THE FROHTIERSMAN
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Entered as second cites matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office 0
„ * 0 _ at Palmer. Alaska, unfler the Act of March 3. 1879
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ONE-WAY BALLOON
After defense, interest on the national debt is the
largest single item in the federal budget. It runs to $9
billion a year As-10 per cent of the whole. ® * . ■
Yet what might be termed the "new thinkers" in
government circles are practically unanimous in pooh
poohing the debt's importance. They support this mini
mimizatibn by a species of legerdemain. That is, they
take the gross national product (which is the total value
of all the goods and services we produce) for some period
and show that the debt is smaller as a percentage of this
than it used to be. » * ®‘° ■
Henry J. Taylor, one-time Ambassador to Switzer
land and long a writer on national and international af
fairs, does a good job of revealing the joker in, this
argument in one of his recent newspaper columns. He
writes: "This dodge is a rationalization employed by all
political spenders who ride the coat tails of British econ
.. omist John Maynard Keynes . . . There is a catch, how
'*«ver, which all the pseudo-intellectual yackety-yack does
not seem able to explain ... When the gross national
product goes down, the debt does not go down. The idea
is tied entirely to a one-way balloon. And in a decline
you're stuck (and sunk) with the debt, and the interest
on the debt, and the interest on the interest oh the debt;
all of which the citizens have to pay, no matter what."
It's going to take a lot more than a trick statistical
comparison to write off a $300 billion debt and the $9
billion a year it costs us to service it. • s
Wt Can't Masala Hit RatyansihilHy
In championing individuals, efforts to try to under
stand the complexities of the world so as to preserve their
freedom, Robert H. Coilacott, president of the Cleveland,
Ohio Council on World Affairs said: "The laboriousness
of trying to understand these complex problems is no
excuse for waiving the rights and responsibilities of cit
izenship. No such delegation of responsibility and know
ledge is possible if we are to remain free. It has been
said before, and I know if sounds trite to repeat it, but an
informed electorate is the best safeguard of a sound
economy and a sound government."
Citizens lose their freedom in proportion, to the
independence of action they give up in return for "gifts"
they accept from government.
Hi-Schod Hi-Lifes
By Robert Corbin
Climaxing a lengthy waiting
period, members of the Palmer
high school student body met in
the cafeteria Tuesday to re
ceive their 1962 year books and
to join in the official dedication
of the Polaris to Mr. Lee Plum
ijfty. Mr. Plumbley has been
a'music teacher in the Palmer
schools for the past ten years.
He organized and directs the
Only drum corps in Alaska,
helped organize the Band
Boosters Club, and wrote the
‘‘Alaskan Symphony,” which
hi dedicated to the Palmer
Band.
Expressing the love and gra
titude of the staff, the dedica
tion read in part: “With sincere
appreciation for what he has
done for the Palmer High Sch
ItEBEKAHS MEET
FRIDAY, SEPT. 21
Members of the Gold Star
ftebekah Lodge will enjoy a
: potluck dinner on Friday, Sept.
21, at 6:30 p.m.
The lucky number for the
linen hamper will be drawn,
and a Renewal of Obligation
ceremony will be presented
during the meeting.
ool music department, we, the
yearbook staff, of 1962, dedi
cate our year book, the Polaris,
to Mr. Lee Plumbley for mak
ing the years enjoyable as well
as profitable.”
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Members of the Palmer High
track team have tentatively
scheduled a cross-country prac
tice session for the morning of
Saturday, Sept. 22.
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Tryouts for the Triple-Trio
and Madrigal were held Tues
day and Wednesday.
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Junior class play tryouts
were held last week in prepar
ation for the presentation of the
play, “Papa Is All,” to be given
Nov. 2. David Cottrell is to be
Papa, Mary Weisenburger will
be Mama, while Dona Edmun
ston and David Alexander will
be daughter, Emma, and son,
Jake. Ruth Phillips will play
the part of Mrs. Yodere and
Scott Demming a policeman.
The scene is the house of
Papa in Pennsylvania. All the
characters are Pennsylvania
Dutch, and Mama and Papa
are very strict Mennonites.
THE AMERICAN WA Y
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The Most Unnecessary Surplus
A CALENDAR OF
FactandW
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From Human Events maga
zine: “In an address in India,
Ambassador John Kenneth
Galbraith, former Harvard ec
onomics professor boasted that
already-one-fifth of the Am
erican economy is planned by
the government. He said that if
we take into consideration all
current resources "fully con
trolled and disposed of by the
state, about 2Q per cent of the
American economy is planned.’
Ambassador Galbraith {jointed
out that, as the comparable fig
ure for India was Only 13 to 14
per cent, ‘the market economy
of the United States has a larg
er public sector than the Social
ist economy of India.’ Translat
ed, that means that now we’re
even more Socialistic than So
cialist India.”1*
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e Senator Byrd estimates
that, under existing tax rates,
the federal deficit for this
fiscal year will be about $6
billion. Tax cuts of a size
now being discussed might
raise this figure to $15 bil-s
lion. ® ® ®
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Ralph T. Moore writes in the
Oregon Voter: “Economists are
puzzled over why consumer
spending falls substantially be
low predicted levels when the
people’s income continues to
climb ... It would seem to be
the result of a general lack of
confidence in the future either
from fear of war or of the
sharp advances in the massive
federal spending that forces up
costs on just about everything.”
In another part of his article
he says: “ .. . almost anywhere
you look throughout the nation
you will find work stoppages
that virtually guarantee the up
ward march of industrial costs
on the eve of our much adver
tised participation in Europe’s
Common Market.”
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Chain Store Age reports
that sales of canned and bot
tled juices by the food chains
will top $330 million this
year. The typical American
family spends a $154 a year
for these products.
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Coaches and players in high
school and college football have
been offered a word of caution
by the American Medical Asso
ciation concerning the dangers
of vigorous physical exercise
in hot weather. With the start
of practice, it warns, it is es
sential to provide for gradual
adjustment to hot weather ac
tivtiy. Equally important is the
need to adjust salt and water
intakes to weather conditions.
It adds that the old idea that
water should be withheld from
athletes during workouts has
absolutely no scientific founda
tion.
American physicians contri
buted more than $4,700,000 to
the nation’s medical schools
last year, the American Medi
cal Association reports. About
$1,300,000 of this was given
through the AMA’s Education
and Research Foundation—
which has received physician
donations in excess of $11,500,
000 since it was established in
1951—and the rest in direct
contributions.
A new 27-mile loop taking in
the northwest corner of the
Valley will be added tp the
Star Route beginning October
1, according to G. A. Lindsey
who has the federal contract
for rural delivery in the Pal-,,
mer-Wasilla area. ® s0
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The City of Palmer pur
chased all the property of the 3
Matanuska Valley Telephone
Co., Inc. for $7,500 in a public ■»
auction held by the United ®
States Department of Inter
nal Revenue Tuesday after- 0
noon in the MVTC office.
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Those beautifully squared,
off logs piled up on the United
Protestant Church lawn repre
sent the work of many summer
evenings for many willing
members of the church who do
nated time; as a part of the
church construction program;
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In a 36-hour test last week,
the new city well recently drill
ed by the Northern Drilling
company way pumped at a
rate of 250 gallons per minute
with the water drawing down
only 88 feet in the process. The
new well is located within the
reservoir now under construc
tion. It is an eight-inch well
Vtterm Vote
Imaranct PIm
WASILLA—At their regular
meeting on Sept. 17, Wasilla
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
9365, voted unanimously to join
“Accidental Death and Dis
memberment” insurance plan,
exclusively for members of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, ac
cording to Post Commander
Henry Katkus.
This plan is officially approv
ed by the National Council of
Administration, sponsored by
and administered through Vet
erans of Foreign Wars national
headquarters.
The basic benefit starts with
$1,000, to increase over a peri
od of four years up to $2,000
with double indemnity provi
sions, Katkus said. Some of the
features of the plan are that
all occupations are included
with no health questionnaire or
physical examination. Age is
not a factor, and there is world
wide coverage, he added.
All eligible veterans joining
the Susitna Post No. 9365 will
be automatically covered by
the insurance. Those wishing
more information should get in
touch with Katkus or any of
the other officers of the Wasilla
post.
BswIiMS StaHdfcgi
Won Lost Total
1 E. J. Coal Co. 6 2 5544
2 Moose Lodge 5 3 5598
3 Creamery -5 3 5327
4 Palmer Bar-4 4 5556
5 MTA -4 4 5411
6 Wasilla Lockers 0 8 2359
High Team Series
Palmer Bar .--2904
High Team Game
Evan Jones Coal-.1012
High Ind. Series
Bob Petersen-652
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AMERICA’S PHARMACISTS FILL
PRESCRIPTIONS RY MILLIONS
Week in and week out, millions of prescriptions
are being filled for Americans by their pharmac
ists. These prescriptions relieve suffering, lengthen
life and help keep our citizenry healthy.
BERT’S DRUB
PI 5-4500 - PI 5-4515
PALMS*
with a depth of 170 feet. ®
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Children in the Chickaloon
area are getting a chance to
go to school this fall for the
first time in many years. A
house being built by Eston
Hubbard will be completed
within a month. In the mean
time. 12 pupils in the ana an
having classes in a vacant
house ( belonging to John
Shaganoff. The building is %
furnished by a missionary
group, bat the administration
is under the Territorial De
partment of Education.
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° MEA power has been extend
ed this summer to the Goat
Creek area, beyond Knik, and
into the Lake Lucille area,
MEA manager C. A. Brewster
reported this week. Of 20 con
sumers in the Goat Creek area
added to the MEA membership
list; all but five are hooked up.
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Dr. A. J. Colbarg is in Port
land this week at the Univar
sity of Oregon Medcial
School, where he is attend
ing a post-graduate Cancers
Conference. Dr. Colberg was °
one of 10 Alaska physicians
' awarded fellowships to at
tend the conference.
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[0 Don Dinkle of Wasilla leaves
next week for the University
of Minnesota, where he will be
a junior this year.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
tw. R. H. Fri!*,
Palmar, Alaska -
Divine
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Willow Community Welcomes Now
Teachers At First P-TA Meeting
About 30 members of the
community were on hand tc
meet the new principal, Paul
Hilburn, and the new primary
teacher, Mrs. Ann Abbott, at
the^first Willow, PTA meeting
of»the 1962-63 school year on
Tuesday, Sept 13.
Officers of the PTA this
year are Mrs. Janet Stout,
president; Mrs. Lois Fowler,
secretary and Mrs. Ira Bryant, (
treasurer. The office of vice
president is temporarily va
cant
Committee chairmen an
nounced were Mrs. Abbott,
hospitality and health; Mrs.
Evelyn Brasseur, finance and
publicity; Mrs. Janet Stout,
program; Mrs. Barton, mem
bership and PTA magazine;
Mrs. Armstrong, national pub
lications and Mt. and Mrs. Ray
White, legislative. G5
Class mothers for the year
are Mrs. Richardson, first
grade; Mrs. Armstrong, second;
Mrs. Harter, third;.Mrs. Giord
ano, fourth; Mrs. Getts, fifth.
Mrs. Giles, sixth, Mrs.' Mercer,
seventh and Mrs. Rhea, eighth.
Plans were made for fund
raising projects and other ac
tivities for the year. The* sixth
grade won the attendance
award.
Mrs. Stout presented the pro
gram, showing slides of her re
cent trip through Europe and
Israel: After adjournment, re
freshments were served.
MISTAKE 0
The man who, gives his
friends nothing to talk about
makes a big mistake—the less
they hear the more they sus
pect. « e ,, , "5 .
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in* rf ev.O.#?! A " At Your Locjm Mflwr. or imur. uwaiv*
ou remember?
Do you remember the first time you listened to a
sea shell? And when you watched a sunflower turn to
ward the sun? And when you tried to guess where the
pot of gold was at the end of the rainbow? Life is full
of sweet mysteries for the young. Do you remember?
In fact, life reveals even more sweet mysteries as we
grow older. When we think of these things, the mysteries
of life, of God’s care of us, of the wonders of the uni
verse—you know, that’s a way of praying! Yes, just
thinking about God.
Fortunately, too, we have the Church—your church
—a place to contemplate such things, to pray, to ask
questions, and give thanks to Almighty God. Go to the
church of your choice this Sunday. There you will find
some of the answers ... to some of these wondrous
mysteries.
Monday
Deuttrmimny
8:20-25
Tuexlty
Job
42:14
Wednesday
Matthew
13:10-17
Thursday
I Corinthiaiu
2:0-16
Friday
Ephesians
1:3-10
Saturday
Ephesians
3:7-19
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THE CHURCH FOR ALU . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church U the greatest factor
on earth for the building of char
acter and good citizenship. It is a
storehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can sur
vive. 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 moral and material sup
port. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
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