THE HOMER NEWS
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Hegdahl and Raver Publishers . -
Bill Raver ... Editor
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THE He/S IS Back
Today marks the reactivation of the Homer News.
Henceforth it will appear each and every Thursday with as
much news and advertising as it is within the powers of
the staff to collect.
We wish to make it clear to our readers that we are
entering the newspaper field here in Homer with the full
realization that in the past a succession of endeavors has
been made to publish various types of newspapers- Home of
these endeavors met with moderate success while others
failed miserably. Many of our predecessors were eratic in
publication. Some, we understand, failed to appear at all.
It is our intention to appear every Thursday. Several years
cf experience in the newspaper field have taught us to
respect the deadline and to realize our obligation to our
readers. A newspaper subscription is a contract between
the reader and the writer that must be honored just as
surely as that between the banker and the borrower.
Lots of folks have asked us'what we intend to use for
news here in Homer. Well,-there's a lot more news in and
about Homer than most people think. Lots of things happen
here just the,same as. they happen in any other small town.
Businesses change hands or expand, social, fraternal and
business groups do things, people take trips and have visi^
tors from out of town, people ge’t married, babies are born
and people die here just like anywhere else.
Of course to gather all of the news is going to take
a lot of cooperation from all of you. We will try to cover !
the important meetings and pock up what news we can as we
go about town, but we would appreciate the help of ail of
our re adders in sending in their news to Box 255, Homer...
..As to the policy of the NEWS, we can think of no better
policy than to print the facts of every story to the best
of our ability. Should we be in e-iror in any story we will
expect the public to set us right by direct word or letters
to the editor and appropriate1action will be taken -to
correct the error.
Politically speaking the NEWS will be Democratic in
its edntorial columns. However news of both political
parties will be treated equally and we hope that during,
the coming election campaign both parties will appoint,
publicity chairmen'to keep us fully informed of party
meetings, etc. We wish,further to state that we are not of
the die-hard political-school which believes that our 'party
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We .are Democrats because we believe that our party's platform,
offers the greatest good to the greatest number of people.
We will always respect the political views of others even
though they say differ widely froai- our own.
We believe that Homer and the Peninsula need a newspaper.
We hope that the HEWS will fill that need by extending its
coverage over the entire area and growing with this area.
m INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITOR
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We think that our readers are entitled to know the
background of the editor of this newspaper. To that end .
we will include a brief biographical sketch of Bill Raver.
Ppm in Jerome, Idaho, November 26, 1919. Married. Wife,
Dorothy, will assist with the paper. Two daughters, ages
23 months and 31/2 years. Veteran WW 2. Graduate Dan Jose
State College School of Journalism. Have worked on the
j Anchorage Daily News, La Grande Evening Observer and Eastern.
[Oregon Review, La Grande, Oregon and the;Wallowa County
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Plummer Party Here
United States District
Attorney and Mrs. Wm. Plummer j !
and Mr. James Fitzgerald,asst. ! i
!district attorney, all of [
! Anchorage, were Homer visitors ( ;
from last Friday through Sun" \ j
day. They were here on offi- |
,cial business and were guests
of Commissioner and Mrs. King. 1 ;
While in the area the Ancho
!rage party managed to get in
jsome clam digging and some
ifishing. During their fishing
Jexpedition their boat devel- k 1
loped motor trouble and was | •
[stranded on MacDonald Spit
;where a Seldovia boat found j ,
I them and towed them to Homer. ; !
tail land declarations that
jsiiould have been filed on or i i
‘before December 31, 1953 will j J
[be accompanied by a five
(dollar penalty fee in addi-** j j
ition to the regular dollar
[and a half filing fee.' He
‘also stated that the person
or persons to whom the deed ,4
was last made will declare the 1 I
land and at the time a new ; !
pwner receives the deed he will'* j
'declare the land in his name. 'j I
ijThe Commissioner also said thatj! j
he wi&hed to remind land owners;' ;
llthat the . date on which the
property was acquired is essenH 1
jtial tc his office. ' i|
Friday night fr.om Haines where
ns held delivered' a trucK load
6f furniture. The round trip
(PENALTY FEE ENFORCED
Returns from kainesI ..
Floyd Hatfield returned last'
y/as 2300 miles and he report
ed pretty fair road the ma~
jority of the way.
SPORT;SHOP OPENS*
The grand opening of Homer’s
newest business will be held
this Saturday when The Sport
Shop officially opens its
doors to the public. Oper
ated by Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Choquette, The Sport Shop is
located in the Inlet Flying
Service building and will
merge with the Toy and Hobby
Shop which Mrs. Choquette has
opersted for some time.
The new store will carry a
complete line of fisning and
hunting equipment especially
chosen for Kenai Peninsula
sportsmen.
..Also announced by the Cho
quette s was a king salmon
contest. -AH those intereste
are urged to step in Saturday
and check on the rules and
regulations for the contest.
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