Vol. I Soldovla, Alaska, July 23, 1947 No* 69
SELDOVIfl TO SEEK REfl mERGER UJITH HCIDER
NEW MINISTER
. ARRIVED -- i
LAST SUNDAY
^hen the Aleutian
Mail arrived here
from Seward -last Sun
day-, she brought to
Seldovia a newly-ap
pointed. -.Methodist
minister, the Rover*
end Oscar Olsen, He
had been attending
the Methodist Confer
ence at Seward and
came directly to his
new pastorate at its
conclusion*
The Reverend Olsen
is ho stranger to ^1
";aska,“for he was for
*mbrly pastor At Unal
aska, although . more
recently he has been
serving .in the .states.
The family, of .the
new minister .‘is now
in ‘Seward, but will
join him here in Sol
dovia in the near fu
ture t
The first services
• scheduled by Reverend
Olson are to be "held
in the church here at
7:30 next Sunday eve
ning. Church service
will be followed by
rk an informal social
gathering in the
church parlors, when
Seldovia is invited
Utility Board
Tries Again
The 36 hours of
continuous packing
put in at the-i^laska
Seldovia Packers can**
nery lafst wejk jnd, so
depleted the city’s
water supply, . that
Utility Board members
were forced to make a
hurried trip to the
dam'1 on Saturday in
order to. effect re*.,
pairs there*
Jack English,
chairman of the Board
reported that the re
servoir had -been
drained, and- every.'
effort made to at*
tempt - io stop the
ljak from beneath -the
dam 4
'In addition lengths
of pipe were carried
to the dam and there
placed beneath the
falls to divert * some
water directly into
the” city pipeline.
Mr. English said
it was impossible to
say whether the mea
sures taken would as
sure an adequate wa
ter supply for the
rest of the season*
to come and greet its
minister.
PLAN WILL EFFECT
SAVING, LEAP TO
FUTURE EXPANSION
iVftor listening to
H. G. Bryan, ^laskan
roprosontativo of tho
Rural Electrification
Association, outline
tv/o possible mothods
of REu control of po
wor in Soldovia, Sol
dovians present at^
Monday's public moot
ing unanimously voted
to seek combination
with Homer in an REa
cooporativo for this
area.
Mr• Bryan told lo
cal residents that
tho joint cooporativo
would make for cheap
er over-all operation
of a powor plant and
would' offer tho fast
est relief in.Soldo
via' s emergency,
since the Homer co-op
already has boon ap
proved . and has boon
allotted funds in the
amount of ^217,000
for its power pro
gram.
It was also point
ed out that union
with Homer would load
toward a Konai-wido
power tie-up, which
is RE^Ps goal of the
future. It is tfco
(Cont. Pago 4)