THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 31. 1947, at the poat office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS BIG BUSINESS
Uncle Sam is the World’s biggest spender, lender,
borrower, employer, property owner, tenant and insurer,
wind under the New Frontier proposals, he is headed for
teven bigger things to come if Congress does not apply
the brakes, declares Representative E. Y. Berry (R-S.D ).
To back up his statement, the Congressman quotes statis
tics compiled by former Budget Bureau Director, Maurice
H Stans that the Federal government:
1. Taxes and spends $90 billion a year, which is
$1 out of every $6 in goods and services produced in
the U. S.;
2. Employs 2.5 million civilians and 2.8 million
military personnel, which is 1 out of every 13 persons
employed in the US;
3. Owns 767,766,434 acres of land, about 1 out
of every 3 acres in the country;
4. Owns 421,360 buildings with 2.5 billion square
feet of floor space, and leases 96,381,000 square feet of
building space and 1,676,000 acres of land;
5. Has $15 billion in farm commodities and stock
piled strategic materials;
6. Owns $122 billion in military weapons and
equipment;
7. In the lending field, has loaned $24 billion to
veterans, home owners, business, farmers and foreign
countries.
VERSION CRAZY
An Associated Press news dispatch reports that
the ambition of Britain s male high school seniors is a
nice safe job with a pension at retirement. A London
headmaster who has made a study of the situation con
cludes, "Nobody wants to be at the top of anything."
He was discouraged to find that not a single boy wanted
»o be prime minister, admiral of the fleet, field marshal,
ambassador to the United States, archbishop of Canter
bury or head of the Bank of England. "Instead", he said,
"the boys look forward to becoming clerks, manual
workers, draughtsmen and hairdressers . . . We are
burning out hordes of premature pensioners of life."
The headmaster based his findings on questionnaires the
boys had turned in to government employment officers.
Pet squirrels in a city park live for but one thing—
peanuts tossed to them by amused superiors. A nation
of welfare staters winds up on the same boat.
Strange Things
By Heinie Snider
A Jong line of waiting visit
ors usually stood in front of
ihe Alaska Exhibit at the
World’s Fair in Seattle. Before
■entering the building, the pub
lic was informed about our
many exhibits, such as the larg
est polar bear, 11 feet, one and
a half inches tall, weight 1800
pounds, the largest walrus
head, largest halibut, salmon,
and crab.
Many were the questions we
thad to answer. For example, a
man and his wife walked uo
■and said, “Is it not true that
-Anchorage is the capital of Al
-aska?”
“Sorry, sir, it is not.”
1PAPER-WEIGHT
The nation’s mounting cleri
cal paper load is helping to
■generate an estimated market
potential for data handling
•equipment of $4 billion during
'4he period from 1962 to 1970,
^according to researchers at
-Arthur D. Little, Inc., re-search
:*nd engineering consultants.
| “What did I tell you?” his
wife said. “Fairbanks is.”
‘No, ma'am, you are wrong,
too. Look at the map! Notice
Juneau. That’s the capital!”
After looking at the map, the
husband said, “Tell me, why
do you put Juneau almost in
Canada?"
That's a very good question,
sir!
Many would ask if Alaska
were all permafrost.
Do the northern lights shine
winter and summer?
Is Alaska six months day and
and six months night?
Do you live on wild animals
and fish only?
But one question w h i c h
brought more laughter from
the crowd than Bob Hope
would get from an overseas
jChsistmas party was when a
sweet little girl about four
years old, with a rather painful
face, asked,
“IS THIS THE PLACE I
CAN GO POTTIE?”
THE AMERICAN WAY
How Wrong Can a Collectivise Be?
CALENDAR OF
1 Fact and l
'Opinion,
When Congress meets
again. Senator McClellan will
seek hearings on two mea
sures he introduced in the
last session and which died
with it. One would ban strik
es in "strategic defense facil
ities"—these include all steps
in producing missiles, muni
tions, weapons, spare vehi
, cles or any part or material
| essential to make the wea
pon effective The second bill
would subject labor union
activities in the transoorta
tion field to the anti-trust
laws.
* * *
Quipster Herb Shriner ob
! serves: “I just read that when
1 Herbert Hoover was president,
1 he gave all his salary back to
1 the government. Now they got
| us all doing it.”
It is reliably estimated that
scholarships totaling more than
$300 million a year are avail
able to college students.
American physicians are be
ginning to get more complete,
objective information about
new drugs and their uses than
ever before, and are getting it
faster. This statement was
i made by the American Med
ical Association on the first
anniversary of its expanded
drug information program. The
expanded program was launch
ed in the summer of 1961 to
help practicing physicians keep
abreast of the rapidly mush
rooming number of new drugs
that are appearing on the mar
ket today. Preliminary state
ments about new drugs and
their uses are published in the
weekly journal of the AMA as
soon as possible after the drug
first becomes available com
mercially. These are followed
with more complete informa
tion.
* * *
The Montana Oil Journal
tells a tax story: "Do you
know that no baseball play
er in the nation can ever
hope to net as much money
as was paid Babe Ruth, 30
years ago?
"In 1931 Ruth was paid
$80,000—and had $68,535 left
over after taxes ... To have
the same amount of money
left today, after taxes, a
player would have to be paid
$960,000!!!"
• * *
Passage of the $900 million
public works bill brought the
current fiscal year’s spending
budget to $93.9 billion. The
federal deficit for 1961 was
$3.9 billion, for 1962, $6.3 bill
ion, and for 1963 it is various
ly estimated at between $5
billion and $16 billion.
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IN THE
yau£Y
Thursday. December 10, 1947
A girl, Evelyn Foster, heads
the student body of Palmer
high school in scholastic rec
ords for the second six weeks of
school work. Evelyn is at the
head of the honor roll with an
all-A record.
• * *
There will be a community
Christmas party for Valley
children, sponsored by Palmer
merchants and businessmen,
held at the Valley theatre on
Dec. 20. Al Hagen announced
today. The program begins at
SCHOOL LURCH
MENUS
The highlight of the Novem
ber school lunch menu in the
Palmer schools was the
Thanksgiving lunch served
Nov. 21. when 856 students en
joyed fried chicken and hot
rolls, according to Mrs. Thel
ma Cope, manager of the Pal
mer school lunch program.
Over 100 dozen rolls were bak
ed in the school kitchens. The
school lunches include home
made rolls or bread daily.
Menus for the week of Dec.
10-14 are as follows:
Monday, Dec. 10
Orange juice
; Salisbury steak
Mashed potatoes - country
gravy
Hot biscuits — honey
Milk
Mashed potatoes — country
Tuesday, Dec. 11
Barbecued wieners
Baked potatoes—butter
Hot rolls — butter
Fruit cobbler
Milk
Wednesday. Dec. 12
Pizza pie
Sweet rolls — butter
Apple sauce
Milk
Thursday, Dec. 13
Chicken and noodles
Cabbage jello salad
Carrot sticks'
Cake
Milk
Friday, Dec. 14
Tuna boats — cheese sails
Browned potatoes
Beet and onion ring salad
Fruit jello
Milk
MASS TO BE OFFERED
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
The Rev. Father Francis Nu
gent will offer a Holy Mass at
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
in Palmer on Saturday, Dec. 8,
at 6 p.m. for the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception.
This is a Holy Day of Obli
gation for all Catholics.
SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF GOD
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
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• • •
Alaskans have been asked
to share in the provisioning
of a Christmas ship now be
ing outfitted by the Pacific
coast states of Washington.
Oregon. Idaho and Montana, j
The plan is to send a ship
load of food, leaving Seattle
on Christmas day, to the hun
gry in Europe.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Co-Operating
Association Wednesday voted
j to table indefinitely the dairy
1 men’s resolution calling for es
tablishment of three separate
co-ops to operate the produce
department, dairy and cream
ery, and service units.
* * *
The Valley has a second fire
truck, A1 Hagen chairman of
1 the board of directors of the
! Valley Volunteer Fire Associa
tion, announced last Tuesday,
j The truck is a 1942 Chevrolet
I with a 350-gallon tank. It has
been driven 9,000 miles.
* * »
The 13-day drive for funds
of the $3,000 goal of the
Community Chest began in
Palmer Wednesday morning.
The town and surrounding
country included in the drive
area has been divided into
zones with a solicitor selected
in each zone to contact every
family. Mrs. Izola Sims has
been placed in charge of this
part of the work.
* * *
The first formally organized
Parent Teacher Association
ever to be formed in Wasilla
was created at the November
meeting of parents and teach
ers. Heretofore the work was
conducted through loosely knit
group of interested residents
| who elected a chairman only.
Nias EarolM M
IhvMaher Mwtiag
Women of the Moose enroll
ed nine members into the
Palmer chapter at their regu
lar meeting Nov. 21. They a r c
Ruth Giles, Pat Geiwitz, and
Bernice Huppert, sponsored
by Rosina Hardisty; Andrea
Eller, Virginia Van Matre,
Nellie Groves, anC Martha
Moudy. sponsored by Janet
Stiers; Leuella Carroll, spon
sored by Theo Campbell; and
Dorothy Kuehn, sponsored by
Mabel Hayes, who was also in
charge of the chapter night
program.
On Nov. 24, a harvest pot
luck dinner was held, followed
by a dance at the Moose hall.
Roast turkey for the dinner
was furnished by Women of the
Moose. A raffle was held, with
Irene Vasanoja the lucky win
ner of a set of six stainless steel
steak knives. _
1 Wasilla f
| AssamMy of Sod |
* Rer Paul E. Riley. *
% Pa8tor J
sjcSun. School -10
^ Morn. Church Sere. 11 a.m.4
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OF A
LAYMAN
Christ or Belial?
There are only two spirit
ual-forces in the world,
Christ and Belial. Christ, be
fore His incarnation, created
the entire universe, includ
ing the earth and its inhabit
ants. Belial, or Satan, as we
usually designate him, was at
one time an angel of light.
Ever since his fall, he has
tried in devious ways to lead
people astray. Not only are
there many heathen reli
gions, such as Buddhism, and
the Moslem faith, but non
Christian sects have crept in
by the score. The fact still re
mains that there is salvation
in none other than Jesus
Christ.
Anybody can meet expenses
—the trick is to avoid them.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
••v. R. H. Friti, potior,
Palmar, Alaska
I-5-2U5
Divina Sarvicas 11:00 A.M.
Sunday School 9:45 AJL
HIGHWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
G»S|Mi
SingtRg
Phone
PI 5-3124
Old Tim
Preaching
Pastor
Norman Jones
Sunday School—10
Sunday Worship—11
Sunday Evangelistic
Service — 8 p.m.
sum.
a.m.
Wed. Prayer. Praise fc
Bible Study — t pjn.
Sunday 8 — 8:30 ajn.
Listen to KFQD
"MARCH OF FAITH"
The brilliant evening star is a symbol of many things
to many folk. Mariners hail it as a good omen, for it
usually forecasts a clear, calm night and smooth sailing.
The shepherd tending his flock on a desolate hillside grate
fully notes its appearance in the heavens, for its friendly
light offers an intangible sort of companionship during
! his lonely vigil. To many, the star is representative of
God’s infinite power and wisdom.
Just as this star touches hearts in countless different
| ways, so may the Church bring to those in all walks of
life, peace and comfort which lead to a happier, more
fruitful pattern of life.
Let us make the Church our guiding light. We can
brighten our lives if we accept the teaching of the Scrip
tures as guideposts along the pathway to future endeavors.
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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 it 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 hit 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.
I Sunday
Enhesians
_ >:6-14
Monday
II Peter
1:16-21
Tuesday
Revelation
7:9-17
Wednesday
Proverbs
6:20-23
Thursday
John
3:16-21
Friday
I John
1:1-10
Saturday I
Luke I
11:23-28 |
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