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Vol. 6, imo» 3U
Alaska Historical
Box 2051
Juneau
Covering the Western Kenai
February 27, 1956
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TANK TRUCK
Members of the Homer Volunteer Fire
Department canvassed the* Homur area
Saturday afternoon seeking donations
foy the tanker - truck so .badly needed*
Fire Chief Ora Jobes said that a total
of &286 was collected. TfcdLs, added to
the i-125 already on hand, briftgs the
total to wlill toward the ^plOOO needed
for the tanker.
Jones expressed the opinion that he
was well* satisfied with Saturdayfs
drive and indicated that a few pledges
had beep made and some folks were not
at home,. He said that anyone not con
tacted may. make their donations tnrough
him and that all donations will 'be
gratefully received.
The 75# gallon tank truck will be
purchased through - Civil Defense and be
a welcome addition to the 350 gallon
tank trailer now being used by the de
partment. The " smaller tank has proven
inadequate on several occasions during
the past winter**
CIVIC LEAGUE
At * a special meeting called for
February JO, sixteen people gathered to
discuss‘tfie feasibility of* trying to
obtain and move a building on Skilak
Lake to be used as a community nail in
Aenai. Marvin Smith, Civic League
vice president, conducted the meeting*
Since it was felt that the project
was indeed tremendous and that not
enoug»h 'community 'interest had been
shown, it' was voted to drop the whole
thing* Whether or not this was wise is
a moot point; it is regretful in that
the community needs so badly some type
of large meeting hall and'. no other
course of action at the time seems open
A plea was, made by several attending
members for all personsj there to at
tend the next regular meeting of the
League to help figure out another plan
of action*
PUD VOTE •
_The voters of the proposed smaller
are# of the PUD rejected the plea of
residents living in the larger "out
side” area Tuesday and voted to keep
the PUD at its present size. The outer
area yoters* voted over .2-1 to cut the
PUD aoto in size, while' the Homer peo
ple voted over 3-1,,to keep the size the;
same. Actual count in the Hauer area
was 121, no and 1*3 yes; in the outer
area the vote was 68 yes and 2,9 no* A
total of 261 votes were cast from both
areas.
The vote was heavier than was gener
ally expected. Serving as judges were:
Walt Dufour, Sam Pratt, Hazel Jenson,
Henry Middleton, Duane Belnap and Gust
Lofgren* Following the closing ‘ of the
polls at 7 p.m. the ballots were-count
ed and shortly after 8 p.m. the re
sults were announced over the Homer
Radio Station.
.The board of directors of the PUD
\ met directly after the ballots were
\ counted to canvass the votes. They al
'so tabled the problem of stand-by pay
for the pile driver at the Homer dock.
Mrs. Lloyd Maxwell asked the board to
settle the matter.
TWO RESIGN
The following hews release, was re
ceived this week from the corner elec
tric Association*
f,0n Friday Feb* 2k} 1?5>6 a Special
Meeting of the Board of Birectors of
the Homer Elec# assoc, was held in thy
HEA office*
The purpose oi the meeting was to
act on the resignation of two Directors
of th^ Board* And, to hear a report by
Marian AoeppeX on a CAPA Board Meeting
vhich she had attended* a. 4.
Hols on Moyer .resigned, the reason ‘
oeing as follows; 11 The reasons for .this
action revolve around .the fact that I
will be out of the Community for a per
iod of three months. My absence will
be a source of embarrassment to the
Board of Directors at tnis time and I *
want to avoid the criticism.
The, second reason is related to the
first, there has been •'sane discussifn
concerning my eligibility as a Director
this situation will not be settled in >
the minds of the people before my de
parture and I will hot leave the Com
munity with this . shadow -over my char
acter therfor the only sensible course
to take is to resign.’*
Moyer*s resignation v/a^ accepted and
in effect immediatley. Dale Morrison
of Soldotna was selected to fulfill the
vacancy of the unexpired term*
Leo Rhode resigned, the reason being
to accept employment with the riEA. .it
also whs accepted and Per, Osmar #f Clam
Gulch was selected to fill the unexpir
ed portion of Rhode * s term.
It was noted that Leo Rhode * is the
seventh person to resign from thQ Board
to work for HEA, others being Zelda
Hersey, Jim Faulk, Carl Baier, Harry
Gregoire,' T. d* Tice, Bert Bachman.”
Signed': T. H. Tice, Manager*
BARTLETT
The Washington News-Letter from the
office of Delegate Bartlett last week '
stated that the douse Appropriations
Committee in reporting the 1957 fiscal
■yearr* appropriation bill for the Inter
ior Department and related agencies al
lowed the full budget requests for Al
aska activities with the exception of
$32,000 sought in administrative ex
penses for the Alaska Public Norks pro
gram. Included in the ART program is
$229,26^ for ,a multipurpose school roan
at Kenai. \®jie road program includes an
appropriation of $2,200,000 for paving
the sterling Highway between the Chu
gach Forest boundary and Kenai and
$25,000 for the preparation of plans
for Kasilof-Kenai-Starling highway*
Delegate Bartlett will appear on
February 29 before the House Public
Norks Committee to urge the minimum of
a $175 million 10-year road program for#
Alaska,
The committee, considering legisla
tion in connection with a national road
program, heard Assistant Secretary of
the Interior D1Ewart this week speak at
length on the road problem in Alaska.
Secretary D•Ewart suggested an amend
ment to the bill providing that the
Secretary of the Interior bo authorized
to develop and carry out an accelerated
highway program for Alaska.
Thd*'r eight riom^r winter carnival
queen^candidates went to Anchorage over
“tire weekend to take part in the activ
4.t^es of the Fur Kendezvous. The trip
is a prelude to the local coronation
ball to be held Saturday night at the
Fritz Creek hall. The candidates have
been working hard selling tickets and
have met with considerable success.
a lovely «ip195>’ fur parka will be
awarded to the candidate chosen as the
winter carnival queen, it was announced
tnis week by Jim Neely.
In other carnival news a 3C-foot
banner has been placed across the high
way near the Dari-helite announcing the
coming carnival. All committees have,
been working to settle plans for their
•specific portions of the program. The
.road' to tne lake has been cleared and
today the track for the car racing on
the lake is to be cleared. The road
is tfc «ne cleared last summer by Aalph
Cowles and turns off the airport road
approximately across from, the Sporter
Aims.
The carnival will get under way at
11 a.m* on Friday with a jet fly-over
by plane§ of the* Alaska Air National
Guard, After the fly-over the parade
mil start at the scnool and travel tg
tne aRC stwps • Included in the parade
will be a sleigh carrying the queen
candidates and a line ofvki4s~,and their
dogs. • ' ' * ■ ( a
School will be out all day Friday
so that the kids can . take part in the
carnival.
At 1 p.m. Friday there will ‘be a
ski meet at the tow and at 2 p.m, car
racing at the lake. Might skiing will
be featured at the tew Friday evening
as well as lake sports and Alaska’s
Favorite Game at the Elks hall.-;
On Siturday a snowsnoe Softball
game will be h^ld at the lake at 10 in
tne morning. At 1 p.m. slalom ski
races will be held at the tow and again
at 2 p.rh. th^ car races at the lake.
At 3 there will be a CAP demonstration
at the lake. The coronation ball will
start at 8 p.m, and during the evening
a whiskerino contest will be hold, a
schottische and waltz contest, a floor
show by Bud Alden and a square dance
program by the Fritz Creek folks.
On Sunday the activities wl11 get
underway at 1 p.m. with downhill ski
races on the East hill Road. Car races
again, at 2 p.m. and at 3 a demonstra
tion by the lOtn Air Rescue and another
snowshoe ball game.
PASS THE BUCK
George Yeager, assistant U* S. At
torney from Fairbanks,* was in Homer
last week on behalf of *the Fairbanks
Junior Chamber of Commerce* He. is head
of a committee tnat is urging Congress
to adopt the recommendations of the
Hoover Commission. He left several
hundred "Pass the- Buck" folders that
have been made up by the Jacees to be
distributed around town.
The folder urges 'Congress to adopt
tne Hoover report and save #m©ney and
thus taxes* The idea is that the peo
ple are to send a portion's# the folder
on to their congressmen showing that
tiiey support the findings and recom
mendations of the commission*