HOMER NEWS
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CSG HE5RS DR. VcKINLEY
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A talk by Dr. Lee McKinley, Anchor*
age dentist, highlighted the meeting of
the Citizens’ Study Group held on Monday
eventing at the Homer School.
Dr. McKinley spoke of the acute
lack of dentists in Alaska, and placed
the blame for this situation on ’the
Board of Examiners,’ who are responsible
for granting cbcntal licenses and who,
McKinley stated, ’deliberately failed'
many worthwhile applicants. An exam
lining board of laymen assisted by mili
tary or stateside dentists was felt by
Dr. McKinley to be the best solution to
this problem.
Dr. McKinley also voiced his appro
val of the proposed dental room to be
included in the cliric planned for this
area. Such a room would be of great
value to any dentist who came to Homer
on a part-time basis, Dr, McKinley
stated, and would be an attraction to
any dentist comtemplating full-time
practice here.
Paul Choquette gave a report on the
recreational program proposed for Homer
this summer and stated that the Fair
Board property, located up the road
which passes Sherry's Logtel and to the
left of the CA4 tower, had been selected
for the picnic grounds and for possible
future building of a community center.
Choquette stated that ccnfmittees
had been assigned to provide water fac
ilities, garbage disposal, picnic
taoles, fireplaces, baseball diamond,
hiking treads and an access road.
Mrs. Natalie Hewlett gave a report
on health facilities ir. Homer which she
said included a Public Health Nurse and
at least ten registered nurses, but no
doctor or den tads t. It was stated at
the meeting that water, sewage and gdr- i
bage disposal facilities were inadequate1
but that work on these problems was con
tinuing.
In the absence of general chairman
William L. Mathews the meeting was con
ducted by sub-chairman Leo Rhode.
Announcement was made that the final
meeting of the group will be held next
Monday at 8 p.m. at the Homer school,
at which time recommendations will be
heard regarding a permanent organization
to replace the Citizens' Study Group.
A vote of thanks was rendered to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kranick for the
beautification of the Homer Post Office.
LINE TO START JULY 6
July ,6 has been, set as the official
starting date for the* construction of
the Homer-Cl am Gulch power'Tine by the
Homerx Electni.c Association., Jiggs Tice,
manager/^ announced yesterday. The de
cision to start the construction then
was reached after a series of confer
ences between HE.A officials, and Clark '
Johnson, REA field engineer from Anchor
age and R. W. Rutherford, HEA consulting
engineer, also from Anchorage.
Tice stated that 'some lreliminary
work will be accomplished before the
’starting date, such as spreading the
poles along the routed' .
When asked ^bout the number of men _
that will be employed when construction*'
gets underway, Tice said that a crew of
about twenty men will So'the work..
Over 300,000 tons of freight in
cluding 850 poles for the new line were
unloaded this week from the Alaska
Steamship freighter Coastal, .Vonarch.
.Another shipment of material is due to
leave Seattle tomorrow. 4 V
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COMPANY SEEKS PEEWITS
Exploratory drilling by the Robert j
H. Ray Company, a Texan oil and explor.j
ation group, is underway in the Homer
area at the present time to determine |
the possiD.ilit.ies of finding oil
The test holes, called shot holes,
are drilled every quarter mile at dif - j
ferent depths, and a small charge of j]
dynamitQ is set off inside. The energy j
reflected from these explosions is re- I
corded, and the 'fecords of all test
holes are put together to form a geo- j
physical picture of the area which
indicates the likelihood of finding oil -j
If, the likelihood appears great enough i
test wells will be aug. The present li
drillings, however, are not test wells, j*
and will be filled in after the records
are made.
Permit forms, granting the company
I Jermission to drill exploratory holes
| on private property, have been sent out!
! to property owners in this area, and
j 20 percent have been signed and returned
j According to E. J. Glenn, Party Chief
[ for the company, 75 percent of the per.
mit's must be granted in order to carry
I on drilling operations properly. Glenn
further stated that the permit is not a
lease or signing away of land or mineral
i rights. If oil should be discovered in)
drilling'a test hole it would os to the
benefit of the property owner, he said.
The company, which holds govern
ment leases on interior lands of the
Kenai Peninsula, plans to drill only
along existing roads this summer. Next
surajuer they plan further expiratory
drilling farther back fro m the roads,
' cr drilling of a test well should the
results of this season's drilling be
favorable.
Eighteen men, five or six of whom
will be local residents, are expected
to be employed hex^e this summer by the
, company, which has established a local
office at the Inlet Inn. Tex Houcy and
Charles Roehl are H present employed
as drill helpers.
FIRE TRUCK PAID FOR
A certified check for $839.15 was
sent to the Territorial Civilian Defense
Director's offiice .thi s week in payment j
for the Homer fire truck. S. S. Gnad, j
Homer Civilian Defense director, re -
! caived the check from the PUD and for .
I warded it to the Juneau office.
Gnad states that so far as he
; knows Homer is only the second of about
j twenty localities to make payment for a
•truck received und&r the Civil Defense
setup. The total cost of the truck was
over 5,000 dollars with the federal
government paying 70 percent, the terri-j
t cry 15 percent and the local PUD paying
15 percent. v
The truck, Gnad. said, has already i
more than paid for itself in ssving !.
buildings that would have been los^ by
fire', if it h^d not been on handt
ROADS GET GRAVEL
It certainly isn't news to those
lof you who drive the streets of Ho^er
every day, but the roa-j commission has
been grading and graveling portions-of >
our streets during the past- two weeks.
It makes for tough traveling at tires
but the net result will be better roads.j
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I CHAMBER BOWBATES blREC'MS
The names of fourteen members of
1 the ‘Homer Chamber of Camn-Oce were
listed at the Venday meeting of the
group to fill seven director's posts.
Those nominated were Ethel Scott, Bob
Norman, Hcmer Thompson, Elsie King,
Howard Myhill, Harry Gregoire, Gene
Lawrence.- Eva Carl son, Harry Hcgdahl,
Nelsbii Moyer, Mary High, Margaret
Pate, Don Smith jnd J. C. Reynolds.
Other business discussed by the chamber
included road signs, triavel folders and
the Booster Club*
In regard to the road siigns it was
stated that nothing had been heard from
the road commission as to the size and
style of the signs to be used a], aig
Alaskan highways. It is expected that
as seen as the information is received
work will go ahead on signs for the
community.
It was decided that about 2,000
Homer travel folders should be sent to
the Alaska Steamship Company in Seattle
for distribution on the summer tourist
ships and that some should-also be sent
to the travel agencies in Anchorage as
soon as possible.
The subject of the Booster Club
and its future, either as a part of
the chamber or,as a separate organi
zation, created some .interest. It was
the opinion of some that the club had
not fulfilled its original purpose.
It was stated that although money had
been collected nothing of a concrete
nature had been done to show the dona
tors that their money was not given in
vain. ;t was urged that some project
in the name of zhe club be.undertaken to,
show good faith with the people of the
town. Others felt,-that more progress
would be made if no new organizations
we.ro formed and if the people in the
community concentrated their efforts
on one or two projects that might be
recommended,by the action group of
the Citizen’s Study Group.
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