EDI TORIRLLy SPEiEifiG
Seldovians, this is the last E.,pportunity your
present editor of The Frontiersman will have to do
any talking on paper to you, as we come to this
final issue of the paper under its present manage
ment, we find there isn't much to say except that
it's been fun, every single one of she 80 copies
of it. Frankly we can’t think of a thing we'd ra
ther do right now than stay in Selaovia and make
it 180-only we can't.
In this final editorial we'd like to do a bit
of summing up of the 89 sheets you've read since
last Nov. 29. We've said a lot of things to you
and about you. We meant them, both good and bad,
and we'.d be saying the same things right over ag
ain this tire next year if we were still wearing
out the benches up here in Union hall.
There've been times v;hen we've thought you
needed some thorough soul-searching, and we've
helped you along the way when we saw that need.
We've thought you needed, among other things, res
ponsible citizens on your city council and cooper
ative and united action among yourselves for a
cleaner and better Seldovia; we've thought, and
said so, that you need to be a vrhole lot more ci
vic minded than you have been in the past. We
. think you need to find good council candidates, we
think you should do your best to elect them when
you've found them, and then above all, •-"e're con
vinced you should stand by the actions of those
you've elected.
We’ve thought, and plainly said, that you
needed a garbage collection system — that you
* needed to take united action to clean up the his
toric eyesores in your front yard, which vould be
your most attractive tourist bait, if the tourists
could only find them.
There have been times '.Then v:e*ve talked right
in through your front door, editorially speaking,
and have harangued you about your responsibility
as fathers and mothers.
We still think about those things. We still
think your beaches need cleaning, your cemeteries
need beautifying, your houses need painting and
your children need planned and wholesome recreat
ion, We’re not taking bank a word of it and if
the opportunity ever comes for us to cto a guest
editorial in these columns, we’ll just be saying
the same old things.
But there was a rea
son for it all, and we
think in this final edit
orial v:e should try to
make you understand just
why we said the things we
did. The Frointersman
YTouldn* t'have gained any
thing if you had decided
Seldovia needed cleaner
beaches, better homes and
a place for your children
to play. None of those
things would have affected
us much, one way or the
other.
But the reason we
just couldn?t help jumping
up and down and tearing
our editorial hair in this
column sometimes was be
cause we liked you so much
that we wanted you to have
the best of everything.
7/e thought, and we
still think that Seldovia
is the most beautiful spot
we’ve seen in Alaska*
We'd be perfectly happy to
call it home. It seemed a
shame to us that a place
as lovely as Seldovia,
boasting the most genuine
and friendly people we've
had the pleasure to meet
in a long time, should
lack any of the good
things which make for bet
ter living.
That's the thought
we'd like to leave with
you. We like you and we
vrish for all of ;/ou the
best of everything. And
if you don’t do something
about getting some of
those good things for
ycurself, then you can
proDf.b.Ly expect to hear
sc me more p] air* speaking
from this corner, if the
next editor vail permit
any guest editorializing.