THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 262*4624 Kenai Drawer 0
LOREN STEWART ... Editor
DOROTHTt STEWART . Foreign Correspondent (Retired)
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MACHINE JONES . .. . Roving Reporter
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Cities Are What People Make Them
By FRANCES TORKILSEN
Kenai City Clerk
Kenai is your city. You can
make of it what you want. Sel
dom in this day and age have a
people been afforded the oppor
tunity of building a city in the
manner out* forefathers built our
nation. The precedents established
should help us avoid some of the
pitfalls common to newly born
citits. long range planning can
be carried out with patience and
understanding without sacrificing
immediate growth.
Cities in the South 48 and com
munities in Alaska are watching
Kenai with interest. We are an
unique creation— a new city in
a new state, the biggest in both
instances. With the help of all its
citizens, it can also l>e the best!
Your Council meets the first four
Wednesday of the month in open
session where you may come and
make known your problems or
express your opinions. If you
want to speak before the Coun
cil at the beginning of the ses
sion. notify the City Clerk be
fore hand and you will be heard
in the first order of business.
Otherwise, you may observe the
functions of tire Council and be
heard just before adjournment.
Your administration consists of
City Clerk, City Attorney, Po
lice Chief, street dept., commun
ity library, Inc., volunteer fire de
partment. Inc., planning commis
sion, dock commission, citizen’s
ailv ! .unit tees on airport
h*-: ;> 1 and. contemplated
- t : i.ic works, all un
ie - n of your eleet
« a .Mayor. The com
Works will deal
• e water line rights
•'orth.
hlrators would wel
< v* - r worke s on the
va ■» m limit tees abovt named.
You may have a particular phase
of your government you are inter
ested in and, no doubt, could con
tribute valuable heip and sugges
tions in youi chosen field. Any
one desiring to participate will
please conta t the City Clerk or
your counciimen.
TRI TWINS
Twin daughters we. e born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Tri of Co
hoe at 7:08 and 7:1<> a.m. Thurs
day, l>e<, 21, in the Central Pen
insula Clinic at Soldotna. Each
of the twins weighed 6 lbs. 5 oz.
They have not a-> yet been named.
Tri is an employee of the Alaska
Div. of Hwys. This is the second
set of twins to be born at the
Clinic.
For that away-from-homo stu
dent — a gift subscription to the
Cheeehako News.
Open House Held
At Subdivision
Four homes in the Mary dale
subdivision in Soldotna were in
sjiected by the public all day Sat
urday and Sunday during an open
house held by the builders, Lewis
and Metzger, Inc. Entrance load
to the subdivision is between the
Soldotna Supply and the Medical
Clinic. Representatives from MK
Realty Co., agents for the build
ers, were present to show the
houses.
Regardless of bitter cold wea
ther, attendance at the open
house was good on both days.
Much interest was manifest in
the development and enthusiasm
expressed as to the many conven
iences incorporated into t h e
houses, agents for the homes re
ported.
The subdivision is said to be
the first developed in the Kenai
Peninsula to be equipped with
natural gas and the first to have
F H A financing. It is believed
that sales on all four homes
shown will be completed prior to
•Ian. 15, Mrs. Midyett said.
One of the homes is completed
and has been furnished through
out by Seaman Furniture Co. of
Kenai. The other three houses are
in final stages of completion.
Construction of at least 10 more
homes in the 54-home subdivision
is to start in early spring, ac
cording to Ray Lewis, member
of the developing firm. All will
Ik two and three bedroom homes,
located on large wooded lots, 105
feet by 165 feet, with streets to
be graveled as houses are built.
The four houses shown are on
improved streets and have water
and gas distribution systems com
pleted. All homes in the subdivi
sion are FHA approved. The de
velopment was begun this past
March.
Warren Metzger, captain for
Alaska Airlines, and Ray Lewis,
current president of the II o m e
Ponders Assn, of Alaska, have
built houses in Anchorage contin
uously since 1955, including sev
< al in the Turnagain Arm area
of the city and are now develop
ing a subdivision on Tudor Road,
between Seward Hwy. and Lake
C'iis Road.
Lewis began his career as a
builder in Oklahoma City in 1945
moving to Anchorage in 1950. He
worked for another contractor and
then in 1951 started his own bus
iness. He and Metzger started
partnership in 1955.
In their Soldotna subdivision
all materials available locally
have been used, Lewis says, and
al! help has been hired locally
with the exception of construction
superintendent Paul Donley of
Anchorage who has been with
I.&M since 1955.
CHURCH NOTICES
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY
MASS SCHEDULES: Kcnai. 9
a.m. at Our I.ady of the An
gels Church; Soldotna, 11 a.m.,
at Village Shopping Center;
Wildwood, 4 p.m., at Wildwood
Chapel. 54-bc
THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS meets at Soldotna
Community Center. Services
Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Everyone
invited. 46-bc
Too Late to Classify '
FOR SALE
AIRPLANE FOR SALE. AER
ONACA CHIEF, 75 Continental
engine, extra wing tank. Must
sell. Owner leaving for States,
See Troy Hodges at Tachieks
Cabins, Soldotna. 59-3
KENAI CHURCH OF CHRIST
Cod's Eternal message for mod
ern man.
FOR RENT
TWO BEDROOM HOUSE, furn
ished,modern. $150 per month,
(iood deep well. Near Standard
Oil refinery site North Kenai
Road. Inquire Kenai Korners,
or ?tlK Realty, Soldotna.
59-b3t
LOST
WHITE SAMOYED Husky dog,
answers to name of "Rajah,” in
vicinity Mile 105 South Soldot
na. REWARD for return. Please
contact Scarantino, Sky Bowl
Cafe. 262-4994. ' 59-1
HOME BURNED
Fire of undetermined origin
completely consumed a house and
its contents Friday night on the
Robertson homestead about two
miles out of Soldotna t ward
Sterling. No one was at home at
the time of the fire.
Early Alaskan
Artifacts Given
Seward Group
SEWARD — James Sumpter,
who recently purchased the Ken
■lecott Copper Co. holdings on La
touche Island, has presented the
Seward Historical Society with
a wealth of historical artifacts
and memorablia pertaining to
early Alaska that remained on
the Island.
Mrs. Kenneth Allen, who organ
ized the Seward Historical Socie
ty. reports that among the most
valuable items Sumpter gave the
Society are old mining books, min
ing reports and mineral maps per
taining to exploration for miner
als in all parts of Alaska.
Mrs. Alien said, “Seely Hall,
president of the Society, and I
are now cataloguing this valu
able material.”
The material will be available
to writers, mining engineers, and
others desiring the information
fur research on early Alaskan
history. ?
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