THE HOMER HEWS ,
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Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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BOY, 16, DROWNS
The above, is a, portion of a headline in last week* s Jun
eau Independent* In full the headline read "Boy, 16, Drowns
Following Drinking. Party at Sub-port* "
The story under the headline tells of a drinking party
engaged in by five young people at the Juneau Sub-port* The*
boy, Hlliam Robert Burfield of Skagway "is believed to have
stumbled over the bull-rail and fallen in the water after he
and a girl, iq, were left behind by the others in the party*
The girl was in no condition to have been an eyewitness to the
tragedy, according to officials\ the story states*
We relate the above story as an illustration of the worst
type of tragedy due to teen-age drinking* We relate it,be
cause it isreported that there has been considerable drinking
among some teenagers in Homer the Past few weeks and we feel
that they should be reminded of such tragedies*
Death is the major tragedy of wild drinking but third1
are countless minor tragedies associated with this car ef red,
worthless pastime* T:
Fortunate, in a perverse sort of way, is the youngster
who has no pride, no self-respect to lose as the result of a
bout with the bottle, for he has no conscienai to answer to,
He has no mind of his own and he may as well be footless as
he never stands on his own two feet, He thinks not Kof his
parents and the shame he may bring to them,
Horse perhaps than the youngster who does the drinking
is the person who provides the liquor for those who are too
young to buy it* He have absolutely no use for an individual
who would buy alcohol in any form and give it to (or buy it
for) kids barely in their teens, Such seems to be the case
here in Homer, It appears that an older boy, or boys, are
carrying on such traffic with the kids, It is our hope that
the law is able to catch them and give them their due punish
ment*
Speaking of the law, this should be a good time to note
that Homer does indeed need a marshall, a working marshall
that is* Along with the teen-age drinking we might note that
there, have been several cabins broken into during the past
jew weeks by kids*
Perhaps school will keep the unruly few busy, but our
guess- is that the kids will keep the teachers busy* At any
rate we hope that the teachers succeed where apparently some
parents have failed, and that is to teach the youngsters that
there are such things as pride and self-respect and that the
person who holds these virtues dearly will live an easier and
happier life in this troubled old world*
%He know that the Commissioner is working on the problem
of thb youngsters who seem to have gotten out of hand and we
would like'to urge that all violations where young people are
involved be reported to him as soon as they are discovered*
Punishment is not the desired intent of the gathering of
this'information, as far as we are concerned, He think that
the kids need help and they need it now, but you can't help
them if you don't know what they do and who they are.
A CELEBRITY
He see by the Anchorage Times that Homer has a celebrity
in its midst in the form of Ralph Slone♦ According to the
column HPtarmigan PtalkH in that paper Mr, Slone has written
an article for the, September issue of Bluebook Magazine en
titled pBow Did This Happen To Me?" The author refers, of
course, to the fact that he and his wife have ti children,
Ralph is an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Administration
here in Homer,
The column offered excerpts from the Slone story which
provided acme excellent reading and which, have caused us to
keep an eye on the local newsstands for that September issue,
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Lt, Harry Gfegcire/comman
:>ding officer of the vHomer
"platoon of th.eKj Alaska national
-Guard, has feeeived word from
■ Brigadier General John R,
Hayes, adjutant of the * AHG,
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change the dates *• of camp for
the Provisional Infantry Bat
talion and t.he ist Scout Bat
talion, . She new date will be
from October 31 to November
**s4, 1934,
CHANGE QUARTERS
The Homer Methodist church
grout held their Sunday ser
vices in the Skyway Theater
building last week for the
first time, A large• crowd
was on hand to initiate the
new quarters, according to
Rev, Nelson Moyer, Services
will continue to be held in
the building as will the mo
vies.
STATION CUTS TINE
The Homer News Radio Stat
ion has gone on a five-day
week and will not be broad
casting on Saturday nights un
til further notice, according
to Bill Raver, NEWS editor,
The cut will allow more time
4*or programming and will re
sult in better listening the
other five nights of the week,
he said,
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TEACHERS LISTED
{{following is a list of tea
chers, for the Homer Territor
ial-.' school for the coming
school years
Herr,ill Hatcher, principal,
Katherine Hatcher,Madeline Ym
Bassett, Theo Edwards, Gwen
dolyn Is Adams, Esther Ander
son, Robert Safely, David
Schrcer, John Spencer and
Stephen Harchariks
Only three of the teachers,
Safely, Schroer and Spencer,
taught in the local school
last year*_
GO TO ANCHORAGE
Hr, and Mrss Homer High
flew to Anchorage last Satur
day on business and returned
to Homer on Mondays
Bert and Helen Bachman al
so went to Anchorage over the
weekends MrSs Coke Nelson
took care of the store.
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