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, No. 9
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Juneau, Uaakn
Your Dependable Community Newspaper
August 11, 1955
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KENAI CHAMBER •
Dave Davenport of Soldatna was the
guest speaker at the Kenai Chamber of.J
Commerce Tuesday evening, August 2* He
presented the possibility of foiming a
sled dog racing association and spon
soring races between Soldatna and Kenai *
if enough funds could be raised for the
project*
The business portion of the dinner
meeting consisted of. reports of the
various committees on the , progress of
the Kenai Days program which is sched
uled for September 4 and 5, a discus
sion of the possibility of incorporat
ing the village of Kenai and the pos
sibility of having the money for the
land sales revert back to the town for
use in civic improvements*
Officers of the Kenai Chamber are:
John Swanson, president; Keith Copeland
vice president; Virginia Wilson, secre
tary, and Charles Aroher, treasurer*
WOMAN BURNED
Nina Clark, 59, of Mt* View suffered
bums on her arms, face an,d chest '
Thursday morning when she threw Blaze
in the stove* A sudden * explosion ig
nited her clothing, forcing her to iun
outside sind roll in the -tall grass*
Her bums were not pronounced serious
by Dr* Provonsha who treated her before
she was placed on the FNA plane bound
for Anchorage*
It is understood that the victim had
been vacationing around Homer and Sel
dovia and had taken the Joe Brown cabin
near Miller’s Landing* She was alone
in the cabin at the time of the accin
dent. The cabin was not set afire*
PUD MEETING
The board of directors of the PUD
met Monday night for a business session
and to sit as a board of equalization*
Harry Gregoire, who has the con
tract for the dock hoist, asked for
partial payment in the amount of $800
based on the amount of work completed
to date. He said that the Star hoist
is expected to arrive by air Thursday
from Seattlo. The board voted to make
the partial payment.
Carl Baier said that the wiring on
the dock was in terrible shape and sug
gested that before the hoist is instal
led the dock be rewired. He said that
he would draw up plans for the rewiring
and the board agreed that the job
should be dene by force account.
A letter from Dr. Albrecht of the
territorial department of health stated
that the PUD share of the coat of the
hospital-health center would be $15,000
and a second letter asked that the PUD
furnish the department with a promisory
note for $10,000 due to be paid by
July 1, 1956. The PUD has already made
one payment of $5,000 on the center.
The board voted to ask the Territoiy
for a 25-year lease on the local dock.
The recent legislature passed a law ex
tending the leasing period from four to
twenty-five years.
Margaret Anderson asked that the
board state its opinion concerning the
placing of the order for equipment and
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CANCER BENEFIT
Hank Gaines will handle the gavel
and everyone is invited to attend the
big box social planned by the Ninilchik
Homemaker’s Club August 27 at 6:30 p.m.
The receipts gained from the auction
will go ter the American Cancer Society,
according to Mrs. liras r J. Bants,
chairman of the event.
There will be fun for everyone in
the' NiniTchik school building, • Mrs.
: Santa* says, including the children.
: The Calvary’Baptist church has loaned
their projector for the evening and two
films, "Challenge, Science Against Can
cer”, and a cartoen "Man Alive" will be
shown and there will be dancing after
the movies.
• Each lady planning to attend is re
quested to bring a decorated box with
dinner for two and her name in it. The
children under 12 are each to bring a
box to be exchanged.
Mrs. David Cooper is in charge of
the entertainment, Mrs. Austin Meekins
will be in charge of the kitchen serv
iiigf free coffee and Kool-Ad© and Mrs.
Ralph MoCalmut will decorate, while Mrs.
Nick Leman will head the cleanup crew,
ATTEND ■MEETING
TUG Homer Electric Association mix
bo represented at the annual meeting of
the Alaska Rural Sleetric Cooperative
Association in Kodiak by Leo Rhode,
Jack Scott, directors, and Jiggs Tice
the HEa manager. The three men, accom
panied by their wives, loft Homer Wed
nesday for Kodiak*
Approximately 75 delegates from all
parts of the Territory will attend the
meeting and will hear such speakers as
Delegate Bartlett, Col. F, Y. Farrell,
district engineers, Gus Norwood, execu
tive secretary Of the Northwest Public
Power association and J, C. Morris,
Walter Hickel and Ken Hinchey of An
chorage.
HOMER CHAMBER
Gene Lawrence of the Lawrence air
craft Service told his fellow chamber
of Commerce members of the operation of
his firm at the noon meeting of the
group Monday.
Starting out in 1948 in a garage in
back of his own house, Lawrence has
built his maintenance shop up until it
occupies the only hangar at the airport
and an addition is being added to house
the business.
Two employees are kept busy the year
around, Lawrence said.
He said that he hopes to run package
tours for tourists next summer and lias
already contacted Anchor-ge travel
bureaus and made the preliminary ar
rangements.
Associated* * with him at the airport
is the Homer Air Service, operated by
Boots Parks,* the Circle Air Trails, op
erated by Bill Smith and the Beluga
Lake Flying Service operated by John
Klingbeil. /
President Don Smith announced that
the Chamber sign on the west hill is to
be moved and Jim Reynolds, membership
chairman, announced that Nelson Moyer,
Alaska Chrome, G6ne Iawrence, Alaska
Fresh Co. and Ifett Thome had become
members of the Homer Chamber,
~/ith this week’s issue the Hamer
News closes one phase of operation and
begins another* This is the last is
sue of the 1-Jomcr News banner* Next
week this paper will be c ^.lled The
Kenal Peninsula Pioneer. Tith the new
name will cane extended coverage to in
clude all of the T/estern Kcnai Peninsu
la*
This week our Konai correspondent,
Donnis Thompson, begins her work. She
has given us excellent coverage of the
comings and goings of Kenai and we are
certain that as she is able to organize
her schedule to assimilate her new
duties, more and marc of the Ken'i news
will bo forthcoming*
The other communities along tho
Sterling have been and will continue to
provide us with nows as it happens.
Por the first time complete jlows cover
age of this area will be. tried* Tho
problems that f ,co tho publishers and
thoir correspondents will be large and
difficult to overcome. Any assistance
or suggestions frem the public will be C
deeply appreciated*
The now paper will come into the
world with a paid circulation of ap
proximately 300 subscribers, a far cry
from the beginning mark of zero for the
Homer Naws when it started just over a
year age* It is anticipated that with
in a few months the circulation will
climb to well over 600*
Tho complete cover".go of the Homer
area will continue with tho change of
name. The paper itself will, as nec- .
cessary* contain more pages for the
news ,and advertising of the expanded
region* r .
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HEA NEWS
The directors of the Homer Electric
Association Tuesday evening heard Bill
Ritter of the Alaska-Fresh cannery
tell of some of ihe problems of his
business in so far as electricity is
concerned#* The cannery officials had
been informed that the wiring at the
plant wa^.aot up to standards# Ritter
said th^$,considerable building will be
done nest,,year and that at that time
the entire.cannery will be rewired# He
, said that .in the past few weeks the
present wiring system has been checked
and changed in 30ms places to assure
the safety of the employees and to
guard against the possibility of fire#
A report of the committee studying
fringe benefits for HEa employee’s was
not presented because Gene King* the
committee chairman# was unable to» make
it to the meeting#
In a discussion of street lighting
it was pointed * out by Jiggs Tice, HEk
manager, that it oosta more to operate
and maintain the local street lights
than is paid by the PUD at 06 per light
per month# Tice said that he hopes to
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