Vol. 5, No. 49
Your Dependable Comnunity Newspaper
my 19, 1955
CHAMBER NOTES
Harold Pomeroy, Territorial director
of Civil Defense, told the members of
the Homer Chamber of Commerce Monday
that Homer would be the site for a jet
air strip. He said that he did not
know whether the strip would be manned
on a ’’caretaker” basis or on a rotating
squadron basis, not did he indicate
whether the local airport would be
used or a new strip built to accomodate
the jets, ,,
Pomeroy told his audience of his
work as acquisition officer for surplus
property from the military in the Ter
ritory. He said that Homer would be
receiving several quonset huts to be ,,
used by the Civil Defense for storage
and by the Civil Air Patrol as a head
quarters building,' and as a headquart
ers for the Territorial Patrolman, A
truck and trailer will be provided to
transport the huts to Homer, hp stated.
Approximately 28 hospital beds from
Bethel will he seat to Homer for emer
gency use by tbe Civil Defense, he
Stated,
The Civil Defense Director praised
the people of the Homer area for their
steps toward progress which he describ
ed as slow and steady. It is what we
do for ourselves, month by month, year
by year, that builds a solid area*
He noted that every village in Alas
ka wants something from the Territory*v
However, he said, there is nothing to’
support most of the outlying communit
ies so there must be more concentration
into areas such as the Kenai Peninsula.
said that a small boat harbor
would be built in Homer and it would be
built where those who knew the problems
estimated it should be built, and he
added that he would rathe r see a
$200,000 harbor built and in operation
„ than a $400,000 harbor on paper.
* Gene King, local commissioner, told
the Chamber meinbers that Sgt, Edward
Martin of the Territorial Patrol would
be stationed in Homer, Martin, he said,
$ is now in Glennallen and had accepted a
v demotion to tale the Homer pest which
he applied for four years ago, /
Don Smith stated that he had talked
to Gov, Heintzleman by phone and the
Governor assured him that an appoint
. ment would be made to the Territorial
Loan Board# The lack of a man on the
board from the Kenai Peninsula is said
to be holding up the calf airlift pro
* gran planned by local farmers.
The program for the coming year was
read to the mentership by the president
as was the proposed budget of $1500#
The proposed amendments to the by
laws concerning dues will be discussed
and voted on next Monday and a vote
will be taken on the budget#
On June 6 the annual meeting of the
Chamber will be held. At tfcat time
an announcement of the candidates for
the board of, directors will be made and
the election will be held July 6,
WEATHER
' *; *' High , Low
May 12 45 41
May 13 50 42
May 14 46 38
May 15 47 37
May 16 50 42
May 17 47 36
May 18 50 35
Three engineering firms, Boy Johnson
and** Associates ' Seattle, Earza
Consultants of* Chicago and North .Pacif
ic Consultants of Portland and Anchor
age, were chosen to submit their final
proposals on a study of the Cooper,Lake
power project Tuesday. The three firms
were among five who submitted prelimin
ary proposals ‘to the directors of the
Central Alaska Power Association during
their meetin:; here in the Methodist
church Tuesday afternoon.
according *to Art Schroeder, vice
president of the Association, it will
take approximately two weeks before tho
proposals' are received and the direc
tors, meet to choose one of the firms.
Present for the meeting in addition
to Schroeder, who lives at Moose P.ss,
were Mrs.- Justine Farks,' secretary -
treasurer of CAPA, and Ed Jarvi ? Anch
orage end ■ Cap King,* Homer, directors;
Marlin Stewart, CSA manager; Ben Wal
lace y REA re present at iye from Anchorage
and George ^ellen,< REA hydro engineer
from Washington, D. C.; Alex Bolam,
member of the Kenai Lake Co-op board of
directors; ’’Hoy Johnson, Seattle engin
eer, and Ivan Bloclj, Bob Retherford,
Norman Haner and Stan Sporseen, of the
North Pacific Consultants. :
The visitors arrived in Homer Tues
day morning and left Wednesday morning.
BUDGET TABBED
The board of directors of the PUD
approved a $33,000 budget for the cur
rant year at the special meoting Monday
night* President Johnson stated that
he did not concur with the budget in
its entirety and specifically with the
amount to be paid to the Aisaka Depart
ramt of Health on the hospital-health
center*, In the budgot the directors
set aside $10,000 of this :yea‘r*s funds
to complete the payment to'the Terri
tory* Johnson felt that only *5,'000
should be paid to the Territory this
year and the same amount next year* Ho
stressed that approximately $4,000 re
mains to be spent on the sewer and wat
er facilities for the hospital and that
the PUD cannot afford to pay out tho
total sum this year*
The largest sum in the budget is for
tte hospital in the amount of $19,000*
The remaining $14,000 is split between
dock operation and administration, PUD
office operation and administration,
street lights and miscellaneous expen
ses*
The directors estimated that ap
proximately $16,000 would be received
in taxes this year, about $3,000 in
come from business licenses and the re
mainder will come from the dock and
miscellaneous sources*
No money was budgeted for special
elections by the directors and Homer
Thompson was appointed assessor and
tax collector*
Morris Killen requested that an
election be hdd for consideration of
granting him-a franchise for a water
system in Homer* The matter was tabled
until a later meeting*
The mooting was adjourned at 2:15
a*m*
Homer’s second ?nnur.l Clonn-Up -D y
Will begin with n b.riof religious ser
vice at 9:30 Sunday morning, according
to co-chairmen Helen Bachman and -*lza
King* following the service, Homey
' citizens will spread out over the town
to gather and remove, all the trash they
can, and to .beautify the community as
much as possible* The public c.lean-up
day will be highlighted by a community
pot—luck:dinner and supper, and by com
petition between zones in trash collec
tion^ :
•fhe tbwn will be divided ipto ten
zone's, with two captains directing work
in each zone* A fleet of trucks, sup
ervised by Lonnie Sproggs, will carry
the trabh to the dump on the Spit, whs re
a chVPkey will,estimate the amount of
trash dumped by eadh zone* A grand
prize will be. shared by the winning
zone tedm. 75 loads of trash, weighing
approximately 65 tons,' were hauled from
the community last year, and. competir
tion will be keen between the zones,
both to better last year’s /.record and
to win this year’s grand prize. Amap
shotring the 10 zones will be found, on
Page 5.
The pot-luck dinner and supper mix
be-under the general direction of ffltd
dug iaddell# The dinner will be served
at noon at the school and coffee and
donuts will be available all day# Gaxda
have been sent to housewives asking
them to bring specific items of feed
to the pot-luck, so that, a well-balan
ced menl will be obtained# However,
all food donations will be welcome
- whether they are the specified items or
not, and anyone who has not received a
card but wishes to bring * food to the
pot-luck is urged to do so#
A nursery will be provided for the .
younger children, where they will play
under supervision, have naps when they
* need them, and have a Sunday sohool
class#
The Homer Volunteer Fire Department
plans to burn the areas around the
school, fireball and library, and will
be available to‘stand by while private
property owners bum their own grass#
.>.11 persons planning to bum on Sunday
are re<juested to contact Fire Chief Ora
Jones before Clean-Up Day so he can
arrange a schedule# The Fire Chief
also urged all home owners to clean out
attics and closets, and remove fire
hazards such as. oily rags and paper.
He suggested that now is a good time to
take stoves down and clean them, and to
fix leaking oil drums#
Saturday has been set aside as pri
• vat© clean-up day, and all rubbish end
trash will be hauled away free of
charge on Sunday if 'homeowners will put
it et the edge of the road#-.
The entire community -In- urged to
turn out for Clean-Up Day according to
the chairmen, and newcomers are espec
ially invited, they said#. Everyone is
urged to bring tools, such as hoes end
rakes#
The zohes and their captains are as
follows: Zone 1, approximately one
mile west of town up to and including
the Husky Repair Shop, Orville Faddell
and Bob Turkington; Zone 2, from the
Husky Repair Shop to the Inlet Trading
Post including Ohlson Lane, Jack Scott
and Gene King; Zone 3, from the Inlet
(Cont# on Page 6, Col# l)