THE
BEACON
HIE BEACON, an editorial cheat,
is published when possible by
Murielle Spears of Dillingham,
Alaska,
Yr. Subs. #6,00
"DOOR ALWAYS OPEN*1
I can*t tell you how pleased we were
when we were offered the appointment to
Dillingham last spring. We had heard raich
of Dillingham and what we had heard made
us feel that we would like the town,
Since arriving, we are more impressed
than ever. Everyone has welcomed us with
great friendliness end it is really a
pleasure to work with the children, Dill
ingham proves the statement that Alaska q
is a friendly place,
The most important function of any
school is the education of children, Hoi*
evor it is my belief that in remote corn
rarities the school has a further function!
tlr i; is, to act as a community center—to
provide space and time for any community
function which has no other place to meet.
I foel that Dillingham has already made an
excellent start toward that goal in that
it is providing space for the Health Cen
ter, the Civil Air Patrol, and the Com
munity Library.
Other groups also using the eohool last
year were the Firemen, The Music Club,
The Women* s Civic Club, and the Alaska
Crippled Children*s Association* These
groups are given an invitation for the
following year to mak® use of the school
facilities and any other Community group ,
will be welcomed.
The Dillingham Territorial School was
built by the people of Alaska. It is your
school and you are welcome there. The
door of the office is always open and I
w6uld be happy to have you visit me at any
time. The teaohers would be pleased to
have the parents visit their rooms. If
you have any school problems, come in and
let* s talk them over.
Mr, James Hawkins
Superintendent
Dill. Terr. Sch,
Among life* s dying embers
These are my regrets—
When I*m right* no one remembers*
When Ifm wrong, no one forgetsl
"OVERHEARD ’at"tho”Green Front:
"What flavors of ice oream do you have?”
The pretty waitress answered in a hoairga
whisper, ”Vanilla, strawberry and choco
late,”
”You got laryngitis?”
"No,” she said with an effort, "just
vanilla, strawberry and chocolate,^
tt"j ju7t""6ot“out“of prison this morning,
It*s going to be tough facing old friends,”
”1 can sympathize with you, I*m justt
getting home from Congress,"
Our little town of Dillingham may be
come famous yet—as the ONLY town in
Alack a whore the residents can drive dbw?
to pick up their relief supplies and/or
cash their relief checksS Oh* I cbn!t
know* m£nd you— itfis Just the art of
thing I h e a r.,.
•••the ”hot lunches” ftren*t near so
hot as the conversations concerning them
— so far#.#
• •• Everyone -who is trying to get any
building done this month are ready to
give up—first, it* s hard to get anyone
to workj seco nd, the weather has been
lousy*
• ••The road fill began with such a
swoosh* Too bad it had to stop with the
same thing* The part of the road that
was raised must be a jinx to some of thft
1 after midnight'1 drivers because there i:;
a car or two off the road most every
morning* Or* maybe, we've just got too
many oars for the miles of road*,.
• ••Speaking of puns—I think I heard
the absolute best the other day when this
teenage siren began talking down one of
the 'competition' and said, ”1 just don't
like these would-be popular girls who
talk a male a minute*” (Hrrumph*)
•••Looking over her class (this straif
from the teaoher* s mouth) she said sha
wondered which of those 1 little darlings
had oome to the fountain of knowledge to
drinte—and which, to garglall (Hpmurrh*)
•••He said that when he got home from
work he found hie wife was out playirg
cards (still), the baby-sitter was gp ing
to quit, his married daughter was back i.
await a divoroa, junior had smashed the
car, and business was terrible* He kn6w
a shot would end it all,.*so he opened a
bottle and took onel##,
•••Good Hunting* Be seeinf ya.