f.cnt v
degree in all 'of them0 In the "stickers”,
or those who just grit their teeth and
dig in deeper when the going gets rough,
there is something else, itrs intangible
*bo me but I know itfs there because I!ve
seen it time after time in that type.
They weigh, but not too carefully,
the advantages and disadvantages of
leaving the beaten patho The dearth of
cultural and gracious living, the ease
with which one gains a lively-hood and
maintains status where ever he came from
(l say ease because by comparison that’s
it) as against a sort of life that is
! outwardly a hard and skimpy one sometimese
Of course, I could use the old
I cliches about the rewards being more
I than meets the eye and that only another
homesteader could ever understand what
returns are,, even if a finger could be
put on it In fact, I guess I will,
' nee that seems to be the best way for
"ir to put it,,
I wonder at the 11 something” I know
'•hose people must have, other than the
vuLcr-ni material advantages they enjoy.
I-n sure they do have a "'something” in
re.""’- . sees but here in town I guess I’m
'^ her into the forest I can’t see the
It adds up, for me anyway, to one
thing5 « I wanna go home. Home to haul
Log water, and snow shoeing in the for
| eats, and coaxing reluctant automobiles
to start, and siting around a barrel
stove, and wondering'*if the grub will
last till springs home to my mysterious
partners - the Wr^h^cKLls, and to the
broad„ murky copperc * I'm going back
and I'm going back g ad0
The only item that would constitute
nows from “where I view the scene is that
IranDeo Kibble ip out of Providence
Hospital and showing steady improvement
the home of friends in Anchorage 0
j ■»
! t i. Ch ye$, one other item too, the
I i'p Alleys have a new cat, only this
t-’ur it’s red instead of black and is
up lipped with a bull-dozer instead of
whiskero and a ..winch line instead of a
Pay 'teals over the spruce flats,
reaps along the plateau in the silent
Past one sleeping snug cabin after
another, no lighted windows yet, cling- ■
lag suite from the roof pipes* .
Far off, to the whitened north,
drifts the wolfs1 lament«
Cow moose prods her 3azy calf at the
edge of the frozen lake, they feedc The
limbs snap of£ the cotton wood shoots
as they pull at them*
The gray, tilted, snow slopes to the
south start pulling glittering, golden,
capes down over their shouldersc
Morning is again at Kenny Lake0
False men and shams talk big and do
nothing c
Pi Ti A. MS
The regular Glennallen P<T.A. meet
ing was held November 29th at the High
School.
Mr. Heaton presented a plaque to
the High School for commendation to the
4 year members of the class of *62#
The plaque reads:
A commendation to the, 4 year members
of the class of f62 the first graduates
to attend Gle rinatlen High School for four
years e
Dan H« Brenden
Myra Charley
Bruce H. Di.ttman
For their, pioneer spirit, vision, schol
orship, loyalty, and citizenship that
has attributed to the. establishment of
a High School at Glennallen and the
modern facilities to be occupied.
Presented by:
Raymond Se Heaton
Science Teacher 1958 - *62
Mrs. Bonnie Wilson was presented
with a wedding gift from all the parents
and teachers.
The 5th and 7th grade rooms had
reading improvement tests on display and
the 6th and 8th grades had art work out.
Coffee and cake were served by Mrs.
Otto Hansen.
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