NO STAMP
(Cont. from Page 1, Col. 2)
to restock Alaskan lakes,
several of which have been
restocked in the Anchorage
and Palmer areas in the past
two years. Fitzgerald said
that a check of Echo Lake
this spring revealed that
fingerlings planted? two years
ago were now running up to 15
inch trout.
APICULTURE MEN HERE
Thomas E. Hampton, Alaska
representative of the Farm
er^ Home Administration and
I.M.Cr. Anderson of the Soil
Conservation Service arrived
in Homer Wednesday to spend a
few days looking over the
crops and farms in this area.
Andersen stated that there
were several cattlemen in the
Territory from Texas and Mon
tana looking over the possi
bilities of setting up a cat
tle industry here a • He said
that three of the Texans had
been looking over Kodiak Is
land and the Aleutians, but
that none of the men had been
to the Homer area* The Cari
bou Hills section of this end
of the Peninsula would be
about the only place where
enough range would be avail
able for cattle raising.
Anderson . said that he
would be back in Homer the
28th of June with Donald 'Wil
liams, director of SC3 from
Washington D- C. and Charles
Wilson, Territorial director.
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN LAY CAMP
*
The Girl Scouts have set
June 20, 22, 24, 27, 129 and
July 1 as the dates for their
Day Camp. The scouts will
meet from 10 to 3 on those
dates at the camp site on the
former Carl Kibbey property
east of town. The girls are
financing the Day Camp in
J&rt from the cookie sales
carried on this spring.
Supervisors for the three
scout troops will be Lois
Lawrence, Brownies; Edna
Belknap, Intermediates, and
Fran Cronin, Seniors.
VISITING FROM SELDOVIA
Jack English of Seldovia
was a Homer visitor Sunday.
FUD STORY
(Cont. from Page 1, Col. 3)
Dick Haltiner of Alaska
Fresh cannery asked for and
received permission to dump
crab waste from the cannery
off the Homer dock. He said
that the cannery had purchas
ed a steel body dump truck
for the purpose. The permis
sion granted was temporary
pending the establishment of
a permanent sanitary-fill
type of dumpf
A letter of May 23 from
Irving Reed, Territorial
highway engineer, stated that
the application from the
PUD for a small boat harbor
in Homer was being processed
as rapidly as possible.
A letter from E. E. Bart
lett stated that he had a
mounted moose head that need
ed a temporary home. The
board decided to consider the
waiting room of the new hos
pital as a resting place.
CONSTRUCTION NEUiS
according to U. L* Layne,
superintendent for Chris Berg
Inc., contractors for the
Ohlson Mt. project, actual
work on the project • will
probably not get under way
before July 4th. A few men
have been employed to t",ko
care of preliminary work.
The freighter carrying
supplies for the project is
due to leave Seattle Friday,
June 17, for Homer and other
Alaskan ports.
NEW MAN ON JOB
Georgs Fowler, East End
homesteader, has taken over
the operation of the Homer
Machine Works* A machinist,
Fowler takes over the shop
from Lyle Seitz vtin.0 has re
turned to the Lawrence air
craft Service hangar.
SEVERAL NE.'I SIGNS PAINTED
Ray Green the sign painter
has been busy this week with
signs for the Homer Club and
Cafe, Husky Repair shop and
Inlet Flying Service*
OVrjR FROM SELDOVTA
Mrs* Bob DeSylva of 3c 1
dovia has boon visiting
friends in Homer this week*
NEW RESIDENTS ARRIVE
Mr* and Mrs. Glenn V*
Stinson of Anchorage have
moved to Homer and are living
in their trailer house 'in
Lonnie Scroggs1'trailer park*
Another new resident in
Homer is Maynard M* Stutzman
of Fairbanks*
Both Stutzman and the
Stinsons have been subscrib
ers to the News for several
months.
Gladys Withrow of Holy
Cross arrived in town this
week to make her home with
the Paul Cho<}ietto family.
CSG TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
jV *
The ro will be a^Citizon’s
Study Group meeting Friday
night at 8 p.m. in room 102
of the schoolhouso, and those
attending are askGd to uso
the ehtranco in the old
school building* Two items
are slated for the agenda of
the meeting* a discussion of
fund raising for the fire de
partment and assistance with
the Alaska Resource and
Development Board survey of
Homer. , -
JURY LIST NAMED
The following res
idents of the Homer precinct
have been called for jury
duty Saturday* June 18: Fay
Thorn, Adel Severson, Ora
Jones, Margy Moyer, Orvillo
Waddell, Pat Johnson, Leo
RollinsCarl Schmidt, Robert
Turkington, Ann Sholin, Arnt
Nelson, Mildred Campbell,
Milton Vim, Charles Kunz, Sam
Pratt,, Lydia Shelford, Mild
red Nelson, R. C* Madon, Al
yee v^illard, Paul Marteeny,
Mary High, Wally Atkinson,
Charles Roehl, Sr*, Jwnes Al
len, Ruth Kilchcr, F. E. Hol
lis, ^da Latham,Richard Frie
muth, Bob Walli, Herb McCain,
and Richard Eden,- Jr.
- A jury will be chosen from
the ca'bove list for the re
trial of Darrell Koch.
CANNERY CHE'VS FLOWN IN
Tho Inlet Flying Service
last v;cek fleu in the Filip
ino crows for the Scldovia
Bay Packing Company and the
All Year Round cannery in
Soldovia*
CLASSIFIED
Bate - 3tf a Word
Phono 239
For 24-Hour Cab Service
AURORA CAB
FOR RENT: Small furnished
cabin in Fairviow subdivi
sion, Inquire at Uminski’s.lc
FOR SALE: Gas motor washing
machine, Cood condition,
Sco Uminski’s,
PLAN FAIR '70RK
The directors of tha Homer
Fair Association met i/odnes—
day evening to work on plans
for tho Homer Fair which is
to be held August 26, 27 and
28. It was decided that the
Bonser company of Cordova
would . again print tho fair
book.
The purchase of a building
from Floyd Hatfield and the
construction of an accoss
road into che fairgrounds was
also discussed.
Oil barrels will be used
for a culvert for tho road
and a work crew will meet at
the fairgrour.ds at 7:30 Sat
urday evening to place the
barrels, in preparation for
the fill,
Harry G-regoire, a director
and commander of the local
National Guard platoon, stat
ed that the Guard would soon
be receiving a 20 x 40 foot
quonset hut to be used as a
headquarters huflding. He
suggested that if it were
possible to get into the
fairgrounds, the building
could be placed there.
BUILDINGS GET PAINT
Among the local hiildings
getting paint this week in
Homer are the Inlet Inn, the
Tom Crosby residence and the
Stanley Woodman residence.
TAX COPIES AVAILABLE
Additional copies of the
personal property tax forms
are available in the lobby of
the post office, according to
Honor Thompson, manager of
the PUD. Those residents of
tho district who did not re
ceive said tax fonns can pick
them up there.
FISH
Are still being hauled in at Anchor River* If
you rant to get your share let us help you
with the right equipment* Vito have everything;
you will need and it all goes at STATESIDE
PRICES.
A VAR 1ST? OF SPINNING- REELS AND GEAR
LOTS OF RODS, LINE, LORES ETC. ......
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FISHERMEN
STERLING SILVER JEWELRY
If you haven’t seen our selection of fine
Sterling Silver Jewelry you have missed a
treat* Hand made, with lovely Alaska
black diamond settings, this selection is
really worth seeing* You will be surprised
at the low cost of the jewelry* These
pieces are ideal for giftsi
INLET SPORT SHOP
Gay B* Choquettey Prop*
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local residents have taken advantage of the
special to get acquainted with Homer and the
NEWS, so why don’t you?
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and your name will be placed on the circulation
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you’re a newcomer subscribe and get acquainted*
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