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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
WHO is responsible for the
fact that Seward has experienced
so much delay in securing every
project with government or Ter
ritorial aid for which it has gone
after? Is it the City Council? The
Mayor? Chamber of Commerce?
Business men?
One hears so often, “Why
don't THEY do something?”
Let me tell you something,
Friends, it is Mr. and Mrs. Av
erage Citizen who is to blame!
Mr. Average Citizen who does
not take enough interest to ex
ercise his right to vote. Mr. Av
erage Citizen who “let's George
do it.”
When I attended the Mayors
Conference, I was asked the
same question several times.
Not “How many people do you
have?” but “IIow many voters
do you have down in Seward
now?” I erroneously gave a fi
gure of something over 700. and
did not discover until I got home
that the figure was too high. The
point is that it is THE NUMBER
OF VOTES in a community that
influences interest in high places.
Almost the first question ask
ed when a city tries to borrow
money on a bond issue, is about
the number of taxpayers, the
number of voters! Every issue
on public assistance to a com
munity is judged in DIRECT
RATIO with the number of
VOTERS.
People grumble and complain
about action taken in the Legis
lature, about unfair taxation,
about policies, rules and regula
tions laid down by lawmakers,
forgetting that THEY, each and
EVERY man and woman who is
an eligible voter is DIRECTLY
responsible for those laws and
practices by electing or failing
to elect the men and women to
positions of responsibility when
they are given the opportunity
by merely putting a pencil mark
on a sheet of paper.
IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
COMPLAIN! If you HAVE voted
then you have every right to
scream to high Heaven at any
false move by any candidate for
any office.
The 1940 census gave the pop
ulation in Seward as something
over 900. During the past ten
years, how much active interest
was shown in this area by can
Alaska Children:
Their Needs and
How We Meet Them
In foster homes the problem
affecting care of children is
probably most acute. Here the
I situation generally is that the
! child subsequently is returned
| to a surviving parent. The at
I tributes of a good home must
be ever present in a foster home
i and carried on in the newly
| re-formed home so that the
| transition is painless.
In child care institutions
there must of necessity be more
; regimentation than in any other
! type of home, but what efforts
' arc made to determine if this
| condition prevails? How much
I of the actual own-home life of
! a child is afforded him? If the
j basic characteristics of a good
! home are the same for families
I regardless of their station in
; life, the following of these con
j cepts in an institution will fit
; right in with a child's earlier
| environment and assist in his
j transition to a later environ
ment.
These subjects are treated
i hurriedly here merely to bring
i them to your attention. Com
i ments are invited by readers
; and we shall be happy to dis
! cuss this material in later
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! didates campaigning for office?
| Certainly in the 1947 campaign
! there was not a noticeable flurry
i shown in Seward by campaign
ers.
Why, do you suppose, has
Seward been beseiged with
politicians of both sides this
year? Why all the sudden inter
est down here? What is the ex
citement? I’ll tell you. Seward
area was suddenly discovered to
have a verified population of
close to 3000 persons. In Seward
alone, a population of 2065, this
being a resident and not a tran
sient community, should produce
at least 900 VOTES. That is the
reason, and the ONLY reason,
for the sudden excited interest
in Seward. It is not because we
are nice people, and all the can
didates want to do something
nice, just for us! It is only be
cause there are so many of us,
and we can PROVE it by the
number of VOTES we cast, re
gardless of party.
It makes little difference for
Seward HOW you vote, the
VOTE is the thing. Make it your
number one project to get to the
polls next Tuesday. Any vote is
a vote for Seward!
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articles.
Much has been said in these
columns and elsewhere about
the attitudes of and toward chil
dren. Today we want to men
tion one of the most forceful fac
tors which impress children—
parents.
“As the twig is bent so shall
the tree grow.” Children are
most impressionable from birth
to the age of six years. From
six until twelve years the im
pressions gained earlier are ce
mented. It behooves parents to
subjugate themselves — make
sacrifices to give up pleasures
and other “rights” if need be—
to the rearing of their young
ones. Parents should have a
religion and practice it, as this
is one of the best means of
giving children a sense of se
curity. They must show at least
a minimum of affection and re
gard for each other in the pres
ence of children: settle any dif
ferences when the children are
not present. Both must show
love and solicitude for children
by word and action.
With these few basic princi
ples honestly carried out chil
dren have a wonderful start in
life. To keep on as the children
grow, practice tolerance at
home — tolerance toward your
neighbor who may have a dif
ferent color skin, a religion
other than your own, a political
viewpoint at variance to yours.
Profanity has no place within
the walls of your home; avoid
it. “Little pitchers have big
ears.” In homes where either or
both parents cannot handle li
quor it should not be used. It
is criminal to neglect children
because of a craving for intoxi
cants. We hope we have no read
ers in that category, but if we
have we suggest now you make
a solemn promise to avoid
liquor. Whatever it takes in will
power will reward you an untold
number of times.
Give the youngsters responsi
bilities within their age limits,
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and help them. Above all, par
ents, do not nag. Little seeds of
kindness, thought, care, joy, co
operation and affection will
grow to the hybrid flower of
successful parenthood. -
(Continued next week.)
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