$6 Million Plus
Budget to Get
Mail to Alaska
Post Office Department offi
ce ~ have advised Sen Bon
B. tlett that its 1962 fiscal year
A ..ska program will total an
< • rated $6,369,000. This h»
c • • $4,4>o.0'>.' far airmaii serv
ice. $215.t*00 for star route serv
... $i>l>5,(K*0 for power boat
.-t ce insure Alaska and $1,
• o for power boat service
-:-t' een Seattle and Alaska.
' Toe effect of the change for
the movement of mails by truck
ti Fairbanks versus the present
method of powerboat was not
ii uded in our allotment re
qu* -ts," Regional Director James
J Symbol advised Senator Bart
lett
This char ge contemplates an
.rated increase ’in our Star
R te costs of $424,200 per year
w * a savings of $296,360 in
p. ■rerboat per year or a net in
<. ..-e of $127.S4o. for which a
formal request for additional
fur ds will be made after the
sere ice becomes effective."
Soldotna .Man
Heads ARECA
B.rrton Carver, Soldotna, was
e'e.te,! president of Alaska Rural
•Eli t ic Cooperative Association
a: t e 1961 ARECA convention
he' i recently in Homer.
Carver has been serving as
v . president of Homer Electric
A" ociation, Inc., one of the or
ganizations participating in the
state - wide cooperative associa
-♦t.ter ARECA officers chosen
for the coming year are Dr. Ivan
Branton. Matanuska Electric
A-- director, vice president,
arn Eldon Galliar of the Dilling
harr. Public Utility District, who
was elected treasurer.
" ■ e State of Alaska receives
9. per cent of the rental from its
o.. lands.
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Water Heaters
Wall Heaters
Caloric Ranges
Quaker Heaters
Radiant & Forced Air
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APPLIANCE
A uthorized Coleman Mobile
Home Service Center
roldotna Phone 262-1361
Store hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
arid 5-7 p.m.
What’s Your Postal I. Q.?
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TRI E—If you plan to be away from home, notify your post office
to hold or forward your mail. Your mail may be held for a limited
time at the post office and delivery resumed upon your return. This
action will protect your mail and prevent the advertising of your
absence by an accumulation of mail in your mail-box. All classes of
mail may be forwarded. Airmail and first class are forwarded free;
second, third and fourth classes require additional postage which is
collected upon delivery.
Plan Airstrip
For Pribilofs
In passing the bill continuing
for five years the federal airport
program which could mean a
total Alaska program of $31,958,
750, the Senate recently adopt
ed Senator Bartlett*s amend
ments paving the way for an air
strip for St. George Island in
the Pribilofs.
The measure, co-sponsored by
Senator Bartlett, would bring
Alaska and .Hawaii int tte._g.ry ,
port program ob an equal
with the ether states w nun could
see an annual federal apportion
ment to Alaska of $3.9b4,h44 if
the state is able to put up an
annual $2,396,906 for matching
purposes.
Previously, the two new states
have been allocated money from
a special fund, amounting in re
cent years, in the case of Alaska,
to an annual ?.l,-.»50/N>£f requir
ing $450,000 in matching, for a
total annual $1,800,000 program.
Veterans Day
Leaders Named
Alaska department commanders
of the American Legion and Vet
eran# of Foreign Wars have been
designated to serve as co-chair
men of Veterans Lay activities
in Alaska, it lias been announced
bv Gov. William A. Egan.
The appointment of C. Russell
Huber of College, department
commander of the American Le
gion, and Eugene Lurkee of Jun
eau, department commander of
the Veterans of Foreign War-,
follows a long-established tradi
tion in Alaska of sharing the
chairmanship of the November
11 observance.
Cordova Airlines Announces!
NEW LOW RATES
Soldotna lo:
Anchorage.$6.00
Kasilof.$3.00
Ninilchik.$4.00
Seldovia.$8.00
Port Graham.$9.00
(One-Way Passenger Fares Plus Tax)
Freight Rates Reduced 20% to 30%
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Phone 262-4181 or 262-4 481
SOLDOTNA I
HHFA Service
Now From Seattle
In order to improve and facili
tate its service to the communi
ties of Alaska the Housing and
Home Finance Agency has trans
ferred the responsibility for Alas
ka in its Community Service
Facilities from San Francisco to
the Seattle area office.
Inquiries retarding advances
for public works, planning, pub
lic facility loan programs and
(SeeHy hashing '.-jm program
should be addressed to L. R. T>ur
kee, Director of Koithwast Upei
Building, Seattle.
FOR WATER WELLS
It’s Kenny Carver
and Jess Shelman
SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
$300 down—24 months to pay
On approved credit with bank financing
KENNY CARVER DRILLING
SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
GENERAL HAULING
Nothing too large or too small — We specialize in
heavy equipment hauling — We also have
cranes and cats
Weaver Brcthers, Inc.
Offices in:
Fairbanks
Soidotna
Anchorage
Valdez
CONCRETE BLOCKS
★ ★ ★
Concrete Materials
and Supplies
Nestor Concrete Products Co.
- BDX 105 SOLDOTNA Ph. 262-4471
MULLIN ELECTRIC
★ New Construction Maintenance Commercial Refrigeration
Walker Sub-Division, Kenai — Dial 283-7500
"Call
and we both gain"
YUKON
Plumbing & Heating
Installers of Natural Gas Furnaces
Since 1936
“WE KNOW OUR BUSINESS**
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Located at Slawson & Associates
AT THE TOTEM POLE
Soldotna Phone 262-1711
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Complete Overhaul
INJECTORS
HEADWORK
LATHE WORK
Portable Press Work
Alaska Machine & Engine Rebuild
SOLDOTNA BOX 347