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I ThE KENAI fENINSULA PIONEER
(Formerly The Homer News)
AlaskaLargest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Monday at Homer, Alaska i
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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THE VOTE .. ; ,
The people fthve.-$poken arid t'm time has coma for this
paper . to still' its voice on the '.GaPa controversy. Hence
forth, as it should be, we will take the role of .an observer.
We have no doubt that it will be «an interesting role. We
have no doubt that, as the days, months and years go by, our
readers will see the truths that fc'e hive so Qften repeated
since last July borne out. ;
.If CaPa continues along its present path, our present
HEA office will he but a billing office. The CAPA will con
trol .all of the transmission and generation facilities from
Homer to Fairbanks..«with the exception of Anchorage and Sew
ard. .. The powers of the' board of directors will be virtually
unlimited and they will stick their fingers in every politic
al .an.d .economic pie in this, the heart of Alaska.
If there be those of our readers who ar,e thinking that
in 1958 or 195? they will be getting their electricity "for
„3-plus•mills, let them cut this out and save it until that
date that they may read it again as they receive their monthly ,
statement. 'The monthly statement for January, 1959 will be
very little, if any, less per killowatt than tjje statement of
January, 1956. The difference per killowatt, no matter how
small or large/ will be the price that;'1 they have paid for
their political and ectntmic freedom.
Of the-'meeting Tuesday ni|ht we can only ^ say. that we
feel that it was moj^ily wrong for .the directors of the HEA
not to stand dh thepr own feet and defend what they have said
they feel, is right. Instead^ they chose to bring in experts
to carry -their ball. -.fhotfe of"us who entered the arena
against tha.^kperts were as rank ’amateurs g<*>Ihg up Against
professionals, # . r; * '*
We say*a|fain .that#we will stand behind any and all of
the statements that we teatTe-made concerning CAPA and HEA*
■We apologize fAr nothings ^Slit the people have spoken at the
ballop box and we will- abide1' by their decision. We would
urge $he consumers , to *seek ahswers to the questions we asked.
When arid if the truth is revealed then the proper action-can"
be taken* .r, * .r
GIVE "THE RIGHT* (jF-Y&Y
TO THE FIRE TRUCK
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Patrolman Eft Martin #of
Homer said tMs week that he
has had several complaints
from local volifhteer firemen
tnat motorists-%re not giving
the right-of-way to thentire
truck or to volunteer firemen
who are on their way to the
fire „
The volunteer firemen are
not allowed to have sirens on
their cars, Lartin said, so
all th< y can do is blov; the
car horn and hope that motor
ists will get over and let
them pass*
If you are on your way to
a fire and near the siren,
Martin said, pull over and
let the truck pass regardless
whether it is behind you or
coming toward you.
HfiviER SCHOOL HEWS
The student council is
considering plans to attend a
convention to be held in An
chorage or Palmer in march or
April.
The Territory has definit
ely^ received word that Dave
Schroer will not return to
take over the Homer 8th grade.
a mr, Nelson in California
has been wired concerning tne
position.
Work is underway on the
Junior-Senior play scheduled
for April 20, The play is
entitled nGhost Tails.” Mar
ilyn Aim and Bob Browning
have the leading roles of Mr,
and mrs. Peters.
The movie MJulius Caesar”
war shown last week.
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LICENSE JDEaDLIEE UEaR
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t 4 a *■ rf
a 11 ..motor vu hie la opera- *!
tors are reminded by.. Patrol
man*Ed :kartin that they must '
have their 19^6 license
platgs by march 1* nil trac
tor., ^operators are also re
minded that their vehicles
must .have a license if they
are used on the highways for
coal or passenger hauling.
LQHGSHGREiiEH ELECT OFFICERS
Members of the Homier Long
shoremen's Local re-elected
last year's officers Thursday
evening at a meeting at the
Joe morawitz residence. Those
re-elected were Lou Gjosund,
president; Jake .xLay, vice
president; Joe iviorawitz, sec
retary and Horner High, busi
ness agent and dispatcher.
Plans were also made for a
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dinner and party on March 9.
Du. FRITZ VISITS
Dr, JviiJ.o Fritz of Anchor
age visited Homer briefly on
Saturday afternoon. Tie flew
his own plane down.
nOSES DOG
Joann willard 'reports that
her blonde cocker s.gantoj, dog
has become lotst,^'*Aiiy6rle see
ing such a dog J. name
n limber11 on the collar is
asked to contact Joann.
SCHOOL OUT Early j'iTEDHESDaY ..
School was let out early
tfodnesday aft or no on b e cause
of the drifting snow, It ,wa#
in session again Thursday,
BETTER TO THE EDITQR
Mr. bill Raver, Editor
The Kenai Peninsula Pioneer
Homer, Alaska
bear Mr. Raver:
I hope that the following
will serve as a source of en
couragement to you to con
tinue to pursue the object
ives which you sincerely be
lieve to be right:
"SKEPTICISM, or healthy
doubting, deals with the nev
. er-ending search for trtith
and the absolute ♦refusal to *
accept anything* on the basis
of authority. It is a quSl
,ity wnich cannot be over
.stressed; it lies at the very
heart of our freedom* The
unquestioning follower < or
conformer is the tool of ev
ery jsowcr-hungry leader and
system*,' the unreasoning dupe
of whatever force happens to
be abroad*" in the world, but
he who. asks why, he who
questions/ will always have
inner liberty.
SKEPf IC ISM-^the ability to
doubt—i-s the natural out
growth of that sense of won
der vtfe call•' curiosity in the
child* *T*ob often it is re- *
pressed* And’ sometimes even %
destroyed*-*- by parents and
other 11 authorities11 over
youtlg lives. !^Bocause I shiri
so.T dr1* that's, the way i/t
is1* i; or* ^It says so right
hete1* choke off the healthy
and Vital ftiktihct.. of •. curios -
ity* To irfeure* personal and
r^ocial free&im, everyone must
uph^d the right*** ito ask,
f,rt/hy'?n • ' ,
...V *J*" 1
In carrying out the aims of
..your.hewspaper,^ you are^, use
' £ui, necessary,1jand essential
.to pur society.®‘
.. Sincerely yours,
Margaret S. Anderson
'‘son BORN
tf.,son was born to Mr. and
Mrs.,.Buy Rosi at 1 a.m. Mon
day morning, February 6, 1956
at the, Seldovia hospital.
Mother and son returned h*me
Friday.
MCUY FAMILY RETURNS
Mr. and Mrs. Jake McLay
and family returned to Homer
Sunday from a trip to the
States•
YOU KNOW,
f'V£ BEEN THINKING
The Bible is like a mag
nificent palace, constructed
of precious Oriental stones,
comprising 66 stately cham
bers. Each one <*f these
chambers is different from
the others and is perfeoib in
design, and individual beauty.
In the ^book of Genesis we
enter the grand vestibule ef
this palace, where we areim
mediately introduced to the
records of the mighty works
of God in creation* This
vestibule gives access to the
lav/ courts, passing through'
which we come to the picture
gallery of the historical
books. Here we find hung on
the walls scenes of battles.
heroic deeds, and portraits
of valiant men of God*
Leaving the picture gal
lery we come to the Philoso
phers chamber; the cook of*
Job, passing through which.we
enter the iwusic Hall;—, the
hook of Psalms, Here we lin
ger, thrilled by the greatest
harmonies that ever |pll %n
human ears. Leaving the ms
ic Hall we come to the Busi
ness Office of the Book of
Proverbs, In the center, irf'
the room stands this motto/
’’Righteousness exalteth; ;• a
nation, but sin is a reproach
to any people*”
reaving the Business Of
fice, we pass through the re
search department; Ecclesias
tes, and then to the Conserv
atory of The Song of Salomon
and are greeted with the
fragrant aroma of the choic
est fruits and flowers and
the sweetest singing of the
‘ birds*
we then come to the ob
servatory where the Prophets
with their powerful tele
scopes,*. .are looking for the
appearing of the "Bright
'4‘orning Star” prior to the
coming of the "Son of Right
eousness, ”
(To be continued next week)
A‘thought for the week: Dca*t ,
talk about what you can do,
do it’ and it vd.ll speak for
itself, *
hay Green, Church of Christ,
Homer, A]a ska.
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