July 24. 1961
Dear Sir;
I have just finished readi
your article. “Who Tamp.
With the Soul of America?’
had already read a condens
\ersion in another magazine.
I, too. see that America
fast becoming a nation of fil
and dirt in every corner. Eve
small bit aids in making
great pile.
I am glad that you print'
this speech, but my hair curl,
when I read the swear wor
you also printed. I read th
same speech in a religious ma
azine, where the swearing w,
taken out, and this did not le
sen the meaning at all.
Freedom of press is a gre;
gift, but when the press star
using swear words, this add
to the filth of the nation.
Freedom of press has mac
it so a moral person can nc
enjoy books or magazine
Why? A moral person does nc
swear and does not support th
literature that contains sweai
ing or filth.
There is enough f.ith in th
books and magazines, th
newspapers do not need to joi:
the crowd.
I do not believe the pres
should be told what to prin
and what not to print. But
do believe the press shoul.
watch their language and us'
more taste in their stories. I an
tired of reading of all the girl
that get in trouble, why no
write about good happy peo
pie?
No wonder the youth of to
day have such a bad out lool
on life. What do they have t.
read but filth, they are allowec
to see dirty movies; and the}
do not see the other side of th«
coin, the good, clean and mora
side.
Use the freedom of press tc
combat the magazines that are
for adults and all the childrer
read. The press is a strong
voice. Use that voice to poinl
out the filth on the magazine
racks. The clean-up has to start
sometime and somewhere. Now
is the time and the press car
reach the most people.
But, do not join the ranks
of evil. If you start printing
swear words, you have broken
the moral standard of your
paper. Maybe you would be the
only clean paper in the nation,
and just a small voice, but at
least your standard would be
high. Remember that John the
Baptist was the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, and
his cry of Jesus Christ is re
membered two thousand years
later.
Sincerely yours,
Marietta D. Giyer
P. O. Box 1417
Palmer. Alaska
July 25, 1962
Once more the Battle of the
Billboards is under way, as
happens every election year
and sometimes in between.
And this is so unnecessary. Vio
lation of Chapter 86, SLA 1953,
banning outdoor advertising
along Alaska’s highways, is us
ually the result of ignorance of
the law, seldom with malice
aforethought. A word of warn
ing is often sufficient.
It is the duty of the Super
intendent of Police (Chapter
112, SLA 1955) to enforce this
law, and, if his reminder is in
sufficient, the law provides
adequate machinery for its en
forcement. Any citizen should
be able to obtain enforcement
of this law by calling the vio
lation to the attention of the
Department of Public Safety,
Dept, of Police, 310 Latouche
Building, Anchorage; to the
District Magistrate’s Office
Palmer; and to the District At
torneys office, Woolworth
Building, Anchorage. It is the
responsibility of the District
Attorney to see that Alaska’s
laws are enforced.
I am confident that our can
didates for public office, who
hope to be called upon to serve
their state in positions of great
responsibility, are familiar
with the laws of the state and
would not personally violate
them. Biit even though we vot
ers know that over-zealous
henchmen are responsible for
the recent rash of political ad
vertising along the highways,
our American sense of fair
play chalks up a black mar!;
against the name of the candi
date who appears to be flout
ing the law and taking advan
tage of other candidates who
abide by it.
Ignorance is no excuse for
the major cigarette companies
who have nailed metal signs
to trees in large numbers along
the highways between Palmer
i and Big Lake and Anchorage.
They are not only disregard
ing the law of the land in
which they hope to do busi
ness, but they are also pound
ing unauthorized nails into our
trees.
We apologize to all our sum
mer visitors who came to Al
aska expecting to enjoy the
scenerv.
V. Louise Kellogg
Billboard Chairman,
Riverbend Homemakers’
Club.
NEW LOAN FUND SET
AT SHELDON JACKSON
A Yakima, Washington cou
ple has established a $1,000
loan fund at Sheldon Jackson ^
Junior College and Sheldon (j
Jackson High School, Sitka, Al
aska. In granting this gift. Mr.
and Mrs. Franklyn Armstrong
wrote Dr. R. Rolland Arm
strong of the college, “We hope
that this loan fund will be
beneficial in furnishing a Chris
tian education to deserving stu
dents”. Mr. and Mrs. Arm
strong are not related to Dr.
Armstrong. Over the past years
the Yakima family has taken
an increasing interest in the Al
askan educational project.
Sheldon Jackson Schools in
clude the four year high school
program and the two year col
lege.
Spring poets are born — but
that doesn’t help matters much.
c
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ALTAR SOCIETY
PLANS BREAKFAST
St. Michael s Aitar Society
is making plans for a break
fast to lie served at the Grange
hall in Palmer cr. Sunday, Aug
ust 5, from 9 a m. to' 1 p.m.
The public- is invited to attend.
Hot cake.- will be served,
with a choice of sausage or
ham. The cost is SI for adults
and 50 cents for children, with
an advantage offered to large
families, since the charge is not
to exceed S4 per family.
The breakfast arrangements
were made at the July 23 meet
ing of the Altar Society.
EASY CREDIT
Life certainly would be a
grind if people had no faith in
one another—most would have
to live within their incomes.
To measure the true charac
ter of a man watch him on the
bus and see what he stands up
for.
Mrs. Verne Stout, Dorothy, Return
From Extended Euronean Tour
Home from a tour which took
them from Jerusalem to Glas
gow and across Continental Un
ited States are Mrs. Verne
(Janet) Stout and daughter
Dorothy.
Leaving Paimer on May 20. |
they flew over the pole, their j
first stop on their European
tour being Israel, where they;
visited the Baha’i shrines at
Jerusalem and the cities of
Beersheba, Haifa, and Acre.
! They described Israel as an
other frontier—“a new coun
try in an old land."
They saw the Colosseum in ;
Athens and went on to Rome,
Horence, and Venice before
proceeding to Switzerland for
a visit with Rose Perkal, a '
former Alaskan now living in
Locarno.
Their trek also took them to j
Frankfurt, Germany, where a j
new Baha i temple is under
construction. They visited the i
castles of the Rhine before con- !
tinuing to 1'aris and to Oister- j,
wijk in the Netherlands, where
they attended a Baha i sum- I ’
mer school. 11
The Stouts visited Miss Hon
or Kemptun, another former
Alaskan, in Luxembourg, then ‘
spent several days in London, '
where they saw "My Fair *
Lady." They visited the shrine
of the Guardian of the Baha’i j
f* aith. then flew to New York '
via Glasgow, Scotland. After a j
reunion with friends and rela
tives in New York City, they j
spent some time with relatives !
in Rochester, then traveled to
Chicago, from which city they
flew home.
Janet plans to show slides of
their trip to individuals or
groups interested in seeing
them. She will return to her
teaching position at Willow.
1R COMMISSIONER
VISITS ALASKA OFFICES
Mortimer M. Caplin, the
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, is now visiting Alaska,
iccording to Lewis J. Conrad,
listriet director for Alaska,
fhe commissioner, who arrived
luly 31, will visit the Anchor
ige, Fairbanks, and Juneau in- !
ernal revenue offices before
returning to Washington, D C
on August 3.
This is the first time that a
commissioner of internal rev
enue has made an official visit
to this state, Conrad said.
MATURITY
People may be well educat
ed, but they can still learn
more from time and experi
ence.
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