HOMER NEWS
‘HOMES * ALASKA1
Vol< s, No* 14
September 9, 1954
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NO STENCILS
. The changed appearance of this week's
NEWS is due to the fact that the large
stencils which we had ordered did not ar
rive from Seattle, Of course they will
Probably be in the post office this aft
noon, but rather than have the paper
late we have used the regular legal size
stencil* The stencils afe^ ordered from
Seattle because they are not carried by
Alaskan stores,
GUARD DRILLS
££« Harry Gregoire, commanding officer
of the Homer platoonofthe Alaska Nation
al Guard, has announced that the first
drill for the unit‘ will be held next
Tuesday, September at the armory,
The local unit is the P and A Platoon of
Headquarters and Service Company of the
207th Infantry Batallion.
Time for the drill is 7 p,m, and the
uniform is Class A, ,
MASSIVE HOR'MS
Leo Rollins brought back a lot more
than just moose meat from his hunting
expedition last week♦ * He brought back
a rack of moose horns that may well be
some sort of a record.
The rack had a double spoon on one
side and about a spoon and a half on the
other side• There were 36 points on one
side and 32 points on the other, The
rack measured 72 inches,
Dan France of the Fish and Wild Life
Service checked the horns and filed a
report.
SHIP DU E IN
The 'Alaska Steamship company skip, the
MS Square Sinnett, left Seattle Septem
ber 3 for Alaskan Ports, Aboard were
«99 tons of freight for the port of Ho
mer* It is expected to arrive here Sep
tember 14*
The company also announced that the MS
Coastal Rambler will 'Sail from Seattle
October 8 and will stop at Homer and Sel
dovia*
PUD NOTES
Dr* Provonsha plans ,to leave River
dale, California on October land fly his
Pacer aircraft to Homer. Since the Ho
mer hospital-health center is not con
structed, Dr. Provonsha plans to estab
lish residence in Seldovia temporarily
and commute between the two communities.
A business license survey was rein
stated by the manager of the PUD in an
(Cant* on Page 4, Col* })
BIG ENROLLMENT
Two hundred and one students enrolled
in the Homer Territorial School Tuesday
as the 1954-55 school year started* Of
the total number, 28 are entering school
for the first time, a record first grade
class*
Merrill Hatcher, the new school prin
cipal, states that all of the teachers
have reported * for work and that things
are under control, despite his late ar
rival on the scene*
Mr* and Mrs* Hatcher came to Homer
from Wheatland, Wyoming where he was the
high school principal* Mrs* Hatcher will
also teach in the local schools this
year*
HEA TO BUY
Confirmation was made this week on thf
coming sale of the Chuck Abbott Terminal
OH Sales warehouse across the street
from the Homer Telephone Company to the
Homer Electric Association* According
to Jiggs Tice, HEA manager, and Abbott,
negotiations have been underway for some
tt me% The HEA board of directors has ap
. t
proved the purchase and is awaiting the
approval of the REA in Washington*
Abbott states that he is planning to
build new quarters for the company out
on the Spit,
NEWS TIE-iN
The Hamer News Radio Station announced
this week that in the near future it
would begin broadcasting the 6 p,m, na
tional and nternational news program of
radio station KENI in Anchorage over the
facilities of the local station, The ar
rangements were worked out last week and
as soon as the technical difficulties
can be arranged local h st eners will
hear the regular news broadcast over the
Homer News Radio Station followed by the
local news,
The arrangement was made in the in
terest of the local listening audience«
Many people had complained that they
wanted to hear the national news over
KENT and if they were busy when the pro
gram finished they failed to turn back
to the local station in time to get all
of the Homer news,
GROWING TOBACCO
Henry Herlyn, gealogi st for the Shell
Oil company reports that Yule Kilcner
has a fine stand of tobacco growing out
on his place at the end of the East road,
The variety or extent of maturity of the
Plants is not known,' but the fact that
it is gowing in Alaska is indeed a won
der.