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Covering the Western Keaai
February 6, 1956
Alaska Historical
Box 2051
Juneau, Alaska
Library
HOMER
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DEVELOPMENT?' O'
Word around Homer this week hHd it
that a group of Anchorage business men
headed.by Elmer Kasmuson, are planning
a development in the general .area of
the Watson subdivision, * It is under
stood that the group is1trying- to get
the Sterling highway changed frdri its
present route down through the develop
ment, along the slough and out to1the
Spit, It is &lso understood that lthe
Alaska Hoad Commission has set aside
plans to work on the ..Homer‘end of the
Sterling until it is finally* determined
just where the roa^will go.
CAP ELECTS
Jim Neely was elected commander of
the Hctoier Civil Air Patrol squadron
Saturday night at a meeting held at the
Yah Sure Club, He will pick his own
staff*'
On hand for the meeting to re-activ
ate the Homer squadron were four of
ficers from the Alaska Wing of the CAP,
They were Lt. Col, James Carter, execu
tive officer of the Wing; Lt. Col*
Harry Stiver, Wing director of cadets;
kaj* Bob Mason, Wing operations officer
and Maj**Petee Stiver, Wing coordinator
for women’s activities.
The Wing officers emphasized that
Homer would lose its CAP plane unless
the squadron is active. The Homer
squadron has been one of the largest in
the Territory with about i|0 members.
Another CAP meeting has been called
for Thursday evening at 8:30 at the
schoolhouse.
The visitors flew to Homer Saturday
afternoon and returned to Anchorage on
Sunday* .
NOYES KILLED
Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes, 53> chief
of the Alaska National Guard, died of
injuries Monday night as a result of a
plane crash near None, With General
Noyes in the plane -were Maj. Robert
Kolb, the pilot, Maj. Francis Siegwart,
and Sgt. Richard August. Kolb suffered
back injuries, Siegwart was uninjured
and august suffered from frostbite.
The plane carrying the men, Who
were on an inspection trip of the Ter
ritory, crashed into the side of a
mountain last Friday and was not found
until Monday, General Noyes was in
jured in the crash and pinned under the
plane0 He die& in the Nome hospital
after being rescued,
A native of New York state, General
Noyes graduated from Jest Point ‘in 1923.
.He retired from the service in 1953
with the iark of colonel. He was ap
po: ntc i eomrander of the Alaska Nation
al Guard by President Eisenhower* and
jtooK- office Sept-amber 1, JL253. * ”**"
Members of a winter carnival com
mitte ; will be meeting Thursday night
at t l sfr oot to consider plans for a
win to ' carnival, Jam Neely is heading
til-, program ht-?j rill contain a queen
content, and gui.esw
DINNER PLANNED
‘Plans for a testimonial dinner hon
oring Superintendent Merrill Hatcher of
the Homer school were ..discussed by PTA
•members Friday night. The informal
affair will be held at the Fritz Creek
Civic and Social Center February 17*
The plan to honor Mr., Hatcher for his
service*, to the community originated
with the directors several weeks ago.
Jim Nedly will serve as master of cere
monies and Mrs. Ennel Gjosund will be
in charge of the preparation^ of « the
food. Invitations were mailed to par-*
ents of school children last^ week but
anyone in the community is welcome to
attend the dinner, Dost of the dinner
will be $1.50.per plate.
In other business the members voted
to pay up to $50 to repair the school
swings.
Several late U-H awards were made.
They included blue ribbons for Faye,
v/urtila and Mairixs Kilcher, a red rib
bon for-Harry Gregoire, Jr, aid a first
award in gardens and a $10 check to
Bobby Seitz. »
Dave Morriss, a registered physical
therapist, showed a -film on cerebral
palsy, and told the PTA members -of the
Alaska Elks* cerebral palsy program, to
bring treatment to patieflts in outlying
areas through use of a mobile unit. He
started that Home r was one of the areas
which will be visited by the mobile
unit. 1
CAA MEETING
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Allen AD. Hulen, regional adminis
trator for the CAr and u nii>e of his de
partment hea4s vilitdd Homer Thursday
to discuss1 xocal field problems with
Homer pilots.
Of -primary concern was the removal
of snow\ on the field. Hill Snith said
that the CAA snow plows wore leaving
snow in front of the parked planes and,
,asked if the planes left on the field,
were left there at the, pilot's risk.
He also wanted to know the status of
the Homer- airport. He noted that in
the- past snow had been blown through
the planes by the mow plows.
Hulon said that the field was an in
tern edi ate field and that the Grr had
tempered their regulations to allow lo
cal operators to have fixed bases. Bob
Edlund, local station manager, explain
ed that due to the type of snow removal
equipment, snow was sometimes left in
front of planes, He said that an en
deavor is always made -to contact local
pilots during snow removal operations
to urge them to come out and move their
planes so that the parking areas could
be cleared. He. stated that the com
mercial plane area is always cleared
first so that the parked planes could
be moved to that space while the park
ing area is being cleared.
The question as to mh ether the CAA
would be hold responsible if a plane
was damaged when being moved by CAA
personnel brought the answer by the CAA
attorney that if reasonable care was
taken the Caa could not be held re
sponsible. He said that at Kenai pi
lots are asked to sign a paper giving
the CAA the right to move the planes
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The annual meeting of the Homer
Electric Association will get underway
tomorrow night at 8 p.m* at the Method*
ist church in Homer*
Of primary interest is the election
of three directors* Eight men have
been nominated for the three posts and
three are being actively supported by
the Hauer Consumers Association*
Those nominated are: .rJim Calkins,
Nelson Moyer and Howard kyhill of Homer
Wayne Bishop of Ninilchik, Per Osmor of
Clam^Gulch, Daltj Rorrison and Burton
Carver of Soldotna and Ed Wilson of
Anchor Point* CaLkins,, BisH'op and
Wilson are being supported by the com
mittee for the flection*
Ivan Bloch of North Pacific‘Consult
ants, will be the speaker for the even
ing and prizes will be awarded as usual.
HOSPITAL
The Hospital Advisoxy Board held a
regular meeting on Thursday, February 3
at the Hospital-Health Center, a dis
cussion of the status of the Fund drive
was held# Mrs* Bernadine Mutch reported
that she,had ’'met with the Hospital
Association at Ninilchik to discuss the
fund drive, and stated that much inter
est was shorn in the plan. , Mrs, Mutch
invited any member of the Beard to meet
with the Anchor Point Community Club on
Friday, February U, to present the fund
drive plan, and Jim Scbtt agreed to
attend the meeting. Arrangements were
made also for Mr. Scott to meet with
the Kenai Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day, February 7.
According to Margaret Anderson,
chairman of the committee,receipt.books
are now in the hands of board : members*
Mrs. Bernadine Mutch, Mr* Nelson Moyer,
Mr, Russ Cronin, Mr. Jim Scott, and
Mrs. Margaret Anderson* Contributions
may be made to any board member or may
tfe mailed or 1l f t .at the PUD office,
Mrs. Anderson said* The names of all
contributors to date will be published
in next week’s Pioneer* The current
fundrdrive will end on'March’l, 1956.
Samples of drapery material are on
hand, the chairman stated, and as soon
as a selection is made, material for
the hospital drapes will be ordered,
it is planned to use the hospital fund
of approximately ^>170 made available by
the Homer Chamber of Commerce toward
this purchase* Mrs. Ed Martin has
agreed to take charge of the sewing of
the draperies*
Merrill Hatcher, superintendent of
the Homer Territorial school, said last
week that he has estimated that the en
rollment in the local school will reach
332 students next year* The ostimat e,
which was made in a report to the Ter
ritory, waS? based on an enrollment of
7h in the high school and 238 in the
grade school,
Hatcher indicated that he had asked
for a total of 13 teachers for the com
ing year. Five will be placed in the
high school and ten in the grades* He
said that there would probably be two
first and two second grades next year*