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Soldotna P. O. Serves 1,520
Soldotna Postmistress, Mick
ey Faa, reports that 1,520 peo
ple received mail at the Soldot
na post office in March.
Reports
Betty Merrell has been ap
pointed to report to The Times
for the Soldotna area.
Former Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Helling are
now living in Los Alamos, Cali
fornia. Jack is an inspector oi
the Atlas missile at Vandenberg
Air Force Base and his wife,
Skip, is preparing painting to
be entered in the Art Exhibit in
Los Angeles in June.
Big K
Mr. Wright of the Big K Gro
cery is back in the store after a
stay in the hospital in Anchor
age.
BURGER DEN
Soldotna—Next to Bear Den
Open 24 Hours
Specials 95c and Up
SMOKY'S
GARAGE
compleat auto & heavy equip, repair
automatic transmissions
Walkers Sub-Division—Kenai
Phone 283-5241
Smoky TumSuden
i Vacation
Mrs. Dick (Joanne) Hall left
last Saturday for a vacation in
Washington. She will visit her
grandparents and other friends.
Job Completed
Reginal English, Bill Pyle
and Neal Davis of Core Lab Inc.
have completed logging falls on
Creek Unit No. 1 at Clam Gulch
and are leaving for Bakersfield,
California, after a two-year
hitch in the area.
Complications
Lew Mikkleson and Joe Scar
antino motored to Anchorage to
have license plates put on Joe’s
new Cadillac. They found the
operation too complicated for
local laymen. After several at
tempts from Anchorage special
ists—the third proved the oper
ation successful.
Breakup
Dr. Isaak’s plane was stuck
in the mud by one wheel last
week. Spring breakup consid
ers no one.
New Deal
Jack Weaver bought the
bataam and caterpillar operated
by Lew Mickelson of Alaska
Service and Construction last
year.
Plane Flipped
Warren Enzler’s plane flipped
over on the Soldotna airstrip
last week. Enzler was coming
in for a landing and hit a water
hole of considerable depth
causing the turnover. Extent of
the damage has not yet been de
termined. Enzler was not hurt.
Triplets
On April 4th the Warren Enz
lers had triplets, two boys and
one girl. The kids are a wel
come addition to the Enzlers’
goat herd.
PTA Film
At a recent Soldotna PTA
meeting a new Standard Oil
film was shown. The movie was
taken in the Swanson River
Soldotna Creek units. Bill
Whitney, senior engineer for
Standard, explained the opera
tions and was available to an
swer questions from the audi
ence.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
COMPLETE OVERHAUL
• INJECTORS • HEADWORK
• LATHE WORK
Alaska Machine & Engine Rebuild
BOX 347
SOLDOTNA
COME TO THE SKYBOWL
IN SOLDOTNA
FOR OPEN BOWLING
and
LEAGUE BOWLING
on
MEN'S - WOMEN'S AND
MIXED BOWLING TEAMS
LUNCH COUNTER—Breakfast - Lunch - Short Orders - Start Serving —6 A.M.
Paul Coleman Joins The Navy
KODIAK, Alaska — Paul H.
Coleman, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isadore M. Coleman of
Kenai, enlisted and has been
sworn into the U. S. Navy dur
ing brief ceremonies here.
Paul, a graduate of Kenai
High School, will now undergo
recruit training at the naval
CAP Honored
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Kipp, Commandant of Cadets,
CWO Carl Swanson and S/M
Doris Gibson, Personnel section.
All are members of the Senior
section of the Kenai Composite
Squadron. Cadets David Hak
kinen, Nick Miller, Nonaid Nor
man, Dusty Rhodes, Ronny
Swanson, and Laurlynn Berton
were representing the Cadet
section.
The Unit Citation award was
read by Lt. Col. Petee Stiver
and presented by Lt. Col. Ro
man Malac'h. The award was
received for the Squadron by
Major Kipp.
Another highlight of the pro
gram, through Captain Halder
man, U. S. Army, for Major W.
H. Winzenread, Wildwood Post
commander, read congratula
tions to Kenai Squadron on re
ceiving the citation and for the
many services they have ren
dered Wildwood Station.
This is the first squadron in
Alaska ever to receive this a
ward for search and rescue, and
there has been only one other
citation given in Alaska.
It is also understood that dur
ing the time represented, Janu
ary 1959 to the present, there
have been only two such a
wards made by National Head
quarters. A great honor has
been bestowed on Kenai Squad
ron, CAP and the communities
it represents.
New Tax
Date Set
Commissioner Peter Gatz of
the Alaska Department of Rev
enue said today the due date for
filing of State income tax re
turns has been extended to
Monday, April 17, because the
normal April 15 deadline falls
on Saturday.
training center, San Diego,
Calif.
Gunsmithing
and
Machine Work
Scopes
+ Reloaders
* Stocking
* Rebarreling
Harold
FULLER’S
Gun b Machine Shop
Cooper’s Landing
SOLDOTNA
Launder Center
at the "Y"
AUTOMATIC
SINGLE & DOUBLE
LOAD WASHERS
50 LB. DRYERS—
Open Daily
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday
10 to 4
Rainbow
—COCKTAIL LOUNGE—
KENAI’S FINEST
FISHING TACKLE and
LICENSES
BE READY FOR THE SALMON SEASON
May 7th
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Soldotna - Phone 262-4121
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