Letter to the Editor:
Magnetism of the Kenai
Draws Family to Alaska
13,is wiekerham unve
Monongahela, Pa.
Cheechako News
Kenai, Alaska
Bear Sir:
We would like you to continue
sending the paper and you will
find a check to cover the cost.
We would be lost and feel cut
off from the friends that we, as
parents, have learned to know
through the paper and our sons,
Wayne ard Edward (Ted). The
boys call it “back home” and of
course are very interested in what
you are all doing.
Wayne worked on your new
building before he came home for
a short visit and back to enter
the service. He is located at Yu
ma, Ariz., in the Conare group
at the Yuma Test Station. He
has a year to go and then back
“home” to the Kenai Peninsula.
T know that he would want me
to send his best regards to all
his f>r'iends and to say that he is
coming back.
Edward went back last Janu
ary with Wayne. He worked at
the Columbia Ward Cannery un
til the last of July and then he
came home. He is now working
at Catcret. N.J., but plans I be
lieve to be m Kenai in the spring.
He too covers the paper thorough
ly when he gets back home for
the weekends. He is marking time
until Wayne get® out of the serv
ice when they will help in a small
way to make your area grow.
As for we parents, we wonder
very much what you. have that
is such a magnet that holds
folks once they have ventured
your way? We intend to find out
Barbecue Sauce Adds Flavor
To Rice Dish
French women are known to create the most delicious dishes
on a limited budget, but American homemakers can match this
flair for cookery.
Here, for instance, is a tasty all-American main course with
a bounty of flavor ana appetite appeal, Seasoned to perfection
with bottled barbecue sauce, this hearty entree features a happy
union of Packaged pre-cooked rice, green peas and frankfurters,
the'whole farrul v ^ green salad, it’s sure to bring applause from
Barbecue Franks anil Rice Dinner
0 iranKiuriers, sliced thinly
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onions
1 clove garlic, minced
Vi cup chopped green pepper
1 pound ground beef
1 beef bouillon cube
2% cups water
% cup Open Pit Barbecue
Sauce
V* teaspoon salt
IV3 cups Packaged Pre-cooked
rice
1 package (10 ounces) quick -
frozen Green Peas
Heat frankfurters in butter in a skillet. Remove frankfurters
reserving butter m skillet. Keep frankfurters warm. Add onions
garlic, and green pepper to remaining butter in skillet. Saute*
until onions are transparent. Add beef and saute until brown
Dissolve bouillon cube in water. Then add bouillon, barbecue
sauce, salt, and rice to beef. Mix well to moisten rice. Cover and
simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 10 minute®
Peats according to package directions. Drain well
Place peas and frankfurters in mounds m the bottom of an oiled
I/2 quart ring mold. Add rice mixture and pack lightly. Let
stand at least 2 minutes to mold; then unmold on a hot platter
and serve. Makes 6 to 8 servings. 1Mir
GEORGE ATTLA, who last wepk won the
World’s Championship Sled Dog Race in An
chorage, came in two minutes and thirty-four
seconds behind Dr, Lombard (in total time) to
win second place and a $500 purse in the Alaska
State Championship Race run between Renai
and Soldotna last Saturday and Sunday.
ourselves one of these days. How
ever, we have tried to do as much
public relations work as we can
for Alaska.
We read all we can from reli
able sources and use what the
hoys have told us to correct
wrong* impressions of your way
of life, climate, and any other
statistics we can think of. Many
pictures have been shown that
the boys have taken and we cir
culate your newspaper to as many
as want to read it.
Since I am a fifth grade tea
cher, when Wayne as at home he
proves to be a very able lecturer
for many classes. This helps to
clear up many wrong ideas and
concepts that the children have
developed and in turn they carry
(the corrected version) home.
We use your newspaper in the
classrooms to show that, you
people are just like folks here at
home.
The hoys send their best wish
es to the new baby at the Coirs’
and their sympathy to Mrs, Wal
ker on her loss of Pappy,
We send our best wishes to an
area that as growing like a hur
ricane from our point of view
and from Wayne’s. He feels that
you will outgrow him by the time
his service is over and he can
get back.
I almost forgot Dad. He says
that he has to do some hunting
and fishing up there, too. He
can’t let the .boys get away with
all the tales. The fishing is so
poor in our area that the fellows
are green with envy when the
boys finish with their tales.
Hope to greet you personally
in the future.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Byers, 'Sr.
(This letter speaks for itself.
We’ll be glad, however, when that
magnetism spoken of gets in a
few more good licks and the
Byers family, in toto, comes
“'home”—to Alaska and especial
ly to the Kenai country,—Ed.)
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GARETH ^ RIftll I of Soldotna who helped organize the races
and whose W rigid 1 ruck and Tractor Co. provided the three-year
retirement trophy, also raced in (he Alaska State CitainpKmship
race. Here he is in the final seconds before the starting gait
talking to his team.
Spectators Share
Race Sweepstakes
W. A. Hoover, superintendent
of schools at Kenai, was winner
of $120 in the sweepstakes event
held ‘Saturday and Sunday in con
nection with the Kenai-Soklotna
sponsored first annual Alaska
State Championship Sled Dog
Race. His winnings on ticket 268
wore based upon the total elapsed
time of the first-place musher in
the race, which was Dr. Roland
Lombard.
Jerome Morzon of Mt. View,
with ticket 81*2, and Jack Hener
rnan of the Rainbow Bar in Ke
nai, with ticket lift?, wo® cash
prizes of $48 and $24, respective
ly, on total elapsed time of mush
evs George Attla and Orville
Lake, who ended the race in sec
ond and third spot.
Prizes of $8 each were awarded
for tickets drawn in connection
with the eight other rmishers en
tered in the competition. R. T.
Hall, manager of the Soldotna
branch of the National Bank of
Alaska, was holder cf tickets
1304 and 1305 and received $12.
Mushers represented were Joe
Brandon and Dick Kopsack.
Other $6 prizes were awarded
to Skeet Iverson, Anchor Point,
on Chuck Raymond’s race; A. E.
Culligan, Soldotna, on Clyde
Bastian; B. Blessey, Kenai, on
Petrocivich; Barney Barnoldt,
Soldotna, on Bud Smith, Jess
Harbin, Soldotna, on Bob Bar
clay, and Joanne Johnson, Village
Inn, Soldotna, on Gareth Wright.
The sweepstakes event was
conducted by the Anchor River
Sled Dog and Racing Association,
a non-profit making organization.
The same group supervised the
race and supplied officials.
One-half of proceeds from sale
of sweepstakes tickets was used
for prizes to ticket holders and
the remaining half, amounting to
$240, will go toward* promoting
future sled dog races on the Ke
nai Peninsula. - ,
Officials supplied by Anchor
River Sled Dog and Racing Asso
ciation included Clint Thurmond,
race marshall; Ray Charlton and
Clint Thurmond, timers on start
ing line; Inez; Clendenfen and Ntia
Thurmond, timers at finish line,
and Bert Parady, lefty Howard,
Larry Clendenen, Calvin Thur
mond and Ray Charlton, judges.
Sled holders included Homer
Swires, of Kenai, who helped
Gareth Wright lay out the trail,
Simmes and Eugene Smith of
Cohoe.
DID YOU KNOW?
Seward was founded in 1904
and was named for Lincoln’s
secretary of state, who arranged
for Alaska’s purchase from the
Tsarist Russians.
Father Eugmen Nicholias and
his second priest, Makar Ivanoff,
established the first Russian mis
ion at Kenai in 1840. Their graves
ase still near the old hand hewn
church.
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