I OIL NEWS 1
Gets Dry Hole
At Stepout Well
Standard Oil Co. of Calif, is
reported to have a dry hole at
'Swanson River field stepout No.
34-16 and the well is being: aban
doned.
The rig is being- moved to a
new location and will be used to
drill No. 233-16, a stepout to the
Halbouty Alaska Oil Co. gas well
near the eastern edge of the
Swanson River Unit.
Standard’s Riou Bay No. 1 re
cortedly has been spudded in. This
is the company’s third explora
tory well in the St. Elias develop
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nvent contract area am} is in the
Gulf of Alaska region, located
approximately 1,600 feet south
and 2,000 feet west from the
northwest corner of Section 28,
T-2S-S, R-2-E, CBM,
More Exploratory
Drilling Underway
Exploratory activity is reported
cm the vest side of Cookjnlet at
Superior Oil Co. Chuit-Slate No.
1. where drilling was below 8,400
feet at last report.
In the northern end of the basin
two wells are drilling with Union
Oil Co. of Calif., operator for
Pittman No. 1 near Houston, re
porting drilling in progress below
1,000 feet.
"Tight hole" drilling is report
ed underway on British-American
Oil Producing Co. Bell Island No.
1 on the Snsicna River and no
information as to progress is ex
pected to be released.
Bad weather has caused delay
in road and location preparations
for White River No. 2 to be
drilled on the Gulf of Alaska by
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
Spudding date is tentatively set
for early in April.
W. Forelands
Has Gas Well
Pan American Petroleum Corp.,
operator for an exploratory ven
ture on the west shore of Cook
Inlet, is reported completing West
Foreland No. 1 as a natural gas
we!!.
Control valve equipment is be
ing installed and initial flow tests
are expected this week.
The well was drilled to 13,500
feet before completion in a gas
zone farther up the hole. No oil
formations were found, according
to a company spokesman.
Preparation is expected to be
gin within the next few -davs at a
locaffon' in the middle ground
shoals of Cook Inlet where one of
the two marine -drilling rigs to
be operated by Pan American this
summer will do exploratory drill
ing. Preliminary preparation will
consist primarily of pile driving
for a drilling platform.
URANIUM INCREASE
Bay West, Inc., Alaska’s only
uranium producer, has i*eceived a
30,000 pound increase in its an
nual uranium production alloca
tion. Word of the increase was
received from Frank L. Seymour,
general counsel of the firm. The
company’s operation is at Bokan
Mountain on Prince of Wales Is
land.
GENERAL HAULING
Nothing too large or too small — We specialize in
heavy equipment hauling — We also have
cranes and cats
Weaver Brothers, Inc.
Offices in:
Fairbanks
Soidotna
Anchorage
Valdez
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Women Bowlers
From Peninsula
Place in Tourney
Money winners m the third
annual Alaska Women’s Bowling
Tournament held recently in An
ehorage included many players
from the Kenai Peninsula,
The tournament, held, at the
Center Bowl, was the largest in
state history and was the first to
be held at Anchorage. The tourna
ment concluded with a banquet
on March 17 after which trophies
and awards were mailed to win
ners.
Peninsula winners in Class A
events included Lois Hudec-Eve
lyn Brown, wespre seating Homer,
in Class 'A Doubles, railing a
score of 1102 for a $12 award,
There were 87 entries in that
classification.
in Class A Singles, in which
there were 68 contestants, Donna
Ramsey, Homer, rolled 589 and
collected $9 while Dolly Blume,
Seward, took home $3 by bowling
555.
In Class B Doubles, Peggy Gs
monovich-'Rosie Eitei, Seward
bowlers with a score of 974, re
ceived $34; Jackie Deck-Bonnie
Maliski, also from Seward, rolled
947, and won $19, and Pauline
Back-Shirley Ford, Soldotna bowl
ers with score of 922, $7. There
were 25 doubles entries.
Mary Lou Marshall, Kenai,
scoring 511, was a $14 winner in
Class B Singles. Other Peninsula
winners in the same classification
included Bonnie Maliski, Seward,
486, $4; Dottie Kaiser, Soldotna,
485, $3.50; and Inger Watsjold
and Peggy Osmonovich, both of
Seward and with identical scores
of 477, $3 each. Fifty contestants
were entered.
Top winning team in Class C
Team play was Modem Motors
of Seward with a score of 2192
which earned a first-place award
of $80. The Flamingo team, also
of Seward, carried home second
place winnings of $65 with a score
of 2072 against a field of 12
entries.
In Class C Doubles with 18 en
tries, Dee O’Malia-Yuriko Rob
erts, Kenai, placed third with 892
and brought back $36. Joajt Hail
Audrey Shelman, both of Soldot
na, came in fifth with 869 to re
ceive $25. Other money winners
in the doubles included Linda
Martin-Wiilma Zentmire, Seward,
861, $12; Dottie Kaiser-Bea Suth
ard, Soidotna, 850,- $9; Dolly
Blume-Sally Watsjold, Seward,
849, $8, and Joyce Carver-Pat
McKern, Soldotna, 847, $8.
Shirley Bernard, Soldotna, roll
ing 492, placed fourth in Class C
Singles and won $24. Other Pen
insula winners were Evelyn
Punches, Seward, 457, $10; Joyce
Berry, Soidotna, 455, $9; Betty
Williams, Seward, 450, $8; Mar
vene Standby, Soldotna, 449, $5;
Myrtle Nickel, Homer, 448, $5;
Mary Burnett, Seward, 440, S3;
Ta>is Niclet, Seward, 439, $3, and
Vera Franklin, Soldotna, 437, $3.
There were 35 contestants.
Lombard Does It Again
Dr. Roland Lombard of Wey
lanci, Mass., recent winner of the
first annual Alaska State Cham
pionship Sled Hug Race mn be
tween Kenai and Soldotna on
March' S-4, this past weekend
added another victory to his long
string of dog mushing honors by
once again winning the North
American Sled Dog Championship
.Race at Fairbanks.
Lombard sot a course record
for both -final heat and total
elapsed time. He won ail three
heats, which consisted of 20 miles
each on Match '23-24 and a tough
30 miles on March 25 for a 70
mii$ total.
The veterinarian’s total time of
272.61 minutes erased the mark
of 287.48 which he set in 1959
when he won the North American
championship for the first time.
Lombard finished the final S0
mile heat in 119.87, breaking the
previous record of 123.80 set in
1955 by Wilbur Stnipoon of Noor
vik,
Lombard has won every major
race on the American continent
with the' exception of those at, the
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous.
Warner Vent, Huslia, was sec
ond in the Fairbanks maces with
total elapsed time of 282.0? and
final heat at 121.49.
John Greenway. Fairbanks,
docked up 284.24 for third place.
This year was the first time
that Eastern inushers ever won
all three of the major champion
ship races held at Fairbanks. In
addition to Lombard and his sec
ond-time win of the North Ameri
can championship, Jean (Mrs.
Keith.) Byar of Laconia, N. H.,
became the first woman from out
side Alaska ever to win the Wom
en’s North American Champion
ship, and Eddie Budroe, Lom
bard’s handler, won the Jes3 dtud
dert Invitational title prior to the
major events.
Sledding Party
Hosts Boy Scouts
And Other Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Porter enter
tained at a sledding party Friday
night at their homestead home on
Ciechanski Road near Soklotna.
Guests were members of the
Boy Scout troop of which Jim is
leader, several children and adults
from neighboring homesteads and
youth lenders from the sponsoring
church group.
Wieners and marshmallows
roasted over the fire near the ski
and sledding slope were augment
ed by hot chili ami fruit -punch to
appease the hunger of the group
after many slides and tumbles
down the icy hill.
Present were Harold Wood of
Farmington, N. M., and Michael
McKsssick of Park City, Utah,
Mormon elders, who have been en
gaged in church work in the area
for the past three months; Keith
and Norma Fuhnman and their
son and daughter, Wynn and
Kathy; Mrs. Neiaha Dubendorff,
Kesrlee Wright, and Harold,
Stanley' and Dennis Jackson.
Also Darrell and Beverly
Carmel, Teela and Lueila Grif
fiths, Nancy and Nickv Hanson,
Barbara, Montie and Kristi Heath,
Darryl and Annette Jones, Baker
Jay Smith, Mrs. Ohris E, Jones,
Mrs. JVi&ble Smith, Danny and
Nancy Paulk and the Porter chil
dren, Joyce, Cinde, Jayne, Caffy
and their baby (brother, Craig,
who was too young to engage in
activities.
Enrollment Listed
At 951 for U of A
COLLEGE — A total of 1,180
persons registered for classes on
the main campus during- the 1961
62 fall and spring semesters, ac
cording to figures released by of
ficials of the University of
Alaska.
During the previous two simi
lar periods of time, the cumula
tive enrollments were: for 195S
60, 078, and for 1960-61, 1,073.
The total enrollment on campus
for the current semester is 951,
'Statistics for enrollment total
are figured from Sept. 1 through
May 3t of an academic year. Of
the 951 students now attending
classes on the state university
campus at College, 623 are men
and 828 are women. A further
analysis of the enrollment reveals
that 181 men and 131 women are.
married.
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