1THE KENAI PENINSULA PIONEER
(Formerly, The Homer News)
Alaska’s Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Friday at Homer, Alaska
|Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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PUBLIC POWER NO. 4
Sever*l weeks have passed since it first became publicly
kno«& that the Alaska Committee for Public Power had a
•mysterious* bank account of $15,000 from which more than
$9,000 had been withdrawn to pay individuals for trips to
%shlngten, to pay engineers* a curio shop and a restaurant#
To date «e have not been able , to find out just who the
Al&sfe Committee for Public Power is# . Wb understand that it
is composed of nine members of whom only three know who all
of the nine members are# Captain Roger A* Riddell was ap
parently the spokesman for the group and he failed to list
all of the members or where the $15,QQ0 came from#
v:e have learned that the members of the committee went
to /ashing ton to try to convince somebody that Eklutna
should be turned over from the Bureau of Reclamation to the
Central Alaska Povsr Association#
We know that the directors of the Chugach Electrio As
sociation have asked, for an accounting of the funds of the
CiiPA and such an accounting has been refused until the Coop
er Lake hydro study is completed. ^e know that despite
this refusal the Chugach board, voted an additional v£5,000
to be loaned to CAPA* ‘ . /" ,,v
We think that CAPA provided the 015,000 for the Alaska
Committee for public Power# If they didn't .they should have
been the* first to deny the gift#
We think it is wropg for the, C£PA not to allow the di
rectors of Chugach Electric an amount leg# CAPA is a public *
body supported by public money* , Thpy should have no secrets
%o hide. If the directors of CAPA reached-a decision that
sons of their money should be used for a specific project, ,
then they should not be aahaned , te tell the public why they
reached their decision#
We know, that endeavors hav& been made outside tf the
Chugach b£ard action to see the CAPA records and that they
have failed,
7e. think that there i& only ope recourse left to the
directors of Chugach and the people„ of the, co-operatives
that belong to CAPA*••they must go to the courts and demand
that all of the records of CAPA be made public# Further, we
recommend that a complete Investigation be called for*.*not
a mere accounting of dollars spent.',Yfe want to know who en
dorsed all of the checks written .so far by the CAPA* This
is only the privilege ,of the people and it must be respected
» W© think that the people shotild be told who the members
Of the Alaska ’Committee for Public Power are, If they are
for public power then they should represent all the public
and the people should know who their' representatives are.
The time has come for definite notion. The board of
Chugach Electric can get a court writ if it wants to. If
the entire board does not vote to seek court action then the
minority members hare a right, we believe, under corporation
laws, to ask for an investigation* If this foils then cer
tainly the people themselves can legally ask for an investi
gation# ' ’
WO rocoisnend that this action not . be delayed. We
should know NOW before more money is'dpe nt* *
THE WOMEN 7 ' r:
Our most sincere congratulations are extended at this
%%m to the Homer Women’s Club for their spirit, their^energy
and determination In their endeavor to obtain a Quonset hut
to be used by the youth and the adults of this community as
a meeting place, V # . * r,:
4a most of our readers know by this time, the Roman’s
Club have obtained, through the Civil Defense, a Quonset but
that la to be moved to Homer next week* To be more exact, if *
two Cara .can be furnished from Homer to escort a truck and.
trailer to Homer next Monday, the hut will be transported to*
this commaity at that time,- -p- • , t
The club seeds two volunteers with care to esport the
truck bare, and they are willing to pay the gas and nil for
the ears* Anyone ^wishing a trip to Anchorage can get it al*-*
most free by seeing Lois Lawrence - or Henning Johnson and of
fering their service8, —■ Li . ... . .
If we were asked to nane the organization in Homer that
really does something for the community^ that is outstanding
for its achievements, we would* without hesitation, name the
laser flams**4 Club, They have outshone the Chamber of Com
nerte, or any other organization dedicated to the good of our
ooOTBiaiCy* 'v . i ■■ 11■»■■■’■
The outstanding example of the .work of, the Women’s Club
Is ®ur library. It was the women’s Club that made this fine
Institution possible. Thanks to the: ladies, we have a lib
rary that any community of our size could be proud of,
Nbw;they are^ planning an' ^addition"• They have done
their work quietly and well, we men folk of ^ner might well
learn a lesson from them.
We salute the woman's Club, & good organization dedicat
ed to the good of HOapr, --
ANCHOR POINT
* The people of Anchor Point
were saddened this week to
learn of bfce death of two old
timers of this area* Alex
Sohedel, who left his North
Fork cabin this spring for
the States because of heart
trouble, passed away July
14 at Stoughton, Wisconsin
where he was living with rel
atives. John "Happy” JapOb
sen, who had lived near-Al
Lofgren for many years, died
in Anchorage about August 1*
He had been ill for seme time
!7ord has been received by
Mrs. Sherman Chapman that
James Matthews, son-in-law of
the Leo Easons, died of polio
in Seattle just a few hours
before the Easons arrived
there last week* The grand
son, Cary Matthews, who also
has polio, is not seriously
ill*
Pauline Murto, who hod
been working in Seldovia for
a few weeks, arrived home
this week.
3heiman Chapman is expect
ed home from Portlock on Aug.
,18. -
Mrs. Fred Bailey of the
Candlelight Inn announces
that she is now the Fuller
Brush agent for this area*
CHURCH PARSONAGE BEING HJII3V
The forms are being re*r
moved this week on the base
'ment walls'* of the Community
Christian church parsonage.
A cement floor will be poured
in the *next two weeks*, he-'
cording to Rev. ^lvin Jensen
who fa doing most of the work
* himself• The building is lo
cated at "the rear of* the
church and the Jensens expect
to live in the basement this -
Wintei.
Complete Insurance Facilities #
rat Pate Insurance ^gency lo
cated behind Bay Clothiers.
GEODE TIC~
SURVEY MAPS
We have a wide selection
of maps covering all of
Alaska and Includes con
tours and airfields* Dont
get lost—get a map.
SPORTER ARMS CO.
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CLUB TO GST CJJONSST HUT
The Homer Women’s Club ha
acquired a quonset hut fro
the Civil Defense, accordin
to Margaret Fete* The hut i
in Anchorage and the Ci> wil
transport it to Homer nex
Monday if present plans wor
out* Two cars will go to th
city to escort the truck an
trailer to Homer* The clu
is paying for the gasolin
and oil of the oars* To dat*
only one car has been assure*
for the trip end anyone wish*
ing to make the trip to An*
ohorage is urged to contact
Lois Lawrence of the Women*.
Club or Henning Johnson, loc
al Civilian Defense chief*
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
The American Legion Auxil
iary met Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs# Bob Turking
ton. Business of the evening
concerned the sale of food at
the coming Homer Eblr and the
raffle of a rug at the fair*
The ladies plan to serve hot
dogs in their concession*
BUTLER HUT UP ON FAIRGROUPS
The Butler building donat
ed for use during the coming
Fair by Maynard Stutzman was
.erected on the Fairgrounds
Sunday by a crew of local mer
Those assisting Stutzman in
cluded Matt Thome, Dana New
man, Harry Gregoire, Dan Lar
. son, Frank Campbell, Bill anc
Ray Kranich and Bill Raver.
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C Of *BINSD SLRYICES HELD
The members of the Greet
Baptist and Cbmnunity Christ
ian churches held a combiner
prayer service Wednesday at
the Community church to hehi
Dr. Harrison, missions teach
er at Wheaton College, Illin
ois, whe is touring the Ter
ritory; __
FISHERMEN'S HQ.
Always a friendly word to
go with the quick service
that every customer gets ,
at thB *Kachemak, that«
why it is the headquarters ;
for Inlet fishermen. Stop
in i&e next visit to HonOr
K ACM EM A K BAR j
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.. ' CONTSST^GONTESr-CONTEST
Name the contest and l4ln a prize
Name the mystery singer and win a prize
Name the mystery tune and win a pri£e .
Tune in Wednesday evening at 6:30 fox the song quiz
sponsored by the Homer House Of Beauty*
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Monday evening at 6:30*
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Interesting and Informative
Interviews every Friday evening
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