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HOMER * ALASKA*
Vol, 5, Afo 2i
7our Community fleuspaper
October 28, ig54
10 Cents Per Copy
X-RAY UNIT DUE
There will tre a• mobile x-ray unit ir.
Homer next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, according to Eauc.ru "yhill, presi
dent of the Homer Health Council.
The Health Council „s sponsoring the
bringing of the unit to Homer and has
asked that every man, women an? child
in the Homer area take advantage of
the opportunity to get a c/iesl x-ray, ;
Homer school children will be x-ray--,
ed on Tuesday from g to 3, Adults are
expected to get their x-rays on Wednes
day and Thursday from. 2-6 and 7-9 p. m
The x-ray unit will be at the fir'ehalt
Myhill pointed out the value 'of a
chest x-ray stating that it is a part- of
4 territory-wide battle against three
diseases, tuberculosis, cancer and hear*
disease as the x-ray will be a check on
ail three, •
The mobile unit will be under the
direction of Dr, Johan Wenberg with Mrs,
Wenb'erg as clerk, Hay Kennedy as tech
nician and A. J Zeberl as community
helter.
Local committee chairmen in charge of
the preparations are as follows: Facil
ities, Warren Ensler; Services, Mrs, Mil
ton Aim; Education, Dan Larsen and^Pub
licity, Orville Waddell,
PUD NOTES •
Ben Stewart, district supervisor for
the Alaska head Commission, visited Ho
mer over the weekend and conferred
vo'tUx representatives of the fishermen's
association, CSG, PUD and the local ARC
foreman concerning the small boat basin*
He stated that the,ARC equipment will
be available this winter for the con
struction of a basin« The rate to be
changed is $40 per hour for the large
dragline and a D-ff Cat with operators*
He estimated that it would take 30 days
to complete the project making a total
cost of $q6oo« Application has been
made to the territorial highway engin
eer for $6000 for the project* The
balance of $3600 would be raised locally
and it is reported that 00 has been
pledged or paid so far by local fish
ermen*
Only one piece of property remains
unclaimed, according to PUD records,
The property is lot 3 Tract A Slavin
Sub*, Section 15, T6S, R13W* Anyone
having any information about this piece
of property? is urged to get in touch
with the P'UD manager,
The delinquent tax sale has brought
out the point that it is very necessary
for all property owners to notify_the
PUD office in writing any time their
property is sold in order that proper
billing of the tax statements may be
accomplished*
It was decided to ask for bids to
' put siding on the fireball, The shingles
are on hand and only the labor would be
up for bid,
CHAMBER MEET
Members of the Homer .Chamber of Com
merce were fold Monday that- Dr, Theodore
Bank and his wife will be visiting the
city this coming Sunday or Uont£ay♦ Dr,
Bank is. director of the Aleutian De
search Institute and he i s investigat in
the possibility of making Homer th
field headquarters for the Institute
which, does exploratory york in the Ter
ritory each summer* A committee, head
ed by Howard Myhill desisted by Ethel
Scott and liilliam Matthews, will meet
wit h Dr« Bank during his visit here,
A motion was passed to ask that the
assistance of the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce be sought in getting.a small ..boat
harbor and an extension on the land
ing strip at the airport.
Gene Lawrence was appointed chair
man of a committee to inquire into the
Possibilities of establishing a Com
munity Cnest in Homer, Re will be as
sisted by Jim Reynolds and Rex Elliott,
It was also suggested tnat the
Chamber contact the appropriate .military
authorities in regard to rumored 'in
stallation on Ohlson Mountain.. . Howard
Myhill reported that a well is being
drilled on the mountain and it.was re
ported that the contracts have been let
for construction of a military installa
tion on the mountain♦ - , *
Russell Cronin of Anchorage was a
guest at the meeting,
1954 BUDGET
The long awaited 1954 budget for the
Kenai Public Utility District No* t was
released this week* The six-page docu
ment reveals that the directors expected
to sp.end . $24, 928* 55 during the current
year«
Income for the PUD was listed as es
timated revenue from taxes, $12, 000 and
from business license refunds $2000*
The cash on hand as of December 31, 1953
was $7,933*13 o,nd the accounts receiv
able $-2,995*42,
The expenses were broken down into
four catagories, public services, gener
al administration, capital investments
and contingencies*
It was estimated that $1688*0t
would be spent for such public services
as street lights, election costs, tele
phone, office lights and fuel oil*
General administration was to have
cost $6, 700*59 and covered such things
as office; salaries, assessing and col
lecting salaries, office supplies, le±*•
al and auditing, insurance, bonds, mis
cellaneous*
The capital investments totaled
$3,285*81 and included the fire jumper
and' trailer, waste disposal site, fire
ball and equipment and. two lots in the
Chamberlain and Watson subdivisions«
The hospital was also listed as a
capital investment with expenses total
The board of directors of the PUD
rejected all of the bids for the con
struction of the hospital access road
and discussed the possibility of revis
ing the road slightly, Three bids had
been received with Howard Wicker sham as
the low bidder at $56%* 65* Other bid
ders were Morris Killen, $1,244,6* and
L loyd Maxwe ll, $2, 557. .50
The rejection of the bids caused
considerable comment around the commun
ity add Henning Johnson, who surveyed
the road for the 'PUD, has issued a
statement that he will not be responsib
le for any location of the road that
ides not conform strictly to his plans
and stakes, Morris Killen has also
sboken out publicly against the propos
ed action by the board to cnange the
road. He indicates that the board is
throwing away $350 that was paid to
Johnson to lay out the- road in the first
placeActually Johnson has surveyed
the road twice at a cost of over Shoo
to the PUD,
A special meeting of the board has
been called for Friday night to discuss
the matter and all of the bidders and
the surveyor have been invited to attend.
The board also decided to approach
th*, Alaska Public Works in an endeavor
to get an extension built on the Homer
dock. The PUD has offered, to pledge at
least $2, 000 per year for a 20-year
period to the Aplf and ask that the ter
ritory match the total amount of $40, 0.00
making a grand total of $80,000 to build
the dock extension. The directors have
suggested that the dock be extended 50
feet and another approach be added to
make the dock horseshow in shape.
The board also took action to pur
chase a new Hyst-.er forklift for the
dock, Delivery will be scheduled for
next March if proper purchase terms can
be arranged.
BOAT WRECKED
The high winds which swept the Bay
area last Friday night destroyed the
Inlet Queen, a fishing boat belonging,
to Joe Pane hot of Halibut Cove as well
as doing some damage to homes and other
buildings in and around Homer,
A small plane at the airport was
pushed over on its nose but suffered
only a slight amount of damage, The
roof of the Homer Barber and Beauty
Shop suffered considerable damage let
ting water in on the newly finished
floor« Gusts of wind up to 50 miles per
hour were reported with a steady wind
of 31 miles per hour sweeping the area.
s
ing £10,905*92. These included tele
phone, lights, water., sewage, parking
area and access road, architect and en
gineer fees.
Contingencies totaled $2, 348. 22*
It is expected that with the publi
cation of the first monthly review of
the spending the public will learn how
the PUD is faring .in the ever present
battle of trying to keep within a
budget«