Peninsula Legionnaires
Named to National Posts
Fifteen Kenai Peninsula resi
dens were among the 129 Legion
naire Alaskans to receive nation
al appointments for the year 19dl
t>2, according to an announcement
made by National Commander
Charles L. Bacon of the Ameri
can Legion.
These appointments were made
through the personal recommend
ations of Harold E. Stringer, na
tional executive committeeman,
and C. Russell Huber, department
commander for Alaska, at the re
cent conference of department
commanders, adjutants and na
tional executive committeemen at
Indianapolis.
The committees to which Pen
insulans were named and the ap
pointees aie :
Membership and Post Activi
ties— Harold L. Sonnaband, Sew
ard ; Ted V. Grainge, Soldotna;
John P. Cooper, Homer; Edward
Jackinsky, Ninilchik; David G.
Bell, Kenai; Jack Hoogland, Sew
ard, and Maurice Amundson of
Cooper Landing.
Rehabilitation Advisory Board
—Arden Strutz, Seward.
Committee on Education and
Scholarships— Delman Zentmire,
Seward.
Markmanship Committee—Dav
id P. Cooper, Ninilchik and Ray
mond Gillesppi, Seward.
Distinguished Guests Commit
tee—Alan Petersen, Kenai.
Inter-American Committee —
Mrs. Jessie C. Ainsworth, Kenai.
National Security Training Com
mittee—Ralph Rider of Seward.
Gov. William A. Egan headed
the list of Alaskan appointees and
received one of the major appoint
ments. He will be vice chairman
of the Foreign Relations Commis
sion.
Harry says:
The most destructive acid
in the world is found in
a sour disposition.
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HARRY WEST
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First Conference
Of United Church
Laymen Scheduled
More than 300 Christian lay
men throughout Alaska are ex
pected to attend the First United
Churchmen Laymen’s conference
to he held at Alaska Methodist
University Nov. 17 and 18, ac
cording to Dr. Robert Smithson,
president of the Greater Anchor
age council of churches, which is
sponsoring the event.
“Congressman Walter H. Judd
gave us the keynote for our con
ference when he told us that we
must strengthen our Christian
principles and our way of life if
we are to hold our own against
communism," Dr. Smithson said.
Four outstanding speakers of
national prominence are coming
to Alaska for the conference.
They are Dr. William Jones,
Dean of Administration of the
University of Oregon; Dr. Frank
Warren, president of Whitworth
College in Spokane; Harold Rog
ers, director of promotion for
“The Upper Room," Nashville,
Tenn., and Phillip S. Hitchcock,
president of the United Presby
terian men.
i ne conierence opens r iiu»y
night, Nov. 17. with a banquet,
and will continue through Satur
day. Registration is $15.00, which
covers dinner on Friday, and
breakfast, luncheon and dinner on
Saturday.
A large attendance is expected
from Fairbanks, Nome and the
Kenai Peninsula as well as from
the Panhandle. Those desiring ac
commodations in private homes
should contact their ministers or
the Alaska Methodist University
as soon as possible.
Five Villages Get
Project Funds
Gov. William A. Egan has an
nounced approval of allocations
totaling $16,000 in depressed ar
ea work project funds to five
Alaska villages.
Allocations and the work for
which each was approved include:
Chenega, $4,000, reconstruction
of the village seawall.
Newktok, $4,000, swamp area
drainage, construction of waste
disposal pits, preparation of dump
areas, cleaning and painting of
oil drums for rainwater collection.
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Mekoryuk, $3,000, gravel and
resurface roads, construct board
walk.
f-ek, $2,000, preparation of
waste disposal areas, swamp area
drainage, boardwalk construction
and excavation of sanitation pits.
Tvonek, $3,000, bridge construc
tion, clear and improve roads, re
move brush near church and
school.
In each case, the Individual vil
lages will provide all necessary
equipment and materials with the
State funds being used only to
defray the costs of labor involved
in the projects.
UNSUCCESSFUL HUNT
RIDGEWAY — Lance and
Betty Minnis of Anchorage were
moose hunting on the Peninsula
during the weekend. They drove
down Thursday morning, camped
on Skilok Lake, failed to get a
moose and then visited friends in
Ridgeway Friday, including Lor
en and Dorothy Stewart.
News want ads are getting
good results at little cost.
Lectures Planned
Alaska secondary schools are
included for the first time this
year in the Mathematical Assoe.
of America visiting lecturers pro
gram.
The four professors available
in the state are William ('ashen,
Donval Simpson and Dr. Francis
Parker, all of the I’niversity of
Alaska, and Wayne Dancer of
Alaska Methodist University.
Dr. Parker is accepting appli
cations from secondary school* in
the state for lectures by these four
mathematicians an<l will coordin
ate their schedules and itinerar
ies. The program is supported by
the National Science Found a' m.
Alaska Ranks First
The l!)th state ranked first in
acreage of national forests, with
20,742,224 acres, according to the
United States Forest Service re
port for 1960.
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