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BURGLARY
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A v©a4bk>ek was set up by Hub
ert y at the Soldotna Y mterace
tkn> rttai twi> »tts|K*rts in the de
scribed vehicle were intercepted
by the trooper at -2 ;43 a.m. They
were ordered to return to Ketrai
for investigation where- Trooper
Wayne Morgan and Peavtey as
sisted with the investigation.
A search of the men and the
car resulted in recovery of nine
wrist watches, three boxes of
coins and the camera.
Gibson and Puddm-ombe were
both charged with burglary, were
arraigned before deputy fflwk.
tr»te Jess Nicholas and bail was
set at $10,000 each. They were
confined to the new city jail ov
ernight, the first occupants to
use the ceils. The suspects were
transported to Anchorage by the
state police at 8 a.m. on Jan. 8.
State Treoper Hagerty, newly
assigned to the Peninsula and
stationed at Soldotna, said only
through prompt discovery of the
breakin and quick action on the
part of Hobart was he able to
apprehend the amh. A matter of
a few hours mic-hf have resulted
in their escape.
Hobart was hired recently to as
sist Peavley through the Christ
mas and New Year season when
Kenai merchants felt additional
protection should be maintained.
Soldotna to Host
Agricultural
Leaders Monday
Feasibility of operating an ex
perimental farm rpogram cm the
Kwtn? Peninsula is -hoped to be
ascertained at a meeting to be
held at Riverside House in Sol
dotna Monday night.
Suggestions for legislation per
tinent to Peninsula agricultural
needs and problems will also -be
collected.
State educational and agricul
tural leaders as weij as several
state legislators trill be present
to aid in explaining and advising
local farmings groups, The meet
ing is open to all interested per
sons.
Featured guest speaker will
he Dr. WiHhsm R. Wood,- presi
dent of the University of Alas
ka; Dr. Alien Mick, head of the
experimental station at Palmer;
.fames Wilson, state director of
agriculture, Palmer; Sen. B. J.
Logan, Cordova; Sen. Erwin Met
calf, Seward; Rep. Leo Rhode,
Homer; and Ed Liebenthal, dis
trict agricultural agent, Homer.
James E. Picker. Kenai. chair
man of Western Kenai Peninsula
Redevelopment Committee, and
committee members for the grain
dehydrating and pelleting mill
prgram for the Peninsula will al
so be present to confer with visit
ing authorities.
The no-host dinner meeting is
set for 6:dil p.m. at 82.50 per
plate?. Those desiring to attend the
meeting but not the dinner may
also do so. Special invitations
are being extended Ninilehik,
Homer, and other Peninsular com
munities.
Reservation.- for the dinner
must be in by Saturday and may
be made by cailijig Riverside
House or contacting Rusty (Mrs.
Larry) Lancashire.
Burglars
Take $200
Approximately $200 was taken
from the cash register at River
side House, Soldotna, early Jan.
4. The break-in and burglary are
believed to have occurred between
i and 9:4b a.m.
The thief or thieves evidently
broke in through a rear door, ac
cording to State Troopers Wayne
Haggerty and Wayne Morgan,
who are continuing the investiga
tion.
Two Other break-ins were re
ported in Soldotna about two
weeks ago, Morgan said, Hbw’
aid's Service Station and Roy’s
Texaco Station were a iso entered
. by broken doors. Tires, batteries
, ami possibly other items were
taken, value of which will be de
termined following completion of
inventory.
Hospital Ass'n
Picks Architect;
Lists Activities
The Board of Trustees of the
Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital
Association has selected Anchor
age Arehtiec-t Edwin Crittenden
to prepare drawings for hospital
facilities for this area of the Pen
insula. •
Announcement came from As
sociation President Daniel Harlan
following- the January meeting of
the Board. The decision was made
after more than six weeks of con
sideration.
Crittenden will now be avail
able to give advice on acquisition
of state and federal funds under
the Hospital Survey ami Construc
tion Act of 194-6 (Hill-Burton),
and to consult with the site com
mittee on its studies of possible
•locations, as well as working with
the building and facilities commit
tees on plans. Crittenden and As
sociates designed both the Seward
General Hospital and the Valley
Hospital at Palmer, and is the
consulting firm for the new Pro
vidence Hospital in Anchorage.
The Board met last week in
Kenai with seven trustees pres
ent, Harlan, Mrs. Itaye Mullki,
Mrs. Virginia Gibbs, Mrs. Marion
Oberts, Mrs. Daphne McLane, Jess
Nicholas and Janies Fisher.
Guests included Dr. Paul Isaac
and Dr. Elmer Gaedc of Central
Peninsula Clinic. Soldotna, and
Rev. Leo Schiegel of Anchorage,
American Baptist supervisor for
Attaint*
While only in its fifth month
the Hospital Association's first
annual meeting is coming up soon
(the first Monday in March , un
de>r-thg-by-laws). Already mem
bership is nearing one1 hundred.
FIVE BUSY MONTHS
Since its organization last Au
gust 3d,- when trustees ware
eleeted, the Association has con
stituted four major committees—
(membership, budget and finance,
site and building and facilities);
studied the area’s facility needs,
and consulted'with h number of
the state’s outstanding architects
resulting in the selection of Crit
tenden; begun cost estimates for
constructing and equipping a fa
cility of 20 to 25 beds, and em
barked on an investigation of fi
nancing needed to complete such
a plant; met with state and fed
eral officials responsible for ad
ministering Hill-Burton funds;
moved into an intensive survey of
site proposals; and conferred with
pibspective hospital operating ag
encies, with a conference sched
uled in M&rch with a national
leader., of the American Baptist
Home Missionary Society, operat
or of the Cordova Hospital.
Harlan announced also that the
State Hospital Advisory Board
which met in Juneau in Decem
ber classified this area as an “A”
priority area for both general hos
pital, and diagnostic and treat
ment facilities. According to re
liable Juneau sources the central
Kenai may be eligible for state
and federal construction funds as
early as nbxt July, he said. These
ftnuh have been reckoned at be
tween 70 and 75 per cent of the
total construction cost.
While long strides have been
made in a brief time to bring a
hospital to the area the Board’s
philosophy, according to Harlan,
is that of the poet Goether to la
bor’ “without haste and without
rest.”
Soldotna Mail
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strip on which Cordova planes
lanu once a day during winter
months and twice daily during the
summer.
If Cordova Airlines could han
dle the mail, the delegation told
Hnrtigan, mail to and from Sol
dotna could be iritei’cepted on reg
ular flights and could reach its
designation promptly. Better ser
vice could be given Kasilof, Cdhoe
and Ninilnhik as well as Seward
without the round-about hauling
of mail back and forth over the
Peninsula by - planes and trucks,
Chamber members said.
Merle K. Smith, Cordova Air
lines president, was at the con
ference and spoke regarding the
proposed change, also concerning
the possibility of equalizing rates.
Differential in rafts to various
airlines hauling the mail is es
tablished by CAB ruling.
George Sharrock, traffic and
sale manager for PNA at Anch
orage, also attended the meeting
but did not participate in the
discussion.
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