THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 262-4624 Kenai Drawer O
LOREN STEWART .. Editor
DOROTHY STEWART . Foreign Correspondent (Retired)
''IABLE SMITH . . Local News Editor
MAURINE JONES . . Roving Reporter
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More Traffic
On Sterling Hwy.
Traffic crossing the counter on
the Sterling highway six miles
cast of Soldotr.a showed a daily
average of 875 vehicles during
the month of September, or 3G
more than for the same month in
1980.
Accmding to the monthly re
port issued by H. M. Pentecost,
planning director for the Alaska
Division of Highways, Septem
ber’s traffic on Sterling highway
was IS'- less, however, than that
recorded for the previous month.
On the Anchorage-Seward Hwy.
south of Northern Lights Blvd.,
last month’s daily average traf
fic was 9,648, showing a 10 per
cent jump over the same month
last year. The count was 4 per
cent less than that of August.
Traffic at five out of seven
check points throughout the state
showed appreciable increases in
September as compared with the
same month in 1960. Comparing
September's traffic with that of
the preceding month, the count
ers showed a decrease at nine
P-lints as the tourist season end
ed and traffic began its annual
drop off with the coming of cold
weather.
- The greatest percentage in
crease was experienced on Gla
cier Highway a mile north of
Juneau city limits. The 2,965 ve
hicles which crossed the counter
there on- the-average day in Sep
tember was 18 per cent more than
t russed there on an average Sep
tember day the previous year.
Glacier Hwy. also showed a drop,
however, of 8 per cent over that
recorded for August.
'Traffic decreases for Septem
ber, 1961, in comparison with the
same month last year were re
ported for the Fairbanks-Nenana
Hwy. between Illinois Street and
Steese Ilwy. and on the Richard
son Hwy. at Gulkana Airfield Ac
cess Road, the former showing a
d s rcast of nine per cent and the
latter a decrease of one per cent.
Will Homestead Soon
James and Jean McCracken of
Seward have notified friends here
that they have received their no
tice of allowance from the land
office and will be coming to Sol
do', nn area early in 1962. They
will erect a cabin on their home
stead not far off the Kalifonsky
Beach Road and will begin their
residence there with their two
young daughters at that time.
McCracken formerly worked in
this area.
Swanson Named
Head Commercial
Fisheries Division
The appointment of Stanley
Swanson to fill the position of
Director of the Commercial Fish
eries Division of the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game has
been announced by Walter Kirk
ness, commissioner.
Swanson joined the Territorial
Dept, of Fisheries in April 1952.
He was stationed at Ketchikan in
October of that year as a district
biologist and has been with the
Department continuously since
that time.
When the Commercial Fisheries
Division was reor ganized in 1959,
Swanson was named Southeastern
Alaska Regional Supervisor, be
ing charged with the overall re
sponsibility for commercial fish
e- ies management in Southeast
Alaska.
During the summers of 1950
ar.d 1951, Swanson participated in
a biological study of Anan Creek
in Southeast Alaska while em
ployed by the Fisheries Research
Institute. He was in change of
the Deer Mt. hatchery in Ketchi
kan from its inception in 1951
until June of 1959, at which time
he war transferred to the Juneau
office.
Swanson was born at Fife,
Wash., received his elmentary
schooling in Washington, and was
graduated from the University of
Washington’s School of Fisheries
in 1951 He served two and one
h tlf years with U. S. Navy Sea
bees during World War II. He is
married and resides at Douglas
with his wife, Marjorie, and sons
Eric and Carl.
Toastmistress
Chib Observes
Founder’s Day
The Redoubt Toastmistress club
obse ved Founder’s Day with a
dinner meeting at the Riverside
House'on the evening of (Jet. 25.
Guest speaker was Mary Wil
iets, teacher of the fourth grade
a: Kenai -schools, whose topic
dealt with words, their usage and
beauty. Her subject tied in with
the Toastmistress motto: “To
dove our language and use it with
grace and facility.”
Joyce Carver, club president,
welcomed members and guests
and introduced the speakers. The
invocation was given by Saily
Clanton and the pledge by Vir
ginia Gibbs.
Daphne McClane served as lex
icologist and Beula Grange a s
timei. Topic mistress for the eve
ning was Ramona Brennan, who
called upon Daphne McLane,
“Rusty” Lancashire and Marion
Cherts. for one to three-minute
extemporaneous speeches upon
what they would pack in their
bag of life.
Peggy McBride, charter mem
ber and past president was toast
mistress with “Rusty” Lanca
shire discussing protocol. Club
speakers of the evening were
Dolly Farnsworth, “Stand up —
Speak up— Shut up!” and A m y
Grringe, “If the shoe fits.” Caro
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uated the speeches. Closing com
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PROFESSIONL MAGAZINE
TO FEATURE ALASKA’S
NATURAL RESOURCES
One of the mining industry’s
leading publications will devote
its entire December issue to the
mining industry within Alaska.
The magazine is “Mining Engin
eering,’’ the official publication
of the Ameiican Institute of Min
ing, Metallurgical and Petroleum
Engineers.
Two members of the Natural
Resources branch, Division of
Miner and Minerals, Jim Wil
liams, director, and Gordon Her
rei.l, geologist, have contributed
articles to the issue. Various ar
tic'es included will feature Alas
ka’s new mining laws, State min
ing operations, the University of
Alaska’s School of Mines, and
several geological reports.
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