RD KEITHAHN
The Kenai Peninsula 53?ST “:3”
Ckeeckak o News
“NEWS FROM THE OIL CENTER OF ALASKA”
THIRD YEAR
September 29, 1961
10c a Copy Number -18
ANCH. NATURAL GAS OFFICIALS TOUR AREA
Plenty of Discussion
But No Action Taken on
Kenai Power Problem
Ihe Kenai Power Corp. pre
sented its franchise proposal to
supply power to the City of Ken
ai to the Kenai City Council
Tuesday night in the form of
proposed Ordinance No. 15. Mo
tion was made and passed that
the proposed ordinance be pre
sented on the floor for a first
reading.
Carl Seaman read the ordi
nance and members of the audi
ence followed along- with copies
given them by Rod Franck, pub
lic relations representative for
Kenai Power Corp., owned and
operated by Frank Rowley.
The meeting was thrown open
to discussion with Council mem
bers and audience participating.
Speakers from the floor w ere
Jess Nicholas, W. E. Mullen, Leo
Oberts, Stan Thompson, Phil
Stetzer, Bill Wells and Helen
Stetzer.
Council member Dick Morgan
attempted to bring Ordinance
No. 15 to a vote but was ruled
out of order by Mayor John
Swanson on the grounds that the
meeting had progi-essed to “per
sons not scheduled to be heard”
and that motions were no longer
in order.
No further action being pos
sible, the meeting adourned with
no decision being reached.
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The Alaska Division of High
ways has released a list, of 32
highway projects which it expects
to advertise during the coming
fall and winter.
The list, compiled by Biuce
Campbell, state road design en
gineer. has been sent to contract
ors so that they will have the
opportunity to make field sur
veys of the projects now while
the weather is still favorable.
Included on the list are the
following:
Sterling highway between Ka
silof River and Anchor Point:
Forty-five miles of the Sterling
highway between the Kasilof
River and Anchor Point, which
will be divided into four separate
contracts. It calls for grading and
drainage and the construction of
one 137-foot bridge at Deep
Creek.
North Kenai Extension: About
5.2 miles of grading and drainage
north of Kenai on the North
Kenai road.
Kodiak city streets: Grading,
drainage and paving of about two
miles of city streets.
New Kenai High School
Subsect of Controversy
For the third time, the Kenai
City Council, Tuesday night,
turned thumbs down on a motion
to submit plans as drawn up by
the Board of Education of Kenai
Schools for a portion of Section
33 to the Bureau of Land Man
agement, It has been suggested
that a new high school building
be erected upon the site.
Mayor John Swanson ruled the
motion out of order when pre
sented at this council session by
Carl Seaman and seconded by
Carl Swanson. The mayor said
the move to reconsider must be
made by a member previously
voting on the prevailing side.
At a prior meeting on Sept.
19, the motion made and second
ed by the same two men failed
because all members were not
present, although there was a
quorum. Affirmative votes for
submission of the plans to the
BLM were made by Chester Cone
and Seaman. Negative votes
were by Dick Morgan, Mac Mc
Gahan and Thomas Hayes, and
represented the prevailing side,
mentioned by the mayor Tuesday
night.
The first time the motion came
before the Council it was tabled
until after the Council could
meet with John Ault, housing
expert from Alaska Housing Au
thority, whom the city has hired
to draw up long-range plans for
future city development.
A petition favoring the Board
of Education's plans for Sec. 33
has been circulated throughout
Kenai this past week and report
edly has been signed by approxi
mately DO per cent of the resi
dents.
The site selected by the Board
of Education is approximately 2
miles east of the already over
flowing Kenai School.
This coming Monday night has
been set as a date for a joint
meeting of the Board of Educa
tion, the Council and the Kenai
Planning Commission for consid
eration of possible future sites
for a. new school building.
Wildwood Chapel
Dedication Soon
Dedication of the new chapel
at Wildwood Station Army base
near Kenai is scheduled soon, ac
cording to Capt. Robert Rockwell,
post chaplain.
The chapel will seat approxi
mately 90 persons and is in final
stages of completion. It already
is being used for services and
was the setting for a recent wed
ding in which a Wildwood sol
dier, Sp.4c Richaid L. Leeeear
done, exchanged marriage vows
with Miss Katherine Wilson of
Kenai.
A definite date for dedicatory
services will be announced by
Captain Rockwell as soon as con
struction is finished.
I It 11 RE STOR\ ? 1 he Cheechako photog went looking for a
hunting picture. Result? Picture of Bob Wade of F&W with
a nice set of moose antlers being admired by son Bobbv and
daughter Robin. The story? Bob had just recently got back from
a successful moose hunt; that is, hunting partner John Martin
(of Martin’s Heavy Etpup.) got a moose. But Johnny Martin
had taken the moose horns home, so resourceful photog Dorothy
Stewart substituted another set of antlers. Well, it made a fine
hunting picture, anyway.
Standard Oil Co. Homes
Due by Barge Saturday
Four of the five homes to be
erected by Standard Oil Co. of
Calif, for its production crew in
the Swanson River field are due
to arrive by barge early Satur
day morning.
Jim A mess of the Arness Ter
minal, located 17 miles north of
City Gives Permit
On Barge Loading
Wright Truck and Tractor Ser
vices will be permitted to load
fuel oil and equipment on a barge
at the City of Kenai’s dock site
at the rate of 50c per ton. This
decision was reached Saturday
night when the Keriai City
Council met in special session
for the specific purpose of set
ting a fee for loading of the
barge at the city dock site.
The clerk was instructed to
issue a permit to Wright Truck
and Tractor Sei vices and also a
permit to Frontier Sand & Rock,
Inc., to this effect.
It was stipulated that all the
equipment of the two companies
he moved within 72 hours from
the date of the Council meeting.
Cheryl Larson, her son, Dar
ren, and Pat Kettles and little
Sherri spent a few days in Pal
mer and Big Lake.
Kenai on Nikishka Beach Road,
was notified Thursday that the
barge from Seattle is due to
dock at his terminal at 5 a. m.
Saturday.
Arness originally was told that
all five houses would be on the
barge but space limitations re
duced the number to four. He
was not told when or how the
fifth house would be shipped.
The prefabricated houses, each
measuring 24 x 44 feet, will he
complete and already assembled.
They will be moved to Standard
Oil’s Block 4 in the Soldotna
Creek unit of the field.
Standard Oil Co. of Calif, an
nounced a few weeks ago that
a company office and mainten
ance building in addition to the
five homes would be located on
Block 4.
Due to the fact that the area
is located in the Kenai National
Moose Range, special permission
for construction had to be ob
tained from Alaska Fish and
Wildlife Depaitment. The build
ings are to be moved when the
company ceases to maintain pro
duction in the area.
The homes are to be occupied
by Otis Webb, Jim Bust, Clar
ence M. Waite, Ben Demaray,
Ken Slater, and Rod Smith and
their families, according to the
earlier announcement.
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GIRL SCOUTS
Final
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
—0—
9:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 3
Kenai Civic Genter
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
URGENTLY INVITED TO ATTEND
11 Top Company
Officials Inspect
Pipeline Operation
Soldotna was host to 11 Anch
orage Natural Gas Company top
officials yesterday, as part of
the pieliminaries to the dedica
tion of the company's gas lines
from Kalifonsky Beach south to
Kenai, to the City of Anchorage.
Mayor ( arver and a delegation
from Soldotna met the group at
the Soldotna airport where they
arrived at II a.m. via Cordova
Airlines DC
The group was then taken on
a tour of Soldotna and Kenai by
bus. In Kenai the group spent
some time visiting1 the famous
old and new Rrussian Orthodox
Churches.
Following the tour of Soldotna
and Kenai the group returned to
Soldotna for lunch at the Riv
erside House and then toured the
gas well development at Kalifon
ski Beach where they viewed
well No. 1, and then talked with
Elmer Kendall, who is in charge
of the gas field operation and
has his office in the micro-wave
station. The micro-wave station
gives the company direct contact
between the gas field and their
Anchorage office.
Leaving the gas field, the
group made a leisurely trip back
up the Kalifonski Beach road
stopping to view the scenery,
■which is dressed up in brilliant
fall colors.
Comments from the group
were concerned mostly with won
der at the amount of develop
ment of the Kenai-Soldotna area
and their confidence in the fu
ture development of Alaska’s
great potential.
The group returned directly to
the Soldotna Airport ami then
returned to. Anchorage where
they will attend the planned re
ception Friday night and the
dedication ceremonies on Satur
day.
Mayor Burton Carver and wife
Joyce have been invited to par
ticipate in tiie reception ami de
dication ceremonies representing
Soldotna, the first incorporated
city in Alaska to receive civilian
consumer gas service.
Numbered among the visiting
group were:
Pres. Alaska Pipeline Co. anil
Anchorage Natural Gas Corp.,
Mr. Robert Baldwin and wife;
Pres. Delta Engineering, M r.
Geo. Gudenraph and wife; Sec.
Alaska P. L. Co., Mr. Seaborn
Eastland Jr. and wife; Pres. Hon
olulu Gas Co., Mr. James Stop
sord Jr. and wife; Y.P. Alaska
P.L. Co., Mr. Horace V. Webb
and wife; Senior Y.P. Texas Na
tional Bank of Houston, M r.
Kline McGee and wife; Mrs.
James Baldwin, sister-in-law to
Pres. Baldwin; Delta Engineer
ing Project Manager, Mr. Walter
Spence; Mr. Herman Backstege,
administration assistant to pres
ident Robt. Baldwin; Mr. R. M.
Hawkins, Operations Supt. of
Alaska P.L. Co.; Mr. Dale Teal,
Exec. V. P., Anchorage Nat. Gas
Co., Mr. Richard J. Brown, Con
troller, Anch. Nat. Gas Co., and
Mrs. Jacqueline Hale, Sec. to
President Baldwin.
Except for Operations Super
intendent Hawkins, the group
was from Houston, Texas.
DEDICATION SCHEI)l LE
PLANS OUTLINED
Plans for the official dedica
tion of the natural gas pipeline
from the Kerrai Peninsula and
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