SP. 4C. AND MRS. RICHARD L. LECCEARDONE are pictured
here before the altar of the newly constructed chapel at the
Army’s Wildwood Station near Kenai. Their wedding on the
afternoon of Sept. 9 was the first to be performed in the chapel.
Capt. Robert Rockwell, post chaplain, read the marriage vows.
The bride is the former Katherine Wilson, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Wilson, Kenai, and the late Paul Wilson. The bride
groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Lecceardone, live in
Salamanca, N.Y.
Kenai A.C.C.A. Chapter
Elects Officers; Plans
Announced for New Year
The Kenai area chapter of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s As
sociation re-elected officers and
made plans for the coming year
at a meeting held recently at
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the Kenai high school.
Mrs. Lyman McBride, who has
headed the chapter for the past
year, is to continue as president.
In order to help defray the
cost of speech and hearing ther
apy treatments being given in
this area by Dr. Helen Dittman
of Anchorage, it was voted that
it will be necessary to ask fam
ilies receiving such service to
pay a small fee ranging from
25c to $5 for each treatment, de
pending upon the financial cir
cumstances of the individuals.
It was also announced that ap
proximately $1,000 will be need
ed to continue Doctor Dittman’s
speech and therapy work for
the year. She recently spent one
day at Soldotna, one at Kenai
and one-half day each working
with children at Ninilchik and
Tustema. Sterling area children
were treated at Soldotna. Her
next trip is tentatively sched
uled for the last week in No
vember or the first week in De
cember.
Dr. Paul Isaak and Dr. Elmer
Gaede, both of the Central Kenai
Peninsula Medical Clinic, agreed
to act as an advisory board for
the chapter.
It was decided that a member
ship drive should start immed
iately with dues for both active
and non-active members to be $1
per year. Funds raised in the
membership drive are to remain
in the area served by the chap
ter to be applied on special ser
vices. The fiscal year began on
on Sept. 1 and will end Sept. 1,
1962.
It was announced that distinc
tive Alaskan Christmas cards
made especially for the ACCA
have been ordered and will be
on sale soon at various business
establishments.
In addition to Mrs. McBride,
other officers re-elected include
Ramona Brennan, Soldotna, vice
president; Mrs. Allan Petersen,
trustee; Mrs. Jack Lewis, alter
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Homestead Entry
Of Ninilehik Man
May Be Reinstated
J Sen. Ernest Omening has in
I (.reduced a bill to authorize the
I secretary of the interior to re
I instate a homestead entry of Lew
is S. Cass of Nmilehik. The story
behind the introduction of this
bill reflects on Sen. Gruening's
continuing concern with the
plight of many Alaska home
steaders who have had their
rights to occupancy of land ques
1 tioned after having worked to
I perfect a homestead, having re
lied on information from the
Anchorage Land Office and later
found it to be erroneous.
In the case of Cass, which is
a striking example of the prob
lems homesteaders have faced, he
was given a notice of allowance
to enter upon a homestead on
Sept. 20, 1955. Eighteen months
later the Anchorage Land Of
fice advised Cass, who had in
vested about $3,700 in addition
to a great deal of work on im
provement of his land, that an
error had been made in issuing
his notice of allowance as the
land had actually been withdrawn
by a public land order. Cass ap
pealed a decision of the Anchor
age Land Office cancelling his
entry; however, the Anchorage
decision was affirmed by the
Bureau of Land Management and
the office of the secretary of the
interior.
Cass brought his case to the
attention of Sen. Gruening when
he w'as threatened with removal
from the land on the basis of
these decisions. As his difficul
ties arose because of the original
error in notifying him that the
land was open for settlement,
Senator Gruening called the mat
ter to the attention of the Anch
orage Land Office and the sec
retary of the interior requesting
that no action adverse to Cass
be taken pending a further re
view of the matter.
In response to the senator’s
protests, Asst. Sec. of the In
terior John Carver responded
that, although the department
would not make a commitment as
to its support of private relief
legislation, it was the inclination
of the agency that the facts re
vealed by the record might war
rant equitable relief by means of
nate trustee; Opal James, sec
retary and Mrs. Roger Meeks,
treasurer.
Mrs. Genevieve Fletcher, Ken
ai, was named as Easter Seals
chairman, with Mrs. Ray Sand
strom, Soldotna, as co-chairman.
Ruth Tewes was chosen publicity
chaii-man and Mrs. Jack Lewis
as membership chairman with
Mrs. Pihoken of Wildwood Sta
tion heading the membership
drive in that area.
All-over chairman of the fund
raising committee is Mrs. Thom
as O’Malia, Jr. Geneva Armitage
was named as the new co-chair
man. Heading the fund drive in
Soldotna is Ramona Brennan
with Audrey Shelman, Soldotna,
to serve as chairman at Sterling.
Her co-chairman will be Sally
Clanton of Reading and Bates
Camp.
private legislation. Sen. Gruen
ing immediately introduced his
bill to accomplish this. It is des
ignated S.25H0.
Strike Doesn’t
Prevent Sailings
Alaska Steamship Co. vessels
are not affected by the current
maritime strike.
Inability of the Pacific Mari
time Association and the Mas
ters, Mates and Pilots Associa
tion to reach agreement has led
to the present work stoppage.
“The Alaska Steam fleet is not
involved since we bargain direct
ly with the officers group,” J.F.
Zumdieck, assistant general man
ager of the line, said.
“All of our sailings are run
ning on schedule,” Zumdieck
pointed out.
Two skin diving biologists have
recovered 70 tags from salmon
in Alaskan streams thus far in
1961.
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T. Oberts, Kenai area agent, a
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ance has been created that re
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private passenger car in this
area. This policy is being offered
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the West. If you can qualify,
Leo can now provide this policy
for you at his office in the Ob
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