KENAl NOTES
by Donnis Thompson"
Miss McCorkle, local Heme
Economics- teacher, is ' in
Providence hospital with a.
ja.w infection. Mrs. bogie is
substituting, in her absence*
Sgt. 1/c and Mrs. Bryant
Stauffer are the proud par
ents of a baby ‘girl, Jane
Alice, born Monday in Anchor
age. The baby weighed over
7 lbs.
SP/3 and Mrs. Kenneth C.
Williams welcomed *a baby boy
on the 28th of December in
Anchorage. Kenneth Gene is
the newcomer and he weighed
9 lbs. 8 oz.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bag
ley * and son, Nathan, spent
Christmas in Anchorage with
their daughter and family,
Cpl. and iurs. Ronald Combs*
The Combs received • an addi
tion to their family on the
16th of December. The new
little boy was named Ronald
David.
Ben Grilley has gone to
Arizona for his health. , He
expects to remain for several
months.
Miss Rosalie Tyler return
ed from Seward where she had
been hospitalized for a few
days. She resuned her teach
ing duties Tuesday.
Mrs. Wilma Thompson was
hostess to the YtfSCS Thursday
night at her home. Rickey
Thomas was in charge of the
program. Refreshments were
served.
~~ Mrs. Hull, the wife of the
local Methodist minister, is
confined to her home because
of illness.
Paul Coleman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Monty Coleman ff
CAA severely cut his hand and
fingers vhen he rammed his
hand through the glass in a
door at his home. CAa took
him to Anchorage for treat
ment. In Anchorage, Paul ap
peared on the TV program, 11 Kq
Koj tho Clown/1 and told all
the listeners about his mis
fortune and informed them,
“And it still hurts tool”
&rs. Ralph Petersen has
been visiting in Homer.
The fire department re
sponded to a call early Wed
nesday morning to a trailer
oifmed by Sgt. Vitks of Wild
wood which was in Wilson®s
trailer court. The. -couple
and their 8-mos. old baby
escaped the trailer when
their trailer blei up but
their belongings and the in
terior of the trailer were
badly damaged.
PATE INSURANCE AGENCY
OFFERS COMPLETE PROTECTION
IN EVERY INSURANCE LINE
i
(last week*s news) '
Dick Anderson left his po
sition in the Kenai school*
and has returned- to Santa
Rosa, California.* Re will
teach forestry in WillitJ,*
California. His t position
here will be! filled by Mrs*
Luckenbill from Wildwood Sta
tion*
The Kenai school honored
Dick Anderson and Mrs. Joyce
Carver just before Christmas
with a surprise party. There
were gifts and ‘refreshments*
Doth guests of honor left to
go Outside and will not teach
the second semester here.
Word has been received
here that Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Knudsen who were driving out
over the Hart Highway, were
involved in a traffic acci- .
dent due to the icy r*ads*
Their pick-up received over *
§&00 worth- of damage* Mrs.
Knudsen had several stitches
taken in her head, however
they continued their trip.
Betty Browning returned
home last Monday after dn ex
tended visit in the States,
Mr, and Mrs. George Reed
visited, over the - holidays
with Mrs, Reed*s parents* Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Stiles,
Welcoming daughters home
over the holidays were Mr,
and Mrs.* Ralph Sober§* Mr,
and Mrs, Wayne TumSudeu a*d
Mr. arfd Mrs. George Pabri«ius#
Mrs. William-. Wells left a
couple of days before Christ
mas for Mitchell*' South Dako
ta because; of her father*s
illness. She m11 return in
a couple of weeks.
Jeriy Thompson who has
been employed in the Terminal
Garage* left Monday for the
University of Minnesota. He
drove over the highway.
FIS HSR FAMILY IN PENNSYLVANIA
A card from the Harry Fis
her family reports that they
have arrived at their .former*
home’ in Butler^ Pennsylvania}
after travelling soma 6y?00
miles through the'South, They
report that the roads were
good except for - the Hart
Highway being a little rtugju
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HOMER-KENAI
■ REALTY
Listings'on Good Aereage |
, . neede(Jt„ ,
Star Route B«c
Spenard* Alaska
KENaI HGMEMaKERS MEET
The regular meeting of the
Kenai Horn embers .was . hald
.Tuesday with 17 members pres
ent (in spite of the snow)
and Mrs* Hayes presiding*,
During the business meeting
it was announced that the
tile the Homemakers purchased
for the Civic Building is in
Seward* Miss Iris Jette was
guest speaker and she told
the members about'the program
of Public Nursing. First.Aid
films ,were shown, : Refresh
ments were served by the
hostesses^ Donnis Thompson
and Frances Torlison.
ANCHORAGE ACCOUNTANT HERE
*
Miss Isabela Mason of the
Anchorage accounting firm of
Beaver and Van Sovanter, ar
rived in Homer Thursday. The
firm has indicated that they
might- be interested in set
ting up an office in Homer.
Miss Mason also met informal
ly vdth the directors of the
POD to discuss auditing the
PUD books this year.
KENT-HUNTER RITES
Solemnized at kenai
In a simple ceremony per
formed. in the U# $* Commis
si oner’s office in Kenai on
January ;li, 1956, Judith Lyn
Kent of Jinthrop, Washington,
formerly of Kenai, and Pfc.
George Horman Hunter of Kenai
were united in marriage. The
hride wore a brown and white
dressmaker suit of pinwhale .
sharkskin v&th brown acces
saries. The attendatnts were
** Gordon Haktmit and ikrs. Henry
Kamstra,..sister of the bride*
iirs* Kanstra wore a two-piece
suit* of blue rayon wl th black
accessfries.
Guests at the wedding in
cluded Rika Doolittle,‘mother
of the gro^m, Evelyn Baktuit
and Henry Kamstra.
The popular couple were
• g»ing to Anchorage whore Mrs.
Hinter will remdin. ^fhe
groom will return to Japa*
"the ead of this week vh ere he
,is stationed in the Mariies.
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Making weekly pickups f«r .
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
See Lonnie Scroggs on
Ohlson Laney~
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L & W TRANSFER
Homer
DOCTOR NOW AT HOSPITAL
Dr. Provonsha now has his
office at the hospital health
center building, Most" of the
equipment for thd* building
has arrived, according to
Margaret Anderson, chairman
of the hospital committee,
The only maj or item missing
is the furniture for the
semi-private room.
GIRL SCOUTS TO SHOW FILM
The Homer Girl Scouts will
show the film ^Mutiny on the
Bounty” Tuesday, January 10
at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Skyway
theater. Admission will be
SO cents for children under
12, ?5 cents for students and
$1 for adults. All adults
are requested to attend the
9 clock show if possible to
make room for school diildren
at the arly show. Pop corn
and pop will be on sale.
• FORMER RESIDENT WRITES
. Mrs. Florence Jones states
that she has received a let
ter from a former Homer resi
dent now living in California.
The letter was from the for
mer Martha Morkley, now Mrs.
Bernard E. Hanson of 5709 El
Campo Way, North Highland,
California. Mrs. Hanson
writes that she wmld like to
hear from some of the older
Homer residents, especially
the Sholin, Willard and De
Sylva families. The letter
was^ the result of a record
request made by Mrs. Jones
over a' Sacramento radio sta
tion program. Mrs. Hanson
heard the. program and wrote
to Mrs. Jones.
POLICE OFFICER HERE * ‘
Lt. Botelho of the' Terri
torial Police visited Homer
last weUc from Anchorage on
routine business*
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