Ninilchik Investigates
Recreation Potential
Rec reation development and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
loan program occupied interest of
supervisors and guests at the re
cent meeting of the Ninilchik
Soil Conservation Subdistrict.
John Bugli of Soldotna, Alaska
county loan supervisor for the
Farmers Home Administration,
explained the loan program and
jts application under Alaskan con
ditions. Limitations of the pro
gram were also discussed.
The loan program, Bugli ex
plained, serves two purposes—to
provide long term financing for
conversion of surplus crop land
to income producing recreational
uses, and to accelerate rural de
velopment by providing supple
mental sources of farm income.
T ie program provides long
term, low-cost financing for farm
recreational enterprises such as
fish ponds, camp sites, cabins, rid
ing stables, ski lifts, tennis courts,
and other recreational facilities,
Bugli said. To be eligible for fi
North Road
To Be Paved
Paving of the North Road out
«f Kenai is expected to begin soon
according to a letter received
Monday by Mac McGahan of Ke
nai from Gov. William A. Egan.
McGahan had previously written
to the governor regarding need
for the project. Egan’s letter
read:
‘'In discussing your letter with
the Department of Highways, I
have been advised that plans call
for paving of the North Road. 12
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tion. This project is scheduled to
be underway during the forthcom
ing construction season.”
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or for the Kenai and North Kenai
area and has direct line contacts
with civil defense units in 13
cities in the state.
Memorization
Contest Held
The Faith Bible Church in Sol
riotna challenged several other
churches on the kenai Peninsula
to a memorization contest this
past Saturday.
Churches challenged were Ke
nai Lake Baptist Church at Coop
er Landing, Calvary Baptist
Church in Xinilchik, Kasilof Com
munity Church and Kenai Bible
Church.
The memory contest was based
on Isaiah 53 with contests for the
Junior and Senior age groups. A
film was shown in the afternoon.
The Faith Bible Church, which
currently is meeting in the Soldot
na Community Hall until a church
building is erected, is planning an
Easter Sunrise Service at the
Riverside House with breakfast
to follow. Reservations may be
made by contacting the Robert
Schmidt family or the Dr. Elmer
Gaede family.
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Oberts Bldg.
Box 458 Kenai, Alaska
nancing a land owner, under pre
sent policy, must be a farmer.
This means a substantial part of
his income must come from the
farm, Bugli explained.
It was agreed at the meeting
that a “Land and People Confer
ence” or similar meeting with
Secretary of Agriculture Orville
Freeman would provide an oppor
tunity to clear up questions about
this program in Alaska. Such a
meeting has been requested by the
three subdistricts in the Kenai
Peninsula. Word recently received
indicates that Freeman and the
heads of nn. or agricultural agen
cies may soon accept this Alaskan
invitation.
Supervisors present at the
meeting were Rudy Ogren, Floyd
Blossom, Dannie Garroute and Ed
Rafkar, all of Ninilehik.
Standard Oil Co.
Gives AMU Rare
Alaska Fossils
A collection of 100-million-year
-old fossils of Alaska was recent
ly given to Alaska Methodist
University, Anchorage, by Stand
ard Oil Co. of Calif. The fossils
will be used as a reference collec
tion and specimens will be dis
played and stored in the Univer
sity geology laboratory.
Edwin S. Parker, district ex
ploration superintendent, said the
specimens have been completely
identified by Standard’s paleon
tologists. The collection is prob
ably unique, he said, as all the
specimens were collected by geol
ogists working from helicopters
in exploration areas inaccessible
by other means of transportation.
Ross G. Sehaff, assistant pro
fessor of geology at the Univer
sity, described the collection as
being composed of both large and
small marine animals, molluscs,
some being larger than 10 inches
in diameter. They date from the
.Mesozoic era—roughly one mil
lion years ago.
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Local Church
Changes Location
For Services
The Faith Rible Church will
move to the Solid Rock Rihie
Camp lodge on the Sterling High
way for services starting Sun
day, April 7.
Rev. Jim Miller from the
Mountain View Baptist Church in
Anchorage is interim pastor at
present. Sunday School is at 10
a.m. with morning worship fol
lowing at 11 a.m.
There will he a special sunrise
service on Faster Sunday, April »
14. at (> a.m., to he followed by *
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at River
side House in Soldotna. Reserva- '
tions for the breakfast must be
made in advance by calling the
Riverside House after 5 p.m. or
by contacting any member of the
family of Dr. Elmer Gaede or R.
L. “Bob” Schmidt.
Easter Services will include
special music, a children’s pro
gram and a special speaker for all
services.
Clam Gulch
Couple Plans
April Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. James Russell of
Clam Gulch are announcing the
engagement and a p p r oaching
marriage of their daughter, Wan
da Edelene, to Paul A. Richards,
also of Clam Gulch. The couple
plans April nuptials.
Miss Russell graduated from
Xinilchik High School in 1P61.
Until recently she has been work
ing in the Billings. Mont, business
office of her father, who is a roof
ing contractor.
The prospective bridegroom is
a commercial fisherman.
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