The Kenai Peninsula
HISTORICAL MUSEUM & LIBRARY
BOX 205
THIRD YEAR
MARCH 8, 1963
PRICE 10 CENTS
NUMBER 1-2
On a recent visit to Wildwood Station, Navy Captain Frank G. Reynolds, Chief Defense Communica
tion Control Center, Alaska, presented a plaque to the Defense Communication System Station, Wild
wood Station. Accepting the plaque, emblematic of Wildwood Station’s membership in the Defense
Communication System, was Captain Lowell R. Payne, Officer in Charge. Shown here, left to right,
are CWO William Schlick, Officer in Charge of Traffic Branch; Major Richard D. Allen,'Post Com
mander, Wildwood Station; Captain Frank G. Reynolds, Chief Defense Communication Control Cen
ter, Alaska, and Captain LoweM R. Payne, Officer in Charge, Defense Communication System Sta
tion, Wildwood Station.
Memorial Services
For Monty Coleman
Set Saturday in Kenai
I. M. (Isadore Monty) Coleman,
48, facility chief at the Federal
Aviation Agency Station in Kenai
and well known civic leader, died
early Wednesday morning in Se
attle, where he had gone last
Tuesday on emergency sick leave.
Memorial services will be held
at the Kenai Methodist Church
3 p.'m. Saturday. Funeral rites
and interment will be in Great
Falls, Mont., early next week, de
finite date as yet undecided.
The family is requesting that
donations to the Heart Fund
would be preferred rather than
floral offerings. Mrs. H. C. “Ca
sey'’ Jones, Box 209, is Kenai
chairman of the Heart Fund.
A telephone call from Cole
man’s doctor at 4:30 a.m. Wed
nesday notified Mrs. Coleman,
who had remained in Kenai with
two of their three sons, that he
had died in his sleep, apparently
of heart occlusion. His death
came as a shock to the entire
The Weather
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KENAI
35 18 None
38 11 None
26 17 -10
Snow
35 26 None
39 31 .64
40 30 • .56
41 32 .09
SOLDOTNA
44 13 None
43 8 None
41 8 None
31 13 .07
35 28 .14
39 25 .46
41 31 .44
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ar*ea as he had worked diligently
at his job and in his many civic
duties up to time of his departure
for Seattle.
Coleman had been with Federal
Aviation Agency since 1&40 and
in Kenai since June of 1955. Pri
or service with FAA had included
stations at Sitka, Juneau, Gusta
vus, Woody Island off Kodiak,
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Oral Polio
Vaccines
Set Sunday
Type II of the oral polio im
munization will be given this Sun
day, March 10, in clinics to be
held at the Kenai Community Li
brary and at the Soldotna School.
Hours will be from 12 Noon to 8
p.m.
A similar clinic is scheduled at
the Ninilchik School on Tuesday,
March 12, also from Noon to 8
p.m., according to Miss Jeannine
Lyerly, publich health nurse.
The first of a series of three
oral polio vaccines was administ
ered in the same areas about a
month ago and the third is set for
April 21.
"Anyone who may have missed
getting the first dose may still
get the entire series by beginning
now with Type IT,” the health
nurse said. A make-up will be
given for the Type I in May. The
Type III will be given on April
21
All three types of the vaccine
are necessary for complete pro
tection against polio.
Episcopal
Clergymen
To Visit Area
Two Episcopal priests, the Rev.
Randall P. Mendelsohn and the
Rev. Alexander C. Zebriskie, will
be visiting in the Kenai-Soldotna
region next week. Father Mendel
sohn is priest in charge of St.
Peter’s Church in Seward while
Father Zabriskie is from St.
Mary’s Church in Anchorage.
The two ministers will be mak
ing a survey of the number of
Episcopal communicants who live
and work in the area. During
their stay they will try to contact
as many Episcopalians as pos
sible.
Reverend Mendelsohn and Rev
erend Zabriskie will arrive in Ke
nai on Sunday, March 10, and
may be contacted there at the
Spur Motel.
Ninilehik School
Has Science Fair
The Ninilehik School held a Sci
ence Fair on March 6 in one of
the new temporary classroom un
its just completed by the State
Department of Education.
Pupils of the school prepared
the demonstrations and exhibits.
Demonstrations and explanations
were made before the judges in
the afternoon and the exhibit was
open to the public from 7 to 9
p.m.
The Fair was presented under
direction of the science instruct
or, S. Glenn Erickson. Refresh
ments were served by the Ninil
ehik Parent-Teacher Assoc.
A more complete report of the
Science Fail-, its exhibits and the
decision of the judges is expect
ed to be available for next week's
issue of the Cheechako News.
State Land Head to Discuss
Homesteaders Problems
Roscoe E. Bell, director of the
State of Alaska Division of Lands
at Anchorage, will address a Pe
ninsula-wide meeting of the Al
aska Entrymen’s Rights Assoc,
next Friday, March 15, at 7 :•'}() p.
m. in the Soldotna Community
Hall.
All homesteaders and other
persons interested in homestead
ers’ problems are urged to hear
Bell's talk. He is expected to ex
plain the recent regulations which
have resulted in the cancellation
of many homestead entries.
Bell will remain on the Kenai
Peninsula overnight and will be
the featured speaker at the noon
luncheon of the Greater Soldotna
Area Chamber of Commerce on
Saturday, March 1C, at Parkers in
Ridgeway.
At the last AERA meeting on
Feb. 2‘!, steps were taken to de
termine how may homesteaders
were having trouble receiving pa
tents to their lands and it was
reported that over 100 home
steads on the Kenai Peninsula
were being closed out for many
and varied reasons.
Gene Smith of Cohoe, president
of Alaska Entrymen’s Rights
Assoc., and Leo Oberts, Kenai,
were appointed as a committee of
two to confer with land officials
to find out what procedure or ave
nue of regress homesteaders
might follow to retain their pro
perty.
Bell was informed there is
much misunderstanding on the
state’s position on top filing on
unpatented land in this area and
Bell requested that he be asked
to speak at a Peninsula-wide
meeting to explain the situation
and offer suggestions. His coming
visit is the outcome of the con
ference.
While in Anchorage, Smith a -
son conferred with Roger it. R< -
•binson. state director of the Bu -
can of Land Management. Rob r -
son urged all homesteaders wh >
have received a notice of rejec
tion on their homesteads to c-om-i
to the Anchorage BLM off .*
with their problems.
Robinson stated in many cas'-s
the misunderstanding surround
ing the submission of final proc>
could be cleared up and a clea •
patent granted. Robinson ui <• l
this be done before the 30-da *
grace period was over.
The Alask ■ Entrymen’s Rights
Assoc., which was organized t-»
aid the homesteader- and to o’ -
tain needed legislation in the:.
behalf, regularly meets on the
second Monday in each month.
The March 15 meeting is a
special meeting called to help
solve this most pertinent problem
now besotting many homesteadei
under new regulations and state
selection of lands. The meeting is
open to the public and a large
attendance is expected.
BREAKS ARM
NORTH KENAI — Marjorie
McGahan, 10-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ken McGahan,
will have to wear a cast on her
right arm for at least four weeks
as a result of a sliding accident
in which she broke both bones
just above the wrist. Marjorie
and several playmates were slid
ing clown the snow covered hills
near her home on a homemade
sled March 3 when it struck a
protruding root, throwing Mar
jorie off then striking her arm
with enough force to break it.
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