BARTLETT NEWS ROTES
Appropriations made avail
able for the 1955 fiscal year
for expenditure in Alaska in
the sum of $t03, 77°t 691 rep
resents a 26 percent cut below
*954 fiscal year appropria
tions and a 60 percent reduc
tion below 1953 fiscal year
appropriations made available
in 1952*
The Alaska prog' am earmark's
$42, 851, 52% for the Interior
Department, ^25,123,500 for
the Defense Department, $16,
547> 236 for the Commerce Dep
artment, $4,695,000 for the
Treasury, $291,300 for the
Ju iiciary, $ 1*376, 700 ’ for
Justice, $i, 347, 380 for the
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare, $4, 199,000
for the Post Office Depart
ment and £7, 339,054 for Agri
culture, The 1953 fiscal
year appropriations had tot
alled $258,152,546 and the
%954 fiscal year $140, 217, 298«
The President this week
signed two of Delegate Bart
lett's bills into law, bring
ing to a total of *5 bills
sponsored by Alaska's repre
sentative in the House which
have become law during the
83rd Congress« In addition,
eight other Bartlett bills
are before the President for
approval which when signed
will bring the total to 23*
Of the 23 acts approved by
the Congress, nine are so-cal
led public bills and 14 are
private measures♦
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4-B LEADERS MEEf
Homer 4-H leaders met Sat
urday at the home of Mrsv Tom
Shelford with Mrsi Lydia
Fohn-Hansen, associate direc
tor of Extension Service of
the University of Alaska,
Mrs* Fohn-Hansen spoke
briefly to the leaders stress
ing the importance of record
keeping in 4-H projects and
noting the importance of com
petition in 4-H work. She
urged that local members take
a part in Territory competi
tion*
During a discussion of send
ing and cooking projects it
was noted that 4-H members
whose parents had taken an in
terest in their projects did
better with the projects*
Two demonstrations were gi
ver,one by Jean Richer sham
of the proper way to serve a
breakfast tray and a second
on how to set a table*
Cookies were baked and ser
ved by Mrs* Launey's club
while Mrs* Carlson's club sup
plied the cold drink*
Leaders present were the
Mesdames Lawrence, Waddell,
Van Hue sen, Latvney and Shel
ford*
SALO SALE TOMORROW
The property of the late
Vaino Salo will be sold at a
sealed bid sale tomorrow (Fri
day), September 3, according
to Edwin H, Herndon, adminis
trator of the estate, All
bids will be accepted at the
home of Mr, Herndon or, at the
office of the U, S, Commiss
ioner until 4 p,m, Friday,
The items for sale may be 'in
spected by contacting Mr,
Herndon,
HOMER'S CLUB TO MEET
The Homer Women's Club will
meet tonight at the home of
Mrs, Natalie Hewlett, Guest
speaker will be Mr<s, Robert
Bostrom who will be interview
ed about Scotland, The meet
ing will get underway at 8
p. m, _,
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ANCHOR PT,
by Bernadine Mutch
Mr, George Carr of Ogden,
Utah, brother-in-law of Bert
Faraday arrived in Anchor
Point last week accompanied
by his step-children, Jim and
Janice Shook, Mr, Carr has
already filed on a homestead
near here and plans to stay,
Mrs, Carr, who recently pre
sented the family with a baby
boy, will join them in a month,
Mr, and Mrs, Clint Thurmond
are the proud Parents of a
new girl, Susan Marie, born
August lS at Seward,
Folks in the Homer Area
are reminded not to forget
the Anchor Point Turkey Shooi
on Labor Day, There will be
prizes, ice cream and hot
dogs, lou can be sure of lots
of fun at Ancno** Point next
Monday,
CHURCH CHANGES LOCATION
Rev* Nelson Moyer of the
Methodist church has announced
that services for his group
will be held Sunday in the
Skyway theater building in
stead of the qucnset hut
church building* Arrangements
for the purchase of the thea
ter building by the church
have been underway for some
time, but have not oeen com
pleted* as yet*
TO GAUGE STREAM
George Benesch, represen
tative of the Bureau of Rec
lamation was in Homer recently
and announced that his depart
ment would be placing stream
gauges to get the stream flow
of Bradley river and lake this
Fall* The rate of flow is
being studied to determine
the 'possibility of developing
the river and lake for hydro
electric power*
Association
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RUSSELL SERVICES HELD
Graveside services were
held Saturday, August 28 for
Mrs* Hazel Vivian Russell,
wife of Orris Russell, of Ho**
mer*
Hazel Vivian Russell vfos
horn in Linden,Kansas on July
iSf i&gg and had been an Alas
kan resident since April, IQ35*
On November 14, 1933 she
married Orris Russell* The
couple had no children*
From 1935 until 1937 the
Russells lived in the Hatan
uska Valley* In ,1937 they
moved to Kodiak and then to
Seldovia and in 1939 they came
to Homer to homestead in the
Fox River area at the head of
Kachemak Bay where they lived
until recently when they moved
to Homer*
Mrs* Russell is survived by
her husband and two sisters,
Mrs* Francis Woods of Wenat
chee, Washington and Opal Ba
ker of Cold Springs, Califor
nia*
CABIN BROKEN INTO
The ffennersten family ar
rived in Homer last week from
Anchorage and reported that
their cabin had been broken
into in their absence* Noth
ing was taken, they said, but
things were broken up*
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