BOX SOCIAL PLANNED
WEDNESDAY EVENING
A box social and dance
will follow graduation exer
cises next Wednesday evening,
according to Paul Choquette•
The affair will be sponsored
by the P-TA and admission
charge will be a decorated
box lunch for the ladies and
some cash in the pocket for
bidding by the men# Time and
place for the event had not
been established at press
time# r.
AIRPORT ENGINEER IN TCPHf
Howard Parks, airport en
gineer for the Territorial
De lartme nt of Ae ronautic s,
was in Homer this week to
make side trips to Soldovia
and Port Graham# Paul Che
que tte took him over to lay
out an airport site at Port
Graham and to stake out the
Seldovia field which will be
ditched and low spots filled
in the near future#
FAIRGROUNDS BURNED
Members of the Homer vol
unteer fire department and
©embers of the fair associa
tion assisted ’%yne Fsllers
of the Forest Service in
burning the grass on the fair
grounds Wednesday evening* A
majority of the 40 acres was
burned and plans will now be
made to make the utmost use
of the area* It is expected
that this year’s Horner fair
will be held on the grounds
and that the baseball dia
mond and picnic area will see
much use during the sunnier.
NEW CAFETERIA MANAGER •• •
Mrs. Herb McCain has been
chosen to manage the school
cafeteria next year, accord
ing to Margaret Pate, P-TA
president. e
HOMER
Electric
Assn.
i
Be sure to read your meter
on Friday / May 20.
SCHOOL CAFETERIA TO
CONCLUDE SUCCESS PUL YEAR
When the school cafeteria
serves its last meal next
%dnesday at the close of the
school year, approximately
22,500 hot lunches will have
gone over the counter to hun
gry school children, accord
ing to Mrs# Dorothy Hollis,
manager.
Good news for the P-TA,
which sponsors the lunch pro
gram, is that the cafeteria
will just about break even,
thanks to the efficient man
agement of Mrs* Hollis, the
excellent cooking of Mrs.
Howard Wickersham and food
donations by the government,
local residents and the game
commission# The cafeteria
also receives nine cents per
meal from the Territory#
During the year approxi
mately 900 pounds of beef was
consumed plus three-quarters
of a small moose* Fifteen
sacks of potatoes were pur
chased and numerous sacks do
nated# The government pro
vided 24 oases of butter, 11
cases of canned meat and a
large quantity of canned veg
etables and fruit plus dried
rqilk, cheese and peanut but
ter.
. The paid employees include
the manager, tcook and dish
washers. Volunteer labor
comes from mothers of the
school child rep. and grade
school girls. Two mothers
are on hand each week and two
school girls assist daily in
scraping the trays. . .
The menu for the last week
is as follows:
Monday: Beef Stow and
Cherry cobbler.
Tuesday: Chop Suey, cook
ies and fruit.
;v Wednesday: Cheeseburgers, ,
potato salad and Jell©.
FIXING LIQUOR STORE
Harold Billups has been
busy this week building
shelves in a room off the
Homer Bar which will serve as
a liquor store. He also has
received and installed a new
ice machine for the bar.
Daughter born
, A daughter ,was boro Wed
nesday, May 11 to Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Waddell ih the
Seldovia hospital. The new
baby has been named Celest
Marie and she has an older
sister, -Pam. Mrs. Waddell was
flown to Seldovia by Gene
Lawrence early Wednesday ev
ening and Celest arrived at
11 p.m.
A GRADUATION
GIFT ;
CERTIFICATE
* a: i
From the Homer Barber and Beauty Shop would be the
ideal gift Tor »the girl graduate from HH3» Class
of 1955, ' .
And we would lika to remind all of you ladies that >
there is still* time to get your hair unde even
more lovely before the graduation exercises and
dance next Wednesday evening. Make your appoint
ment now*
HOMER BARBER & BEAUTY SHOP
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(Cont. from Page 1, Col. 2)
Cap King told the group of
his need for capital in pro
moting his Kwik-Log company.
He said that if capital can
be raised, he can increase
his operations considerably
and that he forsees the day
when a full scale sawmill
could be placed in operation
across the bay to supply the
demands of his plant. An
chorage capital is interested
in the company, he stated,
but they would like to see
more Homer money invested.1
The stock in the Kwik-Log
company sells for $100 a
share.
Guests at the meeting were
Errol Bailey and /ayne Hill
of the Gilbert ,vRoberts Con
struction company and Yillis
Townsend of the Continental
Insurance company. Three
representatives of the Shell
Cil company who were eating
in the cafe were introduced#
They were C. P. Butler, H. J*.
Thompson and Wsley Girth.
CLEAN-UP DAY PLANS
Final plans for Clean-Up
day are expected to be aft*
nounced nextcfweek, accordingly
to Helen Bachman .and Alza
King, co-chairmen' for the
e.yent which will take place
Sunday, May S3. This year’s
program will be similar to
the one held last year with
the local residents* cleaning
up their-own property on Sat
urday and placing the gar
bage at the roadside so that
trucks can pick it up Sunday.
On Sunday morning all loc
al residents caring to take
part in the program will meet
at the schoolhouse to be as
signed’-"jobs. A. comnunity
potluck dipner will be held
at noon and work will contin
ue into the afternoon if nec
essary. ...
It was estimated that be
tween 60 and 70 tons of rub
bish was picked up last year.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
The MS LUCIDOR has three
sailings set for Homer on
May 19.June 9 and June 30
For’ further info mat ion
! contact WYTHE & SON local
! agent•
CLASSIFIEDS
Rate: 3# a word
Phone 239
For 24—Hour Cat Service
aurora cab
WANTED: Small or large Hcaner
acreage. State price and lo
cation. Write Locke Jacobsf
Box 1162, Anchorage, Alaska.
FOR SALE: Ksmp sleeping
trailer. Good condition. See
Harris Gordon or write Box
194, Homer. 47,48
ATTENTION FARMERS: Ernie
Rohirts is taking orders for
Matanuska .Valley calves for
Homer deliveryo Two to four
week old calves, heifers $50,
bulls $35, delivered in lots
of 15 by truck. Write Ernie
Robirts, Horner or see in 3rd
house behind Seventh Day Ad
ventist church.
GILBERT ROBERTS ARRIVES
* Gilbert Roberts, head of
the construction firm bearing
his name, arrived in Homer
Monday to take charge of*the
construction work on the Hom
er hospital-health center.
The bulk of the construc
tion materials have been tak
,en to the site and Lloyd Max
well ha3 started excavation
work* It was expected that
the pouring of the concrete
would start late this week*
FIVE OrvNDiDATES FILE
According to latest re
ports, five candidates have
filed in the district court
as candidates for the coming
constitutional convention,,
Filing for District 13,
which includes the Homer,
Seldovia and Kenai recording
districts, were Don Smith,
Harry Gregoire and Yule ICil
cher of Homer, Frank Huey of
Ninilchik and N. Talmage Nel
son of Mile 101J Kenai High
way Spur._ __
'service ;
...... is always
yours when you shop for i
the family.food where the
merchandise is marked ar.d ;
the clerk3 friendly.
HOMER
j FOOD CEN TER ,
HEY KIDS!
PEA SHOOTERS YO-YOS MARBLES AND
BOW AND ARROW SETS (with rubber tips)
are now in stooge at the Inlet Sport Shop
along with all of those wonderful air
plane kits, games and other toys.
INFANT TOYS
Say, MOM, those toys that you have been
asking for have finally arrived* We now
have teething #rings and lots of other i
soft, cuddly ‘"toys that the little' ones
so enjoy playing with* Better hurry
down and get your pick while the selec
tion is la'fcge* 1
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INLET SPORT SHOP
Gay B« CHoquette, Prop# »,