Soldotna Plans to Get Gas Service This Summer
Natural gas service by July
15 of this year is the current
plans for Soldotna, according
to officials of that city and of
the Anchorage Natural Gas
Company.
It is expected that the two
parties will arrive at a contract
by June 15 and that the instal
lation will be completed by
July 15.
If everything proceeds on
schedule, Soldotna would be
the first city in the State of
Alaska to receive natural gas
service for civilian and indus
trial use.
Ambulance
An ambulance for Soldotna
is now assured and will be in
operation in the near future
reports local District CD Di
rector George Dennison.
Signs of Spring
Signs of spring is the delega
tion of Homemakers off to Fair
banks to attend the Homemak
ers annual short course in
homemaking. Attending from
Soldotna are Audrey Shelman,
Ann Rosier, Betty Harris, and
Daphne McLane.
Battle of the Bulge
The Soldotna Trim Club met
last week at the home of Mrs.
Rose Jackson. Subject of dis
cussion—diets.
$100 Loot
Soldotna Homemakers picked
up $100 in loot at their Bazaar
in the City Hall last week.
Construction Booms
Nineteen new building and
development projects are un
derway in the Soldotna area,
including River Terrace Courts
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Bldg., Union Service Station
and new dining room at Park
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chandise store and the Rodeo
Grounds on Tom Suthard’s
place.
Engineers Consult
Ed Spruce and Harlan Lantz
were on hand to assist Red Ol
sen, Red Grange, Jody Grange
and Dick Hall, all local A.E.’s
(amateur engineers) with cur
rent engineering problems at
the Soldotna Airport.
V. P. Back
Coastal Drilling’s vice presi
dent Whitney is back in Soldot
na on company business.
Wins Motorcycle
Lawrence Bumgardner of
Weaver Brothers bought a $1.00
chance on a drawing sponsored
by Eagle River fire department
in Anchorage. Prize was a 1961
Harley - Davidson motorcycle,
valued at $2400.00. He was in
formed that he was the lucky
winner. Having never before
won anything, he hastened to
Anchorage and rode it back to
Soldotna.
1000 Feet Added
One thousand feet of runway
has been added to the Soldotna
Airport. Dave Fowler and A1
Myrick did the earthwork in
record time.
Vacation
Lyle and Louise Johnston of
Weaver Brothers, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. William Stru
ble from Kenai, left June 2 for
several weeks vacation at Lake
Louise, Valdez, a boat trip to
the glacier and possible trip to
Juneau.
A1 and Eleanor Earnshaw of
Bakersfield, Calif., returned to
Soldotna June 1. He is em
ployed as head mechanic for
Coastal Drilling Co.
Mrs. Pauline Back and three
children left for Redcliff, Al
berta, Canada, after receiving
word that her father, Stanley
Britt, had passed away May 26.
She will return in about a
month.
Ted Erlwein of Parkers was
living it up at Tex Jones open
ing, eating someone else’s cook
ing for a change.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuffy Maff of
Soldotna celebrated their 22nd
wedding anniversary, June 2,
at the Tex Jones opening.
Kenai Chit-Chat
Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins
and family are back home after
an extended visit outside where
Mrs. Hopkins underwent a
medical check-up.
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Luke Gorham, who has been
on vacation, will be back at
work soon, to rest up, after two
hectic weeks of clamming and
fishing with wife Stella.
Open House
Among the many people who
attended open house for Tex
Jones’s Oil Well Service Co.,
Inc., were “Chat” Chatterton,
superintendent of the Alaska
division of Standard Oil Co.;
Les Kinsman, Bill Whitney,
Ray Wall and Harold Jones, all
of Standard Oil, were there to
extend their congratulations.
Rose and Jack Jackson, Luke
and Stella Gorham, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Bradford, Bud Fletch
er and Mrs. Sally Thompson of
Coastal Drilling, Chester Allen
of Allen Oil Tool Co., and nu
merous others. From Anchor
age the superintendent of Pub
lic Works, City of Anchorage,
Burton Andersen and wife.
Royal Parker had charge oi
smorgasbord and refreshments,
assisted by Harry Holt of An
chorage. Congratulations Tex!
from the staff of Cheechako
News.
Chuck Is Veep
New vice - president of the
Alaska Carriers Association,
Inc., is Chuck Tachick of Tach
ick’s Freight Lines. Expansion
of the association’s active pro
gram for more equitable freight
rates for Alaskans was a major
topic at their May convention
in Fairbanks.
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