Soldotna Businessman
And Bride Exchange
Wedding Vows Wednesday
Mrs, Bettie Lande and Dalton
TV. "Penn" Buchanan were mar
3 itd in a quiet ceremony at 10
a. n. Wednesday, Oct. 11. in the
[Northland Baptist church at
Sterling. Rev. Virgil Redmond,
pastor of the church, officiated
at the wedding.
The bride and groom were ac
companied by M s. Melvin rail
s’.:], Alvin Hershberger, and the
t ide’s two younger children, Di
anna and Clarence.
Following the ceremony, the
couple drove to Homer where
they plan to remain until Fri
day.
The groom, operator of Penn's
Hardware in Soldotna, has been
in business in the area since 1956.
IIis bride has been an employee
in the store for some time. Dur
ir.g their absence, Bill Cardwell
is managing the business.
Standard Oil Co. Purchases
Site for N. Kenai Refinery
Standard Oil Co. of California,
paying the minimum appraised
t ie of $250,000, was the suc
cessful and only bidder Tuesday
i -181 acres of land lying direct
ly north of the Nikiski Beach
Ti's ine Terminal in the North
K-nai area. The land was pur
chased for a potential refinery
site.
The sale, held in the Civic
Center Bldg, in Kenai, marked
r :? first disposal of state school
lands. F. J. Keenan, acting lands
- osai officer of the Division
. Lands, officiated at the sale.
<T W. Hagans, district land man
i r Standard Oil Company’s An
chorage office, presented a check
£tom the company for the sum
f $25,100 as down payment.
In requirement of state law in
purchase of school lands, Stand
ard Oil Co. filed a development
plan prior to the sale showing
a need for these specific lands
for the building of a refinery.
Although the development plan
did not state actual dates f o r
starting or completion of the con
struction. under the purchase
contract Standard must proceed
with orderly development within
five years or the purchase price
is forfeited and the land reverts
to the state.
Company spokesmen estimate
that a 20,000 barrel a day le
finery will be erected at a cost
of an approximate $11 million as
iritial investment. It will be de
signed to utilize crude oil from
the Swanson River and Soldotna
Creek fields and to produce pe
troleum products primarily for
use in Alaska.
Keenan remarked at the sale
tmt nine acres of the total acre
age advertised for bid was being
deleted for benefit of the N.
Kenai Community Club and that
a right of way 60-ft. in width
was being reserved, leaving the
Standard Oil Co. with approxi
mately 438 acres of the 481 acre
tract included in the bid.
Progress Underway in
North Kenai Subdivision
Thirty-two lots in the 70-Jot
Busii Lanes, Inc., subdivision on
the Xorth Kenai road have been
*o’d, it was announced by Rich
ard M. Williams, executive vice
president, and Robert L. May
field, vice president of the firm.
Construction of two fourplexes
on the residential sites is already
underway. Construction of the
*400,000 10-lane bowling alley is
' heduled for completion next
* ' ing. The building will include
a -ocktail lounge, snack bar and
banquet room. The lanes are to
be furnished with AMF equip
ment and will feature the latest
underground ball return.
Other commercial commit
ments, so far, included in the de
velopment are an appliance store,
radio and television sales a n d
service, hardware store, electric
al supply, and a supermarket.
Approximately 25 of the stock
holders in Bush Lanes, Inc., are
from Kenai.
Com m un icat ion Li m ited
More than 6,000 Alaskans in
isolated villages rely upon the
state’s 60 bush radio-telephones
as their sole means of commun
ication with the outside world.
■‘Jtsst like uptown”
is
Don Wilson’s
SOLDOTNA STORE
Come in and see for vourself
&
how we do it with mirrors
in our refurnished and
remodeled completely modern
grocery store.
AND
plan now to come to our
GRAND OPENING
to be held soon
Bridal Shower
Planned Friday
Donna Johnson, bride-elect of
Dale McGahan, will be the hon
o ee at a pre-nuptial shower to
be given Friday evening in the
North Kenai Community C 1 u b
building.
Miss Johnson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Johnson,
Noith Kenai. Her marriage to
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
McGahan, also of North Kenai,
is soheduded within the next few
weeks.
Hostesses for Friday night’s
shower will be Mrs. Norman Mc
Gahan, Mrs. Francis Davidson,
Mrs. Jack McGahan, and Miss
Elaine McGahan.
Free Jam Session
Planned Sunday
A practice jam session, free of
charge, will be held from 4:30
to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Com
munity Hall in Soldotna. All
teenageis, their parents and oth
ers interested in music are in
vited to participate or listen.
Conducting the jam session
will be William McSmith, saxa
phone and trumpet player, who
formerly played with some of the
big name bands, including that
of Jack McShane in Chicago,
McSmith, w'ho has established
a dance band in the Peninsula re
cently, will conduct similar jam
sessions each Sunday afternoon
if enough interest is shown at
this Sunday’s meeting, it has
been announced. Although there
is no admission charge, there may
be a small charge for other ses
sions to help defray expenses of
renting the hall.
Mr. McSmith formerly operat
ed an insurance business in An
chorage and recently moved to
his homestead three miles from
the “Y” intersection of the
Sterling Highway toward Anch
orage. His wife, Blanche, until
last election was a member of
the Alaska legislature.
Cities League
Convention Set
For Oct. 25-28
The city of Anchorage will
host the League of Alaskan Cit
ies convention on Oct. 25-28.
The four-day annual meeting
originally was scheduled for Ko
diak but shortage of rooms for
delegates brought about the
transfer as to convention site.
Gov. William A. Egan will de
liver the convention keynote ad
dress. Other speakers will include
Martin B. Underwood, Commis
sioner, Dept, of Public Safety;
Rod Pegues, Director, Local Af
fairs Agency, and a representa
tive from the oil industry, as yet
unannounced.
Panel discussions are an
nounced as follows: “Municipal
Rights and Uses of Land and Na
tural Resources,” “Implementa
tion of Article IX, State Consti
tution-Standardization of Assess
ments,” “Revision and Refine
ment of Municipal Codes and In
corporation Laws,” and “Plan
ning, Finance and Operation of
Capital Improvements.”
Moderators for these topics
will be respectively, J. Earl
Shennett, mayor of Sitka; Wil
liam A. Besser, Anchorage Coun
cilman; L. D. Banta, mayor of
Cordova; and Joseph Ribar, may
or of Fail banks.
Panelists will be commission
ers and other officials from va
rious state departments as well
as many other state and city of
ficials throughout Alaska.
Registration begins Wednes
day, Oct. 25, 3-5 p.m. at the
Anchorage-Westward Hotel in
Anchorage.
Paper Roads
September 1961 figue3 of Al
aska’s Bureau of Public Roads
Lsts 5,536 miles of roads in Al
aska. Of this total, 1,249 are
classified as unconstructed and
exist only on paper. Only 2,414
of the remainder are of such
quality and in such locations that
travel over them is possible thru
out the year.
News classified ads get results.
Mining Course
From Alaska U.
Planned at Homer
Homer has been selected as
one of the 14 Alaskan communi
ties in which the University of
Alaska’s mining extension course
in prospecting will be offered
during the 1961-G2 academic
year. No date for the starting of
the course has been announced
as yet.
Dr. Arthur Buswell, dean of
Statewide Services, says the min
ing extension course is a four
week program in the principles
of mineral exploration. Classes
are to be conducted every week
day evening for a two-hour per
iod. Instruction is offered in
such subjects as mineral identi
fication, geology, claim staking,
geophysical and geochemical ex
ploration techniues. Field trips
are arranged by the instructors.
Any interested person may
register for the course and no
academic requirements have been
set up. Students who successful
ly complete the training will re
ceive certificates from the state
university at College.
Teacher North of
Arctic Circle
Wants Phone
A “bush telephone” has been
requested from the state by a
remote Eskimo village located
more than 100 miles north of the
Artcic Circle.
Charles L. Buck, director of
the Alaska Division of Communi
cations, said the request had
been sent to his office by Anna
Bortel, a school teacher in An
aktuvuk Pass. He sent the nec
essary forms to the village so
that it can be seen if the small
settlement qualifies for a bush
phone.
The director said the radio tel
ephone installations are provided
only to those communities which
request them, are able to oper
ate them, and are unable to ob
tain adequate communications in
any other way.
According to Miss Bortel’s let
ter, Angelee Cash, the other tea
cher in the small village, is a li
censed amateur radio operator,
and would be available to oper
ate the installation. She wrote
that she also “would be interest
ed in qualifying far the operation
of the set.
“At present, our only contact
with the outside world is when
the mail plane comes on a Fri
day,’’ she wrote.
At present there are more
than 6,000 Alaskans in isolated
villages Who rely upon the state’s
60 bush phone installations as
their sole means of communica
tion with the outside world.
The northernmost of these in
stallations is located at Allaka
ket. Anaktuvuk Pass is well over
100 miles north of Allakaket.
Too Lale to Classify
FOR SALE
ALL CAST IRON wood and coal
range. Good condition, $75.
Mrs. Harry Gerberg, Cohoe.
50-3
TRAILER FOR RENT
FURNISHED one bedroom trail
er with washing facilities. Rea
sonable rent. Mandy Walker,
Kasilof. 50-3
FOR SALE
1956 STUDEBAKER Y-8, ih &
od, $350. Complete shell load
ing outfit, Lyman turret load
er, 30-06 and 30-30 dies, pow
der maker scales, $75. Re
stock English 303, $50. V o r.
Phillips, Rebel’s Run, Ridge
way or call 283-7531, days.
50-3
NOTICE
ATTENTION all teenagers. You
and your parents are cordially
invited to a practice jam ses
sion, free of charge, to be held
Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 8
p.m. at the Community Hall in
Soldotna. 50-1
LOST
LOST MAN’S BILLFOLD. Re
ward. H. B. Whitezell. Parker’s
Motel Soldotna. 50-3
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Appliance Service
ALL MAKES
Commercial and Domestic
and Mobile Home Units
Peninsula
Refrigeration Co.
DAN HAMLER
BOX 398, KEN AI PH. 262-1600
UNITED SALES
PRE-WINTER SALE
Wool Ski Socks ... 39c pr.-3 pr. $1
Heavy Felt Socks.pr. 50c
Winter Parkas.from $7.95
Alaskan Trail Snowshoes . . $12.95
Korea Insulated Boots (used) 4.95
Shoe Pacs 2.95 Arctic Mittens 2.95
Army Mukluks.pr. 1.95
BUNK BED SET'S—2 mattresses. 2 cots, 4 extensions $14.95
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