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(Letters to the Editor:
Tony-Gives His Side
Df Marathon Dispute
Kenai, Alaska
June 7, 1963
The Cheechako News
I.oren Stewart, Editor
Kenai, Alaska
Dear Editor:
The true facts of the Marathon
Bowling. I, Tony Bordinelli, claim
that Bill Kummert did not break
my World Marathon Bowling. I
bowled 1.008 games within 79a4
hours with a 15-minute break ev
ery hour if I wanted to take it,
but could not build time up. If you
didn’t take the 15 mniutes when
you had it, you lost it. But when
you took your 15 minutes, you had
to get up and bowl.
Although Bill did make a re
cord of bowling more games in
less time than anyone else has
done, why I say that he did not
break my record is that at six
o'clock Saturday night he quit.
Tommy Thompson, who is manag
er of the Kenai Bowl, told me he
Area Pioneer
Now Recovering
From Injuries
MOdSE PASS — Mrs. Leorq
Roycroft was able to leave Sew
ard General Hospital recently
and was taken to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Estes in
Seward. Mrs. Roycroft fell at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Estes
on Thursday, May 9 and sustain
ed a deep cut near the elbow of
her left arm, injured her knee and
suffered shock.
Mrs. Roycroft, who will be 79
years old in June 21, came with
her family to Moose Pass in 1921
"where her husband Frank had
taken the job as section foreman
for the Alaska Railway. At that
time there were only two resi
dents of Moose Pass — William
Fairman and Oscar Christensen.
The section crew in the summer
consisted of four to five men but
the winter crew was just the fore
man and two men.
I.eora was the only woman in
this area until 1925 when another
family moved to Moose Pass. Her
sons, William, Sam, Joe. Ed and
Bob Estes all grew up in Moose
Pass but of the five boys only
two are still here—Ed Estes and
family of Moose Pass and Bob
Estes and family of Seward. Mr.
and Mrs. William Estes transfer
red from 29 Palms, Calif, last
November and are in Anchorage.
Youth Fellowship
Banquet Held
A Baptist Youth Fellowship
banquet, including young people
from the Soldotna Baptist Church,
the Grace Baptist Church in Hom
er and the • Sterling Baptist
( hurch. was held Friday evening'
at the Soldotna Baptist Church.
Women from the Sterling church
were in charge of the dinner. A
total of 45 were served.
The youth group from Homer
took the trophy in the catechism
final playoffs lietween the three
groups. Individuals receiving tro
phies were Susan Colvin. Sterling;
Arlene Tachick, Soldotna, and Art
Browning, Homer.
picked up all score sheets and
thought that the marathon was
over. So. as far as I am concern
ed, it was over.
Then after five hours, his hand
lers and wife, including myself,
talked him into starting again.
The reason—if he did not bowl
over 1,008 games, the Kenai Bowl
would make him pay for all the
lines under 1,009 games. He did
howl 1,009 games in less time than
7994 hours—but not continuously
bowling after a 15-minute break,
which he had to do in order to
break my record.
Now there is a man in Califor
nia who has bowled 1,042 games
within 180 hours, but he had bowl
ed his games under the following
conditions: He bowled 20 hours
out of every 24 during the 180
hours.
I feel that anyone that breaks
my record will have to break it
under the same conditions that I
and the rest of the marathon
bowlers had, continuously bowling
with the 15-minute breaks if
wanted.
(Signed)
Tony Bordenelli
Loading Kamp
Nears Completion
The new loading ramp at the
Moose Pass yard of the Alaska
Railway is now being completed.
It was first started in mid-April
but the ground was still frozen
about four feet deep so they had
to let it lie open over the week
end and then salted and steamed
the ground to get the piling in.
The work was done by B and B
crew No. 1 under James McGin
ley as foreman. May 6 to 10, skin
ners Grasse and Hughes were
here with their equipment filling
and leveling the area.
More recently, the Moose Pass
section crew, made up of Norman
Johnson, foreman, Roy Shodin
and Kenneth Shane, has been rais
ing and surfacing the track that
leads to the new ramp. The men
have had some assistance from
the section crew at Tunnel. When
the work is entirely completed,
it will greatly facilitate the move
ment of freight in and out of the
Moose'Pass railroad yard.
He Didn’t Land at
Cooper Landing
Postmaster Clarence T. Larsen
of Seward wrote to Postmaster
General J. Edward Day recently
to say that although astronaut
Gordon Cooper didn’t land there,
the postmaster general might like
to have a cover on the day of
landing from a place ideally nam
ed for the let-down. He sent his
letter from Cooper Landing. The
letter bore a Project Mercury
stamp.
The postmaster general replied:
“You have some picturesque
place names in Alaska. I have had
many occasions to recount the an
ecdote about the postmaster at
Chicken. Alaska, who decided to
resign when he was deluged with
first day cover requests in 1948
when the notorious chicken stamp
was issued.”
Garden Club
Tourist 'Tips
Prove Popular
the iKenaf (Sard* Cjub art which
inbludes-bbMidatron of a mimeo
graphed bulletin for convenience
bf -tourists > wishing to see out
standing'attractions in the area,
- has met with enthusiastic re
sponse wot only locally but from
•'other portions,of the Peninsula.
The chib has been contacted by
• the Homer Garden Club which
■ wishes to share in the • project.
■‘ Plans atremnderway now for coop
. eration with-Homers Anchor Point
> Seldovia ■ and Kenai for an en
larged project .of similar nature.
:Mr«. Forrest Ford, chairman
of the Russian Memorial Chapel
. grounds .beautification project,
, displayed a map of the church
grounds - when the club met re
cently at the home of Mrs. Tom
• Hayes on*Homestite-Loop Road.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Hayes-were
co-hostesses for the evening.
The church grounds project
• will be carried out in conjunction
with the Richfield Oil Co. award
program for civic beautification
projects and is beginning this
month. .Mrs. -Hayes and Mrs.
Richard Morgan are assisting
Mrs. Ford in formulating plans
for the project.
Mrs. Ruth Grueninger showed
slides of her garden and also of
Anchorage gardens in annual
flower and garden shows held
there. Guests at the meeting were
Mrs. I.ois McGahan, Mrs. Percy
Johnson and Mrs. Rice.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson, who re
cently returned from an extended
vacation, brought back seeds from
the giant leguno cactus secured
from a museum in Arizona. These
were distributed to the club mem
bers.
Bible School
Ends With Picnic
Seventy-five persons attended
the picnic held at the conclusion
of the Soldotna Baptist Church
Bible School. The picnic was on
Kalifonsky Beach near the home
of Mr. and Mrs; Hollis Justus.
•Baseball, tug-of-war, broad
jumping: and other athletic con
tests were featured amusements.
Lunch was served by Mrs. Jack
Lounsberry and Mrs. Frank Dun
lap, who had been in charge of
refreshments during: the course of
the Bible School.
Rev. Paul Weimer and Shirley
Lounsberry were teachers for the
senior class. The junior group
was in charge of Janet Teague
and Rev. Virgil Redmond. Mrs.
Redmond, Mrs. Fay Adams and
Mrs. Mary Walton were in charge
of the primary group and Mrs.
Weimer and Pat Fish taught the
beginners.
Average attendance for the
week of the Bible School was 72,
with a record high of 78.
Area ACCA
May Send Child
To Summer Camp
CLAM GULCH—Anyone know
ing of a handicapped child in the
area served by the Kenai Area
Chapter of the Alaska Crippled
Childrens Assoc., who will benefit
from a fun-filled week at King’s
Lake Camp near Wasilla, is advis
ed to contact Mrs. Fran Osmar at
Clam Gulch.
The Kenai ACCA will assume
the cost of $:10 for one free camp
ership for such a child. The
ACCA’s King’s Lake Camp this
year will lie during the week of
Aug. 4 through Aug. 11.
Any handicapped child is eligi
ble who is between the ages of 7
and 18, and who is unable to bene
fit from a regular camp. The child
must be mentally capable of tak
ing care of daily self needs and
participating in group situations
without constant supervision and
must be known and recommended
for the camp by a therapist or
professional person. Medical his
tory forms must be filled out and
signed by a physician.
Mrs. Osmar, who made the an
nouncement, is heading the local
ACCA chapter since the death of
its president, Monty Coleman.
KENAI ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH—Sunday School at 10,“
Morning worship Evening worship 7:3® p.m. Mid-weel
services Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Mrs. Carl S. Click.
EAST KENAI CHURCH OF CHRIST moets'al Mile HB, Konai
Sunday Services : Bible Study 10:00 ».m. Morning'Worship 11 i m
Evening Worship 6:00 .p.m. Congregational singing. Thui»d»|
Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Billy Joe Miee—Evangelist.
DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST (I block from Kenai Fire-Hail)
BibleSchool - 9:45 a.m.,* Worship - 11:00 ajn., Evening 7U)d p.Bi.
Midweek (Wednesday) - 7:00 p.m. Carl-Zehrong,.-Minister. c
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP meets each Sunday at 10 a.avln
building back of Vera’s Variety, Sdldotna. ,
SOI.DOTNA CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — Sunday ScwTal
-10 ai.tn.i-Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evengelistic Service 7:30p.m
. eaclvSundav. Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p.rri.*-Wednesday.
KENAI METHODIST CHURCH—Church School 9f«0 a.m. and Wor.
ship Service 10:45 a.m.'Methodist Yodth' Fellowship Tuesday at
3:30' p.m. John J. Shaffer, pastor.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets each Sunday from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at Slikok Valley Community Club on Kali
fonskv Beach Road Sunday evening services 7 p.m. Bible study,
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Maurice Murdock, interim pastor.
SOI.DOTNA BAPTIST CHURCH at the Y—Sunday School at 10 a.m.;
Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evenings the youth groups meet
at 6:30 and Evangelistic Service starts at 7:30 p.m.; Youth Choir
practices Tuesday 4 p.m.; Prayer hour and Bible study Tuesday
7:30 p.m. Paul A. Weimer, pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULES—9 a.m. at Our
Lady of the Ansels Church, Kenai; 11 a.m. at Soldotna; 4 p.m. at
Wildwood Chapel, Wildwood Station.
KENAI BIBLE CHURCH—Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; morning
worship 11:00 a.m.; Sunday evening 7:30. Prayer meeting 7:30
and Moody Bihle Institute Correspondence Study Course 8:15 each
Wednesday. Kenai Youth Fellowship 7:80 p.m. each Friday. Pas
tor Fred S. Crozier.
CHURCH OF GOD (Pentecostal in Doctrine)—Located on Aspen Way
and Binkley Street, Soldotna. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning
Worship 11 a.m.; Evangelistic Service 7:3d p.m.;-Bible Study and
Prayer 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Millard L. Cowdelly Pastor, Box
5)4. Soldotna.
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — Now meets at Solid Rock Bible Camp
Lodge. Sunday School 10 a,m.;'Morning'Worship 11 a.m.; Junior
and Senior Youth Rally 6 p.m. Special'speaker every Sunday.
Evangelistic Services at 7;30 p.m.
FAITH CHAPEL, NORTH KENAl^Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; morn
ing Worship, 11:00 a.m.; Evening •Service8,'-,6:301 p-m.;-Wednes
day Evening Services, 6:30 p.m. L. A: Hutchings; Pastor.
BEACON BAPTIST CHURCH—Located'on Linwood Lane, Kenai,
near proposed site of new high school. Sunday School 10 a.m.;
Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Evening Worship ’6:30 p.m.; Midweek
Services each Wedneaday 7 p.m. Harold R. Lewis, Pastor.
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOLDOTNA — Sunday School 9:45
a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Bihle‘Study.
Richard J. Tuff, pastor, phone 262-4757.
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