THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a*
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_Owner-Manager
Editor_Virginia Gallant
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MENTAL HYGIENE CLINICS
KEEP VETERANS
OUT OF HOSPITALS
Mental hygiene clinics of Vet
erans Administration are keep
ing an average of 2,200 mentally
ill veterans out of hospitals
every year, through intensive
treatment at home towns, VA
reports. If it wefe not for the
-clinics, which treat an average
of 26,000 veterans a month, the
2,200 would not have been able
to stay home and on jobs.
VA said a great number of
these veterans are engaged in
useful, productive work while
receiving treatment, and that j
they generally improve suffic
iently to end their outpatient
treatments.
Only veterans with service
connected neuroses or psychoses
may be treated in VA’s mental
hygiene clinics. Existing law
does not permit treatment of
non-service-connected cases on
an outpatient basis, VA said.
VA operates 62 mental hygiene
clinics, including Seattle, Port
land and Spokane, throughout
the country. In addition, VA uses
the services of 46 contact clinics,
most of them state or commun
ity agencies.
In a recent month, 26,000 vet
erans received 56,000 treatments
in VA and contract clinics, with
VA furnishing two-thirds of the
treatments.
About one-fourth of the pa
tients come to VA clinics on
their own, VA reports. Another
J25 percent are referred by other
.^medical divisions of VA’s region
al offices and centers. Approxi
mately one-eighth are referred
by VA contact representatives
and the remainder come from
other sources such as community
NEW BABIES
Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Wheel
er of Palmer are receiving con
gratulations on the birth of their
second child, a girl who was bom
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
September 1. She weighed seven
pounds, 10 ounces at birth and
has been named Audrey Louise.
Mr. Wheeler is employed at
Sherrod’s Gardens.
Hansen
Their second child, and first
son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd W. Hansen of Palmer on
September 2 at Valley Presby
terian Hospital. He has been nam
ed Lawrence William and weigh
ed eight pounds, five ounces at
birth. Mr. Hansen is a lineman
with the Alaska Railroad.
Luster
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Luster
are parents of their eighth child,
and seventh daughter. The new
little Miss Luster was born at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
September 4, weighing just eight
pounds. She has been named
Norma Jean. Mr. Luster is a big
game guide.
Temperance Union
Plans Evening Meeting
The Palmer Women Christian
Temperance Union will hold its
regular meeting at the Church of
God Monday evening, September
12 at 8 p.m. Dr. A. J. Colberg
will be the speaker. A musical
program will be presented. The
public is invited to attend.
I clinics, social agencies and the
I like.
Framing A Constitution
For the State of Alaska
r By Ben Hitchcock
Election of delegates to a con
, stitutional convention has one
* characteristic in common with
' election of legislators. In- both,
• individuals are selected to carry
Cout the business of the rest.
:The likeness ends there. Action?
taken by a legislature becomes
law, and cannot be undone by the
people themselves directly —
only through court action, or
through another legislature chos
en in the same way—again at
the discretion of a few.
But the work of constitutional
delegates, on the contrary, will
be submitted to the Alaska vot
crs, to be accepted or rejectee ;
at the discretion of the majority.
The importance of next Tues
day’s election isn’t generally rec-.
ognized. It is far more than “just
another election!” Those chosen
will have the task of creating a j
basic framework, in the form of !
a proposed constitution for Al
aska. If that constitution is rat
ified by the voters, it will affect
the lives and fortunes of us all.
It will not be party issues,
"temporary disputes, that the del
egates will have to decide. There
are certain basic, proven, broad
principles underlying American
government. If these principles
are followed objectively, and
with integrity, in writing the
constitution, they will provide us
with the machinery for deciding
party issues, and settling tempor
ary disputes.
Throughout the summer, I
have written a series of articles
in the Frontiersman, discussing
the contents, principles, and
philosophy of a constitution for
Alaska. The ideas expressed have
not been improvised, or hastily
borrowed for the occasion; they
come from years of discussion
and observation among Alaskans,
as well as from research.
As a candidate in this election,
I hope to be elected to help draft
the constitution; but if the con
stitution produced should prove'
to be unsuitable, I would urge Its
rejection by the voters, even j
though I were a member of the1
convention that drafted it.
When the constitution £s sub
mitted for public ratification next
spring, it must be judged on its
merits only, impartially, with an
objective approach and evalua
tion. Advocacy must be forgot
ten.
All may run smoothly at Fair
banks, and a superb constitution
may result. That is my hope. It
will be a significant event when
the action of an elected group of
Alaskans is approved by a major
ity of Alaskan voters. Such an
expression of unity would be of
value to us all.
Wasilla Residents
Invited To
Education Discussion
Wasilla, as a community, has
been requested to consider, ob
jectively, six specific fields as set
forth in a “Citizen’s Workbook”,
to discuss local implications in
these fields, to form conclusions,
and to submit these findings to
the Commissioner of Education,
according to Ernest E. Line, sup
erintendent of Wasilla schools.
The report of all Alaska com
munities will then be coordinat
ed as an all-Alaska report, he
stated. This will then be consid
ered with the reports of all other
states and territories at the na
tional level.
All persons in the Wasilla
school area are invited to attend
a public meeting pertinent to the
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DR. C. B. TEMPLETON
GUEST MINISTER AT
PROTESTANT CHURCH
Dr. Charles B. Templeton, sec
retary for evangelism of the
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church U. S. A.,
will be guest minister at the 11
o’clock service at United Protes
tant Church next Sunday morn
ing.
Dr. Templeton, was heard in
person by over a million per
sons last year, plus many more
millions in his television audien
ces for “Look Up and Live.” A
Canadian by birth, and now a
resident of New York City, Dr.
Templeton is traveling across the
nation most of the time.
Prominent in sports in his
subject on Friday evening, Sep
tember 9 at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria
room of the Wasilla School.
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for Delegate
to the Constitutional Convention
VOTE FOR
HITCHCOCK
Next Tuesday, September 13
tMUclicock Stands
• Direct vole on issues (Initiative and
referendum)
• Simplicity in government
• As little government as possible
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• No political party affiliation
21 years Alaska Resident, Homesteader, Miner, Builder
youth, he began his career as a
newspaper sports cartoonist for
the Toronto Globe and Mail and
his drawings and comments were
syndicated across Canada for five
years. He then spent six years
as an itinerant evangelist and
nine years in pastorates in Can
ada and the United States. After
graduation from Princeton Theo
logical Seminary, he joined the
staff of the National Council of
Churches where he served for
three( years. His recent book,
“Life Looks Up” is a current
leader in religious books.
Church Organizer
Visits Palmer
The Rev. Selby Maxwell of Los
Angeles ,was in Palmer Labor
Day attempting to establish a lo
cal branch of the Helping Hand
Brotherhood Church.
Founded in Los Angeles by
The Rev. Maxwell, the Brother
hood Church is devoted to the
promulgation of Metaphysics as
well as astrology and numerology
Interested persons may write
the Rev. Maxwell in care of Col
umbus Lumber, Co., Whittier,
Alaska.
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