Two Local Men
Balloon C of C
Membership Rolls
Dick Hall and Ted Grainge, the
two-man collection team currently
conducting a membership drive
for the Greater Soldotna Cham
ber of Commerce, report great
progress. Hall is an area banker
and Grainge is operator of a build
ing supply firm.
The two men left the Chamber
meeting prior to its conclusion
last Saturday to begin the house
to-house calls upon business firms
in the Soldotna area. In less than
six hours, they had collected over
$1,000 in membership dues. They
reported 41 paid-up memberships
for 19G3, plus five other committ
ments, and all the places had not
been contacted at that time.
Prior to embarking on the task,
it had been announced at the
meeting that there were 92 busi
ness licenses within the city limits
of Soldotna and only 27 of those
businesses had joined the Cham
ber this year.
The ”get-out-and-get-’em” tech
nique. displayed by Grainge and
Hall, is expected to garner quite
a number of additional dollars to
be used by the Chamber in pro
moting this year’s Progress Days
activities in July.
May Sponsor
Rainbow Girls
At Later Date
The newly formed Iliamna
Eastern Star Club has been ap
proached twice recently in connec
tion with sponsoring Jobs Daugh
ters and Assembly of Rainbow
for Girls organizations in the
area. It was decided at the club
meeting Saturday night, however,
that such sponsorship must be
postponed until the organization
has a permanent meeting place
and has been organized as an
Eastern Star chapter instead of a
club.
Building plans are underway for
construction of a Masonic Temple
for use of both the Kenai Masonic
Club and the Iliamna Eastern
Star Club. When this building is
completed, sponsorship of the or
ganizations for girls probably
will be undertaken by the local
Eastern Stars.
respite tne tact there were sev
eral conflicting meetings on the
same night, the meeting held in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Nicholas on Beaver Loop Road
had an attendance of 16.
There were three guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Parkins of An
chorage and Mrs. Edna Drinkall,
Seward. Parkins is Supreme De
puty of the Grand Assembly of
Rainbow Girls and Mrs. Drinkall
is grand deputy. Mrs. Parkins is
associate matron of Anchorage
(hapter 8 of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
The meeting was conducted by
Mrs. M. L. Grange, vice president,
in the absence of the president,
Mrs. Allan Petersen, who is in Ar
izona to attend a national con
vention of the retired teachers
association.
The next meeting will be at 7:30
on Saturday, June 8, in the Sol
dotna home of Mrs. Grange.
LEAVE ALASKA
SOLDOTNA — Mr. and Mrs.
Peggie English recently moved
from Soldotna to Bakersfield,
Calif., where English was trans
ferred by Core Lab. Other Core
Lab employees also left the area
recently, including Neal Davis,
h red Metz and Wayne Bauders.
Mrs. English formerly was em
ployed as a teacher in the Soldot
na School.
HELLO
BILL!
“Stein Club
is
coming”
Newcomers
Donald Joe Vail
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Vail of
Soldotna are announcing the birth
of a son, born at 1:45 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 15, in the Cen
tral Peninsula Clinic, Soldotna.
The youngster, weighing 9 lbs.
and 4 oz., has been named Donald
Joe. His father is employed in lo
cal oil field work.
Paulk Baby
A daughter, weighing 8 lbs. 6
oz., was born in Central Peninsu
la Clinic, Soldotna, at 12:34 p.m.
May 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Paulk of Ciechanski Road near
Soldotna. Paulk is a brick mason
by trade. The baby’s name could
not be learned.
Anchor Point
Theatre Group
Well Received
The Anchor Point Little Thea
tre group presented a one-act
play, “Cabin Fever,” and a num
ber of supporting performances
Saturday night, May 4, in the
Homer High School auditorium.
The one-act play was highlight
ed by Bert Paraday with his
school lunch in a 100-lb. feed bag
—small lunch for a small man
with a big appetite.
The variety program was well
attended by over 100 residents
from Anchor Point and Homer.
Proceeds from the presentation
were divided between the Anchor
Point Little Theatre Group and
the Homer Society of Natural
History.
Funds received by the Natural
History Society are being held
in trust for construction of a his
torical museum, according to Sam
Pratt, president.
The Anchor Point performers
w ere directed by Bernardine
Mutch. Walt Thomas was pro
gram chairman for the event.
F & G to Station
New Man in Kenai
E. W. Valentine of Seward, dis
trict supervisor with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
has announced the stationing of
a protection agent in Kenai. Cur
rent plans are that the agent will
be stationed there until Novem
ber.
Ted Lewellen, who came from
Anchorage this week, is serving
in the enforcement capacity with
his office set up in a trailer near
the Fish and Wildlife Service of
fices in Kenai. He will handle
sports fishing and game protec
tion work in this end of the dis
trict, Valentine said.
lodge honors mothers
HOMER — The Homer Elks
Lodge No. 2127 took pleasure
Sunday in honoring Alaskan mo
thers, who struggle and resolve
daily the many problems of living,
according to Homer S. Thompson,
lodge secretary.
Special services were held at 1
p.m. in the Elks Hall at Homer
with the Rev. William Jack Mar
tin as the featured speaker.
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★ Coming Events ★
Saturday, May 18
Boys interested in Little League
baseball, sign up for Soldotna
team tryouts at diamond near
Parkers in Ridgeway, 1 p.m.
Soldotna Homemakers, annual
silver tea, at home of Mrs. M. L.
Grange, 2-4 p.m.
Homer Little Theatre to pre
sent “The Male Animal" at Hom
er Elks Hall, 8:30 p.m.
Kenai Peninsula Choral Society
concert in First Methodist Church
in Seward, 8 p.m.
L.D.S. Youth Group sponsors
car wash at Soldotna “Y”, 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Soldotna Elks Club initiation,
dinner and dance, in Soldotna
Bill’s Club bldg., 8 p.m.
Kenai Boy Scouts sponsor car
wash at Kenai Elks Bldg., 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Monday, May 20
Kenai City Planning Com
sion, City Adm. Bldg., 8 p.m.
Social Security representative
to hold conferences in city clerk’s
office, Kenai, lla.m.-l p.m.
Tuesday, May 21
Soldotna Kart Club, incorpora
tion and election meeting, Reger’s
Garage, 8 p.m.
Kiwanis Club, Parkers in Ridge
way, noon luncheon.
Alaska Christian School com
mencement at Alaska Christian
Home in Homer, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 22
Kenai City Council, City Adm.
Bldg., 8 p.m.
Kenai Board of Equalization,
public hearings, City Adm. Bldg.,
8 p.m.
Former Resident
Has Broken Ankle
Juanita Coleman, who left Ke
nai with her sons shortly after
the-death of her husband, Monty
Coleman, writes back to friends
here:
“We are in Kennewick, Wash.,
for awhile. Our address is 1350
South Washington. Don’t know
how long we will be here — at
least until school is out.
“I haven’t been able to look
around for a job as I have been
laid up with a broken ankle. Slip
ped on a step on the train coming
over to Kennewick. Anyway, I
have had a nice rest and been
waited on. Have the cast off now
so I will soon be able to go to
work.
Sure do miss all our friends and
the doings in Kenai. Hope things
are progressing nicely ...”
TO CONTINUE HEARINGS
KENAI — Public hearings be
fore the Board of Equalization
held in connection with possible
adjustment on property assess
ments were not completed Wed
nesday night. The Board consider
ed 22 petitions and still has 13
more to hear.
The hearings will be continued
next Wednesday night in the City
Administration Building at the
Kenai City Council meeting,
which begins at 8 p.m. Deadline
for submitting petitions was May
Classifieds are news.
Kenai Chamber of Commerce,
Western Corral Cafe, 12 noon.
Sterling: Homemakers to install
officers, in home of Mrs. Basil
Bolstridge, 7:30 p.m.
Immunization Clinic, K e n ai
Health Center, 1-4 p.m.
Thursday, May 24
Soldotna Planning Commission,
Community Hall, 7 p.m.
Soldotna City Council, Com
munity Hall, 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 26
Kenai Peninsula Borough Study
Group, Soldotna School, 1 p.m.
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ELKS GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
HOMER — Two Elks scholar,
sh.p awards of $50 each '
made by Exalted Ruler A v
“Curly” 'Evans on behalf ‘
Homer Elks Lodge No. 2127 t
Kathy Rearden and Carl Nelson
of Homer at the annual award,
presentation assembly at h, J*
School on May 8. Homei
Miss Rearden and young Nel
son are students in Homer High
School. Both are contestants !„
the State Elks Assoc, scholar*!
comnetition. *’
Tourism ranks fourth
Alaska’s industries at the
time.
among
present
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