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HOMES * ALASKA
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Your Dependable Cornnunity Newspaper
May 5, 1955
Alaabj Historical
Library ft Muaeum
Boat 2051
J^aeau, Alaska
¥ol. 5, No# 47
SOCIAL PLANNED
A pie social and dance will be held
Saturday night at the Elks half to
raise funds for the high school annual*
The annual committee has announced that
the program will geCunderuay at 9 p*m*
Admission is one dollar for men and one
pie for the ladies*
This year’s annual will contain 48
pages, according to the committee and
will hare an attractive cover* They
•ay be ordered from any senior and will
be mailed as soon as they arrive* The
funds available from sales thus far
will not covor printing expenses, hence
the public pie social and dance*
CAP CONFERENCE
Nine members of the Homer squadron
©f the Civil Air Patrol are expected to
leave Homer Saturday morning in an Air
force plane for Anchorage where they
will participate in a two-day GAP meet
ing* The plane will arrive in Homer at
§:15 and those planning to make the
trip are requested to be at the field
by 7*45*
CHAMBER NOTES
A bare quorum was-"present for the
Chamber meeting Monday and the meeting
ms brief.
President Nelson Moyer stated that
the directors had started their study
of the financial status of the Chamber
but that more meetings would be nec
essary to bring it to completion. Con
cerning finances he reported that the
special hospital fund of the Chamber
tew contained $165.S3. The fund ms
set up by 3. S* Gnad to assist in buy
ing supplies and equipment for the hos
pital.
A letter from Delegate Bartlett con
cerning highway funds was read. Bart
lett informed the Chamber that while it
is true that the House committee had
cut $3 million off the APW road appro
priation! the remainder of the funds
may be spent as the Administration sees
fit* It is up to them to decide whether
or not the Sterling highway is to be
pawed. He said that he hoped that the
Senate would place the $3 million
back in the appropriation measure and
that the House would go along in final
consideration of the hill. Bartlett
also suggested that letters be written
to the two committee chairmen asking
that the funds be restored.
Mary High suggested that telegrams
be seat to the committee chairmen bear
ing signatures of members who might
bear the cost of the telegram. The
suggestion is to be adopted*
President Moyer stated that a pro*
gram for the coming year is being work
ed up by the directors and stressed
that suggestions from non-members as
$®1X as members wculd be appreciated*
Don Smith, speaking for Mrs* Arlene
£?anich who was unable to attend the
meeting, stated that now would be the
time for local business men to get to
gether to set up an oiling program for
the heavily traveled roads of the com
munity*
BOARD CHANGES
Bob Norman resigned as president and
as a board member »of the Homer Pair
Association at a special meeting of the
directors Wednesday evening* He gave
as his reasons ‘ for his resignation
that he needed more time to take care
of his own business to provide himself
with a suitable living and that his
staying on the board would not be in
the best interests of the Association*
He stated that he plans to tfut out a
Peninsula directory and he suggested
that the annual fair book be made a
part of the directory* He felt, he
said, that there was not enough adver
tising in the area to support both a
directory and fair book*
The board members, • however, disa
greed with him and voted to go ahead
and put out their own book*
Vice president Bill Raver will r©~
place Norman as president of the Asso
ciation* Nonnan Nelson was elected to
the vice president’s job and Mrs* Cecil
Wyant was elected to fill the*vacancy
on the board*
Bud Uminski tendered his resignation
as treasurer of the board, but no ap
pointment was made to fill the vacancy*
Harry Gregoire was appointed to in
vestigate purchasing carnival favors
for the fair and Nonnan Nelson and Gust
Lofgren were appointed to check on the
availability of tents for the fair*
If permission can be gained from the
forest service, the fair grounds will
be burned over Sunday afternoon, it was
decided*
TO OPEN SHOP
Mias Dorothy Ream of Anchorage an
nounced this week that aha expects to
open a beauty shop tin Homer soon* The
shop, she said, will be located above
the Pioneer Hardware and will be called
The Homer House of Beauty# Equipment
and supplies for the shop were expected
to arrive in Homer this week#
Miss Ream has been working as a
beautician in Anchorage for the past
several years# She received her train
ing in Detroit, Michigan, and owned her
own shop in Hollywood for several years.
NAME CHANGED
Paul Choquotte announced this week
that he hns combined his sport shop and
hobby shop under the name Inlet Sport
Shop* New signs advertising the place
of business have been erected in front
of the building#
Tbs interior of the building is to
be remodeled and repainted with new
show oases and islands installed#
Choquette also stated that the shop
will carry fresh salmon eggs this year
as well as frozen herring for bait* A
larger stock of fishing gear is also on
order, .he said#
WEATHER
High Low
April 28 41 32
April 29 47 32
April 30 47 31
May &1 49 38
May 2 50 26
May 3 47 29
May 4 47 37
The Homesteader’a Supply store in
Anchcr Point was entered and robbed of
approximately $100 last Friday night,
according to word from that community*
The store is being operated by Mrs.
Elva Griner for Km Rickley who is
working at Point Barr or;. The robbery
was discovered at about 11*30 Friday
night by Mrs. Griner and her husband
when they returned from a talent show
and pie social which had boon attended
by most of the residents of the commun
ity.
The burglar broke in tho back door
of the store and apparently went right
to the cash box, broke it open and took
the bills and cash. Nothing else in
the store was disturbed.
REPORT HEARD
The board of directors of the Hewer
Electric Association met last Wednesday
evening to investigate tho accident of
Joe Alonzo* Tho statement of the mana
ge** Jlgga Tice, was read and the board
talked with other linemen who were
working on the lino at the time of tho
accident*
In his statement the manager noted
that Alonzo had been told of the hot
tap on the pole and that lie personally
had chcokod to see that the other re
maining lines on tho pole wore dead*
He said that had it not boon for the
immediate action of tho foreman, Steve
Smas, and lineman Duane Bolnap, Alonzo
would not have been alive to reach the
ground*
In his concluding statement, the
manager stated tho followingJ "Since
I am the manager and the men that work
for HEA are responsible to me I am in
turn responsible for any action taken
by them* whether it be foreman or leb
oror# I told Smas Monday that it v&s
my belief that both he and I were re
sponsible for Joe’s condition since wo
had not forced tho workors to abide by
the safoty regulations*, However, I
was going to have Myhill call a special
board neeting with tho other workers
present and determine to tho best of
their knowledge the exaot cause of the
accident and the action to be taken•"
AGENT FIRED
A petition asking John Farley, di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife Service
to investigate the release of Dan
Franco, Konai FflS agent, is being cir
culated in Hcner# The petition was
placed in the Homer Cash Store after
residents of Konai indicated that they
felt tha“t Franco rcas not getting a
square deal*
Several copies of letters uritten
by various Kcnul people to FWS offici
als imply that France upheld the
larrs even There his felloar FWS employ
ees Tore concerned and that Franc© Tas
fired for that reason#
It is understood that a second FSB
employeo of the Konai station has quit
bo cause of the Franco situation#
Local residents are being urged to
sign the petition and to ujrite to An
dros? Simmons of Lekoviox?# the Third
Division representative on the Alaska
Game Commission and to Clarence Rhode
of the Juneau FY/S office, protesting
the dismissal of France#