Valley FRONTIERSMAN
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Palmer, Alaska
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Writin’ To Teens
An Apple For The Teacher
BY DICK DRABBLE
The day I managed to advance to fourth grade was a gala oc
casion. Pop bought a box of cigars. He wasted his money though.
I had decided to give up smoking. My mother wept; she grieved at
the thought of parting with my third grade reader. It had become
like one of the family. Neighbors were heard making remarks
that could be twisted into compliments. They didn’t think I was
very bright, but what could they expect from a kid only 21?
Fact was, I never knew there were any higher grades. One
day my teacher. Miss Manny, was absent, and her substitute mis
took me for a janitor. I thought all along those rooms up the hall
were offices, until she told me of all the interesting things that
went on in those upper grades. So I made up my mind that it
was time I packed my pencil box.
I soon found out it wasn't as easy as all that. There was some
.filly rule regarding passing grades. This was out; if I had to buckle
down to learning more than the paragraph at the top of page 62 of
the third reader. . . . well, it took me twelve years to learn that!
However, I had personality, could ‘wrassel,’ and I was two inches
taller than the teacher. I gave up this thought; if I twisted her
arm, she might not be able to sign my report card.
My chum, Batsy Bawll, gave me a clue. He heard his pop
say people could be influenced by good impressions. This ap
pealed to me and the campaign was on. My first good impression
was made when after reading my perennial paragraph, instead of
sitting aown, i said me . . .
This surprised Miss Manny so she let her glasses slip from
her nose and got tangled in the wire wastepaper basket trying to
recover them. A half hour later, with aid of the janitor, prin
cipal and a hacksaw dear Miss Manny courageously asked me to
repeat. Her skepticism was well founded; you see ‘The’ was the
first word in the NEXT paragraph.
My next move toward fourth grade was in the gift of a big
red apple. This nearly backfired for the apple was wax. But
teacher got her teeth back into her mouth before many of the
.ds saw them. I could see how these little impressions were going
to do me a lot of good, so I immediately began to spread it on thick
I thought of such helpful things as clapping the erasers on her
coat and washing the blackboards with her muffler. Then one
day I changed the hinges on the door. I noticed she went out
more often than came in, and decided to make it easier for her
I lost time here, though; she spent two weeks in the hospital and
I was unable to do any helpful things for her during that period,
But when she finally returned, she really took an interest in me.
In fact she watched me like a hawk.
The end of the term soon came. I wasn’t worried about pass
ing, with all the fine impressions I’d made. However, to make ab
solutely certain, I decided to do one more big thing. I had ob
served dear teacher never seemed to be warm enough. Her fav
orite spot was by the radiator. I got to school very early one morn
ing, bringing an old air pillow and some pipe. Putting the pillow
on her chair, I connected the pipe to the safety valve on the radi
ator. The steam inflated the pillow, making a nice warm seat. I
guess I wasn't a very good plumber, though. When trusting Miss
Manny sat down, the pipe came loose from the pillow.
I went on to fourth grade, but quit school soon after. What was
the useAvasting my time getting an education when I could write
dizzy columns? Anyway, the second paragraph on page 62 wasn’t
very interesting.
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Hospital
Ins and Outs
New patients admitted to the
Valley hospital during the past
week included:
Bob Seeber, Mrs. Lyla Hos
kins, Harrison Marth, Dr. F. R.
Sims, Jackie Moore, Mrs. James
Hartley, Mrs. June Granger,
Mrs. Karla Duff and Mrs. Han
nah Collier.
Patients dismissed during the
week were:
Mrs. Lyla Hoskins, Amy Olin,
Kenneth Hurd, Thomas Wilson,
Grant Kenser, Mrs. Henry La
Rose and Mrs. Claude Scranton.
Still hospitalized on Wednes
day evening were:
Mrs. Clyde King, Jr., Walter
Charlie of Glen Alien and Mrs.
Mads Johannsen.
Cubs Entertain
At Pack Meeting
Parents were guests of Pal
mer Cub Scouts at the regular
monthly Pack meeting held last
Monday evening. Parents, Cubs
and guests, almost 70 strong,
crowded the parlors of the
United Protestant church for an
evening of entertainment which
ended with a potluck supper.
Cubs performed a series of
stunts and exhibited handiwork
as their share of the evening’s
program. Rev. George Sav
chenko concluded the entertain
ment with the showing of a
series of pictures.
The Cub den mothered by
Mrs. Allmon was named the top
group of the Pack for this
month.
Fire Siren On Order;
To Have Outdoor Alarms
The new siren to be purchased
for the Valley Volunteer Fire
men’s Association is now on or
der, board chairman A1 Hagen
reported today. However it will
be a month or six weeks before
the equipment is delivered here.
The siren is to be installed
with three indoor push button
alarms and two outdoor alarms.
The outdoor alarms are to be lo
cated at Hartley’s Garage and
Koslosky’s store, while the in
door buttons will be installed at
the Valley Telephone Exchange,
the fire station and The Alaska
Railroad depot.
Valley Visitors
At the Lodge:
Daniel Kendall, James Schultz,
Charles Temancour, Frank
Stephan, William Mills, Elmer
Garass, Fort Richardson; Daniel
Totten, B-J-L; Marilyn Johnson,
Anchorage; Lydia Fohn-Hansen,
Fairbanks; Jim Pippel, Anchor
age; L. T. Oldroyd, College; Mar
garet Hafemeister, I. M. C. An
derson, Walter March, Anchor
Lloyd Cook, Nels Cook, An
chorage; Charlotte Allen, G. W.
Gasser, Fairbanks; Bob Lear,
Herman Beukers, Harold Leite,
Ivar Malutin, John Beukers, J.
Milton Smith, Sid Huberny, Jack
Streeter, Allen Chenoff, Charles
Jentinz, Ben Ullen, Jim Hamil
ton, all of Kodiak; Carl Hutton,
Vernon Hale, Anchorage; Alfred
Young, Fairbanks; D. G. Foun
tain, Fort Richardson; Jim Pip
pel, Jack Warden, Anchorage;
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Tibbet, Ches
tochina; A. W. Nichols and fam
ily, Glen Allen; S. J. McRae,
Jonesville; Elmer Reiter, An
chorage.
Coffey insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
For Power Distribution
BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WORK
GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Write Box 1848
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Located in Rec Hall
Shaves and Haircuts from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m.
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Gas
Welding
Repair
Oil
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We build to your specifications
Millwork
Cabinet Work
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