Lincoln SPEAKS TO SELOOVIA
Today is the birthdate of Abraham Lin
coln, man of the people who was born in
a log cabin on America!s frontier and rose to
live in the White House#
To those of us who live in Seldovia to
day, perhaps the most meaningful things in
Lincolnfs life for us to consider now are
his rise from the beginning of life 'on that
frontier to the highest position his country
could offer. '.7/ ; .
For us the lesson is plainest in the
story of that rise, Abraham Lincoln never
forgot his early home in the log cabin, but
neither did he ever let that beginning limit
him in his goal for the future.
A log cabin on America’s outermost bor
ders in the early 1800’s or a small home in*
an Alaskan fishing village in 1947 -- the-:
beginning is much the same, and the ending
need be marked only by ambition’s limit. For
a man or for a city, the will to grow 'and to
progress refuses to be stopped by a small
beginning.
The lesson Abraham Lincoln set for Seldo
vians and for Alaskans everywhere is plain.
The mastery of that lesson is up to us.
LAST WEDNESDAY
WAS HYGIENE DAY
A belated announ
cement from Dr. C.
3arl Albrecht, terri
torial health commis
sioner, states that
Feb. 5, last Wednes
day, was endorsed by
the territorial de
partment of health as
National Social Hy
giene Day.
Social Hygiene
Day, sponsored by the
American Social Hy
giene Association,
was this year observ
ed as a part of the
drive to stamp out
venereal disease,
which is rising in
incidence throughout
the United States,
according to Dr. Al
brecht •
“Combined opera
tions by all constru
ctive forces in the
community can reverse
the present rising
"trend,” the Commis
sioner said.
”We have made imp
ortant gains in the
fight in recent years.
In 1939 there were 15
deaths per 100,000
population due to all
iorms ox syphilis. By
1944 only 10,6 per
sons in every 100,000
died from this cause."
Dr. Albrecht
pointed toward the
decrease in infant
mortality caused by
congenital syphilis,
saying:
"This is encourag
ing evidence of what
can be done, but a
great task stilo. re
mains •