PDBUilTy LIKE THIS CPU HURT
The kind cf publicity that Seldovia, or
for that matter all of alaska, can do with
out, seems to be cropping up even in our
small city#
In illustration of that point is the case
of one recent arrival in our city, who dis
embarked here penniless and without shelter
in search of one of the variety of jobs she
had beefl told she'd find in Seldovia. The
fact that the woman had taken the opportun
ity to talk to Seldovians before coming here
shows that she had fulfilled her responsi
bility.
If future home-seekers and job - seekers
cannot depend upon the pictures painted for
them by those of us who live here, then we
nulst expect to bear the burden of more and
more families and individuals .who arrive
without adequate funds and with no place to
stay.
It'is true that Seldovia needs more resi
dents, more homes, more small businesses,
before it can grow into any larger dot on
the map of the Kenai peninsula. No one de
nies that fact, but until we can find the
materials to build the hones for the fa
milies who would like to become a part of
us, we are not justified in inviting them
here with false promises.
It may be true that there is "plenty of
work in Seldovia," as this recent arrival
was told. But what she was not told is that
there is no place to stay other than a hotel
room, and that, although there is work to be
done, there is no job In Seldovia that pays
a wage high enough to permit living in a ho
tel and eating at a restaurant. Cannery
work depDnds upon individual aptitude and
even the most skillful workers cannot hope
to make more than enough to pay for food and
shelter if they have no pre-arranged char
ters in Seldovia.
Boosting Seldovia is fine, but first
let’s get something here to talk about be
fore we begin to make too much noise. To
AT THE CHURCHES
Gospel Center
Sunday School 11:00
Church 7:30
Sermon: Studies
in the book of 1
Colossians m
Mother's class 1:30 (
(Thursday)
Services held in
Union Hall*
Methodist Church
Sunday School 10:00
adventists
Sabbath School 10:00
Church 11:00
Services held in
Methodist Church
LEAVE0 HOSPltAL
Mrs. Mark Mumchuck,
Port Graham resident
hospitalized here last
Sunday, was released
from Seldovia hospital
on Wednesday afternoon
and returned to her
home that day*
have people starving
or freezing on our
doorsteps, or ev^en to
have them forced to
leave on borrowed
funds, isn’t going to
make them recall our
city with any real
enthusiasm in the
years ahead.
Let’s build for '
permanency and not
just for tomorrow.