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Is @ii the Answer to Our Future?
Oil appear? to be the key to
Alaska’s future.
Royalties and land lease in
come will form a major source of
income for the new state. It will
be a tremendous help in seeing
Alaska through the transition
stage from a territory to a state.
Royalties won’t flow in until oil
flows in sufficient ' quantity to
justify a pipeline. ? This will re
quire almost 25,00(1 barrels a day
—a long way from the present 500
barrels a day. coming from Alas
ka's only producing oil well —
wanson River Unit No. 1.
A grovp el newsmen including
this writ or \lsite.l this producing
well, as well as the unit at No. 2.
We were there Monday. Officials
then were hopeful. Wednesday oil
was found.
The two wells are about two
miles apart. The company has
high hopes of a greater discovery
than even now.
The graveyard appearance of
the town of Kenai may fool the
traveler passing through, but un
der its ground may lie the key
that will unlock the future of the
state of Alaska.
Oil is there—that’s sure. But in
what quantity?
Striking oil for a second time is
encouraging. This in itself will no
doubt start others to lay p*ans for
more exploratory work. Who
knows—the pipeline may come
sooner than we think.
The pipeline is the life line to
Alaska’s future. Every encourage
ment should be given these com
panies in their efforts to find and
produce oil.
There is a close tie-in between
what the companies want and
what Alaskans want. The compa
nies want profit — a reward for
their efforts. Alaskans want Alas
ka to grow, to remain solvent, to
expand.
Letter to the Editor'
WE BUT CHILDREN—WHAT
IS YOUR CHILD WORTH?
If you were approached with an
offer of this nature, what would
your reaction be? Indifference?
I'm afraid not—more likely the
proposer would meet with out
right hostility, and rightly so be
cause money could not buy your
child. Why then do we neglect to
take an active interest in that
child’s well-being, his betterment
and his future?
Let’s protect our most valuable
possession. Come to the next PTA
meeting on January 8th and voice
your opinions and desires, offer
your assistance, and meet the peo
ple who work with and care for
your children eight hours of every
day, five days of every week, nine
months of every year. Have you
met your child’s teacher, princi
pal, or school superintendent?
Support your PTA activities. Help
us to protect your interest.
Norman E. Dinwiddie
Hospital Case
Rescued by CG
Lila Gunderson, a little 12-year
oTd native child. was flown to An
chorage this week, with a nintur
ed appendix. She is j ,, m Sanik
Island.
A Coast Gu^rd cutter and plane
were used in effecting her rescue,
following the unsuccessful at
tempt of a small fishing vessel,
the Western Pioneer, in getting
into Pavlov Bay. High winds and
a turbulent sea prevented both it
and the CG cutter Bittersweet,
which rushed there on Sunday,
from getting into the harbor.
Rescue was effected Thursday
by a UF, which was piloted by Lt.
Cdr. Peter Young. Co-pilot was Lt.
Cnidr. Everett Kruschke. Skipper
aboard the ship was Lt. Cmdr. W.
E. Dennis. Lt Yardley was the
medical officer who accompanied
the flight. He was assisted by a
corpsman.
Along Waterfront
(Continued from page 1)
is awaiting more equipment also.
The company’s tender is enroute
from Seattle, and is expected in
about a week. The tender, the
Sunrise, hit a rock near Peters
burg, but after repairs made at
Juneau, is on the way again.
Union Oil dock is quiet, too. A
couple of local crab boats were in
during the week. Parks No. 3,
owner Bob Bible, left Friday for
Alitak.
We received word that Tommy
Gallagher’s boat Punky sank, but
have no details on this, other than
she hit a rock.
Box Social Nets
Tidy Sum for PTA
The box social which replaced
the regular meeting of the PTA
Thursday night, netted the parent
teacher group $140. This money
will be used for eye and ear treat
ment of needy children.
A spirited auction conducted by
Art Brooks caused spirited bid
ding on the pies and cakes of
fered.
Another feature of the program
was a preview' performance of a
part of the junior play which will
play again tonight at the high
school auditorium.
Help Fight TB
Buy Christmas Seals
Here," There and Everywhere
Time and Tide Don’t Stand Still
But Man Does
By SIG DIGREE
Newsmen and Standard Oil
Company officials who converged
on Kenai last Monday for a few
hours, were forced to kick their
heels in this small peninsula me
tropolis waiting out the weather
for landing in Anchorage.
We had gone over to inspect
the company’s oil operations, and
were back at the PNA waiting
room (a good name for it, for you
do just that). With Northern Con
solidated Airlines $750,000 air
plane (a Fairchild Prop Jet F-27)
at our disposal, old man weather
still had the upper hand. Bane of
the birdmen, fog socked us out
of Anchorage and into Kenai.
Remarks were flying thick and
fast as members of the group sat,
leaned, stood or dtperwise disport
ed themselves. An amateur weath
erman in the group came up with
the idea that as soon as the tide
came in the fog would lift and we
would be on our way again. Ac
cording to that theory even prop
jets and expensive airplanes are
subject to tides even as your little
old fishing boat. Flying brings
out the fact that man waits for
for time and tide, but time and
tide waits for no man.
None of the group were too
concerned wtih time, tide, sur
roundings, climate—it was a thor
oughly congenial group—but the
thought of liquid refreshments
and dinner in the Chart Room at
Anchorage, which was complete
ly off schedule—for food and
drink rank high as creature com
forts, these were the concern of
the Standard Oil men in charge
of the trip.
The upshot was that the group,
all 38 of them, invaded Ted Erl
wein’s Western Corral Cafe, where
they kept him busy mixing bever
ages and later the entire Erlwein
family, Mrs. Helen Erlwein, Bar
bara, 16; Beverly, 14; Susan, 12;
Kathleen, 10; down to little Teddy,
age 3; pitched in and came up
with sizzling hot steaks and salads.
A breath of Hawaii was blown
into the frigid clime at Kenai.
Word got around the cafe that
little Kathy Erlwein could do a
specialty number called the
Hootchie Cootchie—Alaskan style.
She danced and conquered her
audience with her first few gyra
tions. It was evident from the be
ginning, as she twisted her slight
body in the movement of the dance
that she had had professional
training. It was as nearly authen
tically Hawaiian as wre had seen
(and we have been to Hawaii).
Then it was learned the nearest
the child had gotten to Hawaii
was Kodiak. But, and here is the
reason for the authenticity—she
had been trained by Kodiak’s own
Helen McDonald—Hawaiian enter
tainer, and a good one, in Kodiak
these many past years.
The Erlweins were here a num
ber of years ago—I believe they
left in 1953. I was to say “hello”
to their many friends here. In
case I overlooked you, this is by
way of saying it.
Cubs Visit KEA
Members of Cub Scout Den 5
and their den mother, Mrs. Doris
Bacus, made a tour of the Kodiak
Electric Company plant last week
under the direction of KEA mana
ger Leon (Ole) Jo'hnfcorf.; '•*'
There will be no pack meeting
held during the month of Decem
ber. The next pack meeting will
be held on January 23. The Cub
Scout theme for January will be
“News and Newspapers”..
Window Display
Honors Bible Week
There is a Bible display in the
window of the Kodiak Insurance
and Building Corporation. The dis
play is in connection with Univer
sal Bible Week, which is being
held from Dec. 7 through Dec. 14.
The display contains various
translations of bibles, together
with several in various languages.
Languages include Spanish, Ser
bian, Russian, Greek and Hebrew.
Dec. 14 is designated as Uni
versal Bible Sunday.
Judge
for yourself why wise people
call the Kodiak Insurance tc
Bldg Corp. with their insurance
problems and why each of
these satisfied clients
Praises
the careful and economical way
we handle their protection.
They all know they can
Bank
on us to write their insurance
in such a way that they'll
never be calling a claims agent
a
Robber!
3401 Phones 2561
Art Brooks
Kodiak Insurance
& Bldg. Corp.
McB EAR
THRIFTY
It is a grand feeling to have a
savings account to draw upon
for Christmas shopping.
How about opening a savings
account now, and make regular
deposits so you will have all the
need for Christmas
money you
next year ?