Citizens Protest
Against Cow Season
On Peninsula Moose
Petitions to be submitted to
Gov. William A. Egan asking his
aid in closing the entire Kenai Pe
ninsula to an antlerless moose
season in 1963-64 were signed Fri
day night in a citizens’ meeting
at Soldotna Community Hall.
Similar meetings are being held
in other areas of the Peninsula
for the same purpose, according to
Dan France of Sterling, who serv
ed as chairman of the meeting.
Regardless of reports issued by
Fish and Wildlife officials that
the present moose herd numbers
New Firefighting
Methods Viewed
KENAI — Fire fighting equip
ment experts and officials and
employees of Standard Oil Co., of
Calif., were present at a recent
special meeting of the Kenai Vol
unteer Fire Department. Movies
of fire fighting were shown.
Among those attending were E.
J. Grantz, fire and safety engin
eer for Standard Oil Co.; Robert
C. Carr, Anchorage sales repre
sentative for Alaska Fire Equip
ment Co.; Jack R. West, north
west manager of Ansel Chemical
Co., Seattle; Allen S. Ulen, term
inal operator for Kenai Service;
D. D. Drowley, manager of Stand
ard’s Alaska refinery now- near
ing construction completion north
of Kenai, and Butch Warren and
Ray Coleman, also of Standard
Oil Co.
Twenty-two members of the
Kenai Voluntary Fire Depart
ment, including Frank Wisecarv
er of Wildwood Station, honorary
chief, were also at the meeting.
Four to Graduate
At Moose Pass
Riciel Keith, principal and up
per grade teacher of the Moose
Pass School, announces that the'
eighth grade graduation will be
held at the Moose Pass Commun
ity Hall on Wednesday evening,
May 15, at 7:30 p.m. There will
be four graduates — the twins,
Ann and Dan Bair, Jerry Baines
and Frank Estes.
Graduation will be followed by
“Open House” at the Moose Pass
School where there will be a short
program and refreshments for the
graduates, parents and friends.
4,500 or more animals, persons
speaking at the meeting express
ed a contrary opinion. Several
with planes reported they had
searched the hills thoroughly on
numerous occasions and that they
saw very few moose. They quoted
various big game guides as hav
ing said the moose were scarce
and hard to find.
“We feel that these moose be
long to us—the people—and we
should have some say, right or
wrong, in trying to prevent ex
tinction of the herd,” one spokes
man said.
It was brought out that moose
cannot be handled like elk or
deer where the young animals,
when left without mothers, run
with the herd and the older ani
mals break trails for the young
which follow. A moose calf, left
without its mother, soon dies of
starvation even if old enough to
exist on browse due to failure of
having its mother to break trail
through deep snow.
It was mentioned that “the ex
periment to reduce the age of the
herd to eliminate the old cows
and make the herd more produc
tive for harvest, is impractical
and impossible. It should be stop
ped.”
The heavy kills in the cow
season and the late bull season,
following so closely on the se
vere winter early in 1%2 in which
many moose died, was deemed re
sponsible for the fact that there
wei’e few moose to be seen this
winter, and not the fact that “the
moose never came down from the
hills.”
In addition to talking about the
moose situation, a preliminary
discussion was held concerning
borough organization prior to the
general Peninsula-wide borough
meeting the following day.
Charley Griffin, vice chairman
of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
Study Group, explained much of
the borough study that had been
made and briefed in the group on
some of the problems which would
confront the area before borough
organization was completed.
Several of those at the citizens’
meeting had not attended the
borough meetings in the past but
were present on Saturday.
A closed season on sports fish
ing for salmon was also discussed
and the group was nearly unani
mous in opposition to such a pro
posal.
Wildwood Cagers Win
USARAL Championship
Alaska’s top four Army intra
mural basketball teams met re
cently in Fort Wainwright, Fair
banks. They were Bassett Army
Hospital and Fort Greeley, the
best teams north of the range, and
Wildwood Station and the Fort
Richardson 66th M.P. Co., the best
in the Southern Conference.
The tournament for the USAR
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el) began Friday evening with
\\ ildwood and the MPs victorious
in the first round of play. Satur
day afternoon Wildwood and the
MPs met with Wildwood coming
out again on top of the pile by a
score of 69 to 54.
After an Easter Sunday rest,
Wildwood was the only team un
defeated in the double elimination
tourney and was scheduled
against the only team to get that
far with less than two losses _
namely the Foil Richardson MPs.
This game was the third time
\\ ildwood had come up against
the MPs.
With the superb ball handling
of Wildwood’s 6’5” ace center,
Walter Ward, the fine play of Le
roy Manning, Ralph Harryman,
Robert Jar s and John Dam, Jr.,
Wildwood Station again defeated
the MPs 64 to 6 thereby winning
the L'SARAL Conference cham
pionship and coming home with a
total of 22 team and player tro
phies.
The Wildwood games were
broadcast to Wildwood by Chan
nel 8’s television announcer, Em
met Capper, and a member of
the basketball team, Donald Her
man .through facilities of Armed
Forces Radio.
Prior to winning at Fort Wain
wright, the Wildwood team took
the Southern Conference .cham
pionship held at Fort Richardson.
Specialist
To Hold Clinics
On Peninsula
Dr. Mahlon Shoff, ophthalmo
logist, otolaryngolist, and associ
ate of Dr. J. Shelton in Anchor
age, will be holding scheduled
eye, ear, nose and throat clinics
at Soldotna and Seldovia in the
future. Primarily his work will
consist of eye examinations and
fitting glasses. However, he will
also consult with the area phy
sicians on special ear, nose and
throat problems.
It is planned that this service
will allow opportunity for area
residents to get specialist care
without having to travel to An
chorage.
Dr. J. Shelton and Dr. Milo
Fritz, also of Anchorage, have
for many years held similar clin
ics in the more remote areas of
Alaska. Dr. Shelton is at present
also providing this service to the
Seward and Cordova residents.
Dr. Shoff’s first visit will be on
May 6-7 at the Soldotna Elks Hall
and on May 8 at Seldovia Hospi
tal. Appointments for eye exam
inations can be made by calling
262-4466 between the hours of 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
High Times
At Kenai High
by Michaelene S. Pendleton
Thursday, the 18th, Army,
Navy, and Marine recruiters vis
ited Kenai High. This is an annu
al meeting between the boys and
the promoters of these various
services. Although each represen
tative boosted his branch of the
service, the boys were encouraged
to stay in school until graduation.
The Kenai Peninsula Intramural
Track Meet is underway and an
account of Kenai’s part will be
announced soon.
Also on April 18, Miss Alice
Roberts, girls’ physical education
instructor, conducted a meeting of
all girls interested in forming a
Girls’ Athletic Association. A
committee is drawing up plans for
a Kenai chapter of the G.A.A.
Also at the same meeting, girls
signed up for the girls’ track
meet at KCHS to be held during
the middle of May. A good-sized
group of girls signed up for such
events as the discus throw, shot
put, 40-yard dash, 440 relay, and
440 endurance test, to mention
only a few. The girls will train
after school.
KCHS band and chorus left for
the Music Festival in Anchorage
early Thursday morning. They
will stay two days and come back
Saturday night after their final
performance. The trip is fun but
it entails a lot of hard work so
these kids deserve a good round
of applause.
Wednesday was clash day at
KCHS. No more need be said.
A Sadie Hawkins dance was
given Wednesday night by the
Sophomore class. There was a
good turn out and everyone had a
lot of cotton-pickin' fun.
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