Legislative Meeting with State GOP
Leaden Success at SdMotna
(i onunued from rage 1)
sula’s own Representatives Clem
V. Tillion, Halibut Cove, and
Charles E. Cole, Seward. Former
Rep. Leo Rhode of Homer, also
attended as did Mrs. White, Mrs.
Kendall, Mrs. Tillion, Mrs. Cole
and Mrs. Rhode.
Frank Harris, chairman of the
Republican State Central Com
mittee, was accompanied by Mis.
Harris. Howard Pollock, chairman
of the South Central District
Committee, Mrs. Pollock and Mar
gee Fitzpatrick, secretary of the
South Central District Commit
tee were among the party leaders
attending as were John Savage,
Anchorage attorney, and his wife,
Emily Savage, secretary of the
Anchorage Republican Club.
Also in the Anchorage delega
tion were Ira Walker, chairman
of the Southcentral District Pre
cinct Committeemen, the Rev. Or
lander R. Pigford of the Anchor
age club, and several others.
The Anchorage party included
one Democrat, Edna Thomas, who
is making it a practice to attend
Republican as well as Democratic
political meetings while grooming
herself as a candidate against
Blanche McSmith for the House of
Representatives in the next elec
tion.
A long-time party member, who
never misses a GOP convention,
was present—Rhinehart Kerr of
Bear Creek near Seward. Bud
Keener of Cohoe. president of the
Kenai Peninsula Fishermen’s Co
operative Assoc., was there to ex
tend thanks in behalf of the fish
ermen for the Legislative support
of H.B. 161.
Representing the younger work
ers in the Republican party was
Carroll Madden of Soldotna, vice
chairman of the Alaska Young
Republican Federation. Miss Mad
den, a sophomore at Alaska Meth
odist L niversity, gave a resume
of the recent convention held by
the Federation at Anchorage and
said as soon as school is out she
hopes to assist in organizing a
Young Republicans Club on the
Peninsula.
Miss Madden will be one of six
delegates from Alaska to the na
tional convention of Young Re
publicans in San Francisco next
month. Her expenses will be part
ly met by $62 presented to her
Kenai Vote Tied
For Council Seat
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from the absentee ballot.
A total of 174 votes were cast
in the election, including; the
singrle absentee, and the city char
ter was adopted by a vote of 132
to 29. Thirteen voters left blanks
as to the charter question.
T. Sims, construction work
er, received 74 votes to win the
one-year post created by the re
signation of a council member. He
had been serving; in the office in
temporary capacity. His oppon
ents were Eugrene Morin, school
teacher, who received 66 votes
(counting; the absentee), and
Georgre Robinson, Standard Oil re
finery employee, who had 25
votes.
Kenai voters also reelected Ed
Hollier to his seat on the Kenai
Board of Education. Hollier, an
employee of the Department of
Highways, has been serving as
piesident of the board. He receiv
ed a total of 124 votes. The term
of office is for five years. Hol
der’s only opponent was Lillian
Hakkinen, who received 25 votes.
by those attending the dinner Sat
urday night.
Questions—Answers
Dick Midyett of the Soldotna
Club served as master of cere
monies and introduced the guests.
He was assisted by Herb .Vlerrell
in assembling the questions put
to the speakers. Also introduced
were Jim McCoy, president of the
Soldotna Republican Club, and
Henry “Hank” Knaekstedt, who
heads the Kenai Republican Club.
Also recognized were Mrs. Ed
ward Ciechanski, Mrs. Dick Mid
yett, Mrs. J. S. Smith and Mrs.
Stanley McLane, through whose
efforts the meeting was arrang
ed.
Legislators and other party
leaders were not grouped at a
speakers table but were scatter
ed two or three to a table with
other guests throughout the room.
The program was informal
with the speakers answering or
parrying questions ranging from
“Why can’t we get more action
on paving the Soldotna to Homer
road?” to “What in your estima
tion was the highlight of the last
Legislative session?”
Frank Harris, when asked
“What is going to be the policy
of the state central committee?”
replied “Get ’em elected to office.
Get out of the hole financially
ond put more stress in youth in
the organization.”
When Vance F’hillips was asked
“What bearing will the shortage
of oil lease money have on the
state budget?” hi.s reply was
brief and to the point, “We got
the bread. We just can’t use as
much butter.”
In reply to the question con
cerning the paving of the Homer
highway, Kendall said it already
was paved .— with surveyor
stakes — and was probably the
“only wooden paved highway in
the nation.” In a more serious
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tone, he added that it was hoped
that paving plans could move for
ward rapidly.
Kendall also said the revolving
loan fund for agricultural appro
priations hung up in the Senate
prior to the closing of the legis
lature but will be one of the first
bills to be brought up in the first
week on the calendap_next ses
sion.
huck Cole remarked that be
ing- a junior legislator wasn’t half
bad with the good teachers he and
Tillion had in the first session.
Tillion came in for a bit of good
natured l ibbing due to his “youth,
good looks and red hair” and to
his asking the speaker of the
house to “expose” him for a few
minutes from a legislative meet
ing when the word he meant to
use was “excuse.”
Tillion, when asked to explain
his borough stand, said he did not
see how it could be economically
feasible for the Kenai Peninsula
to support more than one bor
ough.
As to the so-called cow moose
slaughter, Tillion said the moose
population is not endangered as
yet. The herds are just not as
close to the roads. He added it is
not a question of biology but of
economics. “D0 we want tame
herds cultivated for tourist attrac
^gn or do we want them where
we can still get the meat but
where they are not nearly as like
ly to wrap around our cars?”
Rep. White, in discussing the
proposed Turnagain Arm cause
way crossing, said the Phase I
survey report was encouraging
and showed a base of 188 feet in
clay and fine gravel. He expected
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Brenda Mulkeit and Warren Huff, smiKng here at Alaska Chris*
tian School at Homer, will soon be receiving their diplomas as
eighth grade graduates. Commencement exercises will be next
Tuesday night with Rev, Carl Zehrung of Kenai as speaker.
Chamber of Commerce
Membership Campaign
Underway at Soldotna
The Greater Soldotna Chamber
of Commerce membership drive,
usually conducted at the begin
ning- of the year, was delayed un
til May. It began Saturday when
Tom Hurd, Chamber president,
appointed Dick Hall and Ted
Grainge to contact new business
es in the area and all businesses
which did not hold current mem
bership in the civic organization.
The drive began immediately af
ter conclusion of Saturday’s
luncheon meeting at Parkers in
Ridgeway.
It was reported that 92 busi
ness licenses have been issued
this year within the city limits of
Soldotna and that 27 of these
businesses had paid Chamber
membership fees for 1963, prior
to the start of the membez’ship
drive.
In other business at the meet
ing, it was voted that the Soldot
na Supply should be paid in full
the $317.17 balance remainihg on
lumber purchased with the
Chamber’s sanction about thz’ee
years ago for an az-ena construct
ed at the rodeo grounds.
Dave Fowler, who is lending
heavy duty equipment for clear
ing work underway on the Cham
ber of Commerce public reczeation
area about a mile out on Kalifon
sky Beach Road, stated he did not
wish to assume liabliity in con
nection with work being done by
volunteer operators using his
equipment. After considerable
discussion, a motion was passed
that the Chamber make arrange
ments for liability insurance to
Phase II report to be completed
in July or August and if it is eco
nomically good Phase III and IV
probably will begin by the end of
the year.
During the borough discussion,
Cole said that Seward was not
preparing or planning to submit a
petition for borough incorpora
tion.
A petition was cizculated dur
ing the meeting for signatures
asking that the Secretary of
State prepare an appropriate pe
tition to secure a referendum to
be put on the ballot for the next
general election asking for rejec
tion of legislation enacted at the
last Alaska Legislative Assembly
pertaining to mandatory incorpor
ation of boroughs.
cover all activities in connection
with this particular piece of pro
perty.
Correspondence from the Ninil
chik “Biggest Little Fair in Alas
ka, Assoc.’’ was read requesting
that Soldotna sponsor a queen
candidate in the coming Ninilchik
Fair, registration to be in by July
15. No action was taken at this
time.
Other discussion at the meeting
concerned the borough question
and plans for the Progress Days
celebration being sponsored by
the Soldotna Chamber for the
weekend of July 27-28.
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Scouts will sponsor a car wash
Saturday at the Kenai Elks Club
building from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Proceeds will be used in Boy
Scout work.
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