THE K ENA I PENINSULA
GHEEGHAKO NEWS
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LOREN STEWART . . Editor
DOROTHY STEWART. Foreign Correspondent (Retired)
MABLE SMITH . Local News Editor
•IAURINE JONES. . Roving Reporter
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‘Drilcon’ Warehouse
Completed at Sterling
Drilling Control Corporation,
rated at Mile 88 on the Sterl
g Highway and eight miles
ast of Soldotna, will celebrate
• nnpletion of its new building
•n Oct. 7.
The 32 x 48-ft. quonset-type
Jarco building, directly across
i Dm the Sterling post office and
’ear a 1,400-foot airstrip, will
•erve as a warehouse, according
Allen Hamilton, division man
- ger.
“Drilcon,” trade name for the
operation Hamilton represents,
eals in directional drilling a n d
penalizes in the sale of special
ly tools, such as drilling bits and
abilizers, used in the drilling
f oil and gas wells.
Locally, “Drilcon" now has two
t er men employed in addition
to the division manager. R o y
Lemons and Bill Crabtree are
sectional engineers and cm -
• •ntly are engaged in two direc
•na drilling jobs going on in
e Swanson River Field, both
•r Standard Oil Co. of Calif.
Hamilton, who was born at
-•apot Dome, Wyo., has lived
ouni! oilfields all of his life.
L- has been employed in one
raise or another of the oil bus
ess since before World War II.
He and hi- wife, Dee, and their
'.wo sons and a daughter came
■>m Ventura, Calif., this past
S a n d r a attends Kenai high
• ool. Dennis, 12, goes to Sterl
g school, while younger broth
Xornian, 2, keeps things live
v at home.
The post office in Soldotna
was established in August ■ 11)4-9.
New Ins. Rates
For Safe Drivers
Safe driving now really pays
.A new typo of Safe Driver
i -urance policy was announced
ay by Leo T. Oberts, Kenai
ea agent, that actually reduces
ites. Drivers with safety ree
ds can save an average of $40
’ this area.
“Cautious drivers need no long
be penalized by the high
•tes that are charged because
, reckless drivers,” says Leo.
This new Safe Driving policy
, as created by Western Pacific
-urance Company, one of the
.leading companies in the West.
1: is a real incentive to be safe.
You can actually reduce your
vn. rates.”
Leo can provide application
unks at his offices in the
’Verts Building, Kenai, Alaska.
(pd. adv.)
Homer-Soldotna
Bowlers Match
Game Set Sunday
A match game is scheduled to
begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the
Sky Bowl between two teams
from Homer and two Soldotna
teams, the latter sponsored by
the National Bank of Alaska and
the Jet Bar.
Another new attraction begin
ning Sunday is the jackpot spare,
says A1 Morasse, Sky Bowl man
ager. Each Sunday night a con
testant will draw one spare set
up from 10 different combina
tions and is to roll one ball. If
sueeesfu! in converting the spare
with the single ball, the contes
tant wins the jackpot.
To begin the play, a contestant
will be chosen by the manage
ment from the bowling associa
tion. This contestant will in turn
draw the name of the bowler to
participate in the following Sun
day' night's event. Dorothea Wil
lard will roll the single ball this
week,
The jackpot begins with $5—
with an additional $5 to be add
ed weekly. The balance is to be
carried over each week if the
contestant is not successful. „
Hews from Gohoe
Go on Boat Trip
On Sunday, Oct. 1, a group
from Cohoe took, what they re
port to be, a most interesting
and enjoyable boat t.: in. Start
ing from Homer at 8:30 a.m.,
they made a leisurely trip to
Seldovia where they lunched and
looked up old friends, before re
turning by way of Halibut Cove.
Clem Tillion of Halibut Cove
furnished the boat and added
much to the trip by his knowl
edge of local history and color.
The excursionists were Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Rarnsell, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Lee Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Lewis, Dorothy Hermansen,
Mary Smith, Ruby Megargel and
Edna Sims.
Tonsillectomies
Melody Miller and Donnie Jones
of Cohoe will be in Anchorage
this week to undergo tonsillec
tomies.
Long Tenure
Micky Faa, current postmaster
in Soldotna, officially assumed
her position in Feburay 1952 al
though she wras in charge there
since May 1951, prior to her ap
pointment.
Pure Oil Co. Gets
Six-Year Contract
The Department of Interior has
announced approval for a six
year development contract with
the Pure Oil Company for ex
ploration and oil and gas develop
ment in the Kahilna River area.
The contract covers about 339,
000 acres and is the 12th such
development contract concluded
in Alaska.
Pure Oil Company is required
to drill at least three exploratory
wells and expend not less than
$1,000,000.
Approximately 5,800,000 acres
are involved in the total area
now under development contracts.
In Fourth Place
Kenai-Cook Inlet district, with
a total of $71,762 from 51 farms
listed, ranked fourth in the state
in sale of Alaska farm products,
according to the 1959 census of
agriculture.
Clam Gulch Group
Sponsors Events to
Redecorate Hall
A series of events have been
planned by the Clam Gulch Com
munity club for the purpose of
raising funds for repairing anti
redecorating the Community Hall.
A new foundation under the
building, refloating and repaint
ing are projects for which funds
are needed. Some of the projects
have been completed, some a r e
yet to be done.
Square dances, open to anyone
who cares to attend, arc held
every Friday night. Every Sat
urday night, on alternate weeks,
either a movie or bingo games
are entertainment featured, with
a movie scheduled for this week
end. Prizes will be awarded at
the bingo party on Oct, 14.
“The big party of the year
is planned for Nov. 25,” s a y s
Per Osmar, Community C 1 u b
president. The 24‘ x 60' quon
set-type building will he the set
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ting then for the movie “North
to Alaska," and far the award
ing of miscellaneous prizes in
cluding free airplane tickets and
a Savings Bond. Winning names
will be announced for winners of
raffle tickets now being distrib
uted throughout the Peninsula,
with top prizes to be a .270
Winchester rifle, an eight-foot
toboggan and a hand-tooled leath
er handbag. Coffee and cake will
be served.
In addition to the president,
members of the board of direc
tors include Clovis Kingsley, Jim
Shuttlesworth, Paul Richards and
Fran Osmar.
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