THE HOMER NEWS
Published every Thursday in Homer, Alaska
Hegdahl and Raver, Publishers
Pill Raver, Editor
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AN EXCURSION PQAT OUT OF HOMER
We don t give a hoot about clairs and we don't belong to
the Llks Lodge, but when we were invited to go along on"the
tlk s clair digging* expedition to WacDonald Spit we jumped at
the chance.
Froip our front window here.in Homer we had whiled away
many a minute looking over at the mountains across Kackemak
Pay and wondering what it would be like to take a boat trip
along the sncreline over there. We believed that.it. would
be beautiful, and Tuesday’s trip justified our belief.
The bay was perfectly calm at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning
when we left the Homer dock in Alex Flyum’s fishing boat and
headed across to the Seldovia side. The sky was overcast
and there was a trace of rain falling as we neared the far
shore but the grayness provided an excellent backdrop for
the bright green of the lush undergrowth *and the darker
green of the trees on the steep slopes.
Once across the open bay we entered a somewhat shelter
ed body of water and we could see its )ong fingers extending
back into the mountains between the steep slopes.
After, seeing such scenery we couldn’t help but wonder
if possibly these sights didn't compare favorably with
Southeast .Alaska's famous "inside passage". That route, we
recalled, is not enjoying its past patronage these days due
to the great increase in travel to the territory by air and
by the highway.
It those tourists are missing the beauty of the inside
passage on their way up, why not show them something just as
good after they get here? Why couldn’t an excursion boat
operate profitably out of Homer during the tourist season?
If properly advertised we believe that.it would gain recog
nition.with each passing season and would become a tourist
®must" in the territory.
The idea of an excursion boat is not, of course, a new
idea in these parts. We understand that a group of fisher*.
®en discussed such a possibility not too long ago and prob”
ably there have been several such discussions irf past years.
We believe that some responsible civic group should
take a thorough study of this possibility and offer their
assistance to any ..individual or group who might care to un
dertake the establishing of such a business.
ATTEND.CONFERENCE
Ed Liebenibal, extension
service agent and Dick Leon"
ared of the soil conservation
service are in Palmer this
week attending a conference
at the expen iment station
there.
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SECRETARY NAMED
Jiggs Tice, manager of the
Homer Electric Association,
announced this week that Mrs,
Carolyn Otey of Ninilchik has
been employed to replace Mar
ion Koeppel who.is finishing
her last week.in the office,*
SEWING CLASS SCHEDULED :
Home Extension Agent Miss
Vena Clark has scheduled a
home demonstration meeting at
Lydia Shelfordf s•home.in Hom
er for Friday, July 2. .Spec
ial sewing techniques will be
taken up and all ladies are
welcome to attend.
FOR THE REST OF SERVICE
AND THE FINEST 'HOSPITALITY
In Homer
see
HAROLD AND ELECTA
at the
STERLING BAR
AND- LI 3U0KL STORE
Next To Heady Hotel
HOMER
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editbr, Homer News:
Very recently a friend of
mine was acting as tbo be were
mad at something . I bad done,
so I asked birr wbat was both
ering him. Here.is what-be
told me. .
1. Someone told bin? that
.I bad promised work to a few
men.
2. That Steve - and.I were
overheard saying we wouldn't
hire people from certain org
anizations.
3. That we bad not told
anyone whether they were -to
work for. HE.4 or not and they
have had to pass up smaller
jobs so they could stay here
to be put on with tbe.HEA,
4. That all the Homer
people were mad because of
these things.
I will give you the an*
swers to these eotf'plaints as
I seethe®, if you are nol
satisfied you are welcome tc
present your complaints dir
ectly to the Foard of Direc
tors.
To the first charge! can
say that I have not promised
anyone anything. Steve is the
Genera^ Foreman and he.will
run the crews. He will be re
sponsible to me to see that
the crews are.working and if
they are not he will do the
firing. Therefore it is only
right that he do the hiring
for the construction crew.
To the second charge I*can
say that this idea never even
entered our minds. It is ri
diculous and certainly not a
f +
The third charge counter*"
acts the first charge. We
wouid rather promise nothing
and then hire five men next
week than promise five men
work- and not be able to use
but four. That would be un
fair to the one and act as a
hardship to him. 4s most of
you know, when you get invol
ved with finances, etc. with
the government and depending
on delivery of tools, equip
ment and materials from the
states it makes it very hard
to plan anything. I might add
that you don't often find a i
good.worker sitting at home
waiting for a job to ne deliv
ered. . A good worker finds
something to do regardless
how small it is not taking a
chance on waiting on some
thing else.
On the fourth point I have
not had any indication that !
people were so mad. I believe j
that most people are fcrr>ad j
minded enough to realize the I
minded enough to realize the
situation. No matter what one
does or where it is, there are
always some against it. That
is Democracy, that is what we
can be thankful for. Misr.
takes, yec we have made them
and will .undoubtedly’ make
more. The only ones who donft
are the ones .who don’t do
anything.
These are tne things that
were bothering my friend.
Someone had told him this,
yet not once has anyone
brought this to my attention
in the office. No one both
ered to get the facts.
T. H. Tice
Manager,
Homer hlec. -Assn.
SELL HOMER CAFE
5 • Mr. and Mrs. Pete Pergsag
el, owners of the 'Homer Par
and Cafe, announced the sale
of that property this week to
• Mr. Mervil Lewis of Homer.
The Pergsagels have open”
ated the establishment for
the past two and one“half
years. At the present time
they have no plans for the
future.
Mr. Lewis, a former resi~
dent of Sacramento, Californ
ia, - is not a newcomer to Ho
mer or Alaska. He worked at
Llmendorf Air Pase for about
two years and hunted in.the
Homer area during that time.
He stated that he liked the
friendliness . of the people
here and d cided to.come back
and settle.
MAIL ROUTE STARTS
Cecil Wyant arrived in Ho
mer yesterday and will make
bis first trip on the new
rural route today. The route
goes out the East road arid
back and west of town and back.
PAY CLOTHIER
Treasure Club No. 2 Winder
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