"5-S* 2 — The Frontiersman Thursday. May 9, 1963
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SAVE US FROM ANOTHER BUREAU
In recent years it has been suggested, so far without
Jesuits, that a Department of Consumers be established
at the cabinet-level. Its purpose would be to protect all
w os helpless innocents from the rapacity of ruthless
producers of just about everything.
We already have pure food and drug laws, a
i^cleral trade commission, antitrust laws, and countless
*ws, boards and commissions to protect consumers, if
Ws are enforced. About the last thing we need now is
another multi-million dollar federal agency to slow
down incentive and production.
Figures published by the Merchants and Manufac
turers Association state that in 1960, about 7,000 new
products were introduced in the food and drug field
but only 1,000 survived.
This high fatality rate is inevitable. It is the result of
obvious causes—the products aren't any good, or other
and similar products are better, or consumers just don't
^ake to them. And what it all points to is the heavy risk
’that is a part of innovation in a free society. The phar
maceutical industry is certainly a prime example of that.
*t devotes great resources in money, energy and human
ntelligence to research. Ail manner of new drugs are
oroduced and tested. But only a very few prove success
ful.
The price of progress is opportunity, risk and end
less effort. There is no other coin that so spurs inventive
•^activity.
Strange Things
By HEIN1E SNIDER
nuwia owned AiasKa,
he seat of government was in
>*tka. and the Russian cruiser
'Politkovsky” was the guardi
an of law and order.
The Politkovsky carried a
' complement of French cannon
1 of the latest make, and was a
ormidable craft.
These guns have a gruesome
History, end elate back to a time
•and place when atrocities were
1 wntmon.
While on a voyage of explor
ation, in the neighborhood of
what is now Valdez, the In
'■dians attacked the crew, but
’wen. beaten off without much
difficulty. In the melee, how
ever, two of the Politkovsky’s
•sailors were killed, and it so
happened that two
^vere captured. In revenge for
’-he death of the two sauois, tne
'■ saptain of the warship ordered
the captives tied to the mouth
of the cannon and the cannon
.fired.
* • *
Strange are SMne of the
names for Alaskan towns. How
cnany can you name?
Here are some of them: Chic
ken, Poorman, Tin City, Hono
lulu, Pilot, Lucky Shot, Pedro,
Penny, Washington Bay, Cali
fornia. Paradise, Golden, Col
\Ke, Montana. Oregon, Colo
rado Dempsey, Circle, Hope,
^ v andle. Flat, Dikeman, Purga
tory, Chace, Eek, Moody, Bluff,
unalaska. Fox, Bird. Wiseman.
Livengood and Kake.
* * *
Former President Truman
was a very outspoken man. al
ways ready with an answer.
Having served in the United
States army as a captain, he 1
could use some rough language,
such as the time he called a
newspaper music critic an S. O.
B. for writing in an uncomple
mentary manner about the
musical ability of the Presi
dent’s daughter. Margaret.
But the former President also
had a great sense of humor,
and could at times be very wit
ty.
For example, there was the i
time the President stopped off,
at the junction at SpokaneJ
Washington, for a livestock
show and to present prizes to
the young winners.
But things didn't go too well.
First, there were the sheep.
Everytime the President finish
ed a sentence during his short
talk, the animals gave out with
a shrill “Baaa, baaa.”
As Mrs. Truman shook with
laughter, the President com
mented, “They must be Repub
lican sheep.”
A few moments later, officials
pinned a big blue ribbon on the
Chief Executive’s coat lapel.
Obviously pleased, he remark
ed, “What the hell am I now,
a prize pig or something?”
!T'r
if
TA.e clamor is not over yet. It
egn be expected new Congress
fill continue investigation of
television with renewed zeal.
* * *
There Is shocked disbelief
that American Broadcasting
-System would present as a wit
ness on a pro
gram devoted
to the poli
tical career
,,f Ui chard
Nixon, a con
victed perjur
»> r, Alger
Hiss.
* * *
This feel-1
ng prevails |
-irr,03g not C.W. Harder
only avid Nixon admirers, but
also among those who strongly
dislike him, and all shades of
feeling in between.
* * *
The public could not have
been more shocked, perhaps,
if ABC had presented Khru
shchev giving his views of
Pope John, or Liz Taylor giv
ing her views of the morality
preachments of Billy Graham.
* * *
While the incident is glaring,
£ ongress must look deeper in
to government for the forces
thal made such an outrageous
i resentation possible.
* * *
At one time, radio and then
TV stations, because they are
pranted the use of the public
air, were supposed to confine
programming to entertainment,
education, and an objective
presentation of the news.
• * *
' Then a few years ago, the
bright idea was developed of
using the public air to present
propaganda for the United Na
tions, for foreign aid, and any
other scheme favored by the
existing administration.
• • *
It seems- quite a coincidence
^^ttlnn>laF<dentlMjrfJiKteg«identJ3iinn«M
that the head of American
Broadcasting: news program
ming service is James Hag
gerty, who was press secretary
under the previous administra
tion, when the air was used
a great deal for propaganda,
s * * *
Then there came along as
head of the Federal Communi
cations Commission quite a
brash young man who has pro
ceeded to castigate TV pro
gramming, urging broadcast
operators to present more
“public interest” material.
* * *
FTC Chairman Newton Min
now even advised that station
managers should present edi
torials. The result has been in
cities all over the land station
managers editorializing over
the air. The only qualification
many of them have is that they
were star salesmen of TV time.
* * *
No legitimate newspaper
would have ever printed what
Alger Hiss thought about a
former Vice President of the
United States. After all, news
papers have been conditioned
by tradition of many years to
maintain a responsibility to the
public. The broadcasting in
dustry, even though given ex
clusive rights to the use of
segments of the public air, have
no such tradition of responsibil
ity. In addition, because bu
reaucrats can revoke their li
censes to use the air, broad
casting stations must always
be alert to what is the pre
vailing mood in the current
government circles.
* * *
Thus, Congress will seek new
ways, probably led by Rep.
Emmanuel Cellar, to prevent
the broadcasting Industry from
using prerogatives that right
fully shoald be exercised only
by a free press not dependent
on bureaucratic Whims for a
license to publish.
DJD£ij mm
IN THE
VJJIi£Y
Thursday. May 12, 1948 _
! Valley residents bought a to
; tal of $15,400 in hospital bonds
! during the month-long drive
i which ended last Friday eve
| ning, drive chairman W. C. Mau
I announced at the banquet
which closed the campaign.
That figure includes both cash
and pledge subscriptions. Mr.
Mau disclosed that the Valley's
leading bond salesmen were
I. M. Sandvik, Lou Henke, and
Joe Lover. Many of the drive
captains returned more than
$1,000 apiece in bond sales, Mr.
Mau said.
Five loaded coal cars en
route from the mine at Jon
esville to Andhorage were de
railed at the camp. The en
gine and seven remaining
cars of the train were not in
volved in the accident. None
of the derailed cars tipped
over.
Raiibus service between Pal
i mer and Anchorage will be in
augurated on May 45, it was '
announced today by E. O. Bak
er, acting agent at the Palmer
station. The service, as now
planned, will operate daily ex
cept Sunday. Crews will be'
headquartered in Palmer, and
the service will be initiated
from the Palmer end of the
run.
Baccalaureate exercises for
Palmer graduating class of 1948
will be held on Sunday. May 9
at 8 o’clock in the school gym
nasium, it was announced today
by Superintendent Carl Snell
ing. Father James Snead was
chosen by vote of the graduates
to deliver the evening’s ser
mon. which is entitled “The
Real Beginning of Life."
* * *
The opening date of the
Matanuska Hotel still is not
definitely fixed, president
William Head announced
yesterday. Mr. Head said he
hoped to see legal difficul
ties facing the hotel untang
led in the very near future.
* * *
Premiums for the 1948 Ma
tanuska Valley Fair will be
more worthwhile than ever
before, it was announced at
last Wednesday’s fair board
meeting. It was estimated that
the total prize list would be
doubled what it was for last
year's fair.
* * *
The recently completed Fron
tier Cafe already has grown
too small for its diners. That's
the reason Frontier patrons
this week have been snatching
bites between hammer blows,
for owners Richard and Agnes
Brooks are enlarging the lunch
counter so that more seats can
be installed. The counter will
be doubled in a horseshoe pat
tern, giving added seating
space there without disturbing
the dining tables placed at the
opposite side of the cafe.
FORMER PALMER
MAN TO PERFORM
Gary Krise, an Anchorage
trumpeter, will be guest soloist
with the Anchorage Symphony
Orchestra at the final concert
of the season on May 15 and 16.
Krise will replace Rafael
Mendez, who was unable to
keep his engagement with the
Anchorage Symphony because
of illness.
The Anchorage musician is a
fifth grade teacher and choral
director at Airport Heights
school. A former Palmer resi
dent. he is a 1953 graduate of
Palmer high school and the son
of Mr.and Mrs. Gervas Krise,
who now make their home in
Anchorage.
Both performances will take
place in Romig Hotel Auditor
ium, at 8 p.m.
There would be few fault
finders if everyone took time to
practice on themselves.
Woden, 31
By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: We have a problem about secret dating. We
know our parents don’t approve of the guys for some unknown
reason but the folks here in town don't find too many faults
with them.
What do you think we should do about this, considering
we don’t have our parents’ permission and approval.
What age do your recommend for dating to start? We’re 15.
Is this too young?—Two Troubled Friends.
DEAR FRIENDS: Girls of 16 should be dating be
cause by that age they are conscious about boys and
social activities. Girls of 16 shouldn't be dating when
they go behind their parents' back to do so. You call it
"secret" dating but I call it "sneak" dating.
If you want your parents to trust you, you've got
to trust their decisions too.
* * * *
DEAR READERS: Each year during March and April I
receive any number of letters from teen-agers complaining
about the National Honor Society. Readers complain a non
deserving student was given membership while a deserving
student was ignored. I got told the habitual cheater is sometimes
chosen. I also hear the entire program is too much of a secret.
Any shortcomings of the NHS in your school is a local problem.
If you have complaints, air them to your faculty council. If
you know non-deserving students are sometimes chosen with
the knowledge of the faculty, then the only thing to do is to
resign from the membership yourself. Resign in protest or
resign because you refuse to compromise your standards.
If your local NHS chapter is everything it should be, then
be proud of it and praise it to the skies. If you have specific
questions about the Society, send them along and I’ll be glad
io answer them for you.
» * ♦ *
DEAR DAN: I disagree with your way of thinking in a
recent column. My boy friend and I quarreled continuously for
six weeks even when he called but it didn’t mean anything. We
are going to get engaged and then married when we have
enough money. We are in love for eternity and never quarrel
anymore.—In Love
DEAR IN LOVE: Continuous quarreling for teen
agers usually means the girl and boy are seeing too
much of each other and are growing tired of going
steady. If it doesn't mean this in your case, chalk up
two points for your side.
* « * •
DEAR DAN: A few of us have a problem about a friend
of ours. She’s the type of person you grow tired of after a
while because of her personality. She always wants her own
way, thinks she s better than anyone else and is a terrible bore
How can we deal with a girl like this?_T.U.E.
DEAR T.U.E.: No one's personality is ever what
it should be and perhaps one reason you believe this
girl has so many faults is simply because a group of
you has banded together and passed sentence.
As a friend, you could tell her about her obvious
faults, not merely to be telling her but to help improve
her personality so more and more kids will like her.
While your group is at it. why don't all of you sit down
together and try to help one another?
DEAR DAN: I’m a little too hefty. How can I lose weight?—
Hippy.
HIPPY: Walking and swimming are two good
methods but see the nun who really knows—your doctor.
will answer all questions sub
mited by teenagers and children. Address him
care of The Frontiersman. For personal replies
enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.)
Wcm:n of Moose
Report Activities
An Academy of Friendship
! session will be held Sunday,
May 12. at 1 p.m. in the Anch
j orage Moose hall, with ail lo
cal Academy of Friendship
members invited to attend, it
was announced this week. Reg
istration will begin at 11 a.m.
Six new candidates from the
Palmer chapter of Women of
the Moose will be enrolled.
They are Dorothy Newby, Car
la Jo Peterson, Mary McClure.
Inne Cooper, Helen Palmer,
and Katie Vasilie.
Palmer Women of the Moose
enrolled three new candidates
at their regular meeting on
May 7. They are Mary Estep,
sponsored by Mabel Hayes;
Gerry Hamrick, sponsored by
Irene Vasanoja: and Kay Sand
lin, sponsored by Ruth Salis
bury.
<
WOTM memorial services
were held on Sunday, May 5,
in the Palmer Moose hall, with
four deceased members. Helen
Turner, Frances Betts, and
Martha Conners honored in the
ceremony.
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| Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
*Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.*
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ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
*•». I. H. Frit*, pailor
Palmar, Alamo
Divine Sorvicai 11.00 A.M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
■fin:'
trail Rids to
Start a! 3 a.m.
On Saturday, May 25
Area horsemen will leave
the Hillside Apartments in An
chorage for the endurance trail
ride to Palmer on May 25 at
3 a.m., not 3 p.m. as stated in
last week's Frontiersman, Bob
Webb, local horseman point
ed out this week.
Special belt buckles, in
scribed “First Alaska Endur
ance Ride”, will be given to
all horsemen who finish the
50-mile ride, Webb said.
A number of gifts have been
donated by Anchorage and
Palmer merchants to be award
ed to the winning riders.
The route will be approxi
mately the same as that taken
by the 50 mile hikers. There
will be a mandatory two-hour
rest stop at Thunderbird Falls,
where breakfast will be served
to the riders. A Saturday eve
ning banquet in Palmer is also
planned for the horsemen and
their families.
Keep cool in your arguments
by sticking to the cold facts..
St. Michael's
Men's Club
BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, MAY 19
MOOSE HALL
SERVING STARTS 9 A.M.
Public Invited
Adults $1.50—Children 75c
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Darwin or Chirst
The recapitulation theory
is supposed to bolster up the
theory of evolution. The gen
eral idea is that in the nine
months of gestation, the hu
man fetus goes through ail
the evolutionary processes,
from the humble ameba to
homo sapiens. Still it is
claimed that it took some 50
million years or more for this
process to come to fruition.
The scientific fact is that the
ameba is asexual, and repro
duces itself. The human ov
um by itself is sterile and
produces nothing. At no time
does the human fetus resem
ble a lizard, a frog, a bird
or a fish. The term “gill slits”
is a misnomer. There is no
resemblance to the gills of a
fish. God’s answer to Dar
win is that there are forty
two generations from the first
man to Christ. You couldn't
inadvertantly slip in a frog
or a fowl into any of those
generations. God breathed
into the first Adam a living
soul. That is something no
beast possesses.
Our nation was founded 01
j faith—the foundation of free
dom.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer —10 A.M.
Cnurch School -11 A.M.
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ALL FOR THE CHURCH
Memories in the Making
The Church is the greatest factor
on earth for the building of charac
ter and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
nor civilization can survive. There
are four sound reasons why every
person should attend services regu
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. (4)
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.
A picture ... a frame ... to treasure always.
So she believes!
The fleeting baby smile, the outgrown pair of
baby shoes—these she’ll always treasure.
Rut in later years not every mother can point
" ith pride to her son’s baby picture. Memories
sometimes become tarnished with remorse.
So much depends on us. ,
If we hope always to treasure our glimpse of
yesterday . . . we must carve with spiritual tools
our vision of tomorrow.
Copyri<ht 1963, Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Struburf. V«.
Sunday
Jeremiah
2:1-8
Monday
Jeremiah
3:14-20
T uesdav
Jeremiah
4:1-4
Wednesday
Luke
C:43-49
Thursday
I Corinthians
3:10-17
Friday
II Corinthians
7:6-16
Saturday
I Thcssalonians |
3:6-13
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