CHAMBER HONORS GRAD '
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. S' s' Gnad ws honored for
A*5 ^!Lor* °f community ser
vice Tuesday when the Chamber
of Commerce held its regular
noon meeting at the Homer Cafe
In presenting Mr, Gnad with a
Small token of appreciation,
Mrs, Gene King, speaking for
the Chamber and other com
munity organizations, reminded
the group of the many hours of
work that Mr, Gnad had put in
working for the many civic and
social groups here. She stat
ed that the people had come
to know and respect him for
his forthright view:. An en
graved watch had been ordered
as a gift /or #•% Sued, but ’it
failed to arrive in time for
the presentation so ne was
given a handsome Mickey Mouse
wrist watch to wear until the
more lasting one arrived,
In his speech of thanks,
Mr, Gnad spoke of the many
friends that he had made in
the community and said that he
regretted only one thing and
that was thatdsthe Civil De
fense director he had not be
en able to organize a strong
er CD unit here. The blame
lay, he said, not locally but
with a lack of cooperation
from higher Civilian Defense
officials. He expressed his
heartfelt thanks for the gift
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and the spirit in which it was
offered«
J letter frxyn the Area Reg
ional Civilian .Defense offic
er was read, fA# letter ex
pressed the regr^et with which
the resignation of Mr* Gnad
was received arid thanked him
for services rendered*
Other, business conducted by
the Chamber included hearing
a letter read from the Direct
or %of the University of Michi
gan's Aleutian Research Insti
tute stating that Homer. might
be considered as a headquar
ters for theInstitute pro
viding that certain specifi
cations could be met* The
specifications included, a«*
mong other things, needed
quarters and financial as
sistance* After a brief dis
cussion the group decided
that the Chamber should set
forth Homer's qualifications
in a letter to the Director*
It was also announced that
the board of directors had
decided to place an ad in the
Fairbanks Hews Miner annual
progress edition and supply
the paper with pictures and
news copy about Homer and the
area*
The directors also set up a
legislative committee with
Harry Gregoire as chairman*
Guests at the meeting were
Mrs* S* S* Gnad, Merrill
Hatcher, Robert Lafgren and
John Pate*
BANKER HERE
Mr* C, H4 Lattimer, vie*
president of the Alaska de
partment for the First Na
tional Bank of Seattle was a
visitor in Homer over the
weekend*
RADIO UNITS HORNING
The HEA mobile radio units
were expected to be in opera*
tion this week after the ar
rival of the antenna Tuesday•
EMPLOYEES CROUP INS
POLICIES WITH THE
MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.
ARE A FEATURE
WITH THE
INSURANCE ACENCY
MARSHALL'S QUARTERS *
J* C* Reynolds has announ
ced that work will begin in
the near future on his office
building to make room for liv
ing quarters, an office and a
place of detention for prison
ers* The building will house
the U* S* deputy Marshall who
will be stationed in Homer as'
soon as fjie building is com
pleted* The operation of mov
ing the building to the rear
of the lot on which it is lo
cated* and building a full
basement is expected *to take
about two months*
TALKS TO BROTHER IN JAPAN
Bob Edlund c; the Homer
Radio and Elertrcnic.s talked
with his brot.er. Captain Dick
Edlund, in 1U £ohama via the
radio Sunday mar ing* He re
ports that the recaption was
Poor and that he expects to
try again soon* Bis brother
■ is witJh;th\t Army Signal Corps
in Japan*
SPEAKER ENJOYED
The Homer Nomen rs Club en
joyed a question and answer
discussiin on Scotland at
their meeting last Thursday
at the home of Natalie Hewr
lett* Mrs* Robert Bostrom
answered questions concerning
Scotland asked by the club
members*
ON VACATION
Ed Leibenthal, extension
agent, is away frpm his office ■
these days on a well-earned
vacation, tie expects to be
out three weeks♦
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PTA TO MEET
TKe Homer Parent-Teachers
Association- will meet Friday
evening at the school house,
according to Homer Thompson,
president« Hew teachers will
be welcomed during the meeting
which will get underway at 8
p* m* if
DRIVE TO PAIRBAMKS
Mr* and Mrs* Ted Wythe and
Mrs* Clyde Wythe and daughter
Helda left Mdnday for Fair
banks where Helda will enter
the University of Alaska* The
rest of the party will return
to Homer about Sunday*
BOARD TO MEET
The HEA board of directors
will meet next Tuesday, Sept
ember 14, according to Jiggs
Tice, HEA manager*
HERE FROM SEWARD
Mr* and Mrs* Ben Halters
of Seward, former residents
of Homer, were in the com
munity over the weekend*
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