THE FRONTIERSMAN
Cntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol
Jowing item was submitted to
The Frontiersman by the Rev.
Bert Rutan following a mother
daughter banquet held in United
‘ Pitotestant Church a week ago,
Kanday. Because of the thought-,
provoking context of the contri-j
Jjution, it is being printed in;
Jull. i
FAMILY WEEK
“Speaking at a mother and!
daughter banquet in Palmer last
-Sunday evening, Mr. Ed Critten
den of Anchorage stated that he,
•us an architect, designs the house,
■hut the people in it build the*
.home. In this, National Family
'Week, the difference between •*,,
house and a home is worth think
ing about. People can live, eat
■mod sleep in the same dwelling
*ind still not have the sense of
togetherness, love and consid
eration that make it a home.
“There are times when parents^
think they are creating a home:
tmt are only living in a house.
Having an adequate income,)
nourishing meals and attractive
•clothes and furniture does not
.meet the qualifications for a true
borne. A family unit can deteri
orate while a new housing unit
-is being constructed. Parents,
•can be active in the community?
•amd abdicate their responsibili-:
’ties at home. A young father,
'chosen ‘Man of the Year’ in his
community, suddenly realized
that in earning his title for com
munity effort he had come close
to losing his wife and children.
Activity in civic and social af
.fxiirs can even be an effort to
•escape the effort of making a
■home for a family.
“National Family Week, there
fore, provides each of us op
portunity to examine our status
as parents and to deliberately
re-adjust our schedules if neces
sary. Most of us are busy these
days and the majority of the
things that we do are important.
The important thing may not be
so much the amount of time we
spend with our children as the
amount of attention we give
them when we are with them.
One physician in a Stateside
community was unable to set
aside much time for his children
due to a busy practice, but the
undivided attention he gave to
them in their weekly excursions
created a sense of companion
ship that far exceeded situations
where parents and children may
be in the same room for long
hours with no awareness of each
other or communication between
them. *
‘There are two aspects of life
that contribute to building the
kind of home that many of us
want but often fail to achieve.
It has been said that ‘The Fam
ily that prays together stays to
gether.’ I do not believe this to
mean religious mumbo-jumbo
where prayers are routinely and
mechanically repeated daily in
the wild hope that somehow
they will magically undo all of
the obvious, irreligious habits
that characterize life in that
home. The application of that
statement is really in an attitude
of life which will naturally cli
max in family prayer but which
is basically an awareness that
Christian reverence and princi
ples form a solid foundation on
which a solid home can be erect
ed. Every home needs a founda
tion on which to build, a guage
by which performance and con
struction can be measured, and
a vision of the finished structure.
Tliis is one of the ways the
Christian faith can prove its im
mense value, but only if taken
JAP CAR-WASH
SET FOR SATURDAY
All car owners in the valley
are invited to participate in the
C. A. P. Cadet Squadron car
wash which will be held this
Saturday, May 17 from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Cars will be washed
and cleaned by the Cadets in an
area between the city hall and the
Elks parking lot.
Persons wishing to make a
reservation to have their car
washed may call PI-4538 or PI
3675. The Cadets will charge
$2 for their services and pro
ceeds will go toward their uni
form fund. This is the first pub
lic money-raising project the
Cadets have conducted in Palm
er.
and applied seriously.
“The other familiar saying is
‘The family that plays together
stays together.’ Seldom is a fam
ily in trouble where the mem
bers have learned to enjoy life,
where parents willingly play at
the level of the child’s ability.
A father may feel foolish play
ing ring-around-the-rosy with
his pre-schooler but those spon
taneous moments of sharing
bring dividends in later years.
Parents who are often bewilder
ed, disappointed and resentful
when they discover that their
teenagers are going to neighbors
or unknown sources for advice
might do well to examine the
kind of relationship they failed
to build in the pre-teen years.
“No family develops auto
matically by virture of people
being in the same house. It takes i
effort, often sacrifice and always
persistence. But the homes that
have made this effort have found
something solid and satisfying.
This is a fitting week for all par
ents to ask themselves: Are we
just living together in a house or
are we building a home in the
full sense of the word?” _ B.
Rutan.
A clipping has been received
in the valley announcing the
forthcoming marriage of a former
Palmer girl. She is Kit Johnson,~
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Johnson. Kit will wed Kenneth
Witt on June 14. All are now
residents of Oakville, Washing
ton.
Art Waldron
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE TERRITORIAL HOUSE
/ take this opportunity to thank my many friends who
chose me at the Primaries to represent you in the General
I election October 14, 1958.
It will be an honor and a pleasure to work with the
fine people you have picked as my team mates.
To those deserving folks who offered their services but
were not chosen; it is my sincere wish that you will permit me
the opportunity to learn of any concrete idea you have for the
betterment of Alaska, that I may be better qualified to serve
Alaskans.
I am confident that by all working together we will be
successful in the coming General Elecion. I Solicit your advice.
Please address any communication to:
ART WALDRON
Phone: 26433 or 36401
Box 1994
Anchorage, Alaska
Again, I thank you.
iiKASiLLA NEWS
By JANE BROWNE
The regular and final P.T.A.
meeting for this school year was
held Monday night at the school.
New officers were installed by
out-going president Earl Combs.
Under new business a school
education committee was voted
in by the membership attending.
The committee consists of five
members They are: Vivian Tee
land, 3-year term; Wenter Har
vey, 2-year term; May Carter, 2
year term; Earl Combs and Ren
nee Barnes for one-year terms.
It was announced that Miss Lou
ise Potter, former high school
teacher had made arrangements
to furnish flowers for this year’s
graduation ceremonies.
* * *
Commencement was held Wed
nesday at the school auditorium.
The 195-8 high school graduates
are Gerald Coghlan, Clyda
Thomas, Mary Hoffman, Gilbert
Hjellen and Larry Ulrich. Eighth
grade graduates are: Fred
B a r n e s, Bill Betts, Janeil
Browne, Linda .Carney, '.Helen
Carter, Bill Combs, Sandra En
gleman, Judy Garcia, John
Grassmick, Joe Hamon, Patricia
Hobson, Joan Nunley, Larry
Teeland, Bailey Theodore, Jr.
and Sandra Webb. Rev. John
Dickerson gave the invocation.
Salutatory, “Our Need For Ed
ucation” was given by Clyda
Thomas. Valedictory, “Continu
ation of Education” by Gerald
Coghlan. Howard Matthews, ed
ucational assistant to the Com
missioner of Education was the
speaker of the evening. His ad
dress was ‘The Advice of the
Red Queen.” John Blissard pre
sented the following P.T.A.
awards: high school, Gerald
Coghlan in English and mathe
matics; Mary Hoffman, music.
Bill Combs, eighth grade science.
Patricia Hobson, eighth grade
history. Linda Carney, eighth
grade music. Helen Carter, eighth
grade English and arithmetic and
the overall P.T.A. scholarship
award. V. F. W. Scholarship
Award was presented by Eloy
Garcia, senior vice commander,
Busitna Post 9365 to Helen Car
ter, eighth grade student How
ard Matthews presented the di
plomas and Rev. Harley Ulrich
gave the benediction. A recep
tion for the graduates was held
in the school cafeteria immedi
ately after graduation services.
* * *
Harold I. Loron, former line
man in Wasilla for the Alaska j
Railroad was Stridently shot i
late Monday at his homestead
near Little Rabbit Creek out of
Anchorage. Harold was on his
way to the creek for water when
the accident happened and died j
before a neighbor found him. I
Survivors are his wife, Irma, son
Bob, 8 years old, and daughter
Carol, 4 years old. His father,
Ira Loron of Silverton, Oregon,
sisters, Mrs. Alice Dodson, Leba
non, Ore., Neoma Loron of El
Seguna, Calif., and a brother,
Carl, of Washougal, Washington.
Burial will be in Silverton, Ore.
Mrs. Loron and family plan to
return to Silverton immediately.
* * *
There will be a bake sale
Saturday, May 17, at 10:00 a.m.
Sponsored by the V.F.W. Auxil
iary to Post 9365. The auxiliary
will meet Monday, May 19 at
8:00 p.m. at the schoolhouse.
WASILLA CALENDAR
FRIDAY. MAY IS
BOY SCOUTS, School, 7 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 19
V. F. W„ School, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
BROWNIE SCOUTS, Library,
3:30 p.m.
GIRL SCOUTS, School, 3:30
p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
CUB SCOUTS, 3:30 p.m.
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PALMER
AUTOMOTIVE
VFW PLANS ANNUAL
BUDDY POPPY DAY
Members of the Matanuska
Valley American Legion Auxil
iary Unit and the Auxiliary to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post No. 9365 of Wasilla, will
conduct their Poppy Day in
Palmer on the same date, May
24. With proceeds from these
annual events going for the same
purposes, all residents are urged
to wear two red poppies on Pop
py Day, one from the Legion
naires and one from the VFW
group.
The veterans of all our nation’s
wars receive direct and prompt
aid from the proceeds of the an
nual Buddy Poppy Sale conduct
ed by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars,” Eloy Garcia, vice com
mander of VFW Post 9365, ex
plained.
“Aided by its Auxiliary, the
organizations will direct this
year’s annual Buddy Poppy cam
paign here in Palmer on May
24. We are proud of the fact that,
although VFW membership is
limited to the men who served
this country in foreign lands,
we extend the many benefits of
fered to all men who served in
the armed forces, even though
they may never have left the
continental limits of the United
States.
“We are confident,” concluded
Garcia, “that this year, as in the
past, the patriotic citizens of the
SIX O'CLOCK MASS
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
There will be an evening Mass
at St. Michael’s Catholic Church
in_ Palmer tonight at six o’clock,
it was announced by the Rev.
James P. Snead who pointed out
that today is the Feast of the
Ascension and is a holy day of
obligation for all Catholics.
CONDOLENCE
By BOB KLEM
I wonder how often
When writing a line
It’s been found, to be more
Than two words, that will
ryhme.
Yes, rough is my meter
And I wonder now
If ANY or ANNIE
Is your purple cow.
But I have a license
A poets! (Har, Har!)
And I use it often
Condolence-Joe Marr.
valley will go all out to put the
annual Buddy Poppy sale well
over the top."
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