ACP FUNDS ANNOUNCED
Alaska's agricultural conservation
program (AC?) will have $6,000 more in
funds for its 1955 work than in the past
year, Alaska Chairman Philip /?, Johnson
said this week,
The increase to $27,000 was revealed
when national ACP funds of $200 million
were distributed among the states accord
ing to their conservation needs. Each of
the three principal farming areas in the
Territory will receive its share on the
basis of farm units,
Fairbanks county, which includes the
second and fourth judicial districts, will
receive $9,932*88. Homer county, which
includes the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak
Island, will receive ~*6, 58)4. 68. Palmer
county, which includes all of the first
and third judicial districtswill re
ceive $10,318.44.
ATTEND DEMOCRATIC MEETING
Three members of the Homer Democratic
Clubt Harry Hegdahlt Homer Thompson and
Bill Raver, attended a meeting of the
Ninilchik Democratic Club Monday night*
They report that a majority of the meet
ing time was taken up with a discussion
of legislation and regulations governing
fishing in Cook Inlet and other Alaskan
waters•
BANKERS VISIT HERE
Homer was visited over the weekend by
three bank presidents from the cities of
Kodiak and Anchorage, Here from Kodiak
was Marshall Crutchert president of the
Bank of Kodiak* From Anchorage came Ben
Crawford, president of the City National
Bank and Elmer Rasmussen, president of
the National Bank of Alaska• The men
visited the officials of the Bank of Ho
mer.
INCREASED SHIP SAILINGS
A new incr^ased-cdpacity cargo vessel
schedule beginning September 28 was an
nounced this week by Vi, J, Monahan, gen
eral traffic manager of the Alaska
Steamship company,
The new service, providing regular,
frequent sailings for Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska, becomes effective
following the steamer Denali 9s sailing
September 24, the last in the company9s
historic passenger service,
Under the new schedule■■ there will be
two sailings each week for Southwestern
Alaska, departures each Tuesday and Fri
day* a sailing each Friday for South
eastern Alaska and an additional vessel
"every three wdek'srt'hat will catl at Kod
iak Island,
"Five Knot-type . and fqifir Liberty
ships, now in the company fleet, will be
employed to maintain this service, Manor
han said, This does not allow for the
use of the steamers Baranof and Denali
under freighter license, 99
DANCE DRAMS CROW
The dance Saturday night at the Elks
hall honoring the Robert H, Ray and Chas«
E, Champ Drilling company workers drew a
good crowd of local well-mishers♦ The
workers left Homer Wednesday after spend
ing nearly four months in the area drill
ing test holes and making seismographic
tests in a search for oil,
STANDARD OIL HEN HERE
Three representatives .of the Standard
Oil company were Homer visitors this week•
"Andy" Anderson, assistand plant manager
from Seward; Earl Parker, fuel And lubri
cant engineer of the marketing department
and Terrance Hackle, auditor, were the
visitors•
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