Soldotna Includes
Many New Attractions
In Progress Days Flans
Horse racing and a plan of
playing Alaska’s favorite game
are being developed in connection
with many new’ features to be in
cluded in the Soldotna Progress
Days celebration scheduled for
July 27-28.
The two-day event, sponsored
annually by the Greater Soldotna
Chamber of Commerce, will be
held on the grounds of the new
recreation area being built off
Kalifonsky Beach Road about one
mile from town.
A one-half mile race track—a
300 ft. circle — is being construct
ed for the horse races and later
will be used for stock car races.
The recreation area will also in
clude a baseball diamond, camping
facilities for Boy Scout and Girl
Scout encampments and miscel
laneous other activities. There
will be a large parking area pro
vided for cars.
There are to be five horse races
each day, with the last race on
the second day to be a winners’
race with entries to be the win
ning horses of the nine prior
races. A trophy will be presented
the winner of this final race.
Horses are expected to be enter
ed from Palmer, Anchorage, Fair
banks and the Kenai Peninsula,
and invitations are being mailed
to horse owners throughout Al
aska.
Gymkhana events, such as bar
rel races, pole bending and key
hole races, will take place between
the races.
Boat races from the Moose. Riv
er bridge to the Soldotna bridge,
which proved to be so popular last
year, will be repeated on an even
bigger scale. A rope pulling tug-o
war between contestants from Ke
nai and Soldotna is planned.
There will be a big parade ush
ering in the weekend celebration
and a public dance. Reigning over
events will be the 1963 Progress
Days Queen, to be chosen by judg
ing. There will be no tickets sold
in connection with selection of a
queen.
Some of the other attractions
will be Little League baseball
games, a general baking contest,
a fashion show, art show, floral
displays, a barbecue on the
grounds and various concession
stands.
Invitations to participate in the
big parade and in other Progress
Days events have been extended
to Seward, Moose Pass, Cooper
Landing, Kasilof, Anchor Point,
Clam Gulch, Ninilchik, Homer,
Kodiak, Seldovia, Kenai and
North Kenai.
Heading the planning group as
Progress Days chairman is Larry
Lancashire, assisted by co-chair
men Ted Grainge and Joe Faa.
Herb Merrell is parade chairman.
Other chairmen are Dick Hall, fi
nance committee; Bob Wilson,
concessions; Charlie Parker, boat
races, and Frank Char, Little
League baseball. “Tiny” Hicks
from Anchorage will be the an
nouncer at the race track.
Republican Meeting
In Soldotna Saturday
To Feature Legislators
Twelve Republican legislators,
including two senators and ten
representatives representing the
Kenai Peninsula and the Anchor
age area, have accepted invita
tions to speak in Soldotna Satur
day on such vital issues as bor
ough organization, the Turnagain
Arm causeway and other impor
tant matters.
They will be guests of the
Greater Soldotna Republican Club
at a no-host dinner at 7 p.m. in
the Riverside House.
Legislators will include Sena
tors Vance Phillips and Brad Phil
lips, both of the Anchorage area;
Representatives Clem V. Tillion
and Charles E. Cole, both of the
Kenai Peninsula, and Representa
tives James C. Parsons, Bennie
GETS ALEUTIAN
PETROLEUM CONTRACT
Standard Oil Co. of California
has been awarded a Department
of Defense contract to supply 15,
218,000 gallons of motor and avi
ation gasoline, jet fuel and dies
el fuel at Dutch Harbor, Aleutian
Islands, for use of the Defense
Department. Value of the contract
is $1,773,563, Sen. Ernest Gruen
ing (D-Alaska) has been inform
ed.
ALASKA LEADS STATES
Alaska topped all the states in
per capita spending for hospitals
($25.31) in 1962 and rated second
only to Wyoming in expenditures
for highways ($120.03 in Alaska),
the Department of Commerce re
ports.
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Leonard, William C. Wiggins,
Harold D. Strandberg, Bruce Ken
dall, Jack H. White, William H.
Sanders and Keith H. Miller, all
of the Anchorage area.
Also invited to speak are two
young Republicans from the Ke
nai Peninsula, Carroll Madden of
Soldotna and John Connolly, Ke
nai, both of whom are in the soph
omore class at Alaska Methodist
University, Anchorage.
Miss Madden was elected vice
chairman of the Alaska Young
Republican Federation at its re
cent annual convention and Con
nolly was elected collegiate direct
or. A stronger organization
among young Republicans in the
area is being planned.
Presidents of the various Re
publican clubs on the Peninsula—
George Turnbull, Seward; How
ard Myhill, Homer; Ed Rofkar,
Ninilchik; Henry Knackstedt, Ke
nai, and Jim McCoy, Soldotna —
will also be introduced and are
expected to be accompanied by a
large delegation from their re
spective clubs.
All other interested persons
may attend and no reservation is
necessary.
PACK MEET — BOX SOCIAL
SOLDOTNA — A box social
will be held by Soldotna Cub
Scouts at the Soldotna Elks Club
building Monday at 6 p.m. to raise
funds for purchase of flags for
the pack. The public is invited to
attend. The box social will be fol
lowed by the regular pack meet
in the same location, starting at
7:30 p.m.
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Wildwood to Salute 1963 Armed
Forces Day with Public Program
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climbing up, the rope is used to
support the soldier in rapid de
scent from a hovering helicopter.
This method of exiting from
helicopters is not new to path
finders and rescue personnel but
is now being pioneered in use as
a method of moving small groups
of infantrymen.
At 3 p.m., the Fort Richardson
“Sky Diving Club” will parachute
from various altitudes using
smoke flares and free falls in a
performance of amazing feats as
they plummet earthward from
the sky.
A concert by the 214th Army
Band in front of the community
building at 4 p.m. will salute
Armed Forces Day with music.
Displays Planned
A fixed wing aircraft display
will be held at the federal park
ing area of the Kenai Airport
throughout the afternoon.
All other displays in connection
with open house events will be at
Wildwood Station. These will in
clude a troop display and heli
Farmers Feed Mill
Board Meet Held
The board meeting of the Farm
ers Feed Mill and Procesing Corp.
held Monday night at the home of
Homer Swires, Kenai, was attend
ed by Guy Moore, North Kenai;
Charles Foster, Soldotna, and
Swires, president of the organiza
tion.
Since there was no quorum pre
sent, no official business could be
transacted although it was dis
cussed.
Other members of the board are
C 1 a r ence Goodrich, secretary
treasurer; Bill Gibbs and Dick
Midyett, all of Soldotna.
Mining, services, and finance
insurance-real estate were the
three categories in which Alaska
per capita personal income in 1962
was reported as better than na
tional percentage increases.
copter display as well as events
at TV Station (Channel 8), MARS
Station (Military Affiliate Radio
Station), post chapel, post dis
pensary, post library, post fire
station, post craft shop and post
snack bar.
Booklets have been prepared for
visitors listing the program and
including a map of the post for
convenience in locating the var
ious events. Rest rooms and bus
service about the post are avail
able. Refreshments will be pro
vided by the Boy Scouts with all
proceeds going to Boy Scout ac
tivities. Music during the after
noon will be provided by the 214th
Army Band.
ARE NEWCOMERS TO AREA
SOLDOTNA — Jim and Mar
ian Brandier, son and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brandier,
are expected to arrive soon from
Moah Utah, where they are at
tending high school and living
with their grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Brandier arrived in Alaska
last week and he expects to be
employed in one of the construc
tion projects scheduled to begin
about May 15.
LATE PLANTING SEASON
Although planting time is near
at hand, Sigmund H. Restad,
state director of agriculture, says
that heavy spring snows slowed
up normal activities considerably
in most areas over Alaska. Plant
ing and fertilizing time is much
later than usual.
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