Vol,
HOMER NEWS
•HOMER * ALASKA1
>. No. 43
Your Community Newspaper
April 7, 1955
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PUD MEETING
In what was perhaps one of the meat
progressive meetings in many a day, the
board of directors of the PUD decided
Monday evening to combine the two man
agerial jobs of the district into one#
At the regular meeting of the beard
next Monday the directors are scheduled
to set up specifications for the job
which would include managing both the
dock and the PUD office#
The suggestion that perhaps one man
ager might save some money came from
Henning Johnson, who was a spectator at
the meeting# Another Johnson sugges
tion that received favorable comment
from the directors was that the PUD of
fice be moved from its downtown loca
tion to the dock#
After specifications have been made
up, it is understood that the manager’s
job will go up for bid#
In other business of the evening the
directors passed a motion .to pay tbs
statement of the auditing firm, Rettig,
Scott & Co# The total charges for
this year’s audit of the PUD books was
$1769*63#
in the general discussion that roi
lowed the presentation of the statement
it was brought out by the manager that
the books had not been set up in their
entirety after last year’s audit as had
been the claim of the auditor, Roland
Rettig* It bad been assumed that the
book* were set up and those set up were
used this year, but after the auditor
had completed this year’s audit it was
learned that the books were not com
plete in the first place, according to
the manager. There seemed to be a gen
eral feeling of dissatisfaction with
the auditor’s handling of the books
among the directors present*
In a discussion concerning the books
and their keeping, two accountants had
informed the board as to what they
would charge to keep them for the PUD*
Roland Rettig quoted $150 per month
while Terry Mackle said that his price
would be $6 an hour and estimated that
it would cost the PUD between $50 and
$75 per month* No decision was reached
on this matter*
The board "’as asked by Bill Rever,
NEDS editor, who owed the PUD the $155
mentioned in the audit under accounts
receivable* Director Harry Gregoire
stated that he owed the money as a re
sult of the quiet title suit on the
hospital and other property. Gregoire
stated that he had a legal opinion from
Mrs* Juliana Wilson,Anchorage attorney,
stating that Mrs. Maybelle Bunnell,for
mer owner of the property, should pay
the coats. ; ((It should bfc pointed out
that the suit involved property belong
ing to the PUD, Gregoire, Jack Scott
and Chuck Abbott. The four parties
shared in the expense of the suit with
Scott and Abbott paying their share and
apparently the PUD paying both its
share and that of Gregoire* The suit
was in court last August, Ed.)
A letter from Gilbert Roberts, Hood
River, Oregon contractor, stated that
he was going to build the hospital in
Homer this summer end asked questions
concerning the availability of water,
and electricity at the site and eon
(Cont* on P ge 5, Col* 3)
VOTE TUESDAY APRIL 12
AT THE FIREHALL
SLOW DOWN
Carl Sholin, foreman .of the Homer
Alaska Road Commission shop announces
that speed and load restrictions are
now in effect on the Sterling Highway*
The speed limit, according to Sholin,
is 35 miles per hour and the load limit
is 50 percent of >he gross weight of
the truck and its established load
limit* The restrictions are placed on
the highway each spring, Sholin said,
in an effort to protect the roads from
unnecessary damage caused by speeding
vehicles and overloaded trucks during
the breakup*
WEATHER
Mm rch 31 45
April 1 35
April 2 32
April 3 45
Apri 14 36
April 5 41
April 6 39
High
Low
30
33
24
21
30
24
26
CLUB TO OPEN
The Yah, Sure Club, closed for the
last year and a half, will open again
Monday night. Two Anchorage men, Don
Hose and Jim Naely, have leased the
building, redecorated it and will have
a grand opening complete with enter
tainment from Anchorage.
It is the intention of the two new
operators to make the Y' h, Sure a clean
well run neighborhood type tavern sftiere
everyone knows everyone else, they said.
For the opening night entertainment,
Bud Alden, comedian and guitarist and
Jinmy Kelly, expert on the electric
steel guitar will be on hand to assist
Neely with a floor show. Neely and *1
den are well known in Anchorage as Bud
and Jim, a musical comedy team that has
appeared on radio and television and in
Anchorage night spots.
Free shrimp will be served on the
opening night to make the evening even
more enjoyable. The shrimp will be
supplied by Dale Kramer.
Working on the building this week to
get it ready for Monday night were Bob
Walli; Frank White, Don Gibbs and Pat
Walsh, all of Homer* The ceiling re
ceived paint-new lighting was installed
(Cont. on Page 5, Col*. 1)
The polls van open ax o o
next Tuesday morning at tte firehall
for voters to cast their ballots in the
annual election of directors for tte
Kenai Peninsula Fublic Utility District
No* 1* Two directors "111 be elected
from the field of five candidates*
The candidates listed arei Mrs *
Margaret (Fred) Anderson, housewife;
Ben Bellamy, gerageman; Harry Gregoire,
contractor, incumbent; Henning Johnson,
surveyor, and Ora Jones, garageman*
Those directors whose terns expired
this year are Harry Gregoire, who has
been a member of the board for several
years and Clare Hiner who was appointed
to fill the vacancy left by the. resig
nation of Bob Kranich last fall#
To be eligible to vote5in the elec
tion a person must be a resident of the
Territory, a resident of the.district
for the past six months, be 21 years of
age or over, be a citizen of the U* S«,
and be able to read and write the Eng
lish language#
The polls will remain open until 7
p.m* ani the judges of the election
will be .Eric Anderson, %lt Dufour and
Bud Uminski*
For the returns of the election tune
to 700 on your radio dial at 8 a.m.
T/edneaday, April 13. The Homer News
Radio Station will give the rusult of
the voting, in a special broadcast.
GRADUATION SET
Six Homer seniors will receive their
diplomas on May 18 at the Methodist
church, according to Merrill Hatcher,
superintendent of the Homer Territorial
school. Final arrangements for the
conmencement exercises are not complete
however, he said.
Present plans call fbr the baccalau
reate services to be held Sunday, May
15 at the Community Christian church.
The seniors include Edith Campbell,
Cwenyth Edens, William Kranich, Laura
Lofgren, Bud' Randall and Emery Robirts.
PURCHASE BAR
Harold and Electa Billups have an
nounced that they are purchasing the
Homer Club and Cafe from M. M. Lewis.
The club will open under the new owners
at 7 o’olock the evening of April 15.
The cafe will remain under the man
agement of Mrs. Ethel Caulkins.
Lewis purchased the business last
summer from Fete and Marie Bergsagel.
CHAMBER NOTES
According to latest reports, $194
has been raised by the Chamber of Com
merce through donations by members to
send their delegate, President Nelson
Moyer, to the All-Alaska Chamber meet
ing in Juneau April 14-15-16. It is
expected that at least $250 will be
raised.
At the Monday meeting of the group
the president made a plea for members
to sign up for the trip to Seward on
April 19* If at least 30 members make
the trip aboard a Cordova Airlines
plane, the cost will be approximately
$9 per person, he said.
(Cont^ on Page o, Col. 4)