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Happiness
and prosperity
attend
you this
N.w
Year. /
BETTY'S
Betty Mears and Minnie B. Clark
3
i
Woes of the
Newspaper World
Everyone picks on us, nobody i
loves us, and they all need us. !
So, members of this honorable j
profession have written about 1
their trials and tribulations.
Some of these are reprinted be- !
low:
THE MISSION OF THE PRESS
By Wayne Rea
The press has a mission; and what [
is it, pray?
The clergyman claims 'tis, to ;
preach,
'Tis to sway voters, the ward
heelers say, I
And the pedagogue thinks ’tis ;
to teach.
The women declare ’tis to publish I
the styles.
The card parties, socials and 1
hops,
While the man on the street just
quietly smiles,
i As he scans the sport pages and
stops.
j The broker wants figures in his
reading stuff,
j The farmer wants prices of !
hogs,
And some think that crime news ;
is reading enough,
Then wail that we’ve gone to
the dogs.
The kids want the “funnies” and
then they are through.
Unless there’s a column of
jokes,
But some of their elders like
comic strips, too,
And police news reads great to.
the soaks.
There are some folks who revel j
in carnage and death;
They want their stuff gruesome, j
with gore;
They like to read “yellows” that !
fair take their breath—
If there’s none in the paper
they’re sore.
; Some like it heavy, but most like i
it light;
j They don’t like deep delving in!
thought,
They want it served clearly,
tersely and bright,
So they won’t have to think as j
they ought.
! The press has a mission, or rather
a job—
’Tis to humor each hobby or
whim,
{ With news of variety, hot for the !
mob—
The same that cried “Crucify j
Him!”
—Reprinted from “Quill”
Everett Bachelders to
Spend Week on Visit
i Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bachelder, j
missionaries at Valley Christian
Home for Children, are going to \
Kenai peninsula to spend a week
visiting towns of that area. They !
will travel from here by train to i
Seward, where they will visit j
j parents and relatives of some of ^
i the children at Valley Christian |
i home who are at the sanitarium ;
; there.
i From Seward they plan to
| travel over the roads and to con
j duct meetings at towns including
Kasilof, Homer, Ninilchik and
: Kenai. At Ninilchik there is also
a children’s home where they will
: visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Richards,
heads of the Valley Christian
Home here, are also on a trip.
They axe now Outside on furlough
and are visiting at Los Angeles,
Calif. They are to return here
some time in May. Paul Schom
ing is in charge of the home dur
ing the absence of the Richards.
PHIL HOLDSWORTH TO
WORK FOR ENGINEERS
Phil Holdsworth, formerly sup
erintendent of the Snowbird Mine j
! at Willow creek which recently
, closed down for the season, will
j be with Resident Engineers at Ft.
| Richardson this winter. The
I Holdsworths will continue to
j make their home here with Mrs.
‘ Holdsworth remaining in Palmer.
1951
NEW YEAR
greetings
When the old
year depturts,
may all your
c\/~ ) cares go
with it.
PALMER BAR
Ruth & Bob Peterson
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MEW YEAR
GREETINGS
Mai) we offer a big
"THANK YOU"
for gourpast
patronage?
TOST'S SERVICE