New Club Champion
Emerges From Speakoff
Held by Toastmistresses
Mrs. Mary Willets, Kenai
School instructor, was over-all
winner of the Redoubt Toastmis
tress Club speak-off at Riverside
House, Soldotna, on March 27, in
connection with the silver anni
versary banquet honoring the 25th
birthday of the International
Toastmistresses organization. The
speak-off culminated a series of
speech contests held recently to
determine the speaker to repre
sent the local club in District 12
competition to be held soon in An
chorage.
Mrs. Willets was the second
speaker among the four appearing
in the speak-off. Each had previ
ously placed first in one of the
preliminary contests. Given “Sur
prise as the subject upon which
to base her speech, Mrs. Willets
chose Consider the Acorn” as her
topic.
The first speaker of the eve
ning was Mrs. Newcomb Hayes,
Soldotna, who placed second and
will serve as alternate represen
tative to the district speak-off.
Her subject was “Imagination”
am) her topic was “Leave Noth
ing to the Imagination.”
Mrs. Billy Joe Mize, Kenai, was
the third speaker with “Phobia”
as her subject and “To Be or Not
To Be” was her topic. She was
followed by the final speaker,
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Mrs. Wayne Hagerty, Soldotna,
whose subject was “Rivalry” and
topic “The Unknown Rival.”
Prior to the speeches, Mrs. M.
U. Grange, club president, wel
comed club members and a largo
number of quests. The invocation
was given by Mrs. James E. Fish
er.
Topic mistress for the program
wah Mrs. Lyman McBride and the
toastmistress w a s Mrs. T e d
Grainge. Mrs. Burton Carver and
Mrs. Stanley MeLane timed the
speeches and Mrs. Bill Gibbr,, Mrs.
J. S. Smith and Mrs. McBride
served as tellers. The closing was
by Mrs. Jack Thompson.
Judges were Conrad Potter,
superintendent of Kenai Schools;
Tom Hurd, Soldotna manager of
Homer Electric Assoc.; Mrs. Al
lan Petersen, former long-time
teacher and current Kenai librar
ian, and Jack McGuire, manager
of the Kenai Pipe Line Co.
Announcement was made of the
April 10 meeting at which Ben
Blastus Obolla from Kenya, Afri
ca, who is completing his senior
year in high school at Kenai, has
been scheduled as speaker.
The Council-level speak-off, at
which Mrs. Willets as the new
club champion will be competing
with other clubs in District 12, is
set for April 27 and will be held
in the Non-Commissioned Offic
ers’ Club at Elmendorf Air Force
Base, Anchorage.
The Redoubt Club won district
honors in 10G2 and 1001 when re
presented, respectively, by Mrs.
McBride and Mis. Jack Farns
worth.
SEEK BUSINESS LOCATION
SOLDOTNA — Recent visitors
to the Soldotna area were Mr. and
Mrs. James Wahner and daugh
ter, Nina, of the Palmer area.
The Wahners were touring the
Kenai Peninsula in search of bus
iness opportunities. They are op
erators of the Eureka Lodge, lo
cated at Mile 128 on the Glenn
Highway in the heart of the cari
bou country. The Eureka Lodge
was rebuilt completely in 1959
after a fire had reduced former
buildings to ashes and is now
practically a small city with nine
cabins, 11 motel units, a tavern
and liquor store, cafe and new
service station.
Read the Classified ads—it pays
International Union of Petroleum
Workers AFL-CIO, Local No. 30
Did you know I.U.P.W. is an oil workers’ organization? Establish
ed by workers who wanted special representation, special being—men
who knew the business.
International Union of Petroleum Workers has operated 18 years
without a strike. Has affiliated with the great Seafarers International
Union.
Soldotna Local No. HO meets the third Wednesday each month,
7:30 p.m. in Catholic Church basement at end of Aspen Way, Soldotna.
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AT
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Space Exploration
Lecture Heard
By KCHS Students
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
During- second period on Fri
day, KCHS students were treated
to a lecture and demonstration
on space, presented by Robert K.
Henrich who is a Space Mobile
lecturer for the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration.
NASA is a civilian organization
for space exploration.
Henrich’s program included a
demonstration of a minute rocket
engine, one of the world’s small
est computers, the story of the
way-out Chinaman, Wang Hu, and
models 0f satellites and rockets,
including the monstrous Saturn
and Agena B rockets and a model
of an even larger rocket, the No
va, that is still on the drawing
board. He explained the purpose
and some of the history of each
rocket and satellite. Among the
satellite models were the Mariner
L,Tel-Star, and the Echo I.
The speaker has been with
NASA only a short time, begin
ning his tours in January of this
year. Before joining NASA he
taught for 22 years at a high
school in Richland, Wash. He
taught, of all subjects, CBA
Chemistry.
Henrich’s territory covers Ore
gon, Washington and Alaska.
Some of the schools he has visit
ed have been in Anchorage, Sew
ard, Bethel and Kenai. He will
continue his tour by going to
Homer, Fairbanks, Nome, down
the highway to Whitehorse and
Skagway, then by railroad to
Southeastern Alaska.
P-TA Carnival
Success at Kenai
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
Ed Hollier, the P-TA carnival
chairman, has announced that the
carnival held April 6 was a tre
mendous success and cleared ap
proximately $350 in money and
merchandise.
The carnival was held in KCHS
gym from 1 to 8 p.m. It was put
on as much for the young people's
entertainment as for any P-TA
profit. Some of the entertainment
features were cork gun booths,
ring-toss boot hs, penny-pitch
booths, and cake walks.
The hope of the P-TA is that,
beginning with this carnival and
continuing through consecutive
years, the proceeds from the car
nivals will be put into a scholar
ship fund to be awarded to de
serving KCHS Seniors.
BELATED EASTER PARTY
SOLDOTNA—The Slikok Val
ley Community Club’s Easter egg
hunt will be postponed until April
20, the Saturday after Easter.
All small fry in the Slikok Valley
are invited to come then at 2 p.m.
for an afternoon of games, re
freshments and special prizes.
The belated date was chosen due
to the muddy and flooded condi
tion of the ground surrounding
the community building.
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