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RAISE
All construction employees of the Ho
mer Electric Association will receive a
raise in pay for the period of construe-,
iion of the Homer"Clam Gulch power line,
it was decided at the board of directors
meeting held Tuesday night in the HEA
offices. Exact amount of the raise has
not been established and two board ©ear.
/bers, Dan Larson and Herman Schultz were
appointed by President Myhill to work
out an acceptable raise for the men.
Using the example of a lineman’s pay,
St was pointed out at the ©eeting by
Gene Browning, an employee, that the lor
cal linemen now get 75 cents per hour
less than do union linemen around the
territory. Local linemen now receive
13.50 per hour while the pay scale for
the Chugach Electric is £4.25. It is
expected that the new pay scale for
l:ine©en will be approximately $4.00 per
hour.
Wally Atkinson, local trucker, attenr
ded the ©eeting to protest that he was
not given a chance to haul poles off the
dock when the second and last load of
poles came in July 4th. He said that he
had gone to considerable expense to fit
one of his trucks out to haul poles off
the dock. During the period between the
docking of the first boat and the arrival
of the second boat load of poles, Atkinr
son said, he was forced by high costs to
cancel a pole hauling contract he had
with the HEA. This agreement,was for
the hauling of poles fro© the Spit to
the erection sites along the new power
line. He said he felt that it was be”,
cause of the cancellation that he had
not been given a fair chance to help un
load the poles off the second ship July
4th.
Manager Jiggs Tice stated that he
felt that Atkinson had been given ample
opportunity to contact hi© for the job
but that he had not done so. Atkinson,
he said, cancelled the first agreement
himself, saying that he could not afford
to haul the poles for the power line at
14.50 per pole. Tice said that the poles
are now being hauled for the line at
12.90 per pole.
Tice told the directors that a total
of 131 applications from the Homer-Clam-,
Gulch area had been received for work on
the new power line which is now underway.
These names, he said, have been classi
fied by type of work desired and in
chronological order. It is in that or
der that they will be considered to fill
the job vacancies.
Bert Bachman, a member of the board,
asked that the board accept his resigna
tion due to the press of other business
affairs and it was accepted.
RESCUE FLIGHTS
The Homer Civil Airr PMroLmade two
rescue missions during the past week,
according to Commander Bob Ed land.
On Sunday Inez Bilbo was flown to An
chorage for emergency treatment of an
infected leg. Rueben ^ee was the pilot.
Tuesday night Mrs. Rose Pfee and in
fant son, born in Homer last Saturday,
were flown to Seldbyja and bao* attpiv
the child developed a congestion. Bob
Edlund was the pilot.
PAPER LOST :
the HOMER NEWS 5 s coco' ng out
this week in slightly different
form than usual because of a mixup
in the shipment of our paper. The
paper, according to our bill of
lading, was shipped from Seattle j
the 2lst of June, and should have
reached Seward the 27th of June.
Whether the paper is resting in
the railroad warehouse at Seward
or was mi s-\sent to some other port
is an unsolved mystery. -All ef~
forts to unravel this mystery to
I date have failed.
We hope that the lost is found
| by next week and we are back with
j the usual newspaper layout.
BANQUET FINE
Over seventy Homer folks and their
guests joined together Saturday night at
the school house"to pay honor to William
L. Matthews, founder of the Citizen’s
Study Group movement here.
Speaking for the Citizen’s Study Group
membership, Leo Rhode, vice chairman of
the study, told of the beginnings of the
idea that Homer should take a good look
at itself through a study group and
praised the work of Mr. Matthews m or-,
ganizing such a study. He said that the
study had resulted in a spirit of cooper-,
ation and^ friendliness’ throughout the
community and had eased the tension that
exists in Homer during the late winter
months.
Mr/ Matthews was presented a beauti-,
ful polished ivory desk pen and holder
by Mr. Rhode for the CSG. An inscrip
tion on the holder was as follows:
"William L. Matthews from the Citizen’s
Study Group, Homer, Alaska."
’In accepting the gift Mr. Matthews
expressed his appreciation for the in
spiring experience afforded him by the
CSG. He said that be felt that the ban
quet was not beings held to honor him,
but rather to honor an idea and spirit
that has always been here. He told of
the amazement of Jack Wright, University
of Washington professor who has been
supplying materials for the study, when
he was told that between 100 and 330
cont. on Page 4, Col. 1
CHAMBER MEET
.A good crowd of Homer Chamber of Com
merce members were on hand Monday noon
to welcome the new officers in the first
session of the Chamber year.
Business accomplished under the gavel
of the new president, Nelson Moyer, in”
eluded delegating Don Smith and John War,
terman as the official Chamber represen
tatives to the reception in Anchorage
Saturday night,for Department of the In
terior Secretary Douglas McKay.
Other business taken up was as follows:
Voted to send a congratulatory letter
to the Ken ad 4th of July committee for
the fine job they did.
Voted to pay the secretary S&15 per
month.
-:t.Voted to send 200 copies of the Homer
folders and mimeographed letters to the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce office-.
According to a publicity release from
the PUD the delinquent tax roll for
195T-1952 will be sent to the Clerk of
the district courtin.Anchorage next Monr,
day, July 19, with an application for or”.
der of 'Sale by the court.
Preparation of the tax roll,- according
to the news release, has been trade and
owners who desire to make full payment
prior to July 19, 1954 may do so and have
his or her name removed frDm the roll.
The PUD states that an additional cosit
is now added to the taxes, penalties and
interest for expenses incurred which is
prerated among those listed on the de”,
linquent tax roll.
Once the roll is presented to the
iistrict court, all persons listed will
have an opportunity to protest the order
of sale by writing the dist-lict court
prior to the date of the hearing which
will be announced at a later date. The
iistrict court will hear, pass upon, and
determine the legality of the tax roll
and of any taxes or assessments on pro”
perty thereon described. After the tax
roll is approved the district judge will
orefear a sale of all real property listed
after which the local FUD board of dir”
ectors will determine the time of sale
and publish same once each week for four
consecutive weeks prior to said sale.
CADETS DUE IN
Eight Civil Air Patrol Cadets, all
girls from the states, will visit Homer
next Tuesday, July 2p, according to Bob
Edlund, local CAP squadron commander.
The girls are taking part in a Cadet ex”
change program sponsored by the CAP and
are touring the territory while several
Alaskan girle are out in the states.
In addition to the girls the group
arriving Tuesday will include their cha”
perone; Mayor Strong, Air Force liaison
officer and some professional cameramen
who are recording their trip. The film
taken will be shown throughout the states
later in the year.
An itinerary for the girls was worked
out at the local CAP meeting Tuesday
night. It has been planned to take them
on a tour of the area next Tuesday after”,
noon. In the evening the girls will meet
with local girls their age at the Elks
hall for a program outlining CAP Cadet
activities.
All local girls between the ages of
15 and 18 are urged to attend this meet”
ing. The program will get underway at
8 p.m., Edlund said.
CSG DATE SET
■>he CSG permanent action group will
hold their first meeting tomorrow (Fri~
day! night at 8 p.m. in the school house,
according to* Don Stoith, president. :A“,
rong other topics, the group will dis
cuss the fairgrounds.
There will be a meeting at 7:30 p.m.
of the permanent committee chairmen, the
officers and past officers of the study
group, Smith said.
Permanent committees set up thus far
include education, economics, beautifi
cation and planning, recreational, leg
islative and publicity.
Chairmen have been tentatively chosen
for two commi'tteea, GSmith said. Chair
men chosen were Dan Larson, recreation
and Pill Raver, publicity.