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IT ISN'T THE TOWN
Thi$ week we received a little poem from our good
friend dale Davis who is in Cleveland, Ohio, this winter*
The poem isn't a nevp one, perhaps many of you have read -it
before, but we think that those of you who may not have
read it will enjoy reading "It Isn’t Your Town—It 's You. "
If you want to live in the kind of a town
Like the kind of cl town you like,
You needn't slip your clothes in a gnp
And start on a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you left behind
For there's nothing really new.
It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town
It isn't the town—it's you
Peal towns are not made by men afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead
When everyone works and nobody shirks,
You can raise a town from the dead,
And if while you make your personal stake
Your neighbors can make one too,
Your town will be what you want to see,
It i.sn't the town—it 's you.
We don’t know who wrote that bit of poetry but he
sure knew his human nature. And we appreciate Date's
sending it along, By the way, Dale says that he is look
ing forward to his return to his work.with the Homer ^race
Baptist church next Spring.
OUR GOOD FORTUNE
77it news that the publishers of Time, Inc, have fin
ally come to the conclusion that Alaska should have State
hood is most welcome, Through their three magazines,
Time, Life and Fortune, they are in a position to do our
caus* a world of good, Ralph D, Pain*, publisher of bor
tune, declared the stand of Time, Inc, at the Alaska.
Chamber of Commerce banquet last Saturday night in Anchor
age, .
He very much enjoyed the speech by Mr* Paine as we
heard it re-broadcast over one of the Anchorage stations.
His view was indeed a broad one,,,, one that could only be
held by someone living outside the Territory and with the
proper appreciation of the social and economic history of
the United States, He led his listeners from the Consti
tutional Convention of i?#7 t0 Kitimat with a liberal
sprinkling of the happenings alo'ng the way, His concept,
of the growth and development of America was enlightnirtg
with the exception of his remarks concerning present day
corporations, We've been hearing for-the .past two years
how innocent the corporation of today -is, phooey, they
are’just as vicious today as they ever were. The only
difference is that today there is less left to grab^and
steal and they have sharper lawyers to do their work,
Ke would like to suggest that Mr, Paine stop off in
the Northwest on his return to Hew York and check with
some of the National Forest Supervisors as to how corpora
tions conserve on their own initiative. Of course we
could hardly expect the publisher of the nation's out
standing business executive's magazine to say anything
but kind words in behalf of the corporations.
Anyway, we're glad to have the company of Time, Life
and Fortune magazines on this trip to Statehood and we
sincerely hope that their accompaniment will cause the
next session of Congress to give us a longer., closer look.
Perhaps with Time, Life and Fortune along Eisenhower might
like to include us in his harem.
TOYS TOYS
THE BEi>T SELECTION IN TOWN
AT THE
SCHOOL NEWS
The nine new typing
tables hav* arrived and are
installed in the typing
room,
Th* Don Chemical company
of Anchorage has requested
more water samples to ana
lyze for recommendation of
a filter system for the
school,
The school children re
ceived their x-ray photos
again on Tuesday,
SECOND GRADE NEWS
by Bonnie Thompson
Tommy Tice's dog had
eight puppies,
Dorothy Lee Johnson found
their milk was too frozen to
drink Monday morning,
Bike Pate's puppy bit
Mr, Pate while they were
playing,
Ne like our nicely waxed
floor,
Lissa Moe's puppies cut
their feet.
Brad Nixon . and Marvin
Bellamy were playing Sunday
and Marvin was knocked out
by the bicycle,
Ronnie Parks is starting
a collection of model air
planes,
David Choquette brought
a horn for us to see.
Tommy Gregoire told us
about the National Guard
men who returned Sunday,
Betty Gjosund slipped
on the ice on Monday morn
ing,
Pam Waddell went to hear
the Story Lady at the li
brary Saturday,
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
Thanksgiving services
are b*iing planned by at
least two Homer churches♦
The Church of Christ will
hold services at to: 30 on
Thanksgiving morning with
Carl Zehrung of Kenai on
hand to participate« A
fellowship pot luck dinner
will be served after the
services for those wishing
to join in* . -* /
Thanksgiving= services
will bit held an Wednesday
night by the Methodist
church,t according to Rev.
Moyer« Time for the ser
vices has been set at 7:30«
SPREADS SAND "
The community had iVally
Atkinson to thank for the
sand and gravel that was
spread on many of the roads
Tuesday morning when they
were a glare of ice,
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