THE KENAI PENINSULA
Cheechako News
Phone 262-4420 KENAI Drawer 0
Dorothy Stewart . Manager
Mable Smith.News Mgr.
Loren Stewart. Mean Credit Mgr.
Doug Stewart . Apprentice Mgr.
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Letters to the Editor:
Open Letter to Phone Subscribers
In Kenai-Soldotna Exchange Areas
Kenai, Alaska
Jan. 9, 1963
Cheechako News
Kenai, Alaska
Dear Editor:
In order to answer the many in
quiries about “When can we have
telephone service?” “When will
our service improve and what is
being- done about it?” the local
newspaper seems to be the best
medium to answer everyone’s
questions at the same time and to
advise our subscribers and pros
pective users of telephone service
just what is being- done here in
the Kenai-Soldotna area.
In the Kenai area, all materials
are on hand to completely rebuild
the Kenai cable plant in the city
proper with some rebuilding and
added facilities for outlying dis
tricts within the city limits. En
gineering is being completed for
installation of a 100-pair cable to
serve subscribers as far as Dan
iels Lake. This cable will replace
present equipment serving the
North Kenai Area and will im
prove service as well as providing
much needed added facilities in
that area.
In Soldotna. Trans-Alaska Tele
phone Co. is expanding the cable
plant as fast as possible in order
to handle the many requests for
service in that area. It should
be understood that we cannot in
stall cable plant in the present
low temperatures.
Studies are being made to de
termine the best and most effici
ent method of serving the Sterl
ing area.
We hope that the foregoing
will answer and inform the folks
in this area of what we are doing
to improve service.
A few things the subscriber can
do to reduce trouble calls and im
prove service:
Do not leave your telephone
“off hook,” lock up your house
and go on an extended visit to
Aunt Mehitable in Nome or else
where. It could put nine other
phones out of service if on a par
ty line. Do not move your own
phone. If not connected properly,
it can put a line out of service and
tie up central office equipment.
Many people in remodeling or
working on their homes cut wires,
drive nails into the line or by
other means damage it. This also
results in putting a party line out
of service and ties up central of
fice equipment. So if we are no
tified in advance, a man can be
sent out to take care of moves
and many troubles would be aver
ted.
Some things that have caused
troubles on rural lines are:
A mashed instrument — “My
horse stepped on it!” Phone rip
ped loose from wall—“Our dog
was ill and tried to get at the
phone to call the vet!” Handset
torn from base of phone—“The
canary roosts on it and forgot to
let go when he took off.”
In covering a large area, it may
seem that we are not accomplish
ing much, especially to those of
you who have been waiting for
service, but we are busy and gain
ing on our backlog of orders.
We thank you,
Douglas Colyer,
Manager
Kenai-Soldotna Area
Hopes to Settle Precinct Affair
In Honest Election Next Thursday
January 15, 1963
Soldotna, Alaska
The Editor
Cheechako News
Dear Editor:
There are some people wha ap
parently are eager to by-pass all
democratic process in this Sol
dotna precinct officer affair. The
results of an honest election are
Pussy Willows
In Spring Debut
Unseasonable warm weather,
January rains instead of snow,
intermingling- with the below zero
temperatures on other occasions
during- the past few weeks evi
dently have proved to be puzzling
to vegetation.
Pussy willows, among the first
to herald the approach of spring,
either have their growing seasons
mixed or the Kenai Peninsula is
in for an early spring, according
to various reports.
Mrs. Henry Knackstedt, who
lives off the Beaver Loop Road
near Kenai, found pussy willow
stems with big fat buds growing
in her yard. She displayed several
sprigg at a meigfng of the Kenai
Garden Club on Jan. 2.
Most of the “old timers” in the
Kenai portion . of the Peninsula
say that pussy willows usually
wait until early March to bud put.
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not known in advance. There is a
good chance that I will be retain
ed as chairman rather than de
posed. Chuck Roser and myself as
elected precinct officers have al
ready been confirmed twice; once
at the annual caucus Nov. 29th
and again at the meeting engin
eered by Mrs. Lancashire, Dec. 6.
There is a basic American
principle that elected officers are
not subject to dismissal by other
officers. I believe in this. If it
were not this way we would have
an autocracy rather than a demo
cracy with a president, a gover
nor — or a district chairman —•
able to dismiss any below him
who disagreed with him.
It is obvious from the attempts
of Mr. Meekins and Mrs. Lanca
shire to dismiss Mr. Roser and
myself that they do not believe in
this principle. The reason, too,
seems obvious.
I do not want the Democratic
Party to be a ‘machine party’,
complete with a boss. This politi
cal ‘bossism’ has been repudiated
by the voters in state after state.
We have no room for it in Alaska.
It seems that right now is a good
time to stop it.
Soldotna Democrats will have
an opportunity next Thursday
to show where they stand. They
can ts^<e jthe side of ‘bossism’; or
they can take the other side.
. I anp .confident they will stand
by democratic principles andlde
feat the ‘advdcates of ‘bossism’.
Sincerely yours, ,
' " FhtoVSIiiiler,
Juliussen
Rites Held
At Kenai
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
M. Juliussen, pioneer Alaskan who
was born in Kenai in 1895, were
conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in
the Russian Orthodox Church in
Kenai.
Mrs. Juliussen was a long-time
resident of Kenai and had attend
ed the old Russian school. She had
made her home in Anchorage for
the past 10 years and died there
Sunday.
Survivors include five sons
Mike and Julius of Kenai, Ray
mond and Sigvold of Anchorage,
and George of Spenard; one dau
ghter, Mrs. Gordon Kennedy, An
chorage; two brothers, Clarence
March of Kenai and Hayward
March of New Westminster, Ca
nada, and three sisters, Mrs. Mar
tin Hermansen, Cohoe, Mrs. Char
les Marrus, Seattle, and Mrs.
Thomas Delton, Montgomery,
Ala. Thirty grandchildren and
five great-children also survive.
The Rev. Alex Ivanhoff offici
ated at the services and burial
was in the Kenai cemetery.
Social Security
Answers Queries
Question: I am going to retire
in the next few months. Is there
anything I can do to speed up my
Social Security benefit check?
Answer: Yes, find out from
your local Social Security office
what proofs you will need and
have thsan with you when you
file your claim.
Question: My husband passed
away about 10 years ago. Would
waiting until I am 65 make it
possible for me to receive a great
er amount of Social Security than
at 62? I’m not working at the
present, and haven’t worked long
enough to qualify for any Social
Security on my own account.
Answer: Waiting until 65 to
file for widow’s Social Security
will gain you nothing. The amount
of the widow’s payment is 82 %
per cent of what the husband
would have been eligible, to re
ceive. And, this 82% per cent is
paid at the age of 62—there is
no reduction. If you’re over the
age of 62, we’d like to suggest
that you contact your Social Se
curity office immediately and file
your application. You should
bring your husband’s Social Se
curity number with you, a certi
fied copy of your marriage ceiti
ficate, and some document to es
tablish your age or date of birth.
Question: My wife and I are
both over 65. I have been employ-,
ed until recently by a cannery.
When we come in to file for our
Social Security benefits, wbat
proofs should we bring with us?
Answer: First, both you and
your wife will need proof of your
ages. Secondly, ^rou should bring
your last year’s withholding tax
statement or W-2. If your wife
has worked within the last year,
she, in addition, should bring her
W-2. By having these proofs with
you, you will enable us to process
your claim more rapidly.
Question: What types of ben
efits are payable to a worker and
his family when he retires?
Answer: Monthly benefits are
payable on retirement to retired
men at age 65 and to women at
age 62. Also to these dependents:
A wife age 62; a dependent hus
band age 65; a child under 18, or
over 18 and totally disabled; a
wife of any age caring for a child
entitled to benefits.
Question: What type of bene
fits are payable to the family of
a deceased worker?
Answer: On the death of an
insured worker, monthly benefits
are payable to a widow age 62 or
over, a child under 18 or disabled
before 18, a mother with such
child in her care, a dependent pa
rent or a dependent widower age
65 or over.
For more information about
Social Security, write to Social
Security Administration, Box:
1331, Juneau, Alaska.
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CHEECHAKO NEWS—262-4420
KEN\\I ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH—Sunday School at 10 a.m
Morning worship 11 a.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m. Mid-week
services Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Mrs. Carl S. Click.
EAST KENAI CHURCH OF CHRIST meets at Mile 105, Kenai
Sunday Services: Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a in'
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Congregational singing. Thursday
Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Billy Joe Mize—Evangelist.
DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST (1 block from Kenai Fire HM1)
Bible School - 9:45 a.m., Worship - 11:00 a.m., Evening 7:00 pm
Midweek (Wednesday) - 7:00 p.m. Carl Zehrung, Minister. ’
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP meets each Sunday at 11 a.m. jn
building back of Vera’s Variety, Soldotna.
KENAI METHODIST CHURCH—Church School 9:30 a.m. amd Worl
ship Service 10:45 a.m. Methodist Youth Fellowship Tuesday at
3:30 p.m. John J. Shaffer, pastor.
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, SOLDOTNA — Sunday’Schoof^i
a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., adult instruction class 10 a.m.,
pastor’s office. Senior confirmation class 5 p.m. Wednesday; Jun
ior confirmation class 5 p.m. Thursday; Choir practice 7 p.ra,
Thursday; Bible study 8 p.m. Thursday. Richard J. Tuff, pastor.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets each Sunday from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at Soldotna Community Bldg. Maurice Murdock,
interim pastor.
SOLDOTNA BAPTIST CHURCH, at the Y. Sunday School at 1U a.ra.
Morning Worship 11 a.in.; Sunday evening service 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Pan! Weimer. Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULES—8 a.m. and
9 a.m..at- Our Lady of the Angels church, Kenai; 4 p.m. at Wild
wood 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 7:30 p.m. each Friday. Pas
tor Fred S. Cro2ier.
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 7:30 p.m.; Bible Study and
Prayer 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Millard L. Cowdell, Pastor, Box
514, Soldotna.
BAHA’I WORLD FAITH
O Son of Spirit!
I created Thee rich, why dost Thou bring Thyself down to
poverty. Noble I made Thee, where with dost Thou abase
Thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave Thee be
ing, why seekest Thou enlightment from anyone beside Me?
Out of clay of love I molded Thee, how dost Thou busy Thy
self with another? Turn Thy sight unto Thyself, that Thou
mayest find Me standing within Thee, mighty, powerful and
self-subsisting.
For more information write Box 423, Soldotna
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