KASILOF; LAND RELEASED
Approximately 12,000 acres
of public lands on the Kenai
Peninsula near Kasilof are
being opened to homesteading
and other private development
Interior Secretary McKay dis
closed last week,
McKa^ has signed the first
of three orders revoking pre
sent land withdrawals in the
area. The withdrawals have
been in effect since 1048.
Twenty-three homestead un
its will be opened, «, Areas
have also been designated for
development as homesites, ca
bin sites, commercial or in
dustrial sites, territorial
parks and a territorial air
port, the announcement said.
The homesteads each con
tain a high percentage of'
farm land, Director Edward
Woozley of the Bureau cf Land
Management said. Over 6,000
acres of ether Lands being
opened contain less suitable
lands but will be open sub~
ject to filing under the
homestead and public lands
acts, he said.
A single road connecting
Kasilof with the Sterling
Highway exists in the area
but most of the land is not
on any road at the present
time. '
SIGNS WITH AGENCY /■'
J. C. Reynolds has apnoun~
cad that his application to
join the Strout Rea]ty.compa“
ny has been accepted and that
the final papers should be
signed within a week or ten
days.
WINS AUXILIARY OFFICE
Mrs. Gail Tice of Homer
was elected sergeant at arms
of the American Legion Auxi
liary, Alaska Department last
week at the Palmer convention
of the group.
VISITORS FROM SELQOVIA
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lipke of
Seldovia were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Homer High.
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SELOOVIS WINERS KILLED
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'■ Two Seldovia miners, Joe
Morrisey and A1 Davis, were
skilled last"Friday evefiing'in
an: explosion at .the Kenai
Chrome company mine near Sel
dovia. The two men were pre“
paring a blast in the mine
after the other miners had
left for the day w^en a pre
mature explosion took their
lives.
Carl Bachner, spokesman
for the company, stated that
the men had been employed at
the mine for about three
weeks before the accident,
that they were from the
states and that they were
both experienced miners.
RECEIVES'IN WIRY
Jack Scott of the Food
Center reports that be.recei
ved .3 letter recently from
Mr. .and Mrs; Earl.Walker of
Albuquerque, New Mexico.ask
ing for information about the
Homer.area. They stated that
they plan to .come to this
part of Alaska vat a future
date to homestead. They
wrote to the Scotts .because
they bad seen the Food Center
ad .in the‘Milepost and noted
that Mr- Scott offered to
send information about the
area to those requesting it.
DRAWING TO"PE HELD
The drawing for the,Anchor
Point Community Club let and
house will be held July 4th
at the ^nebor Point school
house. Funds gained through
the raffle will be used f to
build a community building at
the Point. ’ . ;
HOMEMAKERS MEET
The Anchor Point Homema”
kers met at the home of Mrs.
Pernadine Mutch on Tuesday.
Miss Vena Clark, home exten”
sion agent is offering the
ladies special instruction in
sewing.
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The Homer Nursef s Associa”
tion will meet Saturday, July
10 at the home of Mrs. Bill
Jensen on the last End Road.
TO GO TO KODIAK
Miss Vena'Clark, home ex”
tension agent will go to Kod
iak July 26 to conduct.a sevr
ing workshop there. -She will
conduct,the class until Aug”
ust 5 and then return to the
peninsula.
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GENERAL VISITS TOWN
Brigadier General John R.
Noyes, commanding officer of
the' Alaska Notional Guard,
and Captain Duncan of the Se
ward unit., visited Homer Sun
day to confer with,Lt- Harry
Grcgoure, commanding officer
of tne local Guard unit.
Cen. Noyes discussed.the pos
sibility cf building.a Civic
Center-Armory in Homer and
was shown the two lots next
to the school house as a pos
sible site. The lots were
donated to the PHD some time
ago sby.Hugh Watson .with the
provision that a gymnasium be
built on the site.' Mr. Wat
son bas stated that, he would
agree to a Civic Center"Armo
ry, being built on the proper
ty providing that gymnasium
space would be available for
the school. Gen. Noyes was
quoted as saying that he
liked the site very much arid
that he would Like a letter
froir the PUD stating that the
land could be signed over to
the proper territorial autho
rity to be .used as a Civic
Center-Armory site.
The general also discussed
the possibility of placing.a
full-sized National Guard
company in Homer. He stated
that it.is possible that a
heavy weapons company might
be placed here but that the
decision will probably not be
made until after the Fall en
campment September 27 to Oc
tober 10.
SCHOOL WORK STARTS
According to word from
Juneau., work was started this
week on a four room addition
to the territorial school at
'Kenai. Cost of the addition
was set at -£150,000 3rd the
firm of Horness and l/orrison
of Anchorage are working on
the job.
APPLIES FOR.CERTIFICATE
According to a legal.nor
tice in the Anchorage Daily
News, Robert C. Smith cf Bom”
er hgs applied for a certifi*.
cate of public convenience
and necessity for the opera
tion of a limousine service
to and from the airport and*
the city of Homer.
WORKSHOP DATE SET
An upholstery workshop will
be conducted in Homer October
1 by Mary Robinson of the home
extension service.
TOP METHODIST HERE
Rev. Gordon Gould of Phil*
adelpbis, superintendent of
.Alaskan Missions for the Me
thodist chinch visited Homer
last h-eok>. Rev. Gould stated
that ho spends about four
niont.br of the year in the
Territory working with the
Methodist :dsz&omvy mini
sters, While in Homer he
worked with Rev..Nelson Moyer
and other local Methodists on
.the «possibilities of getting
larger quarters for the Homer
church.
CHURCH.NOTICES
GRACE. BAPTIST, CHURCH
Lord’s Day Services
Bible School 10 a.®.
Morning Worship 11 a.ro.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
Midweek Services
Wednesday 7; 30 p-bp. Prayer
and Bible Study
Friday 7: BO p.ns. Youth
•Night.
A cordial friendly welcome-, is
extended to all.
Dale Davis, Pastor
CALIFORNIANS HERE .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stoehr
of Pasadena, California, and
their pilot, Lenn H. White of
Baldwin Park, California,
flew in last Friday night to
visit Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Gnad.
Mr. Stoehr is an attorney in
Pasadena and is in the terri*
tcry on business.
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