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Your Dependable Community Newspaper Box 2051
Vol. 6, No. 7 . i ■ : July 28, 1955 __ Juneau, Alaska
CHAMBER NOTES;
Members of the Chamber of Commerce ;
heard two speakers Monday during their,
regular weekly meeting,
first to address the group was Matt
Theme, local sales representative, vho
told the group of some of the more htaa
0TOus experiences he encountered as a
representative of the internal revenue
department in the early 20*s in the
State of Washington. .
Ben Culver, a representative of the
territorial department of lands, spoke
on land registration. ^e urged that
all owners of land lying outside the
tax collecting districts file a state
ment or ownership. Statements must be
filed by January 1, 1956, he said.
Reason for the law requiring the •
filling, he said, was to get an up-to
date record of all land- lying outside
the tax districts. Such records do hot
exist today because there is no general
property tax in the Territory and much
of the private land has been abandoned.
He urged that all* property deeds be
recorded and that all surveys- he adcom
flished by registered engineers. Sur
vey plats of all subdivisions, should bo
recorded, he said# r •"
ho was asKea arout tne posgionixy '
of the Bureau of Land Management of
fices in Anchorage being moved to Jun
eau and replied that, speaking as an
Anchorage realtor, ho felt that the
bulk of the BIM business was in the An
chorage -Fairbanks areas and that the
offices should remain in Anchorage. He
also stated that ho thought the Cadast
ral engineers office should be in An
chorage so that the land status records
could be with the main office.
It was announced that the Chamber
had received charts showing the grade
lines of the sterling Highway after it
is blacktoppcd through Homer. The area
covered in the "charts extends from tho
Husky Repair Shnp to tho ARC shops.
Copies will. be.kept at the PUD offico
and the Smith Insurance offico.
New members listed ty Jim Reynolds,
chairman of the membership committee,
include Pacific Northern Airlines, Vern
Mutch Drug, John wateiroan, Homer Club,
Bank of Homer, Don E. Smith Insurance,
Homer Pood Center, Jim Reynolds, Term
inal Oil Sales, L. C* ^ythe, Alaska
Steamship Co., Dari-Delite, H. L. Mc
Cain, Kachemak Bar, Pioneer Hardware,
Inlet Trading Post, Homor Cafe, King’s
JCony Kabins, Pate Insurance Agency,
Sterling Bar, Leo Rhode Associates,
Mary High, E Service, Ninilohik and
Ken Heath.
juuca me unamoer or eommerce nave,
icon act at §30 per member this year in
$n endeavor to raise more funds to ear
ly on a s^pro varied program.
WEATHER
High Low
July 21 77 43
July 22 75' 43
July 23 72 *2
July 24 62 '< 43
July 25 62 39. *'
July 26 55 46
July 27 60 48 * "
ARCHITECT TN
Prancis Mayor of the firm' of Manley
and Mayor, Anchorage’ architects, was in
Homer Tuesday to xun a preliminary sur
vey on the grounds of the Homer Terri
torial school* The firm will draw? up
the plans for the new school.addition
that is expected to bo built next year,
Ihilo here ho contacted Henning Johnson
local surveyor, who will run the con
tour linos of tho grounds*
NEW NURSE HERE
Miss Iris Jetto, Senior Public
Health Nurse, arrived in Homer Saturday
for her first visit to this end of the
Peninsula« Miss Jotto will serve all
of iho Western Konai from her head
quarters in Kenai* She was accompanied
to Homer by Miss Geneva Hubbard of the
Anchorage office of the department of
health. Mies Hubbard had planned to
stay over ft)r a meeting with the Health
Council iiionday evening, but the press
of business took her back to the city
on Sunday.
Miss Jette has been in Alaska for
the past six and one-half years working
in the Unalakleet aroa. In caning to
the Kcn^.i she rill replace Mrs. Ruth
Hursh who resigned her position earlier
thi s simmer.
In ter work she will follow about
th: same schedule as her predecessor,
spending the first two weeks of the
month in the Kenai area and the last
two weeks working out of Homer. While
in Homer she* will be at' the health cen
ter from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. She
will be leaving Homer Friday morning of.
this week and will return August 22 to
stay until September 2. Between these
two trips she will attend the territor
ial nurses convention in Fairbanks.
The new nurse received her training
in Boston. She studies public health
nursing at Sinmons College in that city
and also received her Bachelor of Sci
ence degree, from the same school. She
received her Master’s degree in nursing
at the University of*Washington. In
addition to her work in Alaska she has
worked in New England and served in the
Army Nurse Corps during the war.
Or r 1C to MOVING
After Monday, AUgUBt'l the sales' of
vice of the Torminal Oil Sales wil^ be
located in the Kwik-Log building across
from the Standard Oil plant at the end
.of the Spit, according to Chuck Abbott,
After that date the office hours will
be from 9 a,m, to 4 p.m, Monday through
Friday, The plant hours will be from 1
to 4 p,m, on those days, he added, Or
ders for local deliveries can be phoned
to the plant or left at the Pate Insur
ance Agency located behind the Bay
Clothiers building. The phone number
at the Spit office will be 344,
The Pate Insurance Agency office
will bo moving at the same time tofits
now location but will not havo a phone
until one con be installed, according
to Margaret Pate, /
Tito bids were awarded by the ruD di
rectors at their regular mooting Monday
ovening* The first was awarded to F*
E. Hollis for fuel oil for the PUD fac
ilities* ■ The only bidder, bis price
was 20,.4 cents under 200 gallons, 19*4
undor 3Q0 gallons and 18.9 under 600
gallons* IJhc socond bid was for a dock
hoist and was awarded to Harry Orcgoiro
for #1539* The bid included the hoist,
motor and accessories# A second bid
for wiring of the hoist by Gregoiro was
rejected by the directors pending in
vestigation* was ror ;o<so*
A letter from the Chamber of Com
merce requested that the FUD advise the
Chamber’ on how the directors wish to
use, the . §165 .the Chamber has for the
hospital# Margaret .jodorqon suggested
that the building will be needing Ven
etian blinds and that perhaps the vl65
could be pooled with other donations to
purchase the blinds#
Carl Baior roportod that Dr* Provon
sha had. indicated ,-at a meeting of the
hospital committee that he estimated
that the PUD would be required to fur
nish about $500 per month to support
the hospital# This .would be matched by
the Territory, ha said# ?rom this fund
two nurses 1 would bG hired at $250 a
month*. He. also indicated, Baler said,
that tho other services of the hospital
would come out of the income of whoever
operates the hospital*
, Mrs* Anderson stated that in a let
ter from Dr* Albrecht of the department
of health dated October 29, 1953, he
indicated that the Territory would have
$1650 that might be used to purchase
equipnant for the hospital# A letter
is- to be written to Albrecht to confirm
this*.:. Mrs* Anderson also stated that
. the order for the hospital equipment
had not been pla ced.
A- letter from th$ Don E« Smith In
surance Agency recommended that the PUD
•carry fire insurance- on the warehouses
at the dock** He recomnended the amount
of '.>9,000, and quoted a rate of ;27.70
per*-thousand for the first year with a
renewal-rate of ^21.60 per thousand. In
a discussion on the matter -it was de
cided to look into the idea of insuring
the warehouses to the extent of cover
ing them in case of fire at the time
they were full of freight#
Smith, who was present at the meet
ing, complained of the lack of street
lights which he said **the district was
paying for and not getting because many
of them*were not burning# A letter is
to be written the HEA Asking for more
efficiency - in the operation of the
lights, i
The directors voted' to purchase a
set of Morse platform scales from the
Pioneer Hardware for £>108. "t They also
voted to pay insurance premiums in the
amount of $394.96 for workmen’s compen
sation and excess bodily injury to the
Smith Agency.
It was noted that the • PUD * had re
ceived $831.12 from the Territory in
payment on business license *refunds.
In the matter Of mileage for the
manager’s car it was voted to allow $10
per month.
The manager presented the board with
the total- number of hours, 82, that he
had worked overtime since M- y 24. .It
was felt that the manager’s working
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