KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY
3UMM3R REPCRT GIVEN
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The Kenai Community Libra
ry has been open one after
noon each week diiring the
summer'months, June, '’July and
August, to accomodate "vaca
tion readers •" Compiled Sta
tistics for those months show
the following:
Total adult books loaned,
7 86; total childrens hooks
loaned, 474; total cards <sold
43 for a total of $3SV and
fines collected, $15.10#
A vacation reading club
was sponsored for Children#
Points mre given fer books
read by the club .members#
Twenty-seven members signed'
up for the club and nine mem
*bers reached the required
goal for their group and re
ceived spscial diplomas# v
The winners were as fol
lows: '• «
Group 1 (grades 1-2-3)i
Jimmy ALlan Arness, Betsy
Zehrung, RaeDell Gee, Jimmy
Moore and Richard McDonald#
Group 2 (grades 4-5-6}$
Beverly Zehrung, and Carol
Benn#
Group 3 (grades 7-8 and
high school):
Lance Petersen * and Lynn
Crandall.
- The‘time has been extended
to September 7 for club mem
bers interested in completing
their' reading requirements
for a diploma.
Approximately ; 150 new
books have been Ordered for
the library and most of them
are already processed and on
the shelves ready for circu
lation. ' The new bookb in
clude children’s books, adult
fiction, young people’s fic-,
tion, Alaska books and non
fiction. Many of the new
volumes are popular best sel
ler titles and are much in
demand by library patrons.
The library will be closed
from August 24 to September 6
but will be ready for busi
ness the afteAoon of the ftb
Volunteer woikers during
the summer have been Mps. Al
la^ Petersen, Mrs. George
Fabricius, Mrs. Floyd Kent,
Mrs. Gene Torkilsen and Mrs.
Frost Jones, _
HENNING N. JOHNSON
Registered
Land Surveyor
Sub-division Planning
Construction Surveying
Homer, Alaska
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PUD STORY
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.and would be available if a
representative of the firm
we ye . to come to Homey over
tlfe, Jxbor Day holiday.
Don Smith informed the di
rector a that the premium for
this" year on the dock fire
insurance would be due Sep
tember 1 in the amount of
01500. He4 explained tint the
FOp carries 0135,000 in fire
insurance .on the dock and
each year one-fifth pf the
amount, oy 025,000 coupes up
for payment on a five-year
basis.
RETIEN TO HOMUR
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Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Frank
lin and sons retuyned to Hom
r er this week, from Mile 78 on
* the Glenn Highway where Eddie
' has been working on a bridge
construction job. He return
ed to work : after getting the
family settled in their home
on the airport road*
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA . '*
r , "Mr« and Mrs.- Charles Hague „
of Tuolumne, California left
Djpmer Tuesday morning ' for
their, home after a weeks stay
in this area* JThey are oon
” sidering returning here next
springy with their three
children to make their home .
in Homer#
TAXES DELINQUENT SEPTEMBER 1
The 1954 PUD taxes will be
delinquent after September 1,
according to Manager Homer
Thompson# He urges all tax
payers to .make their payments
before, that date*
* Thompson also states that
a few property" owners "have
not submitted thedr personal
property returns for 1954 and
that this should be- done
without delay*"’ *
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO;
The M3 Lucidor will sail
from Seattle Sept ember 8 *
for Homier and other Alas-*
kan parts#
For information on all of
your shipping problems,
contact your local 'Alaska
Steamship Company agent
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WYTHE & SON i
j Phone 235 __Homer_[
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS '
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li Quart Carbon Tetracfclgride extinguishers5
2£ pound CO*2 extinguishers
Anyone having any Carbon Tetrachloride,
foam or soda aid acid extinguishers can have
• them checked at the Husky Repair Shop. Home
checks will be made without^ charge# Call or
write the HUaky Repair Shop, your Pyr-Fyter
Extinguisher Agent. •>
DUAL POINT CONVERSION PLATES
Easy to install....Easy to Service
improves engine efficiency...Gives a hotter
spark,..Makes for easier starting...smooth
er acceleration.• .Higher top speed.
HUSKY REPAIR SHOP
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HOMER, KENAI DIE FOR
POST OFFICE BUILDINGS
According to an Associated
Press re pert from Washington,
Homer and &enai are among the
15 Alaskan cteunities in
need of ,a federal building.
The two communities h$ve been
placed on a list presented t’o
Congress for new postoffices
to cost $350,000 each.
The list was prepared and
submitted by the General Ser
vices Administration and Post
Office department, and is
purely advisory and does
not mean that buildings trill
be built, according to the AP
report.
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MOOSE SEASON IS OPIN;
RAIN AS USUAL
Moose hunters oaught in
the hills this week .really
must have gotten staked to
the $kin* Over two inches,
of rai n fell Tuesday and. Wed
nesday giving everything a
complete soaking. With the
end Of the fain came a nice
wind to drive away the clouds
and dry out the roads.
Several hunters have man
aged to bring . in their moose
but repcrt that the big bulls
arc ranging pretty wel\ back
in the hills.
SONGWRITERS
HERE FROM PADffiR
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chandler
of Falmer were Homer visiters
Thursday on their way to Kod
iak. The Chandlers are the *
vcomposers tf the song "Spirit
»sf Alaska" recently recorded
on a 45 rpm rocord. ' The rec
ords will bo distributed loc
ally by the Feninsula Pioneer
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LETTER TO, THE .EDITOR
Horner News ‘ ' •’
Homer, Ala ska
-•DeaF Sir:
Please cancel our sub
scription to the Homer News
as of thQ August 19, 1955 is
sue. *'
Very truly yotirs,
HOMER ELECTRIC'ASSN.
Thomas H. Tice, Mgr.
(Ed. note 8' Our records1 ds
not diow that the Homer Elec
tric' Association * has ever
been a subscriber to the Hom
er News# Must be that Mana
ger Tice got the wrong paper.
ATTEND NURSES QONVpTIQN
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Mrs* • Helen Aim attended
the Alaska Nurses convention
in Fairbanks- last week. She
will present a report on the
convention at a r meeting of
the Homer Nurses % Association
Tuesday at the Matt Thome
residence*
HOUSE TO BE MOVED '
The hcuse belonging to
Glyde Johnson located across
from the jiUrora Grill rd.il be
moved soon to a -.place near
the Bay Crest Motel by Frank
IhitG* Jim Clomans is holp-^
Ing ^Thlte Snake the msvo*,
SMOKED-MEAT \
I ri ll smoke moose meat ;
and other meats old coun- ]
try style* * .
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. tf'or further infomnation
SEE MRS YUIE KUCHER
> miles past end of £ast
Road, r7rite Box 100, Homer1
DRESS UP EOR THE FAIR ‘ ' j
(AND BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE SAMS TIME)
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We have an excellent selection of boya and
girls LINED JEANS and FLANNEL SHIRTS* These (
are Just the thing for Ihll and Winter war*
v Kids need shoes? We have them in stock*
And of course ne have lots of hnkfeta, and
blouses on hand for the girls*
m HAVE JUST a FEW OF THOSE WARM PARKAS, FOR -
SCHOOL CHILDREN LEFT IN STOCK SO HJY NCWJ
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HUNTING SUPPLIES
AMUNITION -
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At Stateside prices# It's New and ’
it's Fresh from the States#
KNIVES
We still have a few of those ivory
handle hunting knives left fer you
* hunters# They went fast because
they are the boat#
• " GIFTS
If. you want a special gift far that special
someone, come in and sec’ our selection of
fine gifts for both mon and woman# " You
won't be disappointed if you shop at thb
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INLET SPORT SHOP
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