THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 2G2-4G24 Kenai Drawer 0
LOREN STEWART .. Editor
DOROTHY STEWART. Foreign Correspondent (Retired)
MABLE SMITH . . Local News Editor
MAURINE JONES. . Roving Reporter
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Published Weekly on Friday at Kenai, Alaska
Second Class Postage Paid at Kenai, Alaska
Definition of a Newspaper
A proposed rule defining the
word “newspaper” has been pub
lished in the Federal Register,
but we like this one better. It
was written by a six-year-old
girl named Diana to a west coast
newspaper and published in the
paper's Letterbox. It went like
this:
“Newspapers. We need them
so we can know who reks ami
who drownds who shoots some
body, And who wants a house
or who dies or gets a baby. It
tells if your dog is lost. They
are good on shelves and to make
bond fires. They also do good
under a baby’s plate and to keep
dogs offa things. You can wrap
potato peelings in em. You can
put one when you defrost. They
tell about shows and how much
things are.”
To which the editor of the
paper added: “P. S. Diana, they
also are good to swat things
with, like flies and public offi
cals and things.”
The Hominy (Okla.) News
July 6, 1961
Recipe
Uncooked Blueberry Jam
Take three cups of crushed
blueberries, five cups of sugar,
one package of powdered pectin
and one cup of water.
Sort and wash * the berries,
drain and crush, and mix with
the sugar. Let them stand for
about 20 minutes, stirring occa
sionally.
Next, dissolve the pectin in the
water, bring to a boil and boil
for one minute. Add this solution
to the fruit and sugar mixture,
and stir for two urinates.
Then, ladle the jam into jelly
glasses or freezer container*,'
leaving half an inch of space \t
the top. Cover the containers
and let them stand for 24 to 48
hours, or until the jam has set.
Cover with about an eighth, nf
an inch of hot paraffin.
This will fill abput nine glasses
of the six ounce size. Miss Agnes
Sunnell, state home demonstra
tion leader with Cooperative Ex
tension Service, University of
Alaska, said.
Uncooked jam should be kept
in a refrigerator or freezer* They
will keep for several months in
a refrigerator, and up to a year
in a freezer.
We Goofed!
The Iras well story which ap
peared on the front page of last
week’s Cheechako News should
have been credited to Standard
Oil Company instead of to Union
Oi?T
Gremlins, not satisfied to goof
up the front page, jumped to
page 12 and once again put Union
Oil in the headlines over a hunt
ing story about Harold W. Jones,
Standard Oil drilling foreman,
bringing back a trophy class
raft, Jones, we want it under
stood, definitely works for Stan
dards
At any rate, Union Oil got
some free publicity, even if it was
erroneous, and our apologies are
extended to Standard Oil. We’re
chasing those gremlin* out of the
country, we hope, and trust, such
a mixup will not occur again.
Guests from Hollywood
Joseph ~and Eleanor , Fallen
buchel of Hollywood, Calif., were
friday and Saturday guests of
Mrs. D. C. (Amanda) Walker at
her homestead home hour Kasi
lof. Mr. and Mrs. Fallenbuchel
live across the street from Aman
da’s brother, Bill Kellar, in Holly
wood and made the trip up the
Alaska Highway a beat) f o u t
weeks ao. They, intended to stop
at the state fair in Palmer, then
go to Skagway and Juneau be
fore returning by Whitehorse,
Yukon Territory, and back to
California by-the Inside Passage.
While on the Peninsula the Fal
lenbuchels; stopped’ briefly in the
Cheechako .News - office where
Joe, who iffjrraerly was ii) -the
printing business, was interested
in newly installed presses and
... printing, ...*,«***•
Recipe.
Blueberry Duff
% c batter or margarine
2 Vi* c sifted flour
1 c sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 can blueberry pie filling
1 c milk
X,2 tsp salt
214 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Mix flour, sugar, butter. Save
1 cup of this for topping. Mix
egg yolks with milk and add to
flour mixture. Add salt, vanilla
and baking powder. Mix until
smooth. Fold in stiffly beaten
egg. whites. Pout half the batter
into greased baking dieh 7"xll".
Put pie filling over half the bat
ter, pour remaining batter over
pi« filling and sprinkle with
crumb mixture. Bake at 375° for
35 minutes.
This recipe is from the book
let “Homer Secrets” published
by the Homer Homemakers Club
and .wa* Submitted by Mrs. La
quita Knodei.
Corrections Made
In Alaska Census
The Bureau of Census has
notified Senator Gruening that
became of inquiries received
from hifn and others concerning
failure to Bet some inhabited
plfcces in the 1960 census report,
a rechec has been made to cor
rect the errors. As a result, the
bureau has obtained figures for
42 places that were not mentioned
in the earlier reports on Alaska
census- figures, and has made
corrections in the population of
10 other places.
Some of the corrections made
wem as fellows, with the correct
totals listed first, the former
erroneous totals in parenthesis:
Soldotna, 332, (32); South Nak
nek, 142, (33); Sterling, 315,
(460).
Return to Wyoming
Mr, and Mrs. Zijnri.L. Haworth
have had as recent gtrests Mr.
and Mrs. William Koettang and
soh, Bobby, of Houston, Texas,
and Mr. and Mrs. William Hol
land of Shoshoni, Wyo. They
drove up the highway together
arising here on Aug. 8 and re
gaining until Aug. 16. During
theif visit here the Haworths
acctenpanted them on a tour of
Mt. MdKinley Park, Valdez and
Homer. Mrs. Koettdng, Mrs. Hol
land -and jMrs. Haworth are -ais*
ter*. •
Funds for Salmon Study
A $20,000 contract has been
awarded hjr, the -Fish, and WiW*
life Service to the Alaska De
partment of Fish tad Coma for
research studies to determine
optimum population levels for
red salmon in lakes, the Alaska
delegation, was advised recently
by the ..Departpa»at‘^rf Interior.
The peogram ie part of the emer
gency North Pacific salmon pro
gram.
Riverside House
Grand Opening
Set This Weekend
Riverside House, Soldatna’s
newest eating establishment and
cocktail lounge, was opened for
business Wednesday night by
owner - operators, R. T. “Bud”
Bennington and his wife, Laberta
“Bert.” Formal grand opening is
set for Sept. 8-9-10.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennington, origi
nally from Yakima, Wash., have
been in Alaska for more than a
year. Last year they operated the
Penguin Club in Anchorage.
Riverside House, which “Bud”
says is “definitely one of Alas
ka's finer eating establishments,”
sets on the bank of Kenai River,
behind the Sky Bowl. The frame
construction, formerly the Burton
Carver home, now has a glassed
in dining room overlooking Kenai
River. The main dining room
seating 60 persons and two small
er rooms for group meetings and
parties have wall-to-wall carpet
ing. A large banquet room is in
the basement. Total seating ea*
pacity is 164 persons.
“Bud” is chef with “Bert” as
manager of the dining room. They
expect to employ another four
persons to assist them.
“We will be open from 5 p.m,
to 1 a.m. on weekdays and will
open on Sunday at 12 noon for
the benefit of persons who like
to eat out after attending morn
ing church services,” Bud said.
“We specialize in steaks, sea
foods hnd accommodations for
banquets and group meetings. If
requested, we will open for break
fast and lunch, by appointment
only.”
California Sunshine
Leonard and Hazel Horsefield,
who homesteaded and pioneered
in the Soldatna area from 1947
to 1959 living in a tent and
weathering through some ragged
winters, now are soaking up sun
shine at Tommee,' Calif. They
still retain some holdings here
as far as property is concerned
to the tune of 1 Yu acres in the
Binkley homestead adjacent to
the land they sold to the Bagley’s
place. Leonard formerly was a
driver for the Alaska Road Com
mission and later the Bureau of
Public Roads.
New Navy Recruit
James D. Pope, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Orland R. Pope, of
Kenai, was enlisted into the Uni
ted States Navy at Kodiak on
Aug. 8,
Pope, a graduate of Kenai high
school, will undergo recruit train
ing at San ’Diego, Calif., before
assignment to one of the U. S.
Navy’s Occupational fields. He is
a former employee of Hartley’s
Department Store, Kenai.
Inspects Lines
Bob Retherford, consulting en
gineer with Robert W. Retherford
and Associates, Anchorage, was
in the Sodatna area Saturday on
a /routine inspection lour of the
Homer Electric Company’s line
construction,
Has Surgery
D. M. Robbins of Robbins Uj>
holstery Shop in, Kenai, is in the
Air force hospital at Elmendorf,
where ho has undergone surgery.
He is expected to be back at
work next week.
News from Cohoe
Reception Honors
School Teachers
A reception was held at the
Tustumena Schools on Friday,
Sept. 1, to introduce the new
teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Chasles
Prescott. Mr. Prescott will be the
principal and will teach the 5th
and 6th grades. Mrs. Prescott
will teach the 1st and 2nd grades.
They came to Alaska from Indi
ana and previously taught at
Dillingham and Naknek.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Griffing,
who have taught here for the
past two years, will complete the
teaching staff.
It was announced that Fred
Huebseh has resigned as school
custodian and that Wayne Treet
will take his plate. Ray Burton
will continue as bus .contractor.
i Visitors from Nome
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder, Roy,
Jr., and Chilck, of Nome, are
visiting the Harry Gerbergs and
hunting at Lake Tustumena.
On Trip Outside
Mike Burton, who worked at
Kenai Packers for the summer,
flew out to Seattle and also will
visit in California. He will drive
back with “Skip” White in time
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Post Office Discontinued
Senator Omening was advised
recently by the Post Office De
partment that the fourth-class
post office at Port Graham was
discontinued August 17 because
no qualified person to serve as
acting postmaster could be locat
ed. Mail supply to the area will
be four times weekly, from Ho
mer, by star route, which the
department deems adequate serv
ice.
Go to State Fair
Pat Kettles, baby daughter
Sheri, and Cheryl Larson and
son, Darren, attended the State
Fair at Palmer on Saturday and
'Sunday. Cheryl also visited her
husband, Curt Larson, who is
currently working on a well for
Coastal Drilling Co., near Big
Lake.
Conducts Church Services
James W. Simmons of Anchor
age is now conducting services
at the Southern Baptist church
each Sunday from 2-4 p.m., in the
Soldatna Community Hall.
to enter Kenai high school for
his senior year.
Back from Valdez.
Mr. and iMrs. Archie Ramsfell
have returned from a trip to
Valdez and Fairbanks. They both
worked at Columbia Ward tan
nery the past fishing season.
Complete Insurance Service:
By
J. C. MORRIS AGENCY
ONE OF ALASKA’S OLDEST INSURANCE FIRMS
Office at Seaman’s—Kenai
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“The House of Values”
SOLDOTNA
Phone 262-4802
NIKISHKA HOMES
Furnished —Modern
Community Water Supply
$135—$150 per month
on
NORTH KENAI ROAD
in vicinity of proposed school
and oil refineries.
One Unit Available Now
others in construction and plan stage.
Will build to meet your needs.
NIKISHKA HOMES CO.
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