Vol. 5, No* 58
Your Conmunlty Newspaper^
March 3, 1955
Alaska Historical
Library & Museum
Box 2051
Juneau, Alaska
PUD MEETING
The board of directors of the FUD
set Thursday, March 31 as the final
date which nominating petitions may be
filed for the April 12 election at
their meeting Monday evening at the
fire hall* The annual PUD election
will see the election of two directors
for three year terms* The petition
nominating candidates, must have at
least 30 signatures of legal residents
of the district. Qualifications tot
candidates and voters alike are that
they have one year’s residence in the
Territory, six continuous months resi
dence in the district, be citizens of
the united States, , be 21 years of age,
and be able to read and write*
Two petitions, bearing the names of
Ora Jones and Ben Bellamy, have already
been placed before the public. Both
men are Homer businessmen and non-com
missioned officers in the Homer platoon
©f the Alaska National Guard.
Considerable time was taken by the
directors discussing the garbage dis
posal problem of the district# Direc
tor Harry Gregoire suggested t he pos
sibility of a sanitary fill along the
north shore of the slough reaching
from Bunnell Avenue to the Beluga Dake
fill# Such a fill, he-said, would give
the community a badly needed loop^-roacL
around that portion of the cornnunity.
Howard Wickersham stated that he
knew of at least .one pro perty.T owner in
the vicinity of ther" slough who did not
care for the idea ,of the sanitary fill#
The directors finally passed a mo
tion that further study of tha idea be
made and that property owners along the
slough be contacted for easements#
In other business the directors
tabled an itemized statement from But
ledge, Johnson and Tryck, engineers,
for $934.60 until an itemized account
of an earlier bill for $1700 could be
itemized. The $1700 bill has already
been paid#
Clyde Wythe was present to present
a letter from the Alaska Steamship com
pany stating that the for); lift for the
Homer dock would arrive on the Coastal
Monarch serviced and ready for use#
Howard TTickersham presented a letter
stating that the job of installing
three piling and a mooring post at the
dock had been completed and his con
tract of $170 was ordered paid#
A letter that had been written to the
PCD attorney, Juliana Wilson, was read#
The letter made inquiry into Territori-*
al laws governing the FUD concerning
the possibility of protecting local
business houses from outside peddlers#
It was noted that a letter had been
sent to the CAA asking permission to
use land on Beluga Lake fbr recreation
al purposes#
BE CAREFUL
There have been reporta of pedes
trians and bicycle riders being too far
out into the center of the local roads
of late. Also local drivers have com
plained that other drivers are not be
ing careful to stay on their side of
the road. All pedestrians, cyclists
and motorists,are urged to stay on the
proper side of the road.
“TRUCKS CRASH,.
The Anchor River hill was the scene
of three ti?affid mishaps Wednesday* It,
all started' when John Pate, driving the
Terminal. Oil company truck, pulled off
the road to help two tractors having
difficulty.on the hill*
After pulling off to the side of the
road, Pate found that hia front udieel
was in the deep snow.- A short while
later Harry Cruz of Seldovia came down
the hill driving a Dodge panel truck*
Vihen he saw -the oil truck he hit the
brakes and slid down the hill sidewise
hitting the truck* The Dodge was push
ed out of the way so that the road
would not be blocked and flares were
put out* Wter the Anchorage-Homer bus
came over the. hill and,the driver, sur
veying the situation, ditched the bus
to av6id hitting the oil truck.
Both the panel and the bus suffered
damages, but tbs oil truck was unhurt
aid is back on the route.
Ora Jones took his wrecker up to
pull the truelr out and bring the panel
on in to*Homer.
C OF C MEETS
Twenty-one members of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce are expected to ar
rive. in Horner at 10 a«nu Friday in a
return visit with the Hober .Chamber.
The Anchorage businessmen will be
given a tour of the qomnunity after
their arrival rod will'lunch with mem
bers of the Homer Chamber at 12:30.
At 2:30, George Jackson, president
of the Anchorage group and owner of the
Alaska Dairy,, will meet with all local
farmers interested in dairying. This
meeting will take place at the agri
cultural extension office.
1 On Monday four members of the Homer
Chamber were guests of the Anchorage
Chamber. Those attending the meeting
were Margaret Fate, Jiggs Tice, Don
Smith and Ethel Scott.
The local members told the Anchorage
business leaders of the progress of our
community, discussing some of the prob
lems facing Homer and noting many of
thB steps taken by the people here to
overcome its problems.■ ;■ *
' Don Smith spoke on recent improve
ments in*the community and of the ef
forts of'the,-'Chamber to develop the
tourist business in Homer. Also,, he
spoke of ‘the industries now progressing
in” Homer ’ including fishing, wild berry
products and Kwik-Log building.
Ethel Scott told of the plans to
build a boat basin by local fishermen
and noted the work of the C3G in the
c annum! ty*
RESCUE FLIGHT
John Klingbeil flew the Civil Air
Patrol plane to Anchorage Monday on an
emergency flight* The passenger was a
baby whose name has not been learned
but was reported suffering from TB men
ingitis and was from Port Graham. The
baby had been flown to Seldovia by Paul
Choquette of the Inlet Flying Service
and was flown to Homer by Dr. Provonsha
Choquette also flew a man from Port
Graham to Seldovia who was suffering
from blood poisoning.
N. F, Shaw & Company of Anchorage
initiated a new trucking service be
tween. Anchorage and Homer this week*
Ed Franklin, who will he in charge of
Homer terminal of the line, and Boh
Eckberg arrived in Homer Wednesday with
freight from Anchorage, Seward and
Moose Pass*
It is expected that within two weeks
the line will have a truck leaving An?
chorage Monday morning, stay over that
night in Seward and drive into Homer o^
Tuesday, The return trip will be made
to Anchorage on Wednesday,
In addition to driving for Shaw?
Franklin will be local representative
for West Coast Distributors,
TO PAVE ROAD
A 1 a aka Commissioner of Roads A.* F,
Ghiglione this week confirmed a repcr$
carried by the NEWS several weeks ago
concerning the black topping of the
Sterling highway#
In a letter to the Homer Chamber
Commerce, Ghiglione stated that if
Congress acts favorably on ARC budget
requests the following action will be
taken on the highway# 4The road will be
paved from Wildwood Station, three
miles north of Kunai.* easterly for a
distance of about 23 miles, or to a
point about 12 miles east of Soldotnaj
This would be paved this coming summer#
The next section to be paved would
be the eastward extension from the
first section to a junction with the
Seward-Anchorage highway#
After the first two sections are
completed, the program would then be
shifted to Homer and work would be con
tinued ndrth from hero, Ghiglione said#
The end of the paving at Homer, he
said, is contemplated at the GAA in
stallations and airfield# No blacktopr
ping is contemplated for the Homer Spit
or the East End Road.
The Conmissioner noted that if Cong
ress continues to appropirate funds for
the purpose the paving of the entire
highway can be completed in five years,
LAID TO REST
Funeral services for Elbert Guy
,Rickartj.j82, of.Stariski, were held in
that community Thursday afternoon*
'Rickart, Who lived alone on the Hallman
hoir©stj0jid, was believed to have passed
away o;a or about February 22*
A resident of Alaska since 1915,
RickaH- had lived in the Stariski area
since 1939*
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs*
Harvey Hawkins of Long Beach, Califor
nia, two grandchildren and great grand
children and one sister now living in
Florida.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev* Nelson Moyer of the Homer Method
ist church.
WEATH
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