Vol, 6, No. 5
Your Dependable Conanunity Newspaper
July 14, 1955
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PUD MEETING - •
Gene Browning was elected secretary
of the PUD board of directors Monday
evening during a quiet and relatively
short meeting of the board* Mrs* An
derson will co’htinue to taka the min
utes of the meeting, however*
Carl Baler reported briefly on the
meeting of the hospital committee on
July S. During the discussion on the
hospital it was noted that there will
be ample opportunity at a later day for
Peninsula residents and groups to do
nate items to the hospital* , '
A claim was presented by 2d Rehder
for a refund of #11*99 of taxes, costs
and penalties paid on a panel truck
which he said had been establi&ed by
the court as not having been hie prop
erty oa ’.the date the taxes were due#
fhe board suggested that he should con
tact the owner of the truck for his
refund*
A letter from tbs PUD attorney stat
ad that the PUD has a rigrt to tax all
,real and personal property excepting
$200 thick is the exemption, of the head
of a household* .The question had
arisen as to Aether a husband and wife
both might take advantage of the ex
emption. •
A copy of d letter from the Women's
€lub to Dr. ^rovonsha expressed the
tenfidence of the members of that or
ganization in the doctor* *t was noted
that there is a junior that another doc
tor is trying to get into the hospital;
However, the directors noted that noth
ing had ever, been said to indicate that
the board is considering anyone else.
The manager asked that the directors
make up a more specific set of specifi
cations for the dsck hoist‘before the
call for bids was issued# The board
complied by setting up specifications#
A letter from "eil %ore, territor
ial auditor# stated that in the opin
ion of the attorney general the PUD did
not have to pay a percent tax on
Lloyd's of London insurance policies
required by the Territory* It has been
estimated that the PUD may be able to
recover about $506 on back payments of
the tax. * *
The manager asked that the board re
imburse him fb r mileage accumulated in
the use of his om car fbr PUD business
from the period beginning June 14. The
directors discussed the natter and
tabled it for further consideration.
It was noted that Alaska-Fresh can
nery was behind on its payments ft>r
past and present wharfage charges.
Mrs. Anderson was appointed to talk
with the management of the cannery to
settle the matter.
It was also voted to send a letter
to the Borman Packing company of Ninil
efcik requesting that the company pay
ita past due wharfage account by July
25 or the natter would be placed in the
hands of the attorney.
Ths board was asked by Bob Kranich
to oil ths highway in front of the fire
hell* He said that it would do little
gaod far him to oil tbe road in front
Of ths post offite unless the fire hall
stZBteh was also oiled. The board
•grasd and voted to oil the road.
The meeting adjourned at 11 p.m.
JEEP ACCIDENT .
Francis Yancey of Anchorage and his
small son Johnny, 2, werp flown to
S3ldovia Tuesday in the CAP plane after
£hey were severly shaken in a car ac
cident near Anchor Point* Another eon,
Patrick, 7, esoaped with only .scratches
and bruises. A check at the hospital
showed no serious injuries and they
weie returned to Homer by pilot Jim
Neely*
The accident occured when the Yan
ceys were returning to Anchorage after
a visit here in an endeavor to find a
homestead. Yancey was'apparently fol
lowing the path of a grader which had
deposited rocks and gravel in the cen
ter of ths road* The lane became nar
row and he tried to cross to the other
lane and lost control of the ^eep when
it hit the rocks. Both he and the
son weie knocked unconscious when the
vehicle went off the road.
Ed Rehder, grader driver reached
the accident scene first followed by
Jim Reynolds who brought the family
bade to Homer and notified the CaF.
The Yanceys have been staying at the
Reynolds home recuperating since the
accident#
CHAMBER NOTES
Bill Wallace, publisher of The Mile
post, guide to Alaska and the Yukon,
addressed the Hamer chamber of Commerce
Monday and urged them to consider acme
type of annual festival or program
that would attract tourists to the area
Wallace pointed to Palmer’s "Colony
Day" and Seward’s "Marathon Pace” as
examples of programs that annually
bring throngs to those cities*
He noted the increase in publicity
that the Territory is receiving in na
tional publications* National coverage
is up 50 percent in the last 10 years
and suggested that this was indicative
of the increased prominence the Terri
tory now enjoys.
The publisher also requested that
the Chamber copy for the 1956 Milepost
be prepared within the next 30 days.
The space in the Milepost is given to
the Chamber free of charge by Wallace
who is a Honer resident.
‘Concerning the festival idea, Cecil
Wyant suggested that the community
sponsor an annual Fireweed Festival.
Ir was announced that the directors
had voted to recommend that the Chamber
dues be set at a fiat $20 per member.
In the director’s meeting Mary High
mado a motion that the dues be set at
*15. When it came to a vote, direct
ors High van& Wythe voted for that
amount while the other directors voted
against it. The motion was then mado
for the 380 dollar figure and was pas
sed with Higj and Wythe voting against.
Committees for the coming year weje
listed by ^resident Don Smith and vol
unteers were called for to serve. The
eonmittees and members to date are:
Tourist, Howard Myhill and Harold
laps; Public Works, Rhode, 'Nol&on
Moyer and Bob Noimanf Power, Chuck Ab
bott, Russ Cronin and Don Smith; Pro
gram, Bill Raver; Membership, -'Jim Rey
nolds and Bob Noncan, and Economic,
Cecil Wyant and Russ Cronin.
A scnooJL addition ror nomer uueuxng
$479,000 was included in m Alaska Pub
lic Vforks program announced wonday by
tho Department of interior in Washing
ton, D* Cm The local project was ono
of several included in the program*
The department stated some of the
projects may bo put under construction
this summer while others will be start
ed before next July 1*
Conmissioner of Education Don Dafoe
indicated this spring then he visited
tho community that the Homer addition
would be separate from the present
building and would be used primarily
as a high school building*
It is anticipated that tho present
school building will be extremely
crowded this fall*
DOUBLE SHIFT
The Alaska-Fresh cannery wont into a .
doublG shift operation Wednesday, ac
cording to Dick "nltiner* The new crew
w^ll allow the cannery to put out about
150 cases of crabmoat a day if crab
deliveries hold cut, Haltincr said* To
pack that afnount* of crabmeat, between
15 and 20 thousand pounds of groen crab
will bo needed by the plant, he added.
HYDRO STUDY ,
Work began Monday on the feasibility
studios at tho Cooper Lnko hydro-elec
tric site# North Pacific Consultants
were awarded the $65,000 job by the
Central Alaska Power Association#
last weekend was spont getting the
crew and supplies into the lake by
plane# The engineers on the job in
clude Ivan Bloch, N, W# Honor, S,E.
Sporscon and Bob Rctherford# A geolo
gist, Fred Jones, is also at tho aito#
The contract calls fbr the engineer
ing study to bo completed within 300
days#
If all goes as expootod, the actual
construction of the hydro site will bo
gin during next year’s construction
season, according to Marlin Stowart,
acting CAPA manager.
When completed the project will sup
ply 1200 killowatts of power, according
to earlier ostiimtos#
WEATHER
High low
July 7 54 40
July 8 57 47
JUly 9 59 48
July 10 58 46
July 11 56 41
July 12 56 41
July 13 58 43
HEA NEWS
The board of directors of tho Homer
Electric Association mot Tuesday even
ing and discussod employee benofits
TTith several members of the staff who
were present* A committee consisting
of Marion Koappel and Gene King aus ap
pointed to study the benefits including
insurance and vacation benefits*