Seeks Miss Alaska Honors
Carole Olsen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William E. “Red” Olsen,
js Soldotna’s candidate in the Miss
Alaska contest. She is being spon
sored by the Village Shopping
Center.
Following her graduation from
Kcnai High School, the 5’6” blue
eyed blonde attended Griffin
Murphy Business College in Se
attle, Wash., offer which she was
employed b\ Eh Ing Aircraft Co.,
prior to her i., ”nt return to Al
aska. She currently is a book
keeper at the Sol dotna branch of
toe Notio ml Bi nk of Alaska.
Miss Olsen it s n in Anchor
age sin.-e V • ' .k.y attending
the many fe ivith of the An
chorage F Re vt g includ
ing the u V. due lay
in \\ ]' * !; ' Ren.... vous
Queen, M; Susou Kos! ■ ky. was
crowned. During ! or stay in An
chor;1 ge, Miss Olsen is a guest in
the home of Col. and Mrs. Joe
White and family.
The Miss Alaska pageant is
CAROLE OLSEN
scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday in
the Romitr Hill Auditorium at
West Anchorage High School.
Pe;i«j!$a!a Schools
To Cooperate in New
Program of Activities
A new program of activties
on the Kenai Peninsula, designed
to create a strong inter-school
spirit, was introduced and ap
proved when teachers of eight
schools attf (led the mid-winter
meeting of the Kenai Peninsula
Teachers A -soc. at Soldotna
School on Feb. 8.
The Soldotna faculty, headed by
Supt. Charley Griffin and Mrs.
Griffin, hosted the meeting and
ushered the visiting teachers
through the recently completed
classroom addition and also tour
ed the decorated classrooms in
the other part of the building. A
\alentine motif was predominant
in decorations and also was fea
tured at the refreshment table.
Daniel Rempei of Sterling,
president of,the KPTA, introduc
ed teachers from Ninilchik, Coop
er Landing, Tustumena, Sterling,
Kenai, North Kenai and Soldot
na Schools and the Alaska Chris
tian School at Homer.
Joe Widman, principal of Ster
ling School, outlined advantages
of a strong physical education
program for the various schools.
He abo introduced a plan for
more effective inter-school activ
ity, a program which received ap
proval from the group.
Tentative school sponsors and
committee chairmen were ap
pointed The various activities,
the schools in which they will be
held, and-the teachers in charge,
are as follows:
Spelling hee—Tustumena School,
Mrs. Dick Griffing; Track meet
—Kenai, Jim Evanson; Art show
—Kenai, Mrs. Archie McLane of
Kasilof and Mrs. Allan L. Peter
sen of Kenai; Ping-pong tourna
ment, North Kenai, Dick Schuller;
Softball tournament — Soldotna,
Charley Griffin; Student choral
group—Ninilchik, Thane Curry of
Ninilchik and Mrs. Jessie Mun
son of Kenai; Forensics—Kenai,
Ivan Koch and Mrs. Mary Wil
lets; Soccer tournament—Ster
ling, Joe Widman; Conservation
•—Kenai, Mi’s. W'illets, and Am
ericanism—Kenai, Mrs. Petersen.
Clayton Broekel, director of the
Warning!
A warning is being issued by
the committee in charge of ar
rangements for the coming dog
races on March 2-3. Residents in
the Kenai and Soldotna areas, the
two communities serving as term
inal points for the two-day race
event, are advised to leave their
pets at home or to keep them se
surely tied.
Racing dogs, already keyed by
the excitement of the crowds and
eager for the run, may be dis
tracted at the sight of a strange
dog or cat and cause a musher to
lose a race.
Injuries to racing dogs, onlook
ers or their pets may develop if
there should be a free-for-all
skirmish or by a team in pursuit
of a strange animal..
adult education program getting
underway at Kenai next week,
told of the progress being made.
Conrad Potter, Kenai School
superintendent, announced pro
posed plans to bring Music Trails
programs to the Kenai Peninsula
and invited everyone to partici
pate in organization of a Greater
Kenai Concert Assoc.
Pending legislative action re
garding schools and teachers was
discussed by Thane Curry. Mrs.
McLane displayed unusual media
of art interpretation and gave
directions for successful proces
ses.
A conservation display was set
up by Mary Willets, Kenai, who
explained its co-relation with all
subject fields and for all grade
levels of the curriculum.
Mrs. Willets also announced
that a kick-off project to raise
money to purchase uniforms for
the Kenai band will be an all
adult cast play—a musical farce
entitled “Tobaccy Road with De
tours.” The first production is to
be in the Kenai Central High
School gymnasium at 8 p.m. on
May 3. The play may possibly
‘‘take to the road” and be pre
sented in other communities.
“This production will be the ul
timate in uncultured entertain
ment for a purely cultural objec
tive,” Mrs. Willets announced.
The cast will be publicized soon.
The next meeting of the Kenai
Peninsula Teachers Association
will be in Kenai, possibly late in
the spring.
I
Conservation
Board Names
New Officers
Gust Lofgren and George Dal
gren, both of the Homer area,
were elected to the board of su
pervisors of the Homer Soil Con
servation Subdistrict in a recent
ly held election. Lofgren retain
ed his board seat where he had
been serving as chairman. Dal
gren takes the seat vacated by
Vern Mutch of Anchor Point.
The election was held under the
supervision of the Alaska State
Division of Agriculture. Voting
was by mail with ballots mailed
direct to subdistrict members.
The subdistrict board is re
sponsible for planning and lead
ing a comprehensive program of
soil and water conservation in
the lower area of the Kenai Pe
ninsula. Close working relation
ships are maintained with Depart
ment of Agriculture and other
state and federal agencies.
The Soil Conservation Service,
U.S.D.A., has assigned a techni
cian, Arthur Hawk, to work with
the three organized subdistricts
on the Peninsula-Homer Subdis
trict, Ninilehik Subdistrict, and
the Kenai-Kasilof Subdistrict.
The Homer Soil Conservation
Subdistrict board of supervisors
now includes Gust Lofgren, Nor
man Nelson, Herb Mead, Theo
dore Rozak and George Dalgren.
Regular monthly meetings are
held at the Extension Service Of
fice in Homer on the third Thurs
day of each month.
Special Series
Of Meetings Set
By Kenai Church
The East Kenai Church of
Christ will conduct a special ser
ies of meetings Sunday, Feb. 24,
through Friday, March 1. Jack
Church, evangelist for the Mt.
View Church of Christ in Anch
orage will be the guest speaker
at each of these public services.
Sunday at 3:00 p.m. the public
is cordially invited to attend an
old time gospel singing. Congre
gational singing of the old favor
ite hymns will be the feature of
this service. The regular Sunday
evening service will be at 4:00 p.
m. Monday through Friday the
services will be conducted at 7:30
each evening.
Billy Joe Mize, evangelist for
the local church, said, “We give
a special invitation to the folks
in this area to attend any of these
services and to get acquainted
with the church of Christ and its
teachings.”
Total salmon pack in Alaska
for 1962 was 3,420,000 cases. To
tal pack was down &3% in Bristol
Bay area and in the northern sec
tion of southeastern Alaska was
down 64% from that of 1961.
MAKE THAI SPARE!
STARTS AT $50.00
GOES UP $5.00 EACH WEEK
—Sign Up Now —
STARTS NOON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Also Low Ball Tournament
$1.00 per Game
SUNDAY NOON, FEBRUARY 24, UNTIL WE CLOSE
• • •
SPAGHETTI DINNER
WITH GARLIC BREAD
All Day Sunday
$1.25
SKY BOWL
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Alaska State Championship
Sled Dog Race Results
In Last Year’s Competition
KENAI-SOLDOTNA
1%2
Mushers 1st Heat 2nd Heat Total
Name March 3 March 4 Time
1. Dr. Roland Lombard, Weyland, Mass 0:59.-16 0:58.40 1:58.26
2. George Attla, Huslia 1:00.18 1:00.42 2:01.00
3. Orville Lake, Anchorage 1:00.52 1:01.50 2:02.42
4. Clyde Bastian, Anchorage 1:05.54 1:11.31 2:17.25
5. Gareth Wright, Soldotna, 1:05.05 1:12.45 2:17.50
6. Bob Barclay, Anchorage 1:10.01 1:09.14 2:19.15
7. Joe Brandon, Anchor Point 1:11.11 1:09.55 2:21.06
8. Dick Kopsack, Big Lake 1:11.08 1:11.20 2:22.28
9. Bud Smith, Big Lake 1:19.08 1:$6.30 2:25.38
Chuck Raymond, Kasilof 1:17.10 Scratched
Clayton Patronivich, Eagle River Scratched
To Head State
Cancer Crusade
Mrs. Elmer 'E. Rasmuson of
Anchorage will serve as chairman
for the 1963 Cancer Crusade in
Alaska. Announcement of her ap
pointment has been announced by
Dr. William M. Whitehead, presi
dent of the American Cancer So
ciety, Alaska Division, Inc.
Mrs. Rasmuson retired last
year as a Colonel in the U. S.
Army after 20 years of military
service that began in 1924 with
her being selected as a member
of the first group of women to
compose the Women’s Army
Corps.
The goal of the Cancer Crusade
this year is $70,000 to continue
the research, education and ser
vice program of the Society.
Many cancer patients received as
sistance from the Alaska Division
last year and 43 patients were
given direct financial aid. Dr.
George Dahlgren, Jr. of the Un
RECORD CRAB PACK
KODIAK — Congratulations
were recently received by Vein
Hilliker, manager of the Alaska
Packers Association Cannery at
Kodiak, from Gov. William A.
Egan on the occasion of the can
nery’s having packed its 100,000th
case of Kodiak king crab in a
single season. The accomplish
ment was new evidence of a grow
ing and developing Alaska indus
try, Egan said, as it is the first
time in Alaska that any cannery
has packed 100,000 cases of king
crab in a single season.
STATE REVENUE GROWS
Alaska Department of Revenue
figures show that gross business
volume for fiscal 1961-62 was
$948 million as compared with
the $842 million total for fiscal
1960-61.
iversity of Alaska has been grant
ed $9,600 for another year of re
search study on the bio-chemical
construction of cells.
REMINDER.
Central Peninsula Hospital Assoc.
DUES ARE DUE
MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO PAY THEIR $5.00 ANNUAL
DUES SO THAT THEY WILL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AT
THE ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 7th.
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