Sterling Sketches
Piper Cub Flies
Into Electric
Lines at Sterling
A J-3 Piper Cub plane, reported
to have been piloted by a native
from King Salmon, came in for a
landing too low Monday evening
at Moose River airstrip at Ster
ling and ran into electric light
wires at one end of the landing
strip. Name of the pilot could
not be learned. He was unin
jured.
Propeller of the Piper Cub and
both wings were bent and gear
“washed out,” according to per
sons living in vicinity of the air
strip. Electrical service was dis
rupted for 10-12 hours because
of the accident.
He Got a Moose
Mr. and Mrs. De Vone of Castle
Rock, Wash., returned home
after spending a month vaca
tioning at Sterling. He • got a
moose and is shipping the meat
home.
Enters College
Deanne Morgan is leaving for
Washington to begin classes as a
freshman at Seattle University
On Sept, 20. She will be living on
the campus at >Ma rye rest Hall.
Building Home
Sterling area welcomes the
Jess Hayes family, who are cur
rently building a home on the
JCenai River.
School Days
The four teachers at Sterling
•ehool are Mrs. Bertha Roberts,
Grades 1 and 2; Dan Rempel,
Grades 3 and 4 and part of 2;
Mrs. Joanne Widman, Grades 5
and 6; and Joe Widman, 'pWn
cipal and Grades 7 and 8. En
rollment is 106 to date. ,
Baby Shower
Mrs. Wait Pedersen was host
ess last Friday afternoon at a
baby shower held in her home at
Pedersen’s Moose River Resort
and honoring Mrs. George Caul
field. Individual gifts were pre
sented to Mrs. Caulfield from the
seven women attending the show
er. Mr, Caulfield is an oil field
■worker employed by the Halli
burton Co.
Entering Navy
Dave Boston of Sterling has
enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He
reports for training on Sept. 28,
and will be based at San Diego,
Calif.
Packrat Pete
the homesteader put his gun
down, pushed back his cap, look
ed at the yellow leaves and said
to Mable, his wife, “Know why
the people in Kenai in the fall
remind me of moose?”
“People in Kenai in the fall?*’
—“Hey, you know, all the things
they go to—City Council, Cham
ber, Hospital Board, Planning
Commission, Homemakers, Health
Council—”
“Packrat, you’re about to say
something awful about so much
bull being around and I don’t
think that’s very—”
“Aw, Mable, you hurt me deep,
I was only gonna’ say that fall
was the meeting season, but now
that you’ve mentioned it, it’s
sure NO bull that the very best
buys in town are at—
Kenai Korners
LUMBER and HARDWARE
Stan Thompson
SPECIAL
(For one week only)
Pre-finished 4x8’
KNOTTY CEDAR
only
*1075
iiMMiMInHli
Cordova Airlines’ DC-3, loaded at Soldotna Airport, is ready to
take off for Anchorage. The east end of the airstrip was extended
1200 ft. recently now making total strip 120 x4000' with an all
gravel runway- Electric lights, to be lighted during all dark
hours, are expected to be in operation within 10 days. “This
past week,” said M. L. “Red*’ Grange, station manager, “we have
been sending oil well supplies to Bethel, Cold Bay, Icy Bay and
Yakataga.”
Clearing Work Begins
At New Sterling School;
Dec. 28 Deadline Date
rreuuunttry worn, prior 10
actual construction of the new
two-classroom school building at
Sterling, got underway early this
week. Deadline for construction is
Dec. 28 and students are expect
ed to be able to attend classes
in the new building following
their return after Christmas
New Year's vacation.
Following a review of the bids,
which were opened on Aug. 23,
contract for construction was
•Awarded to Preferred Contractors
of Spenard. The contractor was
required to begin work within
15 days after getting notice to
proceed and to complete construc
tion within 120 calendar days.
Paul Nestor, Soldotna, who is
in charge of excavating work,
said his men began cutting down
trees at the site Sunday. Bull
dozers began the clearing of
stumps and doing excavation
work Monday. Lumber and other
building materials have been un
loaded on the school grounds this
week and actual erection is to
begin soon.
Bob Clay, owner and operator
of Preferred Contractors, has
signniea tnat »e win employ an
local workers with the exception
of those in supervisory capacity.
The new building, to be of
frame construction with vertical
redwood siding, will be erected
about 15 feet from the present
two - room building which was
erected only two years ago at a
cost of approximately $60,000.
State authorities would not per
mit an addition being put up on
the existing building although it
may, at a later date, be connected
with the otu» to be built, by a
breezeway.
At the present time, the eight
WE HAVE—
• •Homesteads
Oil Rights
Homes
Lots
Kenai Realty
J. W. Thompson, Broker
grades attending Sterling school
are housed in three separate
buildings, all in the same school
r" 1 1 ...
yard. These are a quoaset hut,
a small log building, and the
present two-room building.
Back to School Bargains
in
CLOTHES FOR KIDS
GIBB’S APPAREL
“The House of Values”
SOLDOTNA Phone 262-4802
D-8 DOZER
BACKHOE LOADER DUMP TRUCK
LAND CLEARING EXCAVATING
Gravel ^ Loaded ^ Delivered
Complete Installation Sewer & Water Lines
Cesspools, Septic Tanks, Ditching & Back Filling.
TOM’S GRADING CO.
Kenai Spur Road—Ridgeway
Box 74 Soldatna Dial 262-4595
WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING
. Forelands Bar & Cafe
12 ml from Kenai on North Rd.
(Under New Management)
Your Ho&ts — BUD & MAY
For Sale—
NEW 24IEDR00M HOUSE
on 99x165' lot—all-weather road
PRICED TO SELL QUICK
at only $8750
WILL APPRAISE FOR MUCH MORE
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
See these features—
Trussed Roof Will Support 55 lb. per sq. inch.
V-Groove Mahogany W'alls— Cedar Siding — Tile Floor — 4-Piece Bath.
3" Insulation in Walls — 4" Insulation in Ceiling — Thick-Butt Shingles
2-ft. Eaves — Well — Cesspool.
READY FOR OCCUPANCY
_ 1st of October
LINDWOOD LANE—2 Miles
I___. . Hast of Kenai
JOE E. WILSON