FIRE BOARD MEETS
IN AFTERNOON SESSION
The newly-reactivated Fire
Board held its first meeting
last Thursday afternoon at
the Homer Cafe, and Jack
Scott, president, was unani
mously retained in that posi
tion.
Fire Chief Ora Jones told
the board members the needs
of the department as to equi
pment and trained personnel*
Several joints of suction
hose and beaters for grass
fire3 were needed,Jones said*
According to Jones, there is
a large surplus water tank in
Anchorage which has been al
located to Homer, and it
could be mounted on a truck
and used as a portable, aux
iliary water supply. Jones
also said that there are five
or si^ men trained to use the
jWp pumper, but that the de
paitinent would be more satis
factory if -there were 25
trained people*
All wells, creeks, and
other sources of water in Ho
mer are marked on a map, the
Fire Chief stated, but many
of the creeks are too shallow
to be useful* Ee suggested
damming up such creeks ifcere
they ran within twenty feet
of a road*
Kenning Johnson, local Ci
vil Defense chief, asked the
board to make a list of all
equipment needed# %ch of
the equipment, he said, could
be obtained through Civil De
fense, and asked the board to
authorize payment for oil and
gas for any trucks which will
bring equipment down from An
chorage* The board voted to
do so.
Jack Scott stated that
fire prevention was one of
the board's main jobs, and
said that he felt it could
be approached most effect
ively through women's dubs
end organizations* A publi
city and education committee
was appointed to work on fire
prevention* Mrs* Bill Raver
was appointed chairmen* Com
mittee members are Mrs* Matt
Thome) Arthur Nichols and Don
Smith*
Merrill Hatcher, school
superintendent, asked for a
lUll-scale fire drill at the
school, and Fire Chief Ora
Jones pledged his departments
cooperation*
STANDARD NAMES NEW MAN
FOR SELDOVIA PLANT
Dutch Grudolf has become
the distributor for Staniard
Oil products in Seldovia, ac
cording to word from that
city* Russ Johnson and Ed
ward Bahr have been handling
the facilities for the com
pany* The two men have been
transferred to other points
and have moved their families
from Seldovia*
bids being called
Bids are being called by
Jack English, Seldovia insur
ance adjuster, for the sal
vage of the Libby 23, the
beat that burned in that city
last week* For further in
formation interested parties
are asked to contact Jack
English, Seldovia*
COBONER’S JURY DECIDES
SELDCVIA DEATH ACCIDENTAL
A coroners jury in Seldo
via has established that the
body found in the burned hulk
of the Libby 23 early last
Tuesday morning was that of
Leonte Anton Meganaek of Port
Graham. The jury listed the
death as accidental by fire.
HARRY tailman returns
to SELDOVIA
Harry. Talliesnt; manager-of:
the'Seldovia Bay Packing Com
pany returned to Seldovia
Tuesday# Ha was flown to
Seldovia from Homer by Paul
Choquette.
With Tailman was Olaf Floe
the office manager for the
company.
On Wednesday afternoon
Chuck Hendricks and family
returned to Seldovia from
Seattle. Hendricks is mana
ger of the cold storage plant
for Seldovia Bay Packing.
LOCAL COUPLE LEAVES
FOR ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. James Smyrl
left Wednesday for Anchorage
where they will make their
home. He has transferred to
the CAA station a* Merrill
Field._
PETE PETERS •
TO WORK IN KETCHIKAN
»' .'Pete and Inez Peters left
Homer Thursday. Pete will go
to work in Ketchikan and Inez
will be taking a trip to the
States.
ANCHOR POINT
The Claris Petersons with
their two youngest children
arrived home Friday after
spending most of the winter
in Spokane. Their tv» oldest
children, Dale and Karen,
remained in Spokane where
they are attending high
school*
Two Anchor Pointers, Mrs*
Louvie Chapman and Mrs* Ber
nadine Mutch, are singing in
the Easter Cantata, "The Sev
en Last words," to bo held
Friday night at the Methodist
Church*
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cnstott
arrived home after being away
for about three weeks^ Mr*
Onstott*s father passed away
during the last week*
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES
Farmers who want certified
seed potatoes may get a list
of certified seed growers
from their nearest Extension
Service office*
The list was released re
cently by Charles E. Logsclen,
executive secretary of the
Alaska Crop Improvement Assn*
Certified seed potatoes
have met the association’s
standards rfoich include field
and bin inspections for signs
of disease, Logsden said.
Farmers who plant certi
fied seed decrease their
chance of losing part of
their crop through disease,
Logsden explained. Varieties
include Khik, Thito Bliss,
Green Mountain, Teton, Kenne
bec, 114-3, 10-2, Ontario,
47-3,6-1 *nd Arctic Seedling.
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