THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947. at the poat office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
T. 0. SCHMIDTKE
Publisher
MILDRED JOHNSON
News Editor
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IS IT ALL NECESSARY?
The taxpayers of the Palmer Independent School
District have a problem. They are oeing asked to author
ize a total bond issue of $1,300,000 in the fortncoming
election on November 6th.
Monies to be derived from the proposed sale would
be used for various and sundry items that may or may
not actually be needed.
There is no doubt in the average taxpayer's mind
that classrooms for our children are a definite must and
we are sure the taxpayer intends to provide those class
rooms. However, with a tax burden such as we now have,
it is extremely hard to swallow the huge sum of money
involved. The taxpayers of the local school district have
one of the highest mill rates in the State of Alaska, being
second to Nome, which has the highest rate of any school
district in the state.
Compared to Wrangell, Palmer's mill rate is ap
proximately double, and in relation to Cordova, the rate
is about 2V? times higher
In the proposed bond issue, funds will be used
to provide new classrooms for Swanson school, a gym
nasium, auditorium, office space and also additional
classrooms at the high school. A swimming pool is also
contemplated for the high school, if funds are available.
Could if not be possible to combine a gymnasium
and an auditorium? With relatively few more dollars if
seems entirely feasible to do so, thereby saving the tax
payer upwards of $400,000. There are instances where
a portable floor has been used to protect the basketball
court and surely could be in this case, used to advantage.
The mill rate raise for the entire sum proposed,
would entail between three and one-half to four mills;
meaning in cold cash, a raise of 20 to 25 per cent for the
taxpayer, which is indeed a sizable tax hike.
Everyone would certaiply like to see Palmer have
a swimming pool, but it goes back to the old saying of
'a champagne appetite with a beer pocketbook." The
total sum, if the swimming pool were built, would be
$200,000. At the present cost of building that amount
of money would build an additional eight classrooms;
which, if present conditions persist, will be needed in the
no* too distant future. To us, it would seem more logical
to hold the $200,00 bonding capacity for future class
room construction, which is the basic obligation of a
•school district.
We can look with favor upon necessary school con
struction, but believe the non-essentials for education of
■our children can wait until a more opportune time, when,
perhaps we shall be in a better position to afford them.
Houston News
By Ke!ly Palmquisl
Ira Bryant, proprietor of ttie
Houston Market, has finished
work on the new addition to
his store, doubling its former
size. He had used the Bryants’
home to add to the building, so
the family is now living in a
trailer.
Rex Gjertson returned homo
from the Valley Hospital Sun
day morning after prolonged
treatment for a back injury.
Volunteers needed! The Com
munity Club of this area now
has it building on its own land
and work parties are planned
for the near future to finish the
interior of the house.
* * *
Mrs. Couch, who lives at the
t5asil Bryants’ trailer court, is
now a Notary Public for those
<of you who don't want to drive
15 or 20 miles to the former
nearest Notary in Wasilla.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong have
moved from their homestead
near the Little Susitna River
to Anchorage for the winter.
Mrs. Helen White, noted auth
ority on Alaskan flowers, has
moved to their homestead to be
nearer the main road and to
act as caretaker between the
Armstrongs’ weekend visits.
Both parties are putting in for
their final homestead papers.
* « *
Mrs. Grace DeHart left to
visit her husband Calvin in
Cordova Monday.
Earl and Mary Lee Hartkey
have gone to Arizona until next
spring. The couple left their
homestead on the Long Lake
Road near Willow the 22nd of
this month and flew to their
warm winter home.
* * *
Dpn't forget the Willow
Community Club dance Sat
urday, Oct. 27, at 9 p.m.—and
wear a costume!
THE AMERICAN WAY
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How About Aid for Ui TAXPAYERS?
A CALENDAR of
, [actand
Opinion
From the Contra Costa, Cali
fornia. Gazette: "A persuasive
appeal to Congress to enact the
Kennedy administration's
sound proposals for a revision
of the nation's transportation
policies has been sounded by
Secretary of Commerce Luther
Hodges. Without enactment of
such legislation ... he warns,
one of the nation's key indus
tries is in danger of collapse
. . . The tendency of Congress
and the regulatory agencies
has been to maintain an initia
tive - smothering competitive
status quo among the various
forms of transportation. The
nation's economic health will
take a vigorous turn for the
better if Congress prescribes
the suggested transportation
remedies.”
American business is ex
periencing the most shocking
wave of internal dishonesty
in the nation's history, ac
cording to Norman Jaspan,
head of a New York manage
ment engineering firm and
author of "The Thief in The
White Collar." Employes are
stealing more than $4 million
in cash and merchandise
from their companies each
working day, this is only a
small part of the overall loss.
A major reason, Mr. Jaspan
says, lies in failure of lop
management to keep inform
ed of what is going on.
* * *
The Fond du Lac. Wisconsin,
Commonwealth Reporter says:
‘The government has enough
business problems without try
ing to sell electricity. The year
ly postoffice deficit is just one
example. Private enterprise has
been the mainstay in our coun
try's growth. We see no rea
son why the government should
try to take over a successful
private enterprise like the util
ity industry.”
UiU£j] DAYS
IN THE
YfliifY
Thursday, October 25, 1947
The doors of Palmer school
! were closed to four children
last Friday, The four sought
admittance to grade classes in
the school, which already have
reached peak loads in class
room capacity, superintendent
Carl Snelling said. Mr. Snell
ing said he regretted the neces
sity of refusing entrance to the
children, but he had no alter
native. An absolute maximum
enrollment has been reached in
the first, third and fifth grades
of Palmer school. Each of these
classrooms is jammed with a
plus-40 registration list. Nor
mal classroom enrollment in
the Palmer grade school should
not exceed 20 pupils.
* * *
Their first train ride was a
historic one for Margie and
Laddie Huntley last week.
The two hitched a ride on the
new streamliner Aurora (with
permission), for the quickest
trip to Anchorage ever made
by train.
* * *
The bazaar sponsored by St.
Michael’s church last Saturday
netted $2,193.22, final figures
show. Father James Snead
said the affair was “even more
succesful than had been hoped
for.” Crowds stood in long
queues before the counters
throughout the evening. Seats
at the Bingo table also were
filled all evening long.
* * *
Residents of the Malanus
ka Valley sent 44 packages of
food to hungry Europeans re
cently. The packages, each to
cost $10, were financed by
collections for CARE and
were given at the United Pro
testant Church Sunday. A to
tal of $440 was received from
the day's offerings in Palmer
and Wasilla. The Palmer
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EVERYONE WELCOME
John Marshall, Pastor
TODAY’S BEST BARGAIN IS TNE
PRICE YOU PAY FOR DRUGS!
| While it's true that prescriptions cost more
than they did twenty years ago, it is also true that
they do a lot more. Modern medicines can save
you much misery, discomfort, lost income . . . and
sometimes, your life!
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The file alarms, tne ursi ror
several months, called out the
fire truck here during the past
week.
* * *
Mrs. Minnie Clark and son,
Ray Lancaster, recently have
moved into the home of David
Hoehn in the Valley. They for
merly resided at Independence
Mine, where Mr. Lancaster,
was employed as watchman.
♦ * *
Although only a few par
ents were present at last
week's Wasilla Parent-Teach
er Association meeting, those
in attendance planned a
strong activity program for
the coming weeks. Commit
tees were appointed to con
duct a P-TA membership
drive in Wasilla and to plan
a parent's night at the
school.
A study of incorporation was
selected as the project of the
Parent-Teacher’s Association at
Tuesday’s meeting, Mrs. L. I.
Smart, secretary, reported that
suggested PTA activities, as
outlined by the national chap
ter, included school education,
health, world understanding
and parent education. Carl
Snelling, superintendent of
schools, recommended that the
study of incorporation be un
dertaken under the school edu
cation program. >
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Hev. R. H. Fritz, pastor
Palmer, Alaska
.•'I-5-2J45
Divine Services 11.-00 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
THOUGHTS
OF A
UYMAH
Treasures in Heaven
Strangely enough, it is
possible to lay up treasures in
heaven. Eternal salvation is
infinitely more valuable
than any life insurance pol
icy. The price has already
been paid, on the cross of
Calvary, by God’s own Son,
Jesus Christ. College degrees
and a good moral character
save no one. Faith in the Re
deemer and cleansing through
His precious blood will save.
“Ye must be born again.” It
is that new life in Christ
Jesus which counts.
BIG STAKE
Interest yourself in the fu
ture—that’s where you’ll spend
the rest of your days.
New Record
The latest U. S. census fig
ures show that 79 per cent of
farm operators own all or
part of their land—a record
high since the government be
gan gathering such informa
tion in 1880.
SIGHT UNSEEN
Leave your troubles in the
dark—that will make the world
brighter for everyone.
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* Wasilla |
I Assembly of God J
* Rot Paul E. Riley,
| Pastor *
* *
( Sun. School __10 a.m.|
£ Morn. Church SerT. 11 a.m*
* Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m. %
* Prayer and Bible %
btuay, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
Phone FR-6-3161
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BAHA'IS SALUTE UNITED NATIONS WEEK:
oe unnea, u Kings or rne
earth, for thereby will the
tempest of discord be stilled
amongst you, and your peo
ples find rest, if ye be of
them that comprehend.
Should any one among you
take up arms against an
other, rise ye all against him,
tor This is naught but manitest justice.
Bah'u'llah—In a Tablet to Queen Victoria in 1870
HIGHWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
Gospw
Singing
Phone
PI 5-3824
Old Time
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
The Church it 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 hs
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 die
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.
Almost every frightening step of childhood is
marked by a singular emblem of trust. A child’s
trembling fingers grope upward. A parent’s warm
grasp is felt. And youth steps forward into new
paths, fear melting into confidence.
God must count on parental hands to lead His
little ones to Him. For religious training is part of
the vast unknown until Mother and Dad begin to
lead their child each week to Church.
Yes! God counts heavily on our hands. There is
no one else into whose palm our child’s fingers slip
so readily. No others can teach the early lessons of
faith and prayer so simply, nor illustrate them so
vividly at home.
Indeed, that loving hand of trust which leads a
child to Church seems in turn to be clasped by the
hand of God.
Sunday
Deuteronomy
6:4-9
Monday
I Samuel
12:10-25
Wednesday
Pea fans
25:4-10
Thuradfty
Psalma
25:11-14
23:1X-X8
Saturday
Proverb*
23:19-26
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