Kenai School
Seek Secretary
Ken Jordan, spokesman for
the Kenai School Board, an
nounces an opening for the
school secretary due to the
resignation of Mrs. John Gun
nison. The job requires typing
and some bookkeeping and con
sists of being private secretary
to the superintendent and book
keeper for the school board.
For 11 months, the job pays
$350 and, in July, $150. Hours
are about 9 to 4, five days a
week.
Applications should be sub
mitted immediately to the
Kenai School Board, Drawer B,
Kenai, for the school year '61
to '62. The appointment will
be made some time in July.
Ninilchik Rodeo
Prize Winners
Winners of Ninilchik Rodeo
are listed, the first 3 winners
in each event as follows:
Saddle Bronc: Dan Jarrel,
Joe Tietjen and Grady Morris.
Bareback Riding: Grady Mor
ris, Dan Jarrel and Clarence
Robbins. Calf Roping. Joe Tiet
jen, Tom Tietjen and Leonard
Harvey.
Team Roping: 1st Joe Tietjen
and Marvin Wrilkins, 2nd Elvin
Lewis and Tom Tietjen.
Wild Cow milking: Elvin Lew
is, Joe Tietjen and Marvin Wil
kins. Men’s Barrel Race: Joe
Tietjen, Earl Fisher and Tom
Tietjen. Women’s Barrel Race:
Diana Prince, Christine Tietjen,
and Monte Osteyee. Key Hole
Race: Tom Tietjen and Inez
Clendenen. Boot Race: Joe
Tietjen, Rusty Hicks and Lar
ry Clendenen. Pole Bending:
Abby Lancashire, Sandy Platt
and David Anderson.
Ford Cat.
Plans to display the first
Ford Caterpillar to arrive in
Alaska at Soldotna’s Progress
Day Celebration, are being
made by eequipment dealer
Homer Swires.
Homer’s holding his breath
and scanning the shipping lists.
The cat was supposed to arrive
on July 1 but was somehow de
layed.
Furnished in both gas and
diesel with a piston displace
ment of 134 and 144 respective
ly, a clearance of 13%” and
equipped with tracks from 10”
to 20”, the cat looks like a
good bet for Alaskan use.
The 46 h.p. machine has at
tachments for all farming
equipment and 3 choices of
transmission and a variety of
inside and outside mounted
dozers.
Recent Arrivals
William Edward Saarela
William Edward Saarela, son
of Vern and Alice Saarela of
Sterling, was born June 27,
weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces.
Thomas Wade Nicholas
Deputy Magistrate Jess Nich
olas and wife, Carolyn, are the
proud parents of a 7-pound son,
Thomas Wade, born on Sunday,
June 25, at the Soldotna Clinic.
Jacqueline Ann Johnson
Louise and Lyle Johnson of
Weaver Bros, are new grand
parents—their first. Their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Johnson, who live in
Portland, presented them with
a little girl weighing 9 pounds,
9 ounces. Her name is Jacque
line Ann. She was born June
21. Grandma and Grandpa
Johnson are doing as well as
can be expected.
There is only one stream of
running water in all of the Ba
hama Islands, according to En
cyclopedia Britannica.
Co-Ke-Dots Host
Anchorage Folk
Twenty-two members of the
“Totem Steppers” drove from
Anchorage to Soldatna to at
tend to Co-Ke-Dots monthly
square dance party. Besides
dances called by our own in
imitable Rod Smith and Galen
Gray, variety was furnished
by guest callers, Lee Bixtel,
Janie Cosgrove, Jimmy Car
ney, Harry Ahlborn and Den
nis McConkey. The committee,
the Art Willards and Ray Bur
tons served fried chicken with
all the trimmings. The Co-Ke
Dots dance at the Soldatna
community hall every Wed
nesday evening. Guests and vis
itors welcome.
PARADE FOR JULY 15
Twenty some floats and fifty
decorated automobiles led by
the Governor and the Army
Band will make the Soldotna
Progress Days parade an event
well worth seeing.
The actual decoration of the
floats arc still closely guarded
secrets but if last week’s rodeo
parade was a sample there will
be a number of elaborate floats
and dozens of beautiful girls.
Kenai H. D. Office Join Navv
Mr. Francis Hall of Sterling
has been employed by the State
Department of Health and will
share the Kenai Clerk’s office.
First on the list is a review
of the sanitation facilities of
public buildings in the area.
A normal human body re
quires about 3.000 calories of
food values each day.
Rodeo Assn. President Knows Business
Arena director, Chuck Huber
is no stranger to rodeos, but a
real professional with 132 ro
deo trophies to his credit.
For ten years he has been
active in staging rodeos and in
1951 he put on the first rodeo
held in Hawaii since 1932. Ha
waii. although famous for its
sugar and pineapple has some
of the world’s largest cattle
and stock ranches.
From Hawaii, Chuck moved
throughout the South Pacific
riding in and staging rodeos.
For three consecutive years
(1951-53) he was Champion
all-around cowboy of the South
Pacific.
Chuck still rides some and
on a dare he rode the Glenn
Moore’s big red herd bull last
week.
The hitting fraternity is lay
ing even money Chuck makes
the time on the 15th. If he
don’t and can still walk he
promises to try again Sunday.
Two greased pigs will be
given to the boy or girl who
manages to catch them and
drag them across the finish
line. Contestants limited to
those under 15 years of ago.
These pigs, about 40 pounds,
will be released on the rodeo
grounds between main events.
COWBOY DANCE SATURDAY
Last week’s cowboy dance at
the theatre building was one of
the biggest ever held in Sol
dotna and this week will be
even bigger.
Live music by lively musi
cians with coffee, ice cream,
soft drinks, and cakes served
in the building.
Plenty of music, plenty of
refreshments, plenty of part
ners. Come dressed to the nines
or in jeans and boots, have a
ball. If you haven’t been to a
cowboy dance, you haven’t
really lived.
William B Seymore, 18, son
of Mrs. Eva Seymore of Ninil
chik, was enlisted into the U.S.
Navy June 23, 1961, in Kodiak.
Seymore, a former student at
Ninilchik high school, will un- '
dergo recruit training at the
naval training center, San
Diego, Calif.
* * *
KODIAK, Alaska, June 9,
1961 — Victor G. Tyler, 18,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor L.
Tyler, of Kenai, was enlisted
into the XJ. S. Navy here to
day. Tyler, a 1960 graduate
of Kenai High School, will
undergo recruit training at
the naval training center,
San Diego, Calif., before be
ing assigned to one of the
U. S. Navy's occupational
fields.
CONGRATULATIONS
DEDICATION—SOLDOTNA COMMUNITY AIRPORT
Another Vital Transportation Link on the Kenai Peninsula
Conceived and Constructed by the Citizens of Soldotna
Cotdtnm Afottnej:
Serving Alaska's Heartland
CORDOVA AIRLINES is proud to
serve Soldotna and the surrounding
area-and to have aided in construct
ing this fine airport.
★ ★ ★
CORDOVA AIRLINES now provides
regular scheduled air service to this
* progressive community.