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DINNER
iill local residents who have not
notified nrs. hazel Jenson of the PTa
of their intention to attend the testi
monial dime r for Merrill hatcher on
Friday right are urged to do so by Jed
rmsday. Invitations were sent out for
the dinner to parents*of school child
ren last week, according to Mrs, Mar
garet Pate, PTa president, -but anyone
wishing to attend the dinner may do so
by notifying Mrs. Jenson.
The dinner, mich will be held at
the Fritz1Creek Civic and social Center
hall at 6:30 Friday night, will honor
thtr mpnrrn’tTHident of thu Homer Terri
torial school for his service to the
community. Hu is in his second, year
with the Harter school and has proven
himself to be a skilled administrator
in dealing with the wide range of prob
lems confronting him in both the school
and the community. la planning the
testimonial dinner, the directors of
, the PTA are giving an opportunity to
v the people of the community to express
appreciation for hr* Hatcher’s
f/orK in the school and in community
life.
SPECIAL,
Included with every copy of the Pio
neer this week is an eight-page section
c overirig t h, cons t i t u t i on a 1 c o nv e n ti o n
just completed at Fairbanks. Reproduc
ed for all to read is the complete text
of the new constitution of the State of
Alaska. The special section was print
ed by the Pairbanis Hews-Miner and sent
to all leading papers in the Territory
free of charge. The Pioneer is proud
to btrt*m -chosen to bring to its
readers this special section. You are
urged to read the new constitution in
its entirety rid to read the comments
and stories included in the section*
In April the people of Alaska will vote
to accept or reject this constitution
so hore is ycur opportunity to study it
in advance.
-Li is t Friday *,r, rind Mrs* lulu Kil
cher returned from F irbanks whuru Yulo
has ben/ti the delegate to the constitu
tional convention since last November.
Kileher was full of praise for the
new constitution and the man and women
who worked so hard to produce it. Che
document is, in his opinion, a fine
blend of the thoughts of the 55 dele
gates who came from every part of 4 the
Territory and were so diversified in
their thinking. He told of the long
hours of wrrk put in by all of the
delegates, the floor battles and the
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STAY OFF
Ralph Patterson, dock manager stated
yesterday that two more piling are out
from under the dock due to ice pressure
and now the dock is really in dangerous
condition* He aske th t everyone stay
off the dock until it can bo repaired,
hen have been working during the past
week preparing to pur new piling in and
unto j, id if in, ST *Y OFF THE DOCK.1
HEA MEETING
The consumers of the Homer Electric
Association Tuesday night gavJ'an over
whelming endorsement to the Central Al
aska Power Association and their plans-,,
to build a hydro electric ' project at
Cooper Lake. ^ total of 2?0 consumers
packed the Methodist church for the
annual meeting of the cooperative*
Elected as directors for the next
three years, were Howard kyhill, nelson
Moyer and Jim- Calkins, In the ballot
ing the totals were as follows: myhill
HU; ^oyer, 129, Calkins, 106, Carver,
13; korrison, 89, Osmer, 87, Bishop, 70
Haver, 44 and Coles 13*'
Luring the meeting the members heard
an explanation, of the Cooper Lake pro
ject by Ivan* Bloch of North Pacific
Consultants. Bloch said that the site
chosen by CAPa was feasible and ^ould
produce 15,OCX' killowatts at a cost of
$5,699,165* He told of the anticipated
needs of electrical energy in tnis area
for future dates. The present demand
of 30,000 KVrfs would be more than'doubl
ed in the next ,10 years, he said, and
the area will be deficient in the
amount ox 18,000 killowatts, - _ v
Bloch showed slides of" the’Cooper
Lake area and diagrams of 'the. technical
aspects of the project.
Bob Botherford, also of north Pacif
ic Consultants, gave a comprehensive
report on the transmission line that
will carry the energy from the power
,nouse to the cooperatives, ho • noted
that there would be 145 miles of line
in all. Of that amount 69 mileswill
seryd HEa and the remainder will run to
the Chugach Electric steam plant near
Anchorage, The cost of the line, wnich
is doing built to carry much heavier
loads than the Cooper Lake' project will
generate, will be ,*>2,900,000 making the
total cost of the project #8,599,185.
rtotherford was asked about the dif
ference in this total and #10,600,000
asked by the Department of Agriculture
for the project. He answered that the
latter figure was based on earlier cs~
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THE HOSPITAL
FUND DRIVE
mfu are grateful to the fallowing
people for having taken the load in
contributing to the Honor hospital
if;'i 1th Center Fund. This drive will
end on inarch 1, 1956, therefore, we
urge you to mail in your contributions
as soon as possible. The total con
tributions to date are ^>655* 00,
Jane s M0 Scott, Fred W* Anderson,
hud and Jure; dninski, .Carl Nielson,
Homer 8. Thompson, Joe mofawit a, Clar
ence a. Nelson, Peter Nielsen, Virgo
underson, Dana Newman, noward Myhill,
Annie Lavm^y, Edwin d, Martin, Iris a.
Jette, J ck Scott, Faye m* Thorn, bur
ton H, and rulien L. dachrnan, Elizabeth
iviolitoris, Ann im, Sholin, Merrill
riatcner,
fherc also has been one: anonymous:
contributor, will look for YOUP
name on next week*s list,
HOSPITAL ADVISORY SQApD
Margarct>.6,* Ajpie rson, chairrnan
... Plans for the coming winter carnival
woru set Thursday* morning at a meeting
of the officers of tlfc Winter Carnival
Association, the Ski Club and the, cham
ber of Commerce, according to Jim Neely
president of the carnival as so ication.
The- carnival, which will be held
Larch 2, 3 and k will feature a variety
of forms of entertainment ifor young aRd
ol<i,% Nedy said. everything from a
queen contest to car races on ice, a
parade, skating, skiing and a softball
game on snow shoes mil be enjoyed by
name|*ites during the three^day affair.
Eight girls have been entered in the,
queen contest, they are; Caroline
Johnson, sponsored by the Chamber and
tne Ski Club; Linda jib 1th, Lon Smith)
Sharon Elliott, Yah Sure Club; myrtle
Sibson, Inlet Service; Joann Dillard,
homer Club; Lois Sholin, Pioneer Hard
ware;' Barbara vilm, Dari-Delite, and Pat ■
L on Ids on, Term!na 1 011 Sa le s.
mrdng the'4contest the girls will be
judged on a point system for talent,
beauty, accomplishments and the number
of tickets to the carnival sold. m?s#
Ethel*. Evans is chairman of the contest.
On Saturday night, march 3, a coro
na tioti ball will be held at tie Fritz
Creek Civic t Social Center hall. Cord,
music has been promised for the ball,
and an attempt will be made to get Bud
Hldai, anchorage TV personality, to put
on a floor show.
a whiskerino contest will,-also reach
a climax at’the ?toall* * when judges get
out their rulers to measure the longest
shortest, etc. beard present,
Leo Hollins will be' in\cLarge of the
auto racing and he .reports that eight
cars have ’already deen • Iirk.i up to
circle the ice track on Beluga Lake,
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KENAI CHAMBER
Thu Kenai Chamber of Com.m. roe held a
dinner Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the
Village Inn to honor six students of
the Kenai high school wno had entered
the Chamber's contest for the heat es
say on Kenai to be used in thu Alaska
Visitor's association's folder of the
village. The meeting was conducted by
John’ Swanson, president, with 17 adults
and five guests of honor present. The
guests were Kim driffin, Marsha drain,
Lr-.nde Petersen, Jeanne Newman and Sig
rid Juliussen.
Thu president made the presentation
of the prizes as follows: 1st prize,
*15 to Kim driffin; 2nd prize, *10 to
Marsha drain; and a third prize of $5
was made to Twyla Edwards who could not
attend the banquet.
Plans were discussed for the de
velopment of a recreational area which
thu Chamber has sponsored. It was n
quested that a committee of high school
students be formed who would meet with
thu Chamber committee to present ideas
and suggestions for thu area that would
appeal to teen-agers. Kim Griffin was
asked to be chairman of the committee
find was advised to select the other
members hersulf from the school.
Other guests at the dinner included
Rev. and tors, null and tor* a. Euficia*
Frank ’ Hawley was wished a tiappy
birthday by thu group.
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