Soldatna Zoning
Needs Studied
By City Planners
Dick Midyett, chairman of the
Soldatna Planning Commission,
is urging all persons who plan
to open up subdivisions to con
tact the Planning Commission
prior to actual surveying of land.
The Commission, which works
under the Soldatna City Council,
meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thurs
day in the Soldatna Community
Club building near Wilson’s store.
All visitors are welcome, espec
ially those planning subdivisions.
Cooperation between land own
er and Planning Commission
makes it easier for the person
opening the subdivision and for
the planning group, the chairman
said.
Long range plans of the Com
mission call for a proper plan
ning setup for the city, including
the laying out and naming of
streets and boulevards, establish
ment of building codes for elec
trical, plumbing, construction and
building contractors, and recom
mended zoning ordinances to con
trol areas for residence, business
and agricultural uses.
Work on recommended zoning
ordinances will he of immediate
concern to the Commission, Mid
yett said. The Commission is open
to suggestions as to names for
specific streets that are not
named and other names will be
needed for future subdivisions.
Midyett is the first elected
permanent chairman for the Com
mission having been named to
office on June 14. Other mem
bers are Kenny Carver, Dick
Hall, Jess Harbin, Charles Par
ker and George Dennison. Bertha
Midyett, wife of the chairman,
serves as secretary. All meetings
are open to the public.
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Loans Available
On Alaska Oats
Oats l'aised in Alaska this year
will be eligible for Federal loans
of $55.00 per ton, Philip R. John
son, chaiiman of the Alaska ASC
Committee, announced at College
today. Federal loan levels for
barley will be announced in the
near future.
These loans are made under
USD A price support programs,
although since they are only
about two-thirds the market val
ue of the grains, they do not
support prices. They do provide
ready money shortly after har
vest to help meet harvest and
other costs.
These loan programs point out
the value of Alaskan feed grains,
Johnson stated. Each farmer who
raises oats or barley should real
ize that his crop, when properly
harvested, oried and stored, does
have real value. Unfortunately,
some grain is lost each year be
cause of inadequate harvesting,
drying or storage facilities. Dry
ing is particularly important
since grain at harvest time is
seldom dry enough to keep with
out artificial drying. Oats must
ne dried to 14% per cent mois
ture content to be eligible for
loan.
Federal loans are also avail
able for the purchase of drying
and storage facilities.
Loans on feed grains, as well
as for drying and storage facili
ties will b ■ made by county ASC
offices in Fairbanks, Palmer and
Homer. The interest rate will be
three and one-half per cent and
the loans on oats will expire on
April 30, 1962.
Vacationing Here
Luke and Mamie Elwell, who
formerly owned the Russian
River Lodge, visited Ralph and
Ruth Soberg the past week. They
recently returned from a trip
around the world and spent last
winter in old Mexico. They are
staying in a cabin at Kenai Lake
and are visiting many friends in
the area. Mrs. Elwell has written
articles for the Alaska Sportsman
and other magazines.
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This was the game warden’s
home about 1900 and the game
warden and his transportation
in the foreground.
Churches Set
Fall Schedules
A change in church schedules,
beginning Sept. 3, has been an
nounced by Rev. Daniel Harlan,
for Methodist churches at Ninil
chik and Tustumena. These two
churches will go hack on their
fall schedules on that date.
Tustumena church school is
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and wor
ship service at 4:15 p.m. The
church is located at Milepost 119.
At Ninilchik, church school will
be at 4:15 p.m. and worship at
5:15 p.m.
The Kenai Methodist Church
which is the third church in the
parish served by Reverend Har
lan, will continue on its regular
schedule, with church school at
9:45 a.m. and worship service at
1] a.m.
The Rev. Victor Musk of Au
gusta, Maine, will be guest pastoi
at all three churches at the Sept.
3 services.
Refinery Clearing
Begins This Week
Clearing of iand began this
week for the erection of a small
oil refinery to be located nine
miles north of Kenai on 40 acres
sold by “Mac” Magahan to West
ern Frontier Oil and Refining
Co., of Long Beach, Calif. The
2500 barrel - per - day crude oil
plant will be one south of the
Kenai Pipeline Co. site.
Ralph G. Hand, president of
Western Frontier Oil & Refining
Co., said $300,000 of classified
material should arrive within 30
60 days and that, weather per
mitting, construction would pro
ceed immediately. Completion of
the plant is set for early in 1962.
The distillation unit as planned
will produce standard gr ade gaso
line, jet fuel, fuel oil and diesel,
Hand said.
Looking for Location
Peeking a location for a home
and business in the Kenai-Sol
datna area are Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Breakfield, now com
pleting a tour of Alaska from
their home in Riverside, Calif.
The Breakfields, who have three
children ranging in age from
four through ten years, trav
elled nearly every passable rc ad
in the state during the past six
weeks and said the Kenai-Sol
datna area appealed to them
more than any other section of
Alaska as to climate, scenery and
progressiveness of the communi
ties. Breakfield, who ran his own
trucking business 10 years at
Riverside, sold out in May and
hopes to invest in a similar busi
ness or in some other enterprise
probably on the Kenai Peninsula.
The state’s first homestead land
sale at Anchor Point on August
5 was one point on their agenda.
New Business Associate
Mr. and Mrs. Len George, new
comers to the Soldatna area since
arriving from Anchorage Aug.
19, are living in the new Rain
bow subdivision in a house re
cently moved in from Seward.
George is a plumber and is one
of the associates of Slawson &
Associates, doing the plumbing
end of the business. There are
two children, Carrie 14, and
Mark 11. George formerly work
ed on construction jobs while in
Anchorage from 1950-55 and af
ter they returned from Outside
in 1960. Mrs. George will seek
work after school starts.
Bantam Bowling
Trophy Awards
Sky Bowl's Bantam League
trophies and awards were pre
sented at a banquet (cake, ice
cream and cokes) held recently
at Parkers’ Cafe.
The winning team in the P>an
tam Bowler group, children 12
years and under, was sponsored
by Sam’s Barber Shop and Allen
Oil Tool Co. They won 28 games
and lost 16. Members of the win
ning team were R. L. Parker,
Dick Demaray, Charles Griffin
and Jill Carver.
Honors for high series scratch,
high series with handicap, high
game scratch and high game with
handicap all went to Mark Hum
ecky. Of the girl bowlers Linda
Farnsworth took high series
scratch and high series with
handicap. High game scratch and
high game with handicap honors
went to Kerry Lantz.
Baby Shower
Mrs. Jody Grange (former
Shari Olsen) was honored recent
ly at a baby shower held at Scl
dotna Community Hall. She re
ceived many lovely gifts. A group
of her friends were hostesses.
On New Richfield Job
Tachik Excavating’s crew left
this week for Katella, 70 air miles
from Cordova. Paul Jachik, Le
Roy Knab, Sdldotna; Harry
Free Film Shows
Alaska Scenes
Mrs. R. L. (Bob) Schmidt will
show Alaska wildlife and native
films Saturday night at the Sol
datna Baptist church. The en
tertainment will be free and ev
eryone is invited to attend.
Mrs. Schmidt has a 16 mm
sound camera and is especially
interested in showing scenes of
Alaska to her sister and family,
who are visiting hei’e from the
Congo, and is inviting the public
to join in viewing them.
Films to be shown will include
those of the Lake George break
up, in sound and color; Little
Diomede Island, and the People
of Alaska.
White and Gordon Baktuit, Ke
nai, will join Lewis Michelson
and Tom Denman of Soldotna,
who went down two weeks ago.
Their work with Richfield Oil Co.
could keep them there five
months to two years, according
to Paul Tachik, manager.
Tournament Slated
Al Morasse, manager of the
Sky Bowl, announced a Head
Pin tournament will be held be
tween Sept. 4 and 15. This is a
benefit for the ambulance and
fire departments. Soldotna mer
chants are donating the prizes.
Forty - five prizes have been
pledged so far. Winter leagues
are now forming.
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