vol. 6, No. 4
Your Dependable Community Newspaper
July 7, 1955 ;
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Alaste Historical
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Box 2051
Juneau, Alaska
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HOLIDAY FUN
A large crowd waa on hand Saturday
evening to open the new Fritz Creek
Civic and Social Center building and to
enjoy an evening of dancing. The pro
gram .initiated the three-day holiday
for the Homer area as it was followed
by an open house on Sunday and a flag
raising program and picnic on Monday,
the Fourth of July.
Those attending the dance reported
that it was one of the most enjoyable
affairs in these parts in years. The
music was furnished by the Fritz Creek
Serenadors, a group of East End music
ians, and featured the saw playing of
George Miller*
Carl Baier, president of the Fritz
Creek group*., welcomed'the crowd with a
brief speech shieh has been re-printed
on page two of this paper. In the
short talk he challenged any Other
group as small in number as the Fritz
Creek area to produce a building equal
to the one erected there by the ambit
ious'residents. ^ <
in Seldovia on the .Fourth a good
crowd saw a parade of handsomely decor
ated floats on the boardwalk, watched a
parachute jump by Bud Hirsohback and
enjoyed boat races,* a bicycle race and
games for the kids* ,
Hirschback jumped, from Paul Cho
quette’s Tripacer t plane at'3000 feet
and landed next to the, town cemetery.
He is an experienced jumper and thril
led the audience.
Around Homer proper there was little
activity. The tourist trade was less
than the community enjoyed over the
Memorial Day holiday.
LODGE CHARGES
According to the July 6 Anchorage
Pally Times, two former Fish and Wild
life Service agents, pan France and
James N* Hartley, ^4io wdre stationed at
Kknai, have charged that the FWS is
condoning and "hushing up" game law
violations by their own enforcement
agents.
According to the Times story the al
leged irregularities involved the ship
ment of confiscated moose to a cannery
official in the States, illegal hunting
and the use of government aircraft in
illegal hunting operations*
Hartley and France said they prefer
red charges against one enforcement
agent &nd that Clarence Rhode, regional
director in Alaska, uphold the man in
the face of the evidenoe* They said
the men were transferred to another
area temporarily* More recently one
has left the Alaska service and has be
come an enforcement agent with a state
game conservation department#
France said that, many letters and
petitions against the proeoduro have
been written and signed by Konai resi*
dents but no action has resulted* He
said he, himself, sought a hearing with
James i* Farley, head of the F3S at
Washington, D# C# No disposition of
his request has been made, he said*
Fotitions concerning the charges'
made by France were also circulated
here in the Homer area and sent to Far
ley. - v
NO HIRING; YET
There ulll bo no extensive hiring, of
men by th.c Borg firm On the Faison lit#
project for a while, according to W. L.'
Layno, superintendent* .There aic about
30 men now working on-the project, ho
said*
It had boon rumored that the project',
mi git give winter employment'to several
mon in the ccsmflunity, howovor the su- •'
perintendent stated that thord rtuld bo
no work at the aito this winter* * .
COURT OPENS ; ■
Tho Jetro Trailer Court opened for
business last rook, according to tho
.owners, Mr# and Mrs. Albert Waddell*
The court is completely ready for
trailers with water, sewer and electri
city hookups. Laundry and washroom
facilities rill be completed in the:
near future. ftLxt on the list rill bo
a playground for the childron and next
summer Waddell plans to prepare garden
space for his renters.
Tho faddollsg who live in Anchorage
at the presont time, hope to move to
Homer as soon as their property in thb
city can bo sold. They aro not relatod
to the local Waddell families, however
Guy wuddoll of the SOa Fair Motel is
operating the nor trailer court while '
tho Al* Waddells aro making weekend
tripe to Homer.
NOTICE POSTED
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A public notice requesting all real
property owners to furnish the PUD ith
complete le^al 'description of their
land* all net? building construction if
any during the period January 2,1953 to
January 1, 1954, improvempnts to exist
ing buildings for the same period end
ovraers of subdivisions or additions to
subdivisions to furnish plats of such
subdivisions or additions, has been
posted around the community. All such
info Idation is to be furnished the tax
assessor prior to the posting of the,
1954 tax statements on July 20.
SURVEY PARTY.
A geological survey party of eigjat
men is busy this 7700k chocking Bradley
Lake as a possible hydro-electric site.
The government men, headed by Gordon
Giles, expect to spend 3 or 4 nooks
at the lake to make a complete'! study*
According to reports, Bradley Lake
represents one of the finest1 natural
sites for hydro-electric development in
the Territory.
WEATHER
June 30 ■> 54
.July 1 61
July 2 5?
July 3 1 60
July 4 > 54
July 5 ' 54
July 6 52
High
Lon
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48
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35
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•a Don, Smith,. local Insurance and real
estate man* was elected Monday to .-lead
the Homer -Ghamber of Commerce for the
next yo-*r. Smith, who replaces Rev*
. Nelson Moyer, ras one of seven direct
ors elected to guide the Chamber activ
ities, According to Chamber rules the
directors choose from tholr own number
• the officers for the new year. Other
officers and directors elected were
• Tig’gs Tice, 1st vice president; Mary
High, second yico president; Margaret
rate, secretary; L. C, Wythe, treasur**
er and Russ Cronin and Nelson Moyer,
directors*
Following the election YUle Kilcher
suggested that an accumulative voting
procedure would perhaps be a more fair
way to- vote for the directors* After
considerable discussion Kilcher with
drew his motion and thG matter was
dropped.
It was announced that Bill V/allaee,
publisher of The Milepost, would be the
guest speaker at next Monday’s meeting*
A committee composed of Elsie King,
Russ Cronin and Harold Billups was ap
pointed to audit the organization’s
books* * '
OIL,SHIP IN
Homer ws^.s visited early this Veek by
t£e crew of the vessel ’’Pacific Rescue”
' and the tug ”Kanak"* The * two ships
are in the lease of the Vestem Geo
physical company of los Angelos, cur
rently carrying out geophysical explor
atory work for the Shell and Richfield
Oil companies*
Fresh from a months work in the Wide
Bay aroh, the 30-man crew thoroughly
enj'oyed^ their visit to the mainland*
Homer looked-mighty good to them, they
said, after 30'days on the windy Alaska
Peninsular. -* •
The ships will be working along the
Peninsula for several weeks making
soismographic tests*
The Pacific Rescue is a 104-foot
converted army air-sea rescue ship* The
'tug Kanak also had a barge in tow*
; NO FISHING
As of early Friday morting Inlet
fishermen and the eemnery operators had
not reached an agreement on fish prioes
for tho season. Another meeting betwe
en the two groups was scheduled in Sel
dovia in an1 endeavor to settle the is
sue of the prices. As a result of the
dispute fishermen have riot started the
rod salmon season yet. »
Bill Eklof is representing the local
fishermen in the talks with the opera
tors.
HEA NEWS
Jiggs Tice, HEA manager, stated this
week that there soems to bo, an impres
sion in the community that Chris 3erg#
Incorporated, ifl financing the power
lino to Ohlson Mountain. This is not
correct, he said* as Berg is paying a
deposit for electric service, estimated
on consumption. The same practice is
used with all members o£ the .Co-op
where linos have to bo extended over a
quarter mile to serve ono consumer*