Kenai Honor Graduate
Tours Court System,
Addresses Bar Assoc.
Ben Blastus Obolla, honor grad
uate from Kenai High School in
1963, addressed the regular meet
ing of the Anchorage Bar Associ
ation recently in connection with
a tour of the Court system spon
sored by the Association, accord
ing to James E. Fisher, chairman
of the Public Relations Commit
tee.
Ben Obolla completed 11 years
of schooling in Kenya East Africa
before entering Kenai High
School in September of 196'J.
While living in Kenai, he has been
a guest of the Jess H. Nicholas
family at Kenai. Nicholas is the
deputy magistrate of the Kenai
Recording District.
Obolla told the Anchorage Bar
Association of Kenya’s wonderful
agricultural production. He con
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HEN BEASTUS O BO EE A
trasted Kenya to Alaska by point
ing out that his country had very
few of the abundant minerals that
were so prevalent in Alaska. He
described the court organization
of Kenya (which is a British pro
tectorate!. Ben stated that he was
looking forward to attending Al
aska Methodist University on
scholarship in the fall. “I am in
terested in Government. 1 would
enter government either as a civil
servant or as a politician.”
Ben Obolla’s trip to Alaska was
sponsored by the Kenai Peninsu
la Methodist Men’s Club, which is
comprised of members front the
Kenai. Solodtna, Tustumena and
Xinilchik Methodist communities
on the Kenai Peninsula.
Obolla’s father is a veternarian,
employed by the government at
Kendo Bay, Kenya. Ben is the old
est of his family of five-boys and
three girls.
Trior to his coming to the IT. S.,
Obolla was employed as a field
promotion supervisor for East Af
rican Industries, a subsidiary of
Lever Bros. He supervised 11 de
monstration teams located in var
ious parts of Africa. He travelled
from Nairobi all over FTast Africa.
His pay was influenced not only
by education and experience, hut
also by the fact that he did not
have a family. Therefoe he would
get less money.
Public Relations C h a i rman
Fisher commented, “We were
most fortunate in being able to in
troduce Ben Obolla to Presiding
Judge Edward V. Davis, to view a
session of the Supreme Court, to
meet U. S. District Attorney War
ren Colver, State District Attor
ney Bob Erwin, Anchorage City
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Kenai Refinery Work Stopped by
Disputes Between Labor Unions
(Continued from Fage 1)
Standard Oil Co, has been con
ducting a seven-week training
course for 24 men required for the
operation and maintenance of Al
aska's first modern oil refinery.
The course has been completed
and some of the maintenance men
reportedly assisted in assembling
the storage bins in the warehouse.
Later Tuesday morning another
informational picket line was es
tablished across the access road
leading to the refinery and is be
ing honored by all crafts. Sheet
metal workers are claiming a
grievance against the Ralph M.
Parsons Co., the prime contractor.
Virgil “Frenchy” DuPuis, busi
ness agent for Sheet Metal Work
ers International Assoc., arrived
in Kenai early Tuesday following
a meeting of Local 2.‘1 in Anchor
age Monday night at which time
the decision to picket was made.
Business agents of the plumb
ers and boilermakers unions also
Attorney Pat Huston, Clerk of the
Court A. M. Yokacek and her as
sistants. State Librarian Mrs.
Sarah Thomsen as well as a num
ber of the Anchorage attorneys
who attended the regular Friday
meeting.”
H\Ck FROM SPAIN
COHOE — Michael Burton ar
rived home recently after spend
ing the past winter studying mu
sic at Barcelona, Spain. Mike is
working this summer at the Co
lumbia Ward cannery and plans to
return to Spain in the fall.
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are in Kenai endeavoring to work
out jurisdictional problems involv
ing workers in their unions.
Charles Preston Looher, owner
manager of Locher Construction
Co., and Charles Rivers, vice pre
sident, also were Kenai Peninsula
visitors Tuesday although much
of their stay was in the nature of
conducting routine business not in
connection with the union prob
lems at the refinery.
Trucking Firms
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SOLDOTNA — The Ottley
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Soldotna has merged with Arctic
Motor Freight, Anchorage, it was
announced this week. The new
business will be operated as Arc
tic Motor Freight with offices in
Soldotna, Seward, Anchorage and
Fairbanks.
Lyle Johnston. Soldotna, will
be general manager of all opera
tions. He will divide his time be
tween the offices. Johnston, long
time Alaskan with many years of
experience in trucking, went into
business for himself last October
with Ottley Trucking, Inc.
Fred Gallant, former owner
manager of Arctic Motor Freight
before its merger with Ottley
Trucking, Inc., will remain as
part owner of the new firm.
The merged business is now op
erating seven trucks, four low
hoys. eight flatbed trailers, two
vans and four forklifts.
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