The Kenai Peninsula
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World’s Best Mushers Race For
March oi Dimes
Drive Is Success
March of Dimes collections in
Sol dot na totaled $252.18, aecord
ing to Mrs. R. J. Hardin, local
drive chairman. This is $80 more
than raised in the area last year.
Mrs. Hardin wishes especially
to thank participants in the wom
' en's bowling tournament at the
Sky Bowl, which netted the cam
paign $136.80; the Soldotna
Homemakers, who collected $28.20
in the Mothers’ March; the Sol
dotna school students, w'ho
brought their dimes to school, and
all other contributors who assist
ed in making the drive a success.
APPROVE BUDGET
KEN AI— The Kenai City
Council at its Feb. 14 meeting
approved the sum of $51,687 as
the city’s share of the school
budget for Kena 1 .schools.
THE WOMEN’S bowling tournament at the Sky Bowl netted the
March of Dimes drive fJSS.HO. Pictured here are Al Morale, Sky
Bowl manager, handing the check to Mrs. R. J. Hardin, chairman
of the campaign in Soldotna.
Fatal Two-Car Crash
Shows Ambulance Need
in Kenai-Soldotna Area
Urgent need for an adequately
equipped ambulance and a well
trained staff in first aid for im
mediate service in the Soldotna
area was brought into the fore
light again this week by local
doctors following Sunday’s tragic
two-car crash near Cooper land
ing.
A head-on collision, occurring
at Mile 70 on the Sterling High
way about one-balf mile east of
Johnson’s Sporting Goods store
at approximately 4 pun., resulted
in death to a former Kenai Pen
insula resident and injuries to
two Other persons.
Mm. Dora M. Herr, 40, of Spe
nard, died en route to the Central
Peninsula Clinic in Soldotna. She
was transported there in the bach
end of «. Jeep and died shortly
before reaching possible medical
assistance. Her body was taken
to the Anchorage Funeral Chapel
for burial arrangements.
Mrs. Herr was a passenger in
a ear driven by her husband,
George Sterling Herr, 58, who
was treated at the clinic for head
injuries.
Willis C, Gould, 5$, who lives
on Rabbit Creek Road out of
Anchorage, was driver of the
other car involved in the accident.
After receiving emergency treat
ment for head injuries, Gould
was evacuated by Kenai Civil Air
Pair'; Anchorage for treat
ment at Providence Hospital. His
HAS SURGERY
SOLDOTNA—E. C. Pace, Pleas
ant Haven homesteader, is recup
erating at his home near Soldotna
after recent surgery. He has just
returned from Anchorage where
he spent three weeks in Provi
dence hospital. Visits from
friends who came to see him and
kindness extended to bis family
during his illness have been much
appreciated, he said. He expects
to be u> return to work in
about two weeks.
injuries were diagnosed as a frac
tured jaw and broken nose.
The fatal, crash occurred when ,
the ear driven by Gould apparent
ly glid into the path of the Herr
ear on an icy stretch of road,
according to investigating police
officers.
State Trooper John Mongale of
Seward and the Seward Ambu
lant Corps were notified of the
accident but when arriving at the
scene found vehicles, and the in
jured had been removed. Two
private vehicles were used in
bringing the injured to Soldotua.
This is the second time that a
seriously injured person has been
brought to the Clinic in the back
end of a Jeep, the examining doc
tor stated. Both times the patient
died before reaching* medical aid
that just possibly might have
saved his or her life.
“This is a disturbing situation/’
the doctor pointed out and added
that area residents should give
whole-hearted support to the local
ambulance cc'-ps in its struggle
to get started. He stressed the
need for immediate and adequate
ambulance service for this area
of the Peninsula and establish
ment of an available corps of
workers well trained in first aid.
The need for a well equipped
hospital was also emphasised.
Mm. and Mi's. Herr leased and
operated the Moose River -Cafe
and Bar about four years ago,
Two summers ago they were em
ployed by the Royle Parkers in
Ridgeway, Hen* as bartender and
Mrs. Herr as waitress. Both were
musicians, played for many of the
local dances and were well known
throughout the Peninsula.
Funeral services for Mrs. HeTr
were conducted at Anchorage Fu
neral Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednes
day. Burial was in Evergreen
Memorial Park, Anchorage. Sur
vivors in addition to her widower
are two daughters, three sons, her
mother, five sisters and one
brother.
Oil Worker Hurt
at West-Forelands
Edwin Thompson, tool pusher
for Coastal Drilling- Co., is re
ported recovering- satisfactorily
at Providence Hospital in Anchor
age from serious injuries received
in'a recent oil field accident,
Thompson, who lives in Coast
al’s trailer park near th$ com
pany office* in Sokiotna, suffered
a skull fracture and internal in
jui-les on Feb. 17 while working
at West Forelands on a well being
drilled for Pan-American Oil Co.
World’s Champion George Attla
Is One of Several Top Mushers
to Race in Kenai-Soldotna Event
George Attla, 1962 winner of the “World Championship” Fur
Rendezvous dog sled races held at Anchorage this past weekend, is
heading- the slate of outstanding drivers gathering in the Kenai-Sol
. dotna area this week for -the first annual Alaska State Championship
Sled Dog Races,
Attha, sponsored by Weaver Bros. Trucking Co., is being joined
hftre by other top-ranking mushers. These include Soldotna’s own
Gareth WVigiht, sponsored by Wright Truck and Tractor Co.; Dr.
Roland Lombard of Weyland, Mass,, sponsored by Kasco Dog Food
Company.
Also Orville Lake of Anchorage, sponsored by the Teamsters
Union; Chuck Raymond of Kasihvf. co-sponsored by George's Coffee
Shop and Mullins Electric, Kenai; Joe Brandon of Anchor Point,
sponsored by the Cheeehako News, and several others.
Startling time for the teams will be at two-minute intervals. All
events will have full radio coverage both days by KENT of Anchor
age. Movie cameramen, from KENI will also film the -raes>» for
later showing on television. The National Bank of Alaska is spon
soring this coverage.
The two-day event, featusing a purse of $'2,000. is he*n« spon
sored jointly by Kenai and Soldotna. It will be Supervised by the
Anchor River Sled Dog and Racing Association, which is conduct
ing the sweepstakes event. The race will consist of two J5-mile heats
to start in one city and end in the other on alternate days.
Warning
Please do not biing pets to
town on Saturday or Sunday.
They may disturb the raring dogs
and cause a mother to lose a i-ace.
Injuries to racing dog-s. pets or
onlookers may develop jf there
should be a free-for-all skirmish
by a distracted team-in pursuit
of a strange animal.
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Saturday s neat oegms at 1 p,
m. at Franklins’s Supply Co., op
posite the Centra) Peninsula Clin
ic in So-kfotna. It will terminate
at the fair grounds in Kenai op
posite the high school building.
Sunday’s race, also beginning
' at 1 p.m,, will originate at the
Kenai fair grounds and will end
at Franklin’s Supply in Soldotna.
Moshers and their dogs are
arriving daily and are making
trial runs over the 15-mile trail
which ha been laid out along the
Kenai Spur Road connecting the
two sponsoring cities.
Friday- at 7 p.m. over Wild
wood Station Channel 8 televi
sion, mushers wilt draw for start
ing .poitionss. Following the draw
ing, mushers and their sponsors
wil be hosted at a buffet dinner
in the Soldotna home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. L, Grange.
Dick Iverson, president of the
Anchor River Sled Dog and Rac
ing Association, has announced
the appointment of racing offic
ials for the event.
Clint Thurmond will serve as
race marshall. Judges on the
starting line will he Lefty How
ard and Calvin Thurmond. Fin
ish line judges will be Bert Far
aday and Larry Clendenen, all
of Anchor Point.
Starters at the beginning of
the race will be Clint Thurmond
and Ray Charlton. Inez Clendenen
and Nita Thurmond will be timers
at the finish line. They, too, are
from Anchor Point,
The races may be viewed from
the high way. Cara may be parked
only on the right hand side of the
highway leading to Kenai Satur
day, it has been announced by
officials. The state laws forbid
| parking of cars on hills and
curves.
No flash pictures are to be
taken and pets are to be confined
at homes of their owners in order
not to distract the racing dogs.
A perpetual trophy, presented
by Wright Truck ant! Tractor Co.,
is now on display at the Village
Inn, Lounge in Soldotna and will
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