THE KENAI PENINSULA
Cheechako News
Phone 262-4624 KEN AI Drawer 0
MABLE SMITH . Local News Editor & Complaint Dept.
DOROTHY STEWART ... Treasurer
LOREN STEWART.Chairman in Charge of Coffee Breaks
COLLEEN RIVERS . Glamorous Office Secretary
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Letter to the Editor
The following- excerpt is from
a recent letter addressed to Loren
.Stewart, Editor — Cheechako
News, Kenai, Alaska.
Dear Loren:
First I want to thank you for
your tremendous write up (con
cerning- me) as leading contender
for last place in the Day Races
at Anchor Point Sno Festival Dog
Races.
You gave me almost as much
coverage as Gareth (Wright).
With that bunch of mutts I was
using, it wasn't even easy to lose.
Your coverage of the whole
affair was good and we appreci
ate it.
Please run the enclosed ads.
Signed—
“DIRTY” DICK
IVERSON
Box 128
Anchor Point, Alaska
Kenai, Alaska
Fob. 7, 1902
Loren Stewart, Editor
Cheeehako News
Kenai, Alaska
Dear Loren:
It looks like Kenai will have
another “first.” Not only have
we got the largest first class,
city (area wise) hut it looks like
we have the tallest one now, with
the city fathers asking that See.
6 he sola for residential (use),
out business (buildings) will be
forced to go up.
In 20 years, with proper plan
ning we should have all 20 story
or taller buildings in our down
town district A smart man prof
its by others mistakes’
Signed:
MAC McGAIIAN
Alaska Oil, Gas
Production Climbs
More than, six times as much
crude oil was produced in Alaska
during the first 10 months of
1061 than was produced during
the combined years of 1958, 1059
and I960. The major portion of
it came from the Swanson River
field in the Kenai Peninsula,
Alaska crude oil production was
29,000 barrels in 1958; 187,000 in
1959, and 559,000 barrels in 1960
—totaling 775,000 barrels for the
three year period, according to
a recent report released by the
DRY
CLEANING
and laundry
BY
NEW METHOD CLEANERS
VIA
Cordova Airlines
LEAVE CLOTHES AT TICKET OFFICE
IN SOLDOTNA
BEFORE 4 P.M. THURSDAY
BACK FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY
Phone 262-4101 Hours 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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American Petroleum Institute.
In 1961, production in the state
totaled 4,733,000 for the months
of January through October as
compared with 272,000 barrels for
the same months in I960.
Gas production also stepped up
rapidly, according to the report.
Natural gas marketed totaled 50,
000 mcf (million cubic feet) in ’58,
133,000 mcf in 1959, 246,000 in
1960, and 342,427 mcf in the first
nine months of I960,
Sterling Highway
Traffic Increases
Traffic on the Sterling High
way as recorded on the counter
six miles east of Soldo tn a was
up 20 per cent during December
as compared with December of
1960. Anchorage-Seward traffic
was up 18 per cent.
Increases were shown at five
out of nine key locations in Alas
ka with the largest increase be
ing on the Palmer-Wasilla Hwy.
one mile east of Palmer, where
it. rose 29 per cent.
In November-Deeember com
parisons, Sterling highway traf
fic dropped 18 per cent and An
, ho rage-Seward traffic was down
9 per cent. -
In December 196! and Decem
ber 1960 comparisons, the Alaska
highway 10 miles southeast of
Northway Junction suffered the
greatest drop of 34 per cent.
In comparing December’s fig
ures with the traffic count for
the pi*eceding month of Novem
ber, the Alaska highway traffic
counter registered the only in
crease noted at the nine check
points. December traffic over that
counter was 22 per cent more
than during November.
Information obtained from the
traffic counters is used to deter
mine what types of highways are
best for an area, and also to de
termine the sufficiency of the ex
isting road.
KEN'S
Watch Repair
across from
Fish and Wildlife
in Kenai
Box 536
Federal Budget
Includes Projects
For Peninsula
Many projects of interest to
Kenai Peninsula residents are in
cluded in the federal budget for
fiscal 1 968 as presented recently
to a joint session of Congress by
Pres. John F. Kennedy,
According- to the President’s
budget message, a designated to
tal of $159,054,822 is to be used
for Alaska,
A s urn of $83,100 has been
earmarked for the, Kenai refuge
of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Corps of Engineers was
allotted $25,000 to continue the
causeway survey of the Turna
gain and Knik Arms,
The Seward harbor navigation
survey allotment was designated
as $8,000 with an additional $135,
000 to be set aside for operation
and maintenance of the harbor.
Registrations
Break Records
Motor vehicle registrations in
Alaska climbed to a record 86,640
during 1961, according to Rev
enue Commissioner Peter Gatz,
in a year-end report.
The figure was 4,716 higher
than in I960, more than seven
times the 12,161 registrations re
corded in 1947 and more than
double the 87,033 vehicles on the
Alaskan highways in 1051.
By license categories, the
breakdown showed 71,965 priv
ate vehicles, 304 for hire, 13,012
commercial, 1,080 motorcycles
and 329 dealer licenses.
A small announcement
about a
BIG
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Seaman’s Furniture in Kenai is
planning an April birthday party
to celebrate their second year in
business, and their $60,000 mort
gage. (adv)
Newcomer
Dale Alan Biktuit
Corinne and Arthur Baktuit of
Kenai are announcing the birth
of a 5 lb. 7 <rz. son born at 2:16
a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the
Clinic at Soldotrra. They have
named the baby Dale Alan.
NEW EQUIPMENT
KENAI— Lyman McBride, the
acting: postmaster at Kenai, re*
ports that 48 large size boxes
have been ordered for the post
office and that orders have been
placed for money order and can
celling machines. The Kenaj
post office will have about 600
boxes after the arrival of those
ordered.
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on the Kenai Peninsula
FOR INSERTION OF CHURCH NOTICES IN THIS COLUMN CALL
CHEECHAKO NEWS—262-4624
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets each Sunday from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at Sokiotna Community Bldg. Rev, James M.
Simmons of Anchorage, Pastor. 61-be
LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICEs'l’^.m’ Sunday^' SuBday~’School
3 p.m. at Sokiotna Theatre. O. B. Fjelstad, pastor.
SOLDOTNA BAPTIST CHURCH, at the Y.’SundajTSchool at 10 a.nt
Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evening service 7:30 p.ra.
Rev. Paul Weirner, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULEsT Konai 9 am.
at Our Lady of the Angels church; Sokiotna, 11 a.m. at Village
Shopping Center; Wildwood 4 p.m. at 'Wildwood Chapel.
KENAI METHODIST CHURCH— Church School 9:45 a.m. and Pub
lic Worship 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sunday 6:00 p.m, Daniel Harlan, Pastor.
KENAI LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICE at 4 p.m, Sunday, Feb.
31th in the rear lobby of Kenai Hotel, Jos. Frenz, Pastor.
Dorothea’s Beauty Salon
AT THE Y IN SOLDOTNA
OPEN TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY—9 A.M. TO 5 P.M,
PHONE 2624614
HARTLEY’S
MOBILE HOME TRANSPORT
BONDED—&TOENSED—IN5U RED
ICC APPROVED
MOVE any trailer—anytime—anywhere
Call 283-7525 or 283-7840 Kenai
The
RA|nBOW BAR
in Kenai
is giving a
FREE SMORGASBORD
SAT., FEB. 17th
To celebrate their re-opening
after remodeling
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Party Nite For All 8 pan. until?
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Your Hosts
“Toot” and IVSarv
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Kenai Phone 283-7633
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