THE HOMER NE7/S
Alaska’s Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Thursday in Horner, Alaska
Bills Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Merrill Hatcher, local superintendent of schools, had
an interesting editorial in the Idi-Odyssey, the Homer school
paper that hit the streets this week and we would like to
pass it along to our readers.
’’The County Agent was trying to get every farmer in the
district to attend a meeting on farm improvement. Practic
ally every farmer had signed up, except one. The County
Agent had practically exhausted himself on his visit telling
him what wonderful improvements they were going to discuss
and how much better his farm could be with-these new methods
said implements, but the old fellow refused the invitation.
In desperation the County Agent said, "But why won’t you
come, Hiram. It’s all free!" Hiram said, ’’Well, I tell ya,
they ain’t no use’n me'goin’ to thet meeting. I ain’t doin’
ez good ez I know how now,"
"There’s more than a grain of truth in ifcat the old boy
said. Take our school, for example. We don’t have a gym; we
have no shop or home economics classes, not to mention a
score of other things which are considered basic in modern
education, but the sad part is that we are not using what we
have to the best advantage. -
"We have excellent ski instructors Who are giving their
time and instructions—lessons which would be expensive
privately. This sport is not only recreational, but useful,
yet less than half of the pupils are taking advantage of the
opportunity. Expense is not the reason, either, in many
cases. This activity is on school time. Efforts have been
made to organize a hockey team after school hours to compete
with Kenai. There is not enough interest,. When we have a
group of boys and girls that are eager to participate and ex
cel in athletics, doing their best with meager equipment,
then we can ask for a gym and better things.
"How about band and chorus? with the exception of boys
and girls in three-or four families, who are going ahhad on.
their own with -instruments, musical interest seems to be
dead. When the interest is keen and the clamor is loud,
we’ll have a band* So far as we know, not a single girl haO
expressed strong interest in glee club or chorus. We’ll
have it when you want it.
’’Shop and <home economics classes? I don’t believe there
is appreciable interest in high school. One or two grade
school classes have been doing some good work with a few
scraped-up tools, and one room is planning a portable work
table, but there are a half dozen coping saws and dozens of
blades in the supply room for which there seems to be no de
mand. If there were enough interest and demand on the part
of teachers and pupils, we’d have some tools, and we’d
scrounge out sane place to work.
"Let’s set up a holler if we want these and other things
but first, let’s show what can be done with a little. When
we show that we are "doin’ ez good oz we know how" with what
we have, people are going to say, "Let’s give those boys and
girls a decent place to play, and provide them with better
tools and equipment."
In what was apparently a postscript by the editor of the
Idi-Odyssey, the following paragraph was added to the editor
ial: " (Some body may be sticking his neck out here, for the
truth is that we are having some trouble trying to get the
camera club settled and to find a place to put the materials
that have recently arrived for leathercraft.)**
It is good for all of us to be reminded occasionally
that we all must wsrk together to make a success of anything
as complicated as a school or a community.
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GOING- AWAY PARTY
Several local ladies met
at the home of Mrs* Robert
Turkington Tuesday evening
for a going, away- party in
honor of Carolyn Otey*
Carolyn, who has been the
bookkeeper in the HEA office
will leave Homer Monday for
Seattle where she will work*
baby shower held
A baby shower honoring Mrs.
Clare Hiner was held Wednes
day night at the Irvin Bagley
residence*
STORE GETS PAINT JOB
The Homer Food Center is
getting a new interior paint
job this week. John Boyle is
doing the work*
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Seven members of the Homer
high school student council
will attend the ^ conference of
“Alaska high school student
councils this weekend. "They
will leave Homer Thursday af
ternoon in cars driven by
Bill Kranich and to. Hatcher*
Those attending . the con
ference are JoAnn Willard,
president; Bunny Campbell,
secretary; and council mem
bers Margaret Campbell, Bar
bara Aim, Vic Bowers, Ronald
Elliott and Bill Kranich*
The students were accom
panied by Superintendent
Hatcher end Mrs* Frank Camp
bell.
PLAY PRACTICE POSTPONED
The play practice planned
by the Homer Women’s Club
which was scheduled for Wed
nesday evening will be held
next Wednesday.
KACHEMAK BAR REOPENS
The Kachemak Bar reopened
Tuesday evening after having
been closed for several weeks.
Free drinks were served from
6 to 8 p.m. on the opening
night.
BUY BY THE CASE
and say BYE &YE to
your high fbod tills.
When you pay cash its
COST PLUS 10$ AT
THE
HOMER FOOD
CENTER=
SECOND GRADE NEWS
by Patty Ann Stutes
David Choquette saw a
moose near his house. The
moose was eating on a bale of
hay*
Betty Gjosund received e
watch for her birthday*
Tommy Gregoire was helping
his daddy get wood on Satur
day* A small tree fell on
him*
Dennis O'Connor was walk
ing to Ronnie Perks1 house
add he saw three moose*
Brad Nixon was sledding
and went off, the cliff on
Sunday.
Ronnie Parks went skiing
at Lawrence9 a on Saturday.
Mike Pate's mother went to
Anchorage on a business trip
Monday.
Georgia Petersen is going
to move to town on Tuesday.
Larry Slone won a wallet
at the P-TA program on Satur
day night*
VISITING GRANDPARENTS
Sharon Hoffor, granddaugh
ter of Paul Marteeny, arrived
in Homer Monday to spend sev
eral months here* Her mother
Mrs. Betty Hoffer,. brought
her two-year-old daughter
down from Anchorage and re
turned Tuesday**
ANCHORAGE M!5N HERE
C* E. Chenoweth and C* L.
Cleaver of Anchorage were
Homer visitors on Monday*
Suggests you bring in
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and other heavy items
NOW - before the
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