YOU KNOW.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
One time a minister called
upon a family, and as he was
admitted into the house he
found a little girl crying,
and he inquired as to the
cause of her tears# "Mama
got my apron all dirty," she
sobbed# "And how did that
happen," he asked# "When she
saw you coming, she used it
to wipe the dust off the Bi
ble t"
This experience that the
minister had reminds me of a
poem entitled: Do You Just
Belong?
Are you an active Christ
ian, the kind that would be
missed,
Or are you just contented,
that your name is on the
list?
Do you take an active part
and mingle with the flock,
Or do you simply stay at
home, and criticize and
knock?
Do you takB an active part
to help God’s work along,
Or are you merely satis
fied, to only just belong?
Do you ever go to visit a
Christian who is sick,
Or do you leave the work
to just a few, and then talk
about "the clique?"
Think this over, Christian
You know right from wrong#
Are you an active Christ
ian, or do you just belong?
(Author Unknown)
A thought for the week:
Painting the pump will not
purify the water.
Ray Green, Church of Christ,
Homer, Alaska#
BED CAP JAR TOTAL UP
A total of 311#14 was col
lected from the red cap jars
last week by Mrs• Mary Gra
ham of the P-TA* The highest
single collection was from
the Inlet Service Station
with §2*58# The money repre
sents donations for the use
of telephones in business
establishments around town,
and goes to the P-d?A for its
playground fund*
The money will be used to
put a slide on the school
grounds, and about $70 will
still be needed* The total
amount now in the playground
fund is $92972 made up of
collections from the jars,
P-TA penny pot and individual
donations* It is hoped that
the slide will be up by fall,
according to Mrs. Merrill
Hatcher, 2nd grade teacher*
LIBRARY TO GET NSW DRAPES
The Homer Public Library
is to get new drapes in the
near future, according to
Ruth Newman, president of the
board* Material for the new
drapes is to be donated by
Mrs* James Scott, Mrs* Homer
Thompson will do the sewing,
and Mrs* Fred Whitney will
stencil Alaskan motifs on the
drapes*
MOVIE NETS TIDY SUM
The Homer Parent-Teachers
Association realized a profit
of $115 for the Boy Scouts on
the movie ’*Robin Hood,” shown
last Wednesday and Thursday
at the Skyway Theater*
SENATE RESTORES
ROAD, APW FUNDS
The Senate Appropriations
Committee this week reported
out and Senate floor action
is expected to follow shortly
on the 1956 fiscal appropria
tion bill for the Department
of the Interior.
In reporting the bill the
Senate committee restored
$8,019,000 for Office of Ter
ritories activities of the
Department. The budget es
timate of $5 million for Al
aska Public 'forks disallowed
in its entirety by the House
was restored as was $3 mil
lion for road construction
bringing the road construc
tion figure up to the budget
estimate of $7,800,000. The
remaining $19,000 provided by
the Senate oomaittee above
the House allowance repre
sents $2,000 for the Office
of Alaska and $17,000 for
general administrative pur
poses of the Office of Ter
ritories.
Following Senate action
the supply bill will go to
conference before final con
gressional determination is
had.
WORKING AT HEA
Mrs. Noel Holt has started
working in the front office
of the Homer Electric associ
ation. She will replace Mrs.
Ted Wythe tfcien Mrs. lythe
resigns at the end of this
month.
Mrs. Holt formerly worked
at Vern Mutch Drugs. Mrs,
Arthur Nichols replaced her.
DRIFTWOOD
News-Notes and Comments
On Anything and Every
thing.
Two of our distant sub
scribers sent in changes of
address recently, and the
spelling situation was eased
somewhat around the NEK® of
fice.
We didn’t make any headway
with the O’Hearns. They still
live in Albuquerque. But S.
3. Gnad gave us a big lift by
moving from Eucalyptus Avenue
in El Segundo, California; to
Box 497, Lone Pine, Califor
nia* We know we can spell
Lone Pine, but we were never
certain about Eucalyptus. Mr*
Gnad has been a subscriber to
the HCMER NEWS almost from
the first issue.
The O’Hearns, too,, have
been subscribers from way
back, and their frienelly in
terest in the NEWS is sin
cerely appreciated, so we
don’t really mind if they
still live in Albuquerque.
Here is their letter and
their new address.
The Homer News
Homer, Alaska
Dear Mr. Raver:
Sorry to bother about a
change of address again but
we don’t want to lose out on
the "News.”
Our new address is:
J. C. O’Hearn
1105 Princeton N. E.
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Thank you and Best Regards,
The O’Hearns
......
SINCE THE DAY THE TEA
WAS DUMPED IN BOSTON HARBOR
Americans have preferred to spend their money at home
rather than send it aw to benefit somebody else. Every
day more Alaskans realize that ’ Seattle is just King George
in disguise* The money tie send outside helps the growth and
economy of some other area but does nothing for our own
community* That’s t&y alert* up-to-date Alaskans are trading
at home in ever-increasing numbers*
THEY ARE BUILDING ALASKA BY BUYING ALASKA
help spread the glad tidings by patronizing your
TRADE AT HOME MERCHANTS
DON £• SMITH, INS.
TERMINAL OIL SALES
UMINSKI’S
PIONEER HARDWARE
INLET SERVICE
BANK OF HOMER
BAY CLOTHIERS
HOMER FOOD CENTER
VERN MUTCH DRUGS
THE INLET SPORT SHOP
REX’S METAL WORKS