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COMMERCIAL ART and
SIGN SERVICE
“ALASKA’S MOST COMPLETE ART AND
SIGN SERVICE”
LICENSED AND BONDED
Soldotna phone 262-4624
Anchorage ph. HOmestead 2-5251
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
15-piece heavy aluminum
Waterless Cook Set
Reg. price $159.95
will sell for $65.00
as long as they last
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Wilson’s
SOLDOTNA STORE
“The Most Modern Store on the Peninsula"
Welcome Refreshment For “St. Nick’s I
Helpers” Are Raisin Cherryettcs I
Preparing Christinas packages for family and friends can be
loads of fun when you plan a gift-wrapping session lor your
household. For a welcome refreshment during the coffee break,
bring on crisp Raisin Cherryettes. These delicious trait filled
cookies are easy-to prepare using packaged corn Hake crumbs
and traditional Christmas fruits—raisins and candied cherries,
"v-ice these baked goodies keep well, they make an ideal gift to
bring along to your holiday hostesses.
Rabin Cherry ettes
4 cups Kellogg's Corn Flakes ;4 eup sugar
or 1 egg
1 eup Kellogg s packaged 1 teaspoon grated lemon
Corn Flake Crumbs rind
1 cup sifted flour 1 cup flaked coconut
‘ 2 teaspoon salt % cup goiden or dark raisins
''4 cup soft butter or Vi cup coarsely chopped
margarine candied cherries
If using Corn Flakes, crush into fine crumhs. Sift together flour
and sait; mix with Corn Flake Crumbs. Blend butter and sugar
until light and fluffy. Stir in egg and lemon rind. Add dry ingre
dients; mix well. Stir in coconut, raisins and cherries. Drop by
teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake in moderate oven
(350°F.) about 15 minutes.
Yield; about 4 dozen cookies, 2 inches in diameter.
A ( nristm as decoration contest
is being sponsored again this year
by the Soldotna Homemakers club
with prizes to be awarded to win
ners in three catagories, classified
as to 'residential, trailers and
commercial establishments.
Any individual or business with
in the boundaries specified for the
contest may enter the competition
by ticking up entry blanks at
Vera's Variety Store or writing to
the Homemakers Club, Box 23b.
Soldotna, and paying an entrance
fee. Designated fees are $1.50 for
residences and trailers and $3 for
business establishments.
Two prizes will be given in each
catagory, a first and a second
prize of at least $10 and $5. with
the amount to be increased if
number of entries warrant it.
Boundaries for the contest are:
North to Beaver Loop Road, east
to Robinson Loop Road and South
to Mile 1 Or, Kasilof Road.
BUY A LOT IN THE
Sunset Subdivision
FOR ONLY $1.00 DOWN
FOR DETAILS CONTACT
M. K. REALTY
SOLDOTNA PH. 262-4600
Juag.ng will be based on orig
inality and visibility. All entries
must be in by December It) and
judging will be on December 23.
Millie Martin is contest chairman.
Sterling Highway
Sterling Highway technically
begins eight miles west of Moose
Pass, at t > jure ion with the Se
ward-A: ... vav leading
north to i oi ige
Pav:m. . t i.in Si. I ig Highway
betwc 1 and Sol-dot
na was begun | ;»•
Scenic Highway
The Sterling Highway turns
west from the junction near
Moose Pass and leads tlv.ough the
scenic Chugach Range to Kenai
Junction (and thence to the eity
of Kenai), paralleling the shore
of Cook inlet to Homer, a dis
tance of 137 miles.
Moose Pass, mountain village at
the junction of the Seward-An
chorage Highway and the Alaska
Railroad, was first given its name
by Anton Ei-de, a mail carrier, in
1903 after he had many encount
ers with giant moose in this
mountain pass.
Complete Highway
Hard surfacing of the Seward
Anchorage Highway was comple
ted in 1954.
Use Old Road
Part of the Seward-Anchorage
Highway follows the original
course of the old Hope-to-Seward
road f.om Hope Junction to Se
van!. The remainder was new
road built around the head of
Turnagain Arm from Hope Junc
tion to Anchorage.
Early Postmistress
Mrs. Leora Roycraft, in 1928,
was first postmistress at Moose
Pass. She was the mother of the
Estes brothers who continue to
operate a store and garage there.
Named by Navigator
Turnagain Aim was named in
177S h\ the English navigator,
1 apt. Janies Cook, as was Cook
Inlet of which the Arm is a part.
Cook was seeking a passage to
the Arctic Ocean but his ship was
forced to “turn again" at the head
of the Arm.
Complete
Youngstown
Kitchen
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Used. hut excellent con
dition . . . Includes built
in auto. Tappan gas
range &. oven. anto. dish
washer and garbage dis
posal unit.
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SPECIAL LOW PRICE
If purchased as complete
unit.
GAS
Water Heaters
Wall Heaters
Calorie Ranges
Quaker Heaters
Radiant & Forced Air
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D’S
APPLIANCE
Authorized Coleniand ,M dole
Home Service Center
Soldotna Phone 262-4361
Store Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Car Hard t© Start?
Call us and we’ll start it and then
tune it for cold weather starting
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TUNE-UPS
INCLUDING PLUGS. POINTS,
CONDENSER, LABOR, ETC.
V-Ss $21.50 Sixes $17.50
DEAD BATTERY? LET US CHECK
YOUR REGULATOR AND GENERATOR
HOY’S TEXACO
SOLDOTNA PHONE 262-1782