THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. *1. 1947. at U»e post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March J. 1*79
T. 0. 8CHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
Publisher News Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6 a year in Matanuska Valley Area
Mailed to all points In Alaska and the United States $7.00 per year
Maaienal Advertising Rep.—WEEKLY NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATIVES
404 Fifth Avenue, New York 16. New York
WHAT NOW?
With the defeat of the school bond proposal for the
Palmer Independent School District, the problem of
needed school facilities is left unsolved. The taxpayers
bave made their choice and chose to not accept the
proposal as put before them.
The question is why? The main reason undoubtedly
being that there was but one choice, either all or none.
Some wanted this, some wanted that portion of the pack
age and a majority did not want anything, apparently.
Holding public meetings after an election has
been set up seems to be too late, as nothing can be
resolved when there is still no choice. Why not hold
meetings to find out what the taxpayer will go for,
before setting up another election? If they are poorly
attended as have been the last two meetings, polling
could be done by mail, seeking preferences for pro
jected projects.
This was done by the school officials when infor
mation concerning the bond election was sent to each
taxpayer. It might be possible to use the results, if they
were in sufficient number, to really find out what the
voter considers the necessity items.
The swimming pool roused the ire of many voters,
and justly so. Athletics and physical fitness is a necessity
for everyone, but in the building of a swimming pool
the initial cost would be the smallest, as maintenance and
operation of a pool the size contemplated would run in
the vicinity of $2,000 a month. We feel that public
schools are basically for the education of our children
•and in these days and in the future ahead, education
from books will be more in the forefront.
An auditorium could be deleted, as total hourly us
age of it would not amount to very much in a year's time.
The auditorium at Central school seems adequate for the
various public gatherings held.
In our humble opinion, a gymnasium is needed, as
are classrooms. If an auditorium is still desired we con
tend money and quite a sum of it can be saved by com
bining the two, rather than building them separately.
The proposal as presented would have resulted in
a tax raise of about six mills. In future proposals we
hope that the taxpayer will know within a reasonable
sum just how much money will leave his fairly depleted
pocketbook.
JjiUiiJ 1) jj / ij
IN THE
i/j)ii£y
Thursday. November 12, 1947
Mrs. W. A. Zeile, who has
been acting as public health
nurse here for the past few
weeks, has submitted her resig
nation. The resignation will
take effect this weekend.
Lloyd and Merle Edmund
son, former Valley residents
who were killed in a plane
crash near Fairbanks recent
ly, are to be buried in Anch
orage Sunday, it was learned
here this week. The Edmund
sons were two of four pas
sengers who died in the plane
wreck. They were riding in a
small craft which crashed
and burned.
Last Friday’s dinner, spon
sored by the Wasilla Grange,
brought 200 Valley residents to
share in the Harvest celebra
tion. The dinner was held in
Community hall, and was open
to the public.
A woman, Mrs. Daniel Cuddy
of Anchorage, lies seriously in
jured in the Valley hospital as
a result of an automobile acci
dent on the icy Wasilla road
Sunday afternoon. The accident
occurred near Four Corners.
The Cuddy car, with Mr. Cuddy
at the wheel, collided head-on
with a truck driven by Eugene
Bowers of Mountain View.
The truck slid out of control on
the curve, according to reports.
The barn dance, sponsored
by members of Wrighl's Girls
basketball team to raise
funds for a trip to Cordova,
was a "complete success", ac
cording to Mrs. Ethel Lyons,
team manager. Ticket sales
reached the S200 goal set by
the planning committee. Pro
ceeds from the food sale at
the dance more than met all j
expenses of the affair. Mrs.
Lyons said.
* * *
i The annual bazaar and din
ner of the United Protestant
church will be held next Sat
urday in the church parlors, it
was announced this week The
event is sponsored by members
of the Ladies Aid.
* » *
Opening of the new church
building cf the Valley Chapel
of the Church of God has
been postponed because of a
tie-up in the arrival of heat
ing equipment. The church,
which has been built by Rev.
D. W. Patterson of Anchora
age and Rev. George W. Gei
witz and son Lewis of Pal
mer, originally was planned
to be in use by Nov. 1.
• • •
A new Palmer company is in
the process of incorporation
this week. Composed of a group
of local businessmen, the or
ganization will handle the dis
tribution for the Freeman
Headbolt Heater in Alaska.
The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture says that
dairy outlook for 1948, as far
as demand, production and
prices are concerned, will be
about the same as for the past
year. The department expects
consumer incomes to stay
high and the consumption of
fluid milk and cream to re
main near '47 levels.
MUCH SMARTER
The man who admits he’s
wrong proves to himself and
others that he’s much smarter
today than he was yesterday.
DO YOU OWE LETTERS?
S/snd a "letter home every month
—Give Alaska's magazine—
ALASKA SPORTSMAN
The perfect gift! $5.00 a year—12
exciting, colorful issues. Each month
something new and different. Each
month a sharing of life on the last
frontier.
(and tell us how to sign gift card).
ALASKA SPORTSMAN,
Box 1271-F, Juneau
t
HOUSEKEEPING CHORES ARE THIS BIG!!
... and not one bit more complicated. Just
a flip of the switch and wonderful things
start to happen. Electric housewares pam
per you all through the day, even work
while you sleep snuggly under an electric
blanket.
Wake up to music with an electric clock
radio and start the day with coffee brewed
to perfection in an electric coffee maker.
Breeze through "tidying-up” with an elec
tric vacuum cleaner while lunch is gently
cooking in a versatile electric skillet. Be
ginning to sound like a fun-day? Every day ■
is a good day when you have electric house
wares working for you. These little things
in life can mean so much and
cost so little. Treat yourself . . .
visit your appliance dealer soon.
ELECTRICITY—thel heart )of modern living
Maiamuka Electric Association
IridUGHfS
Or A
LAYMAN
The Lost Tribes of Israel
In 722 B. C. Shalmanezer,
the Assyrian king, drove out
the ten tribes of Israel which
had their capital at Samaria.
For over 20 centuries these
Hebrews have lived in cen
tral China. Two black mar
ble slabs in the Canadian
church compound describe
the advent of these folks in
the region of Kaifeng, Hon
an. The Bible tells of the
house of Israel being sent to
an ancient people with a
strange speech. The prophet
Ezekiel in the 37th chapter
tells of how they will return
to the land of their fathers,
and be joined together with
the Jews (house of Judah) as
one nation. They shall return
and accept Christ as their
Lord and Saviour. Jer. 23 and
33. The book Peony by Pearl
Buck is to be found in the
Palmer library. It describes
this ancient people and their
last synagogue in China.
WOMEN BOWLERS
MEET NOV. 17
The members of the Palmer
Woman’s Bowling Association
will hold an open meeting on
Saturday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. in
the basement of the Palmer
Bowling Center.
Members will vote on the
rules for the forthcoming city
tournament. All who are inter
ested in participating in the
tournament are asked to at
tend.
y*********************,
^ ■■■ |M «|(
| Wasilla
% Assembly of God *
* *
* Rev P»ul E. Riley, *
i Pastor *
% *
*Sun. School_10 a.m.|
*Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
*Even. Serv. ___7:30 p.m.*
* Prayer and Bible *
* Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
Phone FR-6-3161 *j
*!r****************j<.jf.*j(.:
Parents To Follow Chili’s Scboknle
Al Back-To-School Night Nov. 15
Parents of Palmer high
school students will get a bet
ter insight into their children’s
school life when they attend
Back-to-School Night Thurs
day, Nov. 15, at the high
school. Since the program will
begin at 8 p.m., parents are
urged to arrive early to allow
time for registration.
Hunters Check Out
Through Nov. 17
Loren W. Croxton, regional
game supervisor of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
announced Nov 1 that anter
less moose hunt registrants in
Areas “A”, "B” and “D” will be
given until November 17, 1962
to check out of the hunt.
Hunters can check out at Al
aska Department of Fish and
Game offices in Anchorage, Ho
mer, Seward and at Check Sta
tions in Palmer, Kenai and
Eklutna.
Area “E” hunters will have
until December 10. 1962 to
check out of the hunt.
Military personnel are re
quested to check out at their
respective bases.
In addition to the required
jaws and ears, successful hunt
ers have been requested to
bring in the eyeballs to veri
fy an aging technique.
The four high school classes
will compete for a $50 prize,
which will go to the class with
the highest percentage of par
ents attending.
Mothers and fathers will
meet in the cafeteria for a brief
assembly, then will follow their
child’s class schedule, attend
ing classes ten minutes in
length. After the class session,
coffee will be served in the
cafeteria by the PTA.
Members of the sxuaent coun
cil will act as hosts. They will
register the parents as they ar
rive, and will be posted in the
halls to give directions and in
formation.
Back-to-School Night is spon
sored by the Palmer PTA. With
a record high school enroll
ment, a larger crowd than
ever before is anticipated at
the annual event.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Fritz, potior
Palmer, Alaska /
HI6HWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
Gospel
Singing
Phone
PI 5-3824
Old T'm
Preaching
Pastor
Norman Jones
Sunday School—10 a.m.
Sunday Worship—11 a.m.
Sunday Evangelistic
Service — 8 p.m.
Wed. Prayer, Praise &
Bible Study — 8 p.m.
Sunday 8 — 8:30 a.m.
Listen to KFQD
"MARCH OF FAITH"
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
Tlie Church ia the greatest factor
on earth for the building of char*
acter and good citizenship. It ia a
storehouse of spiritual valuer. With*
out a atrong Church, neither de*
mocracy nor civilization can sur*
viva. There are four sound reasons
why every person should attend
services regularly and support the
Church. They are: (I) For his
own sake. (2) For his children's
sake. (3) For the sake of his com*
munity and nation. (4) For the
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his morel and material sup*
port. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
It’s November. And in many a local Church it’s
time to think about the budget for another year.
This is cause for being thankful. Really it is!
For aren’t there many places in this world
where men haven’t any opportunity to support their
Church ... or any Church to support if they had
opportunity?
And aren’t there many places where men are
compelled to work for causes they do not believe
in . . . instead of free to work for a cause in which
they do believe?
Frankly, much of the responsibility for keeping
our land and our people what we want them to be
rests with our Churches.
So let’s rejoice in that happy American tradition
— the Church budget.
And, in keeping with another fine tradition of
our people, let’s roll up our sleeves and help!
Sunday
Haggai
1:2-G
Monday
Haggai
1:12-15
Tuesday
Ezra
3:8-11
Wednesday
Matthew
5:21-26
Thursday
Malachai
3:6-12
Friday
II Corinthians
6:6-15
Saturday
M ark
12:38-44
Copyright 19G2, Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Vs.
The Following Business Establishments Are Contributing This Series of Advertisements
the Churches of Matanuska Valley
THE FRONTIERSMAN
EVAN JONES COAL CO.
A LOCAL CITIZEN
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSN.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK