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Your Dependable Community Newspaper
June 16, 1955
Alaska Historical
Library & Museum
Hox 2051
Juneau, Alaska
Vol. 6, No. 1
CHAMBER NOTES
The names of Clyde Wythe, Ken Heath
and Henning Johnson were added to the
list of nominees for the July 6 elec
tion of directors for the Chamber of
Commerce Monday. These additions
brought the total nominations to 17 for
the seven posts of the Chamber. Nom
inations will be open again next Monday
and then closed for the election.
Following the nominations the mem
bers heard and discussed the proposed
work program of the Chamber for the
coming year. The program included
eight separate points such as pride in
our community, development of the area,
tourism, support of community activi
ties, servicing of membership state
hood and pride in Territory.- support of
local business and miscellaneous ac
tivities. Copies of the proposed pro
gram are to be mimeographed and sent to
Chamber members and local businesses
not belonging to the Chamber,
Jim Reynolds informed ■the group that
he had talked to the engineers of the
ARC and had been informed that they are
now endeavoring to establish the grade
on the Sterling highway through Horner
and would be working the road making a
dust control program* unfeasible for
some time9
It was announced that Irving Reed,
Territorial highway engineer, would be
in Homer within the next two weeks to
consult with the FUD concerning local
problems that can be dealt with* by his
office.
FILM SCHEDULED
The Homer Nurses Association is
sponsoring an educational film, *The
Sea Around Us", to be shown at the Sky
way theater June 22 through June 26#
proceeds from the film will be used to
send a delegate from the local Associa
tion to the Territorial convention in
Fairbanks.
The Academy Award documentary film
is in color, according to Mrs* Matt
Thome, and is considered the best fea
ture ever produced on the creatures of
the sea* It includes many of nature’s
most fantastic wonders, she said, from
the smallest of God’s creatures to the
largest giant whale*
Only 50 tickets will be sold for
each performance and those planning to
see it are urged to buy their tickets
ahead of time so that they can be sure
of a seat* The film will be shown on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday evenings with an additional
matinee on Saturday afternoon* Tickets
may be purchased from members of the
nurses group or from the drug store*
admission is $1 for adults and 50
cents for children*
WEATHER
High Low
June 9 53 ,40
June 10 51 40
June 11 46 41
June 12 52 41
June 13 50 43
June 14 53 42
June 15 57 35
BUYS GENERATOR
' A ■;;40,000 used f|00 K¥ generator has
been purchased by the Homer Electric
Association from the Chugach Flectric
Association, according to Housrd Myhill
president of the board of directors
, The generator will be instai led in
the local plant as soon as it can be
moved from Anchorage to Homer by tmok,
he said* The big machine was used by
the Inlet Power company before that
firm was purchased by CEAa It is a
GMC Supercharge engine.
L*yhill also stated that the HEA ex
pects to get an OK from REA to extend
the 01am CrUlch line on in to Soldotna
in the near future. The new addition
would be about 20 miles long and would
eliminate the use of the 75 Ktf genera
tor now in use in Soldotna by the HEA.
TRAPS OUT
file storm that hit the Inlet and Bay
Sunday and Monday took out four or five
fish traps along the Peninsula, accord
ing to word received here this week.
One of the traps that was at least
-partially’destroyed ras the fall! trap
at S^tariski Greek. The trap tras being
operated, by Bob Walli who has stated
that he does not intend to rebuild it
this season*
Fishing in the Inlet has been unus
ually poor this year, according to most
reports* The big king salmon just did
not appear in the local raters in any
numbers*
The red salmon season is due to get
underway June 25* Plane spotters are
expected to take to the air about the
22nd to assist the fishermen.
MINE WORK .
Work has been underway this week
with snow removal at the Red Mountain
Chrome mine,according to Raul Choquette
of the Inlet Flying Service, who has
daily radio contact with the mine.
He said that there is still lots of *
snow across the Bay and that it rrould
probably be about a week before a crew
could be put to work.
Last fall the Konai Chrome ccmpany
loaded out one boat with the valuable
ore which was taken to Oregon for
smelting.
NO STAMP
Three arrests of sportsmen fishing
without a Territorial stamp were made
Sunday by Wallace Fitzgerald, represen
tative of the Department of Fisheries.
All of the arrests were made on the An
chor and Ninilchik rivers, Fitzgerald
said.
Those arrested were Emma Sammuelson
of Moose Pass, John Young of Anchorage
and Wilbur Webb of Spenard.
Fitzgerald pointed out that the vio
lation was a minor one, but that it
pointed up ths need for every fisherman
to have a Territorial stamp in addition
to having an JWS license.
All monies received from’the sale of
the stamps, he said, is used to main
tain the Territorial hatcheries. From
these hatcheries come the fingerlings
(Cont. on Page 4, Col. 1) •
me Doara oi airecwra ui out? xvu
considered long and hard on the problem
of appointing another director to the
board to replace Tack McLaughlin who
resigned June 1 and finally agreed that
each director ms to nominate two can
didates for the pcbltiono The Monday
evening meeting then saw the following
local residents nominated; Harry Greg
oire, Ora Jones-,- Ha^el Jenson and Mrs*
Clyde Wythe , Jiggs Tice and Cap King,
Gust Lofgren and He K. Davis* The can
didates are to be .contacted before the
next meeting to see whathar or not they
will accept the position if appointed,
and the directors will make the final
choice at the June 27 meeting.
The discussion which preceded
the final agreement found Director Gene
Browning taking the point of view that
the candidate ?dio ran next behind the
two elected directors should get the
post* This would put Harry Gregoire, a
former director, again on the board.
He said that a precedent had been set
last fall when Clare Kiner was appoint
ed to fill the vacancy of Bob Kranich*
However, Carl Baier, who was present,
stated that in the years he served on
the board -four „or five appointments to
the board were made and not once did
they choose a defeated candidate*
Director Margaret Anderson took the
stand that the person chosen should
come from an outlying area and not from
the immediate Homer area* This, she
said, would make the board more repre
sentative of the entire district*
During the meeting Director Milt Aim
nominated Carl Baier but Baier declined
the nomination.
Ralph Patterson, acting dock manager
was appointed permanently to the post
at a monthly wage of $450* A total of
five applications had been made for the
dock job with $450 being asked as the
starting wage by all but one who failed
to 3tate a starting salary. Those
seeking the job were Patrick Johnson,
Ernest P. Carlson, H. L# McCain, Paul
Walter and Patterson.
It was deoided to chock with local
merchants for a set of scales for the
dock* They are seeking a two-bar set
with a 1000-pound maximum.
The dock manager was asked to malao
up a set of regulations to govern the
use of the dock by the public. The
regulations will be posted at the dock
rhen comple ted and approved.
President Johnson asked the direct
ors to consider the possibility of
seeking the servicos of Quincy Benton,
local attorney, as the PUD attorney*
Mrs. Juliana Wilson of Anchorage is the
present PUD attorney, however the pres
ident pointed out the value of having
an attorney who could be contacted at
the time legal problems arose instead
of through the mails*
The bid of Pioneer Hardware for a
water softner and oxidizer for the hos
pital w&e accepted* The total bid, in
cluding ,installation, was ,,>651*60*
Also accepted by the board was an
amendment to the agreement with the
longshoremen effective June 13* The
new amendment raised the pay of local
longshoremen to $3.22 per hour for
straight time and $4.83j per hour for
overtime*
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