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THE HOMER NlWS
Published every Thursday in Ho»er, Alaska
Hegdahl and Raver, Publishers
Bill Raver, Editor
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A GOOD TIME
The folks of Homer ought to enjoy more of the type of
get-together such as was enjoyed last Saturday night at the
high school. The scale of the dinner honoring William Vat
thews was perhaps a bit lavish as such an occasion is rare in
Homer, But something along the line of a pot-luck dinner
once a month open to all the folks of the community would be
a morale booster for us all.
In addition to the Sine meal Saturday night and the
short talks given by the participants, we especially enjoyed
the group singing led by Bert Bachman. Although we can’t
carry a tune in a bushel basket, there is something about
grtoup singing that sort of brings folks together. Just what
does it we don't know, but it works that way.
The tunes that were echoed through the schoo&lhouse on
Saturday night were old tunes ~ tunes that young folks nowa
days wouldn’t know unless Dad and Worn had taken the trouble
to teach them the words and music. The songs we sang didn’t
have the jerk and bounce that the tunes of today seem to have,
instead there was something calm and serene about them as
were most of the .American songs that became popular in the
early part of this century.
Such songs as "Memories," "There’s A Long, Long Trail
A Winding," "Down By The Old Mill Stream," will be with us for
ever because they tell of a day when men .lived at a pace which
allowed them to stop and sing a song and others stopped to
listen.
Call it a Community Sing, or call it a CSC Supper, but
we think that a monthly get-together over some good home
cookin’ and with a bit of song in the air would do us all a
world of good.
THE FIRST MONTH
Our first month of publishing the HOMER NEWS has passed
and we^ would like to say a few words about just what this
experience has meant to us.
First, we would like to ^ay that we are satisfied with
the response that we have received fr.om the people of the
commurxnty in both readership and advertising. We are now
.printing and selling over 225 copies of the NEWS each week in
the Homer area. While this numberisnot great, it represents
a steady growth and it means that that number of people appre
ciate its value enough to invest 10 cents every week.
We have endeavored to improve the paper with each suc
ceeding week in its makeup, news writing and advertising copy.
This has not been an easy task. As this was our first exper
ience with a mimeograph machine we found that we had a great
deal to learn and that has taken many hours of work. Every
day we learn the names and faces of more and more of you
folks so that reporting the news will gradually grow easier
and a more complete job can be done.
We believe strongly in the future of Homer and the Kenai
Peninsula and believe that the HOMER NEWS will grow with the
area.
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HERE ON SURVEY
Drs. Thomas Parran and
James A. Crabtree, Dean and
Chief respectively of the
School of Public Health, Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and
Berbers of a Department of
Interior health and welfare
survey team, were Homer visi
tors last Saturday. The two
men discussei Leal health
and economic problems with
numerous business men and wo
men while here and attended
the CSG banquet Saturday
night. Doth of the men spent
last summer touring Alaska on
a similar study but this was
their first trip to Homer and
both expressed interest in the
communs ty and purchased Homer
Rooster buttons.
FISH SPOTTING
Paul Choquette of the Inlet
Flying Service left this week
for Port Dick where he will be
spotting Fish froir his plane
for the isberiDen.He expects
to be gore about, a week.
LSHpR TO M-eifcT
The .American Legion and the
.Auxiliary wi.il n?eet next Mon~.
day evening, July at the
Dana Newiran hone on the Last
road. A weiner roast will be
enjoyed by the two groups.
ON eUSINfcSS Trflp
Mr. and^ Mrs. Harry Hegdahl
and son David returned *Ved~
nesday fro® a three day busi
ness trip to Anchorage.
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The NEWS this week receive#
a subscription and note fro»
Edward L. Keithahn, Librarian
and Curator of the Alaska
Library and Museuir at Uuneau.
The note read as follows:
‘'This newspaper has jus.
cotce to our attention: hope
you can keep it going and have
a printing press before too
long.
We maintain a bound file
of all Alaska newspapers and
would be happy to receive as
complete a back file as you
can provide. Sorry we didn’t
know, about you sooner. Seen?s
like a real newsy paper with
lots of possibilities and
really fills a gap in local
news coverage for Alaska."
WORKING ON WELL
Jin? Cl era an s of the Igloo
Fountain Lunch has been busy
this week digging on a well
for the place. He reports
that he is down about 17 feet
and wants to go at least to
the 30 foot ip ark.
COOKING AT IGLOO
Pbina Bower is cooking at
the Igloo now assisting Ji©
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