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THE HOMER NEWS
Alaska's Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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TRADE AT HOME .
For several weeks now we have been planning a program or
campaign aimed at the consumers (and that's all of u$) of our
fair community« This week it ’s getting a test flight and we
hope it passes with flying colors« We know that it is in
for some tough going We have the latest weather reports, but
we're going ahead, having already filed our flight plan«
We ’re going to try to get the people of Homer and those
living further up the Peninsula to do more of their shopping
at home
Heedless to say we’re not alone in this campaign A maj
ority of the merchants of Homer are supporting the project
which will extend, we hope, over a period of one year They
have agreed to spend fifty cents a week to bring their story
to the people of this area via the pages of the NWS and over
the Homer News Radio Station Of course the amount mentioned
will not cover the cost of the space taken up by a weekly ad
or for the radio time relegated to the campaign, but we feel
sure that when the facts are presented to the people much
good will come of the campaign and the merchants will benefit
from it If the merchants benefit then the NEWS will benefit.
Of course the majority of our readers know all about the
advantages and disadvantages of shopping out of town, whether
it be through a mail order catalogue or in Anchorage But we
believe that there are numerous things that our readers do
not know, or, if they do know, they refuse to admit to them
selves*
For instance, a lot of people we know have the mistaken
idea that just because a man has scraped together a few hund
red or a few thousand dollars and opened up a store, he is in
the gravy from that point on* ’Taint so •-No doubt there have
been cases where the dollars rolled just because the merchan
dise was available, but those cases are few and far between
and certainly do not exist on the Kenai Peninsula..
Lots of folks forget the good deeds done them by local
merchants like maybe the time when he let them have something
on credit or when he opened his store especially for them on
Sunday or maybe the time he worked half the night fixing an
important piece of machinery that had to be ready for the
next day’s work,
Surd, that's all a part of being in business,but isn’t
it a part of living in a community to support the community
in every way possible. How is the merchant to expand his
stock if the good people of the community do not spend the
majority of their dollars with him?
The consumer (that's us) also has a right to expect cer
tain things f~om the merchant*
First, if the merchant is to expect us to shop at home,
then he, too, must do as much of his personal buying in the
community as possible
Second, he must sell his wares at a fair price In this
day of rapid transportation and communication, the merchant
who thinks that he can run his business just to suit himself
will soon find the wolf at the door where his customers should
be*
It has been said that Sears and Roebuck took over a mil
lion dollars last year Jrom the Kenai Peninsula, Imagine the
commerce that would have been produced had these dollars been
spent at home, and Sears is only one of the many mail order
houses*, i
These are only some of the many things that will be cover
ed from week to week by newspaper and radio during the coming
year* We believe that when the facts a^e presented the folks
of Homer will want to trade at home just as much as possible.
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CLINIC EQUIPMENT
Nelson p. Moyer, Civil De
fense Director for the' Greater
liomer Civil Defense Area has
received word this week that
many items of equipment for
the Clinic to be built in Ho
mer may* be procured through
the Civil Defense Office*
These items include an X
ray machine, steriliser, ban
dages, beds and other items
that will* be available from
time to time for distribution.
The only cost to the communi
ty will be transportation*
The local Civil Defense
organization is working on
the possibility of obtaining
an ambulance for the commu
nity without cost to the com
munity except for maintenance
and housing
FORMER HOVERITE l ARRIED
Pearl worth, a nurse
who worked for a year and a
half at Vern Mutch's Drug
Store, was married on October
17 to Joe O'Heal of Anchorage,
Mrs, O'Neal is presently
working as public health nyrse
at the ist General Dispensary
at Fort Richardson* The cou
ple are living at yt-h and East
K in Anchorage,
SKIRTING PARTY HELD
A skirling party, to board
uP the. base of the library
building, w^s held Saturday
afternoon, with the women mem
bers of the board doing the
work, and the men serving re
freshment s.
Lois Lawrence, Elsie King,
Revo VIaside ll, Evelyn Holtiner,
Florence Holt and Ruth Newman
did the work, which'was sup
ervised by Bob Kranich and
Bruno Augustino, Gene King
and Rex Elliott served re
freshments to thE workers, but
no mention was made of who
did the dishes,
HONE FROM FAIRBANKS
Dana Newman arrived home
this week from a business
trip to Fairbanks
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' LINE WARNING GIVEN
Jiggs Tic*, manager of the
NBA, - has stated that this is
the season when intermittent
Sfaow and rain may cause power
Xi'nes to become coated with
ice and Sag♦ Any lines that
are low enough to cause dan
ger to cars or trucks should,
be reported to the HEA at
once, Tice said, and any bro
ken lines should be avoided
completely, as well as repor
ted immediately
"Never touch a line that ’s
broken, " Tice said♦ Last
week, according to Tice, a
tree was accidentally felled
over a power line, and a local
man received a heavy shock
when he attempted to saw the
downed tree with a power saw
before the line had been cut
off
NE'l WASHING MACHINES
Mrs. DuEour, of the Homer
Laundry and Washeteria, has
ordered four new washing ma
chines, to replace the four
currently in use, The new
machines are expected to ar
rive shortly,
WELFARE OFFICER HERE
Mrs, Rafemeister, the Wel
fare Department officer for
the Kenai Peninsula, was in
Homer for several days last
weekend« Mrs, Hafemeister's
headquarters are at Seward,
and she travelled to Seldovia
before returning to her home
station*
GOES TO ANCHORAGE
Harold' Billups went to An
chorage last weekend,
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