Projects for 1963 Listed
At Annual Chamber Dinner
The year of 1962 saw the great
st economic development in the
history of Soldotna and the fast
est development of any city or
area in Alaska, it was reported
Saturday night during the second
innual meeting of the Greater
Soldotna Chamber of Commerce.
“The Greater Soldotna Cham
ber of Commerce during the past
-2 months has faced its responsi
bilities and has contributed more
~.o the orderly development of the
. reater area than ever before,”
t was read in the annual re
port. “Our 1962 program will in
olve bigger projects, more help
nd determination.”
The program for 196.‘? will in
lude the following projects:
(1) Continuing support of air
port development (2) Work for
.n all-purpose school building;
,2) Further work toward obtain
ig a high school building for Sol
otna; (4) Completion of tourist
nformation center and parks;
o) Developing of plans for land
requisition for recreation and pub
ie purposes; (6) Contribution to
auseway planning; (71 Spear
heading the legislative program
:or a new classification of local
econdary roads, and (8) Assist
ing the urban renewal of Main
Street of Soldotna.
Directors Elected
The second annual dinner, held
• t Parkers, was also marked by
“he election of four new members
o the Chamber’s Board of Di
eetors. Those elected were Tom
lurd, Charley Griffin. M. L.
Red" Grange and K e a r 1 e v
' V right.
In a December meeting' it was
oted that the Board be : tic teased
rom five to seven membe:-. The
ewly elected directors v .1 j
he three hold-over memlu rs.
ack Farnsworth, Joe Scarantino
nd Charles Parker, in electing
•hamber officers from within the
.doard membership in a director’s
meeting- to be held on .Jan. 16.
Jut-going directors, who served
uring 1962, were Dr. Paul Isaak,
.'hamber president this past year
nd Clarence Goodrich.
Goodrich conducted Saturday's
meeting in the absence of the
resident. Dr. Isaak, who is Out
ide attending a medical short
curse. Mrs. Isaak, however, was
^resent and was called upon to
give the blessing at the begin
ning of the dinner attended by
..pproximately 50 persons.
The Chamber’s second annual
eport was read by Griffin and
he financial report by Goodrich.
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Entertainment, mostly of a hum
orous nature, was supplied by
Monty Coleman and Dick Hall of
the Kaknu Toastmasters Club
and by Mrs. Ted Grainge, Mrs.
James E. Fisher, Mrs. Jack
Farnsworth, Mrs. Bill Gibbs and
Mrs. Virgil Nordgulen, till of the
Redoubt Toastmistress Club.
There was considerable remin
iscing concerning the Soldotna
Chamber of Commerce with Wil
liam “Red" Olsen, early Cham
ber pres.de:.:. ami of the begin
ning of the struggle to obtain an
airport for Sold nn. The devel
opment of the airport was the
most outstanding achievement of
the ( ham.he. thi past year.
The Soldotna Chamber was or
ganized in 1957 with five mem
bers, it was pointed out, and has
grown until there was a member
ship of HO persons in 1962.
The annual report set forth the
sixth year of the intensive effort
on the part of the Chamber in the
rapid development of the com
munity. The enlargement of scope
of the Soldotna C of C to the
Greater Soldotna Chamber of
Commerce, which took place at
the first annual meeting on Feb.
5, 1962, has had a very healthy
effect on the orderly development
of the greater area, it was point
ed out.
‘with the untiring determina
tion and careful planning of Dr.
Paul G. Isaak, the Greater Sol
dotna Chamber of Commerce has
completed another outstanding
year of accomplishments, the
greatest of which is the develop
ment of the Soldotna Trunk Air
port,'- it was read from the re
port.
In addition to the reports of the
from the area m';,-velorment com
mittee and the agriculture, bor
ough, hospital, publicity, school,
tourism and parks, ambulance,
and the roads and causeways com
mittees. all included in the 1962
summary.
Financial Report
According to the financial re
port. the Chamber ended the year
with $191.31, which was just 50c
more than the sum of $190.81 it
had on hand at the beginnig of
1962. It also ended the year with
$102 on hand for the sale of Al
aska “gold dollars" and is await
ing word for distribution of same.
Total receipts for 1962 amount
ed to $5,669.42 of which $1,450.50
was from dues; $188 from the
1961 annual banquet; $1,200 from
dog race contributions; $1,000
from state funds for the tourist
center; $499.50 from sale of gold
dollars (less 50c on Canadian $5),
and $1,140.61 from the Soldotna
rodeo.
Disbursements for the past
year totaled $5,418.36. This in
cluded $188 for 1961 annual ban
quet expenses; $1,237.50 for dog
races; tourist center (transfer to
account), $1,000; Alaska State
Boosters, $500; rodeo, $828.66;
supplies, $311.80; petty cash, $25;
salary $200; guest lunches $53.60;
expenses of lobbyist at Juneau,
$129.50; payment on old bills,
$842.19; furniture, $61.12 and
Chamber trip to Anchorage, $51.
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A.C.C.A. Chapter To Meet Monday
Announcement of the coming
meeting of the Kenai Area Chap
ter of the Alaska Crippled Chil
dren’s Association has been made
by Monty Coleman, chanter pres
ident. The group will meet at 7 :J0
p.m. on Jan. 15 at the Kenai High
School.
The new audiometer recently
purchased by the local chapter for
use in the speech and hearing
therapy program on the Kenai
Peninsula will <be displayed. Plans
and arrangements for the therapy
propram will be discussed. An
election of a new treasurer will
also take place at this time.
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