soldotna
Rescue Toboggan Missing
The Kenai Peninsula Sports
mans Club reports their tobog
gan which is used for emer
gencies and first aid cases on
Bookkeeping
PAYROLL
INCOME TAX
PAUL'S
Bookkeeping
Service
Temporary Office in
Unit No. 7 - Tachicks
Across Kenai River -
Soldotna
Tuesdays thru Friday
Box 365 - Soldotna
ly, has been taken from the
Soldotna Ski hill. In the inter
est of public safety, the tobog
gan should be returned to the
ski hill immediately.
NEW FAMILY
Art Stroud’s wife and three
children arrived last week to
set up residency in Soldotna.
Art, who is with the produc
ing department of Standard
has been here for several
months. The Stroud family
came to Alaska from Taft, Cal
ifornia.
YAKATAGA ROAD
Jack Hager left for Yaka
taga last week where he will
be working for Morrison Knud
sen as a dragline operator
M.K. is building a road for
Richfield at Yakataga. Jack’s
wife “Chee Chee” will remain
on their homestead at Long
Mirror Lake.
More than 70 per cent of
the Alaska State highway dol
lar comes from the Federal Aid
Funds. That is, out of a total
of $45,669,350 spent for the
1960-61 fiscal year, the federal
government provided almost
$33 million. •
Rainbow
— COCKTAIL LOUNGE—
KENAI’S FINEST
TRANS-ALASKA
TELEPHONE CO.
building with KENAI
Keeping pace with progress in
Kenai, the Trans-Alaska Telephone
Company is now installing new
equipment, new lines, and is cur
rently working on a master plan to
better serve the entire Kenai
Soldotna area in the vital field
of communications.
The new Mrs. Slim Larson, formerly Carrie Bear, found will
ing assistance in opening her gifts at a bridal shower in her
honor last Saturday evening. Little Claudia Jean Murdock is
helping as Laurie Lynn Burton takes a closer look. The show
er was given by Coleen Murdock and attended by Carrie's
many friends. (Photo by Marguerite Hager)
OIL NEWS
Five More Wildcat
Wells Due This Year
On the Kenai Peninsula,
there are six active rigs with a
seventh almost ready to go.
Their standings:
No. 32-8 . . . 10,828 ft. No.
43-33 . . . 9,544 ft. No. 41-33
. . . 9,221 ft. No. 12-3 . . . 4,123
ft. No. 23-15 . . . 3,012 ft.
Standard’s wildcat near
Clam Gulch has been reported
below 10,000 feet.
Elsewhere in the state: the
exploratory well near Cape
Yakatage, Kaliakh Unit No. 2
is below 12,042 feet; and Pan
American expects to spud the
Naptauk Creek Unit No. 1 near
Bethel early this month. Nearly
half of the 3,500 tons of equip
ment and supplies have been
moved to the location of Alas
ka’s newest wildcat adventure.
Standard will spend $14 mil
lion to drill 36 development
wells in the Swanson River
field this year, according to
Petroleum Week magazine. In
addition to the development
drilling, five wildcat wells are
expected on the peninsula this
year, the magazine said. One of
these, the FCU No. 1, at Clam
Gulch, is currently drilling.
Union Oil Co. of California
will drill three wells in a joint
venture with Ohio Oil Co., and
Standard will drill another in
the Swan Lake area.
Meanwhile, the Kenai Pipe
Line Co. has announced an ex
pansion pregram during 1961
for its crude handling facilities
that will cost more than $500,
000, which reveals the optimism
on the part of the firm in the
future of the Swanson River
Soldotna Creek oil develop
ment.
Facilities to be installed in
clude a 200,000 barrel tank at
Nikiski Marine Terminal and
expansion of pumping facilities
at Soldotna Creek pumping sta
tion. This will increase pump
ing capacity to 30,000 barrels
per day.
To date, there have been six
ships loaded at Nikiski Termi
nal. Tankers W. H. Berg and
the R. C. Stoner have each
loaded twice. The other two ves
sels which have taken on loads
at the peninsula terminal are
the Washington Standard and
the Point Arena.
Loading rates in excess of
22,500 barrels per hour were
achieved while loading the
Point Arena early in February,
indicating that the terminal is
one of the fastest single line
loading facilities in the Western
Hemisphere.
Naptowne News
Mother's Helper
Joyce Munson spent last
week in Anchorage with her
mother. She left the four child
ren in the competent hands of
her husband, Joe. Joe says he
is glad she is back.
Old Face Returns
Frank Kraxberger, who
worked in the area a few years
ago has returned and is now
working for Cresswood and
Parker. He is also building a
house on a lot on the Sterling
Highway.
Kenai Wedding
Married on February 21 were
Specialist 1st Class Clinton N.
Bennett of Wildwood Station
and Miss Bonnie L. Farmer of
Gainsville, Georgia. Witnesses
to the wedding in Magistrate
Jess Nicholas’ office were Carl
Seaman and Carolyn Nicholas.
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Service
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for ANY
and ALL
Appliances
Phone 262-4361
Soldotna Box 273
Homer Freight Line
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"Serving the Sterling Highway”
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BOX 64 SOLDOTNA Ph. Am. 2-2251
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