VALLEY FKOMTJEKSMAN
Publ'ished er.ch Thursday
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Editor . . r . . .Viola Daniels
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cept by permission of the editor.
Mr.iled any."hero, in the. United States cr Can
ada vithout extra charge.
People are people the world ovcr; but they’re
even more so in the Matanuska Valley, Generous to a
fault to a’ neighbor who’s really dbv.iv, bu4" net above
pulling the nails from the 1.- dder rung to bring
about a fall. That’s people, here and every-her-: •
*Vc squabble, bicker and connive, hoping desper
ate ly th t every move we make will bring us nearer
the top and.push the top man a bit farther acvm> Vfe
formulate plans that would do credit to a community
fiv>. times our‘size, and then handcuff our leaders
sc that there is small possibility cf those plan*
ever coning to fruition* •• '
T.'e pull wires, work like be vers, and use cur in-,
fluonce in an effort to bring territori*' 1 offices to
Palmer, once ‘Alaska becomes a state. Yro swell with
pride when Anchorage headlines' scream th t Palmer is
being considered as' site for the next st- to, canit .1,
And then v;e blithely vob" down an •. ttcr pt to bring a
government into Palmer that might at 1-ast plan for
a future ties th t capital. '*7e don’t,wary lav/ and or
der, we don’t want streets, v/e d-cn’t- w at lights, we
don’t want a mayor and council we’ve said in effect,
because wo don’t want to pay the price for then.
Yet hov; many of us have over seen a state capital
without any sidewalks? Won«t we need a streetlight
cr tv:c, and policec/.n with some leg: 1 authority,
v/h n an influx of legislators fills our town to
"bursting " t the seams cr.ch 'biennium? Won't we need
come organized planning in order to prcxvido the hou
sing and cffitee sp .ee tha t the location cf a carital
herj would rrfLke mandatory?
V.*e cry for leaders in our 'community , r nd y<- t re
fuse to hold any office "ourselves« Tie foist off the
important offices in our civic organizations on any
one who will take then -- usually . on newconf rs vrho
cemo to us imbued with a s- are of civic rospeneibii- .
ity. 7re sit complacently aloof ‘as .these officers
v/ork for community good, but step’in r,nd seize tfro
reins from their hands ’whenever wc feel they may bo
developing an idea in which there, is. possible credit
for someone, "*c elect officers, according to well
worded by - lews, which provide that organizations
will be governed byh; board made up of its officers,
and then negate their decisions whenever the, whim to
co so seizes us. • :.
V'o bicker, quarrel and squabble .to our heart's
content. Yet 'at the eleventh hour, we- pool our re
sources, pocket our differences and work together
FR0TE5TAMT3 \PLA N »
church audition
Summer building pin ns
for the United Pr-otest
ant Church were announ
ced recently by Rev„
Victor /.Ifsen. A build
ing program which will
cost y10.000 is planned
for the coning months,
he s •' id e
The planned construc
tion includes the pour
ing of a full concrete
b - s e me nt und e r t he p r e -
sent building. The
spo.ee . will be used for
added Sunday School'
rooms, better Scout
quarters, and a church
socir 1 h- 11.A The audi
torium of the church
will be enl' rged to in
clude all .of the present
upstairs social hall.
Improved kitchen facili
ties also are planned.
If.in entrance cf the
building, now facing
north, will be switched
to t.ne west side of the
building,
Roveror.d ! lfs tri ‘ s'.id
that :i7,0C0 of the ■buil
ding fund must be’ r ised
locally. The Presbyter
inn Hey/ York "Beard of
Hiss-ions will subscribe
the other ^3,000. The
church nov; ho.s 73,600 in
pledges end 31,200 in
cosh. It is hoped that
the -entire fund con bo
raised by contributions
and pledges.
A cell for bids on
the work will bo issued
in the , no hr future, the
minis te_r stoted. 'York
is ex pec te d to go t u nd o r
wc. 3/ a lmost i rime efi > tel y,
ih order thet if nay be
coppletod this summer.
for common good,, Once
weTvc pulled over a hump
together, the. quarrels
are dusted off, end we
face off for’ another
bOUt o
Yes, people are re
ally people in ’the ib t~
anusky Y.llcy. Anyth
ing what the y • ro, those
among you who' night’ find
this editorial shoo to
fit will overlook it,
while others for whom'it
w- s never cobbled, will
try it- on .-and scream
that it pinches.