P-TA to See
Film About
Communism
Next Monday night’s meeting
of the Soldotna Parent-Teacher
Assoc, will feature the showing
of a film “Operation Abolition,”
concerning Communism. Dr. El
mer Gaede, P-TA president, has
previewed the film, which has
been shown successfully over the
state. The meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m. at the school.
A medical roundtable discussion
with audience participation form
ed the major portion of the pro
gram at the last meeting of the
organization. Members of the pan
el were Dr. Paul Isaak and Dr.
Caede, both of Central Peninsula
Clinic, Soldotna, and Dr. Donald
Burk, Kenai dentist.
Mrs. Genevieve Fletcher, Kenai,
area Easter Seal chairman of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Assoc,
also spoke regarding the work
done by ACCA among children in
the area.
A few of the many topics cov
ered briefly in the question-ans
wer discussion with the panel in
cluded dental care, emergency
treatment for injuries, the new
oral polio vaccine, flu, cold
“shots" and school physicals,
which it was pointed out are only
screening tests and not examin
ations.
The billikin, given the room re
gistering the greatest parent at
tendance at the meeting, was won
by the room taught by Mrs. Har
ry Reger.
C.D. Says State
Shelter Needs
Are Inadequate
Shelter space for 206,000 of
Alaska’s total population of 226,
000 exists in the state or can be
made available for use through
installing ventilation, it was re
ported recently by the Offices of
Civil Defense in summarizing a
shelter survey made in the 40th
state.
Acceptable shelter space for
109,800 Alaskans already exists
without modification, the survey
shows, while space for 96.200 can
be added by ventilating existing
space available.
The safest election district in
the state, presumably because of
railroad and mine tunnels, is Val
dez-Chitina-Whittier, where three
and one-half times the population
could be sheltered.
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Peninsula
Site Suggested
For Coast Guard
Seward or Kodiak were sug
gested last week as headquarters
for a possible second district of
the Coast Guard. Alaska district
headquarters now are at Juneau.
The suggestion was made by
Sen. Ernest Gruening when he re
newed his request that a second
Coast Guard district be establish
ed in Alaska.
Writing to James A. Reed, as
sistant secretary of the Treasury
Department, the senator cited
the great length of Alaska’s
coastline, the need to maintain
surveillance of Japanese and
Russian offshore fishermen, and
the fact that California has two
Coast Guard districts.
Masonic Temple
Fund Inaugurated
At Joint Dinner
Inauguration of a fund raising
program for construction of a
proposed Masonic temple took
place March 9 at a dinner
in which Uiamna Eastern Star
Club and Kenai Masonic Club
members and their guests met
jointly in a social session in the
Kenai Methodist Church.
Approximately $1.35 was taken
in and slightly more than $100
was cleared after payment of ex
penses. Despite slick roads and
strong winds, registration of 67
persons included many from Ke
nai, North Kenai, Wildwood Sta
tion and Soldotna as well as a
delegation of nine from Seward.
The dinner, instigated by the
Uiamna Eastern Star Club, was
served smorgasbord style with
Mrs. M. L. Grange, Mrs. Tom
Gamble, Mrs. Jess Nicholas and
Mrs. R. Q. Hood comprising the
committee in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Allan L. Petersen and
George Miller, respective presi
dents of the two organizations,
spoke briefly in greeting mem
bers and guests. Possible loca
tions available for construction of
a Masonic temple were suggested
and were further discussed after
Masons adjourned to another
room. Decision as to site, how
ever, will not be announced until
after further study.
Following the dinner, a film
entitled “Calling All Ducks’’ was
shown by Bob Wade of the Fish
and Wildlife office at Kenai as
the special entertainment feature
of the evening.
To Harvest
Sea Otter
In Aleutians
The rarest of the furs on the
North American Continent will
again be harvested by an expedi
tion formed by the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game.
An expedition, under the di
rection of department biologists,
Edward Ivlinkhart and John Van
ia, departed on March 5 for the
outer Aleutian Islands for the
third harvest of the sea otter.
Loren W. Croxton, regional
game supervisor for the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
explained that, although still re
covering from near extinction,
sea otters are sufficiently num
erous in some areas to permit
harvesting.
Areas of harvest population are
the western Andreanoff and Rat
Islands of the Aleutian Chain.
Here sea otters probably are as
abundant as early Russian ex
plorers first discovered them.
Croxton further stated that, al
though the sea otter has increas
ed greatly since complete protec
tion was granted them in 1911,
most of their range is not reoccu
pied and harvest will be conduct
ed by the Department of Fish and
Game on a very selective basis
and only in a few areas. Croxton
said that he wished to emphasize
that there still is no open season
on sea otter.
(Two Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded
Winning Alaskans in Poetry Contest
COLLEGE — The College of
Arts and Letters of the Univer
sity of Alaska will offer two $50
prizes for the two best poems
submitted by Alaskan poets in
the Festival of Arts first annual
poetry contest this spring, Dean
Charles Keim has announced.
Poems must be received by the
judges no later than April 1, and
names of winners will be announ
ced on Sunday afternoon, April
7, at a poetry reading session in
the Schaible Lecture Hall on the
University Campus. The Festival
of Arts is to be conducted from
March 29 through April 14.
Prizes are offered in two
classes, one for students, and one
for non-students.
Poems may be submitted on any
subject, in any form, and in any
length, but no contestant may en
ter more than three poems. \\ in
ners will be selected by a panel
of three judges, who reserve the
right to reject all entries in either
or both classes if none are of
prize-winning quality. Entries
must be original and not previous
ly published in anyway.
Entries should l*e submitted
without names or other identifi
cation appearing on the sheets
containing the poem. Manuscripts
should be placed in an unsealed
inner envelope, stamped and bear
ing the address of the writer.
Identical serial numbers will be
assigned to both poems and en
velopes as they are received, to
Social Security
Queries Answered
Question: If I earn over $1200
during the year I retire, will 1
lose my Social Security benefits
for the rest of that year?
Answer: No. Regardless how
much you earn in a year, you can
still get benefits for any months
in which you neither earn over
$100 in wages nor render substan
tial services in self-employment.
Even if you take a job after you
retire, you may still be able to
get benefits for some months,
depending on the amount of your
benefit and how much over $1200
you earn.
Question: I will file a claim
for benefits when I reach age 62
in March 1063. I have been self
employed as a fisherman and
have had some good years and
some bad ones. When should I
file for benefits and what shall I
bring with me at that time?
Answer: Get in touch with
your Juneau Social Security of
fice at any time after the first of
January 1063, and file your appli
cation for benefits. Bring your
birth certificate or other docu
mentary evidence to prove your
age. It will also be necessary to
submit a copy of your 1962 tax re
turns (Form 1040, Schedule C and
proof of payment of your 1962
taxes). So please file yobr return
with Internal Revenue Service be
fore you file your claim.
For more information about
.vour Social Security: Write to
Social Security Administration,
Box 1.331, Juneau, Alaska.
provide identification after the
judging.
Although all entries will be
come the property of the Univer
sity of Alaska, further publica
tion rights will be assigned to
writers. Entries may he returned
in the enclosed addressed envel
opes if desired.
“We hope that the offer of a
poetry prize will become a regu
lar feature of the spring Festival
of Arts,” Dean Keim said.
Contest rules may he requested
from the College of Arts and Let
ters, University of Alaska at
College, in room 108 of the Bun
nell Building.
GUESTS FROM ENGLAND
KENAI — Recent guests in the
home of Mr. and Mis. Lyman
McBride were Venetia and John
Newall of Chelsea, London, Eng
land. The Newalls were with the
British team which made the
film on Alaska last year and both
write for the Geographic and the
London Times.
They had recently been to Tok
yo after having been arrested and
detained for one day on the Rus
sian border, where the Russians
threatened to confiscate their
film. Their brief stop in Kenai
was while they were enroute to
Kodiak for a conference with the
Kodiak Historical Society.
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