HOMER NEWS
•HOMER ★ ALASKA
Vol. -Vo 26
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TALENT SHOW
The hon<e talent show, sponsored last
®>eek by the Horary board, proved suc
cessful in every wwy, Capacity aud
iences were on Hand both F: id-ay and Sat
urday nights to contribute ever &2Co
toward the library.fund and enjoy the
fine entertainment Provided by a large
number of their fellow townsmen,
Howard Myhill was master of ceremon
ies at the shew which saw acts perform
ed by the American Legion Auxiliary,
the Brownies, the Community choir, the
Homemakers and school classes, Numerous
individual numbers also won the applause
of the audience as did various vocal and
instrumental acts,
The talent show was under the direc
tion of Mrs, Dana Newman, president of
the library board* Mrs, Violet Nythe
was program chairman and she was assist
ed by Marian Koeppel and Theo Edwards,
PUD NOTES
The 1Q$3 tax payments have been ex
tremely heavy the past two weeks, es
pecially during the first three days of
this week. The last day for Payment
was December land all payments received
after that date are subject to penalty
and interest. Receipts are being sent
out as rapidly as payments are received
by mail.
Herman porter, director oj aeronau
tics, Territorial department of avia
tion, will confer with the directors of
the PUD at their next regular meeting,
December 13, concerning the Homer air
port,
Application for lots 25 and 26 lo
cated on the Homer Spit was forwarded
to Virgil Seiser of the Bureau of Land
Management, Application rhas made for
purchase of the lots in preparation for
the small boat basin,
The following is a list of people
whose tax statements have been
returned to the PUD unclaimed: J,R, and
Opal Everett, Jack D, Bollinger, H, T,
Gilbert, Audrey K, Bills, Paul Horst,
F, Richardson, Irving 1/f, Anderson,
Merlin R, Thompson, Clifton Deming,
Robert Leslie, Mr, Meritzer, Leo Dol
loff, Jean Van Eaton, Walter W, West,
Buster J, Rinehart, Mr, Di Statis, L,
W, Holt, Any assistance received in
locating the above persons correct ad
dresses will be appreciated,
NEWS BRIEFS
The Homer Elks will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 to lay plans for the
initiation trip to Seward, All Elks and
candidates are urged to attend,
Don Smith left Homer Wednesday for
Anchorage where he will attend a three
day insurance meeting,
Paul Choquette had a race with the
stork Wednesday when he flew Mrs, Dust
man to Seldovia, He left the local
field at to:05 and the baby was born at
the hospital at 10:26, Says Choquette,
"It was a speedy trip, H Hi u/25 3 ba?>)
The Richfield Oil Company has filed
applications for leases on 37 sites on
the Kenai Peninsula, They are the nin
th major oil firm to move into the Alas
kan oil picture.
SUFFERS -BURNS
Roy Edres of Anchor Point suffered
burns about the hands and face Monday
when the family home burned to the
ground* Mrs, Edres was not burned,
Edres was brought to Homer by Mrs,
Viola Bailey, who lives near the Edres
place, and he was flown to Seldovia by
Paul Choquette,
According to the report on the fire,
Mr, and Mrs, Edres had purchased a five
acre tract from the Baileys and built
an attractive log house, Hhen the fire
was discovered, the Edres’, who collect
bells, rang one of the bells to attract
the attention of neighbors, Mrs, Bailey
heard the bell and rounded up some men
to fxght the fire but it was too late
to save the building or its contents,
It is understood that Mr, Edres will
be released from the Seldovia hospital
this week and will go on to Anchorage
for further treatment.
CHAMBER MEET
The Chamber of Commerce committee on
the proposed community fund drive was
discharged Monday after recommending
that the idea be given up as not prac~
tical for this area. Committee chair
man Gene Lawrence stated that he had
discussed the idea with numerous busi
ness men, and they didn’t seem to like
the idea. Many of them did recommend,
however, that future solicitation of
funds outside of the postoffice be
aroppea.
The legislative committee brought
three recommendations to the floor,
They r ecommended that the Chamber sup
port changes in Territorial laws cover
ing platting, dogs and dock leases,
They asked that the platting commission
act be broadened to cover the PUD, The
law states that all newly formed sub
divisions be approved by a platting
board and at present includes only cit
ies and school districts. The committee
also recommended changes in the dog* law.
The dock law allows that docks can
be leased from the Territory for a
period no longer than four years. It
was felf that a longer lease would be
more advantageous providing that the
Territory continues to accept the re
sponsibility for major repairs as is
now the case. It was noted that Irving
Reed, Territorial highway engineer, in
tends to pursue this matter with the
coming legislature and it was suggested
that the committee contact Reed for fur
ther -information on the matter.
President Moyer asked that if anyone
in the community would be interested in
entertaining a soldier from the Kenai
Army base for a Christmat dinner he
should contact the president or any one
of the board of directors,
Don Smith announced that when he was
in Kenai last week, Captain Rentoul,
special service officer for Wildwood
Station, stated that he had recommended
that about 30 soldiers from the bas%. be
sent to Homer this week on a "trial run"
basis. These men will be the first of
many similar groups that- wil'i b« visit
ing the city during the winie-r en
joy the recreational facilities fere,
(Cont, in next column)
Pledges and donations toward the pro
posed small boat basin on the Spit hav»
exceeded the $3600 mark, according to
Bill Edloff, president of the Samar
Fisherman's Association.
Ekloff stated that it is expected
that construction on the harbor will
begin later this winter and. that about
$5,006 will be needed to start the work,
The basin will accomodate approxi
mately 30 fishing craft, Ekloff noted,
and will bring a considerable amount of
money to the community from the sale of
supplies that are usually purchased in
Seldovia* It has also been mentioned
that many Seldovia fishermen have ex
pressed a desire to move to Homer if
the basin is built to offer protection
for their boats,
Ekloff is assisting Dick Edens in
the collection of the basin funds from
local fisk trmen and business houses,
Edens is in charge of the fund campaign*
OPENS OFFICE
Dorothy Z), Tyner, Seward attorney,
has announced that she has opened, a
branch law office- in Homer* The Homer
office, she said, will be operated by
Jim Childers, law olerk, who will be
working under her direct supervision*
The office will be located in the Chil
ders residence next to the schoolhouse,
Dorothy Tyner is at present the city
attorney for Seward and has a private
pt'actice in that city* She will be as
sisted in the operation of the two of
fices by her husband, g. J• Walters,
who is also a law student and former
resident of Homer.
Childers has been studying law for
the past year by correspondence with the
LaSalle University and the Blackstone
School'of Law. He will handle local
contracts, agreements, mortgages, etc,
as well as representing clients in the
commissioner's court•
RECEIVE TOYS.
The Homer Fire Department and the
American Legion are wor king* together on
toys and clothing sent to the community
from Ft, Richardson by Fire Chief Sam
Huxley«
Homer Fire Chief Ora Jones says that
the two groups will make up boxes of
toys and clothing to distribute to
needy persons in the area, Anyone know
ing of people in need of the articles
are requested to notify Jones personally
or by letter* If a letter is written,
he requests that ages and sizes of the
children and women be given,
Lots of toys and clothes were receiv
ed, Jones states, with the clothing
washed and ironed and the toys in
good condition,
The two local groups are also plan
ning to collect used toys ana clothing
from local residents« Anyone having
these articles is urged to take them to
the. HuskQ Repair Shop.
Tkre* r,x>w members were welcomed into
.the Chvnbe'* av the meeting« They were
Jenning Johnson, Burt Eddington and
Qtyj * ^ h s * * ♦
Thr Cliche*' if Commerc;c board of dir
ector 2 *l meet Friday noon at the
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