THIRD YEAR
MAY 31, 1963
PRICE TEN CENTS
NUMBER l:;l
Ccb Scouts
Need More
Den mothers in the Sokiotna
area are desperately needed for
Cuh Scout work, it was announced
this week. Boys wanting to he
roine Cub Scouts are being turned
away because the current five
dens are filled to capacity and
there are no den mothers avail
able to take over the additional
applicants.
The den mother need not be a
mother with a son, or even a
noth*:' at all. Any woman in ter
es ret in working with the boys is
« ugi '!e to become a den mother.
\ ■ hi*;!eers for this work are ask
ed •'* call Mrs Wayne Hagerty.
phone or contact any of
the other den mothers.
1 here currently are five dens
u th- C.ili Scout Pack. The max
imum lien capacity is recommend
ed at 'eight boys. Some of the
dehs now have nine member's and
er.ci.gh boys are on the waiting
list for at least two other dens.
Present den mothers are Mrs.
Hajrerty, Mrs. Ed Rack, Mrs. Leo
Phillips, Mrs. Victor Frolich, and
Mrs. Harold Jackson, who assum
ed the responsibility recently
when Mrs. Jack Poole moved
away.
To Have Circus
Plans are underway for a Cub
Scout Circus in the near future,
possibly durine: Soldotna Progress
Days, although the date has not
been set definitely as yet.
Present plans are for the circus
to be a 5-ring event with each den
responsible for the entertainment
in one ring. Animal acts, athletic
demonstrations, freak shows and
other features are being consid
ered.
_Recently all of the dens par
ticipated in a Cub Scout Pack
meeting and box social held in the
Soldotna Elks Club building.
Three of the dens presented skits
concerning outer space and anoth
ei den’s skit was based on an un
derwater theme featuring the ad
ventures of “Mopey Dick.” The
den of which Mrs. Phillips is den
mother displayed craft done by
den members.
Approximately $60 was raised
at the box social which preceded
the pack meeting. Proceeds will
be used to buy flags and other
supplies needed by the Cub
Scouts.
Approximately 3‘ patents and
35 Cub Scouts were present. Three
of the boys, Chris Phillips, Ken
neth Sims and Danny Weimer, re
ceived bobcat pins.
LEAVES FACULTY
HOMER — William Wiltrout,
superintendent of Homer schools
this past year and athletic coach
and teacher the three preceding
years, will not be hack for the
1063-64 term. He is returning to
the field of athletics and teaching
at West Anchorage High School
next year.
ON COOKING STAFF
• MOOSE PASS — Mrs. Maurice
Amundson, Mrs. Herman Berger
and Mrs. Mary Church will be
part of the staff for the summer
months in the operation of the
kitchen and dining room of the
Sumise Inn in the Moose Pass
area.
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HIGHWAY WEEK IN ALASKA—Gov. William A. Egan signs
a proclamation declaring this week (May 2<i through June 1) as
“Highway Week in Alaska." Looking on are Highways Commis
sioner I). A. McKinnon, center, and William .1. Niemi, Regional En
gineer, Bureau of Public Roads. The present highw ay inadequacies
are partly responsible for the costly and inexcusable annual toll
of deaths and injuries, and the construction of an integrated
statewide highway network is necessary to the development of
commerce, industry and tourism in Alaska, Governor Egan said in
his proclamation..
Borough Study Group
Calls Summer Recess
The Kenai Peninsula Borough
Study Group, in its meeting Sun
day afternoon at Soldotna School,
agreed that future meetings will
he postponed for the duration of
the summer. Approximately 40
persons were present.
Dr. J. B. Deisher, Seward, Bor
ough Group chairman, conducted
the meeting and officiated at the
question and answer period. The
decision regarding postponement
was reached after it was pointed
out that nothing much could be
accomplished until a decision was
reached regarding the referen
dum petition for repeal of the
mandatory borough incorporation
act passed by the 1963 Legisla
ture. Applications have been cir
culated locally the past few days
seeking signatures to ask that
Secretary of State Hugh J. Wade
put the referendum on the ballot
at the next general election.
It was mentioned that the peti
tion for incorporation of a Homer
Xinilehik Borough had been re
jected by the Local Boundary
Commission. A similar petition,
being circulated for signatures
for a borough to encompass the
Kenai Recording District, has
been recalled and will not he sub
mitted. as it seemed fated to meet
a similar rejection.
Francis E. (Frank) Mullen, Sol
dotna, explained the purpose of
the referendum petition.
Rusty (Mrs. Larry) Lancashire,
secretary of the Kenai Peninsula
Borough Study Group, submitted
her resignation saying that stress
uf work this summer would not
permit her continuing as secre
tary. Her resignation was reject
ed. however, when it was decided
to recess meetings for the sum
mer, and she agreed to continue
as secretary this fall.
The next general meeting was
set for Sunday, September 22, at
1 p,m. in the Soldotna School.
Meetings of the executive board
may be called by Deisher during
the summer if any unforseen
emergency arises.
Bridge Project
Bids to be Let
Bidding is being solicited by
the Department of Highways on
in addtional highway construction
on the Kenai Peninsula, accord
ing to Commissioner of High
ways D. A. McKinnon. Bids will
be opened on June 20.
The project involves replacing
i substandard superstructure of
a bridge over the Kenai River at
Schooner’s Bend west of Cooper
Landing.
The 282-foot span on the Ster
ling Highway will be constructed
to handle 20-ton loads, the stand
ard primary truck loading for
bridges in Alaska.
According to a recent Depart
ment of Highways bridge inven
tory, there are 696 highway
bridges in Alaska.
Construction Work halted
Informational picketing of the
Standard Oil Co. of Calif, refin
ery nearing completion north of
Kenai is underway and work has
been halted as a result of a ser
ies of jurisdictional disputes be
tween various crafts, represented
Operation of the refinery is sched
uled to begin in July.
Standard Oil Co. itself is in no
way involved in the disputes, a
company spokesman said. It is a
“beef” between the prime con
tractor, the Ralp; M. Parsons Co.,
and the subcontractors, he said.
Standard, of course, will ulti
mately be hurt by any work stop
PHfe O pro,
vent completion of the refinery
it! time to meet its operation
Schedule, the spokesman added.
1 he firs' in a series of d .putes
began .Monday when pipefitters
objected to work being done by
boilermakers on tanks being- in
s tailed by the I’ittsburgh-Dcs
.Moines Steel Co. This, however,
was a minor disturbance and was
settled without a walk-out. It was
resolved Monday afternoon by
halting the disputed work.
A dispute between sheet metal
workers and carpenters working
ior Locher Construction Co. re
portedly arose over the installa
tion of shelving and storage bins.
A picket line was established ear
ly Tuesday.
A spokesman said sheetmetal
workers are insisting that the
shelving he taken apart and reas
sembled although Locher has ot
tered to pay the sheetmetal work
ers for any time lost, due to the
carpenters assisting with the in
stallation. Work claimed b,\ both
unions has been halted,
(< 'ohtinueu on rage 12)
■ eacfiers Sudden Death
Shock to Kasitof Area
runerai st rvices for Webstei
Dickson Griffing, 52. teacher at
Tustumena School, were conduct
ed at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Kasil
of Community Church. He died
Friday morning after suffering
an apparent heart attack.
“Dick” Griffing, as he was best
known to his Kenai Peninsula
friends, was president-elect of the
Kenai Peninsula Teachers Assoc.,
an area-wide organization. He
had taught at Tustumena School
since he and his family came to
Alaska from Beaumont, Texas
four-years ago.
Griffing was a veteran of U- S.
Array service of World War II.
He. was a member of the Presby
teria'n Church, the kasilof Boost
ers Club and the Cohoe Club.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Raymond Mainwaring of the Ka
silof Community Church and Rev.
John J. Shaffer, pastor of the
various churches in the Kenai
Methodist Parish.
Survivors in his immediate
family include his widow, Mildred,
who is also a teacher at Tustu
mena School, and their daughter
Christine, who is in the eighth
grade.
Burial arrangements were in
■barge of the Copper Delta Mor
tuary of Soldotna and interment
was in the Kasilof Cemetery.
CONGRATULATIONS
★ ★ ★
Kenai's Union Oil Service Station
has been reopened by
George Navarre under the name of
Terminal Garage
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Soldotna-Kenai