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September 16, 1954
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NO STENCILS
That*4 right, still no stencils, We
hope that this *vest pocket* edition df
the tfEjtS is the only one that we have to
put out« The supply house that usually
supplies us with our larger stencils
wrote that they were out of them but
that it would only be a matter of days
before they woulcL have them on hand, We
hope that next week we will be out with
a standard edition of the paper.
CSG MEETING
The program for the Citizen's Study
Group meeting scheduled for tomorrow
night at the school house has teen an
nounced by lfilliam Matthews who will
chairman the meeting in the absence of
President Don E* Smith and the vice
president, Bert Bachman.
Matthews states that Robert Bostrom,
a representative of the Richmond Oil
Company, will address the grpup on oil
exploration and operations on the Penin*
sula•
Information on the proposed small
boat harbor for Homer will also be given*
According to Matthews, the latest infor
mation on this project is encouraging.
The proposed constitution and by-laws
witl also be dp for discussion during the
meeting which will get underway at 8 p*m.
C OFC
Four guests were present at the kon
day Chamber of Commerce meeting to make
the occasion one of the most enjoyable
get-togethers of the year,
Present mere Piss Roxanna Skobelska
of Bear Cove, Hr* and Mrs« Leopold Fied
ler of Cologne, Germany and Mrs, Gene
Lawrence of Homer•
Hiss Skobelska, who has been a home
steatkr at Bear Cove since 1949, and who
this summer received her American citi
zenship papers, told the group how pleas
ed she was to see 'freedom at work0 in
Homer as it was during the recent CSG
meetings, She said that government was
everybody's business and that she was
going to take advantage of her citiaen
fhip rights to vote in the coming elec
tion*
Mr♦ and Mrs, Fiedler drove their Ger
man'Folks Hagon to Homer Monday from An
1 chorage, On the car were the words .*£•
gypt to Alaska0 and the Fiedlers told of
getting their car in Germany, going ta
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JOHNSON OBIT
Graveside services for HI Horn Clyde
Johnson, 35, son of Hr, and Mrs♦ Clyde
Johnson, were held Wednesday at the new
Homer cemetery, Services were conducted
by the Elks Lodge with Rev, Nelson Moyer
officiating,
Pall hearers were Ora Jonys, Homer
Latham, Harold Billups, Tommy Wickland,
Rex Elliott and Bob Valli.
William Johnson was believed to have
Massed away Sunday as the result of a
self-inflicted shot from 4 *22 caliber
pistol, according to Territorial Police
man Carl Ahlstrom and U. 5, Deputy Mar
shall Parrett of Kenai, who investigated
the tragic death. The body was found
early Monday evening by Harold Biliks
who went to Johnson's cabin to see him•
_MiLliam. Clyde Johnson is survived by
his parents, one sister, Carolyn, and one
brother, George, all of Homer•
HEA MAY BUILD
The Homer Electric Association board
of directors Tuesday night discussed at
some length the possibility of erecting
a building to be used as an office, It
was agreed that the lot which the HEA is
pur (Chasing from Terminal Oil Sales, locat
ed across the street from the telephone
company, would be the best suitable site
for an office building« The directors
instructed the manager to investigate
the needs for office space and to get
approximate costs if possible• He was
further instructed to get tke approxi
mate cost of converting . a part of the
Terminal Oil Sales mrehouSe, now on
t^e property, into an office«
PUD BOARD
At the meeting of the board of diret•
tors of the PUD Monday night considerable
discussion teas held concerning the pos
sibility of buying another fork lift for
the Homer dock• Clyde Vythe, local agent
faf the Alaska Steamship company, teas
present to read a letter that he had re•
ceived frofiJ)am-Duryea$ company official,
protesting the use of antiquated e.quipi-'^
ment on the local dock• He stated that f
i / more modern equipment could not be?•
purchased to handle cribbed freight the
steamship company might be forced ta
qpandon the use of cribs for shipping
supplies to the local port%
After much talk op out the problem 'it
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