Sure Cure for Cabin Fever
\\ hen the snow is deep and the
wind is eold, it's time to think
about landscaping. At least that’s
what Harold Pillsbury. horticul
turist with the Extension Service
of the University of Alaska, says.
“There's nothing like a family
session of yard planning to cure
a bad case of cabin fever," Pills
bury says. "And all you need is
Name Selected
For Newly Formed
Eastern Star Club
“Iliamna Eastern Star Club”
lias been selected as a name for
the newly formed organization of
Eastern Star members and regu
lar meeting dates have been
changer! to the second Saturday
night in each month.
Selection of the name and de
cision as to meeting dates took
place on Jan. 5 in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Petersen,
Kenai.
Eighteen members were pre
sent and included Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Nicholas, Mrs. Ann Gamble,
Mrs. R, Q. Hood and Mr. and
Mrs. Petersen, all of Kenai; Mr.
and Mrs. Orin Farr, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Merrell, Mrs. H. G. Ma
hurin. Mrs. Leroy Knab, Mrs.
Olive Gardner, Mrs. Lyle Johns
ton. Mrs. M. L. Grange and Mrs.
Ed Ciechanski, all of Soldotna.
and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lawvere
of Ninilchik.
Mrs. Petersen, newly elected
president of the club, appointed
Herb Merrell and .Jess Nicholas to
find a permanent meeting place
for the club.
The organization, which is op
erating under jurisdiction of the
Grand Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star in the state of
Washington, hopes that within a
year it may obtain status as a
chapter of the Eastern Star in
stead of merely being a club. One
of the first requirements in be
coming a chapter is to have a
permanent meeting place.
The next meeting is set for
8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 and
will be in the home of Mrs. M.
C. Grange. Soldotna. All persons
in the vicinity with Eastern Star
membership elsewhere are invit
ed to affiliate with the group.
a pencil and paper, some Exten
sion Service bulletins and seed
catalogs.”
1 here is a lot of family value
to the home grounds, the horticul
turist says. It’s a place where the
family can live and play togeth
er and enjoy the great out-of
doors.
“(Jet the family together in
some warm place, get some snacks
out of the refrigerator, and de
velop a family-plan for your yard.
The plan will reflect the individu
al tastes and family compromises
that you work out together and
the whole family will be interest
ed in carrying out the plans,”
Pillsbury says.
It lends itself to the develop
ment of other family projects
such as nature study, outdoor
cookery, hobbies, recreation and
gardening. How it develops is up
to the family, but a plan is neces
sary and this is certainly the time
of year for it. In the spring, there
won't be time.
The purpose of the plan is to
determine individual preferences,
estimate costs, establish priorities*
and avoid costly errors.
Many mistakes are made in the
beginning unless consideration is
given to things like drainage,
views and directions. Errors in
the selection of suitable plant ma
terials may be disappointing and
costly in time and labor. Planning
will prevent planting trees too
close together, placing tall grow
ing shrubs under picture windows
and so on.
The objectives of the plan
should be: attractiveness, conven
ience, and utility.
Attractiveness of the home and
home grounds is an expression
of the individual family. School
children can be taught to respect
beautiful surroundings. From a
material standpoint the attrac
tiveness of a home and its sur
roundings will enhance property
values.
The plan should be interesting,
the horticulturist says. Subdivi
sions with houses of similar ar
chitecture can be made interesting
with well kept lawns, appropri
ate trees and shrub selections.
Focal points such as a bird bath,
a summer seat, a garden, or a
lake or mountain view from a pic
ture window, will add interest.
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THE
WESTERN CORRAL
P-TA Council
Shows Interest
In Teachers Pay
The Kenai Peninsula Council of
Parents and Teachers Associa
, tion met January 6 for a luncheon
meeting at the Bush Lanes in Ke
nai.
Roland Thomas explained the
new teacher’s salary schedule pre
pared by the Alaska Educational
Association for presentation to
the 1963 Alaska Legislature. The
Council aproved a motion to en
dorse and back this new schedule.
Conrad Potter, a member of
the Alaska School Superinten
dents Association, explained the
superintendents’ wish to he on a
salary schedule apart from the
teacher’s schedule. The council
moved to endorse this schedule al
so in recognition of added re
sponsibilities; e.i. in proportion to
numbers of teachers and pupils a
superintendent has in his school.
In the absence of Barbara
Banta, Ninilchik, and at her re
quest, Potter explained a possible
school budget under a borough
system. He used the Kenai City
District budget as the example.
Meeting was conducted by Mrs.
Paul Isaak president. Others pre
sent were: Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Griffin, Betsy Staley, Dr. and
Mrs. Elmer Gaede and Margaret
Mullen, Soldotna; Rev. and Mrs.
Robert Cousart and Mr. Naegle,
Seward; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pe
Former Peninsula Man Named Master
Of State’s First Ferry, ‘Malaspina’
Captain Rueben Jacobsen. 57,
former resident of Seward and
Ketchikan, will be the mariner in
command of the State of Alaska’s
M/'V Malaspina when the first of
the three ferries plies through the
scenic waters of Southeast Alas
ka on its initial shakedown cruise
to Alaska, tentatively set for late
in January. Captain John Pym
will command the ship on alter
nate weeks.
Jacobsen has an extensive back
ground of command in Alaska
and other waters of the Pacific
Ocean. He has held a license as
master and pilot for 20 years and
as a deck officer for 40 years.
Jacobsen's experience includes
service as master on the Alaska
Steamship Company’s freight and
passenger vessels Denali and SS
Cape Victory. On various occa
sions he served as mate and pilot
on the SS North Star, SS Fern,
SS Clovehitch and was owner and
operator of the M/V Garland
which carried freight and pas
sengers in Southeast and South
west Alaska waters.
Captain Jacobsen was employed
continuously by American Mail
Line of Seattle from 1050 until
mid-December 1962 when he re
tersen, Mary Willets, Roland
Thomas and Conrad Potter, Ke
nai.
Redesign School Plans
To Negotiate Bond Sale
Changes in the preliminary
plans of the proposed new Kenai
Central High School were approv
ed in a special meeting held Jan.
10 with school officials and re
presentatives of the architectural
firm of Manley and Mayer, An
chorage.
According to Conrad Potter, Ke
nai school superintendent, change
in the original plans were neces
sitated in order to market $1,000,
000 worth of bonds, the sale of
which has already been negotiat
ed by the consulting firm of Mar
shall and Meyers, Seattle.
Kenai voters, in a special city
election held on Nov. 0 in conjunc
tion with the state general elec
tion, voted in favor of the issu
ance of general obligation bonds
in an amount not to exceed $1,
450,000 for construction of the1
proposed new high school.
Changes in original plans call
for the elimination of an open
court and reduction of from 68,- '
000 square feet to 48,000 square .
feet in floor space. This will mean
a cut of $450,000 from the origin
al estimate, Potter said.
Plans as redesigned to accom
modate the cut also include al
lowance for two additions, one .i
estimated at $200,000 and the
other at $250,000, which are to be
built at a later date to bring up>
the building estimate to the.$l,*
450,000 authorized bv the voters.
Read the News classifieds for
profit—use them for results.
At this point. Potter said, con
struction is about 30 days behind
schedule due to the need to revise
plans in order that the bond sale
may be completed. Actual con
struction, however, is still expect
ed to begin by the end of May.
A—
signed in anticipation of his po
sition as master of the Malaspina.
His service with the American
Mail Line was as master, chief
mate and pilot on vessels of from
0022 to 7017 gross tons.
Capt. John Pym, 52, has held
a license as master and pilot for
20 years and as a deck officer for
•50 years. He has extensive service
as master and pilot on vessels in
excess of the tonnage of the Mal
aspina.
Pym’s experience in Southeast
and Southwest Alaska waters in
cludes service as master and pil
ot on the SS Coventry, SS George
F. Downey, SS Gibson, SS Will
H. Point and SS Silverada, all
with tonnage of from 3000 to
9000 tons. His experience in Alas
ka waters as mate and pilot in
cludes such ships as the SS Alas
ka, SS Tongass, SS Taku, Alaska
Cedar and Alaska Spruce. He al
so served as master of the M/V
Garland, M/V Expansion, the tug
Eugenia Moran and the M/V
Alaska Trader. He has a 21-year
continuity of service as master,
mate and pilot on all types of ves
sels in Alaska waters.
First mate on the initial voyage
of the Malaspina will l>e James
W. Sandle of Ketchikan, Alaska
resident since 1922. Alternating
with Sande will be Tilman T.
Dagle, 52, with more than 30
years experience in Alaskan wa
ters. Both have had extensive
service records with various pas
senger and cargo vessels as mas
ter, mate and pilot in Alaskan
waters.
Chief engineer on the Malas
pina’s first run will be J. B. Rock
stead, 51, with Robert L. Pren
tice, 50 as his alternate. Both are
from Seattle and both have serv
ed as assistant and chief engin
eer on the Washington State Fer
ry System for a number of years.
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