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Alaska*s Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Thursday in Homer* Alaska
Bill Haver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Raver, Compositor
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SIX PAGES
Beginning with last week’s issue,
the NUT'S started something which it
hopes to continue in the weeks to come.
...to publish a six-page paper.
To do thi3 w<e expect to increase our
covorage of the Peninsula and if at all
pos'sibleV Seldo?ia.~^Tn addition to the
increased news coverage of the other
communities in the area we will be
using more of the news that is provided
us each week by the University of Alas
ka and many of the other sources which
heretofore hnre been set aside in favor
of local news.
We hope that this increased news
coverage will make the NEWS even more
interesting to our many readers and
keep them in better touch with the rest
of the Territory. Too often we think
of ourselves as an isolated community
» with a special set of problems all of
our own. Actually nearly every other
community in the Territory -has just
‘. about the same problems to a greater or
lesser degree. Perhaps by knowing more
about how they handle their problems we
can learn a thing or two. As a source
of this news we will be using our ’’ex
changes”, or newspapers that we receive
from other communities in the Territory.
Needless to say, we also hope to in
crease our advertising during the com
ing weeks*], * During" €Ee past six months
we have enjoyed the confidence of the
majority of Homer business firms and we
believe that we haVe merited that con
fidence.
Many had doubts in their minds when
we re-activated the NEWS last June and
some even predicted failure for our
project* Gradually we have overcome
most of the doubts* The road has not
been easy, which is just as it shodld
have been* Anything that is worth any
thing does not come easy.
We have learned much in Hornsr, both
newspaper—'wise and about the community*
There is much we do not know and we in
tend to spend as much time as possible
u. gathering background material so as to
be better informed* -
It is expected that the new year
will see the paper hitting a consistent
deadline, a task that has not been easy
in these past months for several rea
sons.
He like Homer as a place to live and
we are confident that it will grow and
some day play a leading role in the af
fairs of the Territory, and we are
appreciative of the opportunity to work
towerd that goal.
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There will bo a dance held
at the school house on New
Year’s 3ve. It is sponsored
by the Community Club and the
public is welcome.
Miss Shirley Clendenen
spent the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
‘ Bill Clendenen. Shirley is a
nurse’s aide at the Seward
Sanitorium.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray
and'daughter have left Anchor
Point to live" in Anchorage
for the winter.
SCHOOL -NETO * ■ * - -
Second Grade News
Qy Georgie Petersen
Pam Vaddell - brought some
holly for us-to see.
Susie Jackson brought a
spruce cone for our science
table.
Dorothy -bee Johnson re
turned from Anchorage Satur
day evening.
Some of us had to plow
through deep snowdrifts to
get to school on Tuesday.
le drew names to exchange
gifts at our Christmas party
on Wednesday afternoon*
CHOIR TO GO -TO NINILCHIK
The Homer Community Choir
ras scheduled to leave this
afternoon (Thursday) for Nin
ilchik to present a program
there*
A AY FROM "ORK
Annabelle Elliott has been
aray from. her job at the Food
Center this reek with illness
She is reported feeling bet
ter and rill probably be back
on the job next reek*
NS"' RESIDENTS
Mr. and Mrs# James' Seling
and four children of Anchor
age moved to Homer this v;eek*
Mr* Saling .rill work rith
Bob Smith at the PNA office.
HANDLE 1400 CALLS
During a 24-hour period on
December 22 and 23 more than
1400 calls passed through the
switchboard of the Homer Tel
ephone Company, according to
a traffic survey.
. HOSPITALITY-■
Will continue to be
the o:.\?.er of the day
(and night}
throughout ...the
FEW YEAR
HAROLD AND ELE3TA
STERLING
BAR and
I LU 'JOS: STORE
WOMAN FK3KD ON BOND
Mrs* Doris Koch of Hosier
has been released from Feder
al jail in Anchorage, follow
ing the posting of a $100
bail bond by her husband,
Darrel Koch# She had been
jailed on a charge of failing
to report the birth of a
child, which is considered a
misdemeanor#
The arrest of Mrs. Koch
uas the result of a report
given to Commissioner Gene
King by her husband staging
that she was missing from
their Sterling Highway home
when he returned from a trip
to Homer# The report was
made several weeks ago*
Commissioner King . turned
the matter over to the U* S#
Marshall*3 office in Anchor
age and Marshall FiU^amson
began an investigation.
Mrs* Koch,pregnant-at J;he.
time of her dissappearance,
turned up in Kenai a few days
later* At that time she said
that she had started hitch
hiking to Kenai and had been
picked up by a man and a wom
an “ho took her to their home
when she started having lab
or pains*
After the b*rth of her ba
by, she said, she uas taken
to Kenai to look for the Pub
lic Health nurse. TJhen she
got out of the car to ask di
rections, the man disappear
ed.
Investigatidn: indicated her
story to be a distortion of
the facts.
Mrs• Koch, in a second
story, ras quoted as stating
she bore the child unattended
in a field near her home rhen
she became ill suddenly rhile
hitchhiking to torn. The
child -ras born dead and ras
buried in a field, she said;
Investigating officers
said the roman expressed fear
of her husband, blaming thu
child’s death on him.
Mrs. Koch pointed o* t tit
the police the place in uhi.3h
she states the birth and bur
ial took place, but the au
thorities so far have been
unable to find the body.
May Our Best
wishes for a happy
and prosperous New
Year follow you
throughout 1955
HAPPY
NEWYEAR
DON E.
SMITH
GENERAL (NS.
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