> oungest walker participating in the "Bunion Derby" was Mar
tha Ames. 1.1, kenai. Martha refused a ride in the ambulance, driv
en by kenai Fire Chief Charlie Archer, despite her blistered feet
and finished the hike.comin£ in last.
North Kenai Community Club
Progress Plans to be Continued
Modernization of the North Ke
liai Community Club building has
Jbeen progressing steadily and
more improvements were planned
at the regular monthly meeting
held March 5, with Harry Drew,
club president, officiating at the
business meeting.
Stripping of the ceiling and
painting of the interior of the
building is expected to be com
pleted this weekend with a work
party scheduled for Saturday,
March 9. Ken McGahan, Mel
Carlson and Art Tauriainen do
nated the stripping and Roy
V acker the use of the paint
Sprayer. Members and friends
are invited to assist in this re
furbishing preliminary to social
activities scheduled for the St.
Patrick’s Day weekend.
A White Elephant Sale has
been planned for Saturday. March
Ki. to raise funds for mainten
ance of the building. Indoor bath
room facilities were recently in
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stalled and cold weather has re
quired that the building- be heat
ed, resulting in a deficit in club
funds.
On the evening of March 16, a
dance has been scheduled with
chaperones to be Mr. and Mrs.
Ken McGahan and Mr. and Mrs.
Art Tauriainen. Members feel
that installation of indoor facili
ties as well as the well lighted
parking area beside the club
should eliminate many problems
hitherto encountered in chaperon
ing a group of the community’s
young people. Although attend
ance at recent dances has been
mostly teenagers, it is emphasiz
ed that everyone is welcome. The
juke box holds a variety of re
cords suitable to dancing tastes of
teens, pre-teens and post-teens.
Pinochle games have been held
every Thursday evening for sev
eral years with as many as 12 to
15 tables being in play at one
time.
Community efforts have re
sulted in much progress since the
days when the building was just
a shell heated by barrel stoves,
one at each end of the building,
and lighting was provided by a
generator which required much
tinkering. When lights began to
dim, several persons would grab
flashlights and dash to keep it
humming even in below zero
temperatures.
Moose were frequent visitors
and one might be encountered
when a person stepped outdoors.
The floor was rough—if a nail
erupted it was pounded back and
dancing continued. Knot holes
provided ventilation. Windows
were double thicknesses of plastic
sheeting.
A new floor, an addition to en
close kitchen facilities, checkroom
for coats, bathroom facilities —
nearly all provided by donations
of money, material and labor
from members and friends—have
resulted in a building now equip
ped to provide the surrounding
area with a social center.
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High Times
AtKenalHigh
b> Michaelene S. Pendleton
Everywhere you turn in Kenai
Central H iurh School pins are
sprouting. There are band pins,
chorus pins, athletic pins, and
many, many more. The Pep Club
is ordering its pins, the orders are
being taken for KCHS pins, and
the Chess Club is ordering its
pins. Any chess student, pep club
member, or student who wants his
school pin should turn in his
money as soon as possible.
The National Merit Scholar
ship examinations are being giv
en at Kenai High on Saturday,
March 9, at 8:30 a.m. Any Junior
or Senior student wishing to take
the tests should be at the school
then. There is a $1.00 fee which
should be paid before taking the
tests.
The date has been set for the
annual Spanish dinner sponsored
by the Kenai High School Spanish
Club. It will be on Saturday,
March 16, from 6:00 till 8:00 p.
m. in the KCHS gymnasium. The
cost will be $2.00 a plate and
tickets may be bought from Span
ish students before March 12.
No tickets will be sold at the door.
The menu will consist of enchil
adas, tacos, refried beans, Span
ish rice, and coffee or Kool-ade.
PUBLIC HEARING CALLED
KENAI — An Air Commerce
hearing will be held in Kenai on
Wednesday, March 13, and is open
to the public. Hours of'the hear
ing are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
in the Kenai Community Library
rooms. The meeting reportedly
will concern the possible appli
cation for establishment of a
charter aircraft service.
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Then Came Rain!
The weekend’s heavy snow and
its underlayer of previous ice and
snow was practically melted
away by Thursday afternoon
(March 7) and had converted
sideroads and byways into ver
tible lakes threatening to drown
out motors in cars whose drivers
were hardy enough or foolish
enough to tackle them.
A total of 1.1)2 inches of pre
cipitation for the week was re
ported in Kenai up to 2 p.m.,
where official readings are taken
by the Federal Aviation Agency
daily at 2 a.m. The 2 a.m. to 2
p.m. reading on Thursday already
had recorded .52 inch and rain
was still falling. At Soldotna,
Thursday measurement at Soldot
na Airport was .:12 inch bringing
the week’s total to 1.75 inches.
Basements were being flooded,
cess pools were running over,
wells wi re filling with surface
water and many other problems
were confronting area residents
as this week’s Cheechako News
went to press.
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