THE HOMER NEWS
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Hegdahl and Raver, Publishers
Bill Raver, Editor
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WE’RE .«LL FOR HOMER
Well, two issues out and already we’ve been accused of
not being 'for Hotter’. Just to set the record straight we
want to say right here and now that there are icany things
we are ’for’ and one of them happens to be Homer, Alaska.
In addition to being all for Homer we're all for the
good old U. S. A., we're all for the democratic form of gov
ernment, we're all for free enterprise, we're all for a bet
ter standard of living for the American people, and for
that matter for people all over the world, we're all for
Mom, God bless her, we’re all for turkey on Thanksgiving
Day, Easter eggs at Easter time, Santa Claus at Christmas
and all for enjoying cur lives as much as possible while we
are on this earth.
In case we’ve left something out of the above para —
grapn, and we just happened to think that we did...t,he
Republican party, long may it live...just ask us about it
and we will state our stand.
As for this non-partisan business, we recognize that
it is the privilege of every individual to make his choice
of political affiliation or to be non*partisan as he sees
fit. We personally believe that each individual should
declare a party. Any area which is predominantly non-parti
san in its voting cannot expect to receive the backing of
either party when help is needed to promote area projects,
further, we beliieve that people should not only belong to a
party, but they should take an active part in its operation.
Only by being active can we be sure that party officers are
acting in the interests of all party members and not in the
interest of a few top members. Also, by being active in a
party, the voter can make sure that the best men from the
party get the backing of the party when elections come
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furthermore we might say that so far as we know there
is no law which says that a Democrat cannot vote in the
general election for a Republican, nor does our stand mean
that we cannot give due praise to a good piece of Republican
legislation or pat a Republican on the back for a job well
done.
Also we would like to say that we are not in 'opposi
tion* to anybody or anything. We intend to put out a news-*"
paper commensurate with our skills and with the equipment
at hand. We will be fair and direct in ©ur approach to the
news and in our editorials. In other words we have a mj'nd
of our own and we assume that everyone else is so blessed.
We know from experience that what we write will not please
everybody, but if what we write is the truth, then the
community as a whole cannot help but benefit from it.
John Dryden wrote in the 1.7th century, ’Truth is the
foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
We believe that that is just as true today as it was three ,
hundred years ago.
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HOMEMAKERS MAY ENTER CONTEST
filaskan woiren have been ,
invited to enter a unique coni’
test being sponsored by the '
Alaska Horjerrakers Council.
The Council is offering an:
original painting by Rusty ]
Dow, Palffer artist, as the i
prize for the wore an who write!
best and briefly the beliefs i
which guide her efforts for aj
happy family and horre life. I
i Entries may be sent to Mrs.
Homer Hansen, 3C3 Manor An
chorage. The contest closes
October 1. The picture will fat
j awarded during the annual
Homemaker’s short course of"
| fared each fall at the Uni
| versity of Alaska.
’We want to hear from every
3 area of Alaska, so that‘Our
| creed will represent the be
i liefs of all ^laskan Home
'..makers’, Mrs. Hansen said.
SPORTS FILM SHOWN
George Grunkeneyer, owner i
and producer of Vacation!and
Studios of Sheridan, Wyoming,
was in Horner Saturday night
I and gave a free showing of a
file that he had taken in
this area a year ago. The
| film, which: was in color, was
shown nefore the regular fea
ture at the Skyway Theater.
Star of the film was IS - !
1 year-old Diamond Loosli of
Anchor Point. Many shots of
him catching big king salmon
on the Anchor River were
shown. Also included in the
! film were some besvutiful
! shots of the mountains, across
1 the bay, of Anchorage, and
the scenery along the Alcan j
highway. The film was all in
color and really beautiful to
see. Diamond and his folks
were present to see the film.
Mr. Grunkeneyer and four
other men from Sheridan came
in to Anchor River last Tues
| day and left this week for a
trip into the Brooks range. <
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GO TO HALIBUT COVE
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A party from Homer con
sisting of Helen and Bert
Bachman, Marion Koeppel, Dana!
and Ruth Newman, Ed Glenn
i and Don Smith enjoyed an out
ing at Halibut Cove Saturday
night. It is reported that
about 65 pounds of halibut
was hooked.
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VACATIONING ON PENINSULA'
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Welling
of Anchorage are spending
the week vacationing on the
peninsula. Sunday evening
they visited with the Bill
: Raver fairily in Homer.
Mrs. Welling is the author
of the ’Rambling With June'
column in the Anchorage Daily
News and Mr. Welling is with
the CAA in Anchorage.
BEAR SHOT IN TOWN
Chuck Carlson shot a Im
pound clack bear Sunday in
I ft DCh tv, a If
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r I': £ i\ I* irS
S a.rr. to 5.X p.m.
•Phone 56
l PICK-'DP flND DELIVERY SERVICE
; his own back yard. He lives
i just past the scboolbouse in
) the west end of Homer.
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i RATING BUREAU MAN IN HOMeR
Clyde Davis of the Pacific
Fire Rating Bureau was in
: Homer last week on his annual
inspection trip to determine
fire insurance rates on com~
mercial buildings.
Due to the many changes
in buildings and the new
structures in town it was
; necessary for him to spend.
1 the entire day with Don Smith
’ checking the town,
i After his study he noted
j that auto repair shops would
i enjoy a reduction in rates
due to their favorable loss
experience' over the past
i five years.
1 LEAVE FOR CONVENTION
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Orville Waddell and George
I Miller left Tuesday for Palmer
where they will attend the
, territorial American Legion
■convention. Mrs. Wadell ae
! companied them and will at"
j tend as a delegate for the
| Auxiliary.
All are members of the
General Buckner Post No 16.
in Homer and its Auxiliary.
j .ACHIEVEMENT EfoY SET
The annual 4*H .Achievement
| Day will be held during the
: Homer fair to be held August
! 26'27"28, according to Ed
; Liebentbal, extension agent.
; The 4-fl exhibits will be set
jup in the schoolhouse this
j year.
DON l. SMITH
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General Insurance
We have a comprehensive
all-risk policy for
outboard motors and boats
used for Pleasure or
commercially
Available at reasonable
cost.
Box 125, Homer
Box 11.9, Kenai
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