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HOMER NEW
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PUD NEWS
Linn Forrest, Juneau architectt has
been employed by the PUD as architect
to draw up the preliminary plans for
the propes id Armory-Civic Center for
Homer. The action taken by the board
of directors Monday night does not mean
that .immediate c instruction is antici
pated, The action uas taken to give the
'Alaska Hational Guard some measure of
assurance that the community is inter
ested in such a building so that the
Guard can go to the coming legisldture
with a basis for requesting funds to
assist in the construction of armory
units throughout the Territory, If
•such funds are forthcoming Alaskan com
munities would probably be required to
supply only one-eighth of the necessary
funds comtared to the one-fourth now re
quired..
The'delinquent tax sale last Sat-ur
day brought in a total of Id, c35 for
all cf 1 he property listed for sale.
Of th%s amount, the PCD receives l7
in d iii ’.qv: >.nt tc.xe r. penalz \e s, interest
and cost* Tn*. balar.ee of the money
receivei is to be refunded to the owners
where known 7th ere tac owners are not
known, further atiemyts will Le made- to
trace omt'ship.
The diractors considered the lengthy
delay that has occur*d in sending out
the io$3 tar statements an i ha’1* extend
ed th* delinquent date for paynent to
December t 1054, Taxes 'are payable in
one lump rum rother toon the two pay
ment system used *n the past. The di
rectors also established the dates and
hours when they will sat as o. Board of
Equalization, Catcher iS, tg end 20 at
8 p.m, cn each of the dat ;s mentioned,
At thc.se times they v:ill hear all com
plaints, questions and requests for in
formation pertaining to th* *953 taxes,
Ban Stewart, district supervisor of
the 'Alaska Road Commission, will arrive
in Homer this week to discuss the loan
of ARC equipment to the PUD for work on
the small boat basin at the Spit Ac
tion has been taken by the local fish
erman's group to obtain donations to
assist in the construction of the pro
ject, Local fishermen have paid and-or
pledged a total of Syoo toward the Pro
jict. ' ’ '\
CSG TO MEET
A large crowd is expected to be on
hand tomorrow (Friday) night for the
October Citizen's Study Group meeting
ai the schoolhouse• The meeting will
get und-erway at 8 and discussions
on the small boat basin, the fair as
sociation and perhaps ottier topics will
be held, A film will dli0 bi shown* \
CHROME SHIPPED
A Coastwise Liberty ship left the
dock of the Kenai Chrome Corporation at
Red Mountain Monday with just over 3000
tons of chrome- ore bound for Portland,
The ship left the dock before all of
the oret an estimated 3800 tons, could
be loaded,- A breakdown in the conveyor
belt plus high winds and a high tide
caused the Captian to take the boat out
This is the first shipment from the mine.
CHAMBER MEET
the Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday a letter from Gov, Heintzleman
to Don Smith was read thanking Smith and
the 'people of the community for .. the
courtesies shown the Governor during
his recent visit, The Governor stated
that he would be doing what he could to
assist the community with the problems
brought to his attention during his vis
it,
A proof of the Chamber ad to be run
in the Fairbanks Mews-Miner progress ed
ition was shown to the group, The paper
will be published November to and the
Chamber ims urged to order as many cop
ies as they wanted at the earliest date
possible.
It was reported that two cost esti
mates have been received for the print
ing of windshield stickers, The aver
age cost Was about $350 per 5000 stick
ers.
It was also announced at the Chamber
that there were to and £20 counter
feit bills in the area However, this
rumor was later proven to be false.
It was decided that the board of di
rectors should take up the criticism of
the mimeographing work done on the Cham
ber' s information bulletin recently
completed,
STARTS DRIVE
27us Homer Fair Association started
its membership drive this week in an
endeavor to raise $500 to complete the
access road to the fairgrounds. A mem
bership to the organization as #5*.
According to the information put out
by the Association there are three rea
sons for membership in the Association,
1, It cannot exist as an incorporated
entity without memberships* 2* It can
not prrceed on its program of the de
velopment of the community recreatianal
area without the financial and moral
support of residents of the area and or
ganisations of the area* 3* It is the
only way that all of the residents of
Homer can get together and cantribute
something idividually to a community
-recreational area* / ’ 1
, It is>pointed out that the Associa
tion is an incorporated non-profit body
composed of the membership of the group*.
It d s controlled .by a .board of directors
of nine individuals from the Homer area
who 'meet monthly or as necessary tq_
conduct the business* \ It has its own
by-laws and constitution*
l The Associdiion is financed through
memberships which cost #5 Per year,
profits o,n the? faitfy Advertising in the
premium"booklet and'from matching funds
grantek by the Territory* >
During 1954 the Association received
'$t$o ff dm memberships, about $350^rofit
from the fair and fair booklet and re
ceived as a grant ~ from the Territory
$toob, under provisions of aid to Indus
trial -and agricultural fairs. This was
an outright gift, according to the As*
_so ciation*
Expenditures for the fairgrounds
during 1954 included $450 for bulldozing
and,levelling, #710 as yearly payment
on the land* An estimated #400 more
,will be spent this year for road work,
Incomplete returns on last Tuesday $
Territorial election give every indica
tion of a Democratic landslide.
In the Territory-wide election, Del
egate Bartlett has been elected by a
wide majdrity* However a real battle :is
underway for the post of commissioner of
labor with the Republican incumbent,
Benson, having a slight lead over Demo
crat Lannen* Hugh Wade, Democroitic
candidate for treasurer, seems to be
widening his lead over Earl Hunter, Re
publican* ;
For the Divisional posts to the Sen
ate and House of Representatives the
Democrats appear to have won seven Sen
ate seats to one for the Republicans and
twenty-one seats in the House appear to
have b'een won by the Democrats to two
for the Republicans,
However, local voting did not con
form to the Territorial trend* In the
Homer precinct number one the Democrats
held a •slight edge* In precinct number
two, however, it was pretty much a Re
publican show*
'A total cf 291 votes were cast in the
two Precincts showing agood representa
tion of voters* Votes cast were as fol
lows, with the first number following
the candidate 1 s name representing pre
cinct one and the second number pre
cinct two*
Bartlett, 167, 30; Dimock, 60, 26;
Benson, 96. 38; Lannen, 129, 17; Hunt
er, 87,34; Hade, 138,21; Cooper, 9$, zt;
Lingo, 16, 6, McKinley, 104, 36; Owen,
too* 17; Snider, 130,38; Bowker, 31, 13;
Buxton, ‘J, c; Gortuch, 52, 22; Poole, 2,
0; Werner, 129, 2%
Bailey, 113; 10; Buckalew, 7 to, 18;
Ervin, 83, 34; Hawkins, 143, 38; John
son, 131, 20; ^alano-rides, io3, 14;
Kay, 128, 20; Knudson, 102, 33; McCut
cheon, 106, 13; Kelson, 94, 34/ Olson,
73/31; Palmer, 115, 15; Plumvter, 136,
26; Prior, 94, 33; RenPschler, 64, 25;
Robison, 103, 36! Ryan, 140, 19; Snod
grass, 80, 31; White, 67, 27; Young,
128, *7*
In the Anchor Point precinct a total
tof 40 votes were cast generally favor
ing the Republican candidates*
BOARD TO MEET
The annual fall mating of the VlLas
ka Fisheries Boat'd has bath called for
. 'the week of November l it was announced
this week by C* L* ’Anderson, arrestor*
Sessions will be held in the office of
the A'las'ka Department of fisheries *i»
Juneau♦ ,
One of the main objectives of the
board at its November meeting will be
to adoptja set of recommendations for
proposed changes Jin the 19K5 fisheries
} Regulations, as it does 4ech year after
heading opinions of fishermen and other
interested persons* Written statements
> from those unable to attend will be ac
, cepted and appreciated«
The board a\so expects to meet in
joint session with Fish arid ; Wildlife
Service officials regarding the propos
ed regulations before making up a brief
that will incorporate it 4 ’Views.,
Present members of thj board are Ira
H* Rothwell, Cordova, chairman; Kenneth
Bell, Fairbanks; Henry Denny, Saxmon;
Robert Kalienberg, Dillingham; j. H.
Wakefield, Port Wakefield«