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
Publither
MILDRED JOHNSON
Newt Editor
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WHAT IS PLUMBICARE?
Plumbicare is a plan by which we can save through
social security for our old-age plumbing bills. It is a
<known fact that people over 65 have more plumbing
^rouble than do younger people.
Under the proposed Plumbicare plan, all of the
plumbing bills of those over 65 would be paid. The
whole thing would be financed by social security.
It could possibly be construed to be discrimination
but we personally think Alaska should be singled out as
■a proposed recipient of Sourdoughicare. Each Alaskan
reaching the age of 65 would be supplied free of
charge with Sourdough starter, thereby assuring us of an
ampie diet. The "Kencrafs" in Washington could start a
new bureau for this Sourdoughicare scheme and put
Frank Sinatra of the Rat Pack in charge.
If we can get Senators Bartlett and Gruening to
unite our brethren in Washington and force passage of
Plumbicare and Sourdoughicare, the way will be clear
Tor Elecfricare, Autocare, Teeveecare, and the ultimate
goal of our welfare state, Embalmicare.
Silly? . . . Well, perhaps, but no more so than what
some responsible politicians have been proposing.
SANTA’S HELPERS MAY CARRY SOCIAL
SECURITY CARDS IN PARKA POCKETS
If there are any Eskimos
tending Santa Claus a hand
during the pre-Christmas rush,
they may be carrying social se
curity cards in the pocket of
their parkas.
One of the first social secur
ity district offices to be set up
■was in Juneau, Alaska, in Oc
tober 1936. And its first big
30b was to assign social secur
ity numbers to Alaska’s can
nery workers, including hun
dreds of Eskimos.
The job was complicated by
the fact that many of the Eski
mos had no surnames, their
mothers had no maiden names,
■and their fathers’ names had
nothing in common with the
names of their children. More
over, they had been getting
' along quite well up to this time
without last names.
Id any Eskimos received and
stil: use names assigned to them
bv the cannery bookkeepers
who helped them complete ap
plications for social security.
Sometimes the names the Eski
mos took were simply those of
the villages where they lived.
Some names were borrowed
from persons they admired.
%lire often, they were des
criptive names such as "Sma'l
sled.” “Oldf-iend.” and e''en
“Bighead”, but one old timer
who together with his wife, is
now receiving monthly old-age
insurance benefits, chose the
name, A. Lincoln.
By dogsled, river boat, and
plane, social security repre
sentatives covered 536,000
square miles of Alaska in set
ting up and explaining then
program to Americans who had
mover heard of a calendar be
I fore and who didn't know, or
even really care, about telling
one cold year from the next.
According to Lee R. Christen
sen. Social Security District
Manager, Christmas season
workers, even if they’re not
helping Santa Claus, should be
sure to take their social secur
ity cards with them when they
report to work the first day.
The number on your card is
[ the key to your individual so
cial security account, the rec
ord of earnings that will be us
ed to figure your future bene
fits, Christensen said. “Every
worker should show' his card to
his employer when he takes i
a new job and make sure that
the number is copied correct
I !y," Christensen advised.
I -
Degnan Appointed
To Siafs Board
Governor William A. Egan
j recently announced appoint
ment of Frank A. Degnan of
Unalakleet to membership on
the Alaska Board of Fish and
Game.
Degnan, who is participating
in the Board’s meeting now un
der way at Cordova, was nam
ed to fill out the remainder of
a term expiring January 31,
1966. He succeeds Dale B. Frie
mering, who recently resigned
membership on the Board after
moving from Unalakleet to
Anchorage.
Degnan is agent at Unala
kleet for Wien Alaska Airlines
and has long been interested in
the fish and game resources of
that area.
Strange Things
By Heinie Snider
The American people are for
^advertising. Turn on the radio
®r T. V., and you soon find out
that at least one-third of your
time is lost on commercials. The
banker will tell you that you
can borrow money to buy
Christmas presents, and almost
in the same breath advise you
to start saving your dough for
Christmas, 1963. How you can
borrow, spend, and at the same
time save looks like a paradox
'to me.
The weather man predicts
■clouds and snow, and when we
look at the thermometer it’s 30
below with wind of gale pro
portions During his report, he
■isells buns and pastry.
Now. lets turn on the T. V.
and listen to the stale jokes of
Red Skelton from 20 years ago.
We turn to another station just
in time to hear a couple of wo
men informing each other
about the best soap powder.
'There is enough soap powder
in the market to cleanse the
world of sin.
We get a few bars of music,
followed by the lady who says,
"“There is something about a
Velvet Man.”
No doubt there are millions
■of dollars spent on the sale of
billions of pills. Some you can
take, and they won’t make you
aick at the stomach. Isn’t that
nc#? We have not seen the one
on headache for some time.
You know ... the one where
vou can look inside a mart’#
head with the thunderbolts
yunniong through his brain
and the hammer going plunck
. . . plunck . . . plunck. There
is also the one of the man’s
stomach which looks for all the
world like a large cavern with
dripping stalactites . . . drip,
drip, drip ... all acidity.
One night we tried all even
ing to get our favorite program.
That was the night there was
an auction sale going on. Every
half hour, we turned on the
T.V. At bed time we tried once
more, just in time to see the
night crew relieving the day
crew while the bidding went
on.
Last week during the storm,
we turned on the T.V. No
sound, no picture. Well, I said,
the antenna must have blown
down. When the wind died
down three days later, I notic
ed that the antenna was still
standing. I got on the roof, and
checked inside the house, too
... everything O. K. That is,
until I discovered that the Frau,
who uses the carpet sweeper,
forgot to plug the T.V. cord in
again.
However, we spend much of
our time in reading, and as my
partner says, “The Frontiers
man” has grown in size and
news, and we find many adver
tisements of the local stores. We
must again renew our sub
scription for a year, and as a
Christmas present send “The
Frontiersman” to our friends in
the states, you know, folks.
Have you?
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
George Towne, in the Geor
getown. Kentucky. News said,
“Only in America . . . the Am
erica of a bygone era, we are
sorry to say, could a man
shape his own destiny . . . To
day. however, while he is still
relatively free to choose his
own line of endeavor, any simi
larity between that and shap
ing his own destiny, is purely
coincidental At the top of
every business, regardless of
size, is some bureaucratic of
fice of the Federal Government
. . . manipulating, controlling
and otherwise effectively cur
tailing the efforts of free enter
prise in a free society.”
American business is a
constant challenge. According
to Nation's Business, "In this
country there are 4.7 million
businesses . . . Some 475.000
will turn belly-up this year
and another 350.000 will
change hands or become in
active."
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The Oregon Council of the
National Council on Crime and
Delinquency has narrowed ef
forts in the prevention field of
crime and delinquency down
to early identification of and
timely help to children with
small behavior disorders to
prevent later and more severe
and costly correction.
Robert G. Dunlop, president
of Sun Oil Company makes
the following statement: “The
public has virtually no concep
tion of the administrative maze
of regulation surrounding busi
nesses in this country. But to
the businessman the regulation
is a hard reality. The flow of
new regulations and reinter
pretations of old regulations—
many appearing to be at cross
purposes with one another—in
troduce elements of confusion
and uncertainty over the fu
ture. Of all the deterrents to
investment, a clouded future is
the most effective.”
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Thursday. December 24, 1947
There is $3,000 on deposit to
the account of the Valley
branch chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross to be used for
purchase of needed equipment
at the Valley Hospital, Bill
Bouwens, local chapter chair
man, announced this week.
The money may be spent by
the hospital board to purchase
any equipment most vitally
needed, he said.
Valley hunters for the most
part got nothing but a plea
sant hike in comfortable
weather during the recent
moose season. That mild
winter is probably the rea
son for it. too. they say.
Moose have not yet been
driven from the higher lev
els, since little snow has fall
en this winter. Harry Ryan
of Palmer Cold Storage re
ported that only eight or
nine carcasses had been
brought in for processing.
Thieves entered the Ron-da
voo restaurant sometime Sat
urday afternoon and took $166
from two wallets of owner
Pete Lucy. Mr. Lucy was un
able to place the exact time
of the robbery. He said he had
gone to his room at the res
taurant to rest, when waitress
Mary Lucker came on duty.
Neither checked the cash dra
wer at that time.
Palmer's first Commun
ity Chest drive fell far short
of its $3,000 goal, drive
chairman Les Ray reported
at Monday's final commit
tee meeting. Solicitors still
have not made a complete
report of Chest receipts,
however. Clayton Esslinger,
treasurer of the organization,
reported that by Monday
evening $1,083.09 has been
banked. There was an addi
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SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH Or GGD
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
HIGHWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
Gospel
Singing
Phone
PI 5-3824
Old Tims
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"
Choose your Pharmacist
as you would
choose a doctoi
.. iVv
CHECK HIS
REPUTATION
Count on us, as your
neighbors do, for
fine pharmaceu
tical service. Here
your prescriptions
are precisely filled
as your doctor
prescribes.
BERT’S DRUG
PI 5-4500 - PI 5-4515
ticnal SI 12 in pledges, as
welL
Palmer’s first park will bi
requiring the attention of ;
volunteer lawn-mowing brig
ade about six months f r o n
now, according to plans form
ulated at last Thursday’
American Legion meeting. A
that meeting it was decided t<
seed and landscape the thre
j Legion-owned blocks acros
from the Matanuska Hotel
Commander Jack Maze report
ed. The parkway will extern
t from the hotel corner down t
I a point just past the new Kin,
Automotive Service building.
Work for the coming winte
months was outlined to mem
bers of the Valley Healtl
Council at last Thursday’
meeting. Mrs. Clyde King, re
porting to the group the rec
ommendations of its executiv
committee, outlined the pro
j gram for the next five month;
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| Wasilla
ii Assembly of God =j
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* Rev Paul E. Riley.
S Pastor =i
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* Sun. School _10 a.m.jj
| Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.jj
*Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.ji
* Prayer and Bible *
| Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
Phone FR-6-3161 ’
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4H CLUB HEWS
Eclectic 4-H Club
A meeting of the Eclectic 4-H
Club will be held on Friday,
Dec. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ex
tension office. This will be the
first meeting of the new 4-H
year, and any child ten years
of age or older wishing to join
this club should attend this
meeting or contact one of the
junior leaders, Bonnie Bush,
Neil Bacon or Richard Wash
burn, Jr.
, Mrs. Richard Washburn and
' Mrs. Marie Blanchard will have
general leadership of the club
( this year, and the project lead
ers are Neil Michaelson, gard
, ening; Dexter Bacon, electric;
j Mrs. Chuck Shaver, food pre
( paration and food preservation;
, Eugene Kirsch, dairy and beef;
I Mrs. Washburn, poultry; and
5 Dr. Washburn, yard improve
’ ment.
j Special arrangements will
also be made for members tak
, ing projects in clothing, home
’ i improvement, field crops and
| tractor maintenance.
All members will participate
r in a special recreation activity
this year, which will include
1 square and ballroom dancing
s and a variety show to be pre
sented in the spring.
Richard Washburn, Jr.
Reporter
ABILITY
The well adjusted have the
ability to take things as they
come.
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Massacre at Bethlehem
When Herod heard of the
birth of a new king, Jesus,
he tried to prevail on the wise
men to tell him where the
Babe might be found. He said
he wanted to worship Him. It
was the devil that was be
hind the scenes, and it was
he that put it in the mind of
Herod to kill all the boy
babies in Bethlehem, hoping
thereby to destroy Jesus.
However, Joseph had been
alerted by an angel to flee to
Egypt with Mary and the
Christ Child. This was the
devil’s first attempt to des
troy Almight God. He would
try again at Golgotha.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Friti,
Palmer. Alaska
Divio*
Sunday School 9:45 AM
A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
To AH
My Customers
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LaVONNE’S VALLEY
BEAUTY SHOP %
The choir sings with near-celestial sweetness,
the candles burn with a bright, pure light, and the
meaning of the birth of Christ comes into glorious
reality.
For, in church, the story of the Night of Nights
is told with a beauty that seems to deepen with
the years. To miss hearing it again would be to
miss one of the Yuletide season’s greatest moments.
it is natural to think about going to
church at Christmas. But what about a rainy Octo
ber Sunday or a hot July one?
In Church, the inspiration is there all year
round. The message is as vital in August as it is
in December. Promise yourself now — this Christ
mas — to start going to church regularly.
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 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.
Sunday
Micah
5:1-4
Monday
Luke
1:26-35
Tuesday
Luke
2:1-7
Wednesdaj
Luke
2:8-20
Thursday
Matthew
1:18-25
Friday
Matthew
2:1-12
Saturday
Hebrews
10:19-25
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