Moose Is America's
Leading Fraternal
Group In U.S.
The Loyal Order of Moose
has earned public recognition
as America’s leading fraternal
service organization by compil
ing an outstanding record of
community service.
Moose civic affairs activities
are designed for the public
good and every one of the more
than 1,900 lodges in the Moose
Domain is encouraged to spon
sor community service projects
which will make their com
munities a better place to live
and rear children.
Dedicated to the betterment
of humanity, the Moose frater
nity activity supports national
health battles. These include
the March of Dimes, work in
behalf of the crippled children,
muscular dystrophy, heart
fund, cancer crusade, cerebral
palsy and others.
in connection with most of
these fund raising projects, the
Moose Protectors plan is a uni
que method by which the lod
ges provide protection for vol
unteer workers while they so
licit contributions.
“Youth Honor Day,” recog
nized in most of the states
either by executive or legisla
tive action, has played an im
portant role in acts of vandal
ism at Hallowe’en. “Operation
Santa Claus” in which the lod
ges collect toys and distribute
them to needy children has
been responsible for providing
many a child with a “toyful”
Christmas. It is estimated that
more than a million toys are
distributed each year.
Operation Easter Carlift, Op
eration Christmas Carlift and
the every Sunday Operation
Church in which Moose mem
bers provide transportation for
the unfortunate and disabled to
and from the church of their
choice has won the widespread
endorsement of the clergy of
the nation.
Moose lodges are active in
the field of traffic safety. A
great number have sponsored
the Moose Child Safety Crusade
with its dramatic car stopping
demonstration. Many have also
sponsored automobile safety
check lanes, the Moose bicycle
safety plan and have erected
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PREVEMTlfoN
WEEK
Here s a week
with some sense
Lots of so-called “weeks”
are a little silly, but there’s
a lot of good sense to FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK.
This is a week to concen
trate on cleaning up the trash
and rubbish in basements and
attics and elsewhere around
the premises — trash which
often causes fires. It’s a week
to examine electrical wiring,
etc., which may breed fires.
Most big fires are started in
some absurd little way — so
don’t neglect to attend to the
"silly” little things that may
burn down your property
some day.
WOODS
Insurance Agency
PI 5-3300 Palmer
Protect Our Children” signs
on the nation’s highways.
Special emphasis is placed on
civic affairs activities for chil
dren. Junior athletics is ex
tremely popular and include
such projects as the various or
ganized baseball leagues, jun
ior bowling, football, basket
ball, swimming and hockey.
Moose support of the Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts contin
ues to grow with Moose lodges
sponsoring more and more
troops each year. Moose-spon
sored teenage clubs have also
experienced a substantial
growth. Authorities have en
thusiastically approved these
projects as effective weapons
in combatting juvenile delin
quency.
Other Moose-sponsored civic
affairs projects include Golden
Age Clubs for those in the
twilight of their lives, work in
behalf of hospitals, blood
banks, cooperation with civil
defense agencies and fire pre
vention and safety to mention
a few. In addition, almost every
lodge sponsors individual pro
jects geared to fit the needs of
the area in which it is located.
Lodges throughout the Moose
Domain are making substantial
contributions to the welfare of
their respective communities
by providing the initiative, or
ganization and manpower for
worthwhile civic affairs pro
grams.
Sportsmen
Meet Tonight
The Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen will met tonight in
the Grange hall at 8 p.m. with
a movie showing planned.
Plans are being made for the
annual game dinner on Nov.
3. Cards have been mailed to
members asking for contribu
tions of various game dishes,
which should be returned as
soon as possible to assist in
planning the dinner.
Tickets will be available
from Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kirsch
at the Treasure Chest, and
from Dan Contini at Koslosky’s
department store.
The club plans indoor rifle
and pistol shooting soon, and
hopes to begin archery shoot
ing. Interested archers should
see Dan Contini.
For FAST Result*—Use
FRONTIERSMAN Classifieds!
CIC Slogan is
“Let’s Build II!”
“Let’s Build It!”
These are the fighting words
of the Capital Information
Committee that seeks new rev
enues with the sale of lapel
buttons.
Plans are underway to dis
tribute the buttons in all west
ern Alaskan towns.
The first of ten thousand but
tons went on sale in Anchorage
recently. Revenues are ear
marked for promotion, adver- !
tising. and other expenses in
connection with getting the
capital re-location initiative
passed next November 6.
The slogan of the committee,
“Let's Build It!”, is superim
posed over the face of a capital
building on the buttons. The
buttons are two and one quar
ter inches wide and printed in
blue.
Bumper stickers, fact sheets
and other pertinent data rela
tive to the campaign is being
made available. Those persons
donating funds are eligible for
a wallet card certifying their
support.
Speakers are being made
available for various outlying
cities by the campaign head
quarters in Anchorage.
SPENARD FIRM GETS
PARKING APRON BID
Rogers Construction Com
pany and Babler Brothers ol
Spenard, entered the apparent
low joint venture bid of $543,
144 for the construction of the
East Parking Apron at the An
chorage International Airport,
Richard A. Downing, Commis
sioner of the Alaska Depart
ment of Public Works, said
September 27.
Other bidders on the project
were Cheney Construction
Company of Anchorage, $619,
262 and Morrison-Knudsen
Company, Inc., of Seattle, $787,
845 State engineers had esti
mated the project cost at $607,
417, Downing said.
Specifications, Downing said
call for grading, drainage, pav
ing, marking and lighting of
the new strip.
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0 Coat Hauling
BY CONTRACT
and
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0 Coal Reject for fill for Driveways
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Bills of Lading
Collection Reports
Credit Memorandums
Delivery Receipts
Inventory Shoots
Dispatch Books
Call Notices
Purchase Orders
Receipt Books
kiter*0#Fke Memorandums
Dry Cleaner forms
Restaurant Books
«i »r lire* variety aviilabla
to yea.
^utumSvt- if you have a Business
forms problem, let us be of service
Ule have a business form for r
form of business.
The Frontiersman
Phone PI 5-3650
Moose Members Musi Earn
Top Degrees of Order
One of the basic precepts of
the Loyal Order of Moose is
that “no institution which la
bors for self and self alone can
remain great and mighty, and
serve posterity.”
Therefore, it is only natural
that the two highest degrees
conferred on members of the
Moose Fraternity are bestowed
as a reward for devotion and
service to the philanthropic
programs of the Order. These
are the Fellowship Degree and
the Pilgrim Degree of Merit.
When a man is enrolled into
the Loyal Order of Moose, he
automatically becomes a mem
ber of the first degree. After he
has been a member in good
standing for six months, he is
eligible to apply for member
ship in the second degree of
the Order, known as the Le
gion of the Moose.
As a Legionnaire, he is elig
ible to wear the “tah” with pur
ple tassel, the Legion jacket, tie,
and lapel pin and to participate
in the ceremonials and other
activities of his Legion Unit.
If a member has demonstrat
ed his leadership ability by giv
ing of his time and effort to
serve on various committees
and by being a capable admin
istrator while holding appoint
ive and elective offices, he may
be accorded the honors of the
third degree—the Fellowship
Degree.
He is then able to wear the
Fellowship sash and tie, the
Alice Blue tacei on his tah and
the Fellowship lapel pin, Con
| ferring of the Fellowship De
I gree takes place on the last
day of each international Moose
convention and at state associa
tion conclaves and authorized
special meetings.
The first full week in De
cember is set aside each year as
“Fellowship Degree Honor
Week” and all lodges through
out the Moose Domain are re
quested to conduct appropriate
activities during this period to
pay tribute to their members of
^ the third degree.
The highest and most covet
| ed degree of the Order, the Pil
i grim Degree of Merit, is con
; ferred on only one out of about
every 10,000 Moose members
each year in solemn and im
1 pressive ceremonies held at the
j House of God on the campus of
j the famed Moose Child City,
Mooseheart, Illinois.
Only those who have compil
ed an outstanding record of
meritorious service to the Or
der over a period of many years
receive this distinction. Pil
grims are entitled to wear the
black and gold Pilgrim cape
and tie, the gold tassel on their
tah and the Pilgrim lapel pin.
One of the most colorful rit
uals in the Moose is the Pilgrim
UNPREPARED
Try to anticipate the future—
any man who is taken by sur
prise is half beaten.
DR. LEE MCKINLEY’S OFFICE
On Bodenburg Loop Road
IS NOW OPEN
Tuesday thru Saturday
By Appointment
For the Practice of General Dentistry
CALL PI 5-3977
robing ceremony. When a new
i Pilgrim is named, his home
lodge sponsors a ceremony in
which Pilgrims in the area con
vene in their regalia to invest
him with his Pilgrim cape.
The regalia of the Legion of
the Moose, Fellowship Degree
and Pilgrim Degree of Merit
can be worn /only at authoriz
ed Moose functions and should
never be worn or displayed in
public.
Members of the Fellowship
and Pilgrim Degree of Merit
are recognized throughout the
Moose Domain as fraternal
leaders because they have earn
ed the respect of their Brother
Moose by their service to the
Order.
' Vessel Named For
C. L. Anderson
A Tl-foot purse seiner ac
quired by the Alaska Depart -
ment of Fish and Game for
conservation work has beet*
named the C. L. Anderson to
honor Alaska’s first Commis.
sioner of Fish and Game.
Anderson, who came to AN
aska in 1949 to organize ttaes
Territorial Department of Fish
cries and remained to head the?
Alaska Department of Fish andJ
Game created with Statehood,
retired last fall and now lives;
with his wife, Bertie, on Mer
i cer Island near Seattle.
DEMOCRACY
Cultivate the habit of think
ing for yourself always—indi
vidualism is the thing that
makes our country great.
BUNNY
ARRIVED!
FROM JUNEAU
CAPITAL
WILL FOLLOW!
TROPICAL GARDENS
PI 5-4433 Palmer
EVER FEEL LIKE SCREAMING ON MONDAY?
Let’s face it! You’re the one who does the
family wash. You can keep on doing it the
hard way or you can do it the easy electr ic
way.
Just flip the switch and Monday becomes
fun-day. Your automatic electric washer
does the laundry while you catch up on
other Chores, or just relax.
Drying is just as simple. Never again will
you have to worry about clothes lines and
clothes pins—or the weather man. For the
sweetest, fluffiest drying ever, just flip the
switch of your electric dryer.
Better see your appliance
dealer soon . . . before next
Monday rolls around.
ELECTRICITY—the 1 heart /of.. modem Jiving
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