Welfare Worker
On Annual Tour
Miss Viriginia Carey, child wel
fare worker in the Alaska De
partment of Health and Welfare’s
Division of Public Welfare, is
conducting the annual inspection
of children's homes in Cordova,
Seward, Homer and Kodiak.
The current trip will bring to
11 the number of children’s homes
inspected by Miss Carey since
joining the Department last fall.
She previously has conducted in
spections of two homes at Juneau,
three in the Palmer area, and
homes at Kwethluk, Bethel and
St. Mary’s.
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INSURANCE AGENT
LEO T. OBERTS
Phone 283-7591
Oberts Bldg.
Bos 458 Kenai, Alaska
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(including our garage) on the
Kensi Peninsula
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Owner-Operators—Harris W. Jackson and Bill Burlingame
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ken A I 28 3 - 7720
Skagway Firm Buys Out
Frank Rowley’s Holdings
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Kenai Power Corp. was started
by Rowley in 19f>0 and Kenai resi
dents and business establishments
have been provided with electri
cal power from his company con
tinuously for the past 13 years.
Early last spring, Kenai Power
Corp. and Consolidated Utilities,
Ltd., entered into a 20-year con
tract whereby additional power
was to be provided Kenai Power
from Consolidated’s new power
plant located on Sports Lake
about 10 miles from downtown
Kenai.
Consolidated’s plant had the
distinction of being the first gas
generation power plant on the
Kenai Peninsula and also the
first in Alaska to be built direct
ly at a well head. With the new
dual-generated (natural gas and
oil) power plant hooked up to Ke
nai Power distribution lines, the
City of Kenai was backed up with
four times more power than had
previously been used in the city.
Until the various problems con
fronting the local power company
have been dissolved, it will con
tinue to be operated under the
receivership, Garrett said, but
with his company holding control
ling interest among stockholders.
The name, Kenai Power Corp.,
will continue to be used at least
for the time being, he added, and
the company will continue opera
tion under the franchise with the
City of Kenai.
Alaska Power and Telephone
Co. is reported to be the largest
private power company in Alas
ka, with the exception of the Al
aska Light and Power Co. in
Juneau.
Garrett is Ion# exerienced in
power operations and problems,
having started in 192(5 with Cities
Service Co. in New York’s Wall
Street office the year he gradu
ated from Yale University. He
spent 11 years gaining power, oil
and gas experience with Cities
Service before going to law school
at the University of Washington
from 1927-1939. He later was an
attorney in Quilcene, Wash.
The Alaska Power and Tele
phone Co., which serves Skagway,
Tok, Craig and Seldovia with
power and Skagway, Craig
and Tok with telephone service,
was begun in 1944 with the pur
chase of the Jefferson County
Telephone system in Washington.
The company expanded to include
water companies.
In 1960-61, the two water com
panies and the original telephone
system on the Olympia Peninsula
in Washington were sold in order
to concentrate in Alaska. The
company is now completely an
Alaskan operated company with
all holdings within this state and
additional expansions planned,
Garrett added.
Community
College
Anticipated
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and other pertinent information
will be mailed to all respondents
of the survey when it has been
compiled, Brockel said.
As tentatively planned, each
course will meet for 52 hours or
an average of four hours per week
for 13 weeks. It is anticipated
that courses to be offered will in
clude a science education course,
college algebra and a combination
course in composition and litera
ture, also for college credit. High
school courses probably will in
clude American history, typing
and sewing.
Potter said it is hoped that a
similar program will be sponsor
ed for two semesters next year.
After completion of the new Ke
nai Central High School, provid
ing greater facilities for expan
sion, it is hoped that a fully de
veloped community college may
be established by the fall of 1964.
Results of interest survey in
ventory now in progress to de
termine which subjects appeal to
the largest number of persons
are expected to be disclosed next
week and hours for the courses
announced.
Military personnel from Wild
wood Station as well as civilians
are filling in the survey blanks
and will participate in the pro
gram.
STERLING — Lew Fields left'
Monday for Glenallen where he
will be working as “cat skinner”
for Ed Spalinger, construction
contractor, on a drilling pad for
Pan American Oil Co.
RIVERSIDE HOUSE
Will be closed from Jan. 27
Through the month of February.
Will reopen on Friday, March 1
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