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NEWS .NOTES •
-according to Ralph Patterson, dock
manager,the Homer dock was still stand
ing on Saturday afternoon. The ice is
thick in Mud Bay and up Kachemak Bay.
Father Custer christened the baby
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Choquette
Tuesday. The new one has been named
Renee Ann. „ *
The Seafair Motel now has a phone
according to Homer High of the Homer
Telephone Company. The number is 2JU5 •
Not enoughldjatscest was shorn during
two meetings last week to get a first
aid class, going in Homer. The Rod
Cross had planned to sponsor the course
but the turnout was too small, accord
ing ’to Leola Theme, Red Cross chairman,
a large class is in training at Fritz
Creek, she said; v
Members of the Seward Emblem Club
-are to be in Homer” February 18, accord
ing to Lil Herndon. The local club has.
not elected officers as yet but it is
hoped that the organization will get
underway in the near future. v
Lt. Harry Gregoire, commanding of
ficer of the Homer platoon of the Alas
ka National Guard, says that he has
several new recruits lined up fop'the
platoon.
Ethel Calkins is recovering in an
Anchorage hospital following surgery.
The farm forum at the Fritz Creek
Civic ‘and Social Center on Tuesday was
a success, according to Ed Leibenthal,
local Extension agent. a good crowd
‘ was on hand to hear William Sweetman,
Paul Martin and Dr. < EoHgson speak on
care and feeding of dairy stock, soil
management and f-orages. On Wednesday
night the three men from the Palmer Ex
periment Station gave similar talks in
Ninilchik and on Thursday night in Sol
do tna.
as this is being written (Saturday
night) a wind of about 2? miles per
hour is blowing at Horner airport and
it is snowing heavily* At the airport
at 9 p*m. three inches of snow had fal
len during the day*
Emma filler is currently working as
a kitchen aide at the Seward Sanitarium*
The anchorage Daily News followed up
their Editorial of the 11th, which
praised CaPa, with an editorial on the
2Uth telling how many millions of dol
lars private power paid in taxes*
David Boyer of Ninilchik has filed
as a candidate for the Territorial
House of Representatives on the Demo
cratic ticket. He is a former army of**
fieer, president of the Ninilchik coun
cil and omor of the Ninilchik Inn.
Bill Lukey, Homer teacher, has re
signed his position and is returning to
California for business reasons*
It is understood that Jim and Agnes
Reynolds and family expect to return to
Homer in the next w^ek or so*
The name of Ed Wilson of Anchor
Point has been entered ~.n the HEa elec
tion by petition according to the HEa
by-lawso He is being backed as a can
didate by the Homer Cone onus's Commit
tee. He has had ten veins’ onperience
in the power9 field bet!. :.r the h bate a
and in Alaska, He is the operator cf
a cabin ecurt in Anchor Point*
NIXON FIRE
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Children playing with candles in an
■upstairs closet was given as the cause
of the fire in the Dave Nixon home
Friday morning* The Homer volunteer
Fire Department responded to the call
at about 9:3& and was able to put out
the flames and confine the danago to
the .upper story* Fire Chief Jones
said that he had not been able to make
an estimate of the damage*
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BOAT NOTICE
Captain H* S.jrJerdine, Commander,
17th Coast GuarcjL District today rre- ,
quested that owners of numbered boats
check to see that their certificates df
award of number are up to#date and in
order. ’ 1 :
all inboar d motorboats--regardless
of length--and c all .outboard motorboats
over 16 feet in ‘ length * must have a
Coast Guard certificate' of award of
number ]6r - a Jjr. S* * Customs Document
(31st District), the Captain pointed
out. * l '/ ; • ' ‘ ♦.
Whenever a numbered boat is built,
altered, or sold the Coast Guard muat;:
•be notified within 10 days ahd a new
certificate issued. Errors found in
certificates and other discrepancies
under the Numbering act may result in
•fines to the boat owner.
pud News
Lloyd Maxwell had a stroke of bad
luck last week ^hefr he burned the motor
of his truck ip on jfche <way to Seward to
pick up his first load of piling for ,
the Hauer dock* He had received the *
contract to fhaul ^tfh'e; piling at the "
Monday 'night -PUD ", meeting when it
developeffithat both he and Floyd Hat
field had placed identical ,^>id£ o$\#800
for the job* 4"dijaMr\g^wd^”*held to de
termine the winner^ katfielS *' has now
taken over the contract and will com
plete the hauling job, m -
lit the PUD meeting the directors
also awarded the PUD. -auditing job to
the anchorage accounting firm of Heaver
and Van Sevanter , ^ *
BUDGET
according to the Washington News
Letter from Delegate Bartlett*s office,
the Department of Interior has asked
for $2,200,000 <for surfacing the Ster
ling Highway in their budget request
for thb 1957 fiscal year*
The' Department of Agriculture has
asked for ^10,600^000 for the Cooper
Lake project, should the application
for the pixxjext be approved, according
to the News-Letter,
The Presidents 1957 budget requests
nearly ^100 million for ^ la ska, ex
clusive of military funds. The major
share of the progran is earmarked for
the 'Interior Department in tnc amount
of #31.126!4,9a0, Five million of this
amount is for Alaska Public Works*
The Homer hospital-health center
fund reached ^10 by Friday night, ac
cording to Mrs. Margaret *inderson, hos
pital committee chairman *
Mrs. iinderson espressed optimism
vdth the amount raised in the first few
days of the Campaign to raise 15,000 to
help operate the hospital.
In a radio address Tuesdcy night,
Mrs. under son * told of the endeavor of
the committee to get a doctor and noted
that getting a doctor and ah ova. ng fi
nancial re^Donslbility must go hand-in
hand.^ The hospital, she Said, has been
well equipped with the best quality
equipment, thanks to the generous dona
tion of Mr. and Mrs. £. E. .Bartlett.
The people, die noted, have an obliga
tion to see that the hoq> ital becomes a
* reality*. *
The ,J?ID, according to Mrs. ^nderson
, debudgeting $h,970 toward the opera
'■ tidn of the hospital. If an additional
. $5,810.80 can be' raised by donation,
. we-can operate. theliospital, according
to't he committee figures.
OSCAR WOODMAN
Oscar Smith Woqdmgn,; 65, a Hcmer
resident for nearly 20 years, passed
away qpietly at the hone . of his daugh
ter, Mrs. /vlice Bellamy, Monday, Jan
uary 23, 1956. He had been in ill
health for some time and Monday morning
after starting the car he came back in
the house, sat down in an easy chair,
and quidtly passed away.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
\ a% the Cjiristiap Community church with
\ Key. kelvin Jensen officiating*
Oscar Smith Woodman was born august
hy 1890 in Wolfsborough'/ New Hampdiire*
he marriedaiia^Ko ria on‘June 11, 1917
•and to* tHis i union were bom two child
<rdrif ^lice and Stailey. He was a vet
eran of World War I and a-.nterabier of the
Seward «.mer.icair Legion Post.
With his family he came to Alaska in
1938^ and homesteaded near Homer* He is
survived by his wife, two children and
seven grandchildren*
Interment was in the ^unerican Legion
..Memorial Cemetery at Homer.
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KENAi CHAMBER
The regular .meeting of the Kenai
Chamber of Commerce was held in the
dining room of the Village Inn, with'12
members present* duke Leering, secre
tary, reported that -Mr* Tyler of the
Kenai Music Company offered to give a
music box and records aid free servic
ing to the Chamber if the group was in
terested in sponsoring it for the teen
agers for dancing.
It was voted that a letter be writ
ten protesting frontage that is owned
by the C^h on the lots that were sold
last spring for business sites and ask
ing that this land be released*
The group explored means of getting
a garbage dump for the town and it was
voted to send a telegram to Senator
Maghuson urging that PNa. and other Al
askan airlines be given permanent cer
tificates to put them on an equal basis
with Northwest aid other airlines who
have already received them*