THE
B E AO 01
THE BEACON* an editorial sheet* is
Published by Murielle Spears—and
will continue to be until she has
h chance to have her head examine d
by a good Psychiatrist# Published att
Dillingham# Alaska# Subs# $6#00
HAPTUTOLOOMEUBY
News is r e ally ^hard to oome by*#
If you were publishing something like
The Beacon (you no doubt have your own
private name for it (%) in Dillingham
w \ere nev/s is a quantity more precious
then uranium by those in possessioiij and
Euddonlylike a bolt from the blue a
" scoop" fe 11 into your lapv-would you
snatch it up?
Hut 3TES—like a drownding man grabs
for* a li?o preserveiu-*|aou* d snatch itl
Lamentably* THE BEACON, lid jusrt that
last irrue —only tp discover the other
fiuy that tho information was erroneous#
The story about the possible Kanakanak
Hospital closure was given this paper
by a very authentic# though unofficial#_
8ovroe9 It was published to warn Billing*
harrers of the urgency of IMME DIAIE.
oorre epondence #
Now# out of the same "blue" cones the
refutation our story# as you will find
out as you read on through this n newsy*
(?) little sheet#
(Ed» note* Oh# well— remember# you
read it first in The
Beeconl Oh* we kn5w it* s
net funny but we*re just
out of tears#)
TALENT NEEDED
Have you any talent hidden around your
housel The WCO is sponsoring a Talent:
Show to raise money for the proposed
H ealth Clinia and as long as it is going
to help everybody| it is only right that
EVERYBODY should help itl
The show has been scheduled for Nov*
23 at the Igloo Theate r* Mrs* Florence
Was smarm# Mrs* Murielle Spears* x- Mr*
John Vining and Mrs* Eleanor Ball were
appointed to the program committee-and
one of them should be informed of your
proposed talent# The oommittee will pass
on the numbers to be presented*
Resin up that old bow* or beau* and
help the program along*
Mr8* John Vining and Mrs* Wren were
placed on the advanced ticket sale and
the Sixth Grade were chosen by Mrs* Vixw
ing to sell tickets* This "mass pro
duction" has already gotten under way and
if they missed you onoe -*-they*ll find
you be fore they are through* Hiding
v/on*t help* B uy a ticket and then come
to the show,**a good audience is also
valuable*
Remember! November 23rd*
E-o^e-e-e-e •Q*»o-o-o-CN*0-0-Vt'i R^-R- *
R*r^r-r-*2ve-e«-e-e-o~o-o-o-0-0->G-WT And
so forth- —through tho wall#*# *
###Dillingham is a wonderful place#
Every one Is always being accused of
nearing a NERTOTIS BREAKDOWN except th®
one talking! The way they said it
was that the "evexwkoeled guy" around
here is the mis-fit# ••
• ••When people around here are always
complaining about "no,place to go"# 1
keep thinking of what Abraham Lincoln
said# "I have been driven many times
to my knees by the overwhelming eon*
viotion that I have nowhere else to go#*
(i'll be seeln* yuh«)
• ••I think the best one I've heard
—and I promised not to tell who I
got it from—was the recent Birthday
Party at which the distrau^it mother#
surveying the group of wild guests#
rearranged her plans and gave a specie.!
prize for the one who went home firsts
• ••A Tribute to Guess Whot
I do exactly what I please*
I've done so all my life#
But what I please# of auree# agreei*
With what will please my wifa^.o
♦
• ••He honestly believes that the only
time he scys anything and isn't inter
ru?te d is in his sleep* Of course#
that is only speculation.•.maybe jha
doc s!•••
•••She said her world abounds in
Sixth Grade wisdom—for instance* "If
so many diseases are caused by biting
insects—why don't people quit biting
them?’1 and "You have almost everyth.!.*
I admire in a woman. •• and what you 6^. '
have# you'll geti" and "I should ha s
soc.yed at home and taken castor oil1 % 'c,. v
I^ll see you at the Talent Showr El,. : \
By© for now!