I Last Rites Conducted at Kenai
ifor Another^ Peninsula
Funerar services for Denny
<C Sterns, long-time Kenai Penfnsu
la homesteader and stone mason,
f wWre held recently at the Ke
riai Bible Chapel. Interment was
in the cemetery at Kenai.
Sterns, in his 80’s, was born in
-Ireland but was an Alaskan by
choice. He came to Alaska with a
'government survey crew in 1927
t. ahd later retorned to homestead
north of Kenai. An expert stone
mason. Sterns took pride in build
ing the most beautiful fireplaces,
walls and walks on -the Peninsula,
using native rocks which he
searched for, split and finished
himself. The Alaska Sportsman
magazine featured Sterns’ life
and work in-an article a few years
ago.
The past few months, Sterns
Social Security
Conferences Set
In Kenai Monday
Burt Paulsen, Social Security
representative, will visit Kenai
Monday, May 20. Anyone having
a problem or a question about the
old-age, survivors or disability
program, is invited to see Paul
sen. He will be at the City Clerk’s
office from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
that date.
Self-employed persons who
have been reporting their earn
ings for Social Security would do
well to ask for a statement of
their official records, Paulsen ad
vised.
A self-employed person must
report his earnings for Social Se
curity if he nets $400 or more in
a taxable year. For this, he will
receive credit for four quarters of
coverage.
Post card forms to be used in
obtaining a statement of the
earnings credited to an individu
al’s Social Security account are
available from Paulsen, or the Al
aska State Employment Service
office.
had been making his homfe with
the Bob Schmidt family on Kali
fonsky Beach Road out of Soldot
na until their home burned on
March 26. Suffering from cancer
and the exposure and shock re
sulting from the fire, from
which he escaped scantily clad af
ter a futile attempt to rescue his
pet dog, he was taken to the Sew
ard General Hospital and later
transferred to an Anehorage hos
pital where he died.
Sterns lived most of his adult
life in Michigan. His wife died
many years ago and as far as
could be learned by his Alaskan
friends he had no known relatives.
He is said to have mentioned a
brother, but the address or infor
mation as to whether or not the
brother is living, could not be
learned.
Services at Kenai for the gen
tle old man, who had done so much
to create beauty in the land he
loved, were attended by friends of
many years standing and were
conducted by Rev. James Rose.
Mrs. Fred Crozier was organist
and Mrs. Schmidt was vocalist.
Pallbearers were Bob Schmidt,
Waldo Coyle, Chester Cone, Henry
Trusty, “Bud" Lofstedt and Earl
Linerud.
Others who would like to show
their respect and to assist in pay
ing his burial expenses are asked
to contact the Kenai Bible Chapel.
NEWCOMERS FROM TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bruce Lock
hart of Liberty, Texas, and their
three pre-school age children and
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vanya and
four children, Batson, Texas, are
newcomers to the Kenai-Soldotna
area. Vanya is Mrs. Lockhart’s
brother. The two men are cousins
of George Wiggins, Santa Fe
Drilling Co. driller, who moved to
Alaska from Liberty, Texas about
a year ago. Lockhart and Vanya
expect to be employed by San
te Fe as driller’s helpers this
summer.
Classes
Terminate
The adult education program,
sponsored by the University of
Alaska and the Kenai City School
District, ended Thursday, May 9,
after a successful winter semes
ter, acording to Clayton Brock
el, director.
Plans are already underway to
continue the program in the fall
and winter of lfHW-64: At least
five courses will be offered in the
university program and the non
credit interest classes.
’ Registration is planned for the
first part of September at Kenai
Central High School. Potential
students are urged to plan their
fall schedules accordingly.
Advanced publicity on starting
dates and course offerings will be
presented through local news
channels during the summer,
Brockel said.
Correction!
An error, listing the outstand- t
ing student in the Junior Class '
as Beverly Jordan instead of Bev
erly Zehrung, was inadvertently
made in the May 10 issue of the
( heechako News. The error ap
pea red in the next to the last
paragraph on page 10 in a news
article headed “KCHS Awards »
Assembly Honors Many Stu
dents.”
It was Miss Zehrung, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cart Zehrung,
who received the award for being
the most outstanding student in
the Junior Class.
TO HAVE SILVER TEA
SOLDOTNA — The Soldotna
Homemakers ‘‘Silver Tea” will be
held Saturday, May IS, at the
home of Mrs. M. L. Grange on
Aspen Way. All newcomers to the
area and others interested in ac
tivities of the club are invited to
attend. The tea will be from 2 p.
m. to 4 p.m.
Peninsula Man
Gets Cadet Honors
HOMER — Cadet S/Sgt. Tim
othy Middleton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Middleton of Homer,
was one of 16 outstanding ROTC
(Reserve Officers Training
Corps) cadets at the University of
Alaska honored May 4 in a spec
ial awards ceremony held at the
university as a portion of the
Third Annual Governor’s Day
Program.
Gor. William A. Egan; Dr. Wil
liam R. Wood, president of the
University, and a number Of mili
tary and civilian dignitaries were
among those presenting awards.
Cadet S/Sgt. Middleton was one
of four cadets to receive a Super
ior Cadets Award. Middleton was
the only eadet from the Kenai Pe
ninsula to receive honors in the
special ceremony.
Mrs. Jack Rumley is the newly
elected president of the Home
makers Club in Sterling.
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