KENNY LAKE NOTES
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The midsummerness of today after the
energetic rain of early-morning--reminds me
chat the season IS half over. Wait up,
summer! We're not nearly half, through with
you this year! The garden'plants are wise,
working around the clock to get their sum
mer work done; the birds appear to do the
same; but, alas, human constitutions aren't
built that way.
John and Peg Goertz have returned to
Anchorage from a month's vacation on their
homestead here at Kenny Lake. They did the
clearing and planting nexessary to file
for their patent while they were here. And
(frosting on the cake) they built a smoke
house. They hadn't expected to get that
dene. Peg said,, but they had a little time
left over so they put it to good use.
Two young leffows have made their
appearance on the plateau here recently.
Francis Hunt, Jr is visiting his parents
j and Gregory Kibble is home for the summer.
I Both finished high school . this spring1. '
Francis in Southern California and Gregory/
i at Kenai.
The Kenny Lake Community Advancement
> League, locally known as K^L.C.A.L., and
pronounced Kelcal, heLd 'it^-s July meeting
i last Friday evening at the Kenny Lake
’ School. Prime interest is the Community
Hall. The women and boys are proud of
their paint job, a coat of'liquid rawhide*
t to preserve the just-right golden color of
{ the logs.
Guests in the Bob Bice home this week
: are Rev. Jimmy Rose and family of Kenai.
i Mrs. Rose if the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
j Bice.
Five Kenny Lake names have been in
scribed in the Century 21 register, those
j of Jack and Phyllis Morrow and their young
sters, Craig, Chris and Melodie. They
* have returned after a five weeks vacation
{ ir. Washington and Oregon. They arrived
■ in a new P,ambler station wagon.
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Two, ,t,empprar.y. residents here are
Mr. and^ys. Hill Jenkins and Mr. and
Mrst. Hal. Waugh-.. . Bill is-running a cat
for Si Neely.doing homestead-clearing. \
The Waughs aye.enjoying their*summer home
across frpm Kenny.Lake, j
The favorite outing in these parts
just now is dip-netting on the Copper.
The mouth of O'Brien Creek is one of the
favorite spots. A swarm of Kenny_Lakers
descended on the beach there the week
end after the Fourth, the famiLes of
Goertz, Alley, Kibble, Brittain, Paul and
Jimmy Williams, Richard Runt, and three
fellows from the M.B. Camp. No fish
except a few grayling from the c.r.eek_but
lots of fun and fare. The Francis Hunt (
family had better luck the next week-end.
Bob Bice has his fish wheel operating- \
again on the Tonsina.
Who said homesteads can't grow crops
the first year? The Kenny Lake.home-,
steads did. From September to April,
thirty-seven puppies were produced in the . j
area. This was ample to supply-the demand ?
and create a surplus.. There's talk of f
applying for a subsidy.
With cats the story is far different.
Mrs. Pineapple C, (C for cat) is the only
madarae cat in the neighborhood. She
resides at the Roy Brittain homestead.
She has had one family consisting of TC,
CC, PC, and KC. (Tom Cat, Common Cat,
Pooty Cat and Kitty Cat 5 The family has
received a good bit of attention and
adminration, being an unusually attractive
family. Mother and only daughter both
are long haired calico cats, a fashion —
unattainable by males. CC had already
left home, KC is to live in Valdez,, .soph
isticated PC, the daughter, and lovable
TC are ready to venture into the wide,
wide world. Mrs. Pineapple is •considering
applications now.
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■ ANNOUNCEMENT . ' * • •
On August 2, the Kentonas Womenf&
Club will meet at 7:30 PM at the Kibble.
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