Vol.
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NEWS
LA SKA- -- ”
, No* 50
Your Dependable Community Newspaper
May 26, 1955 ; ■
AlaaJsa historical
Library & Museum
box 2051
Juneau, AlasJm
INGA HANSEN'
The community was saddened Wednesday
to learn of the death of Mrs. Bert Han
sen, well-known local resident who pas
sed away at her home early Wednesday
morning after apparently sufferin* a
stroke. She had suffered an earlier
itroke ard had not been in good health.
At the time of her death her husband
and son, Bouie, were out at the fishing
grounds. They were able to return to
Homer by Wednesday evening.
Bonnie Bowers, who had been staying
it th Mrs. Hansen, stated that she had
been up most of the night with her pat
ient but had been told to lie down and
get some rest. She did so and when she
awakened Mrs. Hansen had passed away.
The Hansens had recently moved from
their home on the East End road and
were living in a trailer house located
on the property of their daughter andf
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bog
ers.
A complete obituary, will appear in
next week’s NEWS.
TO PROTEST *
Reports ccaning from Anchor River in
dicate that the Air Force has set up
two portable quonset huts near the riv
er to be used as headquarters for mili
tary f ishennen. The NEIS has not been
able to confirm the report which came
from a reliable source and has caused
considerable resentment here. It was
understood by local fishermen that Hol
ger Larson, F^TS enforcement officer,
had reached gin agreement with the mili
tary that such a camp would not be* set
up this year. The local men feel that
it is not right for the military to set
up a camp that will aocoinodate fisher
men by the truckloads at Anchor River
which is already fished heavily by loc
al and visiting civilian fishermen.
It is expected that protests will be
sent to Larson who is stationed in An
chorage,
The king salmon have started to run
in the river, according to latest re
ports, but none have been caught.
CHAMBER-NOTES
President Nelson Moyer broke a tie
vote Moaday by voting in favor of a
raise in Chamber of Commer.ce dues. The
vote makes the dues *25 for business
members and.015 for associate members,
payable within 30 days after the Cham
ber year ends July 1. „
~lso passed by the ,Chamber was a
change in the by-laws which did away
with half-year memberships by making
all memberships, good for one year from
the first of the month in which they
are paid.
Richard Jones of the Employment
Security Commission told the members
present of . the changes ia the laws con
cerning the Conanission. The major
change, he said, was in the amount to
be taken from the employees check*
Guests present were Quincy Benton,
Jones and Ken Atkinson, Clifford Groh
and Gordon Hortlieb, of Anchorage.
WE MADE IT
The Homer News received word this
week from Delegate Bartlett that a re
cent editorial published in the NEaS
has been entered in the Congressional
Record, the official publication of the
United States Congress#
The Delegate's letter reads as fol
lows? ;j
Mr# Bill Raver,
HOMER NE^S,
Homer, Alaska :
Dear Mr# Raver?
X thought you might want to know
that your increasingly famous editorial
on The Alaska Railroad has finally
reached the .Congressional Record# At
tached is a page from the Record of May
3 with that very - same /editorial from
the HOEER NEU5#
with very kindest regards, I am
. Sincerely yours,
, ' E# L* (Bob) Bartlett
In the editorial the NEWS pointed
out discrepancies in public statements
made by the former manager of the Alas
ka Railroad, Frank Kalbaugh, and by
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay*
It was interesting to the NE\S to
observe that included on the same page
of the Congressional Record were quota
tions of remarks made by C# Monnen .vil
lisms, Cov^rnor of Michigan end a col
umn taken from tho Now York Times#
CLEAN-UP DAY
Bot^xen 50 and 55 loads of rubbish
re carted off to the dxzap grounds
Sunday during the second annual Cloan
Up Day, according to Lonnie Scroggs,
truck chairman#
"Thile the number of loads is about
10 short of last year’s record, the
truck chairman expressed the belief
that the ueight total eould probably
be greater this year duo to the, largo
number of heavy tree stumps and logs
that aero cleared off vacant- lots*
All eho took a part in the activi
ties expressed gratification rith the
appoaranco of the area T:bcn they quit
^ork for a clam choker supper at about
5 pin*
Jack Scott, CSC* chairman, made tho
following statement about tho T?orks
"As Chairman of the C3G- I trould like to
express, ay appreciation to those tiho
set up and organized the cleanup pro
gram and also to the many people rrho
participated and cooperated in making
it a success, and also to tho committee
,, on advertising .end the newspapers and
the radio station. Not only for their
time and labor but their equipment and
in some instances thoir cash# I re
gret that I could not have been of more
assistance to them# It uas a good Job
done and a d~y well spent."
Co-chairmen for tho event wore Alza
King and Helen Bachman, Biddug Waddell
ras in charge of the food for tho noon
and evening meals#
The directors or tne rujj set June ©
as the date for u public heating to al~
low Morris Killcn to present his pro
posal for a‘ water system for the- Homer
rroa to district voters# At th t tie®:
the directors will consider the feasi
bility of conducting a special election
on granting a franchise to Killon.
Th© Monday night action by the board
came after Killcn had presented prelim
inary plans to the be~rd and offered to
pay for the special election# He s :Ld
that if given a franchise he rill run a
6-inch lino from his troll dom the <3T
road to the highway, from the school
housc to the ABC shops a 5-inch line
would bo in operation and a 4-inch lino
rould run fran the post office to the
Inlet Trading Post* The consumers
would pay about $8 dollars a month for
their water, ho said, until the system
had paid itself off :nd the rates oould
bo lowered*
* The diroctors also set September 1
as the delinquent dato for taxes. It
is expected that the notification of
.assessments will be out by August 1 and
th'-'t the board‘d will sit as a board of
equalisation August 8, 9 and 10# The
urn ago r told the directors that person
al property tax forms should be in the
mail soon and that they are to be re
turned by Juno ,30.
The Gilbert Roberts Construction
company informed the board that tho
tank for the hospital water system
would have to be installed by June SO
as tho door to the lower room would bo
instilled by that date and the tank
would then be too large to go through^
The directors agreed that a smaller
tank might bo used that could be moved
through the door* The bids on the wat
er and se^cr systan. will be opned Juno
1* The Roberts company also informed
the board that the foundation had been
completed and that floor joists would
; {Cont# on Pago 4, Col. 1)
CONSTRUCTION
W* L, Layne, superintendent for the
Chris Berg construction firm who is in
Homer to get work started on the Ohlson
Mountain project, stated ’li/edneaday that
it would probably be at least two weeks
before the road to the mountain dries
out enough to take equipment in.
Two trucks and a pickup belonging to
the company arrived in Homer on ’Wednes
day over the” Sterling highway. However
th,e majority of the supplies and equip
ment would probably leave Seattle
around the 17th of June, Layne said.
The superintendent stated that a
maximum of about 60 men would be used
on the Job including carpenters, elec
tricians, plumbers, and laborers,.
Qaulified local help will be hired as
much as possible, he said.
WEATHER
High Low
May 19. 48 39
May 20 50 . 37
Hay 21 51 30
May 22 45 39
May 23 44 • - 41
May 24 51 43
May 25 47 39