Architect for Hospital
To Be Chosen Soon
The board of trustees of the
Ventral Kenai Peninsula Hospital
Association expects to select an
architect soon, according to asso
• iation president, Daniel Harlan,
The naming of a firm to pre
are drawings for hospital facili
ties in the “North Kenai-Sterling
1am Gulch triangle" was discus
sed at length at the hoard’s recent
monthly meeting. A final decision
will be postponed until January.
Site committee chairman James
Fishe reported plans for addi
tional area hearings to follow
that held in Cohoe on Dec. 14.
The committee is welcoming pro
posals fom everyone. A choice of
location is still wide open, Fisher
rad.
In addition to a report on ar
chitectural meetings by facilities
>; hair man, Jess Nicholas, and the
. nnaneia! report of the treasurer,
Virginia Gibbs, Dennis Thomp
son outlined budget committee
plans for an area-wide census to
j-upport the association’s applica
:.on for federal and state con
struction funds under the Hill
Burton Act.
Rev. Harold Lewis, an enumer
ator far the I960 U.S. Census,
v ill direct the count for the com
mittee. A draft of the census form
was presented by the CKPHA
fe<-reta ry, Raye Mulin, who a Bo
announced receipt of a $50 gift
to help underwrite cost of the
project.
The hospital association now
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has 60 members. A membership
repot: t by committee co-chairmen,
Marian Oberts and Daphne Mc
I.ane, also gave plans for a more
intensive drive for people to join.
Advance copies of a new brochure
was presented for the appropal
of !he board.
Guests at the meeting, in addi
tion to Lewis, included Dr. Paul
Isaak, Dr. Elmer Gaede and Car
olyn Nicholas.
Yule Concerts
Presented
Several Yuletide concerts have
been presented by the K e n a i
Peninsula Choral Society with
the most recent one being Tues
day night at the Soldotna Bap
tist church. The group also sang
Friday night at the Kenai Meth
odist church and on the previous
Sunday at the Methodist church
'n Ninilchik.
The Wildwood Station appear
ance has been called off because
of scheduling conflicts and the
Homer concert was called off be
cause of w'eather comlitons. -
Singing with the group were:
Sopranos— Betty Ames, Bar
1 ara Raker, Virginia Caro and
Gladys Ho >ver, all of Kenai; and
Frances Damon and Jean Brum
low, both of Soldotna; Carolann
Kilgus, Wildwood Station, and
Dorothy Jackson, Ninilchik.
Altos— Barbara Banta, Ninil
chik; Maryann Harlan, Beverly
Zehuung, Leona Graff and Diana
Rohweder, all of Kenai; Frances
L. Osmar, Clam Gulch; Florence
Burton, Cohoe, and Mary Alice
Grainge, Soldotna.
Tenors— Bill Williams, Chas,
Hawkins and Sue Palmer, all of
Ninilchik; Clarence Goodrich of
Soldotna; Robert Kilgus, Wild
wood Station, and Ann Miller of
Cohoe.
Basses—Kenneth Baker, Ken
ai; Ray Burton, Cohoe, and Har
old Dugay, Wildwood Station.
The Choral Society is directed
by Thane Curry, Ninilchik, and
Miss Pat Rose, Kenai, is accom
panist. Future concerts are sched
uled in the spring.
Anyone in the Peninsula area
interested in singing with the
group is advised to contact the
director, Cuniy, or come to prac
tice sessions held on Tuesday eve
nings at the Kenai M e t h o dist
church.
Soloists in several numbers
presented during the Christmas
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concerts were Barbara Baker,
Dorothy Jackson, Barbara Bantu
and Carolann Kilgus.
Methodists
Plan Yule
Services
A candlelight service at 8 p.m.
will be held at the Kenai Metho
dist church on Christmas Eve in
addition to the regular Sunday
morning services, it has been
announced by Rev. Daniel Harlan.
The Christmas program for the
Methodist Church of Christ the
Victor at Clam Gulch is sched
uled for 2 p.m. Sunday in the
This Sunday at 4:15 p.m., the
regular Chi istmas Eve service at
St. Peter the Fisherman’s church
at Xinilchik will include two car
ols by the children’s choir; “O
Holy Night,” sung by William
Walker and “Virgin’s Slumber
Song.” sung by Mrs. Barbara
Bantu.
Cla rnGulch community hall.
Previous Yuletide programs
have been presented throughout
the Methodist parish. The annual
church school program was last
Sunday night under direction of
Mrs. Eugene Morin. The program.
featuring the story of Christmas
around the world, was written
bv Mrs. James A mess and in
cluded all age groups. Music was
directed by Mrs. Kenneth Baker.
The annual Christmas church
wide dinner and gift exchange
•t Kenai was held on the evening
of Dec. 21.
At Ninilchik, the church school
Christmas program at the church
of St. Peter the Fisherman was
this past Sunday afternoon. The
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
the church went caroling on the
night of Dec. 22.
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Remains of pre-historic animals
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cluded tusks of mighty mammoths,
skulls of giant bison and huge
ancestors of today’s beaver and
moose.
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