YEitRU REVIEW
This week the-. NEWS is:
starting something which we
hope will' be’ an annual eveiit
for this week each year. We
will do an annual news survey
of the papers of the past
year bringing to our readers
the news highlights , of the
past year. * Our first issue
this year was June 10 so that
is where we will begin.'*
Week of. June- 10 -
.. Dr, Lee McKihley, . ? Anchor
age dentist, told a OSGr.meet
ing that AJ£i ska suffered from
a lack of dentists because*of
the Board of "Examiners who,
he said,"deliberately failed"
worthwhile applicants*
The Robert IiV Bay. Company
was drilling tdst holes for
oil exploratory work,with 18
men in the field*
A -certified check for
$839.15 was sent to the Ter
ritorial Civilian Defense
Director’s office in payment
for the Jeep pump tjruck.
The Sport Shop opened June
12. It is owned and operated
by Gay and Paul Choquette.
A phone has been installed
at the dock.
Week of June 17
Don Smith has been elected
president of the CSG action
group.
Work is expected to get
underway this week on the
Army Recreation Camp on the
land donated by Jiggs Tice#.- '
John Mart in-Smith was laid
to rest at Anchor River*
Rev. Andrew - Semenchuck
left Homer Tuesday for Chica
gO*
J Mr.- And’Mrs* Cecil Wyant
report the birth of a son at
\ ElidarOhio.4 1‘
. .Jim. Sherry is completing
work on two slower rooms at
his Logtel*
Week of June 24 .
Commissioner .Gene *- King
states that every effort is
r *. being made v to get a deputy
trU* S*- marshall for Homer.
' „ Cecil Wyaht has been awar
ded the rural mail route con
"tract out of Homer.
Homer Thompson has^ been
hired• as manager of the PUD.
, §huck Carlson shot a boar
in his back yard* *
Miss Vena Clark, home ex
tension agent, has- started
her work on the. Western Kenai
Peninsula with headquarters
'in Horner.
Week of July 1
The Homer Food Center
started work on a warehouse
adjacent to the store#
Pete , and Marie Bergsagel
sold the Homer Cafe to Mr.
Lewis.
Two minors were killed in
an explosion at . the Konal
Chrome company mihe near $el
dovia. * ‘ .
Brigadier General John R.
Noyes and Captain iDuncan of
Seward visited Homer Sunday.
Rev. Gordon Gould of Phil
adelphia,/. superintendent of *
Alaskan, Missions * for the
Methodist Church visited Ho
mer Sunday*
Week of July 8
A banquet honoring; William
Matthews for his work in the '
CSG will be held July 10. "
Several hundred people
tfere on hand to enjoy the
free clam feed of the Elks at
the end of the Spit on the
4th of July.
Nelson Moyer was elected
president of the. Chamber of
- Commerce succeeding Howard
:!&frhill# '*
; f - ; POD budget was set at 42Af
928 at a special meeting of
the board of directors; -
San Pratt* set up a totem
pole, beside'" .Vega*a irt and
, $ift Shop.: ' * ' . '
Marian Keoppel has announ
, ced ;that - she <is starting a
.stenographic 'and bookkeeping
service# ... j•
The first load of poles
for the new Homer-Glam Gulch
.power line was carried Wed
nesday, by* Leo Rollins.'
Week of July 15
, The HEA plana a raise for
all construction employees*
Mrs**Inez Bilbao via.a flotro
to Anchorage by the CAP for
emergency treatment* ,
Dps* Thomas Parren and
James A*"“ Crabtree, both of
Pittsburghuere in Homer on
a survey for the Department
of Interior,
Qra Jones joined the Homer
National Guard Unit*
Week of July 22 .
Eight eager Givil Air Pat
rol cadets from various
stateside-cities visited Ho
mer from * Tuesday ; through
Thursday this neck* . «.; *
Standard -Oil Compsmy of
California entered, into a
contract yith the Department
of Interior to explore and
develop leased., oil land on
, the KonaifPeninsula.
A measles epidemic at Eng
lish Bay took the lives of
three natives last week*
Mrs. Irene Abbott, 38,
- passed away# Friday, July 16,
in Anchorage*
The J." C* Reynolds Real
Estate Agency has become as
sociated with the Strout Rea
„ Ity- flm and wi 11 henceforth
ibe khbwn* as Strout Realty*
Three'^orJcJrs were injured
in an accident at the Spit
Saturday when the staging in
side the Standard Oil talks
, gave way* _ .' ..
, ■* - Revv and Mrs*,. Paul minacr
and daughter, Becky, arrived
,from lAcyvilie, Penn#
A daughter was bom July
19 to Mr* and Mrs* Trygvie
Ulricksen of Homer* ‘-:
4 - A daughter was .born July
21 to Mr* and Mrs* Lea tor Du
Four*
Traffic on _the- Sterling
highly at 'Homer a hows an av
erage of 600 cars per day,
according to Can! Sholin,
foreman of the ARC shop* '
Week of July 29
Bill Wallace,, editor of
The Milepost and Homer 'sum
mertime resident,spoke before
the Chamber Monday to say
that the future of Homer lay
/with the* tourist trade* *
George Miller found an old
saber and Scabbard, a relic
of bygone days, while logging
U miles oaat of Homer*
, r Carl Gulley, former Em
ployee of the Bank of Homer,
was arrested yesterday and
charged. with embezzling about
(Continued on Page 4)
V I
V
Still have your tree up/
see• t -
Yeah! We
haven*t even
had Christmas
yet. X ordered
all my Christmas
thing3 from the
catalog, and they
still arenft here^J
your
U- . * * * *
PIONEER HARDWARE"'
BAY CLOTHIERS.;:'
VEHN MUTCH DRUGS "
HOMER FOOD CENTER
DON E. SMITH, INS.
TEE HOBBY SHOP
UMINSKI’S
t-vn
THIS WEEK'S GUEST MERCHAN T. ^
V,^ ■
APPAREL £ FURNITURE
FEATURING
LADIES AND CHILDREN'S APPAREL
PLUS
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
FURNITURE FOR THE HOME
AT PRICES YOU CAN AFFORD