Kalifonsky-Kenai Bridge
Proposal Is Considered
decision has been reached,
but material for consideration
"whs presented the Kenai City
Council recently by Carl Seaman
in regard to the city purchasing
•the Moose River bridge, which is
being replaced by a new one.
'Seaman suggested that the city
might be able to use it across
the Kenai River to connect Kal:
forssky Beach Road with Kenai.
The bridge is owned by \C il
.1 A. Smith, Inc., contractors
w * offices in Kansas City, Kan..
> t who have a representative in
A ' oho rage with whom the city
might deal.
It was pointed out that talk of
"such a bridge across the river
Homemakers
Invite Newcomers
Newcomers to the Kenai area
: ■ being extended a special in
vention to attend the next ineet
g of the Kenai Homemakers
1. h, which will be at 8 p.m.
*Toesday. Sept. 26. in the Kenai
Public Library, Civic Center
building.
Projects for the coming club
yenr will be planne<] and new
nit tees appointed. In addi
• ti< rt to women new to the com
m.nity, others who have lived
here longer but have never at
tended Homemakers club meet
ings are also invited to be pres
ort.
The club meets regularly twice
each month on the second and
-fourth Tuesdays, always in the
j iary rooms.
Dorothy Holt, vice president,
officiated at the last meeting
held on Sept. 12 in the absence
oi Opal Hall, club president. In
formal talks concerning vacation
experience was a feature of the
meetting. Mrs. Carl G 1 i c k ’ s
mether, who is visiting here, told
©i flying to Alaska from her
heme in Pennsylvania in a small
2-seater plane. It was her first
experience in the air.
had been going on for years and
that a resolution concerning such
construction had been introduced
in the last session of the state
legislature by Rep. Leo Rhode of
Homer.
Columbia Ward cannery, al
though within the city limits of
Kenai, must use a boat to cross
the river for mail and passengers.
Other residents in the Kalifonsky
Beach Road area, pai t of whom
are within the city limits since
Kenai’s incorporation, must drive
the long way around through
Soldotna to reach Kenai on busi
ness connected with the city.
A further check concerning
the size of the bridge has dis
closed that another span will be
needed, according to Frances
Torkilsen, city clejk, who said
that investigation is being made
on possibility of securing part of
the King River bridge recently
dismantled on the other side of
Anchorage.
Cost of the Moose River bridge,
charge for dismantling and mov
ing it, price of King River bridge
or a poition of it, if it can be
purchased, and cost of reconstruc
tion across the Kenai River must
all be taken into account before
any decision is reached, city offi
cials said.
College Hound
Dianne Moran, 19dl graduate
of Kenai high school, is leaving
Friday for Seattle University.
Soldotna P. 0.
Wins Approval
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per family, this would provide
boxes for 2700 persons, in addi
tion to those getting their mail
at the general delivery window.
The post office in Soldotna
was established in August 1949.
Thelma M. Lee was the first post
master. Mis. Faa has been in
charge of the post office since
May 1951, when Mrs. Lee went
Outside, but did not receive her
official appointment as postmas
ter until February 1952. T h e
present post office is on the
property owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Faa and has been leased by them
to the postal department for the
past 10 years.
Three part-time helpers are
employed at present. They are
Mrs. 0. O. (Robertta) Tachiek,
Mrs. Ted (Amy) Grainge. and
Endorses Center
A bill to establish a foreign
trade zone, a Hall of States, and
an international reception and
information center at the An
chorage International Airport, as
co-sponsored by Senators Ernest
.i t' i Ur,,-rlutr lias
been endorsed by Gov, William
A. Egan,
The Anchorage air terminal, it
was pointed out, represents a
unique opportunity for the Uni
ted States to tell its story to
thousands of foreign visitors—
many of whom on transpolar
flights make their only United
States stop in Alaska.
Big Shipment of
Women’s
COSSACK BOOTS
GIBBS APPAREL
“The House of Values”
SOLDOTNA Phone 262-4802
Mrs. Loren (Terry) Heath.
In the calendar year, Jan. 1 to
Dec. 31, 1960, inclusive, the Sol
dotna post office’s volume of
business in stamp and money
order sales amounted to $1—8,
57S. As of last Friday, Sept. 15,
the volume of business to date
in 1961 has been $157,862, an in
crease of $29,284, with the peak
of the year during the Christmas
season yet to be added to the
total.
The increase in stamp sales
has already raised the post office
from a rating of third elass to
second class, Mrs. Faa said. 1 he
official change to post office of
second class will be effective next
July 1.
Postal Man Coming
Bryant Brady of Anchorage,
field services officer for all post
offices in Alaska, is scheduled
to be in Soldotna sometime next
week. His visit is expected to be
in connection with new post of
fice, approval of which was con
firmed Monday in a telegram
addressed to Don Wilson, former
mayor of Soldotna.
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