Vol.
■HOMfeS * ALASKA1
V^JXf'J. I1-V
3, No© 39
Your Community Newspaper
-March 10t 1955
Alaska Historical Library
Box 2051
Juneau,
HEA NOTES
JiggS Tice, manager of tb$ Homer El
ectric Association, Monday night told
the directors that the transformers
.have arrived in Moose Pass for the Sol^
jdotna section of the HEA line# Last
summer the HSA moved the original 75 KW
‘generator to Soldotna intending to
•serve the area as soon as possible*.,
'Four ana one-half miles of lines have
been strung in the area and as soon as
[the transformers are installed and fin
ial details are completed the power line
jwill be energised* It is expected
[that the new line will serve about 40
consumers including the new road com
mission shops that will be built there
‘this surrmer*
Tice also told the directors that
HEA now has 354 consumers including 68
ypn the Homer-Clam Guldh line;'— .
|' Directors Herman Schultz and John
; King gave brief .reports, 09 their recent
{visit to Seward , where they talked to
Members of the Seward City OoHncil and
City electric department*
/SOCIETY MEpT
c:
Members": of^ he Natural' History Soc
iety of Horner : decided, ■. last Saturday
might Id concentrate their efforts, on a
Istudy of the history of HomejyV4 Yule
kilchei* was appointed chairman 6f a
committee to gather material from pio
neers of the area and Mrs. Harry Feyer
was appointed chairman of a committee
to locate pictures and other articles
iof historical interest.
The constitution and by-laws were
,,’read at the meeting and it was agreed
, that the next meeting should be held at
the Jim Scott home on the hill March
20. Meeting time is ? p.m.
It was stressed that members are al
ways welcome to bring guests to the
meetings.
After the meeting Steve Harcharik
presented a show of several color
slides of Alaskan scenes.
ACTION DELAYED
Action cn several projects concern
ing the Homer fairgrounds was postponed
Monday evening by the directors of the
Homer Jhir Association. Held over was
action on the building of a road into
the grounds9. the pl^idg of a building
on the grounds..and BCtion , pn the plac
ing of 'a rifle .range vhn the fair
grounds , ,
The question of the rifle range
caused considerable discussion. Dave
Nixon, representing a group of local
riflemen who hope to start a club,
and the National Guard had asked the
b^ri for space on the fairgrounds so
that a range could be constructed* The
directors felt that more information
should be made available before a final
decision was made* Director Norman
Nelson stated that he felt that a range
sc close to the community should be
confined to *22 caliber rifles. It is
expected that the riflemen will present
their case when the directors meet
again March 16.
(Cont. on Page 2, Col, 4)
'BREAKS leg
Sam Bell, well-known local resident
and property owner, suffered a broken
leg Friday afternoon on the beach.* He
- was trying to tie up log when a wave
caught the log and smashed it against
his leg. He was removed from the beach
1 and flown to the hospital in Seldovia
~hy..Eaul Choquette^.of the Inlet Flying
Service.
WEATHER"
inf
low
21 -«7
High
March 3 37
torch 4 41
March- 5- 45
torchJa—,. - .46
March 7 40
40
30
37
37
33
March 8 38 . .33
' March 9 137 35
\ high wind,;, in.the Homer area on
Monday and Tuesday hit a velocity of 54
miles per hour causing minor'datoage in
.and around Homer* The roofing paper'1
was blown off the Dari-Delite building,
and several trees went down stri-King
power lines* -Earl Engle reported that
a tree grazed the corner of his house'
as it went down and broke a storm win
dow, giving his daughter, Patsy-, quite"
a scare# Wally Atkinson reported that
a window was missing from his chicken
house after the storm#
The clearing skies brought colder
weather halting the rapid runoff of the
melting enow and ice*
MORE PETITIONS
Two new petitions for election to
office as directors of* the PUT were in*
evidence this week, bringing the total
to four circulated thus far for public
signature# The new petitions were for
Margaret Anderson and Henning Johnson#
Mrs# Anderson * is the wife of Fred
Anderson and a long time Homer resident
Johnson is a local surveyor and direct
or of the Greater Homer Civil Defense
District# Petitions for the two new
candidates can be found at the Homer
Cash Store#... '
Downhill ski races will get underway
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock on the
East Hill road, according to officials
: of the ski club, Twenty-nine. contest--*,
ants have altered all classes of the.,
race including grade school, high.*,
school- and adult* The downhill race of
grade school ~nd women contestants will
be run first-iWith the :high school boys ,
and the nop following. r ' ■*’
In additib&to individual prizes, a*
team award* in 'the form of the .travel1
' ing cup vd.ll b$V awarded .to a team of
the*/top five, skiers; fitam either the
high School toonf -or-'the ski club team*
In past events the high school team
has won twice and the ski club.ohco*
This Sunday’s race will start near
the skyline drive and end* hear the Goo#
Dahlgren homo* It is rejtortod that the
run is ^extremely fast thi’s year*
1 "'•Nd'tt Subdayj?- March 20, the slalom
and cross country races will be held at
the ski tow#**These races will also get
underway ajt 1 o’clock, c- * , j ' •
i
TIRE .OUT
The Home t-Volunteer Fire Department
was called out at 1:45 Tuesday after
"icioon to defuse a small flu fire in;t-lie
whitey ScHenck log cabin behind the PNA.
office;* The fire was under, control by
thd time the -firemen.' eirrived on the
scene as‘the crew of the Nelson Bros*
sawmill working -near-the house had an
swered the first call for help. The
house is presently occupied by Mr* end
Mrs. Frank VJhite.
MILL‘POSSIBLE ,
Mrs* Thurston Nye-of Newport, Oregon
visited Homer this week to investigate
the possibility of placing a sawmill in
this area* ' Representing the Newport
Lumber Company, , Mrs. Nye talked ?rith
Jim Scott of the forest service and
with locel business men* She is said
considering a site on the Homer Spit
and the possibility of putting the mill
across the bay at China Poot*
It is expected that Mr. Nye will
visit Homer in the near future to con
sider the plans further*
CHAMBER MEETING A SUCCESS
Thirty-three members of the Anchor
age Chamber of Conmerce Fere visitors
of the local Chamber , last Friday, en
joying a six-hour visit and tour of the
Homer area*
During the noon hour the guests were
entertained at a dinner where several
of the guests spoke briefly*- They
stressed the need for support of hear
ings held in Alaska on the proposed
sea train service to the Territory and
of the Alaska Methodist College among
other miscellaneous subjects*
During the aftomoon George Jackson,
president of the Anchorage Chamber ahd
owner of the Alaska Dairy, met mth lo
cal farmers to discuss the possibility
of bringing a plane load of calves to
Homer* Those present at the meeting
indicated that they would he interested
in purchasing 102 calves. A plane load
would be 120 calves and would cost the
local farmers approximately $25 per an
imal plus #27 air freight, making a to
tal of ^52 for each asIf* The calves
would be 2 to 3 weeks, old.
it the Chamber -meeting on Monday,
Henning Johnson reported on the-;prob
lems facing the Civil ^Defense district .
Organization and transportation were
listed a3 the primary concerns, he
said* He noted that several quonset
huts are available in Anchorage for the
outlying districts, but the problem of
getting one or more of them to Homer
must be overcome* The Chamber passed a
motion to support the Civil Defense and
a committee was appointed to investi
gate the cost of transportation and
mems of transportation of the build
ings to Homer*
It was suggested that the membership
fee to the Chamber be raised and a
counter suggestion was made that as
sessments be made whenever funds wore
needed for specific Chamber projects*