News From Moose Pass ...
BAZAAR IS SUCCESS
The second annual community
bazaar and fun night held at the
Moose Pass community hall on
May 4 turned out to be a greater
financial success than anyone an
ticipated. In 1962, $500 was clear
ed from a similar event. The 1963
enterprise, under leadership of
Mrs. Harvey Ainsworth as gen
eral chairman, realized $600.
Approximately $535 was turn
ed over to the maintenance fund
of the community hall, and the
remainder will be held as a nu
cleus for the 1964 bazaar.
SPORTSMEN S CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers for 1963-64 were elect
ed by the Moose Pass Sportsmen’s
Club on May-7 at a meeting held
in the Moose Pass community
hall.
Clyde G. Smith was elected pre
sident; Glenn Miller, vice presi
dent; Mrs. R. G. Woods, secre
tary-treasurer, and e x ec u tive
board members: Delbert L. Wolfe,
chairman; Mrs. Glenn Miller and
Harvey Ainsworth.
Mrs) Ainsworth was appointed
chairman of the membership com
mittee and is to select her own
committee members to conduct a
membership campaign for the
club. -
MAKES GOOD SHOW
AT TRACK MEET
Moose Pass elementary school
pupils were taken to the track
meet at Kenai on Saturday, May
11, in cars driven by Ricel Keith,
Mrs. William Mason and Mrs.
Jerry Bair.
The Moose Pass school placed
third rn the track meet but won
so many first places in various
events that teachers, students and
parents are proud. Four contest
ants took first or second places
in six separate events. Winners
and their events were:
Jerry Barnes—first in discus,
first in 110 hurdles, first in 880
relay and second in high jump.
Jerry is the nephew of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde G. Smith.
Stephen Pelch, first in 880 re
lay, second in 220 dash. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Pelch.
Dan Bair, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Bair, placed first in 880 re
lay and second in 440 dash.
Rockwell Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde G. Smith, first in 880
relay.
END-OF-YEAR PICNIC
INCLUDES BALL GAME
The Methodist Church Sunday
School and Youth Fellowship
Groups at Moose Pass held an end
of-.vear picnic at the Crescent
Creek campgrounds in the Quartz
Creek recreation area Sunday af
ternoon, May 12.
Thirty-eight persons were pre
sent to enjoy a ball game follow
ed by a potluck supper and then
by more ball. Those attending
were:
Rev. and Mrs. Ben Laird, Ger
aud, Tim, Peter and Ruth; Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Baldwin, Ronnie
and Loralee; Mr. and Mrs. Had
ley Roberts, Fred, Carol and
Bruce; Mrs. Jerry Bair, Dan, Ann
and Kathie; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wolfe, Wanda, Robert, Jr., and
Linda; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Miller
and Marcia; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Wolfe and Matthew; Mrs. William
Merritt, Sally and Leslie; Mrs. Ed
Donaldson, Russell and Sidney
Kerman, Sandra Johnson, Floyd
Wolfe and Robert Shane.
Sunday School and MYF ses
sions will recess for the summer
to resume in September following
the opening of school. Church
services will continue to he held
at 7:30 p.m. each Sunday evening.
moose pass teachers
TO RETURN NEXT YEAR
The school year closed at Moose
Pass with the delivery of report
cards Friday, May 17, at 9 a.m.
The same teachers will return
Sept. 3 to open school: Ricel
Keith, as principal and teacher of
the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades; Mrs. Ricel Keith as inter
mediate teacher, and Mrs. Thel
ma Clark, primary teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith and child
ren, Beckie, and Ricel, Jr., plan a
short trip to Oklahoma to see
Mrs. Keith’s mother who is in ill
health.
Mrs. Clark returned to the
school room on May 6 after a trip
to Idaho because of the death of
her mother. Mrs. W. J. Merritt
and Mrs. J. L. Bair substituted
during her absence. ,
HAVE DINNER OUT
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Reed and
Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, all
of Moose Pass, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Reed, Anchorage, observed
Mother’s Day by having dinner
at Riverside House in Soldotna.
Mr. and Mrs. Ricel Keith and chil
dren went to Seward for Mother’s
Day dinner. All the women report
ed it was a treat to eat someone
else’s cooking.
BACK FROM HOSPITAL
George Lindsey is back from
the veteran’s hospital in Anchor
age and is looking and feeling
much better. George is not fully
recovered but he reports he is cer
tainly improved.
STUDY FIRST AID
Seventeen persons at Moose
Pass completed the accelerated
Standard First Aid course Mon
day evening, May 13. This was the
last of five meetings held at the
community hall under the leader
ship of William Mason and Mrs.
Glenn Miller.
Those completing the course
were: Charles O’Leary, Hadley
Roberts, Ronnie Jackson, Floyd
Wolfe, Roy Woods, Ray De
France, Jerry Bair and Wayne
Simonds all of the Forest Service.
From the community there were
nine: Jeff Estes, Mrs. C. G. Smith,
Mrs. Robert Cordova, Marie O’
Leary, Richard Ballou, Frank
Estes, Jimmy Clark, Marcia Mil
ler and Mrs. Ed Estes.
RETURN TO AREA
Two young men who grew up
the community were back this
week greeting friends and rela
tives and getting ready for the
1963 fishing season. They are
Kent Saxton of Sacramento, Calif,
and Frank Sanders of Falls
Church, Va. Both men are now
married and each has a little girl.
Frank’s daughter is the youngest
—April Lynn born this past April
SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
The most popular attraction at
the recent Moose Pass Communi
ty Bazaar seems to have been the
jewelry project undertaken by
Mrs. Harvey Ainsworth, Mrs.
Merle Reed, Mrs. William Mason,
Mrs. Wayne Simonds and Mrs.
Robert Woods. The women used
Alaska jade and crystallized mar
Watch Bill Kummert’s attempt at
the World’s Bowling Marathon
Record from the comfort of the
TROPHY ROOM
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DOORS OPEN 8 A.M., THURS., MAY 30
AT THE
Kenai Bowl
Kenai Central High School
Graduates 34 Seniors,
Many Are Given Awards
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
The graduation ceremony was
held at Kenai Central High
School on May 15 at 8 p.m. In the
class of 1963, a total of 34 Sen
iors graduated.
The ceremony began with the
processional march, “Pomp and
Circumstance” played by the
KCHS band led by Dan Ballard.
Then the invocation was given by
Billy Joe Mize, evangelist for the
East Kenai Church of Christ.
National Honor Society student,
Michael Tauriainen, was the salu
tatorian. Mike’s address was given
in a straightforward manner and
pointed out some good ideas for
the graduates to follow.
Then the high school chorus di
rected by Mrs. Jessie Munson
sang “Climb Every Mountain.”
The valedictory address was
then presented by valedictorian
and class president Larry Jordan.
The main address was given by
Don Fridley, assistant superinten
dent of the Anchorage Independ
ent School District. Fridley had
no particular theme and his
speech was not long but it was
particularly meaningful to all the
proud graduates.
The chorus than sang the class
song, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
The class presentation was
bles to make bolo ties, tie tacs,
pendants and ear rings and were
so successful that they will clear
about $300 for the Moose Pass
Homemakers contribution to the
Community Bazaar.
TO BE FIRST GRADERS
On Friday, May 10, five chil
dren . who will enter the first
grade of the Moose Pass School
next fall spent the day as guests
of the Primary Gredes room and
their teacher, Mrs. Thelma Clark.
Those who were introduced to the
school routine were Karen Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Moore, Billy Seamans, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Seaman's, Linda Es
tes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Estes, Lori Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith and Bob
by Cordova, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cordova.
made by J. V. Phillips, KCHS
principal.
Mrs. Glenn Kipp, School Board
clerk, presented the diplomas.
The gym wa3 brightly lighted by
popping flash bulbs as the gradu
ates accepted their diplomas and
transferred their tassels.
The awards were presented by
Conrad H. Potter, superintendent
of Kenai Schools. •
The 4-year General Motors
scholarship was presented to Mi
chael Tauriainen.
James C. Hayes received the
$300 Sears and Roebuck grant.
James Vollintine received the
State Room Scholarship for two
years at $320 and the $600 Alas
ka Native Scholarship.
Ben Blastus Obolla, a transfer*
member from Nairobi, Kenya, re
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RETURN TO OHIO
SOLDOTNA — Wellington and
Lois Wilson left Soldotna Satur
day to return to their former
home at Montpelier, Ohio. They
had been in Alaska since August
last year where they made the
trip up the highway in.one of the
new school buses. Wilson was em
ployed here as a school bus driver
and Mrs. Wilson was instructor
of the sixth grade in the Soldotna
School system this past term.
Their plans when they left the
state this weekend did not in
clude returning to Alaska nex:
fall.
ceived an Alaska Methodist Un
iversity Scholarship of $425 and
a work scholarship for $500.
The Benediction was given by
Rev. Mr. Fred Crozier, pastor of
the Kenai Bible Church.
The recessional was then played
by the band and the graduates
formed a line to receive their
well-deserved congratulations.
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MEMORIAL DAY
BARBECUE
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THE OCCASION —
Opening of Little League Baseball Season
MAIN EVENT
DOUBLE HEADER
BASEBALL STARTING 1 p.m.
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