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FRE£MAM~EVERN
On-cL the racial highlightc of the
year for Homer occurred Saturday even
ing, August 14, at the Christian Com
munity church wheh Miss Alice Evern,
daughter of Mr* and Mrs. Curt Evern,
$4came the bride of Robert Freeman,
Tie bride, lovely in a lace wedding
gown t.rilh fingertip veil and carrying a
boquet of white orchids, was given in
marriage by her father. Serving the
groom as best man was Ed Glenn.
Matron of honor, Helena Dahlgren,
chose apale green gown for the occasion
while the two bridesmaids, Delsev Dvit%
and Katie Evern were dressed in blue
gowns.
The Reverend Nelson Moyer officiated
and was assisted by Rev. Melvin Jensen
Who offered prayer. Marion Kceppel was
at the organ for the ceremony.
A reception for the newlyweds fol
lowed the we daing. A lovely three-tiered
jedding cab' nenored the couple.
Foflowing a short honeymoon the
Freemans are at home here.
PUD-UNION AGREE
The "board of cftTe'the"PUD
met Monday night with the representa
tives of the longshoremen’s union, Ho
mer local 38-172 to renegotiate the ex
isting contract tetween the two bodies,
While complete details of the nego
tiations have not been released by the
PUD, it is understood that the union
agreed to a maximum of four hours tie-up
time for three men, for the tankers and
a maximum of two hours cast-off time
for three men and one,hour dispatching
time. Union men will also be called
whenever possible, according to our in
formation, and vessels carrying 20 tons
or less for the Homer dock may or may
not be unloaded by the longshoremen.
This will be left up to the dock manager
to decide.
It is anticipated that the amended
agreement will be ready for signature
at the regular meeting of the directors
to be held next Monday.
CHAMBER MEET
Jiggs Tice announced at the Chamber
of Commerce meeting Monday that plans
are underway to bVf%g aft &x cur si on boat
to Homer next Spring. He said that he
was net at liberty to divulge the iden
tity of the owner but that the boat
would carry 25 people comfortably and
would be available to tourists for trips
around the Bay.
Tice also told to/ the REA convention
at Fairbanks which he and three other
local men attended last week. He told
the group that the Bureau of Reclamation
has started survey work for hydroele c
tric development of the Kenai Peninsula
and that development is sure to follow
%he survey work.
Bill Wallace, Publisher of the Mile
post offered the community space for
free advertising of the area in his
publication. The ,offer was readily
accepted and material will be written
to fit the space allowed« The Milepost
has probably the widest coverage of any
Alaska publication.
NEW TYPE
This week the HENS is being printed
in an italic type face because. tne font
of type used, for the past issues has
deteriorated so badly that 'it was be
coming difficult to read. fie hove to
purchase a new font of type in the near
future to replace the worn-out on#, but
until then we trust that this is clear
and easy to read.
SCHOOL TO START
The Homer Territorial school will
open its doors for the 1-924-*$ school
year on September y, according to Frank
Campbell, agent.
During the summer months the school
has received paint both inside and out
and some remode long has been completed
in the old building, Campbell said.
Plywood has been placed on the floors
and the hallway walls and one of the
’apartments in the building has been
turned into a classroom. Covering for
the floor has been purchased, he said,
but it has become Lost in transit.
Three new teachers will be working
in the school this year. They include
Miss Thee Edwards of GibsonviLie, South
Carolina, Mrs. Adams of Idaho, and Mrs.
Alfred Anderson of Homer. Miss Edwards,
who taught in Southeastern Alaska last
year, and Mrs. Aaams are driving to
Alaska. Mrs. Anderson, who has been
teaching the past few years at Elmen
dorf AFB, arrived in Homer last week
with her husband from their Granite
Point fishing site.
Other teachers include Mr. Lynn,
principal, Mr. Robert Safley and Mr.
Dave Schroer.
Mr. Campbell also announced that it
might be possible this year to extend
the school bus route to include the
farms of Paul Marteeny and Sid Templeton.
PUD MEWS NOTES
Dr. Albrecht, commissioner of health,
has advised the PUD that it mould be
inadvisable at the present time to change
the name of the Homer Hospital-Health
Center at this time. There had been
some discussion of changing the name to
Peninsula Hospital-Health Center.
Bids are being accepted'■ for instal
lation of the fuel storage tank to be
Put in at the rear of the Fire Hall.
Specifications and a sketch are avail
able at the PUD office.
The call for bids to Publish the de
linquent tax roll for the years 1951
and 1952 has also been posted. The roll
is to be published four consecutive
times beginning next week.
Following the completion of the pub
lication of notice a sale of the prop*
erty will be held. The property will
be sc Id to the highest bidder for cash
and a certificate of sale wilt be is
sued. After a two-year waiting period,
if the delinquent owner or owners fail
to redeem the property the PUD will
issue a deed to the purchaser.
The beard cf directors has instructed
the manager of the PUD to make a study
of the wharfage rates presently in ef
fect at the Homer dock with the view of
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The visiting dignitaries representing
t /■ •* Rura l E \ v c trifi cation A dm i r.istration
Pn.i nothin*; but praise for the . Kenai
peninsula vhmr they boarded the*? plane
far.. Anthorago 'Wednesday* They arrived
in Komar Tuesday morning as guests of
the .h 'cr.er Electric Association and were
■given the royal treatment every step of
the way.
The grout) included ■ Ancher Nelsen,
chief of +h* REA; Stewdri Hamilton, op
erations field representative; Clark
Johnson, field engineer; k, Wilde Black
burr., head solicitor Jo* REA; Everett
lieitzell, in charge of the loan division
of the telephone section of the REA,
and Chris l. Schiltz, western area dir
ector of REA,. Also making the trip were
Foo Rutirerford, REA engineer from An
chorage and Marlin Stewart, manager of
the Chugach Electric Association of An
chorage,
After a cook's tour of the area Tues
day morning the men were flown to Cari
bou Lake by Paul Choquette, At the lake
the party caught nearly loo fish, a
thrill which they will probably never
forget, On Wednesday they again toured
the area and, it is reported, immensely
enjoyed a King crab dinner served in
their-honor at the Homer Cafe,
POLIO TAKES LIFE
The community of Homer was saddened
yesterday to hear of the death of Demp
sey H, Deitz, 23-year-old ? son of Mr,
and Mrs. Jack Deitz of the East End
road, Dempsey was a victim of Polio
and died at Providence hospital in An
chorage at about E P,mr Tuesday night,
He had been flown to Anchorage last
Wednesday by the CAP after it became
apparent tnat he was seriously ill at
his home here, At the hospitat he under
went a throat operation and was placed
in cn iron' .tung, His condition remained
critical until his untimely death.
His w.as the ninth death due to Polio
out of 79 cases reported in the Greater
Anchorage Health District this year.
He is survived by his parents; four
brothers, Jack, Jr,, of Anchorage,
Allan who is in the service at Ft, Rich
ardson and Ray and Bud of Homer; and by
two sisters,Natalie and Delsey of Homer,
Arrangements for the funeral are not
known as the R£"S goes to press.
RECEIVES AWARDS
Mrs, Miriam H, Jensen 9/ Homer and
her daughter, Carole, and sen,John Jay,
were present at Ft, Richard son Monday
to receive awards for Sgt, Walter V,
Jensen, their son and brother who Lost
his life in Korea,