HEADING LEFT to right (foreground) are Dick Iverson, Larry
Clendenen, w ife Inez, behind on the left is Joe Brandon, all are
members of the Anchor River Sled Dog Racing Association. Dick
is their president and Inez, secretary-treasurer. Joe Brandon also
raced in the State Championship race and using only 5 dogs,
including 3 yearlings, came in a respectable 6th place against
terrific competition. Joe, one of two competitors sponsored locally,
was sponsored by the Cheechako News.
Kenai Peninsula
People & Places
NIHILCHTK— Dan Garroutte,
Mr. ansi Mrs. Donald Lawrence,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Banta, David
Cooper, Waldo Bishop and Rich
ard R. Hostetter were in Soklotna
an March 10 attending the meet
ing of the borough study group.
SEWARD—Mr, and Mrs. Seely
Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Urbach
uul Eugene N eagle represented
:>eward at a borough meeting
leid recently in Soldoina. Mrs.
Jr back invite,! the group to at
end a meeting to be held in Sew
trd on the evening of March 16
it which time the League of
Women Voters will sponsor a pi-o
rram on boroughs.
SACK FROM TRIP
NORTH KENAI—Mr. and Mrs,
j. A. Hoyt of North Kenai have
•eturned from a three-months’
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trip to Veronia. Ore., their former
home. They also visited' Mrs.
Hoyt's father, II. J. Winters, at
Silver.ton, Ore,, and her brothel*,
Maurice Winters, at Las Vegas,
Nev., where they spent seven
days basking in the warm sun
shine during December.
Mrs. Hoyt returned by plane
and spent- a week with daughters
Janice (Mrs. William Schenk >
and Karen (Mrs. Tim Dalton) of
Anchorage. Mr. Hoyt drove the
family car over the Alaska high
way, taking four days to make
the trip.
PROSPECTOR DIES
MOOSE PASS——Funeral serv
ices for Ogorge Severson, former
resident of the Moose Pars area
from about 1 to 1956, were
conducted on March 8 at -the An
chorage Funeral Chapel. He'died
March 3 at .the age of 84. Born in
Norway in August 1877, Sever
son was a former miner and
prospector.
TO BUILD SOON
NORTH KENAI—Mr. and Mrs.
Harris Jackson, formerly of Fair
banks, have moved into a duplex
apartment of the Tom Hayes on
the Homesite Loop Road. They
expect to begin building- in the
Bush I.ane3 subdivision as soon as
weather permits.
The Jacksons’ daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burlin
game and three daughters, ax*e
residing- about three miles east of
Kenai in a home recently com
pleted by Chester Cone. Bill will
be assisting his father-in-law in
building. Both men were formerly
in the. garage business at Fair
banks. A brother, Melvin Jackson,
and family still live in Fairbanks.
BROTHER INJURED
SOLDOTNA — Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Andrews, SoWotna area
homesteaders, were called to
.Montana Friday to be with her
brother, Monroe Browning, who
was seriously injured in a oar
wreck earlier in the week. Brown
ing, 23.. is to undergo surgery.
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I OIL NEWS
Standard
To Drill
New Test
Standard Oil Co. of California,
Western Operations, Inc,, has an
nounced plans to drill its third
exploratory well in the St. Elias
development contract area. The
well, to be known as Riou Bay
No, 1, 'will be located approxi
mately 1,800- feet south and 2,000
feet west from the northwest
corner of Section 28, T-23-S, R
23-E, CRM.
The drilling- of this well reflects
a continuation of Standard’s in
terest in the Gulf of Alaska re
gion which goes back many yeans
to the discovery of a small
amount of production in the now
abandoned Katalla oil field some
100 miles west of the Riou Bay
area.
During- the past year, some IS
miles fco the north of the newly
announced location in the rugged
terrain of the foothills of Mt. St.
Elias, the company has drilled to
a depth of more than 10,000 feet
and abandoned one well and has
a second well currently drilling
below a depth of 0,(KKV feet.
To- Riou Bay well will he locat
ed ..a few hundred feet from the
shore of Icy Bay near the west
ern edge of the Malaspina Gla
cier, the largest piedmont glacier
in the world.
■Drilling -crews will be ferried
daily by helicopter between the
well site and the Standard’s base
camp some 10 miles away.
It is planned to have Lofflartd
Brothers of Tulsa, Okla., who
drilled the previous two wells,
drill the Riou Bay well, company
officials have announced.
Retirement Years
Can Be Welcome
“Retirement years can. foe good
years." That's the theme of a new
booklet which goes on to spell out
how retirement may be “a new
life of your own.”
The booklet, “Now That You
Are Retiring,” is available at
your Juneau social security dis
tinct office. Also available are
booklets explaining the old-age,
survivors, and disability insur
ance program.
Lee Christensen,, district man
ager of the Juneau social security
office, said today that he felt tnis
booklet would he of help to people
now retired, as well as people
who are-beginning to make their
plans for retirement. “It answers
a lot of the questions we have
heard time and again from people
applying for benefits,” he said.
The new booklet explores such
questions as; “What will 1 do
with my time?” “Will my income
really be enough?” “Will my
health last — and what if I get
sick?” “Where can I go for help
when I run into problems?"
A copy of the booklet may be
obtained by writing Social Se
curity Administration, Box 1331,
Juneau, Alaska,
ON BUYING TRIP
SO I,DOT NA—Marvene Sunafey
of Marvenefs Dress Shop was in
Anchorage over the weekend on
a buying trip and meeting with
sales representatives from Seat
Ale. She reports that new fashions
are arriving daily and a large
selection has been ordered for
local trade.
Search & Rescue
Vital to Alaska
In the Alaska CAP search and
rescue work reveals a daily drama
and sometimes even a tragedy.
This work is first to none in the
nation because of Alaska’s rug
ged ness and adverse weather con
ditions.
In I960, especially from the
time of the deactivation of the
last Air Force Rescue Squadron
in Alaska, search and rescue
work of the CAP doubled. A total
of some 22 search and rescue mis
sions were accomplished with
hundred of individual flights to
taling 2,796 hours in the air by
the CAP pilots. These figures
point to actual services rendered
freely without reservation and
with a risk of the pilot’s life.
In 1961, there were 239 mis
sions completed which represent
one-third of the total missions
for all of the fifty states. Deane
Brandon of the Kotzebue squad
ron could be mentioned as an ex
ample. He was in a search for a
missing plane this winter. The
vast and flat terrain of Kotzebue
£ound and short hours of light
present a constant danger to the
pilot, Brandon was covering the
off-shore area when daylight dis
appeared and he had to make a
forced landing and spend a night
in a cabin. He was found snf*. and
sound the, next day. This time
story was short and with a happy
ending-, but not all are.
These CAP missions represent
searches for lost aircraft, mercy
flights to help injured and sick,
searches for overdue planes and
survivals of boat mishaps, evacu
ations, delivery of important no
tices to isolated areas or dropping
food to stranded people.
TO SPONSOR CARD PARTY
The Catholic Ladies Altar So
ciety will sponsor a card party
Tuesday evening, beginning at 8
p.m. in the Village Shopping Cen
ter, Sobfotna. Bridge and pinochle
will be played and prizes will be
awarded. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
KENAI—Mr, and Mrs. Homer
Swires were hosts at a dinner in
their home, honoring Mr. and
Mrs. M. T. Sims on their wedding
anniversary, Feb. 22. Doris (Mrs.
Swires) reportedly prepared a
delicious dinner which included a
cake specially decorated for the
occasion.
Production of oil in Alaska in
1961 amounted to approximately
six million barrels. It was worth
about $15,240,000 to the oil com
panies and about $1,500,000 to
the Stale of Alaska in royalties,
according to Phil Holsworth,
Commissioner of Natural Re
sources.
More Candidates
File for Offices
Formal declarations of earn! -
dacy have been received from
* four aspirants for the governor
ship, one candidate for the Alas
ka Senate and five candidates for
the Alaska House of Represent; -
lives, Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade said today.
Filings to date, Wade said, in
clude gubernatorial candidates
David Newton Boyer, Anchor
Point; House Speaker Warren A.
Taylor, Fan-banks; and John L.
Rader, Anchorage—all Democrats
—and Verne O. Martin, Anchor
age, Republican.
Harold Z. Hansen of Cordova,
now a member of the House of
Representatives, seeks the Demo,
tratio nomination for the Senate
seat in District F.
Candidates filing for the House
include Democratic incumbent
Robert I. Ditman, Valdez, in Dis
trict 6, and four candidates in
District 8—Democrats Thomas
O Connell Conroy of Anchorage
and Louise W, Long of Kagla
River, and Republicans, William
Currie Wiggins and Marjorie G.
Fitzpatrick, both of Anchorage.
Closing date for filings, Wad®
said, is May 1,
LETS HAVE A PARTY
It’s only a small birthday (the t
second) but SEAMAN’S FURNI
TURE is planning- a great big
birthday party to celebrate it.
Party will be in Aprilbring
your truck to take home your
door prizes.—Adv,
HAS SURGERY
KiENAI—Mrs. Betty Norman i»
a patient at the Alaska Native
Service Hospital in Anchors, s
after undergoing recent, surgery.
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