TO ATTEND REA, CONVENTION
Three Homer couples will
attend the Territorial Rural
Electrification Administra
tion Convention in Kodiak
next week. Those attending
will be Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Rhode, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs
Tice. Rhode and scott are
directors for the HEA and
Tice is the HEA manager. They
expect to leave Homer next
Wednesday for Kodiak on a
chartered plane carrying sev
eral other convention members
BANK HAS NSW COUNTER
The Bank of Homer has a
new counter this week. The
attractive piece of furniture
has a long high counter'in
addition to one window and a
recessed desk.
SELDOVIA SETTING MOVIES
Mr3. Harry Hegdahl and son
Skip left Homer Tuesday for
Seldovia where they will op
erate their projector to
bring movies to that city.
Harry is working on the Ohl
son Mountain project.
HENNING N. JOHNSON
Registered Land Surveyor
Sub-division Planning
Construction Surveying
BIRTHS
A daughter was horn Satur
day, July 30, to Mr. and Mrs#
Gerald Doering at the Seldov
ia hospital. The Doerings
live at the CT trailer court
in Homer. Mr, Doe ring works
for Chris Berg.
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Word has been received
that Mr. and lira. Keith Hursh
of Kenai ha-^ adopted- a baby
boy. Mrs. Hursh was the Pub
lic Health ^urse for the
Western Kenai Peninsula until
her resignation this spring.
FULLER BRUSH MAN VISITS
John Hall, representative
of the Fuller Brush company,
visited Homei* this week on
his way to Kodiak*, During
his short stay in the commun
ity, Hall used the Homer News
Radio Station as his adver
tising media and expressed
pleasure with the response
received* He plans to return
to Homer August 15 and will
make a trip to the community
every three months*
In his absence from Homer,
Dorothy Ream of the Homer
House of 3eauty will take or
ders locally for the Fuller
products*
LEAVE FOR COLORADO
Mr. and Mrs* Lloyd Nute
left this 'week for Denver
Colorado* They have been
visiting the home of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr*
and Mrs. Jim Straub*
HOMER 5 MOST EXPERIENCED PILOT
HQMER 'S MOST EXPERIENCED FLYING- SERVICE
1955 TRIPACER 1954 SUPERCU6
ALWA.Y3.NEW AIRCRAFT
CHARTER TRIPS
Constant radio contact with
Seldovia and the canneries
in our vicinity.
PHO/Vf 2JO HOMER
DEM03 TO ELECT OFFICERS
All Homer precinct Demo
crats are invited to meet
September 13 to elect offic
ers of the Homer Democratic
Club. Place and exact time
of the meeting has not been
announced*
The decision to elect new
officers was made at a meet
ing of Democrats Tuesday &vo~
ning. Tentative plans to
hold monthly meetings of the
club wore made* •
Norman Nelsqn announced
that he is the lo^al repre
sentative of tha Democratic
Digest, the national publica
tion of the Democratic perty*
Anyone wishing to subscribe
may do so by contacting him
in person or by writing to
him* He has offered to do
nate his share of the pro
ceeds from all sales to the
local Democratic club* The
magazine, costs #3 per-year
and $1 would remain in the
local treasury, Nelson said#
square .knot in m> our
The Alaska Steamship Co#
freighter Square Knot arrived
at the Homer dock at about
10:30 last Friday night to
unload 548 tons of freight#
The first cre^ of long
shoremen labored under a
handicap rhen all of the
lights Trent out duo to an
overloaded transfomer#
The Square Knot left Homer
early 3unday morning after
the first ctqvj had put in 11
hours and the second 15 hours
MORE 'AGP FUNDS AVAILABLE .
An additional $2,000 is
available for the 1955 Agri
cultural Conservation Program
in Alaska, Chairman Philip R?
Johnson announced today# ^The
increase in funds brings .the
total to $29,000 and is to be
used to protect soil and wa
ter resources# .
Hbmor county will receive
$7,035 of the te^al, an in
crease of $486#
DEMONSTRATION GLASSES SET
Mary Robinson, homo demon
stration agent, has announced
that she rill hold a series
of freezing and canning clas
ses next reek in the various
comunities along the Sterl
ing highway# *
Lever Action Winchesters;
30/30, 30/06, 348 and 35 Who
le n, SPGRTER ARMS COMPANY.
.approve generator sales
According to a report in
tho Anchorage Times, the di
rectors of the Chugach Elec
tric Association voted last
.Friday nigfcit to sell a 600 KW
diesel genorator for $41,000
and a 95 KW generator for
$7,500 to Homer Electric As
soeiation*
The directors of the HEA
had previously approved the
purchase of the larger gener
ator.
.ANCHORESS M£N RESCUED FROM
XGNAl FIVER 31 AG
,» The anchorage Daily News
reports that Jack Harris of
that city was roscucd last
Saturday from a snag in the
Kenni River by the Shell Oil
company helicopter.
Harris and two other uni
dentified fishermen oamo down
the river from Ski la k Lake in
a rubber1 boat* When they
were about a- mile abovo the
mouth of Mooso river, Harris
observed the snag in the cen
ter of the stream and grabbed
it. The speed of the boat
caused him to be pulled from
it and ho spent the next two
•and a half hours on tho snag
while his fellow passengers
continued dem the river for
several miles before they
coulA land. -
• Two bother Anchorage fish
ermen on the shore saw Harfis
on the snag %rid drove to
Sterling 'whoro they obtained
the services of pilot Don
Sholberg and the Shell •cop
ter.
A second helicopter from
Elmendorf• reached the scene
of the rescue after Sholberg
had alroady made tho rescue.
'FRANK IE MASTER DIES
Frank Lc Master, REA safo
ty division representative
who visited Hompr earlier
this Spring, passed away
shortlymafter his return to
hij| office , in lashington, D.
C., according to Ben Wallace*
Ihilc in Homer, Le Master
accompanied manbcrS of tho
Natural History Socioty on
their trip to China foot Bay.
G$JS NORWOOD EXPECTED
G-us Norwood, executive di
rector of tho Northwest Pub
lic Power Association, is ex
pected to visit Homer next
week to look over the ^.ocal
HEA plant and facilities. He
is from Vancouver, lashing ton*
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