Nikki Von Bargen, Jo Codes, *“V-V” Cardwell. Grace Nall and
Betty Waite (from left to right) are elated over winning the
championship in the “B" Division at the Alaska State Women’s
Bowling Tournament in Juneau. Lou's Market. Soldotna, spiyisor
ed the team.
Leading Bowlers Named
In Budweiser Tournament
Results of last week s bowling'
in the Budweiser Tournament now
underway at the Sky Bowl in Sol
dotna have been announced by
Norm Mapes. owner-manager of
the bowling establishment.
Mapes, former manager of the
Kenai Bowl in Kenai, purchased
the Sky Bowl from Burton Carver
of Soldotna on April 1 and is
planning a special opening event
under new management on April
28.
The Budweiser Tournament,
now offered for the fourth year,
is scheduled for two weekends.
The last squad in tournament
competition will bowl at 10 p.m.
this Sunday, April 21. Prizes are
given by the Budweiser Co. to
high game and high series with
handicap winners in each squad.
Last weekend’s winners were
John McFarland, Ray Lafrenere,
Mai Cole, Lyle Van Bargen, Alf
Slaaten, Bill Stock, Norm Mapes,
Norb Kaiser, Ted Gaines, Tom
my Thompson, Jack Davis, Doyle
Jowers and Harry Mann.
There were 27 entries in doubles
and 54 entries in singles events.
High score winners were Slaa
ten with 662 pins, Jowers with
659, Walt Myrick with 659, Mapes
with 657 and Harry Mann with
656.
In doubles, Ted Gaines and
Hugh Bledsoe rolled a 1360. The
King Crab Event
Draws Soldotnans
Of Yukon Island
Cordova Airlines will have a
charter flight, sponsored by the
Greater Soldotna Chamber of
Commerce Progress Days Com
mittee, on May 4 to Kodiak for
convenience of persons wishing to
attend Kodiak’s King Crab Festi
val. The charter plane will re
turn to the Soldotna Airport on
Sunday, May 5.
There are only a few reserva
tions left. Those wishing to be in
cluded in the group are asked to
cal] 262-4433 or 262-4537 for ad
ditional information.
“Read—the Fifth Freedom _
Enjoy it’’ is the slogan for Na
tional Library Week, April 21-27.
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high for Alaska in the recent
State Bowling Tournament was
1 Also in doubles, Jim Stiva
son and Mapes bowled a 1268
series while Lafrenere and
Thompson rolled 1245.
Lyle Van Bargen won all events
scratch with a score of 1748 and
also won the all events with han
dicap with 18G8.
High team of the tournament
events last weekend was Kenai
Bowl with a series of 8001. Sky
Bowl was in second place with
2979 pins.
Another high score that was
accorded special interest last
week was a 250 scratch game
rolled by Bill Stock. Jr. Young
Stock’s score will go down in the
American Junior Bowling Con
gress book and he will be the re
cipient of an AJBC badge.
Local Youths
Named to AMU
All-Star Team
Two Kenai students now at
tending Alaska Methodist Uni
versity at Anchor,age have been
issued certificates designating
their selection as members of the
basketball All-Star team at AMU
following recent intramural
events.
They-are Don Day. a freshman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. “Cap”
Day, and Doug Jones, son of Mrs.
Helen Jones Stetzer. all of Kenai.
Doug Jones, a sophomore, was
high point man in the intramural
competition. Don Day had second
highest points.
Both players also received cer
tificates for being members of the
“Five Fifths” basketball team,
which won the championship in
the intramural competition. Their
team also won the championship
in touch football last fall. Day
and Jones formerly attended Ke
nai Central High School.
Day returned to Anchorage
Sunday evening after having
spent the Easter holiday in Kenai
with his parents. While attending
KCHS, he was never a member of
the team.
Renamed to Board
At Moose Pass
Norman Johnson was reelected
for a three-year term as a mem
ber of the Moose Pass Advisory
School Board in an election held
•Monday -evening, April 8, at the
.Moose Pass, School.
William B. Mason was reelect
ed chairman of the Board. The
remaining member of the three
member body is Mrs. William T.
Merritt.
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Soldotna Women Bowlers
Do Well in State Event
So.ldotna howlers, representing
Lou’s Market, placed first in the
B division at the recent Alaska
Women’s State Bowling Tourna
ment held in Juneau. The team
rolled a 2330 score. Team mem
bers were Grace Nall, Genevieve
Cardwell, Betty Waite, Nikki Von
Bargen and Jo Godes.
Ninilchik Plans
Razor Clam Feed,
First of Season
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Ninilchik
Methodist Church is planning
their Annual Clam Feed on Fri
day, April 26. The public is cor
dially invited to this dinner which
will be served from 5 till 8 p.m.
in the basement of the Church.
This outstanding seafood dinner
will feature fried razor clams
from the local beach, fresh green
salad, scalloped potatoes, home
made,rolls and butter, coffee and
fresh pjes. baked by the ladies of
the church. A, $2.00 donation will
be,,.accepted for the dinner and
$1.00 for a child’s portion.
Proceeds, of the dinner will be
used to.repQvate. the, church base
nigpt, after.the disastrous flood
ing, it suffered unexpectedly this
year, and to improve the kitchen
facilities.
The men of the church will be
digging clams on Thursday and
Friday of next week and anyone
interested in learning how to
clean razor clams is invited to the
church during the afternoons.
During the dinner Mrs. Elmer
Banta will be happy to have any
one watch her fry them to a gold
en brown gnd tender enough to
cut witly a for k.
Seventy guests were served
last year and preparations are
being made to take care of twice
that number this year. Big minus
tides are coming up in Ninilchik
n^xt week. Any, out of town clam
diggers are especially invited to
enjoy this dinner prepared by the
Ninilchik, WSCS.
High Times
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
The first annual Spring Concert
given by the Kenai Central High
School band and chorus last
Thursday went off real well and
there was a good-sized crowd.
The band and chorus leave next
Thursday, April 25, for the Music
Festival in Anchorage. They will
stay two days and come back on
Saturday night. Only one school
bus will be taken so any adults
offering to drive cars will be wel
comed.
On Good Friday, approximately
25 KCHS students were dismissed
to attend religious services in
various churches in the area.
The Kenai Players received the
Chess Club pins Tuesday, feathers
in the caps of the deserving stu
dents.
KCHS students registered for
the coming school year last Wed
nesday. Some of the new courses
to be offered are: French I, Busi
ness Law. Sociology, Earth Sci
ence, and Latin I.
Students of KCHS are shaking
in their mukluks again for Friday
was “poor work slip day.” Any
student who was doing unsatis
factory work had a notice sent '
home to his parents. r
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Another team, sponsored by the
Soldotna Store, placed third in
the H Division, with team mem
bers being; Carol Solheim, Connie
Monday, Bea Sut bard, Helen
Moore and Janet Teague.
The 150 bowlers from Soldotna
made the trip by charter plane,
returning: Sunday night, April 7.
Complete results of the tourn
ament have not been received by
the local group although it is
understood that many of the
bowlers placed high in scores in
both singles and doubles events.
There were 57 teams participat
ing in the B Division and 4(1 in
the A Division.
Kenai’s bid to host the next
state tournament, as presented by
Lee (Mrs. Walt) Myrick, was re
jected and Fairbanks won the
tournament bid for the next state
competition.
Pass Peninsula
Homestead Bills
Two bills applying to Kenai
Peninsula homestead matters
have passed the U.S. House of
Representatives and have been re
ported favorably by the Senate
Interior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee.
II.B. 221*1 would direct the Sec
retary of the Interior to reinstate
and process the homestead appli
cation of Lewis S. Cass, Ninilchik,
whose entry had been allowed by
the acting manager of the An
chorage Land Office. Two years
later and after Cass had made
improvements on the land, he was
informed the land was not eligible
for homesteading and had been
withdrawn for entry before his
settlement.
Also cleared for floor action in
the Senate was S.1594 to validate
the homestead entry of Leo F.
Reeves. It passed the Senate last
year but did not reach final pass
age in the House. The Reeves’
homestead is in the Soldotna area.
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Now Qpoff
at the SKY BOWL
• FOUNTAIN LUNCH • DINNER • SNACKS
from. 10 a.m. till closing
• f%r
Sat and Sun. are last two days of
Bl’DWEISER TOURNAMENT
(Come in and see some good bowling)
MEN’S TRIO HANDICAP
ORGANIZATION MEETING APRIL 25
8 p.m. AT THE SKY BOWL
(Free Coffee at this meeting
SKt BOWL
SOLDOTNA
262-4494
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