The Kenai Peninsula
HISTORICAL MUSEUM & LI3RARY
SOX 205
JUNEAU ALASKA
THIRD YEAR
FEBRUARY 1, 196-S
PRICE 10c
NUMBER 117
TRIO OF WRECKS IN AREA THIS WEEK
Three Hurt
In Head-on
Collision
Three men were injured, one
seriously, in a two vehicle head
on collision occuring at 5:50 p.m.
Tuesday at Mile 95 near Weaver
Bros, camp on the Sterling' High
way. Both cars were totaled out.
Injured in the crash were Dav
id Newton Boyer, 48, Kenai, driv
ing a 1959 Chevrolet convertible;
Harold F. Mitchell, 38, passenger
in Boyer’s car, and Sgt. Maj. Al
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Paper Boy
Struck
By Vehicle
Two accidents in the Ridgeway
area were reported this past week
end with injuries to two persons,
one of them a child.
At 6:16 p.m. Saturday, a vehicle
driven by Ron Elliott struck Ter
ry Rain McMahill, age 12, while
the boy was walking on the edge
of the highway between Parkers
and the Soldotna Supply. It was
his first night as a paper boy
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Sgt. E. T. Hollimon is the newly
Agent for Wildwood Station.
(Photo courtesy 1'. S. Army
appointed Wildlife Conservation
Photo Team. Wildwood Station)
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C. D. Meeting
Is Cancelled
Due to lack of interest, the se
cond of the scheduled courses in
Civil Defense will not be held on
Feb. 2, it was announced Mon
day.
The first of the planned 6-hour
sessions based on “Individual and
Family Survival” was set for this
past Saturday at the Kenai high
school. Only tw'o persons attend
ed.
Wildlife
Agent Named
At Wildwood
Sgt. E. T. Holliman has been
appointed as Wildlife Conserva
tion Agent for Wildwood Station.
Sergeant Hollimon recently com
pleted a short intensified course
at the University of Alaska which
qualified him as a Wildlife Con
servation Agent.
The course covered conserva
tion through wise use of soil, wa
ter, forests, grasslands, fish and
wildlife including the present re
search being done in these areas.
The course also covered each ge
ographic area of Alaska in rela
tion to the vegetation, fish and
game found in the various areas.
Military law as it relates to
Game Law enforcement w a s
stressed throughout the course.
Sergeant Hollimon, because of his
interest in conservation and wild
life, feels that he gained a great
deal from the University of Al
aska course.
Anchor Point Still Plans Festival
Next Weekend in Spite of No Snow
All plans for Anchor Point’s
annual celebration previously an
nounced for Feb. 8, 9, 10, have
not been discarded in spite of the
lack of good snow coverage.
Dick Iverson, president of the
Anchor Point Sled Dog and Rac
ing Assoc., Inc., sponsoring the
proposed Anchor Point Snow
Festival, said it was decided at
a meeting held Monday that, even
if the scarcity of snow continues,
weight pulling contests, the Snow
Ball dance, queen coronation and
award presentation for the weight
pulls will all be held on Saturday,
Feb. 9.
Weight pulling events begin at
1 p.m. The dance and awards pre
sentation will follow that night.
If it should snow sufficiently
this week or early next week, the
sled dog races, cross country ski
races and other events demanding
snow, will be held as previously
scheduled throughout the week
end.
“The picture for these dog
races is pretty dim right now,”
Iverson said. “Ground at Anchor
Point is practically barren of
snown”
Another meeting of the spon
soring organization will be held
next Monday after which a more
definite announcement as to
schedules will be made. But, even
though the remainder of Snow
Festival events may be postpon
ed indefinitely, the public is still
Skindivers Nearly Lose
Lives in Attempt to Raise
Body of Drowned Fisherman
Further attempts to recover the
body of a second fisherman
drowned early Saturday morning1
in the depths of Hidden Lake
were temporarily suspended Mon
day evening- after two experienc
ed skin divers nearly lost their
lives in the rescue search.
State police in making the an
nouncement said suspension of
endeavor to free the body of Ar
thur W. Hackney, found lodged
in the vehicle w'hich had plunged
through the ice, was decided up
on due to the great hazards en
dangering other lives. The ve
hicle, an International Scout, was
found under about 125-130 feet
of water.
The extreme depth and intense
coldness of the water, the mud
bottom of the lake, coupled with
ice over the water and darkness
of underwater work all tended to
make continuance of the recov
ery attempt practically impossible
at this time. A brother of the
victim was present during most
of the search and, observing the
dangers confronting the divers,
agreed that work should be halt
ed for the present.
The body of Walter Arthur
Stevens, 32, of Anchorage, was
recovered by the divers in about
120 feet of water Sunday. Trouble
with oxygen and lighting equip
ment halted the search for Hack
ney’s body until Monday. It was
then that two professional skin
divers. Bob Swift and Keith Kop
lan. had a narrow brush with
death when their mouth pieces
froze shut and their supply of
air was exhausted.
Real heroes in the eyes of the
State Police were these skin div
ers, Koplan, Swift, Emmett Hill
invited i o m iiniui i uiiii ’<11 rt'i),
9 for the weight pulls and queen’s
hall.
■and Glen Callaway, all of Sew
rard. Most of Callaway’s work was
on the surface, keeping: the water
free of ice around the amphibious
Trailmate vehicle from which
they worked.
Swift ran out of oxygen when
he was attempting to pull Hack
ney’s body out of the vehicle. He
had submerged with a rope coiled
around his body and had secured
it to one of the victim’s legs. He
was working at a depth of over
125 feet and his mouth piece
froze shut.
Koplan, also out of air and with
his mouthpiece frozen, saw Swift
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HEA Annual
Membership
Meet Feb. 5
Election of three members to
the Board of Directors of the Ho
mer Electric Assoc., Inc., and vot
ing on proposed changes to the
by-laws of the corporation will
take place Tuesday (Feb. 5) at
the annual membership meeting
to be held in the Family Theatre
at Homer. Registration of quali
fied voting members will begin at
11 a.m. prior to the meeting
scheduled to begin promptly at 1
p.m.
Candidates for the board seats,
each of which will be for a three
year term, include three incum
bent members. Burton G. Carver,
Soldotna, and A. 11. Cronin and
Edward Rehder, -Jr., both of Ho
mer Other candidates are Jack C.
Farnsworth, Soldotna; Mel Jack
son, Clam Gulch; Jess H. Nichol
as. Jr . Kenai. and James D. Sat
ing and Robert B. Turkington,
both of Homer. Other candidates
may be nominated from the floor
prior to balloting.
Co-op members are reminded
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Utility Bend Election
Set Tuesday at Kenai
Property owners within the
city of Kenai will cast their bal
lots Tuesday in a special election
called for voting on three bond
ing resolutions totalling $750,000
for utility purposes.
Bonding resolutions to be ap
proved or disapproved passage by
properly registered property own
ers include the following:
Resolution No. 56 which calls
for the issuance of revenue bonds
in an amount not to exceed $-150.
000 for the acquisition, improve
ment, extension, and repair of the
electric power, lighting plant, and
distribution facilities of Kenai
Power Corp., controlling interest
of which was sold last week to
Alaska Power and Telephone Co.
Resolution No. 57, which is for
issuance of general obligation
bonds in an amount not to exceed
$100,000 for construction of sew
ers and sewage treatment works
within the corporate limits of the
City of Kenai, including acquisi
ton of lands and other necessary
expense.
Resolution No. 58, which is for
issuance of general obligation
bonds for construction of water
mains and water distribution
works within the corporate limits
of the City of Kenai in an amount
of not more than $200,000.
Voting will take place in the
Kenai Community Library with
polls opening at 8 a.m. and clos
ing at 8 p.m.
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