THE HOMER NEWS
Published every Thursday in Homer,
Begdahl and Raver, Publishers
Bill Raver ... Editor
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BE CAREFUL OF FIREWORKS
With the Fourth of July just three weeks away, kids are
beginning to buy their fireworks. We’d like to take u[ a few
lines of type this week to remind the younger set of the dan-j
gers involved in tne careless handling of these miniature aiv j
tides of war.
Every year countless numbers of people, mostly kids, suf:
fer severe burns and' often the loss of an eye or finger be- j
cause they.were careless with fireworks or seme careless
person tossed a lighted fire cracker in their face.
We remember those July Fourths of cur own youth when you :
were a real sport if you got out of bed at the crack cf.dawn
on that great day to set off the largest fire cracker avail
able. From that opening salute until someone set eff the
final package of tiny ’lady finger1 fire crackers in the late
hours of the night, the day was just one big BANG and really
something to remember.
We remember best the wonderful parades dewn Main street
witn the Deautiful floats all built around some patriotic
theme. The parade was always led by a big red fire truck all
decked out with flags and with the firemen, dressed in their
fire fighting gear, riding in their assigned places.
After the parade came the games ana races in the city
park fcllowed by family and group picnics where folks enjoyed
the best visit of the year. In the afternoon we 'took in'1 the
carnival rides, played bingo or watched a baseball game.
The evening was always reserved for the biggest snd best
fireworks display the city could afford followed by the
annual Fourth of July dance.
But every year one or more people paid dearly for their !
fun. Every year someone got burned or maimed by an explod- 1
ing fire cracker or rocket.
We hope that this Fourth of July will be as enjoyable
to the kids of Homer as were those of our youth but we again 1
want to remind them to be careful with the fireworks. Watch i
where you throw them...never throw them at anyone else. Don’\
throw them into dry grass or paper...they start fires quite i
easily. Be^especially careful when little children are
around.
Buy fire crackers and use them to have fun, but be care
ful .
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PICKUP TRUCK WRECKED
£ pickup truck belonging tq
j the Yukon Equipment Company o|
: Anchorage rolled over on the
I 'S' curve at the top of the
| hill .Sunday when the driver
hit some loose gravel. The
driver, whose name was not
available, was not injured bul
the truck suffered consider
able damage..
D£VL NIXON HURT
Dave Nixon suffered a bacK
injury last week while work
ing on his new building.
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Wide Variety In Stock - l/ore Coming
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We Have Everything
U!Trie KiS'h i irn
PICTIic ju}■)blies
Vr R N MUTCH DRUG5
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• NURSES MILT
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The Homer Nurses Associa
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tion net, at the home of Mrs. ;
Sernhdine Mutch at Anchor
I Point last Saturday. Miss
‘Clark:, home extension agent,
(was a guest of the meeting.
‘It was announced at the meet
ling that tnree local nurses
would attend the Alaska
.Nurses convention in Anchor
age this weeK. The ladies,
iwhc left Tuesday for the con * j
Mention, were Mrs. Helen Aim,
Mrs. Led a Thome and Mrs.
Bernadine Mutch.
jTFLEPKONL LXHPMLNI *BRIVLS
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Part of the equipment for
|a carrier line telephone sys
tem for Miller’s Landing ar
rived in Honsr this week, ac
cording to Homer High of the
ILelephore company. It is
expected that the rest of ins
equipment will follow soon
land the system installed in
!a few months.
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j ..A. A, MATTOX IN TOWN
.A, :A. Mattox arrived in -j
| town last Sunday from his Fox !
j River homestead to meet his j
, scn-in-law and daughter, Mr. t
; and Mrs. Raymond deicer and j
. family who arrived from El i
! Cerito, California. The
; Reiters came in with a large j
' amount of equi.ou.ent including j
a welding outfit and a sawmill!
and clan to settle at fox *
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Fiver.
Mr. Nattox has 320 acres t
'of ] and at the head of the bay!
i where he raises hay and cattle*
• Fie has been located there for '
I seven years.
While in Homer he is a guesi
| of the Deita family on the i
jtast read. i
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jPAINTING BUILDING
Homer High is aading an. ,
jother coat of grey paint to
the Homer Telephone Company
jBuilding.
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GIFTS SOUVENIRS
Art And Craft Supplies .
j NEEDLEWORK GO CDS
Nail Orders Filled
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VEGAS' ART ®ND GIFT SHOP
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CLIKIG imD DBE.DED
HarrV Gregoire, treasurer o*
the PUD, reports that when he {
.was in finch:>vage last week he
completed x.he necessary detail?
to transfer the deed on the
Clinic property to the Alaska
Department of Health. This wat'
the final obligation of the ;
PUD- toward getting the build
ing program underway. The re j
maining :*:esponsibility now lies
wrth the Department of Health, j
he said.
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CHURCH GROUP MBITS
The Junior Class of the ^ \
Grace Baptist church had its * j
monthly get-together at the j
church Tuesday. .After a pic- j
nic style supper, election of j
officers was held and the fol- [
lowing members elected to
serve six months. Carol Davis,!
president, Mary Roberts, vice \
president, Sharon Harman, sec- j
retary, and Martin O'Connor, j
treasurer. The class decided j
on the rug to purchase with
the money they earned from a j
rag collecting project;
Games were enjoyed by the
group to complete the evening.
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GUARD.OFFICER HERE . j
Major Kunkle of Anchorage
was a Homer visitor over the
weekend. He is with the :
procurement and distribution j
department" of the National.
puard.
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j -AN INVITATION
! We'd like you to consider
I this a personal invitation to
i come in and look around our
| souvenir shop and cannery and
see one of Homer's home in
dustries in operation.
Hand Painted
TOWELS CARDS .APRONS
BASKETS CANDLES PICTURES
FISH NET FIX'ATS
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