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Catered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH
We salute the Boy Sco uts of America, observing its
43rd birthday during Boy Scout Week. February 7 to 13,
with its membership at an all-time high of 3,250,000 boys
and adult leaders enrolled.
Our nation is all the richer for since 1910 more than
20,200,000 Americans have benefitted by the training, fellow
ship, handicraft skills and high adventure of Scouting, and
have been strengthened by the high ideals of the Scout
oath and laws.
Boy Scout Week this year places a major emphasis on
“The Scout Family." This is a two-way recognition. It
honors the many fathers of Scouts among the 850,000 adult
volunteer leaders in the organization. It salutes the 127,209
mothers who give generously of their time as Den Mothers
in the Cub Scout ranks. It is here that the enrichment of
family life is a main objective. Through doing things to
gether boys and parents learn to know each other better.
This emphasis upon strong ties helps to build a stronger
America.
"The Scout Family" of Scouting programs meet the
varying needs of boys. Cub Scouting is for boys 8, 9 and 10
years old. Boy Seouting is for those 11, 12 and 13. Exploring
is for young men 14 and older.
There are 58,934 churches, synagogues, schools, civic
and fraternal groups who sponsor the nation's 84.300 Scout
ing Umts in their aims to strengthen family life and build
a better future citizenship in the community.
Most of these groups sponsor one of the three programs.
The need today is for more boys to have the advantages of
Scout training. These groups can best meet this challenge
by sponsoring additional programs. This would make it pos
sible for a boy to enjoy Scouting over a ten year span, from
8 to 18, under te same auspices.
TOOTH INCLUDED
IN DONATION AT KODIAK
A unique custom observed at
Tony’s Bar resulted in a tidy sum
being donated to the March of
Dimes drive last week.
When customers find a surplus
of small change in their pockets
or on the bar, whenever they are
enjoying a few libations at Tony’s
they sometimes take the change
and throw it in the air in the gen
eral direction of the backbar. The
■change usually leands on top and
stays there until some energetic
bartender or the owner climbs up
and scoops up the change.
Early last week Harry Gotts
chalk told Eud Koch, Mrs. Koch is i
chairman of the fund raising com-!
mittee, he could have the change j
for the March of Dimes if he
would climb up and clean out the
backbar.
Koch agreed. He took a small
cardboard box and swept the
" '.take” into it. It totaled $49.57. He
found pennies, nickles, dimes,
quarters, half dollars, one dollar
bill, two tax tokens, one wisdom
'.oath and one slug.
No explanation was given re
garding the contributor of the wis
dom tooth.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
ALWAYS GET RESULTS
BROWN’S SHIP
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Fresh as a Daisy!
You too, can have that "Fresh
as a daisy" look if you always
wear pressed clothes. Browns
will keep your clothes new
looking longer. Depend on
Browns for expert cleaning
and pressing and prompt ser
vice.
NEW SHIPMENT OF LADIES AND OIRLS
BLUE AND BLACK JEANS
in all sizes, including stouts, at
KIMBALLS
SEVERNS BLDG. PALMER
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AAAS TO HEAR CIVIL
WORKS HEAD AT MEETING
Harold L. Moats, chief of civil
works activities, Alaska District
Cops of Engineers, will be guest
speaker February 6 at the Alaska
division of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Sci
ence to be held at 8 p.m. in the
Arctic Health Research Center in
Anchorage. Several Palmer mem
bers plan to attend the meeting.
A 11%-foot tusk of a mammoth j
ias been unearthed at the Phil
nont Scout Ranch, the 127,000
mre wilderness camp of the Boy
Scouts of America near Cimar
'on, New Mexico. *
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PALMER, ALASKA
Wednesday only—February 4
Shows 7:15—9:00 P.M.
“THE FIRST TIME”
Robert Cummings
Barbara Hale
Tops in comedy—
Thursday Only—February 5
STORM OVER TIBET
Rex Harrison
Diana Douglas
Watch the top of the world
cave-in
FRIDAY SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 6—7
Show 7:15 and 9 P.M.
Sat. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
“SILVER GITY”
(Technicolor)
Yvonne DeCarlo
Richard Arlen
Barry Fitzgerald
Gladys George
Edmon O'Brien
SUNDAY — MONDAY
FEBRUARY 8 — 9
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Son. Mat: 2:00 pun.
New Director for Extension Service
C. M. Ferguson of Columbus,
Ohio, is the new director of the
Federal Extension Service which
cooperates with Alaska to bring
Extension work to the Territory,
Secretary of Agricuture Ezra Taft
Benson said this week.
The Ohioan succeeds M. L. Wil
son who will continue to serve the
department as a counselor on ex
tension work in the United States '
and abroad. Wilson had been di
rector since 1940 and earlier was
Under Secretary of Agriculture.!
He is abroad at present.
Ferguson was born and edu-j
-ated in Ontario, Canada, but has
iaught agriculture and worked as I
an extension specialist at Michi
gan State College and Ohio State
University. In 1928 he spent a
year in Bogota, Columbia to or
ganize an experiment station for
the Colombian government. The
following year he joined the Ex
tension Service in Ohio and in
1948 became director for the state.
Leading extension work in the
local area are Richard T. Blue
district agricultural agent, and
Marylou Rideout district home
demonstration agent.
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127,209 mothers are registered
is Den Mothers in the Cub Scout;
Drogram.
I UNIVERSITY RECEIVES
The receipt by the University of
' Alaska of four gifts during the
past week totalling $18505.00 was
i announced today by President
! Moore.
The largest of these, in the
amount of $1000.00, was a gift of
the National Bank of Alaska re
ceived from Elmer Rasmuson.
The donor asked that this gift
and similar gift of $1000 00 made
on a “hold” basis last year but
now released, be added together,
the two to be immediately avail
able.
Preferably, the donor hopes
these funds may be used in aid
of scientific research, but never
theless for any need of the Uni-1
versity in the discretion of the
President.
Four hundred dollars were re
ceived from N. F. Shaw of An
chorage for use of the University’s
Educational Film Circuit. And.
$200 was received from the Fair
banks Junior Chamber of Com
merce for a scholarship for the
winner of the Fairbanks Voice of
Democracy Contest: Miss Kather
ine Kozleski.
MEA OFFICE TO
CLOSE ON SATURDAYS
An announcement was made
this week*that the office of the
Matanuska Electric Association
will be closed all day Saturday.
They wil be open through the
week from 8 a,m. to 5 p.m.
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