STERLING HIGHWAY
WILL BE READY
BY END OF JULY
The highway to Ninilchik was
to be ready for travel this week
and the Sterling Highway is
scheduled to be open from Homer
to Seward by the end of the
►month, Col. John R. Noyes of the
Alaska Road Commission told
Homer residents last week.
Colonel Noyes, in company with
Col. William Niemi, Ralph So
berg and Carl Sholin of the Alas
ka Road Commission, met with
Homer residents in a public
meeting to discuss plans for high
way maintenance and expansion
in the Homer area.
The ARC chief said a dedica
tory service is planned to com
memorate the official* opening ox*
the Sterling Highway. No date
has been fixed for the ceremony.
Homer Fair Planned
For Sept. 14,15,16,17
Homer’s agricultural fair will
be held Sept. 14, 15, 16 and 17, it
was announced last week. Plans
are being formulated now by the
fair commission of the Kachemak
Bay Farmers’ Association.
The fair’s exhibits will include
f crafts, agriculture and culinary
displays. There will be a mid
way, U-shaped, about which va
rious concessions and advertising
exhibits will be arranged.
Homer’s farmers and merchants
have invited all communities in
western Alaska to participate in
the fair. A program booklet is
under preparation now. This
booklet will include the fair pro
gram, a list of exhibits and
awards to be given.
,-Broadbenl Here This Week
Sam R. Broadbent of the bu
reau of the budget was a Valley
visitor this week. Mr. Broadbent
planned to visit offices of the va
rious government agencies head
quartered here, and then to make
a tour of the Valley to study the
development here. He was last
in the Matanuska Valley in 1946.1
Nome Breakwater Won't
Be Finished This Year.
Although work on Nome’s
breakwater is progressing, it ap
pears unlikely that the project
will be completed this fall, the
Nome Nugget said last week.
Final work on the west end of the
wall was nearing completion last
week.
Work has been delayed con
siderably because of mechanical
trouble with job equipment and
because of the difficulty experi
enced by the contractor in meet
ing contract specifications.
Mother Visits Mrs. DeJulio
Mrs. Winifred Graham of Sea
hurst, Wash., arrived in the Val
ley this week to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. J. DeJulio of Palmer.
This is Mrs. Graham’s first meet
ing with her small granddaughter,
Kathy, who is now 14 months old.
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Three Ministers Dedicate
New Church at Pelican
Early this month a new church
of the Assembly of God was dedi
cated at Pelican City, following
the conclusion of the Assembly of
God convention in Anchorage.
Three ministers participated in
the dedication.
The consecration of the church
brings to 17 the number of
churches in Alaska of the Assem
bly of God faith. There are 57
ministers of the faith in Alaska.
The Assembly of God operates
two children’s homes in the ter
ritory—rone of them here at Pal
mer under the management of
Ray Cather.
Rev. George Geiwitz is pastor
of the Palmer Church of God.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
Juneau's Penniless—
Must Borrow Until
Taxes Come Due
The city of Juneau is going to
have to borrorw funds, until sales
tax revenues begin swelling the
municipal treasury, it was decided
at the last council meeting. The
sales tax has been approved, but
mayor Waino Hendrickson re
ported that tax machinery could
not begin to function before Aug.
1, at the earliest.
The council approved the bor
rowing of a sum up to $50,000 to
tide the city over its bare-treasury
period.
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