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BELiABKSf ft? CARL BiUER'AT '
FRITZ CRSEg ggft^tON? “ . ‘ ; ’
(The following' are the;
remarks of Carl Baier, presi
dent of the Fritz Creek Civic
and Social Center., at the
opening of, the* gYoup’,'s’ '
ing July *£;) * *v'
"Ladies *ah"df * ^ehtfleirfehy *
folks of ^ritz* WeakT *an'd &dri!- *
er: As we go* Wrough* Tife' W
encounter soYrows, * Utaeh *crf '
disappointment*/ ‘time's* *o*f dTS^*
satisfaction and then W 'haVer -
what is commonly 'knoirfn as ‘the’'
blues, but, they are \i^*to *the*
individual* *‘Some ’ha'te fHdm *
frequently, "so'me Hate* them*
all the * time * *and v'Hoi6e Matte *;
not t ime 'to Ma*ve * .them* "And *
then we ‘have * "times * *<5f ddm-*
plete satisfaction* *' ’Saffd-**'
faction covers*‘all ’desifdd*
fulfilled tod#* add4 ’I
safe to*say’ all of'*£ou*#io'
participated'*ih‘thil*projd6t *
are satisfied^‘'^hyt*’*Because
we accomplished thdt * * we * $6t
out for* a few^mehth* dg6ir
How did fhis’all*staft? .If*I
recall right,* last N6vemb6fTa*
few residents'* hf thid htfed'
had a get-together and Ex
pressed a deslrfe* of*h*sofeial'
hall toil it'Wmn*i(LV*o\,
say wfcat* it was 'goih’g' * to* bteV
I was .approached to" atthiitT
their meeting*' but was' reltfc
tant and* he sYtant ; slhfce Itte
viously~ at similar nifebt ihfeb* T
had wasted time* * .to4 lYsteW W
people actually wearing .tlfgfeP
selves out talking *ab‘dut WkY
they are going 4 to" b*dild ail'd*
never even * ’get' t*o' * a 'gddd
start* /.The* 'tlii'rd ’ bidet ftig T
attended .for' *€He :soTd rdadcta
to studjf the *pe*opld Wo Writ;
My motto is: ' ‘want *t<5,
build, 'do ‘,ft‘"ri^ht n<5tf'df 1
quit talking*aSout *lt*tf * The
folks present at tftat'meeting
AT THE..:,:
SKYWAY
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SATURDAY *.
SUNDAY.
-'MONDAY
V * •
"Because.of You? ..,,.,
Two shows* weekly*.Tfed*-,,,
neaday,- Thursdayday,,
andya different,,„sh$wt,, •
' playing Saturday,. $undgy..,
and Monday,
Shows st^art nightly at
7:30*,. . Remember. * you * J.1*»- - .
alwh^s see- a< good- show. *, .
at "the Skyway ■* Theater*«. ♦
located*&block’ soiuth of* ** \ >
the Inlet Tradiig Post, *
\ ;
Were of a .type who had to -
rough it in ■' life and are
still roughing it and were-,
if I was right, worthwhile to
go along#-' The following days*
I analyzed the'machinery and
tools available and also what
money * the re- ■was* - available#
The* latter * was not much* of - a- *
' chore*,* there* was* nonev -* *«* t»*
‘ By* *" Brid'-dfenuary* -» • by—la we- *
were* writ ten* and* an orgrniza*-v
tion* was* formed, offi-cere- end*.♦
trustees* were « elected- and* a* ♦
building* * ’coMEli tee - was * ap
pointed#* ' The building com- *
mitteer • •was* * faced with . the- •
prCbrlem of -build-ing the -home— »
s tender's way, that -is -build •
with whab • material* -you find
in the • woods and -the- - -least •
amount ‘of tftoncy* ^l-'^ns *for a •
log 'structure “ere -worked -out *
2nd *put before -the »organiza- -
tion *for *erppioval - and in the *
middle * *of * -February *aotual *
work*bdgan:<* .* • *•»■*».
• The•participation * *of-work
was, ^excellent *by * -about • *30
percent*’of'tfie * members and *
faif*by *thd’/next :30-percent*
;The *reet * *pe rhaps * * did * * what.
they'’wore*‘able*- ‘ln*allit
was a“ "fair <%participation*
throughout*** I myself do not
compromise - -between* success
and' failure'anH**I-flatly re
fuse to * * aceepb * - failure and*•
fthatdvef project t»breught't©.«
b* 'Successful completion* • ©f* ♦
course' for* pay,* I- never*cared*,
for’ * credit- * or* glory> * - never- *
bragged*, * * but since* • this* was .
bpllV * Collectively I-111 do a>»
little0 bragging* for* you and I*
Challenge any group- as* so few- -
people* ns' • live- in- * this* area •
to* duplicate* our accomplish-* *
WDnt- * in- so -short* a* time- with .
bo little' moneys * * * • * - * •
; * * • ~7b* triod* * to* refrain * from -
bogging*,* • but -donations were
■much appfociated* *«{Thanks- to .
il‘1 of you ^who »pafft-i-cipoto4 *
•oithaf * *way,‘ to' • make t' this
‘biifldirig possible?.* * *
Thlriilg a ‘trip through 0on»* >
tral .'Sufdpe' *' in 1924,♦ 'being -a ?
we'Ok-ldng Vfsitof4 'in;Heidbl-r
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berg fSeinanyrTin< one ,65 ithe
gay spots '>in tHab old 'eityy -,I.
had seen'~ra Latin inscription,
the meaning of ~hich I liked:
so ^rell-s-iaad ihaye^.llkeduver
sinde• .•.aiid^liter I found the
same' rordlng on other places
arte, re- happy and gay people
^rere a Lays gathered# < Sq I
tdok it upon myself to place
these ^rdrds *in our nar; home,
"Be happy and frolic today
for you may-*’hot bo alive to
morrow# n May this structure
serve its’purpose, ; the pur
pose it was built , for, a
place to practice good fel
lowship, a place for recrea*
t ion,, a. * place for.happy get
togethers#* .Tharik. you#" .
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- CHURCH* SiQ WING THUMB C V- 4.
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♦,.. The. Churck of Christ ' has
► scheduled. - a* series of relig
ious* films* to be shotm.ab the
. local churctu The first in a
• series of 13 films tras shorn
• July. 3* dealing tilth the mis
- sionary.. *rork of the Apostle
■ Faul-** * The. date for the shorr- l
■ *ing of the- next film rill, ho ‘
■ announced • soon, • .ccording, .to /
• Ray. Green,. nhurch pastor....
SPREADS .OIL m STREETS
• ** .lalt Dufour rras busy* last
Friday, spreading oil , on .the
dusty .roads -in .the. loner part
.of .tom * .and in front of .the
bank *nnd dJonninal Oil build
ing. . .Tho .r?ork ras sponaaicd
by * the. ^businessmen in*. .the
•areas .moationed. *. '
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• FAIRBANKS .EHS8SMAN .VISITS ..
Mr, and lira, A1 Koskoff .of „
Fairbanks..visited tho Penin
• sula .last week* He isi .
,pressman for'the.. Fairbanks .
»Daily. .Hers-Miner*.. Whilq ,in
♦Homer *K©skoff visited the .new.
* Homer- News»office •,,
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easier in Homer these
. .days, especially if you
, M.trade at the Food Center
. w^ere you will always
. <£ind a complete stock of - ^
,b .groceries and,meats for
• your satisfaction*
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FOOD CENTER - :
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... Mrs* Sherman Chapman and
son sp$nt a $&U;dnys visitiog
tin Seldovia oyer the Fourth,
< Miss Shirty Clondonen add
hor fiance, Mr, William Cher
noff, spent th<?: holidays T_ith
her parents,- Mr, -and Mrs, '
Bill Olendeseh. Shirloy
plans an August adding to
t~kc plane in 3cHard,
The annual 4t-h of July
picnio end d^noe was held at
Keelers *<?n Saturday ,night
uith folks attending from An-,
ohor Point and Ninilchik,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walter
.visitod ...a$„ their home over
the, weekend,, They are owners
of fimhystu.Gcibins. ?
... Georgs Carr..visited Sol
.dovia, op Saturday and Sunday,
ELBE FOR THE^ HOLIDAY
Mr. and lips., Ed Mathers of
Anchorage . yjls^ted the Matt
.Thome hom?..pver the holiday.
, slhilc here they attended the
, Fritz ppeek d~noe and report
. ©d a vpnderfjil time.
pOl|ff.TTEE, JvEfTS
The. hq$pit*vl committee of
the TWA met, jjily, 5 at the FUD
office to. .dipouss the ojera- #
tion of .t^ie,. hospital. They *
heard l^pgaret . Anderson, PUD
director,;. %p\\ .of the Bart
lett fund^.,and , plans for the
.use of .the money^ It is ox- <
peate.d 4 .that. the committee *
-t\\ .meet ,1^'the near future
'.alth Pro vonsha in an en
, .doa.vop .to make .definite plans
.for% .-^hq, .operation of the
. .. '■
,Batqp». ^h^irmnn* Mrs. Harry
>yox$ci.w^i?^y.,Hordrd *kr'
.hill,, .Ijlp?.'. .faffles^Soott and
.
TIMS
■ ffs ‘ Important '"to all of
‘us ‘novJada^s { 4 "that * a *why ,
« ,*»* * * 'Tt « * • * . -_' «
‘t*he * 'Homer " ‘Cleaners of
*fa^g' fd££d ‘Sdftfice on
‘dll ‘ 'didaiililg* ' to Hake
advantage 6f <5\ir service
* ‘just‘p&ohd’856 fot.piok
•/up‘and*dalivery"service*
ho me is. 'Cleaners !
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