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The Kenai Peninsula
Cheechako News
'NEWS FROM THE OIL CENTER OF ALASKA'
SECOND YEAR
April 28, 1961
10c a Copy
Number 35
The Armed Forces of the
United States, throughout the
country and overseas, will be
host to their American and In
ternational neighbors May 13
20, 1961, when the Army, Air
Force, Navy, Marine Corps,
Coast Guard and Reserve
Forces throw open their gates
to give friends at home and
abroad an opportunity to see
all aspects of our national
strength. The 1961 observance
will emphasize the role of our
Armed Forces in the Free
World POWER FOR PEACE.
As in previous years, the ob
servance will feature “open
house” events in post, camps,
stations, bases and defense fa
cilities where hundreds of ex
ercises, exhibits and demonstra
tions will be present for civil
ian guests.
Wildwood Station would like
to extend an invitation to
friends on the Kenai Peninsula
to visit the post on Armed
Forces Day, Saturday, May 13,
1961, between the hours of 12
noon and 4 p.m. Various dis
plays are scheduled including
an open house at the post Fire
Station, a fixed communication
plant by STARCOM and a troop
display. Also, there will be a
static display of Army, Air
Force and CAP aircraft at the
Federal parking area of the
Kenai Airport. The Television
station will hold open house
and the MARS station will be
open and visitors may send mes
sages via the MARS network to
most any place in the world
where there is another MARS
station.
Some of the demonstrations
and exhibitions planned for the
afternoon will feature a track
meet arranged by the Special
Service section of Wildwood
with the local tracksters partic
ipating, a band concert by the
214th Army Band who will
also play at the dedication of
the new -Kenai Post Office.
There will be a fly-over by F
102s to salute the Armed Forces
in this area, and the most spec
tacular event planned for our
celebration will be a nine-man
team of “sky divers" from Fort
Richardson, parachuting from
various altitudes onto Wild
wood Station. Refreshments
will be served throughout the
afternoon by Youth Activities.
Plan to attend the Armed
Forces Day celebration May
13th, 1961, from 12 noon to 4
p.m. at Wildwood Station.
A chance to inspect Armed Forces equipment at close range, such as the Jet pictured above,
will be another opportunity afforded visitors at Wildwood Station and Kenai, May 13th, during
Armed Forces "Open House" and the Kenai post office dedication.
2nd Election
Is Scheduled
For Soldotna
Soldotna City Election for
City Council members will take
place May 9th at the Soldotna
Community Hall,
William Haworth, Marge
Mullen and Beula Grange were
appointed election judges.
All residents who wish to
vote must register at the Sky
Bowl between May 1st and May
6th. To be eligible to vote or
qualify as a city candidate a
person must be over 21 years of
age, and have lived within the
Soldotna City limits one year
or more as of May 9, 1961.
Candidates for office must
register on or before 6 p.m.,
May 6, 1961, at the Sky Bowl.
Absentee ballots will be per
mitted if postmarked on or be
fore May 9th. Each envelope
with absentee ballots enclosed
must be clearly marked on the
bottom left hand corner “Ab
sentee Ballot” and addressed to
one of the above election
judges.
School Honor Rolls Reported
Honor roll for the fifth re
porting period at Tustumena
School is: second grade, Nils
Osmar; third grade, David
Huebsch, Tracey Jackinsky,
Michele Rusk, and Shelle Webb;
fifth grade, Christine Griffing,
Michelle Jackson, Devon Mar
tin, Martha Kingsley, Betty
Raymond, and Stephen Webb;
sixth grade, Suzan Huebach
and Kristin Osmar; seventh,
David Osmar and Virginia Tri;
eighth, Susan Webb.
Kenai High School
Seniors: Martha Lancashire*,
Loretta Encelewski, Ernie Jor
dan, Don Lewis, Karin Main
waring, Harriet Mann, Rhoda
Sandstrom, Mike Seaman.
Juniors: Charles Jackson,
Kay Munson.
Sophomore: David Hakkinen,
Jim Hayes, Larry Jordan, Dan
Rounds, Mike Tauriainen.
Frosh: Robbie Walker, Eric
Rounds, Beverly Zerung*, Peg
gy Mullen, Susan Erlwein,
Martha Bonin*, Brian Hakki
nen.
♦Straight A’s.
Kenai Grade School
Myrna Ortiz, Karen Hartley,
John Spencer, Linda Hansz,
Kathy Ames, Suzanne Rokwell,
Kathy Gibson, Karl Biederman,
Warren Johnson, Otto Alwin,
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Soldotna Toastmistress
Wins Speech Tournament
Mrs. Jack (Dolly) Farnsworth,
member of the Redoubt Toast
mistress club, was named win
ner of Toastmistress Council
No. 12 speech contest held last
Friday night during a banquet
at the Westward Hotel’s Com
modore room. Anchorage.
Dolly won over three other
contestants in the council con
test, and she will go to Juneau
on May 3rd to compete with
the winner for Council No. 13
for intercouncil honors.
Intercouncil winner will rep
resent Alaska at the annual re
gional Toastmistress confer
ence, to be held in Vancouver,
B. C., P.lay 5 through 7.
Others competing in the coun
cil “speak off" included Betty
Wolverton, Tillicum club; Mar
Bridgework Begins
The Division of Highways an
nounced that work has begun
on repairs to the Kasilof River
Bridge on the Sterling High
way.
R. G. Dwyre, District High
way Engineer, stated that while
one-lane traffic will be allowed,
no wide loads will be able to
cross the bridge during repairs,
and there may be short periods
during which the bridge will
be closed to all traffic.
The Kenai River Bridge at
Soldotna will undergo similar
repairs upon completion of the
Kasilof River Bridge project.
North Kenai Road
Plans are expected to be com
pleted “any day” for a six-mile
extension of the North Kenai
road, according to the Depart
ment of Public Works.
It is included with nine other
road projects for which specifi
cations are pending.
tha Rinderknecht, Anchorage
club; and Carline Talmadge,
Arctic club.
New officers of Toastmistress
Council No. 12 were elected at
a business meeting last Satur
day morning. They were: Betty
Wolverton, Chairman; Marvel
Johnson, Vice-Chairman; Edna
Perkins, Secretary, all of An
chorage, and Beula Grange,
Treasurer, from Soldotna.
Dignitaries
To Attend
Dedication
From the days of carrying the
mail by foot, dogsled, horse
back and boat, Kenai’s post of
fice has advanced with the us
ual Alaskan fervor for improve
ment and modernization.
On May 13, another mile
stone will be reached in the col
orful history of the post office,
with ceremonies being held to
dedicate the new up-to-date
building completed last winter.
Among the distinguished
guests who will attend the dedi
cation ceremonies are Gov. Wil
liam Egan, Senator Ernest
Gruening and the U. S. Post
master General J. Edward Day.
The first postoffice in Kenai
was established in 1899 with a
Mr. Bogart as postmaster. Since
that time, Paddy Ryan carried
the mail on his back along the
beach from Homer, Greg
Brown’s father used a horse on
the same route and Nick Kali
fonski and Paul Wilson trans
ported the precious cargo from
Seward by dog sled in the win
ter. Boats were also used
throughout the history of the
Kenai Post Office.
Joyce Rheingans, postmaster,
said the dedication will be held
at 10 a m. The new facility is
part of the Post Office depart
ment’s unique commercial leas
ing plan, she said.
Under this program, invest
ment financing is used to ob
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Second Kenai Art Show
Draws Varied Area Talent
Artistic talent must run in
the family. At least this seems
the way judging from the re
cent Second Annual Kenai Art
Show.
It was at this meet that Dar
rell Kipp, son of well-known
Kenai artist Clarice Kipp, won
firsl place in the juvenile oil
division with his entry, "Moun
tain Sheep.”
‘ With each show, we seem
to attract finer displays of' art,”
Mrs. Allen Peterson said. The
second annual show, according
to all reports outshined the first
only by increasing the interest
and professionally of the ex
hibit.
In the adult division, Sam
Pratt of Homer, won first place
with his painting, “Anchor Riv
er.” Second prize went to Enid
McLane, Kasilof, for her oil
called “Seldovia Bay.” Enid
also earned an honorable men
tion in the pastel division.
One of the most outstanding
entries, from a technical as well
as aesthetic standpoint, was the
third place winner in the adult
division, “Crows,” created by
Diana Tillion—the medium, oc
tupus ink.
Other honorable mentions
went to Sam Pratt and Betty
Ames.
For the water color exhibit.
Martha Kingsley’s “Free Coun
try,” walked away with the
first prize. Ann Meek’s entry,
“Troubled Skies,” took second,
and “Still Life,” by Steven
Rockwell, was awarded third.
Judges for the show were
Mrs. Ruth Root, Jim Evenson
Von Phillips, Mrs. Ganelle
Swanson, the Rev. Danial Har
lan and Mrs. Eileen Crandall.
The show was sponsored by
the Kenai Library Board.
Kenai Attorney
James E. Fisher, Anchorage
attorney who has been serving
part-time in Kenai since last
winter, has announced he will
move his practise to Kenai at
the beginning of May.
His temporary offices have
been next to Leo Oberts. Fisher
said he will remain in the loca
tion when he begins to serve
the area full-time.
His wife, Helen, and daugh
ter, Sally, will join him here
when school recesses for the
summer.