YEARLY REVIEW
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$5000 from the bank. It
was stated that the bank
was insured and that the em
bezxled funds had been re
placed.
The PUB bonrd of directors
found themselves deep in dock
troubles nhen dock manager
Hugh Watson gave them 30-days
notice that at the end of
that time he would start wor
king eight hours per day, 40
hours per nook, at the rate
of $2,50 per hour.
Members of the Jones,
Scroggs, Carlson, -Hugh, and
Workman families enjoyed a
big picnic at Green Timbers
Sunday,
Carl Ahlstrom, Territorial
patrolman, is driving a new
Ford police car.
Week of August 5
The PUD board of directors
this reek received the resig
nation of dock manager Hugh
Watson. ~
The HEA has cleared 'land
on the Gust Lofgren place to
make room for a .'cabin for
their new radio, transmitter*
Three trucks of the HEA will
be equipped with radio and
will be in constant contact
with the office*
The Homer News Radio Sta
tion went on the air Tuesday,
August 3rd* It is owned hy
the Homer News and the Homer
Telephone Company*
Fred Williamson, ~ a U» Sf
marshall, was in Homer over
the weekend checking on hous
ing for a deputy marshall for
Homer. •• . ^
Mr, and Mrs* Herb Jackson
and throe children arrived in
Homer Tuesday. Ho is with
the CAA. \
Week of August 12
The PUD board of directors
refused to accept the resig
nation of Hugh Watson, dock
How/?
Electric
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Bills payable the lOtrh
manager*
Mrs. Orris Bussell, Wesley
Henry and Dempsey Deit2 were
all flown to Anchorage this
week by the GAP.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Edwards
left Homer Monday for Ketchi
kan whore he will be employed.
Arne and Thelma MurtQ have
re-opened the Scandinavian
Inn at Anchor Point.
Lao Rhode* . Herman Schultz
and Jiggs ‘ Tice are attending
a power co-op convention In
Fairbanks this week.
Week of August 19
Miss Alice Evem became
the bride of Robert Freeman
August 14* -
Six dignitaries of the Ru
ral Electrification Adminis
tration, including Anchor
Nelson, REA chief, visited
Homer Tuesday and Wednesday,
of this reek.
The longshoremen* s union,
Local 38-172, and the PUD
reached an agreement on a new
contract covering the Homer
Dock.
Polio took the life of
Dempsey Deitz, 23, oh August
17, 1954. *
Jiggs Tice told the Oham
ber Monday that plans are un
derway to bring an excursion
boat to Homer next Spring.
Mrs. Martha Wichersham has
been hired as cobk for the
school cafeteria by the P-tTA.
The CAA received ' a net?
Jeep statioxr wagon off the
boat over the weekend.
Rev. Dale Davis and family
left s Homer , August 16 for
Cleveland, Ohio. They will
return in *the Spring. '' ^
Week of August 26
The Homer Fair got under
lay Thursday.
Mrs. Orris. Bussell of Ho
mer passed away at the Provi
dence hospital August 25,
1954.
Hugh Watson has decided to
stay on as dock manager.
A slight earthquake s
felt in the Homer area early
Monday morning.
Moose season got under/ay
this' $eek with several re
ports of kills.
Week of September 2
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hanaen,
associate director of Exten
sion Service of the U. of Al
aska, addressed the Chamber
Monday.
Fair attendance for the
1954 Homer Fair dropped this
year.
The stringing of wire on
the Homer-Anchor Point boo*
tion of the new' line to Clam
Gulch is expected to start
this week.
Russ Bertoson of Ninilchik
has announced that he plans
to set up a cold storage
plant in that community.
On August 2?th Mr.and Mrs.
.Robert Kranich celebrated
their silver nodding anniver
sary.
Miss Eileen Hedglin and
Teddy L* Wythe were married
September 2, 1954 in Homer.
Bob Edlund expects to have
his shop, the Homer Radio and
Electronics, open some time
next week.
Week of September 9
Two hundred and one stu
dents enrolled in tho Homer
Territorial School Tuesday.
Confirmation' of the, sale
of tho Teiminal Oil warehouse
located across from tho Homer
Telephone Company to tho HEA
was made this week by Chuck
Abbott.
Leo Rollins brought back a
set of moose horns measuring
72 inches. The raek has a
double, spoon on one side and
a spoon and a half on the
other side.
Twenty-eight students en
rolled in the Anchor Point
school under Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Mason.
Week of September 16
Pilliam Clyde Johnson, 25,
passed away September 12,1954
fn Homer.
The HEA is considering
plans to build an office
building.
Mr. and Mrs* Leopold Fied
ler of Cologne, Germany were
gucsts of the Chamber of Com
merce Monday.
About 25 townspeople tur
ned out Sunday night to hoar
Barbara Dltmock and Paul Robi
son, Republican candidates.
The Homer Platoon of the
Alaska National Guard started
their winter drill sessions
Tuesday night.
Wcok of September 23
Mr* and Mrs* Leo Rollins
r7ero florn to Anchorage Tues
day after the truck in which
they were riding turned over
and injured them*
Robert Bo strom of the
Richmond Oil company told the
CSG meeting Friday night
about oil and its development.
Ed Glenn, party chief of
the Robert H. Ray company
told the Chamber of Commerce
Monday about the work of his
company in this area during
the past summer*;.
Kenneth Rickley, uho has
been on leave from his job as
Anchor Point postmaster,takes
over his duties again or
October 1*
Veols. of September 30 .
A large croud uas on hanc
Sunday night to greet BoV
Br rtlott and several "othe:
Democratic candidates.
Jiggs Tice announced tha-:
the HEA has asked the REA fc
permission to extond the E
mor-Clam Gulch pouer line t
Soldotna uith branchNlincs i;
Kasiloff and Cohoo. .' »%
W«ek of October 7* ^
Gov. B« Frank Eiintzlema
visited Homer Saturday*am
conferred with am .
HELA officials bef or meeting
the publ i c^fc’iurday n’i&ht. ...
A sharp earthquake shook^
Homer early Suhdhy " morni-in?
shaking canned, goods off the
shelves of local stores am
nearly scaring Gov.^ Hcintzle
man,who was asleep in. a local
hotel, to' death*' <,
Gene King wa§ elected1 the -
new commander of the-GAPAfoiH.
day Evening. r,4.
A ser''furnaqewiir/being in-*- .
stalled 'in_tbe Heady Hotel.
A daughter--; was bom. Octo
ber . 4, 1954 tfo* end Mrs.
Ivan Khodel#. / . .. . . ;
Week*of Qctober 14
* The Democrats swept th<
elect ion' <: ^Tuesday winni n
nearly every office in sight
. The first shipment, o
chrome from the Hod Mountai
mine of the Kenai Chrome- Ooj .
poration left Monday cn
Coastwise freighter. Them
was just over 3000 tons o
ore on the boat.
Linn Forrest, Juneau arch
itect, has boon employed b;
the PUD to draw up prelimin
ary plans for the propose
Armory-Civic Center.
Mr. 7‘eaver has started
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