Presentation of the most valuable player award
to PFC Walter Ward (center) and the sportsman
ship trophy to SFC Eugene Stough, Wildwood
Post basketball non-commissioned officer in
charge (pictured here on the left) was recently
made. Major Richard D. Allen, post commander,
is shown here congratulating the two men. The
trophies were won in the recently concluded El
mendorf Tournament.
Wildwood Player Leads
Post Team to Victory
In Elmendorf Tournament
Those who follow the Kenai
City Basketball league, probably
know that Wildwood Station is
blessed with possibly the finest
basketball player in Alaska—Pri
vate First Class Walter Ward.
This sterling athlete is a well
proportioned, 6-5, 24-year-old who
is a virtual one-man scoring ma
chine for the Wildwood Station
Post Basketball team. In the re
cently concluded Elmendorf Tour
nament he unanimously won MVP
honors and triggered the tour
ney’s biggest upset—a 58-57 jolt
ing of nnilti-talented Fort Wain
wright.
In his movements Ward re
sembles Bill Russell. He has an
unstoppable jump shot, is murder
on the boards and gives the im
pression that he’s able to score
at will. Ward played his college
ball at Hampton University in
Virginia, where he was graduated
wdth a B.S. in physical education.
Ward’s scoring antics are re
markable, yet he is every bit a
team player. His teammates know
he is not out for glory and, as a
result, feed him whenever possi
ble. In the tourney he had scor
ing sprees of 29, 24, 41 and 37
SPEECH CONTESTS BEGIN
SOLDOTNA — Speech contests
of the Redoubt Toastmistress
Club will begin at the Jan. 23
meeting set for 8 p.m. at River
side House. Five speakers will be
notified of their selection 48
hours prior to the meeting and
will each be given a choice of
three topics. A special meeting on
the state level is planned for Sat
urday, Jan. 26, when the local
club will host visiting Toastmis
tresses.
The total of 18,648 acres de
voted to crops in Alaska in 1962
included 3,300 acres in grain,
6,600 acres in hay, 7,900 in silage
and 884 in vegetables.
points for a 131 total and a 32.8
average.
An even more interesting sta
tistic found him scoring 131 of
his team’s 262 points—or exactly
one-half. In the classic Wain
wright upset—and they still must
be talking about that one in Fair
banks—he accounted for 41 of 58
Wildwood points, a sizzling 71
per cent.
The Wildwood team, coached by
Walter W’ard, was voted the
sportsmanship trophy for the
tourney, and it was well-deserv
ed.
1963 License Tags
On Sale Feb. 15
New 1963 vehicle license plates
and tabs will not be on sale until
Feb. 15, it was announced this
week by Marge (Mrs. Frank)
Mullen in response to the many
inquiries she has received. Mrs.
Mullen handles sale of vehicle li
censes in the Soldotna area from
her office in Soldotna Laundry.
The Alaska State Department
of Revenue wants vehicle owners
to know that since the law was
changed last year, license plates
now expire on May 31, she said.
One-half year rates on plates
are in effect at present for 1962
license plates and tabs, which
will still be valid up to and in
cluding the last day in May.
Kenai Chamber to Begin
Dog Race Fund Raising
The Kenai Chamber of Com
merce will function as the finan
cial committee for Keiiai’s parti
cipation in second annual Alaska
State Championship Sled Dog
Knees being jointly sponsored by
Soldotna and Kenai and scheduled
to be run on alternate days be
tween the two towns on March
2-3.
James E. Fisher, newly elected
president of the Kenai Chamber,
says Chester Cone has accepted
chairmanship of the temporary
finance committee appointed to
raise Kenai’s half of the $2,200
purse to be offered winning dog
m ushers.
Cone will oe assisted by other
committee members, Mr. and Mrs.
Monty Coleman, Ray Hartlieb,
John Hulien and J. R. Lietzke. A
concerted drive for funds will be
conducted within the next few
days. A joint meeting will be held
with representatives of the Sol
dotna committee to finalize plans.
Coleman will remain as chairman
of the committee making arrange
ments for the races and planning
the program of entertainment.
Fisher, at Wednesday’s Cham
ber meeting, announced that
standing committees for 1963
will be: Airport, Marine Facili
ties, Highway, Retail Commerce,
Industrial Development, Tourism,
Liaison, Publicity Committees.
Invitation for volunteers to serve
on these respective committees
has been extended and Fisher
hopes to have vacancies filled and
ready for announcement by next
week’s meeting. Each committee
will then report on a weekly bas
is at the Chamber sessions.
Allan L. Petersen, a member
of the Tourism Advisory Board
for the State of Alaska, reported
on a recent meeting held in Fair
banks. Petersen commented that
one travel agency alone is esti
mated to have directed $5 million
worth of travel to Alaska in 1962.
Tickets for the Chamber of
Commerce induction banquet will
be available Monday. The ban
quet will be at 7:30 p.m. on Feb.
2 at the Jet Cafe and will be pre
ceded by a no-host cocktail party,
it was announced. There will be
a guest speaker, a summary of
activities of the Kenai Chamber
to date and the banquet will be
followed by dancing:.
Conrad Potter, Kenai School su
perintendent, said that interest
manifest in the scheduled com
munity college courses to be of
fered evening's at Kenai High
School is quite satisfactory and
that the inventory survey to date
shows interest ranging from sew
ing to mathematics. One vein of
interest, spontaneously suggested
in blanks on the survey forms,
is that a community orchestra 01
band be established.
The Chamber president, prior
to closing the meeting, said pos
ter cards for paid-up membership
for 1963 will be available within
a few days and a public announce
ment of business firms and in
dividuals holding membership
will be made soon.
Gives Alaska
A Good Word
Aldo C. Hulien, operator of the
Hulien Drug Store in St. Charles,
Mich., this month became one of
the new subscribers to the Chee
chako News. In a letter accom
panying his subscription check,
Hulien wrote;
“You no doubt have met my
son, John, who is your new phar
macist at the Kenai Pharmacy. I
understand from him that he is
well satisfied with your coun
try up theiy?, and I am hoping
that 1 may find the time to come
up to look you all over sometime.
“One of your subscribers front
Chesaning. which is about nine
miles from here, Frank Mymar
cik, gave me some of your papers
and now I am anxious to receive
it ”
(Frank Mynarcik, incidently, is
a brother of Mrs. Jack Farns
worth of Soldotna anti spent con
siderable time in the Kenai-Sol
dotna area prior to returning t«
Michigan.)
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