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HATCHER DINNER"..
On., 'hundred friends of thy HOmeri
forritori' i school gathered i'ridayn
ni ;ht to honor Morrill. natcher* schools
up l r i i ite ndu n t as a te stifriony of h is
ine work hith the school ..during the
past two years,
lhr*. speakers, one a teachery*. one
a parent and one an innocent hy-stender
were introduced by Jim Neely, master ofi*
ceremonies* and each spoke .of ...he cap- •
abilities and effort put forth *y
a toner to nrke the Homer school a bet
ter institution of learning, • ’
Ralph Cowles of the high school
teaching staff, praised hitcher and the*
teaching staff. of the senool as*being;
a talented group. He noted that as an
administrutor hatcher vrs dependable •
and very capable of h ndling the many ;
problems of the school. It is because1
of the administration of Hatcher, that
no serious problems exist in* the
sauce! today, Cowles said.
nelson si oyer spoke for the parents
of the community and no stressed the
importance of the teaching profession
in molding the lives of our boys and
_ girls- to make them a pnr^ of the com
munity * nd the world. he* slid that he
was proud and happy to have a suoerin
tunuent suen a. s merrill tenor in corner
nd he pledged his efforts to the fac
ulty to make the school wbrt it should
be... seno >1 of v/.iich we c n be-proud,
nrs. i'i talie Hev/lott w s the „ in
nocent by-stander and^told hep listen
ers of some of the experiences she is.'
enjoying as ’’mother11 to the four Cho
efuette boys while their parents are in
the States, She reminded the parents
that children are not always all that
tney might be and reminds.d them that
the school should moan more to them
than anything uls^, except possibly the
(coht. on page 4, Column l)
PUD NOTES
President denning Johnson of the PUT)
rr s announced that he will hind in his
resignation t the meeting on February
27. it will be effective, he s*'id, 30
days after th‘ t date. ho stated tent
he will bo leaving the community some
time after that date.
At the meeting of the directors last
i. onday night the directors decided to
hold puolic meeting in the school on
the 2,7th to discuss the budget for tais
yc r* In other important business the
directors dec! led to hire an outside
assessor to re-assess property with
in th.e district* The manager was asked
to contact several possible candidates
for the job.
n special meeting of the board will
be held • tomorrow night (Tuesday) to
canvass the votes of the dissolution
election.
•ork on the dock has been underway
during the past week despite winds that
peaked at more than 35 miles per hour*
nock manager d lph Patterson said that
Lloyd Maxwell’s pile driver has been
ruplacin the pilin., that was recently
taken out by the ice. during the week
the ice condition around the dock abat
ed, but on Sunday the cola wo'ther
caused more ice to form that might be a
threat to the weakened dock.
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Ur, Jack Brovpn^toa.has iftf orfhodf l.jfs,-*
i •• Mr.rgaret ‘utterslaim ft‘ 6t the hos
c pit'dl committee, tfta u he and laraily
vail be l^aying deldovihfV-either in -.p- ?
In, tl% iifll* We said that ho...
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cceptedrVh teaching' " position in
medical school* *.40 also inf or ied Mrs
•Anderson tnat he is trying ft O'"get other,
doctors interested, ■ in thJ xi’a-ipf-ocado^
* via field and at the preseht^timo tnree ;
■amerr ‘‘rd interested jin 'the1- p JSsioil\ties
• here, iit thp,.pres .at timer uiy’Vack and
Sr, Margaret are atfyhiair-ig-’ the annual
meeting o.l the Alaska ' Medical assoclari
- -hion in hnehorage and will not return -
''-until Thursdjiy^n . ' ' ! n
" ^ 1 Mrs, .. nc|t rson Is. 0 .nnounced that •
1 the' ho$]i>itlje .lund drive * hr s reached a>
total'of &1147.39. of the totals ^9h>
Is from pJrspn- £ donations and \2C£..39
.from the fund, benefit uanco held at
‘Fritz Creek a wvck ago Saturday, ,. .
those w...vmo iv vo deviated since last
week °re s Henning N, Johnson, Don F. •
" bnith, Hobert Kranleh, Vem Mutch, ■
Joseph 1, Frpsc, ...ilaska t^-hristi n-home,
■ ustrar a nde rs on, * ie oil ■ T home • n d w at• 1 -
hwlett,
CARNIVAL
- jet flyover by vi ska ■ ir National
■Guard planes has been added bo tine-many
features planned for the Homer winter
;i: 4'\hniv'>pN ,• accord!nt., to Jim N^cjlyy
■ clioirnfn of the carnival ‘ass be! at ion*
iho jets ///ill make a pas a ow4r- Hho’
e cpmmuni ty *'i^ axac tly 11, a-,in. on "Friday 9
march 2 to mark the beginning of the
thru,e-aay affair* ^ a
if everythin^ goes fas • planned! v till ‘
10th .ir Rescue from almenaorf will
have a large nolicopter on hand for in
spection by the public* it is..expected
that nearly everyone will- be interested
iM looking _ the- machine over*
• light lovely queen contestants have"
been busy tsfiling, tickets for the..car
nival and their salesmanship nps bp«n
so good ..thr*t a s*cohd' 6rder ,‘has .peen
p 1 a cod f o r mor e tic ko ts; H o c. ly ; s yid * ..
One queen cane i.date, hois *'Sholin,
tcm a bo Lave the odao as far as ^adver- (
tisin ■ is concerned* Tim Pioneer Hard-a
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w;\re j y hich is. s pons bring m i§ s , dholin9
h-s had some very attractive signs mado
up in her behalf*
■rho program i covers' were printed in
iinchorago ■ nd arrived iti Hauer last
week* i"1 he . Pioneer mimeographed the
inside program on d' burday with the
help of two queen contestants^ barb' ra
Hi ana. G^xolira Johnson* ■' 11 j ^ .,.
1 ho progrora is '■ s f o 11 ows :
Friday, ivr rch 2; 11 a,m., jut fly
over; p: rade starts at school and ends
at aRC; 1 p.m.,- ski,meet, cross country
race 1 ‘t ski tow, skat in., and ash can.,
alloy on beluga Lake; 2 p.m'.,' jalopy
races on Btluga; 6 p.nw, skiing at ski
tow, skating and ash can alley at lake,
-Yaska fs favorite ame a,, Elks hall.
Saturday, inarch 2: 10 a.m,, sKiing
and skating, ash can alley no snow
snoe ball g-mu at 1 kc; 1 p.m., slalom
ski ‘race at tow, 2 p.m., jalopy races
and skating on lake, 3 p.m., dni demon
stration on 1 k., 8 p.m., coronation
oa.ll, vriskorino, senottisene contest,
(cont. in next column)
; a: - The* Voters.. . of the Menhir. Peninsula-.*
•ahifolio\' Itpli/ty district ho, 1 will go
e/to tii,J^p6ll3,.’i,uosir.ay ttrdecide wh.eth^r- •
♦^portion of the district s&lljigfux-,;
oiddecir4* gf^^OTity^ Voting in
.. ifavor ^ ’IhvP exclusion by both the ;_peo
plo livfMp in the area, v to' be excluded *> •
. and* the1 are a to’jjG&main ihr*tfiS dSs^rict tr.
.is Pall^tha'if ftis needed p^V^eparate gr.
' voting O’oot'h %£qr. each of “the two /no ups c
- ,;has been pi4-’ ced-; .ini thef fire hall. ;;nd r>
h judgbs vifiiaf ^on,, hantfcdtedfc ^ to 7 to
direct tfte*vdtung and pount the ballots -
Judges ah8: "Oust Lqfgren, Duane BeInap
unit DufdtJf | loni f^oodm^d hazel Jenspn 5
and henry‘ jwidai^ton* rn
; '.-The ard v ta be ^xqluded - irtciudes ap
proximotJly 87 of the present 55 square
miles th. district contains! -'The area
* f\ x '■ .i «k’
to1 be'excluded ,livS north of afstr'iaht
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• line t nat ‘ woulci run f rq;t! ‘Jtha b 6hc h Jp ust
iqeloW the lUi. ran jer station to a point
on *th>~ beach .below ;•iJCLer Landing,
It would cross thfEas-t Bbad ‘between
■ thei. thorn -'nq firkpp trick plfcds, lv?V~
ing - Thorn in' tno district land firk^at
rick out. / .. , ; * .
HEA MEETING.
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Thu following ‘ is a news Release- * of
tiia (B'oHki of directors Meeting * held
Fe biliary 11+f 1956.
, "The first meeting of the new * Board
of the hpmef • flee trie iis^pc. Inc> mot
^in the Office- oh'Tuesday Feb. 11+j 1956.
ihe matter of passing a wiring code
a+f} enforcing it was discussed consid
■ Vrablx, ;however it was till next meet
ing so ■as to give the new u-iactors an
opportunity to study the code which we
•iarypintending to pass and enforce.
1 6 - rhe question of separate services
for each ’resid^oc.^-'And separate serv
ices for* residence and a business's
were discussed, which was also;t taxied
‘"’till next meeting,
n contract was, 'presented ’to the
•Board from? Robert Retherford and as
•. -♦ S’bciatcs for the Engineering services
'bn the "H" project (olam Gulch-Goldot
..fri). It is a standard required con
tract as required, vhy; RBn before any,
construction dan •t'Jrke place. The con
! tract was discussed and accepted by the
hoard. It was signed oy the President
sand Secretary and is to be ‘-forwarded to
RHi for approval. , . •
*■- R letter i of. resignation *1*1 dm Mrsv
Green, HER bookkeepers was read and ac
cepted. t
Thomas H. . Tice 3 Mariager"
(Carnival Story Cent*) .
•waltz contest, floor sn ovt by rBud a Ido n,
Square dance by Fpitz Creek group,
queen coronation, dancing*all at ■ijqhptz.-, •»
.Cr^ek hall* / \\V*» ^ a -; % 4 ^
Sunday, March liT* ll a.rrn, church,
1 p*m, downhill ski race on East hill
r o ad * 2 p * in * , jalopy races 9 nd s ka t ing
at Beluga, 3 p*m* Elmendorf demonstra
tion, snow shoe ball game.
It is not known whether or not it
will be possible to let the school out
on Friday, march 2, but Chairman Neely
indicated that an endeavor would be
made to do so* fhe cooperation to date
from the people of the community has
boon tops, he said, as organizations
and individuals have gone all out in
their support of all phases of the car
nival program*