THE FRONTIERSMAN
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DELINQUENCY - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Ed note: The following is a re
print from Old Knik’s column
printed in the Anchorage Daily
Mrws on December 3. Larry
Moore, the author of the article,
Iras guest of Knik’s on that date,
an 1 his interesting opinion on
Javenile delinquency is reprinted
with his consent.
By Larry Moore
There is much wailing and
^stashing of teeth in the local
apprehension over juvenile delin
IB sncy that has evoked a variety
*»f panaceas as solutions to the
prt blem. Granted that all such
remedies might have a sem
Metice of merit none is as con
structive as the philosophy of
Bert Swor the old time comedian
ill the blackface minstrelman
•Jays of 40 odd years ago.
Bert used to bring down the
house with this story; “Seems
like it’s gettin’ tougher every day
Sc get acquainted with yo’ fam'ly.
A man gets up and goes to work
so early in the mawnin’ his kids
is all ’sleep in bed: he gets home
fn>m his job, eats a little suppah
and goes to bed befo his kids get
iwme and leaves agin’ the next
enawnin’. He hardly every gets.
to see his kids ’cept maybe once!
a while on a Sunday. Las’ week I
stayed home on a Sat’day to
plant some grass seed and ’long
come my 12 year old boy stom
pin’ cross the lawn I was fixin'.
1 told him, “Son, don't walk on
the lawn and he turned ’round
and sassed me back—said ‘shut
you face’ so I hauled off and
smacked him a couple cross the
chops. He ran in the house a
yellin’ and when his Maw asked
him what’s wrong he told her
‘that guy that hangs ’round here
on Sunday hit me.’ ”
The point of the story is ob
vious. There is bound to be
trouble when parents and their
children are not close together.
Father Flanigan, founder of Boy’s
Town once said, “there is no
such thing as a bad boy.” More
over, he meant by direct impli
cation that there were some ter
ribly misfit parents. Whenever
there is juvenile delinquency
there is outright parental incom
petence or wilful failure of duty.
All kids are good when they are
born; they grow up to be pro
blems.
Mrybe we need a reform sch
ool for delinquent parents.
REDUCE REQUESTS
O? TERR. AGENCIES
«M COMING BUDGET
Budget allowances tor the bien
«* im commencing July 1, 1957,
totalling $29,964,860.28 were be
in? mailed this week to all Ter
riJorial agencies which operate
ifr-m general fund appropria
tions, it was announced by John
A. McKinney, territorial director
of finance, and Richard Freer,
feudget officer.
M the same time, agencies
were informed they would be al
lowed $3,313,981.50 for operation
during April, May, and June,
1957, the interim between the end
the present appropriation peri
»*1 and the start of the new bien
nium. This compares with budget
■requests Tor the biennium which
total $50,200,358.20 including con
struction programs of the Uni
•firsfcy of Alaska and the Alaska
tijmartment of Health.
These allowances are based up
on general fund revenues to be
“ «ome available during the 1957-59
1 iHcnnium which are estimated at
approximately $30,000,000 and all
agency requests were reduced to
the level of the present biennial
appropriations in order to stay
within the revenue estimate. i
ALASKA CRAFTSMEN
INVITED TO ENTER
OPEN COMPETITION
The annual Northwest Crafts
mens Exhibition, an open com
petition to craftsmen of Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho,
British Columbia, and Alaska
will be held at the University of
Washington’s Henry Gallery from
March 3 to April 3, 1957.
Work in the following craft
media may be entered in compe
tion: ceramics and ceramic scul
pture, jewelry, metalwork, en
amels, wooden containers and
tableware, lamps and wiring and
shade, mosaics, printed fabrics
and decorated fabrics, hand
woven textiles in napery, drapery,
upholstery, rugs, screens, wall
hangings and decorative acces
sories. |n each medium a three
man jury will select entries for
exhibition and award prizes. All
entries are due at the Henry Gal
lery by February 2, 1957.
Last year 19 prizes totaling
$725 were awarded and nearly
200 items were exhibited. The ex
hibition is co-sponsored by the
Seattle Weavers’ Guild, Lambda
Rho Alumnae (University of
Washington Art Honorary), the
Brager Service
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NEW CD BULLETINS
RECEIVED BY
PALMER CD OFFICE
Fifteen thousand copies of the
new .Civil Defense publications
have been received by the An
chorage Regional Civil Defense
office to meet the increasing
western Alaska demand for fac
tual CD information, it was re
ported this week by Ed Fortier,
deputy CD director for the An
chorage Region.
The Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration pamphlet “Home
Protection Exercises” is describ
ed by Fortier as an ideal guide
for any family that is serious
about planning for its protection
against either the H-bomb or an
attic fire.
The easily understandable 32
page bulletin include illustrated
sections on evacuation, shelter,
warning signals, fire prevention,
fire fighting, emergency first aid,
light rescue, safe food and water,
and home nursing.
“This new bulletin is especial
ly recommended for homestead
ers and isolated clusters of Al
askans who live outside establish
ed CD districts and want to know
how they should prepare for an
emergency,” Fortier reported.
Prepared by famed cartoonist
A1 Capp, 10,000 copies of “Mr.
Civil Defense Tells About Na
tural Disasters”, in a comicbook
type publication, will be distri
buted through the schools.
Home Protection Exercise bul
letins will be distributed through
the Greater Palmer CD Area by
Alfred Hagen, director of the
Greater Palmer Area. Copies will
be distributed at the CD meeting
to be held in the theater base
ment tonight. Additional copies
may be obtained by contacting
Hagen.
Clay Club and the Henry Gallery.
Interested craftsmen should
write to the Henry Gallery, Uni
versity of Washington, Seattle,
5, for entry blanks.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Extension Leader
Offers Safety Tips
For Holiday Season
Christmas bells can ring for
safety, Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen
reminded homemakers this week.
Holiday safety means families
observe common sense precau
tions, she said. Mrs. Fohn-Hansen
is an associate director for the
University of Alaska Extension
Service.
These precautions start with
family shopping for toys safe
toys. Electrical toys should bear
the Underwriters’ Laboratories
label, Mrs. Fohn-Hansen said, and
toy movie projectors should be
equipped with safety film. For
toddlers, she suggests buyers
watch for non-poisonous paint,
smooth edges and no small parts
that could be pulled off and
swallowed. Toys safe for a six
year-old may be dangerous in the
hands of a less desterious three
year-old.
Alaskans have the edge over
residents in warmer climates;
they have no difficulty finding
cold places to store their Christ
mas trees until ready to set them
up. The yule tree should be in
stalled so that it will not block
an exit.
To keep tree fresh, make a cut
diagonally in the trunk one inch
above original cut and keep water
in the container all during the
holidays. Trees should be set up
away from radiators or other
sources of heat. Mrs. Fohn-Han
sen warns against trying to fire
proof tree with chemicals. Check
wiring of tree lights for defects
and loose sockets. Christmas
lights should not overload house
circuits. The tree lights should
be turned out when no one is in
the room.
Take the tree down as soon as
it begins to shed needles or show
signs of dryness, the home dem
onstration leader said. A dry tree
is a tinder box that can go up in
flames before homemaker can get
an extinguisher working.
Ash trays in profusion about
the house help protect festive
trimmings from sparks. Lighted
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candles should be kept away
from greens or windows where
curtains can blow into flames.
Greens, like the yule tree, should
be arranged away from heat and
thrown out when dry.
For a happy holiday for every
one, make it a safe season, Mrs
Fohn-Hansen concluded.
Only 8.7 per cent of the popu
lation of Alaska is over 50 year
of age or older compared wit!
22.5 per cent in the States.
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Getting ahead financially is not a matter of “pinching
pennies.” Quite to the contrary! Actually you can spend
money more happily once you have embarked on a program
of systematic saving. First step is to establish the amount
that you reasonably can and MOST CERTAINLY WILL
save each payday. Then see to it that these dollars go
promptly into your savings account every week . . . before
they have a chance to go elsewhere.
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