KKaiAI MARSHAL ARRIVES
Phil Ames, the new marshal
for the Kenai area,, and his
family have moved into their
quarters. fhe‘ family include
his wife, Betty Ann, and four
children, . Bradley) Martha,h
barren, and KatHylAnn, Mr.
Ames joined the marshal’s of
fice in Anchorage on December
1, 1955. last summer, he had
operated ■. a sporting goods
store in; Soldatna. Kenai
certainly welcomes the .'„n£w -
family to the community." *
POLIO ‘'SHOTS :GBg£N ’
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Approximately 225 polio
vaccinations were» given in
Homer during the -past two
weeks, all but five of them
first injections', according
to Iris Jette, .public health
,nhrse. .One hundred' and
peighteen-were given in the
school- apd the rest at "the .
health center with five. -%x
p d c tan t 1 to o t he rs re c e i vi ng
their, first innoculations* .
kipsi..Elvar -Scott and ' Mrs.
..iViacl*Ticd* .assisted with . tjhe
• injections and Mrs. lice a
si. sted in recording ‘the im
munizations on ‘ the permanent
record cards at the health
center.
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HOMER NORSES ELECT
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The Homer Nurses Associa-*
tion re-elected ‘their 1955
officers when they met Wed
nesday at the home of Mrs*
Ann Lawney, The officers are ’
Mrs*' Mac '*Tice, president,
Mrs* Helen Aim, vice . presi
dent; Mrs. Bernadihe mutch,
treasurer and Mrs*- Leola
Thome;, s e eretary. ;
The members voted to do-,
nate. 5p50 to the hospital
hea1th fund*and following * re
freshments they adjourned to
the Extension office where
Miss Jette showed a film for 1
doctors and nurses on home
deliveries.
LOFGREN PROMOTED AT COLLEGE
Robert Lofgren, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Gust Lofgren of
Homer, was promoted to ser
geant first class in the Uni
versity of Alaska Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps last
week,, Lt, Col. Kenneth Hay
craft, professor of military
science and tactics, informed
Lofgren of his promotion at
a -special promotion party in
the ROTC day room on campus.
Lofgren Is new duty assignment
is squ£d leader.
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KENAI NEWS;
by Donnis Thompson . '
SP2 and Mis* Albert Trip
lett of Wildwood Station Well
come d a new boy, Michael Da
vid, on February 2* * The 'ad
dition weighed in at 7 lbs.
plus.
flr^. Rika Doolittle ?/ent
to Anchorage . thj.s week for
meciica!r, . attention. vfhile
the r dr -:&h$ will visit her
daughter, little^. Mary Ellen,
who fsvift i^he; hospital.,, •
■ ,. «ifelI«lSie highest gu’st$ we
had here according:to tfei ®Aa.
in th,e-vr0oent windstorm*; fere
53 miles per: hour. The old
timers, vfefee*' resolutely deny
ing that this had ever Hap
pened* before in Kenai, This
?entire ^winter seems to be
bent on breaking records—not
that wefre interested. We’d
much rather nave mild weather,
"like they always used 'to*
have.” 1
Mrs. 'June Chapman and
children have gone to Anchor
age for a few daysvfor medi
cal treatment.
Art wfingerter-who has-been
■working in-Cordova this fall
and winter, stopped off .at .
Anchorage for surgery . and
then came on home *to-Kenai.
He has built a new " home in
the North Kenai addition.
Mrs. bill wells entertain
ed at a birthday party Satur
day in honor of her son*
Keith, v<fho was five. Keith
was the "Big Chief" and on
teepee .invitations summoned IS
other scouts and Indians to
his wigwam. There were scouts
and Indian games and refresh
ments including a big birth
day cake,
Doug Jones entertained 23
members of the 7th grade Fri
day evening with a dance at
his home. ~ L‘
There were 22—ipresent at
the regular Homemakers meet
ing Tuesday evening with Mrs.
Hayes presidings-.^Plans were
made for a minstrel to be
given in April,- slides for
the evening’s entertainment
were shown, and 'J it was an
nounced that the hat frames
xiostes ses for the evening
were Mrs,, Hayes, Mrs* water
man and Mrs. barren.
Marsha Drain entertained
at a birthday dance in her
honor at her home last Satur
day evening.
vYe hear that friends nave
been receiving cards from
Dick and Ginny Wilson from
Mexico.
Not every community plans
the reception for a;new mar
shal that Kenai did. Before
the Ames’ got moved down here
a few of their newly purchas
ed chickens were stolen., '"-.I
guess this 'would impress ary
new marshal that, there is
work be don$.
for the .hats
arrived.
LOW BLOW
SOLLEii)' RETURWJS TO HOMER
\Les Solfce has returned to
homer from Anchorage where he
has been working. He jSlans
to stay in Homer,
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Henning N, Johnson ‘
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Registered
'hand Surveyor
Sub-division Planning
Typographical Surveying
Construction Surveying
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: • NO STENGIIiS \
li'Ue to a snortage \of
-t gt«n‘-Qiis the ; PIONEER \s
-jbv/o page3 this week*
#Tfte big'blue'; sheets will
‘ arrive by next, w eek-*. how
ev&b, .and w4.'yjill .be‘ hgck
with four pages ‘iheriw %
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VuriaLjc'^ilitXWG ’t (MIGHT
Residents of ‘.'•the Kenai
Peninsula Public: Utility Dis-'
trict. arec dnvitted to attend
pa mpetihg.,'. tonight (Monday)
•.at 8 p.ra.J at the high school
*tp -hear a complete discussion
von the proposed budget* for
1956. h •
A copy of the proposed
budget indicates that'an es
timated #31*628.73. will pex ,
available for use this-year*. 11
The estimated expenses :i\ total, 1
#25*886,&* leaving
to be placed in’Hfre con tin-,
gency category pending .pres
entation of tne firb depart**p
ment building plans. ‘ fc’ M
TEXAS HETnODIST ' ‘ • *
*£0:%iaiT HOMER CHIJfiCnt.
Rev. John Was ley iFord of •.
Corsicana* Texas will be a,;,
visitor ofthe Horner Method- \
ist church fof ...the .v/ee-fc-"iaf ‘
February 26 through March ii* ■
accoiding to W,ord received ';
from Nelson P. Moyer>. paster, 0.
Rev. Ford will assist'* the'
local Methodist church in a
visitation campaign diiri,ng
the week and will assist in
the organization of the Me
thodist church at Anchor
Point,
Rev. Ford will preach Sun-—
day, February 26 and again on.'
. March h, There will be a
special service in the church .
oh 'Wednesday evening, Febru- ~
ary 29« The public is cor- *:
dially invited to these ser- -
vices. t
HQviER AUXILIARY MEMBERS
CLEAN UP HOSPITAL
Several members of the
nomer American Legion Auxil
iary worked Saturday morning
cleaning up the hospital
health center. The floors
were waxed and the building
tidied up in general,
Mrs, Margaret Anderson,
chairman of the hospital com
mittee, expressed the thanks
of* the committee to Ruth New
man, Florence Jones, Vega
Pratt, Clara Lufour, Mac Tice
and Caroline Turkington for
their effort^,* Mrs, Anderson
also assisted the ladies.
HOSPITAL‘EQUIPMENT INSTAILED
The water treatment equip
ment was installed in the
hospital Friday evening by
harry Feyer and Homer/Thomp
HADIO SERVICE
TIRES•
spwcc smvict
Anchor PoinVby Post Qffice
.BUTTER
clams
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steamers mediDm ';
v & LARGE \
In Homer Friday \ ' > .
See Jim Wennorsten yat^ \ '
j. Jaog House around corner / \
>d from Huslcy Repair ShopiVO ,
t _ ' y. W 1 1 ’
Kate 3# a Word
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CrJLu CARE- in my. ‘home* '•by
day,’-week.- or morith* ^.Children
of school*' 'a'ge> viiiiL be taken
to -and - fromSchool. Amanda
E, V/alker* £4.3 ,, Kenai. p3Ut3
FOR SAI$;A 1^- ^nch steel Vul
can radiatorrfpr steam or hot
watb reheating * ^2 * 25 per Un
real foot, .Kenai Plumbing &
^Heating Co,, Kenai* c‘3Utx
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ART CONTEST, PLANNED' .
-* £ ft Prd has beep received by
? the1- nomer.chapter of'*.'.the A1-.
a&lca Crippled JJhildreh fs As
^sodxA’^iod T'that Ration-wide
^ar‘t’^ contesd> •;:f or.’A handicapped
^ipdople:ito be held*'* ^ to
_Jtal cjf* #2800 in cabh prizes
<^s.r tooffered; the winners*
p^re-. V irifomation -’wilB :'Jbe
-'availably 4^ H}b: r*=?aT future,
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gCWB'PjaUG J$$ ' • .
Eight mope piling, on :the*.
* corner dock went -but'' l^st w.pe£ '
Tbecause o£.the*ibe> according
V to 1 deck manager pRalph Pater
.,:sgW' 8&d weather forced the,
' repair i cre^/ to ? nalt opera*
tions- after '-'four piling had
Eeeri put tih by the acjJbw Chab
now’has ovfer- UO piling-to re*
place ITJ ?c •’ ' ?. *. ^
DuS- This .(EEK
‘M
to
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— Father Aistbr 'Seward *
■—was unable to make - thei trip,;*'
"to; Homer last /week but is duei^
_to: arrive- tomorrow (Tuesday)ixr
'“to Uioidv mass at it-he local
iCatFTdllp church.
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~'I)IGGJ^\CLMS AT MacDQNALD
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v JI0!-tennersten and Max de
’ v^ney'f'n^Te been busy of late
Sdigging?^clams at Macdonald
.Spiff1 'tpej report good suc
cess in p-atn It he number and
variety clams aid a market
for i their -'sale. They will
re'tbrn to Haner Friday with
another load.
HOMER KENfil j
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Listings on Good Acreage 1
Needed. j
Star Route Box 562
Spenard, Alaska
APRIL I
y/
inJ p fooling, ...April 1 is
a^o Easter this year.
Now<i/s the time to start
getting the families best
clothes cleaned and press
edl
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Donft wait uhtil the last
minute... .gust call 256
for 'free' pickup/and de
liver service.
And don’t forget our fine
Gibbon line of, suits for
both men and women;,,.-.
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