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SOLDIERS HERE
Sixteen soldiers from Wildwood Sta
tion at Kenai were visitors in Homer on
Saturday and Sunday• The wen eawe down
by arm bus and were guests at the Heady
hot el % I -
It is expected that larger groups
of the military will be coming to the
community later this winter to enjoy the
skiing that this area affords and 'to
take advantage of the facilities of the
' Homer Ski Club* -
According to Captain Rentoul, spepi*-,
at service officerfor the base, the' 1
men enjoyed their stay in Homer and dr'e
eager to return for another visit,
BREAKS LEG
Edward Topkok of Homer is in.an An- /
chorage hospital this week as the result
of a fall on the ice, Topkok broke his>
left leg just above the ankle whtn he
left his home Saturday night and slipped
on the snow covered ice,
In response to a call for help sever
al soldiers from Wildwood Station who
were in town answered tjie call, Being
skilled in first aid, the soldiers roll
ed magazines to form a splint and then ■ t
they moved their patient in the house,':;
On Sunday Topkok was flown to Anchorage
in the CAP plane flown by Homer High.
The names of the soldiers who' assist
ed are not known, but their deed will
probably be remembered for some time to
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CHAMBER .MEET
Nearly 40' Home? it as turned up at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday noon
to fill the meeting place, Six new
members were listed as Paul Choquette,
Al Hoerl, Guy Waddell, Clare Miner, Ken
Heath and Ora Jones joined, Guests for*
the day were Floris Rhode and Bill Eklof,
Eklof, president of the Fishermenls
Association, answered questions con
cerning the proposed small boat basin,
He stated that approximately $4300
has been raised through -donations and
pledges ftom fishermen and merchants
with the majority of people contacted.
Jn answer to several questions, Ek
lof said that the basis would hold be
tween 30 and 35 boats and was being con
structed primarily for local fishermen
with the idea that perhaps. more money
will be forthcoming at a later date to
expand the facilities,
He stated that the basin was being
built on the Spit following the recom
mendations of the district engineers,
When the question of building a boat
harbor in the slough was brought up, it
was pointed out that such a project was
once estimated to cost abo^t $t,500,000
and that such a sum would probably not
bo forthcoming in the forseeable future,
After considerable discussion on the
project the members voted to endorse
and support the small boat basin pro
ject,
A report on the proposed Hatural
History Society was given by committee
chairman Eeo Rhode• He stated that two
meetings had been held and that a pub
lic meeting would be* held sometime in
(Cont, on Page 4, Col, 1)
•HEA NEWS '
TK&' Horner Electric Association board,
of directors. Tuesday night named th
following members of th* association to
the nominating committee for the coming
annual matting: Bill Rabick, Lawrence
'Keeler, Ban Barba*, Ran Rickly, Milo
Culman, H, 'K, Davis, Carl Baier, Al
ffoerl, Jim Scott, Tom Shelfordt^Geofge
Dahlgran and Barry Feyeri The nomin at
/ing committa* will be notified by post
card as to the data of their minting
when they will name the nominees for th*
posts of thr** directors of th* associa
tion, /t
Th* directors, jwhose terms expire ar*
Erling Broderson, *Jack Scott, who pas
appointed to'Jill the iree'epney left by
th* resignation of Burt Bachman, and
Dan Larson, Th* atitoual Meeting will be
held on February u
Herman Schultz and Cap ting were
named to represent the directors at the
meeting of the proposed generation and
ftransportation co-op in Anchorage on
December 13, Schultz will be' a director,
on the co-op board and King an alter
nate.
The directors also decided that -
henceforth any user wanting his tap Him-r ;
'in 'a special location would bear the
additional;, expense. It was noted that
near HinilchHk the HEA had staked and
cleared a path for a tap line to a resujyf
dehce. The' property owner J dsfad that* J
the J,int,~}be placed in/a special' manner
that would have meant more expense to
the association necessitating the estab
lishment of a policy on such lines.
PUD NOTES
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The directors of the ~PUD will have a
busy waning next Monday if they discuss
at any length all of the items listed
for the meeting's agenda, Discussion
on the: following items has been listed,
by the manager: street lighting pro- '/
gram, Homer airport with Herman Porter,
director; of aeronautics* referendum on '
hospital S/itef armory-civic center
plans, mooring stake charges^at dock,
small boat harbor and such other busi
ness as.may come before the meeting,
Dr, Amos Alter ofjthe department of -
Health has given verbat { assurance that
upon, receipt of a statement/signed by
the directors of the PUD that treatment
facilities will be provided, for the'Ma.s- *
pital water supply to bring / the water'
up to standard, his office* will grant
final approval to the project and so in
form the director of public works,
Graveling of the hospital access
road has been temporarily delayed due
to the breakdown of the contractor's
truck, Early resumption of the work is
anticipated.
The manager of the PUD will be call
ing on all business during the next
three weeks tp check the Alaska business
licenses for 1954 in order that the max
imum refund may be obtained from the
Territory, All persons purchasing Al
aska business licenses for 1955 are re
quested to be certain they state that
their business is located within a PUD,
For every $25 license properly reported
the PUD receives a refund of $15,
ij everytntng wenc as scneauiea \n
Seattle ytsttrday, the Alaska Steamship
company mot or ship the Coastal Monarch
left for Seward, Seldovia and Homer
five days after th* original’ sailing
'dot*,. Th* ship was h*ld in' port by a
’ strik* of radio op*rators•
Th* good news that th* ship would
sail and thus r*ach hJre before Christ
mas was received Tuesday by Myth* and
Son, jlomer ag*nt for Alaska Steamship*
A possibl* arrival dot* has not
been released as y*t•
LETTERS,ON
HOSPITAL'ISSUE
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Two letters concerning th«r hospital
isSu*/ w*r* received in the community
during the past week, Th* first is to
H*nning Johnson from Dr, C, Bari Al
brecht, commissiioner of health, and th*
second is (o th* PUD frpm B*l,lenihdl,
Hellenthal andx Cottis, Anchorage attor
neys for th*} petitioners who proposed
a work stoppag*>:on th* hospital, / /.
Th* Albrecht lett-er is as follows:
Dear Mr, Johnson: *W* advised you
by telephone vthat w* are dealing with
the: Public Utility District, th* of
ficial government body of Homer, Com
mitments and forward steps have been
taken; money has been expended by the
fP,U,D, and the Alaska Public Marks for
this pVdjeqt, Me myst go forward.
'"f have heard nothing from the P, U,D,
about aiefhdnge,
"As I said, changes and delay could ' -
will jeopardize the project,
w>. "Thf'site was selected not by us,
but b$ the p,JJ,D, That is their deci
sion*► iff they desire it changed, they
musp communicate with us,
"We still,- n*,ed several things from
the P, IKDi> before bids will be called*.
These arej '“Assurance that well-treated
water is available, access road is'in,
skwage ky&tem will be done and elec
trical 'fj/wer is avai table,
•"When we have that, bids will be call
ed, " Sincerefy yours, C• Earl Albrecht,
The second’^letter ■ from the lawyers
states: Dear Sirs: "We~ have been con
sulted by several residents of your
/utility district with reference to the
proposed location of the health center,
* ^"They ~seek an injunction if necessary
to prevent your 'expending further funds
in connection. with the project upon
;grounds phut >you have sorely abused
your pdiscretion^.in choosing a site which
will be virtually impassable to many
types of vehicles during much of the
year and upon grounds that you are
spending monies and making commitments
to sp$nd monies beyond your lawful
authority,
"In the ’ event that an injunction
should be refused, they would like to
consider dissolving the utility dis
trict,
"Apparently the whole issue could be
resolved if you would be willing to let
a public referendum be held with respect
to the proposed location of the health
center and if you would agree to abide
by the result of such referendum,
"Please let us have your comments at
your early convenience. Very Truly
yours, Ralph H, Cottis, "