Faye Kilcher Named Queen
Of Homer Winter Carnival
Blond and blue-eyed Fay KiJch
er, daughtei of Mr. and Mrs.
Yule Kilcher of Homer, was
crowned queen of the Homer Win
ter Carnival in a coronation bail
held Saturday night in connection
with the weekend festival.
Fay. 17, n senior in Homer.high
school, was one of seven candi
dates for the honor. She was
sponsored by the Porpoise Room
of Homer.
Judy Engels, reigning queen at
the Carnival events, presented
the new queen her crown in color
ful ceremonies at which other
candidate i served as princesses.
They included Gretehen Abbott,
Jeannie Moore, Lura Wennersten,
Sharon Hathfield, Jackie Thomp
son and Isla Saling, all of Homer.
All appeared in a talent shcnv
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Kucher was born in Sel
dovia and has lived in Alaska all
of her life with the exception of
two intervals of one year and
two years when she wen* to
Switzerland with her parents.
There she studied ballet dancing
and accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Kiiche: and other members of the
family on a lecture tour dealing
with Alaska and homesteading.
She kept up with her classmates
in Homer bv studying a Calvert
correspondence course during her
tour in Europe.
With her farm background and
interest in the raising o.f cattle
and horses, Fay has been active
in 4-H Club work. She won the
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4-B Club speech contest at Fair
banks last year and this year has
served as 4-H cheer leader.
The new Homer Winter Carni
val queen lists her sports as skat
ing and badminton and makes her
own clothes — measurements of
this 5-ft. 4’4-in, queen are 37-24
36. She has appeared in talent
shows in Kenai with her family
in folk singing and instrumental
music en terta i nments.
T'he queen and her attendants
were recipients of many gifts
from merchants in addition to
which Miss Kileher was presented
a fur parka from Jonas Bros.,
furriers of Anchorage.
Hosts Y oungsters
Yount; people of the Soldotna
. Ijutheran church gathered at the
homestead home of Dr. and Mrs.
Paul Isaak after school on March
2 for sledding, a wiener roast and
an hour of Bible study conducted
by Mrs, Isaak. The wiener roast
was held indoors before the. big
fireplace.
So much enthusiasm and inter
est was shown, Mrs. Isaak said,
that she has invited the young
tors to coroe again on the first
and third Friday evenings each
mouth after school for a similar
program of recreation and devo
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Reed have
assisted in organization of the
group. AH young people in the
fifth grade or older ate welcome
to meet with them.
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Trio of Church
Leaders Hosted
By Methodists
Three Methodist church leaders
from Outside shared their experi
ences with Alaska pastors ami lay
leaders, including those on the
Kenai Peninsula, dewing the bi
annual Week of Visitation. Their
preaching' and visiting responsi
bilities took them from Nome to
Ketchikan as well as to the three
churches in the Kenai Methodist
Parish.
Rev. Henry Nicholas of Ger
mantown, Penn., was located at
Kenai during their stay in the
Parish; Rsv. N. Lee Cate of
Osceola, Ark., in the NinUchik
and Tustumena area, and Francis
Beckwith, associate lay leader of
the Methodist conference at. Balti
more, Md., at Soldotna. The latter
is an uncle of Mrs. Ted Grainge,
Soldotna.
The visitors were sponsored by
the Board of National Missions
and Tithing and by the Board of
Evangelism. Friday evening they
were hosted at a pollock dinner
at the Kenai Methodist church
and on Sunday at a pot lack dinner
at the Ninilehik church.
The visiting leaders remained
in the Parish through Tuesday.
Lutheran Group
Elects Officers
Officers of the American l a*’
thci'an Church Women were elect
ed at a meeting' held March 1 at
the home of Mrs. Jess, Shelmnn.
at which Mrs. Kenneth Kvakvik
was cohpstess.
Mrs. Paul Isaak was elected
president of the erganizalian;
Mrs. Matvei Hanson, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Shi;! mar,, secretary;
Mrs,. Roy Sandstrom. treasurer;
Mrs. Chaik., Hines, secretary of
stewardship, and Mrs. Kvakyik,
secretary of education,
Bible study at the meeting was
based on ‘‘Ch: isi Urn- Light” and
was led by Mrs. Hines.
The A LOW meets at 10 a.nr an
the last Thursday of each month.
All area women are invited to
attend.
First Aid Class
Begins Monday
First aid instruction, sponsored
by the Soldotna Volunteer Arobp
lanee, Corps, w®U -begin Monday
at the doklotna school building at
8 p.m.
S. Sgt. Thomas Foster, Wiidr
wood Station, will serve as in
structor of the classes, each of
which will be of three-hour dura-,
tion. At least three and possibly
five class periods are planned.
Enrollment for the instruction
is still ope.n and all persons inter
ested in receiving first aid train
ing are urged to begin with Mon
day’s class.
Sterling Group
Offers Land
For Oil Leasing
Open competitive bidding for
the leasing of a block of 11,000
acres of land near Sterling for
potential oil development has
been announced by Blaine Saund
ers, chairman of the leasing
group.
Ten landowners in the Sterling
area have united in their efforts
to seek the development of their
patented land. They call them
selves the S 16 70 Group, the
name being derived from the
legislative bill which granted oil
rights to qualifying homestead
ers. All of the land in the 11,000
acre block is located , on Scout
Lake and Robinson Loop Roads
near Sterling.
Members of the S-16-70 Group
are Charles Stiles, George Du
Gay, L. B. Naff, L. E. Peterson,
James Hovis, Morris Coarsen,
Melvita Cox, Zoe Davis, T. E.
Saunders and Blaine Saunders.
Lease bids are to be opened on
March 28 in Kenai at tlo» Kenui
br anch of the City National Bunk
of Anchorage. Deadline for sub
mission of bids is 3 p.reu Magch
28, immediately priftr to the bid
opening.
Soldotna Girl
To Wed Soldier
The engagement am! approach
ing marriage of Miss Dolores
Loreno I,unde to Sp 1 Frank
Sack man, who is stationed near
Fairbanks at Ft. Wainwright,
Alaska, has been announced by
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Buchanan,
parents of the bride-elect.
Miss Lan-de was born at Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, but attended
schools at Kcnai for nine years
before graduating from high
school at Eagle Point, Ore., where
she was an honor student.
Specialist Saekman is a native
of T racy ton, Wash., and is the
son. of Mr. and Mrs, A. W. Sack
man. also of Tracy ton. He attend
ed Central High school at Kitsap.
Wash., and has been in the Army
for two. and one-halt’ years.
The date of the wedding has
been set for May T
Borough Group
Continues Study
Reports of all committees will
be heard Saturday at a meeting
of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
Study Group. The luncheon ses
sion will begin at 12 noon at Riv
erside House, Soldotna.
At the Feb. 17 meeting, the
Borough Study Group went on
record as favoring a Peninsula
wide borough.
The Homer Planning Commis
sion, however, is making' a com
pi ehensive study regarding tax
values and operating costs for a
borough to include N’inilchik,
Anchor Point and Homer. It is
expected that a result of this
Study may be discussed at Satur
day’s meeting in addition to the
hearing- of committee reports.
Fairbanks, Alaska, is situated,
on either; side of the CVienu Rivet:
in the fertile Tartans Valley.
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of Hi Gen. A. W. Greely, who
enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1861
and was an early explorer of the
Arctic.
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