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"NEWS FROM THE OIL CENTER OF ALASKA"
SECOND YEAR
April 14, 1961
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Number 34
KENAI CAP HONORED
The Kenai Civil Air Patrol
Squadron has been honored by
the highest award given to a
unit, the Unit Citation. This
citation is issued by National
Headquarters, CAP, and was a
warded to the Kenai Squadron
for the search and rescue work
performed in this area.
The award reads, in part,
“The Kenai Composite Squad
ron, Alaska Wing, CAP. located
in a community of 2,000 people,
60 air miles from Anchorage,
has conducted or participated in
over 60 Air Force authorized
missions since January 1, 1959.
This squadron provides emer
gency air service for the entire
Kenai Peninsula extending 200
miles south of Anchorage.
There are few doctors and no
hospitals in the entire area. In
every emergency the patient
must be flown to Anchorage.
This squadron has saved the
lives of many Alaskans by air
lifting patients to the hospital
in Anchorage, day or night, re
gardless of weather.”
It was given during a 50-min
ute program presented on Chan
nel 8 AFRTS TV. Friday, April
7, at 8 p.m.
A prelude to the presentation
was emceed by Master Sergeant
Jerry Posey of Channel 8, Wild
wood Station, during which he
interviewed distinguished guests
from Alaska Wing CAP and the
U. S. Air Force. Guests from
Wing Headquarters were: Lt.
Col. Roman Malach, Executive
Officer; Lt. Col. Petee Stiver,
Deputy for Cadets; Lt. Col. Rob
ert Mason, Deputy for safety;
Captain Kirby Nunn, Opera
tions section, and W/O Vie San
dell, Assistant to Safety. Lt.
Col. Robert Livesay. U. S. Air
Force, CAP Liaison Officer rep
resenting the Air Force. These
guests answered questions con
cerning CAP in general.
The following Kenai Squad
ron members were also inter
viewed and were representative
of the local members who could
not be on the program due to
time and space at the TV studio.
Maj. Glenn Kipp, Squadron
commander, who was just re
cently promoted from Captain,
1st Lt. Lewis Johnson, Execu
tive officer, 1st Lt. Clarice
(Continued on page 6)
An old picture of the Kenai CAP's rescue airplane shows an
injured cannery worker being taken to Anchorage for treatment.
The CAP wing now owns a Beaver 7-passenger L-20 which is used
for rescue missions.
Kalifonsky Road Work
Goes to Seattle Firm
A low bid of $452,628 for the
grading and drainage of nearly
10 miles of the Kalifonsky
Beach road on the Kenai Penin
sula has been submitted by Mc
Laughlin-B-E-C-K of Seattle,
Public Works Commissioner
Richard A. Downing said today.
The company’s bid was more
than $124,000 below the de
partment’s estimate of $576,766.
Three others of the five bidders
also were below the department
estimate at yesterday’s opening.
The successful bidder will be
allowed 180 working days to
complete the project once he re
ceives notice to proceed.
Specifications on project No.
S-0463(5) call for grading and
drainage of 9.621 miles of the
beach road, starting at the end
of the existing highway near
the mouth of the Kenai river,
and travelling south along the
beach to about two miles south
of Kalifonsky.
Other bidders whose bids
were opened this morning in
cluded M-B Contracting Com
pany, Inc., of Seattle, $462,
463.60; S. S. Mullen, Inc., of Se
attle, $544,852; Ghemm Com
pany, Inc., of Fairbanks, $559,
Kenai Spelling Champ
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“THE WINNER"
ALICE TURMELL
Alice Turmell, 7th grader
from Kenai school, won out ov
er a field of seven contestants
in a spelldown held recently
in Kenai.
She took the honors from
Betsy Zehrung, 9th grade,
when Betsy fell on the spelling
of “blamable.”
Alice and Betsy will go to
Anchorage for the state spelling
tournament. The winner of the
Anchorage meet will attend
the national spelling contest in
Washington, D.C.
Other participants and the
words they fell on were Larry
Hobbs, 8th grade, "abundant,”
Darrel Kipp, 6th grade, "con
gressional,” Martha Ames, 6th
grade, “judicial,” and Eileen
Mullen, 8th grade, "athiest.”
815; and Morrison - Knudsen
Company, Inc., of Anchorage.
$632,081.
Junior Class
Play ‘Success’
‘Desperate Ambrose,” the
Junior school play, was a howl
ing, shooting success, say the
spectators who viewed it on
Friday, April 7. The story of
two stranded vaudevillians who
were mistaken for ferocious out
laws, the play starred Don Day
as Ambrose and Stan Wolfe as
Bert the Sheriff (Mike Burton)
and his two partners-in-crime
(Jerry Holly as Hootowl and
Charles Jackson as Stinkweed)
plotted to acquire the hotel
willed to Nancy (Donna Hobbs)
and Ann (Phyllis). However,
with the aid of Beth (Jane
Kooley) and Posie (Shirley
Tachick) and the somewhat du
bious help of Dan’l (Monty Cole
man), the girls end up with the
hotel and the right men—first,
however, having to shed their
previous alliances with the vil
lainous pursuers of Ambrose
(otherwise known as Homer
the Kid”). Appearing as Judge
was Mike McGuire; as Mrs.
Sprool, Sharon Encelewski; as
Lena, Kathy Porter; and as
first and second moving man,
Ross Cooper and Dan Sample.
The director was Von Phillips,
and settings were by the art
class and the junior boys. Host
ing an after-play party for the
cast at F.A.A. was Monty Cole
man, minus the make-up. Fine
play, fine party, fine time.
Cookies
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Clam Gulch Hosts
Children s Benefit
The Lucky Shamrock dance held March 17th at the Clam
Gulch Hall for the benefit of the Alaska Crippled Children’s Assn,
proved to be a very successful and enjoyable evening. Besides
square and folk dancing, there were cake walks and an auction to
raise funds in addition to the admission donations.
Emil Bartalawits of Calm Gulch was auctioneer. One of the
most sought-after articles was a mountain scene painted and do
nated by Mary Smith of Cohoe.
Others donating for the auc
tion, door prizes, or foods on
sale were the Inlet View Cafe,
Dee’s General Store, Tiemann’s
Village Store, The Ninilchik
Cash Store and the new Texaco
Station, all of Ninilchik; Corea
Bar, Clam Gulch Store, Clam
Shell Lodge, and Beryl Rich
ards, all of Clam Gulch, and the
Chuck Heckels, Kasilof Auto
motive, Jack Haekzema and
Mrs. Larry Fleckenstein, all of
Kasilof.
Several lovely cakes were do
nated by the area’s best cooks,
outstanding of which was one
beautifully decorated by Jean
Koski of Clam Gulch. Costume
prizes were awarded to Nancy
Russell and Karen Shettles
worth of Clam Gulch, and to
George Bonin of Kasilof. The
attractive decorations were the
work of Barbara Banta, assist
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Chet Walker
of Ninilchik.
There was a tot^l of $225
raised for the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association from the
Americanism
Awards Given
Mrs. Allan Petersen visited
each room of the elementary
school and awarded the prizes
given in the Americanism con
test. She also showed a flag
which will be hung in the grade
school hallway in recognition
of full participation in the con
test, a flag which has flown ov
er the National Capitol in
Washington, D.C. The Ameri
can Legion Ladies Auxiliary
which sponsored the contest
hopes this can become an an
nual affair, “To inculcate in
the school children of Kenai
an appreciation and under
standing of the great past and
future of our country.”
Americanism awards were
received by: Arlean Graff.
Mary Carlson, Mike Meeks,
Patricia Ligada, Sandra Baun,
Sandra Jo Barksdale, Vanessa
Kipp, Karen Harlan and Bruce
Triplette of the 1st grade; Deb
by Poore, Paula Cox, Gary
Hollier, Doneva Mullin, Con
nie Gagnon and Becky Hobbs
of the second grade; Jean
Kodyz, Stephanie Baun, Patri
cia Parson, Christine Moran,
Ernie Peterson and Susan
Rockwell of the third grade;
Harold Smith, Linda Hillier,
Dianne Cicarrelli, Rieka Cro
zier, Sheryl House and Ana
Santos of the fourth grade; Carl
Tauriainen, Page Spencer, Jane
Patterson, Joyce Yearsley,
Doug Coleman and Vernie Lof
stedt of the fifth grade; Anne
Wells, Carol Lewis, Karen
Morin, Darrel Kipp, Richard
Cooley, Willy Porter, David
Segura in the sixth grade.
dance, thanks to the combined
efforts of the four contributing
communities, Ninilchik, Clam
Gulch, Cohoe, and Kasilof. The
committee which consisted of
Briar Walker, Ninilchik; Fran
Osmar, Clam Gulch; and Jack
Hoekzema, Kasilof, wishes to
thank all who participated, par
ticularly Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lewis of Cohoe who furnished
the music and instructions for
dancing. Cecil Dimietoff of Ni
nilchik also added to the eve
ning’s entertainment by sing
ing a Russian song and demon
strating the Seal Dance.
T rans-Alaska
To Up Service
Senator E, L. Bartlett said
this week that the Federal Com
munications Commission has
granted construction permits to
Trans - Alaska Telephone Co.
covering proposed new commu
nication facilities between An
chorage and the Kenai Penin
sula.
Trans-Alaska will have 18
months in which to construct
several fixed radio stations on
the Kenai covered by the
grants, in addition to a micro
wave repeater station located
on top of Mount Susitna.
Communities included in the
proposals are Talkeetna, Kenai,
Homer, Girdwood and Cooper
Landing. According to com
pany officials, the new stations
would be tied together through
the Mount Susitna station in a
communication network con
trolled from Anchorage. The
company will offer local sub
scribers on the Kenai complete
supervision and service origin
ating from Anchorage.
Outdoor Signs
Are Governed
Regulations government out
door advertising signs are now
being distributed throughout
Alaska, T. D. Sherard, Direc
tor of the Alaska Division of
Highways, announced today.
Sherard said that the regu
lations have been provided to
all district engineers with in
structions for distribution to
all highway maintenance sta
tions for availability to the
public.
The director said that he has
received reports of some vio
lations, and also of some mis
understanding, on the “bill
board” regulations.
The regulations, as sent out
to the highway divisions, note
that no advertising is permit
ted within the state rights of
way along highways. They also
prohibit all advertising devices
which resembled official signs
or signals.