. • Historical Museum & Library
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If3 Tile Kenai Peninsula
O Chmhako News
THIRD YEAR ------—,~T ___
— MARCH 16, 1962 l>t> rrt p ■*#-» /'Amr * ——
-— . _ 1 RICE 10c COPY NUMBER 71
Borough
Committees
Give Reports
The Kenai Peninsula Borough
Study Group, at a meeting held
•
Soldotrva, heard the complete re
port of one committee and pre
liminary reports from several
other committee chairmen. Com
mittees are studying various
phases of (responsibilities and
problems that must be considered
under the borough system of gov
ernment.
( harles Griffin, vice chairman,
presided at the meeting in the
absence of the group chairman-,
I>r. Joseph Diesher of Seward.
Griffin, chairman of the school
committee, presented the only
complete report of any of the
committees,
_ in other committee reports,
Clarence Goodrich reported that
the roads committee had met with
Lee Hubbard, secondary roads
engineer for the State Highway
Division, to find out what public
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Officers Elected
For Soldotna’s
Public Library
Officers and a board of direc
tors for the recently incorporated
Soidotna Public Library were
elected Monday night at a meet
ing held in the Soidotna . branch
of the National Bank of Alaska.
Mrs. Burton Carver was elected
president and Mrs. Charles Park
er, secretary-treasurer. Both will
serve - or the five-member board
with Mrs. Carver officiating as
board chairman. Other board
members elected were Mrs. Jack
Farnsworth, Mrs. Lyle Johnston
and Mrs. Mable Smith.
Diek local bank manager
and one of the incorporators of
the organization, officiated at the
meeting. Papex-s of incorporation
for the establishment of the com
munity library, recently approved
in Juneau, were displayed and
discussed.
Other intaiested persons at
tending the meeting included Mrs.
Ear! Westphal, Mrs. Stanley Mc
Lane, Mrs. J, S. Smith, Mrs. Alan
Odom and Mrs. John Mack, all ot
ig idled their willingness
to assist with work connected in
getting tlie library started.
Board memlbwn awl others in
terested in the project plan to go
to Kasilof Monday to confer with
Mrs. Archie' Me Lane as to opera
tion of the Rush of library and
expect to obtain suggestions
which may aid in, setting up the
program in Soldotna.
The local library is expected to
be housed temporarily in the
basement of the Central Penin
sula Clinic Building as soon as
shelves have been installed and
hooks and necessary supplies
have arrived.
Assistance from the state li
brary at Juneau is expected to
amount to $'_k50 annually for new
books. Donations of books from
local residents or cash contribu
tions for the purchase of addi
tional books will also be appre
ciated by the fledgling organiza
•—Photo by Bill Haworth
AMBULANCE COUPS COMMITTEE members Charlie Griffin- ,
chairman; Harry Reger, Dnn Kartell and Bill Reed stand by the
completely reconditioned ambulance that was put in service in the
Soldo!na area last week. These people and many others not in
the picture helped make this service possible. Harry Reger, Dan
Barteil and Bill Reed donated the reconditioning and painting
which was Hone at Reger’s Garage.
Soldotna’s Ambulance
Now Ready for Service
Sporting1 a listening coat of
red paint and emblazoned on each
side with a large white cross, the
recently purchased and newly
repaired ambulance of the Soldot
na Volunteer Ambulance Corps
made its trial m Friday morn
ing.
The initial jaunt, however, did
not involve an emergency call but
was merely to present the ve
hicle for inspection by local doc
tors. Clarence Goodrich, the
corps' publicity chairman, got a
ride as the first “patient."
The attubuJance, a 1951 Cadillac,
is one of two vehicles obtained
by the corps through Civil De
fame from military surplus stock.
It is equipped with two stretch
ers and bedding- and is now ready
for use. It is hoped that a re
suseitator may be added soon.
The other vehicle ‘has not as yet
been repaired.
Most urgently needed at pres
ent are adequately trained drivers
and assistants veiled in first aid.
Currently qualifying are Dr. Paul
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KEN A I, ALASKA
Voting by Proxy Limited
several major changes as to the board of trustees of the Central
ivenai Peninsula Hospital Association took place Tuesday night in
Kenai at the initial meeting of the board following its election at the
nrst annual membership meeting on March 5.
Pvuth (Mrs. Keith) Harsh of North Kenai. one of the nine-member
board elected at the annual meeting, refused to accept the post and
irgmia (Mrs. William) Gibbs of Soldotna was appointed to replace
hei Mrs. Gibbs is one of the first workers to get the hospital project
underway and was one of the ineo: puratura of the organization. '
Expansion of the board of trustees to 12 members instead of
nme was voted by the board and an additional three members were
~" . ~ “ appointed.
riling Begins
Soon for City
Seats at Kenai
Vacancies' in’the mayor's office,
two seats on the city council and,
one on the school board will occur
in Kenai soon and are expected to
be te-filled at a city election
scheduled for the second Tuesday
in May.
Offices to be vacated are those
now occupied by John Swanson,
mayor; Chester Cone and Carl
Seaman, eouncilmen. and James
G. ‘‘Bud” Dye, member of the
board of education. The school
board seat is for a term of five
years, the mayor and council
nien’3 offices for thitee-year
terms.
Persons desiring to be candi
dates for these offices must first
secure an application for nomina
tion from the office of the city
clerk, Mrs. Frances Torkilsen.
Each candidate will be issued a
nominating petition and will be
required to obtain the signatures
of at least 20 qualifying persons.
The petitions must be filed be
tween April 8 and April 18, with
in 20 days but not more than 30
days before the election, Mrs.
Torkilsen said. Both forms may
be obtained at her office.
St. Pat’s Party
At Clam Gulch
To Benefit ACC A
The Clam Gulch Community
Hall will be the scene of celebra
tion in honor of St. Patrick’s Day,
March 17, at 7:30 p,m. The party,
sponsored by the Ninilehik-Tustu
mena Airea Committee for Alaska
Crippled Children’s Association
in conjunction with the Easter
Seal drive, is expected to offer
lots of fun for everyone. The ad
mission is by donation.
There will be door prizes, cos
tume prizes, cake walks, dancing
ami refreshments, in . to
an auction by a professional auc
ttonoer, Wayne 1* lndiey of bol
dotna, of articles donated by pub
lic-spirited businessmen and other
generous individuals. A special
feature of the evening will be
several musical offerings by live,
local talent. There will be records
for round dancing, and Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Lewis will be on
hand to lead square dancing. It
is 'hoped that folks from all over
the Kenai will come to participate
in the fun.
Any contributions for the auc
tion will be greatefully accepted.
They may be brought directly to
the hall the evening of the party,
or left at the Clam Gulch Store
anytime previously.
»ueh expansion of the board m
permitted by amending the by
laws and further action upon the
amendment at the next meeting
scheduled for April 5. Members of
the association will be asked to
vote upon the change in the by
laws at the next annual meeting.
New appointees are Ted Gaines
of Sterling, George Denison of
Ridgeway and In Milter, Cohoe,
Present members of the new
12-member board now include
dames E. Fisher, who lives at Sol
dotna but maintains offices in Re
tail Rev. Carl Click, J. R, Lietzke.
Jess Nicholas, Dick Morgan, Rae
(Mrs. M !,.< Mttllhi mt,u Mntion
(Mrs. Leo) Oberts, all of Kenni;
Sylvia (Mrs. Don> Johnson, North
Kenai; Mrs. Gibbs of Soldotna,
Gaines of Sterling, Denison of
Ridgeway and Miller, Cohoe,
Each of the three interim ap
pointments will serve as board
members for one-year terms or
until the ne.vt annual membership
meeting when members will be
asked to vote upon the amend
ment to expand the board and to
hold another election.
In addition, the board agreed to
limit proxy voting at future elec
tions to not more than four proxy
votes to each .member attending
a membership meeting.
Jess Nicholas was elected as
acting president by unanimous
vote of the trustees. Pursuant to
a motion adopted by the board,
election of permanent officers
will be delayed until the next reg
ular meeting in April,
A number of committee ap
pointments were made by Nich
olas, subject to approval of the
permanent president of the board.
Fisher was ire-appointed as
chairman of the hospital site
committee.
Miller was named chairman of
the membership committee with
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Inside See . . .
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR .T*"- 4
PEOPLE & PLACES ... PR. 3
The OUTDOOR ALASKAN
Hunting & Fishing.PS- 9
JOBS
Work planned and
contracts let .... .pg. 10
SPORTS REVIEW
Basketball, baseball, howling pg. 8
OIL NEWS .VS- 3
COMING EVENTS .VS- 2
BABIES BORN .-VS- 5
PENINSULA PROGRESS
REPORT .. PS- 7
CHURCH SERVICES .pg-1
WANT ADS .Pg- 11