HISTORICAL MUSEUM & LIBRARY
BOX 205
JUNEAU ALASKA
THIRD YEAR
MAY 24, 1963
PRICK TEN CENTS
NUMBER 133
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wSSTjtT ,W"d7Ud:. “f'-j", <“*)• G™> Charles E. Br«»n, Jr. spent the tnornin* pf
. -0 at Wildwood Station. Arriving by helicopter, he was greeted by Major Richard D \llen post
commaoder, and the MR Honor Guard. The Army chief of chaplains visited the post chapel and took a
**** area after wh,ch he was * Kuest of the officers and top NCOs for lunch. C haplain Brown left
Wildwood at 1 p.m. enroute to Fort Wainwright.
Clam Gulch Man
Seriously Injured
In Soldotna Crash
Two men were injured, one ser
iously, and two cars were totaled
out early Saturday morning in
separate accidents occuring near
the Soldotna Y junction of the
Sterling Highway and in Kenai on
a curve opposite the Kenai Tour
ist Information Center.
lW,e Soldutna accident involved
a 195$ Oldsmobile, which left the
road as it was headed toward An
chorage at an excessive speed,
traveled over 400 feet and shear
ed off a Homer Electric Assoc.,
Inc., power line pole near the Roh
weder Bakery before the vehicle
came to a stop.
Merton K. Osemore, 38, Clam
Gulch fisherman and artist, driv
er of the 1956 Oldsmobile, receiv
ed serious injuries. After receiv
ing emergency treatment from
local physicians, Osemore was
flown to Anchorage by the Kenai
Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol
and was admitted as a patient in
the 5040th Air Force Hospital at
Elmendorf. Osemore, receiving
treatment for a broken jaw and
possible internal injuries, report
edly did not regain consciousness
until Monday night.
William A. Choate, Jr., a 17
year-old Kenai youth, was a pas
senger in the car at the time of
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the crash. He was only slightly in
jured and was released from the
Central Peninsula Clinic at Sol
dotna after receiving treatment
for lacerations of the head.
According to investigating of
ficers, the accident occuring at
about 3 a.m. was the culmination
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Catholic Church
Dedication May 26
Dedication for Soldotna’s Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic
Church will take place Sunday,
May 26, in special services plan
ned for 3 p.m. in the newly con
structed building on Aspen Way.
Bishop Dermot O’Flanagan of
Juneau will say the mass and
many other visiting church digna
taries and priests are expected to
attend the dedicatory sefvice.
Correction! Correction!
The pilot of the private plane that
cut the Homer Electric power lines in
the Sterling area last week was not,
we repeat WAS NOT, Ralph Gaetano
as was “unofficially” reported to the
Cheeehako News last week and ap
peared under the front page banner
head line “AIRCRAFT CUTS POWER
LINE.”
Ralph Gaetano, 'vho this spring is opening a gun and ammunition
shop in Sterling in addition to his guiding business, is known through
out Alaska for his outstanding guide service and safety record.
We regret that this error was made and offer no excuse other
than it was an honest erro- in that it was reported to the Cheeehako
by a “usually reliable source” and conscientious efforts to check the
report through AT L official agencies concerned were met with “no
comment.”
McCann Wins
Council Post
KENAI — Billy McCann, in
cumbent councilman at Kenai,
emerged as winner over Wayne
TumSuden following a recount of
votes in their close race for a
three-year term on the Kenai City
Council.
In last Tuesday’s city election,
balloting was 98-97 with TumSu
den ahead by one vote. The one
and only absentee ballot gave Mc
Cann an additional vote, tying
the score 98-98. A recount was
held, with the final count show- '
ing McCann to have 98 votes to
TupiSuden’s 97.
TO BCILD WAREHOUSE
SOLDOTXA — Jack Farns
worth has received approval from
the Soldotna City Council as to
the location for a warehouse he
plans to build soon. It will be
el ected on. property owned by
Farnsworth across from the Vil
lage Shopping Center and will be
a bonded warehouse for the stor
age of groceries, liquor and other
supplies.
Borough Decisions Made,
New Questions Arise
Study Group Will Meet Sunday
Kecalling of petitions being cir
culated for signatures for incor
poration of a “Kenai Borough’’
encompasing the northwest por
tion of the Kenai Peninsula into
a proposed organized borough of
the first class was announced this
week.
It was decided that it would be
useless to s-ubmit such a petition
to the Local Affairs Agency after
the Local Boundary Commission
notice of rejection was received
Monday concerning the petition
submitted for organized borough
incorporation of the Homer-Ninil
chik area.
It was indicated at Juneau that
the "Kenai Borough” petition
would receive similar rejection.
The Local Boundary Commission,
in its formal rejection notice, aLso
stated: “The Commission feels
that a borough on the Kenai Pe
ninsula, should- as a minimum, he
as large as the western half of
the Peninsula to meet the stand
ards of the Constitution and the
Borough Act.”
Borough Group to Meet
Discussion of this action is ex
pected to be brought forth Sun
day when the Kenai Peninsula
Borough Study Gi'oup meets at 1
P-m. at the Soldotna School.
File 2nd Repeal Petition
Sunday’s meeting also is ex
pected to explain the petition
seeking a referendum for repeal
of the mandatory borough incor
poration act passed by the 1963
Legislature, which is again being
forwarded to Secretary of State
Hugh J. Wade.
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A former application for a re
ferendum petition was rejected
Monday by Wade on three counts
—that it was not accompanied by.
a copy of the act to be referred,
that it did not designate a refer
endum committee of three per
sons, and that it was not accom
panied by a deposit of $100.
frank Mullen, Soldotna, whose
name was first on the previous pe
tition, said Thursday that legal
assistance had been obtained in
drawing up this second petition
to correct all provisions on which
the first was rejected. The cur
rent application for petition ask
ing that the referendum be put on
the ballot in next election will 1**
mailed to Wade this weekend,
along with the deposit.
The Local Boundary Commis
sion’s formal rejection and a re
tContinued on Cage 12)
Vehicle Plate
Deadline Nears
A reminder to vehicle owners is
being issued by the state Depart
ment of Revenue that Friday,
May Si, is the deadline for obtain
ing 1963 license plate tabs.
Beginning next Saturday, June
1, vehicles not properly licensed
are to be stopped by state police
and the owners are subject to ar
rest.
Licenses for all types of ve
hicles may be obtained locally
from Deputy Magistrate .Jess Ni
cholas at his office in Kenai or
from Margaret (Mrs. Frank)
Mullen at the Soldotna Li.undry.
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