PAUL MARTEENY WRITES
Thd Homer News last week
received thd following letter
from Paul Marteeny,
Macombt Illinois
Nov♦ 14, tg*>4
lMar erxends:
He are now in Illinois,
»Yesterday evening at around
f ive we bulled, into Macomb
where my brother John lives,
It is wonderful after ten
years to meet him and his
Wife Ruth, Today our boy Jo
seph came over for the day
from Champaign Where he is
going to school.
Tomorrow we will visit him
and then on to Detroit, Mick,
to visit Teresia’s sister and
a brother. Then on to Boyd,
Illinoisf where I have two
brothers and a sister and then
on to Alabama to visit Tere
sia's Mother,
He traveled the 4514 miles
in twelve days (and nights).
The jeep did fine, We ran
into some slick roads and went
off the road once and about
off another time but from Mat
son lake on we .had dry and
good roads. It was a tire
some trip but we enjoyed it*
Mow we look forward to meeting
all our near relatives and
many friends,
A warning - All of you
coming this way please bring
four chains along - enough
for each wheel. Many cars
and trucks were off the road
and one woman got hurt bad.
The best of wishes to our
many friends in Homer and we
hope to be back around Mew
Years,
Paul Marteeny and Family
!
RED-CAP JAR FILLED
Chi ef Stringer of the Kach
emak Bar has turned t n the
first full red-cap jar to the
P—TA« The jar contained $23
which will go to the school
athletic fund for equipment,
The red-cap jars are at the
telephones of tq business es
tablishments around, Homer, so
- that persons who borrow the
Phone to make calls can Put
in a donation if they wish.
The jars had only been out a
week when Stringer notified
the P-TA that the jar at the
Kachemak Bar was filled,
Merrill Hatcher, school
superintendent, said that he
was well pleased with this
unexpectedly fine beginning
for the red-cap fund, and
stated that the money would
buy amore than a few volley
balls, ”
HEADYS HEAD SOUTH
Esther and Al Heady left
Homer Tuesday, the 16th, for
the states, They plan to be
gone the entire winter.
They planned to visit Es
ther's sister at Spokane, and
then go on to Caspar, Wyoming
to visit Al's relatives«
BAGGETTS VISIT HERE
Hr, and Mrs, George Dag
gett were in Homer recently
where they visited the Homer
Lathams and the ..Harry Heg
dahls« The Daggetts are for
mer residents here, and Mrs,
Daggett was the original Story
Lady over the Homer Carrier
current Station.
APPOINTMENT OPEN
Alaska will be allowed on*
appointment for the first
class entering the Air Force
Academy in 1955, according to
Delegate Bartlett who is auth
orised to nominate to candi
dates to compete among them
selves for the one vacancy*
Delegate Bartlett, who
stated he would welcome appli
cations, pointed out that a
candidate must be at least 17
and must not have reached his
22nd birthday by July x of
1955, Candidates must be ci
tizens of the United States,
no shorter than five feet four
inches and no taller. than six
feet four inches•
Alaska's appoxntee will be
selected by the Air Force from
among the to candidates as
the result of mental and phy
sical examinations,
"Any Alaska boy interested
should send me a letter of
application to tosg House Of
fice Building, Hashing ton, D•
C*, " Delegate Bartlett said,
*giving me his full name and
date of birth• * Further de
tails are available in Dele
gate Bart lett 's offi ce♦
Three hundred cadets are
to be admitted in the first
class, the appointees appor
tioned among the states and
territories according to pop
ulation. The Air Force Aca
demy was authorized by the
83rd Congress and until such
time as the permanent academy
is constructed at Colorado
Springs, Colorado, the cadets
will attend school at Lowry
Air Force Base, Denver,
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FjfR RENDEZVOUS DATES
The dates of the 1955 An
choraga Fur Rende zvous will
be February 1:3th through 22nd,
Manager William E, Bittner
announced Monday,
One of the highlights wil?
be a public fur auction whic/.
will begin Friday, February
%8th. Trappers from alIfbver
the Territory are invited tc
send their furs to the Rendez
vous for the auction. Invi
tations have been sent tc
buyers all over the United
States•
The too mile dog team race
will begin on February tgth.
They will ryvh 25 miles a day
with the last lap on the 22nd,
mm IANS HERE
Mr, and Mrs♦ John Boyette
of Seldovia were Homer visi
tors Monday, and £««/£ Tuesday
for a business trip to Seward,
MEETING PLANNED
The Homer Soil Conserva
tion Sub-district will hold a
meeting December 2, Two films
entitled "Know Your Land" and
"Food and Land"will be shown,
according to Dick Leamerd,
agent.
RHODE GETS POST
Leo Rhode, a director for
tfre Homer Electric Associa
tion, has been appointed to
the Legislative and public
Powert Policy committee of the
Northwest Public Power As
sociation, His appointment
runi to September t, 1955*
AND KEE'F ALASKAN DOLLARS IN ALASKA
FOR THREE GOOD REASONS:
/. SEE THE MERCHANDISE BEFORE Y OU BUY
2.^FT BETTER QUALITY MERCHANDISE
' iCET IT WHEN Y~fj WAN) IT
THIS WEEK'S GUEST MERCHANT
' ' THE HOBBY SHOP
INLET FLYING SERVICE THE SPORT SHOP
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HOEBlkS FOR ALL ACES EVERYTHING FOR FISHING
HOMER TOY HEADQUARTERS
charter flying service