THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_:_Publisher-Manager
Editor_—_Virginia Gallant
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POPPY SALES
One of the great problems that faced this nation after
World War I, World War II and the Korean conflict was the
rehabilitation of the men who. had served. Many of the
men did not return at all. Even more were confined to
Veterans hospitals, and a great many more were returned
to civilian status still suffering the effects of their service.
The problem of caring for all these men was a stupendous
one.
The brunt of the burden, of course, was handled by the
Veterans Administration, but like many things that get
so big. the VA often got bogged down. The great over-all
job that the w A did was small consolation to the veteran
who needed help immediately. What alternatives did this
man have. The chances are he went to one of the local
veterans organizations to ask for help. Those organizations
maintain rehabilitation services of their own to help the
veteran who is having trouble.
Two of the finest of these rehabilitation services are
maintained by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and The Am
erican Legion and Auxiliary. On the local level they have
gone about their business of helping the needy and disabled
veteran with little or no fanfare. They make public none
of their worthy deeds in this particular field, but instead
simply see that the veteran is taken care of. Thousands of
successful clains against the government have been handled
by the rehabilitation services of these organizations.
One might ask, why should this be? The answer is that
many individual veterans do not know how to go about
applying for available benefits. These veteran organizations
know how to process these claims and have legal and
technical experts on hand to make sure that everything
is in order.
The next question is, where do these organizations get
the money to support such programs? The answer is the
reason for this editorial. Much of the money comes from
the annual sale of Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the annual Poppy Day of The American
Legion Auxiliary. This is the only time during the year
that we are asked to help the men who served our nation
during time of war. The local Legion Auxiliary and the
Wasilla VFW will put their Poppies on sale May 26. We hope
that every citizen in the community will find it in his heart
to give to this worthy cause.
Elmer Rasmuson Named
President University
Board of Regents
The University of A La ska
Board of Regents this week elect
ed Elmer E. Rasmuson, promin
ent Anchorage banker, new board
president.
Rasmuson was former vice
president of the board. The re
gents elected William A. O’Neill,
also of Anehorag^, to that posi
tion. Secretary is Mrs. Donald
Eyiruck of Fairbanks. Leslie Ner
land, recently appointed to the
board by Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman, was welcomed to
board membership. Others on the
boai'd are M. J. Walsh, Nome;
Dr. C Earl ALbrecht, formerly of
Juneau and now residing'at Col
umbus, Ohio; Dr Philip H. Moore,
Sitka, and R. H. Stock, Anchor
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TO MAKE SMALL LOANS
All persons, co-partnerships,
associations, or corporations, en
gaging in the Small Loans Busi
ness must secure a license under
Chapter 73, SLA 1955, the Alaska
Small Loans Act, it was pointed
out this week by John A, Mc
Kiney, Territorial Department of
Finance director.
“It has come to my attention,”
he said, “that small loans have
been extended by persons or
other legal entities not properly
licensed under Territorial law.”
Section 2 of the law provides
that “No person, co-partnership,
association, or corporation shall
engage in the business of making
loans of money, credit, goods, or
things in action in the amount
or of the value of $1,000 or less
and charge, contract for, or re
ceive on any such loan a greater
rate of interest, discount or con
sideration therefore then the
lender would be permitted by
law to charge if he were not a li
censee hereunder, except as auth
orized b^y this Act and without
first obtaining a license from the
Department of Finance”.
Section 21 of the Act provides
penalties for violation of the law.
Accordingly, anyone found oper
ating such a business and not
complying with the provisions of
Chapter 73 will be reported to
the Attorney General’s office for
prosecution.
GRANGE PLANS OPEN
MEETING MAY 24
The Northland Pioneer Gran
ge No. 1 will hold another of
their open meetings on Thursday
evening, May 24 at Grange hall.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
when a pot-luck supper will be
held, with the meeting program
to begin at 8 p.m. All interested
persons are invited to attend. A
special program is being planned
that will prove of interest to all
Valley residents.
Accepts Position
With Airfines
Bobby Jo McRae
Elected by her classmates, Ro
berta Jo McRae, was named to
reign as queen of the First An
niversary Celebration of North
west Air College. The celebration
will be held in connection with
spring graduation, May 22. How
ever, Bobbie Jo, as she is known
in the Valley, is on her way to
Chicago where she will begin
duties with the Northwest Orient
Airlines.
Northwest Air College, the only
one of its kind in the northwest,
is designed to give students the
basic fundamentals of airline
ground operations. The curricul
um includes courses preparing
students for such positions as res
ervationists, ticket agents, oper
ations and communications per
sonnel. Included in the school’s
program is a course in personal
improvement given in prepara
tion for hostess training. The
course covers special personal
beauty care, charm, and person
ality.
SORENSEN HEADS
VFW POPPY SALE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 9365 of Wasilla began formu
lating plans for its 1956 Buddy
Poppy campaign when Com
mander John Polis recently ap
pointed Swede Sorensen of Was
illa as chairman of the annual
drive.
In accepting the post as chair
man Sorensen said that he hoped
to make the most concentrated
effort ever staged in the Valley
to insure the success of the sale.
He printed out that there is no
group in America that has been
hit harder by the increased costs
of living than the veteran trying
to subsist on a pension. He noted
also that the number of calls up
on the Veterans of Foreign Wars
for assistance is increasing each
year, all of whjoh means more
funds are needed to give these
men the assistance they so richly
deserve.
The chairman stressed that 50
percent of all money collected
will remain in the community.
He also pointed out that the
V.F.W. goes to the general public
only once each year in quest of
money, and that is when the Bud-.
dy Poppies go on sale.
Margaret Blum
Kiwanls Speaker
Mrs. Margaret Blum was guest
speaker at the May 14 meeting
of the Palmer Kiwanis club. Mrs.
Blum spoke to the group on the
Stratford Shakespearean Festival,
held each year in that city which
is located in southern Ontario,
Canada.
Other guests at the meeting
included J. B. Lebeau of Edmon
ton who is in the valley on a sur
vey of winter survival of forage
crops. He is with the Canadian
Department of Agriculture. Other
guests were Hal Wires, geologist
from Columbus, Ohio, and L. M.
DePrieSt of Palmer. Also present
was Roscoe Taylor of the Experi
ment Station who recently re
turned to Palmer following sev
eral months in the States.
The Palmer Kiwanis will enter
a float in the Chamber’s Colony
Day celebration May 27, it was
announced, and Chairman Eld
Smith of the Youth Service Com
mittee announced prizes of $25,
$15, and $10 for the best 4-H
floats depicting their endeavors,
will be given from the Youth Ser
vices fund.
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