THE HOMER HEWS
Alaska's Larjgest Mimeograph. Weekly
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, .Compositor
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OUR 'FRIEND' BOB
fieli, we certainly got taken down a peg or two last week
by our "friend" Bob Norman*
t7e had always felt rather kindly toward the boy, too.
Such a pity that he had to gq and spoil it all.
It's perfectly obvious that we are hitting pretty close
to the ooy's heart with our editorials, We're mighty glad
that everyone isn't as juvenile as our "friend" Bob is, other
wise we wouldn't have a reader left, then we might have to
take to running a second-hand store for a living,
Bob says that we write editorials and then forget what
we wrote« Bob, it isn't that we forget. Its just that we
don't like to try and cram our ideas down other people's
throats. We don't believe in carrying on a "crusade ", We
think that our readers are intelligent and will act, in time,
on any suggestions that we might make. There's much to be
done in Homer, Bob, and it isn't all going to be done this
year or even next year fie figure that we'll be around then
to remind them again.
We're glad to hear that come Janucovy 1 you will be char
ging for what you call your "sheet"* Like all good business
men and women we welcome good competition fie haven't
had it to date, but there's always hope. Perhaps we should
warn you first that the water is a little chilly so if you
have any surplus fur-lined "longies” you’d better wear them in.
In the meantime, Bob, you'd better get a dictionary and
learn how to spell "myopic",or better still perhaps you would
be better off just sticking in the same league with the rest
nf us and usine the two-bit words•
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Homer Hews
Homer, Alaska
Dear Sirs,
Enclosed find check for $5
in payment for one years sub
scription to the Homer Hews
Triends Have sent me an
occasional issue and I have
found it most interesting.
Rather wish that my own old
home town was mentioned more
often (Seldovia) but realize
that it is probably the lack
of a correspondent in that lo
cality rather than your own
over-sight,
My familiarity with the Ho
mer area dates back to 1909
when my mother and I were pas
sengers on the old S. S, Dora
that for years carried freight
and passengers to the Westward,
We were enroute to Unga, and
Homer was one of the ports of
call with the mail«
19ta again found me on Ho
mer Spit for a short time, and
on January tst, iqi*, I hiked
to Henry Olsen's Look Out on
a fruitless Camera Hunt for
Moose, We started out the day
before from the Spit with Mrs
Woodard in her two wheel cart,
and stayed overnight at what
they called the Horse Camp,
This was where the men caring
for pack horses from the vi
cinity of what is now Anchor
age were spending the winter.
It was located near what -is
noit’ known as Chamberlain's
store,
Last summer I had the plea
sure of taking that marvelous
scenic road that leads to the
gravel pit on Henry Olsen's
Look Out, and tried to recall
the appearance of that vast
land blanketed with snow as I
had seen it in 1915. It was
quite different driving over
this well kept road to the
hike on* snow shoes that I had
made in 1915.
You are located in a won
derful area and with the con
stant improvements being mad$
720
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more people settling there and
the influx of tourists that
will increase, you should
never lack for interesting
suoject mafter to fill your
already very informative pap
er,
Referring back to my first
stop at Homer, tgog, my rec
ollection brings to mind that
wonderful cream that the el
derly bearded gentleman who
cared for the buildings on
the Spit gave us and also the
fresh King Crab and Dungeness
Crab that he gave to those on
the Dora,
May your excellent news
paper reach out and be an am
bassador of Good Kill to the
entire community and area,
bringing authentic news to all.
Sincerely yours,
Juanita Anderson
Home owner in Seldovia from
1914 to 1955. I lived there
37 years.
(Ed note: Thank you Very much
Mrs Anderson for this fine
letter Your $5 will give you
16 months of the Homer News
under our new subscription
rates just as all of our past
subscriptions .have been ex
tended to take advantage of
our new rates, )
REGENTS TQ MEET
The University of Alaska
board of regents will hold its
first meeting of the fall 'se
mester starting at 2 p.. m,
Thursday, October 21, in the
office of Dr, Ernest N. Patty,
university president,
Regents are Leo R. Rhode,
Homer; Elmer Rasmuson, ‘An
chorage; Dr, Andrew Nerland
Fairbanks; Dr, C. Earl Al
brecht, Juneau; M, J. Walsh,
Nome; William A, O'Neill, An
chorage; W, T« Stuart, Ketch
ikan; and Mrs. Theodore A,
Loftus, Fairbanks,
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WORKING AT HARDWARE
Earl Engel is working at
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after finishing the fishing
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FILES SUIT
J, C. Reynolds has filed
suit in district court against
Ray and Shirley Lentz con
cerning the ownership of the
Yah, Sure Club and property,
SUPERVISOR HERE
Arnold Granville, former
instructor in the Homer school
and presently the supervisor
of education for the Territory,
and Bill Feather stone, a rep
resentative of the Alaska Na
tive Service, were Homer vis
itors .Monday. They were just
returning from an inspect ion
trip which took them out to
the Aleutians, Granville
will return to Homer for a
meeting with local school of
ficials next week, he said♦
RECOVERING FROM FALL
Mrs* Francis Thompson is
slowly recovering from a badly
twist * a knee and ankle, suf
fer id whin she slipped on a
wet board at the back entrance
to her home.
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