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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-11
Rice News And Social Events

RICE. Aug. 1O-Mrs. Robert
N. Bradshaw and children. of
Norfolk. are spending this week
with Mrs. H. P. Bradshaw.
Rev. and Mrs. T. o. Herndon
and children have been visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. R. T.
Davis at Caret.
Mrs. jamie Jones. Mrs. E. C.
Andrews, Miss Betty Andrews
and Carolyn Taylor, also Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Morgan and
baby Gayle. of Gloucester. are
spending this week at Virginia
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Farley and
children and Mrs. o. Mann
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Gowen at Victoria.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Gardner
and Mrs. Trudy Pruden. of
CarrSville spent several days
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. R.
M. Bradshaw. Larry and Bob
who have been spending the past
two weeks with their grandpar-
ents returned home with them.
Clarence Bradshaw, of Dur
ham, N. c., spent the week end
with Mrs. H. l.. Bradshaw.
Mrs. w. D. Mason is visiting
relatives at AppomattoX this
week.
Mrs. Graves Powell, of Boy
kins, Mrs. o. Mann and w. T.
Mann visited Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Farley last Friday.
Mrs. Bruce Alexander and
daughter. Suzanne. of High
Point. N. c., is spending this
week with B. G. Bass and visi-
ting her mother who is patient
at Southside Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cham
bers and children spent last
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-11

TAR WALLET, Aug. 10 = Mrs.
Dewey Putney flew from Nc
Alien, Texas, to Richmond on
Saturday and was met in Rich
mOnd by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Putney She will spend her va
cation vi it ing relatives and
friends in this community and in
Cumberland. Mrs. Putney lived
III this community many years be
fore moving to Texas and has not
been back here for a visit for
three years.
Mrs. Casey Walters sister.
Mrs. Taylor Nance, and Mr..
Nance visited in the Waller home
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Nance
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-11
Revival To Begin
At Old POWhatan

FLAT ROCK. Aug. 10-Revi-
val services will begin at Old
PoWhatan Baptist Church Mon
day night. August IA at 8 pm.
The Rev. George Euting, state
Brotherhood secretary will con-
duct the services that will close
on Sunday morning. August 20.
The public is welcomed.
Mrs. Elnora Reams is home
from Grace Hospital.
Relatives from Lynchburg
visited the Sam Wilkes last Sun
day.
A get away from it all week
end is planned by the Forrest
Hamlltons. Most of us need just
such a week end at times. We
hope they enjoy theirs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Davis.
Mrs. Walter Wood and friend
enjoyed last Sunday at Virginia
Beach.
Chuck and Charlotte Urbine
had many interesting things to
tell about their recent trip to
Port Arthur. Canada. plus a
huge fish to prove Chuck went
fishing.
Joan Davis and Liston Rudd
have rendered a very valuable
and unselfish service this sum
mer as volunteer workers at
Mcclure Veterans Hospital.
Liston has worked in the X
ray department while Joan has
worked more closely with pa
tents.
Anyone care to debate the
quality Of our youth?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-11

WORSHAM, Aug. 10 = Mr.. and
Mrs. K. E. Rodgers, of Kings
vile, attended the graduation eX-
erclses of their son. Billy. at
Danvllle Technical Institute Fri
day evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Bobby
Rodgers, of Roanoke, also at
tended. Billy has accepted a po-
sition with the General Electric
Company in Lynchburg.
Miss Suzanne Dupuy and Law
renee Dupuy. of Martinsville,
were week end guests of Miss
Mary and R. w. Dupuy. Their
other visitors were Mrs. w. b.
Blanchard, of Maysville, N. c..
Miss Nancy QuarleS, of Mt
Pleasant, and Mr.. and Mrs An
drew Bernhut. of Vienna, Aus
tria.
Little Melvin Tribble, Jr,, is re-
cuperating after surgery at the
Southside Community Hospital
at the home of his grandmother
Mrs. Stanley Mckay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Lane and
Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Will
liams and Terry Lynn spent the
week end at Virginia Beach.
They were joined by Bobby
Layne, who had been visiting in
HopeWelle. He returned home
with them.
Those visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r
H. Mckay during the week end
were Mr.. and Mrs. Oakley Trib
BILE, Mn and Mrs. Pete Tribble
and son. of Rustburg. Mr.. anC
Mrs. Charlie Arthur and daugh
terS, of AltaviSta, Mr.. and Mrs
Curtis Mckay and daughter. Of
Prospect, and Mr. and Mrs. Mel
Vim CovingtOn and son. The Nc
Kay family and their guests
called on Mrs. Stanley Mckay
and family Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. j. D. Throckmor
ton and. children and Wilbur De
Hart attended all the Little Boy:
League b a S G al tournament
games last week. They spen
Sunday at Buggs Island.
Flies To New Orleans
Miss Eunice Chernault flew Il
New Orleans. La. recently to be
with her sister. Mrs. Arlie Ogle
and daughters while Mr.. Ogle is
a patient in a hospital there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-11
Cannery-HOurs At
Cumberland To
Include Wednesday

CUMBERLAND. Aug. 10 -
The John Randolph and Hamil-
ton canneries will start staying
open Oh Wednesdays August Is
for the rest of the month. Jimmy
Kindle. supervisor, announced
today
The cannerieS have been OPP
Grating on Tuesdays and Fri
days this summer. They will
continue to operate On those days
III addition to the Wednesday
schedule through the month of
August.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Anchor Point Sno-festivaI Gets Nationwide Notice

The Anchor Point Sno-Festival, scheduled for. Jan. i9-2o-21, is to be given national publicity by the Alaska Division of Tourism as the first event in the 1862 tourist season.
 Mrs. Elizabeth April, secretary of the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce, say she was contacted last week via long distance phone call by Mike Miller, who handles publicity fer the Division of Tour ism.
 A periodical is being put out by the division to be sent to travel agents over the nation, Miller said. Anchor Point Sno-Festival with it's sled dog races, dog pull ing events, queen coronation and Sno=Flake Ball will be given good coverage in the publication.
 Dan, the late and famous pull
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Civil Defense Urgently
 Needs Area Storage Space

Storage space for fallout items is being sought by George Deni- son, civil defense director for the soldotna area. The storage prob lem n the Soldotna area is acute, Denison says. He is asking all persons with such space available to get in touch with him as soon as possible.
 The federal government is send ing . survey team to this area soon to survey possibilities of establishing fallout shelters and storage for fallout necessities in case of nuclear attack.
 Nearly all items are available how, if storage can be obtained fer such necessities as tents, cots, blankets, food and utensils, em- ergency hospital supplies. cloth ing, water containers, picks and shovels, and other items.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22

Total tHantity of crude oil loaded aboard tankers docking at Aikiski Beaoh Marine Oil Ter mfnaI ing the first year of the terminals operation amounted to 5 2ss22 22.5574 barrels, according to Jack L. afc Geire, superintendent for Kenai se'viee Co. operators for Kenai F9peb5ne Co.
 The sela4izsal and docks are on e0k InIet heated about 10 miles nofth of city of Kenai. Pumping tatioa. terminal and docks, as we'll as the pipeline company N fiEh transmits the oil are jointly owned by Standard Oil of Calf. and Ricafiel3 oil Corp. Actual handling of oil transportation, etc. is the wafk 1f kenai Pipeline Co.
 The first s2p loaded at Nikiski x aszon Noy F. 1860. The tanker ". H Berg. which picked up the
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Decoration 2 Judging
 Saturday

Judging of Soidotna's I ufe decoration contest. sponsored by the Soldotna H6nemakers Club, ill take place saturday. Millie Martin. contest chairman. a d iudging vii stalt about 4 pm. at Nile 106 o6 One Homer Highway, oUs hefnnast boundary, and will ftocecd through other areas of the eoneest. boundaries of which gre eorta 5o Beaver I.eep Road and east to Robinson Loop Road.
 Il total of F business establish laent.s and 12 residences nd trailer houses are entered in the contest. Entries were closed Tues day evening
 A first and second prize, $1O and M, will b. awarded in each of three cateeogies. fesidences. tfail- CT houses, ard business estabIish- nents.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22

The Soldotna CD organization is expected to take care of all of Soldotna, Ridgeway, Sterling. all of the Funny River area and to Nile LOT on the Sterling High way, almost to kasilof.
 Arrangements are being made to take care of at least 50o peo- pie. in aece.dance with the num- ber set forthe area by the state organization. Before Anchorage decided not to evaeuate in case of attack but to Jig m there, soldotna area as well as other DOT tions of the Kenai Peninsula would have had to make prepara- tions for an influx from Anah- orage as well, Denison said.
 The survival organization in his area is functioning well, the local director said. Of the g di- See-CIVIL DEFENSE-page
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Murder Charge Faces SSOldOtna
 Building Owner

Murder in the first degree is the charge filed against Arthur Vernon Watson, Soldotna, in con- nection with the Monday killing of Marion T. Grissom, 57=year-old Soldiotna area homesteader. Wat son is being held in federal jail at Anchorage.
 State police report Grissom died at Watson's home from a eunShot wound caused by slug fired from a 800 Savage rifle. The shooting occurred about SAP p.nl., following a quarrel arising during a drinking party.
 Watson and his wife have been living in a Quik-Log motel. new ly constructed by them in soldot- na, near the I on the kenai Spur Road.
 Wayne Morgan, of Kenai, state trooper who investigated the kill ing, says Watson notified him by telephone and turned himself in. The victim was taken to the Gen. tral Peninsula Clinic where Dr. Elmer Gaede, attending physician, pronounced him dead at about 10 pm. Investigation concerning the murder is not completed, the state trooper said.
 
 Grissom, who homesteaded ai- one near Sport Lake, has daugh- ter, Mrs. Pete Moralli, living near Soldotna. His body was taken to the Anchorage Funeral Chapel or an autopsy, results of which have not been reported.
 Funeral arrangements are pend- ing.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Store Robbed

Investigation is continuing into the burglary of the Kenai Phar1n- acy on the night of Dec. Is.
 Charles Red Peavley, Kenai police chief, said watches valued at approximately $500 and cash amounting to about $50, were talk en. Guns, cameras and other it. ems were checked, but none did seem to be missing, according to drug store personnel.
 Entrance was gained through the adjoining cafe, where a lock was broken off the door, Peayley said.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
Local 0Ei Shipments
 Exceed 5 Million Barrels

initial load, almost completed the years cycle in that she loaded out a cargo on Nov. 6, 1961.
 " hen the first tanker was loaded out, field production was 5,200 barrels per day. One year laiser the production had increased t5 oyer 26,000 barrels per day, A555faife sa.d.
 Lad ng of oil tankeas has be- aa5e a routine ehore at Nikiski al and there is 8 tanker sasel on an average of every five lays. The kenai Peninsula a0d4el oil is piped by Kenai I5peline from wells in Swanson River and soldotna creek fields am currently is being shipped CzF5side to refine.ies.
 Ieilzation of locally produced
 md production of petroleum See LOCAL 0IL-page ?
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22

ing dog owned by Larry Clenden-
 en of Anchor Point, is to be fea-
 tured on the cover of the period ical. Dams picture appeared on Vol. I, No. l Anchor Point Sno- Festival souvenir edition issued in 1861.
 Born in February of 1918 at Rocky Mountain lodge on Cana da's section of the Alaska High way, Dan was year old when purchased by Clendenen who saw the makiaags of great sled dog.
 Victor in many previous events, Dan at the age of nine won the one-dog weight pulling champion ship at the Homer Winter Carni- val in 1857, moving a weight of 1850 pounds over the ice, the re- quired distance, on Homer's Be- luga lake through four inches of See SNO-FESTIVAL- page ?
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
S0LD)TNA MAN SLAIN
Kenai-B Bound E Truck Burns

A large B & J Trucking Service van truck delivering last minute Christmas supplies from Aneh= orage to kenai caught fire and burned early Tuesday morning at Mile 38 near the junction of the Seward and Sterling highways.
 Most of the freight was assign ed to the henai Pharmacy. Sey- erai cases of liquor, a furnace and other freight for other business concerns were also in the truck. The val and it's contents are re- ported to have been complete loss. The engine and body of the truck, however, were saved.
 Fire is believed to have origin ated from a propane heater in the back of the truck which broke loose and fell down into the cargo starting the fire.
 Phil Stetzelr, Kenai Pharmacy owner, said the trucking company carried insurance on the freight and that another truck was dis patched to Kenai, arriving early Wednesday morning, with dupli- cate load to replace artciles lost.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
ES E Office
 To Be Moved To SoIdotna

The local office of the Employ ment Security Division, Alaska Department of Labor, is being relocated. The office, which has been in Homer for number of years. is being moved to Soldot- na. l. will be open for business in the Village Shopping Center effective Jan. 2, 1862.
 According to Earl W. Vest phal, local manager, the move was oeeasioned by the desire to give better service to more peo- pie. The majority of the workload is in the Kenai=soldotna area. Those from kenai, soldotna, Kas- ilof, Naptowne, Sterling and Co., hoe will be served locally.
 Itinerant service will be main tained on bi-weekly basis in Nin- ilehik at the Inlet View Cafe; in Homer at the All Mite Cafe, and in Seldoyia at the Jack English HIS uidilce OI1lcS.
 Is Month Lease
 Charles Pugh of Anchorage, field supervisor for the Employ ment Security Division, spoke at a public hearing in Kenai Monday night regarding the proposed move.
 An 18-month lease for office space has been signed, he said, for office space next door to where the new drug store is to be located in the shopping center.
 Kenai and Soldotna were both considered for the office as hay- ing more claimants on file and as being more centrally located.
 Pugh said there are 165 claim ants currently in the Soldotna area, which includes Sterling, Co., hoe, and Kasilof as we'll as Sol iotna, and 128 in the Kenai and North Kenai area.
 More emphasis is being placed on Employment Service activities, Westrhal said, stressing the inn portance Of full cooperation be- tween the local office and ali em- ploying units, large and small, in sll effort to develop more jobs for more qualified workers,
 An invitation is extended for residents to stop in and aequaint themselves wisb the many serv- ices available. The new mailing address is P. c. Box 323, Soldot- na, Alaska.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22

Fish and Wildlife men were cast in l5aad Samaritan roles last week and rescued an adult COW moose from perhaps an icy death n the kenai river neaa the Sol 6otna tr5Jiee.
 Charles Tachiek t1 f4chiek Frt. Lines. located noa1 tho bridge, mo- tieed tie moose trapped ir fee and frozen slush after bis mother called tic aaimal's plight to his attentiaa a abpat , an Monday
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22
F 2 W Reseues Distressed Lady

The cau was standing in the same pIaee three hours later so ach- isk notified the Fish and Wila- l.fc office at Kenai.
 .E4bH B. Iakala, refuge manae- el5 TOT kenai National M COS 2 Range, res Eenaled to the distress call al00g with Wo other f&M men from kensG. Iesie Holt and A Williams.
 aRiea oat mf the slippery
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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-12-22

Moose in the Susitna Valley are the same species as those on the kenai Peninsula but are regard ed as more mean, cumulative and generally ornery.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-05-05
Kodiak Rotary Wins District Attendance Trophy

A report on the Rotary District Conference held recently at Har- rison Hot Springs, was given by Archie Zehe at the luncheon meet ing of the club Tuesday noon at the 49 Room. He said Dr. A. Holmes Johnson attended the con- ference.
 On display was trophy, an att tendance cup brought back from the conference, which was won by the local club for having the high est attendance of any club in the district. The district is comprised of part of Washington state, Brit ish Columbia and Alaska. Attend ance figure for the year was 96.40.
 The members were assigned hours during which they will op- crate the Rotary kiddies train dur ing the Festival, booth assignments and other work connected with the Clubs part in the weekend celebra- ton.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-05-05

claimed the last one who knew how to lead them up this pass was old Mama Sinac, who was married to Fat Charlie olson. Each time they took a big stone lantern that probably belonged ito the church, and carried it in a bidarka, until once the bidarka Tipped over, and they lost the lamp.
 My stepmother was born in Aniashak, and was raised on Cheri- kof Island. Her dad was Frank Lowell. He was an oldtimer from Copper River. Lowell Creek in Seward is named for him. Andy Simons in Seward married one of his daughters-Eli Metrokin knows him; he was a guide. No, my step mother is still alive, but I haven't seen her in years. She could really tell you some stories
 There are more stories Ben told us, but we are afraid our good editor, friend though he is, might take exception to our further gen. erous use of space. One footnote we would like to add is that Alas kan flags, made and signed by Benny Benson himself, are avail able at the Frontier Shop. We plan to own one before we leave the island.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-05-05

ers.. "It was comical; I sewed for them, and did everything. No, not dresses; I ordered stuff for them, ordered it too big, and took up the hems. They both learned to sew, and Anna Mae, the married one, made all her own clothes in high school. And I cut their hair and they'd get made with me for the way I cut it, but we had some good times. Anna Mae married boy from the base two years ago; he was in the tower, and then he was transferred to Georgia. Both girls are there now" Anna Mae was also queen of the 1858 4th of July pa rade.
 One of the big thrills of his life occurred just two years ago when the State Constitutional Conven- tion met in Fairbanks, and Ben Benson was invited. Only two hon. ored guests were presented to the packed audience of delegates and spectators; one was the Governor of Alaska, the other, the designer of Alaska's flag. When he stood up the crowd gave him roaring, standing ovation. "The noise was so loud I couldn't hear a thing; people whistled and hollared and stamped. I thought, finally, could sit down, but this old miner came up and wanted his picture taken with me, so I stood little longer. I don't like publicity too much, but it bothers me more in Seattle or other places outside; I feel at home here"
 Ben's home, where we spent such an interesting and pleasant evening, is on Tagura Road, just at the edge of the bluff above the channel between Kodiak and Near Island. A wide expanse of glass in both kitchen and living room gives onto a superb view of the water, islands, and fishing boats and pom toon planes outward bound, or com ing home. Not far off a bell b0uy rocks and sounds its mellow warn
Kodiak mirror., 1961-05-05
Ben Benson
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was being touted as the most lux urious fur; Sea otter had been out lawed for years in an attempt to re- build the almost extinct herds. There were lots of sea otter around Ugaiashak," Ben con tinued. 'It was a regular sea otter rookery, and still is. Once we went to Chignik to get our winter sup plies and when we came back there was a boat in the lagoon-we had a perfect harbor- -and we thought, uh oh, someone's stealing foxes. But here these guys were out hunt ing sea otter. It's against the law even to touch one. They had 12 pelts, and they were really beauti- ful. I guess they thought they were going to take them into Canada, but one of the men was tough looking customer called One Eye Mike, and he came into Kodiak and bragged about the skins. That ended that; they were caught.
 Even now you can see the sea otter in Sitkum Bay, right on the beaches in simmer. They like to hang around kelp patches
 Tn 1936 Ben Benson left Ugaiu- shak, and two years later, used his scholarship to learn diesel engines in school in Seattle. For while he ran diesels on tender, then built boats; during wartime he helped build Coast Guard picket boats in a Kirkland, Washington shipyard. 1t was in Seattle that he married, and his two daughters were born. After several years of breeding lot of expensive, ner- vous mink, MT Benson came to Kodiak, brought his daughters with him, and fished for year or so, then learned airplane mechanics. 'In July I'll have been with Bob Hall for 10 years. He and Mrs. Hall helped me lot with the girls when they were young"
 He laughed at the memory of how he cared for his little daught-
Kodiak mirror., 1961-05-05

ing, and the incoming tide Swishes gently. Ben Benson has shared his comfortable home with Carl Elli- son of Afognak for three winters, and with his dog. Maltchik, for a longer time. Maltchik, meaning little boy, is low slung, intelligent, we'll trained. and has delightful doggy disposition. We watched his antics as we listened to his master, and remarked that it is a pity so many long time residents of Kodak are reluctant to talk about them selves in the light of the past here, or in nearby areas. Ben nodded agreement and said, "Yes, it's shame. A lot of people are taking a lot of history with them. Nobody has a chance to write down these things. MT. Sherateen who died 2 years ago was over 90 and he was born here the year the Russians left Alaska.
 Just the other day August Haightman told me how they used to raise kids here. They would tie a piece of seal blubber on string and the kids would suck on it. yes, like a pacifier. They tied the other end of the string to his big toe. They did that here in the early days. My step-mother could tell some tales: she said when the na- tives would go from here in their bidarkas they would stop at our island (Ugaiushak) have tea on the beach and portage over, then go on to Sutkik Island. In the pass where they packed through they always left a rock; there are three piles of rocks there, about waist high, and the rocks are no bigger than this" He indicated the size of an orange. Nobody knows why they did it. Yes, maybe it was like the ones from here who climbed Pil- lar Mountain and always took a rock to the top and put it on one of the piles.
 Tn Chignik in the early days the sailing schooners came up and stayed all summer to can fish. The Star of Alaska was the last one to come up, in 193O, think. Old Cap tain Halverson sailed it right into the bay there. There were lot of Chinese then; they brought their chickens and pigs with them, and my dad told me a Story-I don't know whether it was true or not about how they were buried when they died. He said they put the body in a barrel and salted it and sent it back to China. One time a fisherman opened barrel he thought had salt fish in it and there was the body of a Chinese. He figured the barrel of salt fish went all the way to China.
 Happy Uzhawan's father is dead now, but he had the last bidarka in Chignik. He was in Katmai (the village) when Katmai mountain erupted. He said 4 feet of ash fell there and there was no drinkink water, nothing left. The Manning came in and picked up all the peo- pie. Captain Perry was the skipper and old Captain Crosby told me once that he (Perry) took the na- tives to various places to let them off. But they were enjoying them selves so much they didn't want to get off the ship. They wouldn't go to Chignik, or places that had people in them; they said they wanted place of their own. Cap tain Perry wanted to let them off at Metrofan; it was nice place with good harbor, but no, they had to go where the sea washes in, so finally, he gave up and showed