Graduating Class
Told Education
dotna banker, last Wednesday
night when he addressed the
eighth grade graduating class at
Tustumena School as speaker of
the evening.
Hall used as his example the
homes built in Alaska, many of
them on 12”xl2” timbers, or
smaller, and other homes built
upon solid, concrete foundations.
"In time. ' Hall said, “the hous
es built upon timbers will start
buckling, sliding and cracking.
Soon they will fall apart. The ones
built on solid foundations remain
staunch. The same thing applies
to you students as to what you do
with your education and life.”
Members of the graduating
class were presented. They were
John Martin. Jr.; Karen Herman
sen, who gave the class history;
Suzan Huebsch, valedictorian;
Martha Kingsley, class prophecy.;
Kristin Osmar, salutatorian, and
Owen Cramer, class will.
It was mentioned that "this
class will go far in life if mem
bers adhere to their class motto—
‘Courage is not the absence of
fear, but the conquest of it.’ ”
A CCA BENEFIT PARTY
SOLDOTNA — There will be a
benefit card party, beginning at
7:J0 p.m. Saturday in Soldotna
Elks Club building. Many prizes
have been contributed by Soldotna
Jia business people to be g'iven the
winners playing canasta, pinochle,
bridge and cribbage. A door
prize will also be given. Refresh
ments will be served. Proceeds
from the evening will be donated
to the Kenai Area Chapter of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Assoc.
ANNUAL PICNIC HELD
MOOSE PASS — The annual
picnic of the Moose Pass School
was held from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
last Thursday at the hall diamond
about one-half mile north of
Moose Pass. A pot luck dinner
was served at noon to about 100
men, women and children of the
Community.
| Soft ball and visiting were the
order of the day. This is the one
time of the year that the parents
challenge the youngsters on the
ball diamond.
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Homer-Artebor Point
Highway Work Underway
Work on the Sterling; Highway
j. from Homer north to Anchor
Point started Thursday, May 9,
according to District Highway
Engineer, Roy W. Jenkins.
The first work to be done will
be the raising of the Anchor River
Bridge to provide greater pro
tection against ice jams and flood
ing. During the time of the bridge
raising, the Sterling Highway will
be closed from Anchor Point to
NEW HOMES GOING UP
NORTH KENAI— Locher Con
struction Co., with Marvin Smith
as foreman, is currently engaged
in erecting three 4-bedroom pre
fabricated houses about a mile
north of the Standard Oil Co. re
finery. The houses, which are to
be set in a location overlooking a
lake, will be occupied by the top
ranking personnel of the refinery
staff. Excavations are completed,
foundations poured and the actu
al business of moving the pie
fabricated sections to the loca
tion and erecting them has be
gun.
IS GUEST SPEAKER
KENAI — Carl Zehrung,. minis
ter of the Downtown Church of
Christ in Kenai, was the com
mencement speaker T u e s day
night at the Alaska Christian
School at Homer.
Classifieds are news.
the junction with the old Sterling
Highway just beyond Anchor
River.
Through traffic will be detour
ed onto the old Sterling Highway
during this period. It is antici
pated that the highway will be
closed for approximately one
month.
The public is reminded of the
load restrictions of 50' < that are
presently in effect on the roads
in the Homer area.
This work is part of the $1,620,
510 contract held by Morrison
Knudsen Company, Inc. for the
improvement of 10 miles of high
way between the two communi
ties. It is anticipated that the
contract will be in full production
as soon as this bridge raising is
completed.
Paving will follow' placement
of almost 400,000 tons of gravel
borrow necessary to prepare the
roadbed for paving, Jenkins said.
LATE OPEN INC ANNOUNCED
.KENAI.— Jess Nicholas, depu^
t.v magistrate at Kenai, has an
nounced that his office will be
closed all day next Thursday,
May 30, Memorial Day. To make
it easier for working people to ob
tain vehicle license plates before
the expiration date, however, he
will keep his office open until 6
p m. on all other days next week,
Monday through Friday. May 31
is the last day for obtaining li
cense plates.
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