Tol. 5, No* 31
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Your Community Newspaper
January 6, 1955
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MEETING NOTICE:
Notices of the annual meeting of the
Homer Electric .association, Incorporat
ed, were sent out last week and set the
meeting date as February 1, the time
8:00 and the place the Method!st Church
building, formerly the Skyway theater,'
Purpose of the meeting, according to
the notice, is to elect three trustees
for three-year terms, and to consider
and take action upon such other things'
as may legally and lawfully come before
the meeting*
Thirteen names remain on the list of
nominees at the post office for the
three trustee jobs. They are Jack
Scott, Noel Holt, Dick Freimuth, John
Hylen, Ben Barbee, Marian Koeppel, Law
rence Keeler, Dale Doner,* Kenneth Pick
ley, Marion Sncelenski, Bud Uminski,
Vern Mutch and Bob Moss,
The names of Francis Thorn and Milo
Kallman have been removed from the list.
The directors whose terms will ex
pire this year are Dan Larson, Erling
Broderson and Jack Scott,
CHAMBER NOTES
Approximately 25 members were on
hand Monday for the weekly meeting of
the Homer Chamber of Commerce*
A discussion was held about the
case concerning the. PNA permit to fly
between the States and Alaska. The CAB
has ruled: against renewing the permit
causing considerable anger in Alaskan
circles•
It was announced that all of the
members of the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce would be unable to come to
Homer but that the manager and the
president would be here on January 7 to
attend the kickoff luncheon of the
farmers Institute.
Discussions were -also held on.the.
small boat basin and the coming visit
of Harold Moats and Col. Farrell of the
district Engineers. .
LINE ENERGIZED
The final section of the Homer-Clam
Sulch power line was energized on N^w
Tear’s Eve, according to Jiggs Tice,
H3SA. manager. The big 300 Kv7 generator
at the plant is also in operation, he
said and is performing satisfactorily.
The peak load being generated is 240
according to Tice**
New customers are being added at the
rate of 2 to 3 a day, the manager ex
plained.
On Thursday morning the power wait
down several times, but was never com
pletely off. The cause of the dimming
was assumed to be the wires striking
together in the ..high wind^
WEATHER *
December 30
December 31
January 1
January
January
January
January
High
15^
12
36
36
30
17
26
Low
1
1
5
32
20
8,
11
The weather is furnished to the Fews
each day by the Ilomer CAA. Station.
■'■•WELCOME
The residents of Homer and -the est
em Kenai Peninsula will have the op
portunity to enjoy a rare privilege
this* Friday and, Saturday with the com
ing of the Farmsrs Institute. Sponsor
ed by our own Xachemak Bay Farmers Co
‘operative Association, the Institute
’will bring to the community the out
standing men, .and women in the field of
'agriculture and extension work of the
Territory.
T/e would liKQ to extena a warm wel
come to Jack 'erner, Dr. Mick, Mrs*
Fohn-Kansen aiyl to the many other dis
tinguished speakers who will be here
for the two-day session*
We hope that everyone who can manage
to get away from the daily chores will
take advantage of the opportunity to
attend ope or more of the sessions.
The program is varied enough to in
terest all of us* The home gardener
will learn about disease control in
vegetable crops, the flower gardener
can pick up information on horticul
ture, the business people can learn
about marketing and. the fanners will
learn about a multitude of things*
The Farriers Association is~to be
congratulated for its part in sponsor
ing the Institute* We hope that this
will be the forerunner of many more
ambitious programs for. the group. .
Thanks should'be given to Ed Le’iben
thal, .-extehsion agent, Mary Robinson,
home demonstration agent, Dick Learnard
of the SC3 and to 'Mrs* Cknpbell, ex-'
tension secretary, for their guidance
and many hours of work in preparing the
programs for the Institute*
If only the weather man’will cooper
ate, we believe that it is safe to pre
dict that the Institute will be’a big
success, and set a precedent for the
years to come.
PUiT MEETING!
•At- the special meeting of the board
of directors' of the PUD last; Thursday
night the directors passed a motion
agreeing to pay $2.75 pqr yard for
gravel for the hospital; ’ access road to
Wally Atkinson, 'local-<50retractor* The
board further agreed to pay Atkinson
$1 per yard for loading gravel oh a
truck belonging to Lester DuFour who
had the 'original* contract to thaul the
gravel, Reason for the addition of At
kin ^nn t:o *$hc hauling job was given as
the necessity to get the job done so
that the Territorial Highway Engineer
and the Department of Public Works
could be informed at the earliestt pos
sible moment of the completion of the
job* The Territorial Engineer had set
* aside $1500 of Territorial funds for
the road and with the completion of the
road the board can notify the Depart-v
- ment of Public Works that they have
completed their part of the contract on
tho hospital*
On Monday night tho board again met
in special session to prepare the bud
get for 1955*
The mooting got off to a heated
start when Lorris Kilien asked the
board why ho was not invited to tho* 1
mooting when they hired Atkinson. He
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If tho r;cathor allots a group of ag
ricultural and extension exports to
reach Houser this Friday, the community
•Trill play host to its first Farmers In
stitute*
The program, yhich is printed in its
complete form on page t-.7o of this pa
per, covers a yide range of subjects.
Loading tho list of dignitaries yho
’.till address the meeting arc Dr. Allan
Mick, director of 3xtonsion Service and
associate diroctor of the Alaska Agri
cultural Experiment Station at Palmar,
and Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hanson, associate
director of the Extension Service at
the University of Alaska* James Wil
son, Territorial Commissioner of Agri
culture, is also expected to be on band
to give the closing talk on nThe Future
of Alaskan Agriculture."
The Institute will get underway at
1:30 Friday afternoon in the school
cafeteria when the Chamber of Commerce
will sponsor a kickoff luncheon. The
luncheon is a public affair and will
cost $2 per plate. Tickets are on sale
at the Bank of Homer and at the Ex
tension office.
At 3:30 the first session, moderated
by No man Nelson, will get underway
with two lectures, one on Horticulture
and the second on Cereal Crops. An
other lecture will follow at 4:45 with
dinner being served by the American
Legion Auxiliary at 6 p.m.
In the evening the program will be
concerned ^ith the 25th anniversary of
the Extension Service. The Homer Com
munity Chorus will entertain the group
and several speakers will cover the
past, present and future work of the
service.
On Saturday morning the Institute
will got underway at 10 a.m., recess at
12 for luncheon served by the Anchor
Point Homemakers Club, and go on into
the afternoon sessions beginning at
1:30 and ending at 6 p.m.
Tho Saturday evening meal will be
served by the Homer Homemakers Club.
- - "Farm Financing in Alaska and "The
Future of Alaskan Agriculture" rill
finish the program*
All of the discussion groups rill
be held in the schoolhouse and a sched
ule of classrooms to bo used rill be
posted there.
Cecil Wyant, president of the Dache
mak Bay Farmers Association, roceivod a
telegram Thursday morning from Senator
elect Jack Werner accepting the invita
tion to be the speaker at the kick-off
luncheon for the Farmers Institute on
Friday.
Senator Werner is the owner and op
erator of 'brnor’s Market in Seward*
BROKEN LEGS ■
Gus Oskdlokoff of Anchorage -was
flown to inchorago bdnesday on the PNA
plane suffering with a broken leg* The
injury was sustained when Oskolokoff
got caught between a parked car and one
being driven by: Bpb Morris of Ninilchik.
The accident occurred late Tuesday eve
ning in front of the Sterling Bar and
the Sterling Cafe*
It is also reported that 24rs. Frank
Raby of Seldovia suffered a broken hip
this week and she was taken to Anchor
age Thursday and on to Seattle by her
husband*