Budweiser Tournament
Ends with Many Bowlers
Pocketing Cash Awards
The Budweiser bowling tourn
ament, said to have been the larg
est bowling event ever held on
the Kenai Peninsula, ended Sun
day night after two weekends of
top notch competition.
Norm Mapes, bowling establish
ment manager in announcing the
latest winners, said there were
23 team entries, GO doubles en
tries and 120 singles entries. In
addition to local keglers, there
were 20 entries from Seward on
April 20 and 10 from Homer on
April 21.
Saturday and Sunday winners
for high series and high game in
each squad were: Marty Kawalski,
O. B. Eitel and Mac Lohman, all
of Seward; Walt Myrick, Kenai;
Chuck Tachick and Lyle Von Bar
gen, both of Soldotna, and Carl
Nickel and Ed Martin, both of
Homer. Prizes were cases of Bud
weiser beer.
First place team winners of the
Budweiser trophy were the Five
Rays, a make-up team which was
the last shift to bowl Sunday
night. The team rolled a total of
3,139 for $149.50 in prize money.
Team members were Ray Burton,
bowling 604; Ray Lafrenere, 670;
Ray Crandall, 687; Ray Taylor
534, and Ray Gee, 644 with a high
game of 279.
In second place and winner of
$89.70 in prize money was the
team sponsored by the Kenai Bowl
Cafe. Third place was the Kenai
Bowl team, recipient of a cash
prize of $59.80.
Top ranking doubles among the
60 entries in that classification,
their scores and the amount won
were as follows:
Bledsoe and Gaines, 1360, $72,
Soldotna; Richard-Lewis, 1334,
$60, Seward, Lafrenere-Von Bar
gen, 1276, $36, Soldotna; Nickel
Nelson, 1273, $28.80, of Homer;
Eitel-Lohman, 1226, $24, of Hom
f
er; Stivason-Mapes, 1263, $19.20,
Soldotna.
1 he twelve top bowlers among
the 120 singles entries were:
Mapes, Soldotna, 683, $43.20;
Lohman, Seward, 680, $38.40;
Bush, Soldotna, 670, $28.80; Sla
atem, Soldotna, 662, $24.00; My
rick, Kenai, 661, $21.60; Jowers,
Soldotna, 659, $19.20; Mann, Ke
nai, 656, $16.80; Kaiser, Soldot
na, 655, $14.40; Gaines, Soldot
na, 653, $12.00; Frolick, Soldotna;
648, $9.60; Povelaitus, Seward,
644, $7.20, and Kowalski, Seward,
643, $4.80.
In all-events competition, in
which there were 50 entries, win
ners were:
Frank Lewis of Seward, 1873,
for a prize of $50; Lyle Von Bar
gen, Soldotna, $30, and Mac Loh
man, Seward, 1856, $20.
Kowalski of Seward, bowling
a score of 1750, won a case of
Budweiser in all-events scratch.
Chuck Tachick, Soldotna, roll
ing a triplicate series of 191-191
191 also won a case of Budweiser
beer.
This was the fourth year in
which such a tournament has been
sponsored by the Budweiser Brew
ing Company. Many of the scores
bowled in the local event were
nearly as high as were bowled by
the champions in the recent state
tournament.
Theatre Group
To Present Play
The Anchor Point Theatrical
Group will present a comedy,
“Cabin Fever,” in the high school
gymnasium at Homer at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 4. Proceeds from
this showing will be split 50-50
for the museum building fund in
Homer and for a community
building in Anchor Point.
Fishermen Told
Refinery Waste
Won’t Harm Fish
KENAI — Fishermen and of
ficials of the new Standard Oil
(.o. Refinery north of Kenai got
together in Kenai last Friday
night for a discussion concerning
waste products from the refinery
in relation to the fishing indus
try.
D. D. Drowley, refinery manag
er, assured the fishermen that the
waste products would not be
harmful to the fish nor to the
fishing- endeavors.
A discussion was held on CS
for HB 161, the set net fishing
bill passed by the Alaska Legis
lature recently. Kirk Stanley of
the State Land Office in Anchor
age was present to explain some
of the provisions of the bill and
to answer questions in regard to
it.
Several fishermen from Ke
nai and North Kenai joined the
cooperative association as new
members.
New Alaska Film
Makes Its Debut
A new Alaska film, which its
producers predict will be viewed
by at least 15 million people be
fore mid-summer, had its debut
early in April in Washington, D.
C. at a showing to congressional
members and Interior Department
officials hosted by the Alaska
congressional delegation.
The 16 mm. color film entitled
“Come Camping in Alaska” fol
lows Mt. Everest conqueror Sir
Edmund Hillary, his wife and
their three children as they trav
elled last fall through Alaska
with car and trailer.
The film runs 33 minutes and
will be available later this month
for use by interested local organ
izations on a free loan basis
through Association Films, Inc.,
and Modern Talking Picture Ser
vice, Inc. It was produced by
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Seventeen Women Bowlers
Bring Home Cash Awards
Seventeen of the 30 women
bowlers from Soldotna are the
recipients of prize money won at
the Alaska Women’s State Bowl
ing: Tournament held in Juneau
recently.
Shirley Ford, president of the
Kenai River Women’s Bowling
Assoc., which was represented at
the tournament by six teams, fin
ally has received a copy of the
tournament results.
First and foremost, of course,
was the team sponsored by Lou’s
Market, which brought home prize
money and a trophy for placing
first in Class B competition. The
sponsor’s trophy, as soon as it is
properly engraved, will be on dis
play at Lou’s Market.
Members of the team were
Grace Nall, Genevieve Cardwell,
Betty Waite, Nikki Von Bargen
and Jo Godes.
Placing third in the B Division
was the team sponsored by the
Soldotna Store. Team members
were Carol Solheim, Connie Mon
day, Bea Suthard, Helen Moore
and Janet Teague.
In doubles classification, Jay
Jowers and Dottie Martin were in
the money by placing third. Bob
by Tachik and Lottie Edelman
ranked eighth in doubles and al
so received a cash award.
Singles cash winners were Es
ther Humecky, in 16th place; Dot
tie Martin, lkth place, and Vera
Howarth, 24th place.
Helen Sholin got a triplicate
patch for bowling three games of
144 pins each in one series.
Shirley Ford tied for third
place in the 600 tournament.
Sponsors of the six teams re
presented were Sky Bowl, Mar
vene’s Dress Shop, Tachick’s
Freight Lines, Arctic Oil Tools,
Lou’s Market and Soldotna Store.
Little League Baseball
To Begin in Area Soon
Organizational plans for Little
League baseball competition for
boys in the Kenai-Wildwood Sta
tion-Soldotna area are now un
derway.
Heading up the Little League
program are Frank Char and
Gordon Hobbs in the Soldotna
area, Billy Jo Mize in Kenai, and
First Sgt. Lawrence W. Dwyer at
Wildwood Station.
These boosters of the game
hope to have at least a four-team
league, with two teams in Soldot
na, one in Kenai and one at Wild
wood. If enough boys in the 9-13
year bracket show interest, it is
possible—and greatly hoped.—that
more teams may be formed.
Organization is a little late,
Char said, due to the late arrival
of spring and the fact that ball
diamonds have been snow covered
since the heavy snowfall of the
lEaster weekend preventing the
beginning- of practice. Game?
probably will not start until some
time in May.
“We intend to have a league
and want to follow rules and reg
ulations laid out by Little League
Baseball, Inc., so as to gain the
experience and keep up interest
in the area for formation of an of
ficial Little League next yeai-,’'
Sgt. Dwyer said.
Parents are advised that they
also can take an active part in
the Little League and help devel
op the youth of America by en
couraging and supporting the
Little League.
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New Sky Bowl owner Norm Mapes is giving a
BOWLING PARTY
(To celebrate his Mortgage)
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
at the SKY BOWL
in Soldotna
FREE
GIVEN AWAY BY DRAWING
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT
urnwick
★ BOWLING BALLS
★ BOWLING BAGS
★ BOWLING SHOES
MUST BE PRESENT
TO WIN
FREE BOWLING
(ONE GAME PER BOWLER)
OPEN BOWLING ALL DAY
FREE LUNCH
_ 12 noon--2 p.m.
DON’T FORGET!
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SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
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