Demos Stage Walkout,
Elect Precinct Officers
After Soldotna Split
Disruption within the ranks of
the Soldotna Democratic Precinct
was climaxed last Thursday night
with the dramatic walkout of
about two-thirds of those assem
bled to attend a special meeting
called for the naming of a pre
cinct chairman.
The surprise move resulted in
the formation of dual precinct or
ganizations, with one faction con
tinuing the meeting called in the
< olonial Room and the other, the
walkout group, holding its meet
ing in the Soldotna Community
Hall.
Each group maintains it held
C. 1 only legal precinct meeting.
K -di group designated a precinct
chairman. The walkout group,
': g a total of 61 ballots, also
•' ''ted a l litional officers and a
1’ ' -inct committee.
Rob” Schmidt, commer
In-, rn. n, was elected Sol
a i< Precinct chair
LE. .AL NOTICES_
!. NT TED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND
.MANAGEMENT
Land Office
Cordova Building
;'fh and Cordova
Aneho! age, Alaska
Date: .Tan. 10, 100M
V'Trcr FOR IMPLICATION
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re v William Lander has made ap
j'lii i >n far a Homesite under
*he Act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat.
SO!--. ; ’(•■ tfie-1 by Anchorage Ser
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c>n West side of highway,
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th tra of land or any part
there i may file in the Anchorage
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d. . thereafter. Objections must
be filed under oath, setting forth
the nature and extent of the ad
verse claim;- and the adverse
claimant shall, within 60 days
after the filing of such claim, be
gin action in a court of competent
jurisdiction in Alaska, and there
after patent shall be issued in
conformity with the final decree
of the court.
Alfred P. Steger
Chief, Lands Section
Date First Pub.: Feb. 1, 1963
Date Last Pub.: March 29, 1963
man by the walkout group. Other
officers elected were Wallace
Creary, vice cnairman, and Rusty
(Mrs. Larry) Lancashire, secre
tary. Elected unanimously to the
precinct committee were Dan
'Marshall, Ray G-irves, Russell
Bagley, Charley Hill and Bill
Gibbs.
Frank Mullen, whose position
as precinct chairman has been a
matter of controversy since the
November general election, re
ceived the support of those re
maining after the walkout. Of the
42 ballots cast on the question
as to whether he should continue
to remain as precinct chairman
or should be recalled from office,
two persons voted for his recall
and 40 were for him to be retain
ed.
In a prior meeting early in Jan
uary, Mullen committed himself
by agreeing that if he should lose
a vote of confidence at that meet
ing he would schedule a recall
caucus for the purpose of elect
ing a precinct chairman. Of the
77 ballots cast at that time, 32
votes favored and 45 were against
the extension of confidence.
Thursday night’s meeting was for
the specific purpose of naming
a precinct chairman.
Mullen has been in disfavor
with the Southcentral District
Democratic Committee since the
general election when he failed
to support Allan L. Petersen, De
mocratic nominee for the Alaska
House of Representatives from
District 10, and waged a write
in campaign for the same office.
Petersen lost the post by a nar
row margin to Clem V. Tillion,
Republican nominee.
District officials c o n t ended
Mulle’va*,precinct chairman, was
duty bound to support the party
candidate and by waging- his own
write-in campaign had aided in
bringing about Petersen’s defeat.
Mullen was asked to resign his
precinct seat and refused to do
so. The Southcentral District
Committee then refused to recog
nize Mullen as precinct chairman
and refused him a seat in the
district meeting held in Anchor
age.
Chuck Roser. precinct vice
chairman who supported Mullen,
also was refused recognition by
the District Committee and Mrs.
Lancashire, precinct secretary,
was appointed acting precinct,
chairman and given voting privil
eges in the district meeting.
Russ Meekins, chairman of the
Southcentral District Committee,
explained the committee’s stand
when he met with the Soldotna
group at the meeting in which
Mullen agreed to call the special
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caucus if he lost the vote of con
fidence.
Standing: Room Only
Standing room was at a prem
ium last Thursday night when
the meeting began prior to the
walkout. The overflow crowd
spilled out into hallways and the
lobby of the Colonial Room in
what is said to have been the
largest attendance ever recorded
at a Soldotna precinct meeting.
Mullen, announcing that the
meeting would be conducted ac
cording to Robert’s Rules of Or
der and naming a parliamentar
ian, said all regular business
would be dispensed with as the
meeting was for special business
only.
Mrs. Lottie Edelman, a spokes
man from the floor insisted that
the portion of the minutes from
the previous meeting dealing with
Mullen’s committment to call the
special meeting be read. The
spokesman said the wording in
the minutes w'as incorrect and
asked that a correction be made,
saying that the group understood
that Mullen agreed to resign
when he agreed to call the spec
ial meeting.
Mullen, temporarily relinquish
ing his chair in order to reply,
signified the meeting was for the
sole purpose of voting on whether
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