THE BEACON
THE BEJCOJJ* an editorial sheet of ,
terrific importance (proven by the *
r.;^: cf people offended by each issue) *
J.j withdrawing from the realm of Alaskan /
Fvblieations for the coming year beoause *
of :h3 planned absence of the editor*
Murielle Spears* who will be taking adp*
ranoed work at a University of her ohoos- '
2ng* (After 15 years in Dillingham* we* re /
non sure SCHOOL is the answe rS)
All kidding aside* thank you Dear
People*for your tolerance and incourage- \
ment in the years just past*
TLCTA MAKE A >tT LTOHT ,
On June 18th the Anc--u.vc-.T-'; ?ivss came out
with an article conceiving the accumu
lation of a fortune by Wayne W* Coe of
Portlcnd* Oregon, sole owner of the Mbrcw
ingeido Eocpital where all Alaska*a mental
p vtic.vt; Are sent and ke'pt until the
hospital decides they can return*
Coe is supposed to have made his fab
ulous fortune on the basis of $184*00
per month which is given him by the
government- for every patient kept therein*
ft seems* though* that other income has
been swelling his gross income as Bhown
by the case in pointi
A local family* father* mother and six
children* received a jnry*s verdict this
spring that the mother was mentally ill
and must be committed to Morningside* Hot
long after her committment* the husband
received a loiter from an* official of the
institution asking him if he' could p ay
$184*00 per month for he.r care during her.
ho eg it ai is at 5
This has ail the earmarks of a possible
double fee received by the hospital MIEN
it is shown that families of patients are
ABLE to pay. The local family mentioned
above was oertainly unable to meet such
an expense otherwise the cuetticn of pro*
endure involved in the inolacnt would
not have come up at all*
It seems inconsistent with our social
pot-up to pay for this type of treatment#
When a jury finds a criminal guilty, sure*
1;/ there is no charge made for his prison
expenses! Well,- a mentally sick person
is taken from home also upon the verdict*
of a jury an! for the good of society^— r*
is it not reasonable that the r eh ab i 1 it e1<
v.ithin the mind of the sick person should
also be met by the government?
Back to Mr. Coe 1 Double fees for tfcof
able to pay would net $368b per month per
r tiesit. If this is the technique* as tVe
.ccttejf Indicate a—no wonder he is well o£
the- woy to his second or third millionl
--^-—-—■ -t
Then there* s the one about the bubble
dancer whose career blew up in her faoel
— — — — — — — — — — ■»*
I know a girl who* se fancy free and
footloose—and the rest of her could
'tand a little tightening, tool %
' / 7~
' ...♦Redheads,
/ brunettes, eM
/ blendes or© ob
; solete now—the
'/girls eenght
/ after are those
rith greenbacks*
• ••Just after being
mthu8iastio ally*
squeezed by a couple of
7 Piters® aho ss^d* ev/#
and I alnays thought* && r~
ried rrsn wore the S*F3 CNi^’
y
• •♦The "victims'* of a joconcl & cm should
go in at half price to Flwili’ 'Clio ac
cumulated ewe a- ard >Mrok9 left- by the
first bat oh of ■watch-orec*,
•♦,???????hope he has the decency
to let us know when an ex-ray attachment
is added to his glasses,..
...Had to laugft. He kept calling his girl
Baseball. X was naturally curious boeru-je
I thought her quite attractive pnd all
that. Finally, aroused to the point of
indiscretion, is asked him hew come? F.e
said it just got to be a habit with him
because she wouldn't play around without
a diamond,..
• •♦Overheard on dock--as a clinch pro
gressed just around the ctmer* "Your
technique seems familiar.* •weren'1 you*
here once before?.••
• ••Her eyes were black as jet*
This oharming girl I kne-^j
I kissed her* then her husband oame*
How mine are jet black* tooi •«*
• ••To Whom it May Concern*
Def in it ion* WOLF« A fellow idio knows
all the ankle s*••
• ••Watching the shlnanlgons of a certain
married woman about tew a. (when her husw
band dear is oflit fishing) rc-r^ncls re of
the couple I used to know aL-c;ru where
§EB stands for anything ctc.1 EH fails far
everything. •*
^••he turned hopelessly to his fr^ec^ cni
said* "she reminds me of cofleo—*
and stimulating and weak in the dctc.£«r
...WE WILL NOW SING# ”She sat down on
hex- false teeth* and bitter tears
were shed”*..
Be see inv yT>u*
Goofy
Check that .August Ral-v a* Lvw?fc&
Double-check that Caoh u&.iti Ci e
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