HEALTH SEALS
BEING USED QN
CHRISTMAS MAIL
The major! :y of Christmas
cards going through the mails
the past two weeks have carried
the 1955 TB Christmas seals. Any
one who has not yet received
seals through the mail may ob
tain them at the post office or
by contacting campaign chair
man, Mrs. Rose Kirsch at the
Treasure Chest. Coin boxes have
been distributed by the Alaska
Tuberculosis Association and will
be picked up at the close of the
campaign and retained for use
during future campaigns.
The November issue of AT A
News carries an article on the
role Edward L. Trudeau played
in the organization of the Nation
al Tuberculosis Association. In
1904 a handful of doctors gather
ed to organize themselves into a
national association to fight tu
berculosis. By unanimous vote,
Trudeau, the man who had by
this time given up his sad idea
of dying from TB quietly in the
Adirondack hills he loved so well
and was now gallantly demon
strating that TB was curable,
was chosen president.
Today, 50 years later, over
5000 doctors belong to the Ameri
can Trudeau Society, the medical
branch of the National Tubercu
losis Association.
The death rate has declined to
about one-tenth what it was
when Trudeau threw out the
daring challenge to move moun
tains. The big problem now is to
keep public interest alive until
the goal of eradicating the dis
ease entirely is reached.
Another article in the ATA
News points out that most*people
who have contracted tuberculos
is are face to face with securing a
different mode of life when they
are discharged from the hospitals
as arrested cases. They cannot
safely return to their former oc
cupations, usually very strenuous
in Alaska, with adverse weather
conditions. Retaining and place
ment in suitable working condi-'
tions is the answer to this prob
lem.
The Rehabilitation Center at
Seward, founded by the Women’s
Division of Christian Service of
the Methodist Church, was estab
lished to meet Alaskan condi
tions. Each course is kept flexible
so as to fit the past experience,
education and aptitudes of the
student. Courses are classified in
three groups: Pre-vocational, so
cial adjustment, and vocational.
Every dollar contributed to the
Seal campaign goes toward fur
thering the care, recovery and
prevention of tuberculosis. Active
tuberculosis cases newly report
ed per 100,000 population in the
United States and Territories in
1954 showed an average of 51.0.
However, leading the list, was
Alaska—with 370.7 cases, many
times greater than the average
for the States and Territories.
WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?
Are you shipping feed, fertilizer, produce, machinery,
seed, dairy products or other agricultural supplies?
In performance of our duty to help develop the agri
cultural economy of Alaska we have always main
tained exceptionally low shipping rates on all
agricultural equipment and supplies.
Let us show you how you can save money on All
of your shipping
The Alaska Railroad
SEE YOUR LOCAL FREIGHT AGENT FOR
DETAILS ON LOW RATES
Christmas Problems!
Solve them with a gift for the
Home or Workshop
WESTINGHOUSE
ELECTRIC RANGE
• REFRIGERATORS
UPRIGHT FREEZERS
• WATER HEATERS
LAUNDRAMAT - DRYER
MONARCH
ELECTRIC OR GAS RANGE
BLACK-DECKER TOOLS
DRILL KIT
CAWS
Vz" - 3/s" - lU" DRILLS
U44 SANDER
8" SAWS
MOTHER’S OWN TOOL KIT
(TIN SNIPS. HAMMER, SCREW DRIVER, ETC.)
ZENITH 21 INCH TELEVISION SETS
WESTINGHOUSE 17-21 in. TV SETS
S-K TOOLS
SOCKET SETS IN % & Vz DRIVE
TOOL CHESTS
MITRE BOXES
BACK SAWS
Co-Op Warehouse
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS
CO-OPERATING ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
VOL. FIRE FIGHTERS, Fire
Hall, 7-8 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 -
SQUARE DANCE GROUP,
Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER vs. SEWARD, Palmer
gym, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
PALMER vs. SEWARD, Palmer
• gym, 7 p.m.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASS’N,
Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
CITY COUNCIL, City hall, 8 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose
Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER B. P. O. ELKS, Elks
Hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church, 7
p.m.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILI
ARY, Minnie Clark’s home, 8
p.m.
WASILLA CALENDAR
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
7 p.m.
WASILLA P-TA, Wasilla School,
8 p.m.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
VFW AUXILIARY, Wasilla Sch
ool, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
BROWNIE SCOUTS, Wasilla Li
brary, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
WASILLA GRANGE, Grange
Hall, 8 p.m.
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs.
Combs, 3:30 p.m.
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ARMY RECRUITER
ANNOUNCES REGULAR
PALMER VISITS
Ths first Friday of each month
has been established as Army re
cruiting day in Palmer by the
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
SFC Frank Castaneda will be at
the local Alaska Communication
System office on those dates to
discuss U- S. Army life with all
interested persons. Sergeant Cas
taneda is territorial recruiter.
Member of the junior and sen
ior classes of Palmer High School
heard a brief talk on the Army
from Sgt. Casteneda and Special
ist Leonard Francoeur who visit
ed the school on November 23.
They spoke on the programs
available to high school graduates
which guarantees attendance at
the student’s selected school prior
to enlistment in the Army.
Sgt. Castaneda will make his
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
SAILINGS
eA^WEEK
Serving Alaska Via
Seward or Valdez
MS Square Sinnet, Fri.,
Dec. 16, calling at Sitka
P and Seward (ARR and
X San Juan Docks)
p SS Nadina, Tues.. Dec.
20,-calling at Valdez and
.-K Seward (ARR Dock)
ALASKA’
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
first monthly visit to Palmer to
morrow, December 2 and may be
contacted at the ACS office in the
Severn building.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
NICE LITTER
Stair Lawn, N. J. — While Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Mondelli attend
ed ! a picnic recently, somebody
littered up their automobiles —«
•with paper money — $297 in bills.
The Mpndellis, who live in Mid
land, Park, turned the “debris’*
over to the police.
CHECK THESE PRICES OH NEW
CO-OP SAWDUST TIRES
670-15 4-PLY. $22.60
710-15 4-PLY. 24.56
760-15 4-PLY . 26.70
800-15 4-PLY. . 29.16
600-16 4-PLY . 21.50
650-16 4-PLY. 23.80
NOTICE: These are new tires, not recaps!
USED VEHICLES
• 1953 2-ton G.M.C.
• A-C TRACTOR, complete with potato dig
ger, plow, cultivator. Reasonable
9 FARMALL-A TRACTOR, Good Price
The new International has arrived. Also new
farm equipment. Come in now and see them.
NOW IN STOCK!!!
3 INTERNATIONAL 300 UTILITY TRACTORS
1 300 FARMALL TRACTOR
1 400 FARMALL TRACTOR
All tractors listed are equipped with fast
hitch and torque amplifier
TRADE-INS ARE ALSO WELCOMED!
Co-Op Garage
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association
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