KENAI NEWS NOTES
by bonnis Thompson
Andy tfik ia aow employed
in iinchorage where he is
driving a cab*
Jimmy ' Brown is* back in
Kenai and he plans to go
trapping for the rest of the
winter.
^lice and Homer TutnSuden
and Art Kohler were among the
Kenai representatives in An
chorage last week.
Dusty Abodes has returned
to Kenai to spend the Christ
mas holidays with his family.
After Chris tanas * he will re
turn to the Artie where he
has been working on rejuvena
ting a doivned aircraft.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Carver
will leave around the 28th of
December for a visit with
their parents in Ohio. It
has been over six years since
they have been home and they
will stay until spring. Mrs.
Carver is a primary teacher
in the Kenai school. Her po
sition the second semester
will be filled by Mrs. Jean
Barby.
Jerry Thcrapson went to An
chorage and Fairbanks last
week. Upon his return he
brought Oscar English, s«n
Mr. and Mrs. Jack English of
Seldovia, with him. Oscar
has!‘just been discharged from
the service and went on to
Soldovia to spend the holi
days mth his parents.
We have more nev/s from the
Allan Petersens from Level
land, Texas. They had just
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had a wonderful visit t/ith
the Castleberrys. They are
now touring the Southwest ancl
will go on up the West Coast*
In 61*00 miles, they’ve had
only two flats and no car
trouble. They sent an inter
esting letter describing all
they are seeing and say the
people arc very friendly,
helpful, and SO interested in
Alaska, They send New Year’s
greetings to all of their
friends but tho* they are
thinking of us, they say they
won’t bo back until winter is
worn out up herel
Your reporter has just
completed some long distance
calls to her scattered family
back :Ln the States as have
hundreds of other Alaskans at
this tine of year, bo any of
us ever take tune to really
appreciate that little black
magic box, the telephone?
Mr. and Mrs* busty Rhodes
are entertaining Mr. Marvin
Greenlee over the holidcays*
Mr. Greenlee is from Crown
King, Arizona and is with the
Long Beach Airmotive* He is
in Alaska on business.
RASri OF FIRES STRIKES KEMI
The house in Kenai owned
by Alec bolchok and rented by
J. L, Sullivan burned to the
ground early Sunday morning.
There was no one in the house
at the time and the fire was
not discovered until it had a
big start. Though the fire
trucks responded, the house
was a total loss and burned
to the ground* Sunday after
noon, the fire trucks were
called to a fire in a cabin
owned by Helen Jones. It was
quickly extinguished and the
only damage seemed to be
slight. Monday there was a
call to Rhodes' Laundry caus
ed- by a small explosion ia
the boiler. There was ao
damage.
COHOE MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Christen Jensen, 70, of
Cohoe took his own life the
morning’ of December 22 at his
home in Cohoe where he lived
with his brother, H* P. Jen
sen. he had been in ill
health since 19h6 and since a
stroke in 195>0 his speech had
been impaired. Mr. Jensen
took his life with a ,22 cal
iber rifle. He was born in
Denmark but was a citizen of
the United States. He had
lived in the Cohoe-Kasilof
area since 1922, He had nev
er married. Burial /was in
the Kasilof cemetery.
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OiiitioT. Ad P -i‘-TY
The Kcnni iioaji/ic'icei’s had
t.uir rrtiiu. 1 .Wiristrtaas party
o :cck ;\,o Tuesday* fhcre
was initiation of Che new
members followed oy a short,
corny, anti uproariously funny
skit given ay the new members
Dooms anu readings were given
by * rs# hull, eonnis Thompson
and uuby eoyle.
francos forklison broujit
house a own with a recita
tion, “Little ‘Erbie.1 l^t«
were sung by Arlene Hotchkiss
and. Joyce Ftheingan® . and Ar
lene and Mildred Kooly. Jce*
si Munson led the group sing*
ing of Christmas carols, the
organ accompaniment was by
Juanita Coleman*
The group was requested to
compose original poems <$s the
spur of the moment and these
were read by Jean Darby, Iris
Jette and Mrs, Hull* A short
hilarious play was presented
to the ’ group* The x>ast in
cluded Arlene Hotchkiss,
Jean Darby, •Betty Warrel,
Frost Jones, and Mrs* Kipp*
Gifts were exchanged and
delicious refreshments of
punch and beautifully decor
ated Christmas cookies were
served by the hostesses*
NINILCHIK NEWS
(
by Lee Campbell
Big winds hit Ninilchik last
week and numerous residents
reported damages done* Among
them Art Morris's highway
home had the roof blown com
pletely off and it landed
about 100 yards fran the
house#
Imagine my surprise to re
ceive a magazine from my
mother in Chicago called
"Yjfomenjs .Day11 to find a moose
hunt story written by our own
Kenai correspondent, donnis
Thompson* It was a most in
teresting story and not full
of "hog~wash" like so many
Alaskan stories.
a Christmas program was
held at the school last Fri
day night* The 1st grade
class presented a play called
"Legend of the Christmas
Tree," v/hile the 3rd and Lth
grades sang two songs and
presented a play calle d "Pot
tery Jar." a long distance
call to Santa was presented
by dorma Bell, "Santa Claus,"
by Ann Curtis, "Letter to
Santa" by Eugene Matson,’ "a
Lovely Time is Christmas”
by Pauline Cooper, and "ififhat
is Christmas" by Robert Coop
er.
The high school sang
Christmas carols an d present
ed a skit*
HAS FREE PUPS
Joe Brandon of Anchor
Point' reports that he has two
part springer ana part cocker
spaniel pups to give away*
They are five weeks old^
HEiMiMING N. JOHNSON
Homer
Regietered
Land Surveyor
- bub-Division riann^ng ^ /
Topographical Surveying
Construction Surveying
tfe join in Vith*al!l’; of our friends and
neighbors in welcoming in tne lear 1956«
./e believe that it will be a good year
for our community, vife will see more
building to take care of an expanded
population. Local business firms will
gain strength from tnis exoansion and
their services will be better. More
business in tne stores will mean a nap
pier group of people living in nomer,
These are tne things that we hope to see
in 1956 in nomer, vne believe they will
come to pass, It is our most sincere
wish tnat each of you reach tne goal you
have set*for youfself,.*and that through
your efforts Homer becomes an even bet
ter place to live in, rie already have
nature on our sidej now if we can just
get the people together we will have
the kind of place we want.
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