I oncer’s Rites
ild at Kenai
1*3, Florence Daniels, one of
ai Peninsula’s pioneer home
tiers, died late Sunday in the
ard General Hospital follow
a long illness. She was the
of Earl Daniels, who sur
s at the family homestead
- Daniels Lake in the North
ai area. The couple had no
iron.
.moral rites wore conducted
1:30 ,p.m. Wednesday in the
ai Methodist church with the
Daniel Harlan officiating,
i Patricia Rose was organ -
Burial was on the homestead
■ the lake which bears the
iels name.
rs. Daniels was born in Wis
in and is believed to have
about 63 yeans of age. She
her home Outside in 1920
lived first in Nova Scotia
other northern points before
ing to Alaska,
r. and Mrs. Daniels moved
he Susitna area in 1935 prior
roving to a Boulder Point
estead in the North Kenai
, in 1939, where they open
a mink ranch, ran trap lines
fished,
was while living at Boulder
it that Mrs. Daniels suffered
,roke which left her partially
dyzed until her death. She
her husband had lived on
She Daniels Lake homestead for
Ithe past several years,
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I The Alaska Highway (form
|erly called Alcan Hwy.) connects
f Dawson Creek, B.C. with Fair
' banks.
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SOLDOTNA — Ted Gr»i nge,
manager of the Soldotna Supply
is leaving on February 24 for a
buying trip outside. He expects
to shop in Seattle and in Port
land and Kugene, Ore,, an re
turn in approximately a week to
10 days.
Birthday Event
Honors Long-time
Alaskan Teacher
An open house honoring Mrs.
Bertha Stryker on her 93rd birth
day took place on the after-noon
of Kc*h. 17 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Allan Petersen, in
Kv-.-iiii. Mrs.. Archie McLane of
Kaxiiof, another daughter of the
honoree, was eohosteas.
Mrs. Stryker is well known to
oldtimers on the Peninsula. She
first came to Alaska in 1916 for
a visit and returner) in 1920 to
make her home. She taught in
Alaskan schools for about 15
years, mostly at NInilehik and at
Portlock, now known as Port
Chute m, -below Port Graham. She
currently makes the McLane
home her headquarters but has
been a visitor in the Petersen
home for over a month.
Many friends from Kenai, Sol
dotna, Kasilof and Coboe called
to extend Happy Birthday greet
ings on this special occasion.
Thirty names were recorded in
the guest book, including that of
Mrs. Ben Crawford of Anchorage
who was in Kenai for the City
National Bank’s open house ev
ent in its new building.
A specially decorated cake for
Mrs. Stryker’s birthday was made
by Mrs, Ray Main waring of Kas
ilof. Other cakes were made byt
Mrs. Ralph Soberg, Soldotna.
Cards, flowers and other gifts;
contributed in making the day:
a happy one filled with excite-'
ment and much visiting.
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Style Show Set
Latest fashtg&sLsHli be display^
ed by MaiS’encly&ress Shop in
the Village Shopping Center;.
Soldotna, from 3 to 4 ,p.m. on
Saturday, March 3.
The show will begin in MiifV
vene’s with the models continu
ing on into the Village Inn tb
the Lounge and the Colonial
Room. Refreshments of coffey,
tea and cake will be served and
all women in the area are invited
to attend.
“A nightie of your choice will
be given as a special door prize
during the event,” the manager
of the shop has announced.
WE ARE SORRY, FOLKS
But we can’t build our show room
in Kenai. We requested assurance
of the Kenai City Council that any
building we did would be valued at
a maximum of our cost of building.
Dick Morgan and Company refused
this request and as we refuse to be
more of a victim of this group than
we are at present, we do not plan to
go ahead with our plans.
We are open for business as usual
with the largest and most complete
plumbing and heating stock on the
Peninsula, but we expect to operate
from lean-tos and sheds because of
tax policies that we will not tolerate.
Bill Wells
KENAI PLUMBING
& HEATING CO.
Toastmasters Map
Sample Program,
Election Friday
Organization of a Toastmasters
club in the Kenai-Soldotna area
is expected to be completed Fri
day at a dinner meeting set for
6:30 p.m. at Riverside House in
Soldo* na.
Election of officers, the sign
ing a charter and the selection
of a name for the club will also
take place at this time. A sam
ple program will also be present
ed.
A number of people have signi
fied interest in such an organi
zation says W. A. Hoover and
Fritz Hall, who are spearheading
arrangements. Material from
Toastmasters International has
been, obtained for rse of the group
Application for association with
Toastmasters Internationa] is be
ing made.
Membership will be limited to
between 20 and .‘10 persons. Seven
committments for membership
were recorded at the first meet
ing held on Feb. 9 and an addi
tional four promises have been
received, according to Hoover who
is seiving as temporary chair
man. Membership still open
arid those interested are invited
to attend the coming meeting or
contact Hoover by calling 283
7531.
Dick Hall will be speaker for
the evening. Fritz Hall is to be
toastmaster and Monty Coleman
the table topic chairman. Speech
es will be evaluated by Richard
Rttberg. Future meetings will be
en the second and fourth Friday
nights each month.
Kenai Dimes Drive
Nears $500 Mark
Collections from the Mothear®
March of Dimes' al ‘‘ Reitil d
mounted to $177.12, according
to Mrs, John Swanson, drive
chairman.
“I wish to express my apprec
iation to Frost Jones for help
ing me to organize and carry
out the Mothers March in Kenai,
to all the women who partici
pated in the drive, and to all
these who gave their dimes and
dollars to make our drive a suc
cess,” Mrs. Swanson said.
Others assisting with collec
tions included Kay TumSuden,
Grace Cole, Shirley Morgan, Bet
ty Dye, Edith Cooper, Joanne
Beeson, Laura Knaekstedt, Ethel
Mann, Marco 11 Brown, Doris Day,
Glance Kipp, ('leone Wells, Bet
ty Monigoid, Joanne Warren.
A Iso,Dale Turmell, Alex White,
Mary Ann Harlen, Pat Rose,
Maxine Hart, Yurika Roberts,
Phyllis Morin, Carolyn Nicholas,
June Thayer, Sheila Phillips, Bet
ty Norman, Rita Goff and Lor
etta Moore.
BREAKS COLLAR BONE
NORTH KENAI — Tommy
Kuchta, youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Kuohta, Holt Road, N.
Kenai, is recovering from a bro
ken collar hone sustained hr a
fall about two weeks ago.
Local Commercial Fishing
Interests Many Tourists
Commercial fisheries as a tour
ist attraction are being stressed
for the City- of Kenai in connec
tion with various other tourist
development potentials, Frances
Torkilsen, city clerk, is chairman
of the committee investigating
possibilities of this particular
project.
“One of the most outstanding
tourist attractions in the State
is the commercial fishing for the
salmon on Cook Iiilet,” says Mrs.
Torkilsen.
“People coming from the South
48 and also Alaskans from inland
want to observe commercial fish
ermen in action. There is no bet
ter entertainment to be had any
where and the price of admission
is a drive through the most beau
tiful part of the State—the Kenai
Peninsula. There are, however,
no facilities expressly for this
purpose,” she added.
A road used by the Army dur
ing construction of its sewage
disposal line has provided direct
access to the Inlet in the vicinity
of commercial fishing sites. From
this site, which is atop a sixty
foot embankment, it is* possible
to look directly down on three
or four fish sites which stretch
along the shore line a distance
of a mile or more.
There is no camping space, no
facilities for the convenience of
the tourist, yet tourists, estim
ated to number 1,000 each season
fiock to this vantage point.
These commercial fish sites ex
ist for 40 miles along the shore
of Cook Inlet. From Kenai, north
for a distance of about seven
miles, the North Kenai Road is
parallel to what is known as Sal
amatof Beach and is within one
fom-th of the beach at
almost any fbgjmt, T* .*
The fipinfe- is fibrm«Hy heavy
in this area, and tourists trav
eling thousands of miles “to
eling thousands of miles “tc
watch the fishing” are sure not
to be disappointed if facilities
could be made available to them,
it has been pointed out.
Mrs. Torkilsen proposes that
two or three acres of land be set
aside for this purpose, that rest
rooms be constructed and per
haps a shelter house with cook
ing facilities, with access to good
drinking water, that an all-wea
ther road be maintained at least
during the summer months and
possibly steps built leading feom
the top of the bank down to the
beach.
It has also been suggested
that a camp area be established
somewhere in the locality near a
nearby cannery. Visitors then
could follow the fishing process
from the time the fish leaves the
sea until it is in the can.
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