THE KKNA1 PENINSULA
Cheechako News
Phi.no 202-4024 KEN AI Drawer 0
5! ABLE SMITH . Loral News Editor & Complaint Dept,
DOROTHY STEWART ..... Treasurer
LOREN STEWART.. Chairman in Charge of Coffee Breaks
COLLEEN RIVERS .. Glamorous Office Secretary
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Events
FRIDAY, FEB. 23
Special election at Kenai on
Ordinance No. 18 {Kenai Pow
er franchise). Polls open 8 a,m,
to 8 pan.
Toastmasters club, 6:30 p.m.,
Riverside House, Soklotna.
SATURDAY, FEB. 24
Site Committee meeting of
Central Kenai Peninsula Hospit
al Ah hoc,, library building at
Kasilof, 8 p.m.
Funny Hirer Community Club,
at Mrs. Elmer Bird’s home. 7:30
p.m.
Greater Soldotna Chamber of
Commerce, noon luncheon at Col
onial Room, Village Inn, Robert
<>. Bwyre, district highway en
gineer, guest speaker.
MONDAY, FEB, 20
Immunization Clinic, Soldotna
• chcol, noon to 12:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 27
W S C.S. study course, Kenai
Methbdipt church, HR HO a.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28
Immunization Clinic. Kena i
Center,, 1:30.'to 3:30 p.m.
Rwloubt To«* t mis! .e.» Club, at
M r*, Lym &ri Me Bride *s btnn e,
Kenai, H p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Homer Winter Carnival begins
at Homer,
Sterling Homemakers, Com
munity ]og cabin, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Oratorical elimination contests,
Kenai high schol, 8 p.m.
Dog muKhere to draw for pos
ition at 7 p.m. on Wildwood' Sta
tion’s Charmed 8.
Registration
Expiration Date
Changes Asked
Witimm- A, Kfgan ha»
Alaska l>-gt*lature to
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gate.,/** ««wtr*t»»ri».
**;*tmg i*w, registra
• ftr/v s/.;; r« December 31
• /<T(. and new license
•; v- .1 *?it be displayed on all
■ by February 28.
The bill transmitted to the
f to j •<• for introduction would
change the expiration, date to
March 1 and permit display of
the previous year’s license plates
until May 31,
Egan said the present Febru
ary 28 (leadline oceure at a time
when substantial numbers of
Alaska’s workers are unemploy
ed, He said the proposed bill
“would lessen the financial im
pact on those who are without
an adequate source of income
during the winter months/’
ENTERTAINS CLUB
KENAI — The Friday After
noon Bridge club was entertained
on the afternoon of Feb. 9 in the
home of Mrs. Leo Oberts. Mrs,
Jack McGuire, Kenai, held high
score. Mrs. Edwin Thompson
substituted for Mrs. George Na
varre, who was visting in Anch
orage awaiting the birth of a
baby.
The coastline of Alaska meas
ures 33,904 miles. This is great
tor than the combined coastline
If i |f;
Redoubt Club
Begins Annua!
Speeeh Contests
Six member? kicked off t&e
dub’s competition in the Toast
mistresses’ annual speech coesSmI
when Redoubt Tosstmsftrwse*
met o» Feb. 14 m the htrme d
Mrs. M. L. Grange in Soktetes*.
Placing first in the oditiai eos
test was Mrs. Larry Laaeas&re,
Ridgeway. Mrs. Barton Carver,
Soidotna, was second. Others giv
ing speeches were Mrs, J e s s
Nicholas, Kenai, and Mrs. Stan
ley McLane, Mrs, Bill Gibbs and
Mrs. M. L. Grange, all of Soi
dotna.
Judges were Dick Hal! and
Charles Griffin, both of Soidot
na, and Mrs. Mary Willett* and
Mirts. Don Johnson, both of Kenai.
Gladys (Mrs. Bill) Reed, new
comer to the amt and past pres
ident of the Arctic TOiistani.itress
club in Anchorage, wm a guest
aL the meeting and was also the
winner of the Valentine door
prize awarded by the bostesa,.
Mrs. Reed plans to transfer her
membership to the Redoubt club
after completing speeeh contest
competition in the Arctic club.
The local cin1* will complete its
elimination contests at the next
meeting to be held at 8 p.m. on
Feb. 28 at the home of Mrs, Ly
man McBride in Kenai. The two
top ranking contestants from the
local club will then be eligible to
compete in the regional contests
later this spring.
Past Presidents
Honored by PTA
Past presidents of the Kenai
Parent-Teacher Association were
given special recognition at the
meeting on Feb, 12. Rev. Carl
Zehrang gave the opening prayer.
Mrs, Allan Petersen briefly
to id of the organization and in
troduced the past presidents, Mrs.
Lyman McBride melated the his
tory ami accompi ishsments,
Richard Morgan, Ed Hollier and
the present P-TA president, Mrs.
Rusty Lancashire, were present
ed pens as was Roger Meeks for
his work for the P-TA. First P
TA president* Fred Reger, was
not present.
Delegates to the P-TA confer
ence to be held at Soldo tna on
March 24 were elected and in
clude Mrs, Jon Fletcher, M r« .
Ruth Parsons, Mr. Hollier, Mr.
Thomas and Mr*. Lancashire,
Mrs, Thomas O’M alia instiwJ ne
ed the film, “A Boy with a Blind
fold,” from the Eye Bank of Al
aska. She said there are 300 per
sons waiting for services from
the Eye Bank and 79 people are
on the priority list in Alaska,
Several cards were filled out by
persons desiring to will their eyes
to the Eye Bank. Others interest
ed are advised to contact Mrs.
O’M alia at Kenai FAA.
'The P-TA also voted to con
tribute $26 to the Kenai Health
Center.
WEEKEND GUESTS
KENAI — Weekend guests re
cently at the home of Mrs. Eliza
beth Norman included Sp.4 and
Mrs, Ixile Vaughn of Anchorage.
Sunday dinner guests also in
duded Mr. and Mrs, Don John
son and family, Bud Chamber
: lain |mi Sam Henley.
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Methodists
Host Leaders
From Outside
Three Jfstbwiast c&orch lead
er - frees the “lower 4¥” are due
awer; sa fife* Iffill Methodist Par
as®- Their February 24 arrival
eoaddes vkh the launching of
the Alaska Methodist Mission’s
bi-annual Week of Visitation in
vol-.ng nearly three dozen lead
ers from 15 states,
Two of the men assigned to the
three churches are cler
gymen and the third, Francis
Beckwith of Baltimore, is assoc
iate lay leader of the Baltimore
Methodist. Conference and uncle
of Mrs. Ted Grainge of Soldotha.
The clergymen are the Rev, Hen
ry Nichols of Germantown,Penn
sylvania, and the Rev. N. Lee
Cate of Osceola. Arkansas. All
three men will have preaching
and visiting responsibilities dur
ing their stay
Beckwith, a businessman, is
associated with the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland
and is a part-time lay preacher.
Nichols is pastor of the 1000
v!- r - ' vn w. Met1
odist church of Germantown,
Cate, former chaplain of the
House of Representatives of the
Arkansas General Assembly and
present chairman of the Board
of Social Concerns of the North
Arkansas Methodist conference,
is pastor of Osceola’s First Meth
odist church.
For the Week of Visitation,
Beckwith will be located in Sol
dotna, Nichols in Kenai and Cate
in Ninilchiek and the Tustumena
area. They will remain in the
Parish until March 5.
TRADE IN your old Blazo boxes
on new furniture at Seaman’s
Furniture’s Birthday Party —
Watch For Date.
jces
on the Kenai Peninsula
FOR IXSKRTIOX OF CHURCH NOTICES IX THIS COLUMN CAM,
CHEECHAKO MEWS—262-1624
F«si SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION meets **eh Sunday from
I® a jibs. It® 32 iswa at Soldotna Community Bldg,' Bev. Jttme# M.
S&b&h&ors of Anchorage, Pastor. 61-be
LUTHERAN" CHURCH SERVICEST’p’m. Sunday; Sunday School
I jmk. aSddotm Theatre, O. B. Fjelatad, pa tor.
: JMTN v . ' I- IURCIJ at the V. Sunday School at 10a!nu
Wotahip 11 sum.; Sunday evening service 7:30 pun.
Rev. Paul Weimer, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULES: KensTo am.
«t Oar Lady of the Angels church; Soldotna, 11 a.m, at Village
Shopping Center; Wildwood 4 p.m. at Wildwood Chapel.
KEVAi METHODIST CHURCH— Church School 9:45 a.m. and Pub
lic Worship 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sunday 6:00 p.m. Daniel Harlan, Pastor.
KENAI LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICE- at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb,
31th in the rear lobby of Kenai Hotel. Jos. Frenz, Pastor.
Priest Returns
Father James Van Hooroissen,
Catholic priest for this area, has
returned from a three-week trip
to Seattle, Portland am! Great
Fails, Purpose of the trip was
to attend a yearly meeting of
the Redemptionist rectors and to
obtain help for operations here.
Two additional priests are to
work with the camp this sim
mer and a permanent priest is
to arrive in April. He will travel
through the area conducting mis
sions ami retreats,.
. Also returning is Jim Con row,
one of the volunteer workers. He
was called to Ooeur d’Alene, Ida
ho, by his father’s illness.
Based on new oil discoveries,
it is predicted that petroleum is
to become Alaska’s number one
industry within 10 years.
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Advisory Body
On Fisheries
Sought by Egan
Governor William A. Egan has
asked the Alaska Legislature to
create an Advisory Committee
on Fisheries Problems to look
into Alaska’s fisheries problems
with particular emphasis on the
establishment and growth of a
resident fishery.
The body, to be established
within the Governor’s office,
would consist of nine members
named for. a one-year term.
Four members of the commit
tee would represent the fishing
dustry, four would come from
among Alaska’.s fishermen and
e=ne member would represent the
public. Members would serve
without compensation.
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BAHA’I WORLD FAITH
WORDS FOR THE WORLD
THIS HANDFUL of dust, the earth, is one home; let it be
in unity.
, . . every organized community, enlisted under the banner of
Baha’ullah should feel it to be its first and inescapable obli
gation to nurture, encourage, and safeguard every minority
belonging to any faith, race, class or nation within it,”
—Baha’i Writings
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