senise «Sõrve Kaluri» kolhoosi osas juurde seisevnootasid. Materjal on kallis ja püünised ei tasu ennast ära, sest need pole sobivad manööverdamiseks. Küll aga tehakse juurde räimemõrdu. Vanade mootorpaatide asemele muretsetakse kolm uut. Eakad kalurid saavad endale veel ühe õnge- ja võrgupüügipaadi (seega on neid kolhoosis nüüd kolm).

Kolhoosi kalurid koondatakse 1. jaanuarist ühte brigaadi, keda hakkab juhtima Mart (Peetri p.) Oeselg. «Varuli-Ranna», «Kaljuranna» ja «Salme Kaluri» kolhoosi jäävad samuti brigaadid.

Kõige intensiivsem ettevalmistus suurpüügiks käib praegu Oeselja brigaadis. Juba neli aastat on Eduard Sepp suvel kalu püüdnud, aga talvel teinud kõik brigaadile vajalikud püünised. Valmis on juba 16 angerjamõrra keret ning neljale räimemõrrale on tehtud 20 tiivajärku. Küsitav on, kas Eduard Sepa töövili kevadel kahele autokoormale ära mahubki!

Lõpuks veel mõni sõna traalimeestest. Aastaplaani on täitnud STB-7238 (kapten Aleksei Tšistov). Mõnevõrra kehvemad on STB-7115 (kapten Väino Niinemets) püügitulemused. Üle 80 protsendi plaanist on täidetud traallaevadel STB-7125 (kapten Arseeni Väärtnõu) ja STB-7268 (kapten Juhan Klais).

Võib kindel olla, et ühise perena veelgi paremini töötatakse ja ka Salme brigaadile jalad alla saadakse.

H. ARISTOVA

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 30 January 1965, page 1

The column "How the fishermen live", four short reports, given in full.

Kuidas KALAMEHED elavad

Talv pole suurpüügiaeg, mil täislastis paadid muudkui sõidavad randa. Nüüd teeb rõõmu ka paarikümne-kilone saak. Kuid kes hoolsad on, need saavad oma plaani ikkagi täis.

Kui «Saare Kaluri» kolhoosis aasta-aruandekoosolekuks kokkuvõtteid tehti, selgus, et Nasva brigaadi Oskar Korsare lüli on täitnud oma I kvartali plaani 361-protsendiliselt ja Martin Kupitsa lüli 215,4-protsendiliselt. Abruka meestel oli Heino Vaikla juhtimisel plaan ületatud 32,4 protsendi võrra. Lähemal ajal tuleb ka Osvald Adamsoni lüli oma püügiülesandega toime.

S. MARI

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«Sõrve Kaluri» kolhoosis võistlevad esikoha pärast paaris püüdvad traallaevad STB-7238 (kapten Väärtnõu) ja STB-7125 (kapten Lepik) teise paariga STB-7115 (kapten Niinemets) ja STB-7119 (kapten Org). Praegu on esimesed teistest ainult 4 tonniga ees. Üldse on traallaevad jaanuaris välja püüdnud 70 tonni kala.

Kaldapüügi kalureist on parimad Varuli brigaadi mehed (brigadir Arnold Tamm), kes on ostupunkti andnud 240 kg haugi ja ahvenat.

H. VESILO

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Julge pealehakkamine on pool võitu - see kehtib «Ranna» kolhoosi I brigaadi kalurite vendade August ja Juhan Ausi kohta. Jaanuari alguses, kui meres oli juba jääd, käisid nad sellest hoolimata väljas ja said ääremõrdadega hulga ahvenaid ja täitsid oma I kvartali plaani 186-protsendiliselt.

Teistel kaluritel on plaani - 143 kg mehe peale - täitmisega nüüd raskusi. Paadiga enam merele ei pääse, kaugemale jalgsi minek on aga hädaohtlik, sest jää on alles nõrk. Madalas vees on küll unnad sees, aga sealt suurt saaki ei saa.

Kui ilm endiselt külm püsiks, läheks tuleva nädala keskpaiku unnapüügiks lahti.

L. KALJA

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Sellest, et Harju laht tuleks eraldada merest, rääkisid juba meie isaisad. Seda oleks saanud teha tammi ehitamisega, siis oleks tulnud lahest hea kalatiik. Kuid see soov jäi ainult unistuseks, sest kaluritel ei jätkunud raha ja riik ei pööranud sellele tähelepanu.

Nüüd on aga see kavatsus saanud teoks. Valitsus eraldas metsamajandile summad tammi ehitamiseks, aga Orissaare teemeistri sm. Kuumi juhtimisel ehitati tamm valmis. Laht on eraldatud merest.

Selles suures «tiigis» hakatakse kasvatama vääriskalu. Kui avameres on siiamari ja maimud paljudele teistele kaladele toiduks, siis siin võivad nad ohutult noorkaladeks kasvada.

A. PITK

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 3 April 1965, page 1

Meie intervjuu

Kas te olete valmis?

Metsa alt põgeneb lumi, merelt käriseb jääkate, rannas kiljuvad kajakad. «Sõrve Kaluri» kolhoosi juhatuse liikmed ja kommunistid tulevad järjekordselt kokku, et arutada suurpüügiks ettevalmistamist. Palume kolhoosi aseesimeest sm. Põldu enne koosoleku algust vastata mõnele küsimusele.

Kas I kvartal täitis lootusi?

Ilm oli tänavu talvel väga halb. Muudkui tuul tuule peale. Laevad ei saanud seetõttu merele minna. Aga siiski täitsid meil neli traallaeva STB-7238 (kapten Väärtnõu), STB-7125 (kapten Leppik), STB-7115 (kapten Niinemets) ja STB-7119 (kapten Org) oma I kvartali plaani. Kaldapüügil oli parim VIII brigaad (brigadir Arnold Tamm), kes täitis oma ülesande kolmekordselt.

Kuidas edenevad ettevalmistused suurpüügiks?

Paremini kui möödunud aastal. Juba sügisel tõime põhilised materjalid kohale. Puudu on veel natuke herkulesköit ja penoplasti. Aga ka selle küsimuse lahendame enne püügi algust ära. Kõik vanad püünised on korrastatud. Riia lahes püüdvad kalurid saavad 7 uut seisevnoota ja 10 räimemõrda, samuti tehakse meie kolhoosile 12 uut paati. Kui Salmel ja Läätsal tegid kalurid ise püüniseid, siis Sõrves jäi nende valmistamine August Kausi ja Eduard Sepa hooleks.

Kas tänavu tuleb püügi organiseerimises midagi uut?

Seni töötasid vääriskalapüügi paatkonnad brigaadide koosseisus. Tänavu viime nad isemajandamisele. Siis on kohe selge, kas need annavad kasu või töötavad kahjumiga. Paatkondi hakkavad juhtima niisugused kogenud kalurid nagu Ermi Hüüdma, August Kuusk, Mart Oeselg (Jüri p.) jt. Vääriskalapüük moodustab meie kolhoosis küllaltki tähtsa osa. Nii tuleks aasta jooksul välja püüda poole miljoni rubla väärtuses vääriskala.

Madala vee korral on kaluritel alati olnud raskusi paatidega ostupunkti juurde pääsemiseks. Kas tänavu on midagi selle parandamiseks ette võetud?

Läätsale ehitasime oma jõududega uue silla ja süvendame ekskavaatoriga sildade ümbrust. Samuti süvendame Salme jõe suud, et Tehumardi kaluritel oleks kergem.

Kokkuvõttes võiks öelda, et jõuame kõigi ettevalmistustega lõpule 15. aprilliks ja ega varem kevadpüük algagi.

Spordileht, Friday, 6 January 1967, page 5

Kojusõidule ei taha mõeldagi

Küllap kõik koolinoored spartakiaadikandidaadid kasutavad õppevaheaega treenimiseks. Nii ujujadki. Tallinlased, kel kodulinnas aastaringselt soodsad ujumistingimused, pakkisid kokku suusavarustuse ja sõitsid laagritesse. Seevastu rajoonide ujujad, kel kodus on harjutamistingimused kasinad või hoopis puuduvad, kiirustasid Tallinna.

Kaks korda päevas käivad «Kalevi» siseujulas harjutamas Kingissepa Laste Spordikooli ujumistreeneri Toomas Tuulingu kasvandikud Maie Sepp, Mai Tammik, Svetlana Ivanova, Ronald Maripuu, Viktor Tšetverikov, Jüri Lipp ja Vello Väärtnõu. Noorte saarlaste kõrval kuuluvad T. Tuulingu treeningugruppi veel Helbe Pihlak Tartust, Raivo Raba Viljandist, Juhan Pella, Rein Rooks ja Rein Treima Järvakandist.

«Siin on tore ujuda küll,» kiidab T. Tuuling. «Ja ujuda võime nii palju, kui aga jaksame. Ent ega algul palju jaksagi. Mitu kuud pole vette saanud. Hea kui kahe treeninguga kokku 3-4 kilomeetrit ujutakse. Vahest alles laagri lõpupäevadel suudame pisut rohkem. Aga kojusõitmise peale ei taha mõeldagi, seal on meie seitse koolinoorte ja kaks täiskasvanute koondise kandidaati jälle «kuival»,» on saarlaste treener oma hoolealuste pärast tõsiselt mures.

Muretsemiseks ongi tõsine põhjus. Ammuks see oli, kui saarlastel ujumissporti polnudki. Aastaid tagasi ehitati Kingissepa elektrijaama juurde jahutusvann. Targu anti sellele niisugused mõõtmed (25×8 m), et seda võis kasutada ka eelsoojendusega ujulana. Vesi oli küll talvelgi liiga soe (+35°) ent see-eest sai ujuda aasta ringi. 1960. a. ulatus see uudis ka TRÜ Kehakultuuriteaduskonna viimase kursuse üliõpilase, mitmekordse vabariigi liblikujumise meistri Toomas Tuulingu kõrvu. Viibimata palus ta end Kingisseppa tööle suunata. Sama aasta varasuvel saigi Kingissepa 8-klassiline kool endale värskelt diplomeeritud kehakultuuriõpetaja, kes kohe alustas ujumiskursusi. Huvilisi oli palju ja Tullal, nii hüüdsid ja hüüavad T. Tuulingut praegugi tema endised võistluskaaslased ning treenerid, olid käed-jalad tegemist täis. Töölusti jätkus ja juba paari aasta pärast tuli koolinoorte koondisse esimene täiendus ka Kingissepast. «Esimesele pääsukesele» järgnes üha uusi ning pealinna ujumisspetsidel jäi üle vaid pead vangutada ja öelda: «Jah, seal tehakse tõsiselt tööd.»

Nüüd leiamegi koondise kandidaatide nimistust juba üheksa saarlast, nende treener on endiselt tulvil tööindu, kuid...

Tunamullu toodi mandrilt Saaremaale võimas elektrikaabel ja Kingissepa elektrijaama mootorid pandi seisma. Kui aga seisavad mootorid, pole vajadust neid ka jahutada, ja nii jäidki saarlastest ujujad «kuivale».

«Tõstsime kohe hädakisa,» jutustab saarlaste ujumisspordi «isa», «kirjutasime kirju ja pidasime telefonikõnesid. Kirjad liiguvad ja telefonid undavad tänaseni, peetakse läbirääkimisi igasugusel tasemel, ent seniajani pole meil sellest veel kasu olnud. Kui nii edasi kestab, tuleb ujumistreeneri ametist loobuda. Ega tujukas merevesi lühikestel suvekuudel normaalset ujumistreeningut võimalda ja ka kursuste läbiviimine on küsitav.»

Loodame siiski, et telefonikõned ja läbirääkimised peatselt tulemusi annavad ning Kingissepa noored saavad ka kodulinnas jälle harjutada. Toomas Tuulingult aga küsime veel, kuidas tema hoolealused Tallinnas oma jõudeaega veedavad.

«Ei sellega suurt muret ole,» vastab treener muiates. «Vees rassimine väsitab nii ära, et pärast sööki kiputakse ikka lesima ja õhtul kella kümne paiku poetakse kohe päris vabatahtlikult teki alla.»

V. AIN

Pildiallkiri: «Kuidas on?» küsib Toomas Tuuling oma hoolealustelt. «Kas proovime aja peale ka ujuda või olete väsinud?»

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 17 January 1967, page 2

Kes tulid appi? Piirivalvurid

Kalurite töö ei ole kerge. Tihti võib tujukas meri neid isegi tõsiste katsumustega rinnutsi kokku viia ja siis on hea, kui leidub appitõttajaid. Sageli on kaluritele esimesteks abimeesteks olnud meie piirivalvurid.

Vana aasta lõpul jäid merehätta Muhu kalurid Arseeni Väärtnõu, Heino Väärtnõu ja Esper Schmuul. Nad tulid kolhoosile ostetud traallaevaga Kaliningradist. Mehed juba unistasid hubasest kodust, kui Soela väinas järsku laeva mootor üles ütles. Tuul hakkas laeva jääsupi sees triivima ning ankur tuli sisse lasta. Abi kutsumiseks hakati rakettisid üles laskma, ent paksu udu tõttu ei näinud neid keegi. Kui raketid lõppesid, püüti abi saada raadio kaudu, kuid ka see ütles üles. Udu peitis hädasolijaid kaks päeva. Need kaks päeva tuli ka söömata olla. Siis udu haihtus ning laeva nähti ka rannast, aga jää pärast ei saanud keegi paadiga appi minna. Nüüd paluti piirivalvuritelt abi. Nad tõid oma helikopteri kohale ja sellega toodi merehädalised laevalt ära. Mehed viidi kõigepealt sooja ja üle hulga aja said nad ka kõhu täis süüa. Päästelaev tõi hiljem laeva ära.

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Saaremaa rannikul on mitmel pool kurikavalaid karisid ning madalikke. Ühele sellisele sattuski hiljuti tormise ilmaga Liepajast «Bolševiku» kolhoosi traallaev. Parajasti, kui meeskond laeva pardal uuris pääsemise võimalusi, tuli uus laine ja viis Viktor Prizitševi üle parda. Järgmine laine kandis mehe laevast hoopis kaugele, kuid õnneks siiski kalda poole. Kuna Prizitšev oli hea ujuja, hakkaski ta jäises vees kalda poole ujuma. Vees tuli seljast heita üleriided ning jalast saapad. Lõpuks jõudiski külmast kange meremees poolpaljalt kaldale. Lähedal ei ühtegi talu. Jõudu püstitõusmiseks enam ei olnud ning Prizitšev hakkas sisemaa poole roomama.

Piirivalveseersant Fisenko oli parajasti teenistusülesannete täitmisel, kui ta nägi lume sees poolalasti kogu roomamas. Viivitamatult ruttas ta juurde, mässis õnnetu oma riietesse ning jooksis ise abi järele. Meremees kanti piirivalvurite juurde, seal anti talle esmaabi. Peagi oli kohal ka piirivalve sanitaarauto ja arstide hoole all sai Viktor Prizitšev varsti tervise tagasi.

E. PROOSES

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 5 August 1967, page 4

The opening paragraph and the whole swimming section of the results.

Märkmikuga Suure Tõllu spordimängudel

Niisiis on lõpule jõudnud meie rajooni suurim spordiüritus käesoleval aastal - Saaremaa Suure Tõllu I spordimängud. Spordimängud kujutasid endast massilisi võistlusi kehakultuurikollektiivides, asutustes, ettevõtetes, koolides, külanõukogudes ja kolmepäevaseid finaalvõistlusi Kingissepas. Peaaegu iga teine saarlane oli haaratud Suure Tõllu võistlustega nii spordiväljakutel kui ka matkateedel ja suvepäevadel. I etapi võistlused, mis toimusid kohtadel, möödusid edukalt Kärla külanõukogus ja Kingissepa Mehhaniseeritud Ehituskolonnis. Neid autasustati ka mälestusvimplitega. Kiitvaid sõnu võib veel öelda rajooni keskhaigla, KRTK Liidu ja Mustjala k/n. spordipäevade kohta. [...]

U j u m i n e. Naised 100 m vabalt - 1. K. Maripuu (KMO) 1.24,8, 2. M. Tammik (ehituskolonn) 1.31,8, 3. H. Sepp (ehituskolonn) 1.42,7; 200 m vabalt - 1. K. Maripuu 3.16,5, 2. S. Ivanova (ehituskolonn) 3.31,4; 100 m rinnuli - 1. M. Tammik 1.41,2, 2. H. Sepp 1.49,6; 100 m selili - 1. K. Maripuu 1.47,9, 2. H. Sepp 1.59,3, 3. M. Tammik 2.02,3. Mehed 100 m vabalt - 1. T. Tuuling (haridus-kultuuritöötajad) 1.08,2, 2. L. Filippov (haridus-kultuuritöötajad) 1.08,2, 3. K. Maripuu (ind.) 1.10,3; 200 m vabalt - 1. T. Allik (ind.) 2.50,9, 2. V. Tšetverikov (ind.) 2.55,1, 3. L. Filippov 3.01,5; 100 m selili - 1. L. Filippov 1.21,9, 2. T. Tuuling 1.22,0, 3. H. Sepp (ind.) 1.34,7; 100 m rinnuli - 1. T. Tuuling 1.24,7, 2. R. Maripuu (ind.) 1.30,2, 3. J. Steinberg (KMO) 1.34,7.

Võistkonnad - 1. Haridus-kultuuritöötajad, 2. KMO, 3. «Saare Kaluri» kolhoos.

Tütarlapsed 50 m vabalt - 1. M. Sepp (ind.) 37,2, 2. T. Vorobjova (ind.) 47,7, 3. A. Erelt (ind.) 53,2; 50 m selili - 1. M. Sepp 48,1, 2. E. Sepp (Laimjala) 1.14,0. Poeglapsed 50 m vabalt - 1. R. Maripuu 31,0, 2. V. Tšetverikov 32,8, 3. J. Lipp (ind.) 33,0; 50 m rinnuli - 1. R. Maripuu 39,4, 2. J. Lipp 44,2, 3. V. Väärtnõu (ind.) 48,1; 50 m selili - 1. H. Sepp 40,3, 2. V. Väärtnõu 41,3, 3. J. Lipp 41,5.

Võistkonnad - 1. Leisi k/n., 2. Pihtla k/n., 3. Laimjala k/n. [...]

Kommunismiehitaja, January and February 1969, page 4: death notices

Tuesday, 28 January 1969

Mälestame õnnetu surma läbi lahkunud töökaaslast kapten

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

ja avaldame kaastunnet lahkunu omastele.

Muhu kolhoosi traallaevade meeskonnad

Thursday, 30 January 1969

Avaldame südamlikku kaastunnet Idale ja Vellole abikaasa ja isa

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

ootamatu surma puhul.

Aliide, Harald, Rudolf, Liide, Leo, Leida ja Hugo

Südamlik kaastunne Ida ja Vello Väärtnõule

ABIKAASA ja ISA

õnnetu surma puhul.

Perekonnad Tivik, Reinmägi, Sepp ja Jakobson. Ridala ning Merilaht, Aav, Leps, Usin ja Ella

Südamlik kaastunne Ida ja Vello Väärtnõule

ABIKAASA ja ISA

õnnetu surma puhul.

Mälestavad

Eduard, Marie ja Edward

Mälestame endist tublit töökaaslast

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

ja avaldame südamlikku kaastunnet tema abikaasale ning Arteemi ja Joosep Väärtnõule.

Kalakaitse inspektsiooni töötajad

Ootamatu surma läbi lahkunud kapten

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

mälestavad sügavas leinas

perek. Velsvebel, Tänav ning Robert

Mälestame kapten

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

MSTB-C8 meeskond

Mälestame sügavas kurbuses õnnetu surma läbi lahkunud

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

ja avaldame südamlikku kaastunnet abikaasale ja pojale.

Perekond Loonurm

Tuesday, 4 February 1969

Mälestame leinas head sugulast

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

ning avaldame kaastunnet tema perekonnale ja omastele.

Hillar perekonnaga Pärnust

Saturday, 8 February 1969

Täname kõiki tuttavaid, sugulasi, Muhu kolhoosi kollektiivi, sm. Vasket ja orkestrante, kes meid abistasid meie kalli abikaasa ja isa

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

muldasängitamisel ja tema kalmu rohkete pärgade ja lilledega kaunistasid ja meie leinale kaasa tundsid.

Leinavad abikaasa ja poeg

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 24 January 1970, page 4

Kallist

ARSEENI VÄÄRTNÕU

mälestab tema esimesel surma-aastapäeval

abikaasa pojaga

Meie Maa, Friday, 15 November 1991, page 4

Perekonnaseisust

Novembrikuu esimesel nädalal registreeriti järgmiste laste sünd: Mihkel Lember, Ott Sääsk ja Henri Allik Kuressaare linnas, Kaisa Papp Leisis, Andrei Kurapov Muhus, Maris Valge Lümandas, Reet Järsk ja Anastasia Tihomirova Salmel.

Abiellusid Elina Kübarsepp ja Kait Lomp.

Surid 69-aastane Ida Väärtnõu, 29-aastane Olev Putku, 86-aastane Zinaida Peerand, 84-aastane Linda-Adele Pihelpuu Kuressaare linnas, 25-aastane Kairit Mägi Kuressaare külanõukogus, 73-aastane Arnold Õunpuu Kihelkonnal, 90-aastane Melania Teär ja 44-aastane Peeter Mesipuu Kärlal, 89-aastane Roosi Ling ja 80-aastane Liisi Kiik Laimjalas, 56-aastane Ants Sagor Leisis, 54-aastane Villu Hopp, 67-aastane Albert Aljas ja 69-aastane Florida Laide Orissaares, 38-aastane Toomas Mägi ja 72-aastane Armilde Õunpuu Pihtlas, 87-aastane Julie Kuub ja 74-aastane Emilia Post Salmel.

HARIESSA SAAMEL

Leole, Friday, 1 July 2016, page 5

From the calendar of anniversaries "Ajakaja", compiled by Tõnu Kukk.

Ajakaja

Toimetab Tõnu Kukk

[...] 17. juuli

65 aastat tagasi (1951) sündis Kuressaares budismi populariseerija ja kunstnik Vello Väärtnõu. Töötanud Lahmuse sovhoosis. [...]

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This translation is provided by AI

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 13 November 1954, page 1

The Trawler Fleet Has Grown

The Soviet government gives the fishermen every possibility to fulfil the plan of the fifth five-year plan successfully by placing new fishing technology at the disposal of the fishing collective farms. In these days the fishing fleet of the Kingissepa motor fishing station has again grown by one trawler. The new trawler STB-7160, commanded by Captain Aksel Alas and with Arseeni Väärtnõu working as trawl master, has now gone out fishing.

K. VAHE

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 1 May 1956, page 2

On the Expanses of the Gulf of Riga

The trawlers given to the fishing collective farms of the district have begun intensive fishing in the Gulf of Riga. The trawler STB 7125 (Captain Väärtnõu) already fulfilled almost 30 per cent of its annual plan in the first quarter of this year. It is followed by the trawlers STB 7160, 7119 and 7204, whose catches in the last five-day period were almost equal, each catching more than a tonne of Baltic herring a day.

The trawler fleet will celebrate the working people's festival by fishing on the open sea. This is the fishermen's gift to the homeland and the people.

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 26 January 1957, page 1

The Trawlers STB-7204 and STB-7125 Lead the Competition

The trawlers of our district are now fishing in difficult weather conditions. Although drift ice and fog often bring unpleasant moments, this does not discourage the fishermen. Having joined the pre-election competition, every ship's crew does everything to fulfil the pledges it has made. So far the best results have been achieved by the crew of the trawler STB-7204 of the "Kodurand" collective farm (Captain Vaher) and the trawler STB-7125 of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm (Captain Väärtnõu), which are fishing in the Gulf of Finland. Both trawlers have fulfilled almost 90 per cent of the quarter's task. Of the trawlers fishing in the Baltic Sea, STB-7160 (Captain Alas) is the best, having fulfilled almost 50 per cent of its task. Fishing goes on. There is no doubt that the trawler fleet will fulfil the first-quarter fishing task ahead of time.

O. MAHL

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 2 February 1957, page 3

Following the Call of the "Salme Kalur" Collective Farm

THE PLEDGES OF THE SÕRVE PEOPLE

In the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm the first-quarter fishing tasks of this year have been best fulfilled by the seal-hunting group, whose figure reaches 105 per cent. The roach-fishing unit of the 2nd link (link leader Eduard Keidong), fishing at Mõntu, has also fulfilled its quarterly task. In fishing with fish traps the leaders are the fishermen Hindrek Pits, Laas Münt, Aleksander Ramst, Leopold and Mart Oeselg, Arnold Aus and others. At present they are delivering fish above the quarterly plan. For the collective farm as a whole, however, more than 80 per cent of the task has been fulfilled. Trawl fishing is successful too. The trawler STB-7125 (Captain Väärtnõu) recently reported the fulfilment of its quarterly plan.

Inspired by the call of the fishermen of the "Salme Kalur" collective farm for socialist competition, and by the decision of the district fishermen's activists' day, which was recently discussed in the brigades, the fishermen of the 1st brigade made a number of pledges at their last production meeting. So it was decided to fulfil the quarterly plan by 130 per cent in honour of the day of the elections to the local Soviets of working people's deputies. The 3rd link (link leader V. Lind) challenged the 1st link (M. Oeselg) to competition, pledging to fulfil its plan one and a half times over. The roach-fishing unit made a competition agreement with the seal-hunting group. In their opinion it will not be difficult to fulfil the fishing task by 250 per cent. The oldest fisherman of the collective farm, Laas Münt, also decided to keep step with the younger men.

Alongside the fulfilment of the fishing tasks, the fishermen decided to finish the repair of the large fishing gear by 15 February at the latest.

B. VAPPER

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 26 February 1957, page 2

MEN IN THE SEA WINDS

G. Jisop

The northern coast of the Gulf of Finland. On the shore, covered with dense pine forest, lie the Maxim Gorky fishing collective farm and Vergi harbour. Already from afar a dense forest of masts can be seen along the quay. Here the trawlers of Muhu, Pärnu, Hiiumaa, Kingissepa and also Leningrad are at their winter trawl fishing. Of the trawlers of the Kingissepa motor fishing station, those fishing here are the trawler STB-7204 of the "Kodurand" fishing collective farm (Captain Vaher), the trawler STB-7125 of "Sõrve Kalur" (Captain Väärtnõu) and the trawler STB-7291 of "Varuli-Rand" (Captain Makarov). Below we tell briefly what an ordinary working day of our brave seamen-fishermen looks like on the winter Gulf of Finland.

SAILING TO THE FISHING GROUND

...An early morning, a south-west wind of force 3 to 4 is blowing. The sky is covered with an even dark grey cloud. Although it is still twilight, there is already a busy bustle on the fishing ships: the engine men are starting the engines and the deck crew is getting the trawl nets ready. The mooring lines are cast off and one after another the trawlers move away from the harbour. STB-7204 also sets course for the open sea. The diesel engine works with a monotonous rumble, and rising and falling smoothly the ship's stem cuts the lead-grey waves of the Gulf of Finland. Behind the stern the dark line of the shore disappears into the dusk, and from it only two blinking beacon lights stand out, one exactly above the other. These are the seamen's guides in the darkness of the night.

In the wheelhouse the captain bends over the chart, marking the ship's course and the fishing ground we intend to head for. A glance at the clock confirms that about twenty minutes are left before we reach the fishing ground. There are four of us in the wheelhouse: the captain, the mate Aleksander Marokin, the mechanic Heino Väli and I (the motorman Johannes Laurits is in the engine room). We exchange opinions and guesses about today's fishing ground and the likely catch. Captain Feliks Vaher is a seaman with a rich store of practical experience in trawl fishing, but the other members of the crew are also skilled fishermen whose words and opinions must be taken seriously. That is why it is always decided together where to put the net in. To determine where the shoals of fish are, attention is paid to the air temperature, the direction and strength of the wind and the depth of the water.

THE NET GOES IN

In conversation the time passes quickly and we have already reached the fishing ground. Near us several trawlers begin to put their nets in. On our ship too everything is ready. The captain "takes the way off" and turns the ship with its starboard, that is, its right side, to the wind. The ship lies in the beam sea and the captain puts the gear lever to "stop". The mate Aleksander Marokin takes the cod end of the net in his arms and throws it over the side. The whole trawl net follows, and only the glass floats are left bobbing on the surface. The captain gives way ahead and puts the rudder to port, and the ship begins to circle.

When the bow has turned to the planned course, the captain gives full speed and the order to the mechanic Heino Väli and the motorman Johannes Laurits, who are waiting ready at the trawl winch, "that the otter boards and the warps may be let go". Väli and Laurits at once release the stoppers of the winch drums, and the warps begin to run into the water from both drums. So that the trawl net runs correctly behind the ship, both warps are exactly measured and marked. The mechanic raises his hand as a sign that the warps have been let out to the required length, and the captain, who watches attentively from the wheelhouse all the time, slows the ship for a moment. The stoppers are screwed tight and both trawl warps are drawn together with a chain at the stern, and the captain again gives the ship full speed. The trawl is in. Now the captain leaves the wheelhouse and checks "the run of the net" himself. Satisfied that everything is in order, he goes back into the wheelhouse and enters the time of setting the trawl in the ship's log.

Since a ship towing a trawl net keeps its course well by itself, the captain fixes the rudder with the stoppers. Now there is time for a smoke and to watch the other ships. There are already about ten of them on the horizon.

THE LUNCH HOUR

Meanwhile thick clouds of smoke have begun to rise from the galley chimney in the bow. Today's cook, who this time is the mate Marokin, has started to make lunch. Soon he comes to call us to eat.

We go down into the crew's cabin, where an appetising smell of soup meets us as soon as the door is opened. Since our stomachs have become quite empty and the damp cold has got under our clothes, the warm soup tastes especially good and gives a pleasant feeling. But one has to handle the soup plate skilfully, because the floor under our feet is none too steady, and when the ship meets a bigger wave a plateful of soup can easily end up in one's lap instead of one's stomach.

THE HAUL COMES TO LIGHT

The clock shows that only a few minutes are left before hauling the net. The captain presses the button that rings the electric bell in the crew's quarters. The mechanic and the motorman take their places at the trawl winch. The captain stops the engine; at the same time the men release the band brakes of the winch drums and the mechanic starts the trawl winch. With a hum it begins to work, winding the steel warps onto the drums.

The captain reduces the engine speed. Already the stern otter board rises out of the water, and a little later the bow one too. The mechanic stops the trawl winch, and the mate and the motorman free the otter boards from the warps and then fasten them to the trawl hooks. Everything is in order and the mechanic starts the winch again. The last metres of warp, and already the spreader poles at the end of each wing of the net and the upper rope with the glass floats rise out of the water. Now the mechanic stops the trawl winch, and then we all together begin to pull the wet, heavy net on board by hand. Since the ship lies in the beam sea, one has to work carefully, or one may fall overboard together with the net. Who knows where a whole flock of seagulls has suddenly come from over our ship; with loud cries they land on the water over the net and snatch little fish from it into their beaks. On the crest of a wave the cod end rises with thousands of wriggling little fish. Our minds, which have been anxious all the time waiting for the catch, calm down at once, and our mood becomes cheerful. For it often happens that after many hours of trawling you pull an almost empty net out of the sea, with not even enough fish in it for a meal. "Well, about ten boxes this haul should give," the mechanic reckons, and we all agree with him. The mate fastens a sling round the cod end, and with the help of the boom we hoist the catch onto the deck, which is at once covered with a layer of wriggling little fish.

We put the net in again, and then there is time to shovel the fish into boxes. It turns out that this haul gave us 14 boxes, that is, about 400 kg of Baltic herring and sprats.

A trawler has appeared near us, blinking the signal light on its foremast. It turns out that this is the trawler STB-7125 of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm, which was fishing near us and is now reporting the size of its catch by the number of boxes. The light goes on and off 12 times, which means 12 boxes! We report our own catch in the same way.

We make two more hauls, and since the wind is getting ever stronger and the waves are already so high that trawling becomes impossible, we head for the harbour. All the other trawlers have already finished work too. When the fish is handed over in the harbour, it turns out that today's catch is nearly 1000 kg of fish.

EVENING IN THE HARBOUR

But with that the working day of our brave seamen-fishermen is not over yet. The captain and his mate begin to mend the trawl net, while the engine men bring the fish boxes on board and later find work in the engine room. Only when it gets dark and the harbour lights up does one of the many fishing days end. How much that is ordinary and everyday it contains, and yet how much persistence, purposefulness and love of work!

Tired and chilled, but in good spirits after a successful day's fishing, the men come into the cabin. Now first of all to wash, then the stomach demands its share. When these things are done, the radio is switched on, and already the mate of the neighbouring ship, Herman Must, and the mechanic Loonurm come into the cabin to exchange thoughts about today's fishing trip together and to make plans for tomorrow. Aleksander Marokin takes a book and begins to read, and soon the others follow his example. But the dearest friend of Arseeni Väärtnõu, captain of STB-7125, in his hours of rest is the mandolin. Soon it will be Saturday; then a trip to the sauna is planned, and after that a film show at the community hall. So our brave seamen-fishermen live and work day after day.

The trawlers STB-7204 and STB-7125 firmly hold the first places in the competition of our trawlers. Both have fulfilled the quarter's fishing task by almost 250 per cent, and one can be sure that by the day of the elections to the local Soviets of working people's deputies of the Estonian SSR the fishing task will be exceeded threefold. The seaman's life is hard, but the work is rewarded fittingly: in the two months of this year it amounts to almost ten thousand roubles for each member of the crew.

Kommunismiehitaja, Thursday, 4 October 1962, page 3

"Sõrve" Will Plough the Seas of the World

The roads of Sõrve have been travelled with many kinds of feelings. Women driven to Germany like a herd of cattle went along them, with weeping little ones by the hand, casting despairing glances at the receding pines of home. A swarthy soldier-victor with strong cheekbones came through the smoke of Sääre village, tenderly helping a fair-haired wounded comrade. Long lines of prisoners of war trailed along, with "Gott mit uns" gleaming on their belt buckles.

The war ended, and cheerful wheels began to roll on the roads: building materials and new fishing gear were brought, and radios and sofas. And the village lanes rang with the roar of motorcycles and tractors.

Many guests have been to Sõrve, but one like the man who came today has never been seen before. The man looks out of the car window with curiosity. Now and then he has the car stop and photographs the war cemetery, the lighthouse, a post windmill or the stones by the sea, which look snow-white in the October sun.

This is Leopold Kokk, first mate of the brand-new motor ship "Sõrve" of the Estonian State Shipping Company, just launched, who has come to make bonds of friendship with the people of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm. Now he wishes to get to know his future friends and competitors and their home district thoroughly.

In Lülle village the people of the 2nd farming brigade are busily threshing. When comrade Kokk, introducing the ship, comes to the words that the first voyage will be to Africa, the women gasp.

"What will be brought from there?" they ask with curiosity.

"Redwood, diamonds, iron ore. From us lorries and industrial equipment are taken there."

The "Sõrve" is a modern ship built in the German Democratic Republic. She takes 4000 tonnes of cargo and sails at a speed of 16 knots. The crew of 37 people consists of Estonians and seamen from the fraternal republics. The collective farmers are delighted.

"Why was she given the name of such a poor place?" one of the women asks, and adds to explain her thought: "In bourgeois times Sõrve was only the land of the bran-eaters and the porridge-slurpers. We did the work of whole mainland farms, but still we were laughed at and the Sõrve people were not thought of as human beings."

But comrade Kokk is of the opposite opinion. The industriousness of the Sõrve people is now known in the whole Soviet Union.

"A good voyage, and look after your ship well!" Viima Lütt wishes on behalf of the brigade.

At the Torgu 8-year school, where the road leads next, comrade Kokk's visit is a great event. The fathers and brothers of many pupils are fishermen or trawlermen, but to see a real seaman with gold braid, who has even been to Africa, is not an everyday thing. When comrade Kokk tells how a little black boy asked him for a badge with Gagarin's picture and kissed it reverently before pinning it on, a real storm of applause breaks out. Silvi Kokk, chairman of the council of the Pioneer troop, gives the seaman a Pioneer neckerchief and badge, asking him to pass them on to the Pioneers of Guinea. The thought that the neckerchief they sent will be admired by curly-haired black boys and girls, whom they may meet in person when they grow up, at a youth festival or on a voyage to Africa, is so inspiring that in the evening the foreign-language or geography textbook is taken up with much deeper interest.

In the office of the collective farm, with the help of the chairman Endel Ling, half the pages of the seaman's notebook fill with figures and indicators. We give some of them. For the last three years the collective farm has fulfilled its fishing plans. This year's weather did destroy many eel traps and nets, but with the help of four trawlers it is hoped that this year's annual plan will be met too. At present first place among the trawlers belongs to STB-7125 (Captain Arseeni Väärtnõu), where the third-quarter plan was fulfilled by 175.6 per cent. The average yearly earnings of a coastal fisherman have grown by 300 roubles compared with 1958.

The collective farm is one of the largest in the republic, with 8000 hectares of land. Every year 100 ha of new land are brought under cultivation. Although the grain suffered from the weather, the potato harvest is expected to be 170 centners per hectare. Peas, sugar beet and maize grew well. In recent years the collective farmers have built 17 new private houses. The collective farm built a four-flat house for the families of the cattle-keepers, a warming house for the fishermen, three cowsheds, three piggeries, two henhouses, a chick house and a school boarding house; a calf shed is almost ready and another is under way. So much machinery has been received that one cannot count it all at once: 10 lorries, 10 tractors, 3 mineral fertiliser spreaders, 3 grain drills, an electric welding unit, a combine harvester and much more.

It is agreed that the collective farmers and the seamen will compete with each other in fulfilling their work tasks, in amateur art and in study. And when the ship comes back to Tallinn from her voyage to Africa, the people of the collective farm will go to visit the seamen.

A good voyage, "Sõrve"!

H. ARISTOVA

Eesti Meremees, Saturday, 3 November 1962, page 2

Part 3 of L. Kokk's series on his visit to the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm.

Sõrve

3

L. KOKK, mate

Everyone listened attentively to the account of the new motor ship "Sõrve". I also told them that I had already been to Africa with the motor ship "Mahtra". The collective farmers took a great interest in the young African states.

"What shall I pass on to the crew of the motor ship 'Sõrve' in your name?" I asked.

"The warm greetings of the collective farmers," they answered.

The old woman collective farmer Viiu Saav said with emotion:

"Tell the seamen of the 'Sõrve' in our name to look after their new motor ship and to work conscientiously. We too try to work so that all our people may live even better."

...All the collective farmers we talked with in Sõrve asked us to pass on to the seamen their greetings and their wishes to work well. All were glad that bonds of friendship are developing between the namesakes, the cargo ship and the seamen and collective farmers of the peninsula. The islanders expressed the wish to organise socialist competition with the seamen. They said that they would certainly come to visit the ship and see how the seamen live.

LIFE AND PROSPECTS

At the party committee I was told that in the near future the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm will be reorganised. Life demands broad specialisation of production. It has been decided to turn "Sõrve Kalur" entirely into a fishing collective farm, and to form a state farm on the basis of the farming brigades.

The chairman of the collective farm, Endel Ling, whom we finally met at the board of the collective farm, told us about the successes of the farm's fishermen. At present the fleet of the artel has four STB trawlers and motor boats for coastal fishing. For three years already the fishermen have exceeded their fishing plans. This year they must give the state 8,050 centners of fish. The leading crews are carrying out the task successfully. In front at present is the crew of the trawler STB 7125, whose captain is Arseni Väärtnõu. The others too are trying not to fall behind.

(To be continued)

Photo caption: IN THE PICTURE: THE NEW LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS OF THE COLLECTIVE FARM. Photo by the author

Estonsky Moryak (Эстонский Моряк), Wednesday, 7 November 1962, page 4

The final part of L. Kokk's series, in the Russian-language Estonsky Moryak.

SÕRVE - the Peninsula and the Motor Ship

The chairman of the collective farm, Endel Ling, whom we finally found at the board office, told us about the successes of the collective's fishermen. At present the artel's fleet consists of four STB trawlers and motorboats for inshore fishing. For three years now the fishermen have exceeded all their planned catch targets. This year they must deliver 8,050 centners of fish to the state. The leading crews are coping well with the task. In the lead at present is the crew of the trawler STB 7125, whose captain is Arseni Väärtnõu. The others are also trying not to fall behind.

For his selfless work one of the oldest fishermen of the artel, Mart Petrovich Oeselg, who took part in the battles for Sõrve, was recently awarded the Order of Lenin.

We asked about the collective farmers' incomes and the living conditions of their families.

"Just ask him," answered the chairman, pointing to a tall elderly fisherman, "how much he earns and how much his wife brings home."

Eduard Keidong, the man the chairman had pointed to, began to count:

"Well, I get 100 roubles a month on average, and Helmi 50. Helmi works in the fields, and when needed she weaves fishing nets."

150 roubles of family income, plus a garden plot, a cow, a piglet and hens. Not bad!

The fishermen earn well, from 100 to 200 roubles a month. Livestock workers 70 to 80 roubles. Two years ago the collective farm introduced payment in money, with advances.

The collective farmers' personal incomes are shown, for example, by facts like these. In the last three years the farmers have built 17 houses, and these are modern brick buildings. The fishermen Aleksander Saar and Villem Õunpuu are now finishing their own houses. Trawl master Andres Jõgi recently bought a "Moskvich" car. Almost every family has a motorcycle.

"Besides all this," says Endel Ling, "the collective farm has built four four-flat houses for the livestock workers and a school boarding house for 70 children."

...Once again the talk turns to the motor ship "Sõrve". On behalf of the board and all 623 members of the artel, the chairman Endel Ling congratulates the seamen of the "Sõrve" on their new ship and wishes them excellent success in their work and strong ties of friendship with the working people of the Sõrve peninsula.

WITH THE YOUNG FRIENDS OF THE SEAMEN

We found the secretary of the Komsomol organisation of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm ... giving a lesson. Yes, Maie Liblik is a primary teacher at the Torgu eight-year school. The school's director, Herman Kask, and the senior pioneer leader, Helle Rahnel, simply could not miss the chance to have the mate of the new motor ship "Sõrve" speak to the children about the ship, the life of seamen and distant Africa.

About two hundred pairs of children's eyes lit up with delight that from now on they would have patrons like the seamen of the "Sõrve". Yes, in their letters they will tell their dear patrons about their successes at school and about what they do in their free time. And if their successes are worthy of an invitation from the seamen to visit their ship, they will be very happy. They also ask that this modest gift, a red pioneer necktie and a pioneer badge, be passed on to the schoolchildren of Africa, where the "Sõrve" will soon go on her first voyage, as a warm comradely pioneer greeting from the small Estonian peninsula of Sõrve.

With the Komsomol secretary Maie Liblik we agreed that the Komsomol organisations of the collective farm and of the motor ship "Sõrve" will work together, and that the competition for communist labour will be the basis of the patronage ties.

* * *

It is time to leave the hospitable Sõrve peninsula. In an hour I shall be in Tallinn. I shall sit down to write at once. I shall write about everything I saw on Sõrve and pass on the warm greetings of the field workers, fishermen and schoolchildren, and their wish of "Bon voyage" to the seamen.

L. KOKK,
mate of the motor ship "Sõrve".
Saaremaa island, Sõrve peninsula.

In the picture: new houses of the fishermen of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm. Photo by the author.

(Conclusion. Beginning in Nos. 86, 87 and 88.)

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 22 December 1962, page 3

The Plans of a Big Family

The fishermen of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm simply had no luck this year. In the very best time for eel fishing a storm broke their gear. They had barely managed to put part of it in order again and fishing had picked up again, when a new storm came and made a clean sweep. But the Sõrve men are not the kind to lose heart in difficulties. The chairman of the collective farm, comrade Ling, is making new plans, and these are now already the plans of a big family.

Next year 10 trawlers will already plough the sea in the Sõrve collective farm, formed from four collective farms and covering the whole peninsula. The number of fishermen (although some of the older ones are retiring) will grow to 130. The fishing plan, however, is bigger than that of the four collective farms together now. If it is fulfilled, 1000 lorry-loads of fish will be given to the people. Of eels alone more than 38 tonnes will be caught, of whitefish more than 17 tonnes, and so on. For the first time this winter all the trawlers of the collective farm will go cod fishing off Ventspils.

The plans are good indeed, but what is being done to fulfil them? The chairman of the collective farm, who recently went to get to know the fishermen of the future common family at Salme, Anseküla and Lõmala, was most impressed by the men of "Varuli-Rand": hard-working and thinking of tomorrow. Fish are being caught by the kilo at present, the collective farm's annual plan is full, but the fishermen go to sea every day. The gear material needed for the big fishing season has also been stocked and the preparations are under way. There is no need to worry about "Kaljurand" either. But in the "Salme Kalur" collective farm things are bad: there is hardly any stock of fishing gear there at all.

So how does Sõrve intend to meet the winter?

When winter came the waters here were empty of fish, and so the fishermen were sent where men's strength was needed most. They are building a flour mill, enlarging the repair workshop and clearing the route of an electric line. Recently Helmi Aasaväli finished the first roach seine. It is ready for fishing, and if the weather allows, Eduard Keidong's men will go to Mõntu to catch bait fish. This year they are wiser: two seines are being made. Last year there was a mishap: in the time it took to empty the seine, the roach had disappeared from the water. If there had been more gear, they could have made two hauls one after the other.

Daily work has taught them more besides. For next year no more fixed seines will be made for the former "Sõrve Kalur" farm. The material is expensive and the gear does not pay for itself, because it is not suitable for manoeuvring. But more herring trap nets will be made. Three new motor boats will be bought to replace the old ones. The older fishermen will get one more boat for line and net fishing (so there will now be three of them in the collective farm).

From 1 January the fishermen of the collective farm will be brought together in one brigade, to be led by Mart (son of Peeter) Oeselg. The former "Varuli-Rand", "Kaljurand" and "Salme Kalur" collective farms will also remain as brigades.

The most intensive preparation for the big fishing season is now going on in Oeselg's brigade. For four years Eduard Sepp has fished in summer and in winter made all the gear the brigade needs. Already 16 eel trap frames are ready, and 20 wing sections have been made for four herring trap nets. It is doubtful whether Eduard Sepp's output will fit onto two lorry-loads in spring!

Finally a few more words about the trawlermen. STB-7238 (Captain Aleksei Tšistov) has fulfilled its annual plan. The catches of STB-7115 (Captain Väino Niinemets) are somewhat poorer. More than 80 per cent of the plan has been fulfilled on the trawlers STB-7125 (Captain Arseeni Väärtnõu) and STB-7268 (Captain Juhan Klais).

One can be sure that as one family they will work even better, and that the Salme brigade too will get on its feet.

H. ARISTOVA

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 30 January 1965, page 1

How the FISHERMEN Live

Winter is not the season of big catches, when fully laden boats keep coming ashore. Now even a catch of some twenty kilos is a joy. But those who are diligent still fill their plans.

When the results were summed up for the annual meeting of the "Saare Kalur" collective farm, it turned out that Oskar Korsar's link of the Nasva brigade had fulfilled its first-quarter plan by 361 per cent and Martin Kupits's link by 215.4 per cent. The men of Abruka, led by Heino Vaikla, had exceeded their plan by 32.4 per cent. Osvald Adamson's link will also soon meet its fishing task.

S. MARI

* *

In the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm the trawlers fishing in pairs, STB-7238 (Captain Väärtnõu) and STB-7125 (Captain Lepik), compete for first place with the other pair, STB-7115 (Captain Niinemets) and STB-7119 (Captain Org). At present the first pair is only 4 tonnes ahead of the others. In all, the trawlers caught 70 tonnes of fish in January.

Of the coastal fishermen the best are the men of the Varuli brigade (brigade leader Arnold Tamm), who have delivered 240 kg of pike and perch to the buying point.

H. VESILO

* *

A bold start is half the victory: this is true of the brothers August and Juhan Aus, fishermen of the 1st brigade of the "Ranna" collective farm. At the beginning of January, when there was already ice in the sea, they nevertheless went out, caught a lot of perch with their shore traps and fulfilled their first-quarter plan by 186 per cent.

The other fishermen now have difficulty fulfilling the plan of 143 kg per man. They can no longer get out to sea by boat, and going further on foot is dangerous, because the ice is still weak. In the shallow water the fish traps are in, but they do not give much of a catch.

If the weather stays cold, fishing with traps under the ice could begin about the middle of next week.

L. KALJA

* *

Our grandfathers already talked about separating Harju bay from the sea. It could have been done by building a dam, and then the bay would have become a good fish pond. But this wish remained only a dream, because the fishermen did not have enough money and the state paid no attention to it.

Now, however, the plan has come true. The government allotted money to the forestry enterprise for building the dam, and under the direction of the Orissaare road master, comrade Kuum, the dam was built. The bay has been separated from the sea.

Valuable fish will be raised in this big "pond". While in the open sea whitefish roe and fry are food for many other fish, here they can grow into young fish safely.

A. PITK

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 3 April 1965, page 1

Our Interview

Are You Ready?

The snow is running away from under the forest, the ice cover is cracking on the sea, the gulls are screaming on the shore. The board members and communists of the "Sõrve Kalur" collective farm meet once more to discuss the preparations for the big fishing season. We ask the deputy chairman of the collective farm, comrade Põld, to answer a few questions before the meeting begins.

Did the first quarter fulfil your hopes?

The weather this winter was very bad. Wind after wind. Because of it the ships could not go to sea. But still our four trawlers STB-7238 (Captain Väärtnõu), STB-7125 (Captain Leppik), STB-7115 (Captain Niinemets) and STB-7119 (Captain Org) fulfilled their first-quarter plan. In coastal fishing the best was the 8th brigade (brigade leader Arnold Tamm), which fulfilled its task threefold.

How are the preparations for the big fishing season going?

Better than last year. We brought the main materials in already in autumn. We are still short of a little "Hercules" rope and foam plastic. But we shall solve that question too before the fishing begins. All the old gear has been put in order. The fishermen fishing in the Gulf of Riga will get 7 new fixed seines and 10 herring trap nets, and 12 new boats are also being made for our collective farm. While at Salme and Läätsa the fishermen made their gear themselves, in Sõrve the making of it was left to August Kaus and Eduard Sepp.

Will there be anything new in the organisation of fishing this year?

Until now the boat crews fishing for valuable fish worked within the brigades. This year we shall put them on their own accounts. Then it will be clear at once whether they bring a profit or work at a loss. The boat crews will be led by such experienced fishermen as Ermi Hüüdma, August Kuusk, Mart Oeselg (son of Jüri) and others. Fishing for valuable fish makes up quite an important part of our collective farm's work. During the year valuable fish worth half a million roubles should be caught.

When the water is low the fishermen have always had difficulty reaching the buying point with their boats. Has anything been done this year to improve this?

At Läätsa we built a new jetty with our own forces and are deepening the area round the jetties with an excavator. We are also deepening the mouth of the Salme river, to make it easier for the fishermen of Tehumardi.

To sum up, one could say that we shall finish all our preparations by 15 April, and the spring fishing does not begin any earlier anyway.

Spordileht, Friday, 6 January 1967, page 5

We Don't Even Want to Think of Going Home

No doubt all the young school pupils who are candidates for the Spartakiad are using the school holidays for training. So are the swimmers. The Tallinn swimmers, who have good conditions for swimming in their home town all the year round, packed their skiing gear and went off to camps. The swimmers of the districts, on the other hand, whose training conditions at home are poor or lacking altogether, hurried to Tallinn.

Twice a day the pupils of Toomas Tuuling, swimming coach of the Kingissepa Children's Sports School, train in the "Kalev" indoor pool: Maie Sepp, Mai Tammik, Svetlana Ivanova, Ronald Maripuu, Viktor Tšetverikov, Jüri Lipp and Vello Väärtnõu. Besides the young islanders, T. Tuuling's training group also includes Helbe Pihlak from Tartu, Raivo Raba from Viljandi, and Juhan Pella, Rein Rooks and Rein Treima from Järvakandi.

"It really is nice to swim here," T. Tuuling praises. "And we can swim as much as we have the strength for. But at first we don't have much strength. We haven't been in the water for several months. It's good if we swim 3 to 4 kilometres in the two training sessions together. Perhaps only in the last days of the camp shall we manage a little more. But we don't even want to think of going home; there our seven candidates for the schoolchildren's team and two for the adult team will be 'on dry land' again," says the islanders' coach, seriously worried about his charges.

There is good reason for worry. It is not so long since the islanders had no swimming sport at all. Years ago a cooling tank was built by the Kingissepa power station. Wisely it was given such dimensions (25×8 m) that it could also be used as a pre-heated swimming pool. The water was too warm even in winter (+35°), but on the other hand one could swim all the year round. In 1960 this news reached the ears of Toomas Tuuling, a final-year student of the Faculty of Physical Education of Tartu State University and many times champion of the republic in butterfly swimming. Without delay he asked to be sent to work in Kingissepa. In the early summer of the same year the Kingissepa 8-year school got a freshly graduated physical education teacher, who at once began swimming courses. There were many who were interested, and Tulla, as T. Tuuling was and still is called by his former fellow competitors and coaches, had his hands and feet full. His eagerness for work lasted, and only a couple of years later the first addition to the schoolchildren's national team came from Kingissepa too. The "first swallow" was followed by more and more, and the swimming specialists of the capital could only shake their heads and say: "Yes, they do serious work there."

Now we already find nine islanders in the list of candidates for the national team, and their coach is still full of eagerness for work, but...

The year before last a powerful electric cable was brought from the mainland to Saaremaa and the engines of the Kingissepa power station were stopped. But when the engines stand still, there is no need to cool them either, and so the island swimmers were left "on dry land".

"We raised the alarm at once," says the "father" of the islanders' swimming sport, "we wrote letters and made telephone calls. The letters are moving and the telephones are ringing to this day, negotiations are held at every level, but so far it has done us no good. If it goes on like this, I shall have to give up the job of swimming coach. The capricious sea water does not allow normal swimming training in the short summer months, and even holding courses is doubtful."

Still, we hope that the telephone calls and negotiations will soon bring results and that the young people of Kingissepa will be able to train in their home town again. And we ask Toomas Tuuling one more thing: how do his charges spend their free time in Tallinn?

"That's no great worry," the coach answers with a smile. "Toiling in the water tires them out so much that after meals they tend to lie down, and in the evening at about ten o'clock they creep under the blankets quite of their own accord."

V. AIN

Photo caption: "How is it?" Toomas Tuuling asks his charges. "Shall we try swimming against the clock, or are you tired?"

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 17 January 1967, page 2

Who Came to Help? The Border Guards

The work of fishermen is not easy. The capricious sea can often bring them face to face with serious trials, and then it is good when there are people who hurry to help. Our border guards have often been the first helpers of the fishermen.

At the end of the old year the Muhu fishermen Arseeni Väärtnõu, Heino Väärtnõu and Esper Schmuul found themselves in distress at sea. They were coming from Kaliningrad with a trawler bought for the collective farm. The men were already dreaming of their cosy homes when, in the Soela Strait, the ship's engine suddenly failed. The wind began to drift the ship in the slush ice, and the anchor had to be dropped. To call for help they began to fire rockets, but because of the thick fog nobody saw them. When the rockets ran out, they tried to get help by radio, but that failed too. The fog hid the men in distress for two days. For those two days they also had to go without food. Then the fog lifted and the ship was seen from the shore, but because of the ice nobody could go to help with a boat. Now the border guards were asked for help. They brought their helicopter, and with it the men in distress were taken off the ship. The men were first taken somewhere warm, and after a long time they were able to eat their fill. A rescue ship later brought in the ship.

* *

There are treacherous reefs and shoals in many places off the coast of Saaremaa. Recently, in stormy weather, a trawler of the "Bolshevik" collective farm from Liepāja ran onto one of them. Just as the crew were looking on deck for a way to save themselves, a new wave came and carried Viktor Prizitšev overboard. The next wave carried the man far from the ship, but luckily towards the shore. Since Prizitšev was a good swimmer, he began to swim towards the shore in the icy water. In the water he had to throw off his outer clothes and his boots. At last the seaman, stiff with cold, reached the shore half-naked. There was not a single farm nearby. He no longer had the strength to stand up, and Prizitšev began to crawl inland.

Border guard sergeant Fisenko was just on duty when he saw a half-naked figure crawling in the snow. He hurried to him at once, wrapped the unfortunate man in his own clothes and ran for help himself. The seaman was carried to the border guards, where he was given first aid. Soon the border guards' ambulance arrived too, and in the care of the doctors Viktor Prizitšev soon recovered his health.

E. PROOSES

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 5 August 1967, page 4

With a Notebook at the Suure Tõll Sports Games

So the biggest sports event of our district this year, the 1st Suure Tõll sports games of Saaremaa, has come to an end. The games consisted of mass competitions in the physical culture groups, institutions, enterprises, schools and village councils, and three days of finals in Kingissepa. Almost every second islander took part in the Suure Tõll competitions, on the sports grounds as well as on hiking trails and at summer days. The first-stage competitions held locally went off successfully in Kärla village council and in the Kingissepa Mechanised Building Column. These were also awarded commemorative pennants. Words of praise can also be said about the sports days of the district hospital, the Union of the Kingissepa District Consumer Cooperatives and Mustjala village council. [...]

Swimming. Women, 100 m freestyle: 1. K. Maripuu (KMO) 1:24.8, 2. M. Tammik (building column) 1:31.8, 3. H. Sepp (building column) 1:42.7; 200 m freestyle: 1. K. Maripuu 3:16.5, 2. S. Ivanova (building column) 3:31.4; 100 m breaststroke: 1. M. Tammik 1:41.2, 2. H. Sepp 1:49.6; 100 m backstroke: 1. K. Maripuu 1:47.9, 2. H. Sepp 1:59.3, 3. M. Tammik 2:02.3. Men, 100 m freestyle: 1. T. Tuuling (education and culture workers) 1:08.2, 2. L. Filippov (education and culture workers) 1:08.2, 3. K. Maripuu (individual) 1:10.3; 200 m freestyle: 1. T. Allik (individual) 2:50.9, 2. V. Tšetverikov (individual) 2:55.1, 3. L. Filippov 3:01.5; 100 m backstroke: 1. L. Filippov 1:21.9, 2. T. Tuuling 1:22.0, 3. H. Sepp (individual) 1:34.7; 100 m breaststroke: 1. T. Tuuling 1:24.7, 2. R. Maripuu (individual) 1:30.2, 3. J. Steinberg (KMO) 1:34.7.

Teams: 1. Education and culture workers, 2. KMO, 3. "Saare Kalur" collective farm.

Girls, 50 m freestyle: 1. M. Sepp (individual) 37.2, 2. T. Vorobjova (individual) 47.7, 3. A. Erelt (individual) 53.2; 50 m backstroke: 1. M. Sepp 48.1, 2. E. Sepp (Laimjala) 1:14.0. Boys, 50 m freestyle: 1. R. Maripuu 31.0, 2. V. Tšetverikov 32.8, 3. J. Lipp (individual) 33.0; 50 m breaststroke: 1. R. Maripuu 39.4, 2. J. Lipp 44.2, 3. V. Väärtnõu (individual) 48.1; 50 m backstroke: 1. H. Sepp 40.3, 2. V. Väärtnõu 41.3, 3. J. Lipp 41.5.

Teams: 1. Leisi village council, 2. Pihtla village council, 3. Laimjala village council. [...]

Kommunismiehitaja, January and February 1969, page 4: death notices

Tuesday, 28 January 1969

We remember our fellow worker Captain

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU,

who died in an accident, and express our sympathy to the family of the departed.

The crews of the trawlers of the Muhu collective farm

Thursday, 30 January 1969

We express our heartfelt sympathy to Ida and Vello on the sudden death of their husband and father

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU.

Aliide, Harald, Rudolf, Liide, Leo, Leida and Hugo

Heartfelt sympathy to Ida and Vello Väärtnõu on the accidental death of their

HUSBAND and FATHER.

The families Tivik, Reinmägi, Sepp and Jakobson. Ridala and Merilaht, Aav, Leps, Usin and Ella

Heartfelt sympathy to Ida and Vello Väärtnõu on the accidental death of their

HUSBAND and FATHER.

In remembrance,

Eduard, Marie and Edward

We remember our former good fellow worker

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

and express our heartfelt sympathy to his wife and to Arteemi and Joosep Väärtnõu.

The staff of the Fish Protection Inspectorate

Captain

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU,

who departed through sudden death, is remembered in deep mourning by

the families Velsvebel and Tänav, and Robert

We remember Captain

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

The crew of MSTB-C8

In deep sorrow we remember

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU,

who died in an accident, and express our heartfelt sympathy to his wife and son.

The Loonurm family

Tuesday, 4 February 1969

In mourning we remember our good relative

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU

and express our sympathy to his family and relatives.

Hillar and family, from Pärnu

Saturday, 8 February 1969

We thank all acquaintances and relatives, the collective of the Muhu collective farm, comrade Vaske and the musicians, who helped us at the burial of our dear husband and father

ARSENI VÄÄRTNÕU,

adorned his grave with many wreaths and flowers, and shared our grief.

In mourning, his wife and son

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 24 January 1970, page 4

Dear

ARSEENI VÄÄRTNÕU

is remembered on the first anniversary of his death by

his wife and son

Meie Maa, Friday, 15 November 1991, page 4

Civil Register

In the first week of November the births of the following children were registered: Mihkel Lember, Ott Sääsk and Henri Allik in the town of Kuressaare, Kaisa Papp in Leisi, Andrei Kurapov in Muhu, Maris Valge in Lümanda, Reet Järsk and Anastasia Tihomirova in Salme.

Elina Kübarsepp and Kait Lomp were married.

Those who died: Ida Väärtnõu, aged 69, Olev Putku, aged 29, Zinaida Peerand, aged 86, and Linda-Adele Pihelpuu, aged 84, in the town of Kuressaare; Kairit Mägi, aged 25, in Kuressaare village council; Arnold Õunpuu, aged 73, in Kihelkonna; Melania Teär, aged 90, and Peeter Mesipuu, aged 44, in Kärla; Roosi Ling, aged 89, and Liisi Kiik, aged 80, in Laimjala; Ants Sagor, aged 56, in Leisi; Villu Hopp, aged 54, Albert Aljas, aged 67, and Florida Laide, aged 69, in Orissaare; Toomas Mägi, aged 38, and Armilde Õunpuu, aged 72, in Pihtla; Julie Kuub, aged 87, and Emilia Post, aged 74, in Salme.

HARIESSA SAAMEL

Leole, Friday, 1 July 2016, page 5

Ajakaja (Time Measure)

Edited by Tõnu Kukk

[...] 17 July

65 years ago (1951) Vello Väärtnõu, populariser of Buddhism and artist, was born in Kuressaare. He worked at the Lahmuse state farm. [...]

Notes

Father. Vello's father Arseni (also printed Arseeni) Väärtnõu was a Saaremaa fisherman and sea captain. In November 1954 he was trawl master on the new trawler STB-7160 of the Kingissepa motor fishing station. From 1956 he was captain of the trawler STB-7125 of the "Sõrve Kalur" fishing collective farm on the Sõrve peninsula, and by 1965 captain of STB-7238 of the same farm. His crews were often first in the trawler competitions of the district; in the autumn of 1962 his STB-7125 was the best trawler of the farm, fulfilling its third-quarter plan by 175.6 per cent.
In February 1957 the reporter G. Jisop, who spent a working day with the trawlers at Vergi harbour on the Gulf of Finland, saw Arseni's STB-7125 report its catch of 12 boxes by flashing its signal light, and wrote that the dearest friend of Captain Arseeni Väärtnõu in his hours of rest was the mandolin.
In 1962 Leopold Kokk, mate of the new merchant ship "Sõrve", visited the "Sõrve Kalur" farm to found a friendship between the ship and the peninsula. Both his own series in Eesti Meremees (and its final part in the Russian-language Estonsky Moryak of 7 November 1962) and H. Aristova's report name Arseni's crew as the best of the farm's four trawlers.
By the end of 1966 Arseni worked in the Muhu fishing collective farm. Coming home from Kaliningrad with a newly bought trawler, he and his crew were stranded for two days without food in fog and ice in the Soela Strait and were taken off the ship by a border guard helicopter.
Arseni Väärtnõu died in an accident in January 1969, as a captain in the trawler fleet of the Muhu collective farm. Vello was then 17 years old. Nine notices were printed. One is signed by the families Velsvebel and Tänav. The notice of the Fish Protection Inspectorate calls Arseni a former fellow worker there and also expresses sympathy to Arteemi and Joosep Väärtnõu, his brothers. Arteemi Väärtnõu (1916 to 2002), "Arteemi Andruse p." in official lists, headed the Pidula fish hatchery from 1944 and was named Honoured Fish Farmer of the Estonian SSR in 1980; his patronymic shows that the father of the brothers was called Andrus.
Family information: Arseni was one of seven brothers. Vello's mother Ida worked as a nurse at the local hospital. Her family name was Tänav; her mother, Vello's grandmother Viiu Tänav and her father, Vello's grandfather, Laas Tänav, was a sea captain and the leading man of Vintri village on the Sõrve peninsula, said to be a natural son of a manor lord related to the Ungern-Sternbergs, who gave him a good education. Some members of the family were persecuted by the KGB. In his own writings Vello tells that his mother came to visit him in prison camp and was refused.
Vello's mother Ida Väärtnõu died in Kuressaare in the first week of November 1991, aged 69.
Swimming. As a schoolboy Vello swam in the group of coach Toomas Tuuling of the Kingissepa (Kuressaare) Children's Sports School, and in January 1967 he trained with the group in the Kalev indoor pool in Tallinn among the candidates for the Estonian schoolchildren's team. At the 1st Suure Tõll sports games of Saaremaa in August 1967 he was 2nd in the boys' 50 m backstroke (41.3) and 3rd in the 50 m breaststroke (48.1). Vello also trained in the modern pentathlon (fencing, riding, swimming and other events).
Suure-Jaani. The Leole calendar of 2016 gives Vello's birth as 17 July 1951 in Kuressaare and says he worked at the Lahmuse state farm near Suure-Jaani (Viljandi County). Vello drove rally and played music in Suure-Jaani in those years aswell; no press report has been found yet.
See also Vello Väärtnõu Arrested in Karelia in 1982 and Held as a Political Prisoner - reports in the Estonian exile press, 1983 to 1986 and Vello Väärtnõu in the Soviet Estonian Press, 1982 to 1989, and the Answers from Exile.

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Kommunismiehitaja, 13 November 1954, p.1: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1954/11/13/7
Kommunismiehitaja, 1 May 1956, p.2: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1956/05/01/13
Kommunismiehitaja, 26 January 1957, p.1: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1957/01/26/4.2
Kommunismiehitaja, 2 February 1957, p.3: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1957/02/02/13.1
Kommunismiehitaja, 26 February 1957, p.2: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1957/02/26/9
Kommunismiehitaja, 4 October 1962, p.3: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1962/10/04/16
Eesti Meremees, 3 November 1962, p.2: https://dea.digar.ee/page/eestimeremees/1962/11/03/2
Estonsky Moryak (Эстонский Моряк), 7 November 1962, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/article/estonskiimorjak/1962/11/07/8
Kommunismiehitaja, 22 December 1962, p.3: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1962/12/22/9
Kommunismiehitaja, 30 January 1965, p.1: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1965/01/30/8
Kommunismiehitaja, 3 April 1965, p.1: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1965/04/03/7
Spordileht, 6 January 1967, p.5: https://dea.digar.ee/article/spordileht/1967/01/06/16
Kommunismiehitaja, 17 January 1967, p.2: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1967/01/17/12
Kommunismiehitaja, 5 August 1967, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/article/kommunismiehitaja/1967/08/05/13
Kommunismiehitaja, 28 January 1969, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/page/kommunismiehitaja/1969/01/28/4
Kommunismiehitaja, 30 January 1969, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/page/kommunismiehitaja/1969/01/30/4
Kommunismiehitaja, 4 February 1969, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/page/kommunismiehitaja/1969/02/04/4
Kommunismiehitaja, 8 February 1969, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/page/kommunismiehitaja/1969/02/08/4
Kommunismiehitaja, 24 January 1970, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/page/kommunismiehitaja/1970/01/24/4
Meie Maa, 15 November 1991, p.4: https://dea.digar.ee/article/meiemaa/1991/11/15/20
Leole, 1 July 2016, p.5: https://dea.digar.ee/article/leole/2016/07/01/21

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Vello Väärtnõu's Family and Youth in the Estonian Press, 1954 to 2016 - his father Captain Arseni Väärtnõu, his mother Ida and the young swimmer

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Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 13 November 1954, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 1 May 1956, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 26 January 1957, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 2 February 1957, page 3

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 26 February 1957, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Thursday, 4 October 1962, page 3

Eesti Meremees, Saturday, 3 November 1962, page 2

Estonsky Moryak (Эстонский Моряк), Wednesday, 7 November 1962, page 4

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 22 December 1962, page 3

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 30 January 1965, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 3 April 1965, page 1

Spordileht, Friday, 6 January 1967, page 5

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 17 January 1967, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 5 August 1967, page 4

Kommunismiehitaja, January and February 1969, page 4: death notices

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 24 January 1970, page 4

Meie Maa, Friday, 15 November 1991, page 4

Leole, Friday, 1 July 2016, page 5

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 13 November 1954, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 1 May 1956, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 26 January 1957, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 2 February 1957, page 3

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 26 February 1957, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Thursday, 4 October 1962, page 3

Eesti Meremees, Saturday, 3 November 1962, page 2

Estonsky Moryak (Эстонский Моряк), Wednesday, 7 November 1962, page 4

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 22 December 1962, page 3

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 30 January 1965, page 1

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 3 April 1965, page 1

Spordileht, Friday, 6 January 1967, page 5

Kommunismiehitaja, Tuesday, 17 January 1967, page 2

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 5 August 1967, page 4

Kommunismiehitaja, January and February 1969, page 4: death notices

Kommunismiehitaja, Saturday, 24 January 1970, page 4

Meie Maa, Friday, 15 November 1991, page 4

Leole, Friday, 1 July 2016, page 5

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