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j, No, 24
Your Community Newspaper^
November r8, 1954
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Twenty-five m.ert.bers of the Homer pla
toon of ihe Alaska National Guard re
turned hone Sunday after a two-week en
campment at Camp Denali near Anchorage,
Li, Harry Gregoire, commanding of
ficer of the platoon, expressed complete
satis f act ion ‘with the training period
and praised the men of the platoon for
their attentivness to military educa
tion and thei* adaptability to military
life, The platoon, he said, received
an "excellent" rating from the USARAL
inspection team the first day in camp,
Only two platoons received this rating
out of the 600 Guardsmen attending, he
noted,
He had special praise for the spirit
of the men throughout the canip, The
men, he said, worked as a team all of
the timie, making training easier and
camp life more pleasant,
Lt, Gregoire also stated that the
possibility of getting a National Guard
company for bonder was good, He said
that he had talked to General Noyes,
Guard Adjutant, and the General indica
ted that if officers for a ur it could
be found, a company might be establish
ed here, A company would call for a to
tal of four officers, although two of
ficers would be enough to activate a
company.
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Inquiry has been received by the PUD
from Horrison-Xnvdsen relative to the
present wharfage rates and handling
charges at the Homer dock♦ They also
want to know whether any reduction of
rates would be made for shipment of a
large quantity of construction equip
ment and materials, It is presumed that
this firm is seeking costs involved in
preparation for bidding on the proposed
construction at Ohlson mount '.on. At
the present time a study of wharfage
rates is being made by the dock manager
and the PUD manager and when compila
tion is made the study will be present
ed to the board of directors.
The Alaska Steamship company has in
formed their Homer agent, Wythe and Son,
that they will transport the forklift
now on order. by the PUD to Homer without
cost,
Remainder of the 1953 taxes are due
and payable now« All payments receiv
ed after December 1 will be subject to
10 percent penalty and to percent in
terest.
Installation of the siding on the
fireball is nearing completion* Thomas
Randall and his son are doing the work.
Receipts for the 1953 tax payments
will be mailed at an early date, A cir
cular letter is being prepared to ac
company the receipts reviewing some of
the utility activities and programs
during the current year,
Anyone knowing the address of the
following people is urged to contact
the PUD office immediately.
Frank Sweet, James F., Babski, Pete
Bergsegel, Jean Van Eaton, 'Halter If.
Ifest, Talmadge Relsen, Buster J. Rine
hart, Merlin R. Thompson, Floyd F*
Smith, Clifton Deming, Floyd Roberts,
Clifford H. Hoveland, Irving Ander
son, Harry A, Town send, F, If, Richard
son, If. If. Lahnum.
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Mrs Eddie Rot hi, young Homer house
wife, was flowh to Anchorage Wednesday
„<afternoon and is believed to be suffer
ing from an attack of polio. Dr, Pro
vcnsha recommended her removal to An
chorage, She was flown to Kenai in the
Homer CAP plane piloted by Bob Edlund,
At Kenai the plane wa's met by a plane
from the loth Air Rescue equipped with
oxygen.
At press time nothing had been heard
as to Mrs, Roehl's condition.
The CAP plane was also busy Wednes
day morning assisting in the search for
two lost Air Rational Guard jet- planes.
The planes were reported missing Tues
day evening out of Anchorage, Two other
Horror planes piloted by Gene Lawrence
and Homer High also were in the air as
sisting in the search. The search was
called off Wednesday afternoon due to
bad weather and at press time the planes
had not been located.
The Hom-tr Rews Radio Station is now
being received by local li steners at
7oo on their radio dial, instead of 720,
the station's former dial position,
The change to 700 was made to lessen
the interference of neighboring sta
tions, and to provide a clear listening
channel locally,
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday noon it was reported that as of
last Friday the petitiin asking for a
work stoppage on the hospital had not
been filed with the district court, The
word came from Mrs, Juliana Wilson,
PUD attorney, The procedure in, takings
Last week's vote on the hospital issue
also carr.e in for discussion when it was
revealed that some of those voting were
not members of the Chamber, It was sug
gested that in the future ballots be
given only to those who are paid mem
bers, Due to the large vote in favor
of the present hospital site it was
felt that no new vote was necessary,
Barry Grega ire reported that he had
been unable to attend any of the; dis
cussions at the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce convention in Anchorage last week
because he coula not get away from his
National Guard duties.
President h'elson Moyer reported that
ha attended the discussion on civic af
fairs that covered the fields of Civil-- •
ian Defense and puolic health♦ Homer,
he said, would soon be receiving a sup
ply of Civilian Defense material to be
stockpiled here for an emergency,
Don Smith, announced that the commun
ity of Clam Quiche -is undertaking the
building of a too by 200 foot community
building and would appreciate any dona
tions that Homer business establishments .
or individuals might caxe to make, «
Harry Gregoire reported briefly on 1
the national Guard encampment, saying <
that the Homer platoon had distinguished «
itself while ct Camp Denali, >
It- was announced trial a board of di- 1
rectors meeting would be held Friday
noon at the Homer Cafe,- )
Guests at the meeting were Mrs, J, C« 1
Reynolds and Ed Leibenthal• *
At two o'clock next Wednesday after
noon the first sect ion of the Homer-Clan
Gulch power line will be energized, ac
cording to Howard Hyhill, president of
the board of directors of the Homer
Electric Association• The section of
the line to be energized will be be
tween Homer and Anchor Point, The re
mainder of the line is expected to be
finished in Januaryt doubling the num
ber of consumers now served by the As
sociation*
It is expected that Ben Wallace, REA
•engineer, Russell WadetREA audit or, and
perhaps other REA officials will be on
hand for the occasion* Bob Rutherford,
HEA engineer will also be here from An
chorage, for the ceremony, which will be
held at the Homer Electric Association
plant in Homer• The public is invited
to attend the ceremony«
The missing parts for the substa
tion arrived by air Wednesday and the
Installation is underway this week*
At the present time Clark Peterson
of Anchor Point is the only consumer
ready to receive power, according to
Jiggs Tice, HEA manager, Tice asked
that those folks along the new line
stop in at the HEA office to give prop
er notification when they are ready to
receive electricity*
CSG MET TING
The Citizen's Study Group
for the month of November mill be held
this coming Saturday night instead of
Friday night, according to Don Smith,
president« The change mas made because
of the prospectors course which is held
in the school house Monday through Fri
day evenings, *
This month's meeting will be primar
ily social in nature# according to
Smith*. A film distributed by the Amer
ican.Medical ftssociatidn will be shown.
The film is concerned with the problems
facing -a small community that is en
deavoring to build a hospital•
Smith stated that a portion of the
evening wvll also be given over to
social chatter and perhaps cards. Re
freshments of cake, cookies, coffee and
tea will b*t Setrved.
FAR MFRS FLFCi'
Cecil Wyant was re-elected president
of the Kachemak Bay Farmer *s Association
Friday night* Other -officers elected
were Gust *Lofgrent vice president; Hel
ena Dahlgren, recording secretary; Yule
Kilcher, corresponding secretary, and
Evelyn hofgren, treasurer, The officers
are elected from the directors who in
clude, in addition to the abovet Norman
and Arnt Nelson,
During the meeting a discussion was
held on the Farmer's Institute, a pro
gram to be sponsored by the Association
some time in January. At that time it
is expected that several trofessurs
trom the University of Alaska and sev
tral men from the experiment station at
Lmer will be in Komer to hold a series
lectures and discussion periods ccv
'.ring a wide range in the agricultural
i-eld* It is hoped that the Institute
'till cover a two or three—day period«
The memoers of the Associat- ion re
used to take a vote cn the hospital
ssue, stating that a vote would tend
o split the organization.