THE BEACOJJ
~PilTi nghanTkevre
Published semi-monthly by Spears and
Palmer at Dillingham, Alaska
EDITORS:
Muriel Spears
Ruth Palmer
STAFF ARTISTI
Paul Hildebrand
EDITORIAL
When we were children, life was a
hodgo-pcdgo of overlapping events and
intermingling climaxes* My broken bi
cycle, lying useless in the shed, was
not symbolical of my negligence in leaving
it where a truck could back over it, but
rather to my narrow childish reasoning,
it denoted ALL the injustices of God and
society by causing it to be mjr bicyclo
that was ruin3 dl
To the child, facts almost inseparable
fr r fancy back up on themselves with
ghoulish results; facts parallel unrelat
ed incidents with subsequent disaster;
and facts, dressed by the whims of each
little mind, become distorted and unreal#
This i3 no catastrophe of society; it
is just GROWING UF#
As ve mature, this glamorous spectre of
misconception and hasty denunciation
wh^ch, in tho spring of lifo flaunts it
self before us with elegant disdain,
gradually loso3 its influence—as the
king turned exile—and we emerge into
adulthood unconfined by pact hallucin
ations and fortified with mature under
standings
As adults, we smile upon the confusion
of our childhood and temper the steel of
lifo with straight forwardness and know
ledge* We aro no longer the victims of
sophism; but we are now commandants of
fact* Issues aro no longer tied together
with disconnected threads of reasoning#
The fallacies of childhood v.'ere left behind
broken and useless, with the bicycle in
the shed*
As we come cut with the second issuo
of THE BEACON*. xhc stuff wishes to thank
you for your cordial reception if the
Dillingham Now3o Many requests have been
nadco for its continuation as a medium of
informing the public of the many activitiet
of our growing town*
We want to remind you again that xro
welcome articles of civic interest for
publication if submitted under the
authors signature*
Opinions printed heroin are not necess
arily that of the staff*
(signed) Muriel, Ruth and Paul
ELECTRICITYw-WHO WANTS IT?
You ask, "Will I be able to purchase
electricity when the R*E»A* becomes a
reality in tho DLllinghanwAleknagik aroq?'
Tho answer is thisj If you have filed
your application and load shoot v/ith tho
R*E*A* Board, as well as paid your $5*00
Continued next column
WOMAN* S CIVIC ORGANIZATION
Speaking for myself and many other
women of the YJWC/Uj, wo take this opport
unity to thank David Carlson for his un
selfish efforts in bohalf of our town of
Dillingham* Ho has been President of
tho Town Meeting since it was organized
in 1947 and has worked many long hours,
after ho ha3 completed his days work for
his own livelihood, to make our town a
better placo to live—corresponding with
the necessary parties to help promote
the many projects which have originated
o.ut of tho .-Town Meeting* He has never ,
wanted or expected any material gain
other than that which we will all equally
benefit by.
We believe that we should all give him
a vote of complete confidence in his
decision to ask postponment of the P#U#D«
hearing# We feel sure he was doing his
best to save expense to the town# We
hope this misunderstanding of a few will
not discourage him in the future from
his well meant efforts#
The W#C*0# was organized one day out of
a clear sky in 1948 for the purpose of
raising money for civic endeavors under
taken for the bettorment of our town. We
decided then that we would retain no
treasury fund excopt that amount necess
ary to defray expenses incurred in rais
ing money for civic projects*
In appreciation of the considerations,
courtesies and cooperation which tho
townspeople have given us during our
ventures, I wish to submit a summary of
the money raised and contributed to the
following projects by the W*C#0#i
Town Clean-up $ 9*25
Town piano 200e00
Girl Scout Pledges 36.00
Parent-Teachers Assoc* 20*00
Cemetery Committee 88*00
Firemen 596*15
R*E^A* 1566*75
P.U oDo 156 .>35
9 TOTAL ^2652*50
In addition to tho above * vre have pur«
chased a sot of dishes and other equip™
mont v/hich any civic organisation in the
toY/n is v/elcome to use©
(signed) Ruth H# Palma?R I resident
ELECTRICITY » conto
\ membership fee for each such application*
thon you are among thoso citizons who
will bo oligibio to purchase cloctricity*
if your building is wired in such a v/ay
as to pass tho necessary inspection#
In tho very near future all names of
porsons who have failed to comply Y/ith
all the necessary red tapo in connection
with this matter will be posted in most
business places in Edllinghario If your
namo appears on this list* ploaso attend
to this mattor at oncej Don’t expect tho
board to call personally on you and re
quest that it bo dono# Please* assume
, the responsibility yoursolf as it is
yours to assumoi
Should a plant bo installed here that
could not supply tho demand which might
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