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HOMER NEW
•HOMER ★ ALASKA
Vol. 5.No. 4
"Where The Trail tnds And The Pea begins"
____July I, 1954 .2_
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The Homer Chamber of Commerce. will
elect i + s board cl directors Tuesday for
the coming year arc all members in good
standing have been urged to attend.
Seven direc e.r .will oe elected from1
a list of .eleven near bars who have been
nominated A: r *„h* jobs.
In addition to the election, a treas
urer's report will be read at the meet
ing.
At the meeting last Monday the Cham
ber members locked over three hand
sketched and.colored sample .windshield
stickers that Sam Pratt had prepared for
them. It .was decided to let President Myr
bill choose the; sticker to be sent to
the lithographers for reproduction.
Homer Thompson stated that ho had re
ceived, a letter from the office of Irv
ing Held, .territorial highway engineer,
stating that highway signs of a drift
wood construction would be in Keeping
with the-spirit of the law covering the
erection of highway signs.
Ray Hansen of Seattle was a Chamber
guest of President MybiJl.
MILLhK A BIU HI i
George filler, one cf Homer's two del
egates to the American Legion convention
at Palmer last week,turned out to be the
star performer of the 11 stunt right" pro~
gram* Orville Waddell, the second deie~
gate, said that George}s musical saw
created such .a etir that George was ap
pointed choirma., of the music committee
for the Alaska department.
Waddell reported that the convention
was good and tlr t he had gained a great
deal from hie attendance. *
BARTLETT NEWS
.In his newsletter of June.24, Delegate
Partlett included toe following para
graphs of interest to the Kenai Peninsu
la.
"As of March 31, according to Dr.
John C. Reed, staff Coordinator for the
Geological Survey, in connection with
mining and oil and gas leasing, there
were outstanding 7 leases, 33 prospect
ing permits and 5 licenses for coal in
volving 82,994 acres. Under the Conser
vation Division, the following projects
are tentatively planned in connection
with classification of lands for veter
power and water stomge: ine nen^i tuv .
er will be mapped from the outlet of Ski"
lak Lake to Moose River, a distance of •
12 miles, including one dam".site survey*
the Kasilof River will be mapped from
the mouth to Moosehead Rapids, a dis"
tance of 10 miles: a dam~site survey is
planned on the Anchor River..."
"Coal testing investigations in the
Little Susitna district of the Matanus”
ka coal field is expected to be com"
pleted about July 1 in ;the work under**
taken by the Geologic Division. The
power auger used in this work will then
be moved to the Deep Creek area in the
Homer district."
The HomervNews receives weekly copies
of the Bartlett Newsletter and they are
kept on file and may be read by anyone
wishing to do so.
Delegate Bartlett will be in the ter"
ritory soon with Adlai Stevenson.
"CSC BANQUET
Members of the Citizens1 Study .Group
have announced that a banquet honor:1 ng
Willi air Matthews for his work in the
Group will be held at the schoolhouse
July 10, according tc Don Smith, chair
roan of the affair. Tickets are availa
ble at numerous business houses around
town and from several individual members
of the CSG. |
Mr. Matthews, who.is serving as vice
president of the Homer Bank, expects to
leave the■community .sometime during v^uly
for the states.
It wan through the efforts of Mr. Mat-,
thews and a few other civic-minded citi
zens of Homer that the Citizens' Study
Group came.^ into being, Smith stated.
.According to the early records of the
organization, the idea for a study of
Homer came up in a conversation between
Mr. Matthews and Mr. Leo Rhode. Both men
had read books by Richard Waverly Heston,
an authority on .small towns and their
weaknesses. They concluded tnnt more
thought should be given to the matter and
urged others to join them in organising
a study group. Several preliminary meet
ings were held before the first CSG
meeting was held on February 1 of this
year. "Q
During the reeks that followed the
first meeting, the report stated, commi”
tees were formed.and studies made of the
civic, social and industrial activities
of the town and area. Lange groups of
interested citizens attended the meet
ings to criticize or tc‘praise me stud
ies, according to the early records, and
for the first time the people saw the
bare framework around which their commu
nity life was built.
Guiding the committees and the meet
ings was Mr. Matthews whe had beer ejec
ted chairman of toe Study Group.
The study phase of the operation was
completed about two weeks ago and on uc*’
ticn group was set up to decide what
should or could be done to act upon that
study.
It is to express their appreciation
for bis work with the study group that
the members have planned the banquet set
for July 10, Smith stated.
ENLARGE QUARTERS
Jack Scott of the Borer food Carter
has announced that starting, today. July
1, be is initiating a new' service -in bis
store.. The facilities of the store are
being increased to handle a larger invovr
tory so that groceries of all types cart
be sold in case lots at lo percent over
cost for cash. Such a plan., be said
would result in substantial savings to
people laying in large supplies for the
winter or ' for those folks 1 with large
families.
Specials will also be offered each
week*, he said, and as the volume in“
creases even better buys will be oade
available. The specials will be adver
tised each week in the Hoirer Jews.^ %
a 14 x 50 addition to the Food Center
building has been under construction for
soire time with Floyd Ldwards doing n;ost
of the work. The addition will be used
for storage.
The Hotter fclks are inviting one an
all to join them in celebrating the 4tl
of July. Dancing, 8 clam feed and gamer,
for the youngsters will highlight the
celebration.
Starting the fun will be a dance t<
be held at the lodge ball. Saturday night,
July 3. On Sunday, July 4 a clam feeo
will be held cut a-, the end of the Spit.
This mammoth affair should get underway
around noon and will be followed by game
for the younger set.
Several Llks including Coke Nelson,
Harold Billups, Re/ HI Met, Hugh Watsoi
and Bill Johnson went to MacDonald Spii
early Tuesday morning and dug an estr
mated 700 pounds of fine wbite“shelle<
clams in a variety of sizes to be user
for the Sunday feed.
A late note received just before
press time stated that the Elks are pro
viding just the clams. for_the feed... Any
one wishing to enjoy other food or re"
freobments with his clams is reminded %■>
br ing said food and/or refreshments alon,
to the feed grounds. The clams, o
course, will be steamed and it is assur
ed that the iuks will provide the butter.
The feed is free and the public is wel
come to attend, the late note stated. 1+
also urged that the kids be brought alon;
to enjoy the fun in store.
PUD HAS BOSS
Homer Thompson was appointee manage
of the Homer PUD Monday night as the
Hoard of Directors officially set up th>
job with a cChday probationary period
He was also given the title of deput;
assessor and required xo carry a £15CX
bond. At the end of the PC“day perio
Thompson will become the manager and tb
bookkeeper for tb? PUD, replacing Mrs
Henry Hunter in the letter capacity.
Other Business conducted by the boar
included a discussion on d.ock policie
in regard to the Alaska Fresh cannery a
the end of the Spit, Dick Haltiner o
Alaska Fresh was in attendance at tb
Monday night meeting to discuss the pol
icy. He said that his company bad bee
dumping the crab shells off the end o
the dock for several months as per hi
understanding with the board. However,
he said that the dock manager, Hugh Wat
son, felt that the company did not hav
the authority to dump off the dock. Mr
Haltiner wahted this clarified. Tb
board asked the manager to get togethe
with Mr. Haltiner and Mr. Watson to se
the matter straight.
The noard also appointed Harry Greg
oirc V- represent the PUD at the June P
hearings on the clinic site in distric
court \h .''noht rage.
•'iu Ihurioiticn was also given the Pio*
neer* ’Hardware to order a pump for the
clinic well.
A p^r:'urinary budget study was mad--'
by the board and it was decided that fui
ther :-uudy would be made tonight (Tburs*
day) when the board met in executive
session.
COMPLAINT FILED
A complaint was filed in the Commis
sioner’s office this week against Pat*
ricia Gearhart for passing a bad check.
The complaint was signed by Harold Bil
lups of tbi Sterling Par.