Hard Winds Hitting
Area Create Numerous
Power Line Outages
Strong winds buffeted the Ke
nai Peninsula this week un-roof
ing buildings, blowing down hun
dreds of trees and whipping pow
er lines to create many electrical
power failures and making life
in general unpleasant, especially
for the power company crews,
which have been working practi
cally around the clock to repair
the damage.
According to Federal Aviation
Agency in Kenai, hard winds be
gan at about 4 p.m. Monday and
continued Monday, Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, the longest
sustained wind for many years.
At Kenai it clocked 42 knots or
about 50 miles per hour at its
peak and averaged about 28 knots,
mostly from northerly or north
northeast direction.
There was not as much air
plane damage as in the previous
blow of about two weeks ago as
people seemed better prepared,
airport managers said.
Homer Electric Assoc., Tnc.,
had three crews employing all
men and equipment working 26
hours without a break in the Sol
dotna area. After a four-hour
breathing spell, the same men
were called out again to repair
more damage by falling trees. By
Thursday afternoon, practically
everything was energized again
except the pump station in Swan
son River Field. One line out
there is inaccessible except by
workers on snow shoes and skis
pulling along equipment on a
“totegoat.” Ten miles of that line
had been cleared and there was
about another 10 miles to go be
fore service could be resumed.
At the Homer end of HEA ser
vice. another crew worked dili
gently for 21 hours without a
break.
Kenai Power Corp. encountered
similar trouble in the Kenai area
with one portion of the territory
served without service for several
hours. Residents depending upon
electricity to power furnaces and
heating facilities were hunting
up their old wood stoves or were
keeping warm by visiting neigh
bors who still had wood or coal
stoves.
Tar paper and tin roofing sail
ed away in the gale from many
buildings. Joe Widman, Sterling
School principal, lost the larger
portion of the roof from his ex
panding type trailer house Tues
day night. A maintenance man
from the Anchorage office of the
Department of Education was
sent down Wednesday to make
repairs.
Flights at Soldotna and Kenai
Airports continued along fairly
well on schedule although due to
cross winds, some of the Cordova
flights from Seldovia to Soldotna
were rerouted to land at Kenai.
Bliss Vital to Peninsula
To Be Studied Saturday
At Soldotna C of € Meet
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ment; and providing for an effec
tive date.”
Paul Nestor is to explain the
contractor’s licensing bill, passage
of which is being opposed by a
large number of smaller contrac
tors. House Bill No. 118 would
provide for “An Act licensing
Elks Elect
New Officers
A new slate of officers, headed
by Jack McGuire as president,
was elected by the Kenai Elks
Club last Tuesday night.
In addition to McGuire, other
members of the seven-man board
of trustees elected the same eve
ning include Boyce Youngblood,
Tom O’Malia, J. R. Lietzke,
C harles Archer, Bill Cresswell
and Robert Smith.
Youngblood was elected vice
president; O’Malia, secretary and
Lietzke, treasurer.
Foil wing the meeting, the Bri
tish Broadcasting Co. film on Al
aska was shown with contribu
tions going to the Kenai Area
Chapter of the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Assoc.
construction contractors; and pro
viding- for an effective date.”
Also in connection with this
bill, J.S. Smith will report on
progress of petitions being circu
lated in opposition to passage of
this bill. These petitions are avail
able for signatures by contacting
Smith, Nestor, or at the Soldotna
Texaco Station (knowm until re
cently as B and B Texaco).
The Borough Study Committee
will discuss H. B. No. 90, intro
duced by John Rader. This is the
bill for “An Act relating to the
incorporation of organized bor
oughs and providing for certain
grants to boroughs.”
Public hearings have been call
ed by the Local Affairs Agency
for next weekend in regard to in
corporation of the Ninilchik-Co
hoe area into a borough of the
first class. Borough formation is
under consideration in other por
tions of the Peninsula.
All persons interested in learn
ing more about current legisla
tion concerning these bills are
welcome to attend the Chamber’s
session. Discussion on other pend
ing legislation that will especially
effect residents on the Peninsula
will be brought up if there is suf
ficient time.
International Inion of Petroleum
Workers AFL-CIO, Local No, 30
The regular monthly meeting- was held at 7:30 p.m March 20
1063 in Soldotna, Alaska. We had the largest group of members pre
sent this year with a very good representation of members from
Northern Oil Company and Standard Oil Company of California.
Several topics were discussed of great concern to all of us.
Although Local No. 30 is relatively a new local, we are pleased
to say that we have approximately sixty (60) members in our local
with 50% of our members present. We are happy to see that there is
so much interest displayed by all in open discussion,
We> the members, are especially proud of our Executive Board
a,, of whom have devoted a great deal of their personal time and ef
forts to better working conditions for all of those people employed in
all of the oil field industry. .
Once again, we offer our gratitude to the following: Local No.
30 President, Frank Bush; Vice President, A1 Tweedy; Sec.Treas.
William Frankhauser; Vice President Standard Oil Div. Othel Knight*
Treasurer Standard Oil Div., Roger Smith; and to the members on
various committees assisting the Executive Board.
Our next meeting will be held on April 17, 1963 in Soldotna, Alas
ka, at 7:30 p.m.
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