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Published every Thursday in Homer. Alaska
Bill Haver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Haver, Compositor
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It is apparent thav the Citizens’ Study Group is declin
ing rapidly* Attendance at meetings has dropped below 20.
Atq active program is being pursued* Worst of all the C3G now
alerts little influence in community matters.
This is a sad condition for an organization whose meet
ings once drew sc many, whose influence was paramount in-the
community, and whose fame spread beyond Territorial boun
daries*
The question now arises, "Should CSG die?" If the- Citi
zens* Study Group has served its purpose, as some believe,
then we should just sit quietly by as it passes from exis
tence * If the CSG has done all that it can do for the com
munity, if its functions have all been taken over by other
groups, and if we have no more need of it, then we say, "Let
it die!" ' .
But none of those things is true*. The Citizens* Study
Group has not fully Served its purpose; in fact, its main
service still lies before it* "Who can count the number of
hours spent on the various studies? Was the sole purpose of
those studies a better understanding of our community, or was
the better understanding to be merely a starting point, toward
actively building a better community? We think it v?as the
latter. Wo sincerely feel that unless the studios are used
In an active program they are at least partially wasted*
* Homer’s future is uncertain. There is a good possibility
swift growth. There is even a possibility of a boom*
These things must be planned for. An economic boom would be
m wonderful thing for Homer, 'but if it were uncontrolled it
«TOuld bring with, it things that Homer does not want—outright
«rimc, get-rich-quickers, shady characters and shoddy charac
ters. And it would bring with it the attitude that the dol
lar is all-importaht, and that nothing else natters so long
as you can make a. quick buck. Homer, with its poor economic
background and with no city .government would be peculiarly
susceptible to the bad points of an economic boom. Therefore
the CSG, ' instead of being a dying organization, is vitally
Reeded to steer Horror over th6 shoals and bring it safely in
to the port we all wqn.t to reach--where we can earn a good
living and at the same time have a good community to do that
living in.
The Chamber of Commerce is doing excellent work along
these and other lines, but the Chamber of Commerce requires a
$5 membership fee* The CSG requires nothing of its partici
pants but their attendance. A membership fee is right and
proper for a Chamber of Commerce, but a citizen should not
have to pay for the right to vote on civic affairs*
This, then, is where the CSG stands today? There is a
greet need for soma otvlorganization*—perhaps t* *grca»or
need than Earner haA aver had before* And the only completely
demo erasid organization which can fill that need is the Citi
zens' Study Groupr. Should CSG die? Most emphatically, NO,!
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LIBRARY BpARQ
HOLLS ANNUAL
At an annual meeting held
last Thursday evening, mem
bers of the library Board
approved a v>625 budget to op
erate the library during
1955.
Of that sum, ^150 will be
furnished by the Territory in
a book matching fund, library
cards will bring in &100,
fines will bring in ^25, and
th® rest is expected to corns
from another parcel post sale
and another talent shon.
Both of those affairs were
highly successful last year*
Officers elected for 1955
were Ruth Newman (re-elected)
president, Violet Wythe, vice
president, Marion Kbeppel,
secretary, and Margaret Pate,
treasurer. Merrill Hatcher
applied to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of
Reva Waddellf and was accep
ted* Committee chairmen were
then appointed by the presi
dent as follows: chief lib
rarian, Siva Scott; building
committee, Merrill Hatcher,
fine and card committee, Lois
Lawrence; in charge of lib
rarians, Arleen Aranich. Rev.
Nelson Moyer and Louise WCLli
were, selected to assist on
the building committee*
The Board voted to hold
quarterly meetings during
1955 instead of the monthly
meetings held previously.
COMMON" 72ALTH MS3T ING
TO BE HELD MON* DAY
A meeting of the Homer
Commonwealth Club will be
held on Monday, January 31,
at 7;30 p.m., according to
San Pratt, treasurer. The
meeting will be held at
Pratts home, and all people
interested in the Common
wealth movement for Alaska
are urged to attend.
ANCHOR FT.
Leonard (Shorty) Pitman
and Tiny Conrad have both
left to work at Point Barrowc
lord was received by Her
Rickly that Gordon Stoddard'
is in California busily en
gaged in writing a book of
his Alaskan experiences. The
book will be titled "Gc Norti
Young Man" and will be pub
lished by Doubleday-Doran*
Fred Bladen left this wee*
with his dog team for his
site near Caribou Lake. He
plans to start building £
trapping cabin#
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Mrs* Lydia Fohn-Ifcnsen,
associate director of the dis
tension Service, will be the
guest of the Anchor Point
Homemakers on Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. Verr
Mutch. The group will be
celebrating the 25th Anniver
sary of the Extension Service
in Alaska*
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The movie "Hhlte Hitch Doc
tor” and*a dance will be*held
at IGeelers on Saturday night,
January 29, starting at 7i3C
p.m. This entertainment is
sponsored by the Anchor Point
Community Club and proceeds
will go toward tho proposed
Community building*
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■ Mr. and Mrs* Bel Thomas
and three children wero in
volved in an accident Friday
night bet~een Anchor Poiiffc
and Homer north of Diamor£
Ridge Road. The lights of
their car went off and thefy
plunged into a snow drift at
the side of the road. As no
cars came along the road,
they spent the night in theii
car %nd were pulled out the
next day by Dick Freimuth.
Mrs* Thomas received a sever
cut on her nose and a bump or
her forehead. The childrer
'Were bumped and bruised but
suffered no serious injuries.
Homer
Electric
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MEETING Tuesday,
Feb. 1. '
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