THE RER ATID SELOOVIB
One step toward our goal as a center fol*
industry on the Kenai peninsula was reached
last Sunday evening, when council members
voted* to invite the Rural Electrification
Association to assume operation of Soldo-*
via’s power plant... .
Rail’s sporisorship of power production
here means ample power for present need#
with .potential sources investigated for fu
ture growth and with' ample reserve power un
its held ready to meet any power emergency
within the city. * “
The city’s action in no manner casts re
flection ori the existing operation of our
power plant* The service has been every
thing it could be under private managership,
but the growth of cannery operation here# as
well as added small businesses and shops,
have placed too great a drain on present fa
cilities, and private operators cannot as
sume the additional burden of expansion.
RS^’s assumption of. . power production in
Seldovia will mean, ample power whenever
needed, the modernizing, of the existing sys
tem and eventual expansion as the city’s
needs grow* The ultimate goal for power
production in this region is a hydro-elect
ric plant which will furnish power to both
Homer and Seldovia. Preliminary surveys are
already under way to determine the best lo
cation for such a plant.
REA management of the power plant does
not mean that the city of Seldovia will be
saddled with a heavy debt. - No civic respon
sibility is entailed in -the transfer of man
agement. Nor does it mean that the . power
plant will be operated by outside interests
REit sells power • through a local corporation,
with the managing board of directors chosen
from the townsfolk.
Power through REA channels will mean a
steady, uninterrupted flow of'current for
all of SeldoviaTs needs channelled through
standardized modern equipment ."l It! s ' Seldo
via1 s fir'st big boost on the path ~t o City
life.
GOOD.GOOO. GOOD
This weekfs re
cipe was sent to Sel~- -
dovia from Outside by
a last winter*s guest
in the city* She*s
tested it and foUnd
..it good* and how
wahts to share Her
new dessert wi,th all
her former friends:
By own $ugar Cake
SJ cups cake flour
1-3/4 fc'ups ; trowh;s^*
gar, £ cup shorten
ing, 1 cup milk plus
1 tsp. vanilla'/" 2
eggs, 1 tsp. soda,
2.level tsp, cream of
tartar, 1 tsp*-salt.
Sift flour,' then
measure and sift ag
ain with salt, cream
of tartar, soda, aidd
brown sugar* Have
the shortening soft
but not melted, and
add it to the flour
mixture with the milk
.r B^at on slow mixer
for 2 minutes, add
eggs and beat 2 more
minutes* (Just 4
minut3s bjating in
all).
It can be baked in
either a loaf or lay*
ers and iced with any
-favorite icing*
Grandma Northrup
VACATION ING . .
Miss Haldis Ras
mussen of /ihchorago
arrived in Seldovia
last week to spend a
few-, days with her
grandmother, Mrs. Ol
ga Balashof.