CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN 1955
JANUARY 6, X955
The Farmers Institute,
sponsored by the Kachemak Bay
Farmers Association, got un
derway January 7 with numer
ous reoresentatives of the
Extension Service jin , Homer,
for the occasion.
The final section of the
Homer-Clam Gulch line was en
ergized Hew Year*s Ev®.
Mr* and Mrs. Bill"Rabick
-and daughters left for An
■chorage on the ifirst leg of
their-journey to New York.
Dick . Learnard resigned
« his post with the SCS.
Tne Homer ' school enroll
ment was 201 on December 31,
and ski lessons were begin
ning at the school.
JANUARY 13
Bishop Gordon visited Horn
ier during the week.
Bob Smith told the Chan be r
of Commerce members -if the
battle PNA was having to get
a renewal or extension of
their certificate to fly be
tween Seattle and Alaska.
Two important meetings have
been scheduled for next yjeek,
they are the FWS commercial
fisheries hearing and a hear
ing on the snail boat basin
with. Col. Farrell and Harold '
Moats.
Miss Miriam*Nichols left
Homer for college in Pasadena
California*
JANUARY 20
Rumors that a barge loaded^
. with oil drilling equipment
was headed for Hamer * proved
. urtf ounded«
Membership in the Chamber
.reached 62.
The meeting of.the fisher
men provided a few fireworks
but little else.
Col. Farrell told local
residents that a basin could
be built at. the end mf the
Spit for $1*85,000 as compared
to $3,000,000 for a harbor in
Beluga Slough.
Mr. aid Mrs. Bob Kranich
left for a visit Outside.
JANUARY 27 ,
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completed work on the system
so that three digits mil be
used for numbers*
At the regular meeting of
the Citizens* Study Group,
Nelson Moyer, director of
civil^defense, spelled outVIn
detail how Homer can get aid
stockpile material - vitally
needed in case of an emergen
cy.
* Herman Schultz told the
Chamber that he planned to
put a U8-foot cruiser in ser-*
vice for tourists on Kachemak
Bay during the summer,"1 1 ;
Standard Oil Co, received
a permit to drill for oil
near Homer,
FEBRUARY 3
Marion Koeppel and Jack
Scott were elected to the HEA
board of directors* A re
count of the ballots* was cal
led for and held with* no
change in the top candidates,.
Ten * Chamber members were
appointed as a committee t*
carry on the work of the Hom
er Booster Club*
Keti Sickly left for Point
Barrow whore lie will be ’ the
airport manager*.
FEBRUARY 10
; Bob ’ Edlund has returned
to his job' ; at the Homer CAA
* station after ah Absence of
several weeks*
Miss Hatalie Dietz became
the bride of Robert Cepner
February*h, 1955.
A total of ^360*07 was
raise! in the March of Dimes
campaign in Homer*
Bill Eklof announced that
the fisherman will start next
week' collecting the pledges
made on the sfhall boat basin.
FEBRUARY 17
The question has been ask
* ed, v*Where*s winter!,f Only
once during -January did the
temperature get below zero
and twice it reached 1*3. *
Mrs. Harry Feyer and Mrs.
Jim Calkins received some
rare orchid plants to raise.
Mrs. Hay Green has been
employed as bookkeeper.!for the
HEA.
—“ Mrs. Eileen Day of Anchor
age has opened the Homer
Kenai Realty in Homer.
FEBRUARY 1?
According to a story in
the Anchorage Times, Homer is
to be site of a ? |&)!>C)C,000
military installation*
an extensive U-H program
has been planned for the com
. ing. year.
Howard Vifickersham was
awarded a contract to replace
three pilings at the* Homer
dock.
Kicky Anderson is recover
ing from a sledding accident*
He had 11 stitches taken in
, his head*
Jim Scott was elected the
president of the newly or
ganized Homer Society of Nat
ural History*
Oscar the Otter amused lo
cal folks at the-Slough*
MARCH 3
N* R. Shaw <k Co* initiated ‘
. a itew truckline service from
Anchorage to Homer this week,
, Ed Franklin is in charge of
the Hamer terminal*
" . The Kachemak Bar re-opened*
. Elbert Guy RiGkart of
Stariski passed away*
Mrs** Esther Anderson broke
hex arm in a fall on ice*
MARCH 10
Transformers for the Sol
, datna. section of the HEA line
have, arrived in Moose Pass*
Thirty-three members of
,the Anchorage Chamber of Com
, merce visited Homer-last Fri
, 4ay*
. z Sam Bell broke his leg in
an accident at the beaoh*
It has been announced that
George Bishop will-' buy out
Henry Chanberlain*s store*
MAHCH 17
Members of the Chan ber
were told Monday that the re
port on Bradley Lake was fav
orable for hydro-electric de
velopment*
rfifork on the road to the
small tract area by the air
port has been started. *
Plans are being made to
establish an archery club.
Joe Frost has replaced
Jack Buckley at the CAa sta
tion,
MliRCH 2U
Fire destroyed the home of
Mr. ‘aid Mrs* Dave Morse on
the East Hoad.
Cecil Johnson arrived in
Homer this week to be the U.
S. Deputy Marshall here.
Twenty-four teachers from
schools on the Western Kenai
gathered in Homer for a meet
ing.
A wood working shop for
the school was considered by
the GSG this week,
Materials for a' trailer
court to be located across
from the Yah Sure arrived
this week from Anchorage*
The Allan Deitz fanily re
turned to Homer from Ft*
Richardson where he has been
stationed*
David and Katherine Boyer
report that their new Ninil
chik Inn will be open for
business April 1.
MARCH 31
A boat fire in ' Seldovia
took the life of Leon Megan
ack, a Port Graham fisherman*
In a letter to the PUD*
Territorial Highway Engineer
Irving Reed stated that if
the legislature appropriates
the money his office vdll as
sist Homer in the construc
tion of a boat basin.
President Nelson Moyer was
elected to represent* the Hom
er Chamber at the All-Alaska
Chamber meeting in Juneau*
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