THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1*79
T. O- SCMM 1 DTKE MARY E. MORGAN
Pub",h«r News Editor
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REMEMBER?
Memorial Day has come and gone, and so
has the 6th of June, which we remember as the
day — back in 1944 — when American men and
boys landed in France to begin the great cam
paign to defeat Naziism.
But even though these two memorial days
are past, there are twenty-two U. S. military ceme
teries in France which will be visited by many
Americans this summer. In Jhese cemeteries stand
white crosses, row on row, over what remains of
many Americans who gave their lives for their
country.
Life for them came to a quick end. There was
no tomorrow. There was no happy homecoming, no
future, no dreams. They gave their all. And then
with their sacrifice came the loss and suffering of
those back home.
Who remembers today? Who appreciates the
supreme sacrifice? Who feels thanksful that it was
Tv't he, instead who lies beneath the crosses in
Normandy, or elsewhere in France? Who appre
ciates. the sixteen years since the end of the war?
And who feels deep gratitude just to have been
able to live them out?
Ail those who enjoy the fruits of victory and
freedom should think well about these crosses.
These meri bought them for us all and their sacri
fices should make each one of us determined to
safeguard it, and improve it, for the benefit of all
those who are yet to come along behind us.
4-H News and Notes
Recreation Program
The lively interest of 4-H
' Club members in the perform
ing arts has resulted in steps
hieing tfckan to enlarge this as
pic! of the 4-H Recreation pro
gram, according to T. W.
Thompson, service director for
ht National 4-H Service pro
be National 4-H Service Com
itte and a member of the na
tional 4-H recreation develop
ment committee.
Already a new booklet has
been published for use by lo
cal club leaders and members
entitled “Skits and Stunts the
4-H Way." It was prepared by
Joseph R. Cardenuto, exten
sion recreation specialist,
Pennsylvania State University,
from material contributed by
4-H leaders throughout the
/ country.
booklet touches on act
ing techniques, staging, aud
ience participation, impromptu
acts, and radio and television
coaching.
While local and county 4-H
Seaders are training and en
couraging young people in con
structive use of leisure time,
- 'John Deere is cooperating by
offering awards in various cate
gories of recreational activities.
Awards are made to clubs as
we! as to individuals.
The top member in the state
will be a delegate to the 1962
National 4-H Club Congress in
1 Chicago with expenses paid.
He or she will then be eligible
for one of six $400 college
.scholarships.
Public Speaking Program
Two $400 college scholar
ships and a free trip to Chicago,
tfj.. -Sr? offered to 4-H Club
members participating in 4-H
public speaking contests. The ,
awards will be offered on a (
national basis, reports the Na- ■
tional 4-H Service committee. .
Members selected by the Co- ]
operative Extension service ,
will be eligible to compete.
Winners will be announced
next November, and will be
delegates to the 41st National
4-H Club Congress. Donor of I
the awards is Pure Oil Com
pany of Palatine, 111.
Public speaking is one of the
fastest growing activities in
many states, according to a re
cent report compiled by the
4- Service Committee.
Safety Program
The impact of 600,000 dedi- '
cated boys and girls working 1
for safety is bound to make a j
sizeable dent in accident sta- '
tistics. These safety-minded 1
youths are 4-H Club members (
representing just about every 1
country from coast-to coast.
Based on last year’s statis
tics, it is estimated that around '
5,000 members will qualify for
a 1962 safety medal award. One
4-H'er from the state will be
selected to be the safety dele
gate to the National 4-H Club
Congress opening in Chicago,
Nov. 25.
The trip plus eight $400 col
lege scholarships will again be
sponsored by General Motors,
donor of the national 4-H Safe
ty program awards for the 19th
straight year.
How to Improve Your Luck.,
Develop your bump of curio
sity. Acquire a little streak of
recklessness. Sharpen your im
agination. Be willing and able
to change your mind.
—Anonymous
THE AMERICAN WAY
A Friendly Gesture Misunderstood
Newsweek prints a line a
disgruntled taxpayer wrote
to the tax collector: "Now I
know what the president
meant when he said: 'Ask
not what America will do for
you—ask what you can do
for America.'"
The federal government has
controlled just about every
phase of commercial transpor
tation for 80 years. According
to President Kennedy’s trans
portation message to Congress,
the result has been that. "A
chaotic patchwork of inconsis
tent and often obsolete legisla
tion and regulation has evolv
ed from a history’ of specific ac
tions addressed to specific
problems of specific industries
at specific times . . . The regu
latory commissions are requir- >
ed to make thousands of detail
ed decisions based on out-of- i
date standards. The manage
ment of the various modes of |
transportation is subjected to
cumbersome and time-consum
ing regulatory supervision that
shackles and distorts manager
ial initiative ...”
In the view of the United
States Council of the Interna
tional Chamber of Commerce;
:he competitive position of Am
erican firms operating abroad
ivill be seriously hampered if
lew legislation aimed at elim
inating tax defemal on the
;amings of foreign-based, 0.S.
iwned subsidiaries isr enacted’
it points out that the existing
lysttwn of deferral permits
hese subsidiaries tb oiperate
rnder conditions morn nearly
:qual Vo their rivals in the
iVestom European countries by
jermittirrg them to finance a
arger par? of their investments
>ut of renamed earnings, \rith
>ut a corresponding draii? on
;he balance-of-payments.
Walter Lippmann wrr Srsr
‘Sooner or later the freeakm
)f West Berlin, will have to be
guaranteed an international
-overant whlafai makes it an im
ternational crty under the sp<r
ufic protection of the great
aowers, the general protection!
f the NATO and she Warsaw
Mhance, and ofl the United Nat
ions. But that, eventual solu
ton, although both aides kxunc
hat it is com nag. cannot now
)e spelled out in a treaty
vhich everyi mec-erjncemed wit lx
Germany could sign ..Alt.
■hat both sides can now do is
vhat they appear to have done,
vhich is to deflate the Berl iix
:risis without reaching a Ber,
in settlement.”
U. S. Savings Bonds help to
guard our legacy of Freedom.
Buy THAT EXTRA BOND TO
DAY.
mm days
IN THE
yj]M£Y
Thursday, July 10, 1952
The 1953 fiscal year Interior
Department appr«>priation bill
signed by President Truman
included $13 million for the
Eklutna project. This $13 mil
lion was included in the origin
al $20 million authorized for
the project at the time it was
approved in 1949.
Service to MEA consumers
was stepped up last week
when thre new portable radio
units were installed in the
three service trucks.
Mrs. Charles Wilson and
daughter. Betty Jo, are spend
ing three weeks in Portland
and visiting members of Mrs.
Wilstxr’s family.
O. K. Kincaid, manager of
the Valley hospital, announced
this week- that due to limited
space in the hospital, bids for
the construction of the new
hospital, trill, be opened at 4
p.m,,. July E4 in the Co-Op club
room, rather'than at the. hospit
al as stated in the bid adver
tisement).
Mr., and’ Stirs. Johur Lemon
are the parents of- a Unity dau
ghter born at Valley Hospital
July 8. The little girl weighed
six pounds, 10 nunces at birth.
Steve and Sally Ward re
turned from their lonT trip
it» the Sthtes !a*t Sundry;
Between 100 and 150 stud- \
entts are attending the Vaca
tion; Bible School, sponsoiwcl. by
the First Bapti st Church- of
Pal user.
FURNISHES FtANE
TO IAEA FOR USE
DURING REPAIRS
Alaska- Aeronautical IheWits
tries o * Anchoraget. Cessna dis
tributee;. has furnished Munan
us ka Electric Asse. with an
other plane to u.sw while *he
new M15A p lane is. <A«r.g rep par
ed. Tha; new Ces:»a. 185 was
damaged recently in a laming
at McG -inch.
The Federal Aenesautics Ag
ency, after taking pictures uad
talking to, witnesses at the
scene of the accid-snt, took the
pieces rdf the tail vrtaeel assem
bly for thi ther study. One FAA
official told Ma-aan LaZelie.
MEA. manager and.pilot of the
plane, that,m his. personal opin
ion equipment, failure, rather
than. phial error, was respon
sible fiat the. landing accident.
The official FAAtfindings.will
be reported in a Sew weeks,.
OVER 35 VARIETIES
OF BREAD
DELIVERED FRESH DAILtt TO YOIOR FAVORITE GFOCER
"IF IIS FRESHER THAN SUNRISE
IT HASN'T BEEN BAKED"
IN ANY LANGUAGE
OUR SERVICE IS THE BEST
BEFORE AND AFTER YOUR TRIP,
DRIVE IN
AND SEE US!
To make your car really
shine — bring it in to us
for thorough inside - and
out servicing. Regular
care here will keep your
car looking and running
"like new"!
KIRK’S
SALES and SERVICE
PI 5-2200 Palmer
A wire received by Mayor
i Carl Meier from Delegate E. L.
Bartlett last week revealed
news that may turn the long
projected plans for the Palmer
School District’s new high
school into reality within the
current fiscal year. It stated
that $1,114,700 for the Palmer
school project was included in
an Alaska Public Works appro
priation agreed upon by House
and Senate ctsnferees.
The first summer vrork
party of the Malanuska Ski
Club will be held in the Lit
tle Susitna ski area Sunday,
in ike form of a brush-clear
ing seige. The group hopes tor
have die tow hill cHeared this
week, tearing the rest of the
summer to devote: to the
motor and other mechanics
necessary for the success of
the ski tcwr.
Experimefit Station tiachni
cians will be host at the-picnic
meeting of tlhe Cook Inlet
Chapter of- tfc* American; As
sociation for the Advancement
of Science Friday evening,
when members and their fam
ilies meet at the Matanuska Ex
periment Station.
Mr. and Mrsv L. M. De
priest drove to Kenai for the. !
Fourth of July week-end and
brought back some king sal
mon.
ST. JOHiN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
•fcv. R. H. Fritz, potior
Miner, Alaska
Divine Services 1) OO A. Ms
Sunday School 9:45 A.M,
Mike Stepovich
Strikes II Stale
Road Fragrant
“If a mile of road were built
this year, it would be more
than Alaska has seen for the
past three years," former Gov.
Mike Stepovich drily remark
ed this week after learning that
the state plans to spend more
money in the Fairbanks area
alone on roads this summer
than was spent in the state
altogether last year.
Stepovich made the remark 1
just prior to his departure from
| Fairbanks for Anchorage re
cently.
Would you like to know the
great drama of my life? It is
that I have put ray genius into
my life—I have put only my
taJent into my works.
—Oscar Wilde
JIM'S APPUANCE REPAIR
Chain Saws — Outboard
Motors — Guaranteed
Usod Appliances
BUY — SELL & TRADE
WasiSa FR 6-3480
CEA REPORTED
INTERESTED IN
BELUGA COAL
Chugach Electric Assn, is re
ported to be interested in ob
taining electrical energy from
the Beluga coal fields. The re
port was included in the Mines
and Petroleum bulletin oil the
State Division of Mines and
Minerals.
The bulletin states: “The
Columbia Iron Mining Co. and
the Utah Development Co. con
trol large areas of the Beluga
field but apparently are not in
terested in supplying this mar
ket. There are, however, sev
eral individual coal lease own
ers in the field that should be
able to supply the demand.”
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! Wasilla f
% Assembly of God *
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Rev Paul E. Riley. *
* Pastor *
| Sun. School _10 a.m.J
| Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
£Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.*
t-' i
* Prayer and Bible *
| Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
Phone FR-6-3161 |
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These people only dance like this for
clients of Wright travel service!
WRIGHT
TRAVEL AGENCY
Wright Building
Phone PI 5-4500 - PI 5-4515 Palmer
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FQP THE CHURCH
The Church is 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 hit children's
sake. (3) For the sake of his com
munity and nation. (4) For the
take 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
Proverbs
3:1-8
Monday
Matthew
18:10-20
Thursday
II Corinthians
6:14-18
Tuesday
Luke
11:5-13
Friday
Ephesians
5:1-10
Wednesday
Luke
12:26-34
Saturday
Ephesians
6:1-4
Copyright 190*2, Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Vo*
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si. 1 Ml mmM H \
Dad and Butch are both getting a big- kick out of this.
If Butch catches a fish — even a minnow — it’s hard to
say who wilt be the prouder.
We suspect, though, that it will be Dad. He*d probably
give this little man all the fish in the ocean, if he could!
He is giving him things that really count. Good clean
fun and happiness, a sense of sportsmanship, and that
special man-to-man bond between father and son. And be
cause his son means so much to him, Dad takes Butch to
the services of their church each week.
Boys have to do a lot of growing to get to be men. It
takes a lot to keep them growing the right way. Weekly
church and church school attendance is a big step forward.
Don’t keep your child from taking it!
The Following Business Establishments Are Contributing This Series of Advertisements
the Churches of Matanuska Valley
THE FRONTIERSMAN
EVAN JONES COAL CO.
A LOCAL CITIZEN
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSN.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK