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The Kenai Peninsula
THIRD YEAR OCTOBER 27, 1961~ 10c PER COPY NUMBER 52 '
Disaster Chairman
Named in Peninsula
Names of Red Cross disaster
representatives in the Kenai Pen
insula area are included among
those for 20 South Central and
Western Alaska communities an
nounced last week by Ed Fortier
of Anchorage. Fortier is disaster
chairman for the South Central
Alaska chapter of the American
Red Cross.
Disaster representatives in the
Kenai Peninsula are as follows
with the community chairman
listed first with deputies shown
in order:
Kenai—Jess Nicholas, Carl
'Seaman, John Swanson; Soldotna
—Joe Faa, Charles Tachick, Basil
Bolstridge; Anchor Point— Mrs.
Joe Aprill; Homer—Mrs. M. J.
Thome; Moose Pass—Mrs. Glenn
Miller, M. B. Mason, Norman E.
Johnson; Ninilchik, Mrs. Elmer
Banta, Ernest Tieman, W a d e
Jackinsky; and Seward— Mrs.
Mildred Kirkpatrick.
Fortier described the newly ap
pointed Red Cross volunteers as
key people in time of trouble He
reported he has worked with most
of them in extensive civil defense
exercises or in actual disaster op
erations during his service as
former territorial and state civil
defense director.
Mrs. ttoy Nigh of Anchorage,
well-known pioneer CD worker
it: Western Alaska, will be For
tier’s deputy. Disaster chairman
for the Greater Anchorage area is
Thomas Adams, retired Air Force
major who is now an insurance
executive in Anchorage. Adams
was a military advisor to Great
er ' nchorage CD officials in the
mid-50s and is rated an expert in
radiological defense.
Other Alaskan towns under jur
isdiction of the South Central
Chapter and newly appointed dis
aster representatives are:
Cordova—Mrs. Charles Bonser;
Dillingham— Albert W. Ball, Sr.,
Di. John E. Libby, Richard Mad
son; Gird wood— Joe Danich,
Dciothy Traves, Judith Johan
son; Glenallen— Father Francis
Fallerl of Copper Valley school,
Georg® Ashby of Copper Center
and Edward Klepp of Glenallen.
King Salmon— Richard H, Jen
sen, Carl Melton, Nick Wykoff;
McGrath — Jerome A. Karelia,
Donald Phillips, Charles R. Turn
er; Palmer-Wasilla, Alfred V.
Hager., Ed Smith.
St. Mary’s— Rev. James E.
Poole, Brother A1 Perri, Brother
Robert Bennish; Talkeetna— Al
ice Powell, Clarence Holmberg,
E. J. Barge; Unalaska— Father
Basil Nagosky; Valdez— Robert
Kendall; and Bethel— Herman
Ludwigsen.
“The Red Cross is fortunate to
get experienced people in such
critical positions in these troubled
times,” the disaster chairman re
ported.
New Men’s Shop
Tom “Skip” Woodford and his
br’de, the former Kay Wold of
Fairbanks, are making their home
in a new trailer house at River
Terrace, They were married in
Fairbanks on Oct. 12.
Woodford will be manager of
Woodford's Men’s Wear, a new
shop opened at the Village Shop
ping Center, Soldotna. He former
ly was associated with his father
in Woodford’s Drug and Cloth
iers Shop in Valdez, a business
his father continues to operate.
The elder Woodford will be a
Soldetna visitor this weekend.
The Cordova Airlines ticket of
fice, across from the Sky Bowl
and National Bank of Alaska, in
SoJdotna, is now serving as a pick
up station for Anchorage Laun
dry and Dry Cleaners. Collections
will be picked up each Thursday
and will be returned the following
Monday.
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“ALASKA’S FOREMOST SERVICE STATIONS’’
Kenai Council
To Meet Four
Times Monthly
Regular meetings of the Kenai
City Council will now be held
four times each month instead of
two times as has been customary.
Meeting dates have been changed
from Wednesdays to Tuesdays.
Future regular sessions will be
on the first, second, third and
fourth Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in the
Kenai Civic Center.
The first meeting on the newly
established schedule will be on
Nov. 1, it was announced this
week by Frances Torkilsen, city
clerk.
The Council deemed the change
necessary in the public interest
to bring about better community
understanding which requires full
presentation and discussion of all
problems of the city. Council mem
bers felt such discussion is best
accomplished at regular meetings
of the Council.
Prior to the resolution passed
Oct. 17, changing meeting dates,
the Council met regularly on the
first and third Wednesday nights
and it was often necessary to call
special sessions on other occa
sions to hear discussion on city
problems.
White Elephants
To Help Build Hall
A white elephant sale is sched
uled on Nov. 11 as another Kenai
Pays committee project to raise
funds toward erection of a Kenai
community hall. The sale will be
from noon to 4 p.m. in the Romick
Building next to the Rig Bar and
Cafe.
Hot dogs, rolls, coffee and pop
will be served all during the sale.
The Kenai Days committe invites
the public to “eat while you
browse—then buy."
Anyone with objects that can
be donated to this community
project is advised to telephone the
Kenai Days secretary at 283-7507
and arrangements will be made to
pick up the white elephants or a
nlace will be designated where
they may be left.
Items not sold before 4 p.m.
will be auctioned off to the high
er t bidder. All proceeds go to the
community hall building fund.
Alaska Included
In Appropriations
Appropriations totaling $2,354,
000 for construction and study of
Alaska projects were included in
the Public Works appropriation
bill recently signed by President
Kennedy.
Consiruction funds include $1,
000,00U for the Juneau small
bout harbor and $785,000 for the
Wrangell Narrows navigation
project.
Alaska study funds included in
the hill were: Rampart Canyon,
uska, has been prepared by the
Arms causeways, $25,000; Sew
ard Harbor, $10,000; Wrangell
Harbor, $14,000; Knik River flood
, ontrol, $10,000; Tanana River
flood control, $10,000, and ad
vance engineering on the Chena
Pilfer flood control project, $150,
000.
Ski Meeting Soon
Ski enthusiasts have been ad
vised to watch for an announce
ment of a Peninsula Sportsmen's
Association meeting to be held
m foe near future A definite date
nar not been set as yet for the
meeting.
Get coupon for free lube job
from Kartell’s Service Station at
Reger’s Garage, Soldotna, (adv.)
Series of Recent Thefts
Probed by Kenai PoSice
Police investigation is under
way in Kenai in connection with
a series of recent thefts and
break-ins, according to Charles
Peavley, Kenai police chief.
The Inlet Bar/operated by Tom
and Arlene Fulton, was entered
Friday night or early Saturday
morning, evidently by a window
facing the bay. The 8 Vix3win
dow was broken and several bot
tles of assorted whiskies and a
small amount of change were tak
en. Damage to the window is es
timated to exceed $200, Peavley
said.
Entry seems to have been first
attempted through the furnace
room, where damage estimated at
more than $25 was done to ducts
of the furnace. The Fultons said
they had pored over a burglar
alarm catalog the very day of
the robbery.
Thursday night or early Friday
morning, last week, the Kenai
Pharmacy was entered by means
of breaking the glass in the front
door. The person or persons then
went through the drug store into
the portion of the building hous
ing the coffee shop, operated by
George Robinson, and took cur
rency from a sales tax container
near the cash register, leaving
the coins. The culprits left by way
of the front door of the coffee
shop.
Other illegal entries recently in
cluded that at the Kenai high
school over a week ago where en
try appeared to be by use of a
key or an unlocked door, the po
lice chief said. Approximately
$15(' was taken from the school
office.
Explosives were taken from
the Schlumberger supply house
recently and the theft was not re
ported until several days after
the theft occurred, Peavley said.
No details as to kind of explos
ives, amount or value were re
vealed by the officer.
Peninsula Possibilties
Most Promising in Alaska,
Says Senator Gruening
“The Kenai Peninsula is the
most promising area in the State
of Alaska for future growth and
development,” Sen. Ernest Gruen
ing said Monday night in inform
al conversation with local resi
dents prior to the no-host din
ner at Riverside House honoring
him and Mrs. Gruening.
"There are wonderful possibil
ities for expansion in the agri
cultural and economic develop
ment of the Peninsula,” the Sen
ator- said.
He listed the oil and gas devel
opment, the proposed refinery
scheduled to be built soon by the
Standard Oil Co. of Calif., the
natural harbors, agriculture, the
cattle business which is still prac
tically in an infant stage, t h e
increasing influx of small busi
ness, timber, commercial a n d
sport fishing, abundant wildlife
for hunting, the tourist industry,
which has been only tapped for
possibilities, ami the scenic beau
ty of rivers, mountains, lakes and
beaches.
"Work together,” Gruening
stressed. He advised various Pen
insula towns, Soldotna and Ken
ai specifically, to forget their
jealousies, to quit their petty bick
ering and to cooperate in their
efforts to build a more substan
tial pattern for the entire area.
“What is good for one town,
also aids a neighboring town,” he
said. “Anything that helps Kenai
or Soldotna or any other Penin
sula town promotes the entire
Peninsula. Any program or in
dustry that helps the Peninsula
in turn assists in building up the
entire state of Alaska.”
The agricultural potential is cie
cidcdly promising in the Penin
sula, he remarked, adding that it
will require cooperation and ev
eryone pulling together to bring
about the desired programs for
the area.
Gruening also mentioned that
he has established a temporary
or auxiliary office in Anchorage
arid may be contacted there until
he leaves for Washington, D.
in January to attend the next
session of Congress. The office
location is in Room 48 of the
Federal Bldg.
The Senator conferred briefly
with farmers and others on ag
ricultural matters at Parker’s
Cafe prior to dinner at Riverside
IF'use.
Clarence Goodrich, Soklotna,
gave the blessing which began the
meal. Larry Lancashire was called
upon by his wife “Rusty," secre
tary of the Central Kenai Penin
sula Democratic club, to tell a
few jokes.
In honor of the Senator and
Mrs. Gruening, it was suggested
that the group sing the state
song. “Alaska’s Flag.’’ After a
hesitant start, the group faltered
and practically halted in the mid
dle of the song before the Sena
tor’s lady took up the melody and
carried it on to the Song’s con
clusion.
Most of the persons attending
the dinner also accompanied Sen. •
and Mrs. Gruening to Sterlings/
where Gruening was guest speak
er at a meeting hosted by Sterl
ing precinct held in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis “Fritz”
Hall. __
City League Basketball
First Practice Set Tuesday
Plans for a city basketball
league are firming up, says Jim
Evonson, over-all manager of the
proposed Kenai city league. Ev
enson, however, is still seek play
ers to round out three complete
cily teams.
Three military teams comprised
of personnel from Wildwood Sta.
already are organized.
Basketball players from Rol
doina, Sterling and surrounding
areas as well as from Konai are
being sought by Evenson to com
plete the city teams.
‘■We especially would like some
response from Soldotna,” s a y $
Evenson, who also serves as Ken
si high school coach. “We have
heard there are several good bas
ketball men in Soidotra but none
have come forward a- yet. We
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