THE FRONTIERSMAN
Cntcred as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at tfte post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March S, 1979
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
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WHAT WILL RE LEFT?
There is one apparently popular myth that should be
exploded once and for all. It is the belief that the enor
mous increase in federal spending in late years, and the
enormous increase in the public debt that has resulted,
are generally attributable to the needs of defense.
Listen to what Senator Byrd says: "In the 10 years
since the end of the Korean War, we have had seven def
icits; the federal debt has gone up nearly $40 billion, and
the annual cost of the Federal Government has been in
creased by approximately $20 billion, or more than 25
per cent. Of the $20 billion increase, $17 billion has
been for strictly domestic-civilian programs, prc-ects and
purposes, and interest. '
And a very substantial number of these programs,
with all their oncurrent costs have been of a Welfare
State variety b -re.! on the philosophy that the govern
ment shoi j do o : about everything for just about
everybody.
What will the end be, if this efllosophy continues
to rule? Here is Senator Strom Thurmond's grim view: "If
our go-'Crnmenr continues in the direction if is .leaded
we had ah better en:oy our freedoms of today and all the
extra spewr'ing powwie because there may not be much
of either left over for the future, for us or our children.'
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By Dan Hailigan
DEAR TEEN-AGERS: Like the average adult, I probably
don’t think your music and songs today are anywhere nearly
as “good” as they were during my teen years but don't hate
me for that.
Forgeting who likes what, let me say that I know many
of you girls and boys, wherever you live in the United States
and Canada, probably have musical ability and talent going
to waste. You may be a “name” in your particular community
but nowhere else. For that matter, perhaps no one outside
of your immediate family knows you have the talent you do.
If either is the case, let’s try and give you a little public recog
nition.
Thanks to interest being shown by a growing number of
radio stations in various widespread areas of the United States
and Canada, your particular talent may be heard outside of
your home community if you wish.
Here’s what you do: Send me your talent on tape. Whether
you’re a soloist, a duet, trio or combo, whether you sing, play
a musical instrument or imitate, send me your talent. (Keep
your number to no more than three and a half minutes (this
is important) and also send along a brief written history of
yourself or your group.
If plans materialize, your talent will be presented over this
growing number of stations at some future date as a possible
“teen talent time” five-minute program each day. This is not
a contest and there will be no prizes but if your selection is
used, you will have the satisfaction of knowing your talent
was heard by many thousands of listeners over many stations.
However, when you send along your tape, be certain you’ve
done your best possible job.
Some of you will receive your tapes back without being
used—for one reason or another. Those of you whose tapes
will be used will be notified and told other details.
Who Know? The “right” someone just may be listening the
day your tape is played. While we have no connections with
the entertainment world and are not in the talent industry, if
we believe your particular talent is outstanding enough, we’ll
certainly do our best to bring it to the attention of those who
are in the show business in one form or another, and since I
am such a critic of today's teen musical tastes, if you please me,
you can please anyone. If your number is acceptable to us, the
least that can happen is that your talent will be heard by others.
All tapes will be eventually returned and it is important that
you send only tapes, not records. Send your talent to “Under
21” in care of this newspaper and we’ll take it from there. Okay?
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DEAR DAN: I’m a freshman with a problem. If you go to
a football game and a friend tells your girl friend you're look
ing for her and she doesn’t come, should you stop going with
her?—Freshman.
DEAR FRESHMAN: As a first-year student, you
shouldn't be "going" with any girl. As a "gentleman."
you should be the one to look for your girl and not expect
her to come to you.
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Wasilla Assembly off God
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QUESTION: I pay my clean
ing woman $3.75 a week for
one-half day of work. I also
give her 25 cents for bus fare.
She said that a social security
representative told her that I
would be required to report
her wages and pay the social
security tax since the total
amount given her is $52 a quar
ter. Is this true?
ANS’VKR: Yes. is true if
you give her the bus fare in
cash. If. however, you give her
th ' > token, or ticket, instead
of tlie cash, then her pay would
n.t exceed the $50.00 per quar
ter ret home", t, and the wages
•could not b- subject to the
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: c work, the cash wages paid,
includin; cash fet transporta
tion. is Co: Uttered wages.
QUESTION: Will t:ie:e be
nough mom y in the social
-t i rr.f trust funds to pay
.•<,ryhod\ who will become
c ■ .dole for benefits in the fu
ture?
A N S W E R: Congress has
many times shown that it has
meant the social security pro
gram to be soundly financed
and independent of subsidies
from other government funds.
Before any changes have been
made in the law. Congress has
always considered the costs
of such changes and the taxes
needed to pay for them. In
creased benefits have usually
been coupled with increased
taxes.
AMBULANCE RUNS
Mrs. Emil Ganschow was
transported from the Valley
Presbyterian hospital to her
home on Nov. 18.
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ASG Offers New
Service to Palmer
The Alaska Steamship Co.
this week announced new and
improved service on carload
and less-than-carload ship
ments of non-freezable cargo
to the Palmer area.
Tom Ousdale. Anchorage
agent, said this service would
be provided by loading the
shipments into 12-foot vans
known as “12-D" boxes in Se
attle. and providing storage
for earliest possible discharge
at Seward for connection with
the Alaska Railroad to Palmer.
The Tuesday sailing from Se
attle is scheduled to arrive at
Seward every Sunday and
shipments would arrive at
Palmer on the Tuesday train,
providing seven days of in
transit time.
The Friday sailing from Se
,ttle is scheduled to arrive in
Sow.,: '• every Wednesday, with
shipments arriving in Palmer
on the Thursday train (six
days in transit). In the event
this connection is not made,
carp i would arrive in Palmer
on the Saturday train (eight
days . i transit).
Fdissation Beard
In Oassion
The state board of educa
tion is meeting today through
Saturday in Room 304, Alaska
Office Building, Juneau, Will
iam 7.- Zahradnicek, commis
sion 'i' of education. : nnounced
this week.
Topics slated for discussion
include vocational education,
special education, and other
matters pertinent to the public
schools of Alaska. Individuals
wishing to present material or
appear before the board are
requested to make arrange
ments through the commission
er's office.
Members of the state board
of education are George E.
Smith. Palmer, president; Hunt
Gruening. Juneau, vice-presi
dent; William V. Boggess, Fair
banks; William G. Moran,
Ketchikan; Mrs. Marcella C
Buckalew, Anchorage; and
Mrs. Mary M. Kelliher, Nome
VAN BRUNT NAMED MANAGER AT
PALMER SEARS CATALOG STORE
Donald Van Brunt of Plum
ley Road was recently named
manager of the Palmer Sears
catalog order store in Palmer.
The store, which opened here
in August, 1962, is located in
the Severns building, its doors
opening on Wasilla street.
Van Brunt was previously
employed with the Elmendorf
base exchange service, and for
the past six months has been
sales representative for the
Stafford Sanitary Supply Co.
He has lived in the Palmer area
about four years. His wife is
the former Marie Guffey.
The catalog order store off
ers a considerable time advan
tage on air mail orders, the
new maanger pointed out. Air
orders to the store arrive fast
Snchorage Mother
Gets 4-H Hmri
j Mrs. L B. Jones, a former
' Missouri schoolteacher and
; now a busy mother of five
children in Anchorage, has
been awarded her state’s 4 II
’alumni recognition award for
her leadership in -1-H Club ac
I M-s. Jon." was entered in
tu n by her t ten
:.cn agent, because, he said.
! "not o=-iy has she been a
| loader for six years but her
i enthusiasm for our local pro
i gram has rubbed off on every
other leader and .junior leader
: in Anchorage.”
Mrs. Junes, extremely active
in church and community
work, was the first leader to
take interest in program plan
ning in Anchorage. For the
past two years her club, the
Polar Bears, has been praised
for an outstanding and well
rounded program.
Mrs. Jones began her 4-H
work in Jasper County, Mo.,
where she taught in rural
schools. The Jones family mov
ed to Alaska two years ago
and she continued her 4-H ac
tivity with even greater zeal.
She was presented with an
alumni recognition plaque do
nated by the Olin Mathieson
Chemical Corporation.
er than those to individual
customers. The store also offers
faster service on returns and
on re-ordering, since file copies
are retained on every order
placed through the store.
More merchandise is contin
ually being added to stock
available on the floor at the
store. Van Brunt said. Major
appliances include freezers, re
frigerators, washers, d r i e rs,
dishwashers, automatic hot
water heaters, electric and
gas ranges, and radio and T.V.
consoles.
Some overstuffed furniture
is also available at the store.
Items needed immediately at
this time of year, such as bat
teries. tires, anti-freeze, and
gas line de-icer, may also be
* purchased from floor stock.
The manager reminded Sears
1 customers of a drawing to be
i held in early December at the
store. Persons placing Christ
■ ias orders through Nov. 30 are
given a ticket to drop into a
raffle box. The winner will get
a refund on whatever mer
; chandise he ordered, or, if a
credit purchase, he will not be
: charged for the merchandise.
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350 Parents
Join Paimsr PTA
This year’s PTA membership
contest, which ended with the
two open houses held the past
two Tuesdays in the local
schools, resulted in 350 mem
bers in the Palmer PTA.
The junior class, with 30 per
cent of the parents joining, won
the $10 award in the high
school.
In Central school, Mr. Eid
em’s sixth grade class won $fi
with 00 per cent of the parents
joining, and Mrs. Kucera’s fifth
grade class won $4 with a 55
per cent membership of par
ents.
Mrs. Fowler’s first grade
class at Swanson school won
$0 with a 52 per cent membei
sh.p, and 48 per cent of the
parents in Mrs. Reiger’s class
joined the PTA, winning S4
for the class.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer —10 A M.
Church School -11 A.M.
745-3163
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"RAISING” CHILDREN BY THE BOOK
We have a choice in America ... a choice denied millions who live
under godless communism.
Here is a man who is exercising that choice!
He believes that children growing up in the free world ought to know
the Author of Liberty. He wants his son and daughter to cherish and
embrace the spiritual insights God has given man.
This father introduced his children to the Bible
when they were very young. Today the Book of the
Ages is their friend. Tomorrow it will be their guide
through the frightening age to which they have
been born.
The American Bible Society — supported by
earnest Christian citizens and the churches they
attend — enables millions of families around the
globe to share our heritage of Truth with this new
generation on whose spiritual fibre rests the hope
of the world.
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL. • ALL FOR THE CHURCH
Tie Church is the greatest (actor
an earth lor the building of charac
ter and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
nor civilisation can survive. Thera
are four sound reasons why every
person should attend services regu.
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larly and support the Church. They
are: (1) For his own sake. (2) For
his children's sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation. (*>
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and material
support. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
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