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Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1979
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
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HOW NOT TO COMPETE
One of the problems facing this country is how to
compete in world markets with nations whose wage and
other costs are, for the most part, far lower than ours.
The expanding European Common Market is one example
of the tough competition we are up against.
Yet, in mid-August, the executive council of the
AFL-CIO announced a drive to make the 35-hour week
general throughout organized industry, with no reduc
tion in take-home pay, and with double-time pay for all
additional hours worked.
The reason given for this is unemployment. The
labor leaders say that employers would take on more
workers in order to avoid heavy overtime penalties.
But what they fail to discuss is the increase in costs
that would certainly result, and that would find their
way into the swelling prices of U. S. goods in world
markets as well as the home market. Thus, our competitive
ability would be further weakened. Then there would
be reduced demand for our products—and more, not less
unemployment. This would be a classic and tragic ex
ample of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.
HOLES WILL BE LEFT
Congressman Walter Norblad of Oregon asked the
House Committee of Interior and Insular Affairs to reject
the Administration's proposal to federally tax pleasure
boats.
"Although the proposed annual $5.00 tax is limited
now to bc-ats 14 feet long or over," said Mr. Norblad,
“we can be sure from past experience that it would only
oe a short time until boats 12 feet long, then 10 feet, etc.
would be Federally taxed Many states . . . already tax
pleasure boats and I think it would be wrong for the
Federal Government to impose double taxation.”
If the current mania to tax practically anything and
everything isn't curbed, about all we'll have left in our
pockets will be holes.
OK TO LAUGH
The man who can laugh at
iiis own shortcomings inherits
"he ngnt to laugh at others.
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IN THE
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 1952
Despite the rainiest week-end j
in Fair history, attendance was
surprisingly good for a three- j
day fair. Paid admissions for
6.400 persons compared favor
ably with the 6,661 for the four
day fair of 1951. The gate for
Labor Day, when the sun fin
ally burst through the clouds
and the rain declared a 12-hour
truce, was the best for any La
bor Day in the history of the
fair.
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As expected, the Palmer
School enrollment hit an all
time high with the beginning
of the 1952-53 school year. By
Wednesday morning 679 had
enrolled and known late
comers are expected to boost
the total to at least 700.
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A service of interest to the
whole community will be held
at the United Protestant
Church next Sunday evening.
A recognition service will be
held for the staff of the Valley
Hospital and for teachers of the
Palmer schools.
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» Thirty-one Palmer High
School freshmen, sophomores,
juniors and seniors turned
out for the first football prac
tice session in the school’s his
tory Tuesday.
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Climax of many weeks of
feverish competition in sell
ing Fair Queen tickets came
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1 Assembly of God |
Rev Paul E. Riley, J
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2 Sun. School_10 a.m.*
*Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
|;Even. Serv. _7:30 p.m.i
:= Prayer and Bible *
£ Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
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with the Saturday night cor
onation of Rose Marie "Tiny"
Vickaryous as queen of the
1952 Matanuska Valley Fair.
Cheers from four hundred
voices were echoed and re
echoed as the crowning took
place shortly before midnight
at the Coronation Ball giv
en in Palmer School Gym
nasium.
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i UUl WCtlXO il VIII
day the city of Palmer will
have its annual general elec
tion but to date no candidates
for city office have definitely
declared themselves in the run
ning by the circulation of peti
tions as required by the new
city election ordinance.
* * *
Wearied by three days and
nights of fair-going, many Val
ley residents missed the open
house of the Matanuska Valley
Bank in its spacious new quar
ters in tne wrignt Duiiaing
Tuesday night. The bank open
ed for business at its new loca
tion Tuesday morning without
any interruption of business
having been suffered by the
move.
CLOTH OF KINGS
Silk was once known as “the
cloth of kings,” reports World
Book Encyclopedia, and some
rulers even passed laws to pro
hibit the common people from
wearing it.
Big Lake
BAPTIST MISSION
Services
2 P.M. Every Sunday ;
Clifford McConnell ;
Pastor
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 electric
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 I heart
of modern living
Malanuska Electric Association
Kirsten Concert Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Sept. 19 Doro
thy Kirsten concert, which
| opens the local season for the
Anchorage Concert Associa
tion, are now on sale at the
Treasure Chest in Palmer, it
was announced this week. Miss
Kirsten will be presented in
the Romig Hill Auditorium on
the third Wednesday in Sep
I trill Uti c*l U p.m.
Season tickets, at $12.50 each,
will include Dorothy Kirsten,
iync soprano, nine onucmcm,
violinist, Carolyn Stanford,
mezzo-soprano, Herman Godes,
pianist, and the New York
Woodwind Quintet. Season
ticket holders will be seated
in the reserved section of the
auditorium.
Single admissions to the Kir
Litferbug Gets
Fine, Sentence
Littering of streets and high
ways can turn out to be costly
and time-consuming, a young
man learned last week after
tossing a case of beer bottles
into the middle of Valley
Street.
Apprehended a day later by
Palmer police officers, he was
fined $20, and sentenced to five
hours of labor in cleaning up
the city streets.
Other violations reported
last week by police chief Louis
Bencardino included one for
driving without an operator’s
license, one for lending an op
erator’s license, one for park
ing within 15 feet of a fire hy
drant, one negligent driving,
four for speeding, one expired
license, one failure to stop at
stop sign, one improper park
ing, and one failure to yield
right-of-way.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Frill, pastor
Palmer, Alaska
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Divine Services 11:00 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
sten concert will be $5.50, and
seating will be in the general
section.
For the first time enlisted
men as well as students may
purchase tickets at half price, >
Service men may obtain half
price tickets by presenting
their identification cards if
they are not in uniform.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Communicable disease in the
Palmer area reported by the
Alaska Department of Health
and Welfare for the week end
ing Aug. 31 included one case
of measles (rubiola), three ot
i itis media, one pneumonia, one
I strep sore throat, and two up
| per respiratory infections.
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ALASKA STATE FAIR
Palmer, Alaska
Wasilla Businessmen’s Assn.
Wasilla
Gentlemen:
This letter is to verify that the float
entered from Wasilla was registered un
der Wasilla Businessmen’s Assn, and
that the first announcement on the floats
was an error.
Sincerely,
s/BILLY R. MILLER
Fair Manager
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SUGGESTION
BO<
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor on
earth for the building of character and
good citizenship. It is a storehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civilization can
survive. 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
community and nation. (4) For the sake
of the Church itself, which needs his
moral and material support. Plan to go
to church regularly and read your Bible
Day
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednejday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Book
I John
Luke
Psalms
John
Galatians
Psalms
Matthew
Chapter Verses
3
9
133
4
6
42
9
22
43
1-3
23-24
4-6
4
12-13
Do you suppose Susie wants an addition for
her doll family? Or ice cream and cake for sup
per tonight? Or a new pair of fancy black
patent-leather shoes?
I’m Susie’s mother, but I wouldn’t know!
You’d have to have seven league boots to keep
apace with her active little mind!
For instance, she’d overheard us discussing
our new family policy of having a suggestion box.
Susie was determined to get into the act too.
It is typical of her, typical of our family. e
enjoy doing things together. We believe in unity
in work, in play, and in prayer.
We center our family activities about^ tre
Church. The children go to Church School—Susie
can hardly wait for each Sunday morning—and
my husband is active in the Men s Club. I am
president of the woman’s group in our parish.
Yet—it does take a lot of time and effort. But
I am never happier than when I am doing church
work, because I know how truly worthwhile it i3.
Don’t forget that your church needs workers
too! Just as you need the Church!
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Copyright 1961, Keister Adv. Service. Strasborg, Va.
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