| Vol. 5 Nor 2
jHOMER NEWS
--HOMER * ALASKA '
-: *June-t7,-teS4"-- ' 10 Cents Pei-'Copy
DON SMITH TO HUD ACTION GROUP
Don Smith was elected president of a ]
permanent organization to succeed the
Citizen's Study Group at its final meet-j
ing held last Monday evening at the Ho- I
mer school. Bert Bachman was elected
vice president and Bob Norman secretary
treasurer. The first meeting of the new
ly-organized group will be held Friday,
July 16 at 3 p.m. in the school, with
meetings regularly planned for the third
Friday of each month thereafter.
The permanent organization, which wil
be named at its first meeting, was felt
to be necessary to follow up the work o;
the CSG. According to Doh Smith, the j
group will not initiate action out will j
act as a clearinghouse for ideas and wil
give community backing to plans too larg
for any one group.
During the final CSG meeting several
committee summaries were heard. Rec
ommendations of the Economic Development
committee were given calling for a small
boat basin, future comm ere i. al cold stor
age plant and winter tourist promotion.
The Beautification committee rec
ommended that clean-upday be made an
annual affair and urged that a perma*
I nent location be found for the dump.
The Education committee reported that
one of its members had talked with Dr.
Defoe, the commissioner of education,
who indicated that Homer might get two
: new classrooms this summer and a jrulti
| purpose room later. He also indicated
I that a separate grammar school in the
! near future might be necessary.
In discussion of the Health committee]
it was suggested that the doctors who
are coring to Homer in flugust be inform-;
ed that the clinic will not be finished ;
before spring at the earliest. They are!
under the impression, it was stated,
that the clinic will be finisned soon
after their arrival. A motion was
unanimously passed to give a reception j
for the doctors on their arrival. Mrs. 1
Led a Thome was appointed chairman of a !
committee for this purpose. j
Mr. Frank Campbell reported that
the Americzn Legion Post in Homer is lay)
ing out a public cemetery on property do;
rated by Jiggs Tice. The land has been ,
surveyed and 1500 lots platted. ^ por»- j
tion of the cemetery will be set aside
for'veterans, according to Mr. Campbell,;
and portions for any religious group or j
other organization will be set aside if ]
desired. All stones will be flat, he l
stated, and a cannon and flagpole will bj
placed on the grounds.
A written report, outlining the back*,
ground of the Homer area, was presented
by the History committee.
It was announced that the forms given,
out by the Library committee may be left}
at the Post Office when completed.
During the meeting a. collection was j
taken up to reduce the $41 indebtedness (
of the CSG. Approximately $31 was col- ;
lected. j 1 . •
Following the business portion of the?
meeting, Mr. *J. C. Reynolds showed col-**;
ored slides of clean-up day and local j
scenic views. j
In the continued absence of Mr. Wm.
Mathews the meeting was conducted by
Leo Rhode, sub ■'chairman.
Only free people can holfi their
purpose and their honor st4*dy to a
common end, and prefejr the* interest of ;
mankind to any narrow interjest-of
their own. Woodrow Wilson
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jPUD HEARS TAX COMPLAINTS |
The Hoirer PUD board of directors
jheard fivd complaints on tax statements j
- at their Monday night meeting, the third |
in a series of four meetings called to }
hear complaints about taxes. j
The complaints were varied ranging
from a claim that a tax notice had been '
1 received after the deadline was passed •
j to the claim that a notice received by |
j one property ov/ner was for property she j
I did not own.
I However, the most prominent complaint
I concerned the problem of who should pay :
] the taxes on property purchased after the
I .ist of January of a given year. On this j
j type of case, it was the opinion of tne
^directors that unless tne sale contract
?definitely states who shall pay the tax- |
| es, the person in whose name the deed is j
j recorded on January 1st of the year of
sale must pay the taxes for that year. j
The board urgel all property buyers j
| to check with both the Commissioner’s
' office and the PUD office concerning
current and past taxes before centrants j
are completed on the property to be pur- j
: chased.
All taxpayers who registered com
| plaints at the Monday meeting were con-' '
| siderate of the problems facing the j
| board and expressed appreciation for
! their assistance. j
In the final business of the even
ing the board discuSvsed the four applica-i
tfons received for the job as PUD mana- ‘
; ger. Homer Thompson was tentatively se
! leeted for the job providing the salary ;
! and hours could be agreed upon. It was
j the board's thought that the manager
j would put in about four hours a day and
j that Mrs. Hunter, the present book -
keeper, would work a similar amount in
| the office.
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ARMY TO SET JP RECREATION CAMP
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Work was expected to get underway
this week on a year around -ray recre.a~ j
tier camp to be located approximately
j four miles out of Homer on the Sterling
• highway. The camp will be set up and
I used by-the 147th Armored Field Artil- :
! lery Bn. of Ft. Richardson.
According to Lt. Col. Edward Millett, j
J commanding officer of the battalion,' ac-j
i comodations for married couples will be j
: built at the eamo at a future date, but I
: at present the camp will be built to
?accomodate HO to 60 men on leave.per
i week.
Col. Millett stressed, the.fact•that
I weapons of any kind will not .be allow
led in the camp. This action has been.,
i taken to assure the protection of wild \
! game in the area.
Three boats will be kept at ther
| Spit by the unit for use by the men.
Site for the recreation center was
! donated by Jiggs Tice.
j ELKS PLAN JUL^ 4TH CELEBRATION
The Homer .EJks are working on plans
for their annual Fourth.of July celeora
tion, according- to Coke Nelson, chairman.
Present plans call for a public dance *
.to beheld, at the-lodge hall on the even-!
ing of July S and, weather permitting, a <
picnic at the end of the Spit :on. -the 4th.
Small is teamed clams will be the fea
ture of the picnic and it is expected .
'that races for the kids will also be helc
Clams^ray also be served at the dance,
iNelson said.
JOHN MARTIN SMITH LAID TO REST
Funeral services for John Martin
'Smith were held Tuesday at the Keeler
’homestead at Anchor River* Mr. Smith,
known as 'Smitty* to the old timers in
this area, passed away at the Keeler
residence, where he had been living for
I the past few years, on June 12, 1964.
I Born in 1876 at Scranton, Pennsylvan
ia Mr. Smith went to the western part
“of the United States as a young man and
jcame to Alaska in 1912.
He lived for a number of years lin the
interior working as a miner and trapper.
In 1922 he came to Seldovia and spent the
remainder of his life in this area.
For years he made a living mining on
the beach alone and in partnership with
Jack Standke who proceeded him in death.
In 1951 he moved to Anchor River and
lived there until his death.
Burial was at the Anchor River ceme
tery on the Kaliman homestead.
Rev. Nelson Moyer officiated.
[AIR force men entertain
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Two Elmendorf Air Base Airmen, Bob
'Saxton and Whitey Pullen, presented a
Ishort musical entertainment feature at
the Skyway Theater last night under the ;
(auspices of the Air Force Aid Society.
The men were selling tickets to the
Founders Day Carnival which will be held
at Elmendorf July 80, 31, and Au^ust 1.
All proceeds of the carnival will go to
the aid society to help Air Force men «
in need. ;
Saxton, a guitarist, recently won a
stateside Air Force award for bis excel-'*
lent performance with the guitar.
COASTAL MONARCH TO SAIL JUNE 22
Wythe and Son, local agents for the |
Alaska Steamship company have received
word that the f-teighter Coastal Monarch i
will sail from Seattle June 22.
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