THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1679
T. O. SCHMIDTKE
Publisher
MILDRED JOHNSON
News Editor
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THE BRINKLEY SHOW
Alaskans finally received their long-awaited look at
♦he Brinkley Show (?). To some, it was perhaps OK; with
-others, it raised their Ire to the possible blast-off stage.
True, Mr. Brinkley's show contained many truths of
which all Alaskans are certainly aware, but many,
many attributes of Alaska were left out, undoubtedly
for the purpose of having a show that was sensational,
which ol' Brink is noted for.
The economic mind of Mr. Brinkley must be of a
minute size. To insinuate that Alaska would collapse with
withdrawal of military and governmental spending at
present is quite true. However, all we have to do is take
a look at various other areas of the United States.
If Mr. Brinkley would make a small effort and study
the economy of the entire United States, he would find
♦he maiority of the populace dependent on armament
spending. He might take a short look at the city of Seat
tle, for an instance. Assume the Boeing Company were to
find out some day that no more defense contracts were
«n the offering. Would Seattle not be in dire straits?
He might also look to the state of California, which
at this time receives more -monetary value of the cold
war dollar than any other state. Would California not feel
a definite slump? So, actually. Brink, Alaska is not much
•different from most other states in being dependent on
♦he defense dollar.
If peace in our time would come upon us tomorrow
and the $50 billions now being dissipated in defense
spending were abolished we would find about 35 to 40
p-er cent of the populace unemployed and we would be
*n the throes of a depression that would "blow your boop
tube out" Brink. In fact, perhaps even you might be walk
ing the streets should that befall us.
We gathered from viewing the show that the Alas
kans interviewed were played for suckers and hazard a
guess that if they did say something remotely favorable
fo the State of Alaska, the portions were deleted from
the tape.
Picture of Kotzebue that opened his dissertation
would be nothing compared to slum areas in Chicago,
•St. Louis or even in his own backyard. New York City.
As to gold mining, at present it is not a profitable
undertaking. It won't be too many years. Brink, and you
going to wake up some morning to find out contrary
*o present-day politicians' assurances, that your dollar has
been devalued and the price of gold has gone to $70 or
$100 an ounce. Then, we would like to have you come
end see a flourishing Alaska, built on a solid economic
foundation, which it will be.
If you happen to be out on the street selling pen
cils, Brink, let us know, as we |ust might be able to gather
a few ounces of that yellow dust together to bring you
up for a look at our state.
'All's well that ends well. We think Alaska gained by
*he publicity, adverse though it was. People will cer
tainly want to visit the country where the poorest, yet
happiest people live in the emptiest state in the union.
To be that woy, is indeed, a feat that even a so-called
teamed newsman like yourself should find out the whys
and wherefores.
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i)U)£j] DAYS
IN THE
VflLlcY
Thursday, January 28. 1948
A final tabulation of Com
munity Chest facts and figures
by treasurer Clayton Esslinger
last Friday evening revealed
that there was a total of $1,
490.64 in the Chest bank ac
>count on Jan. 22. $177 of that
■amount was in pledges still to
toe collected.
* * *
Two new business eslab
lishements opened their doors
in Palmer on Monday of this
week. The first the Palmer
Radio Service, Records and
Supplies, is the first down
iown radio repair shop to open
here. The second business
puls a new face in a famil
iar location, for Victor An
derson has assumed the lease
on the barber shop in the
llec building and is now do
ing business there as Vic's
Barber Shop.
• * *
Two recent appointees have
'Wi n announced to positions in
agricultural work at the Valley
experiment station. Don Irwin,
-lead of Alaskan experiment
tanon, stated this week. One
man has been named to take
charge of the dairy-breeding
.project in the Valley, and an
agronomist has been appointed
ro replace Dr. Zola Fineman,
recently resigned. H. T. Hodg
son has been named the Val
ley's new agronomist. Two men
are being considered for the
position of horticulturist at the
local station. Mr. Irwin said the
-appointment is expected soon.
• * *
The Wasilla Community
Club has undertaken to sub
scribe the SI SO fund requested
of Was ilia for the commun
ity's share of the money due
the Department of Health, it
was announced this week.
* • •
Frills ar ’ furbelows for fir
er funetio. ig school machir
ery are being installed in th
Wasilla schoolhouse. New ac
ditions to the plant includ
door closers, ventilators, fir
hose and other fire-fightin
.equipment, according to supei
intendent James Pendleton.
Under the guidance of ten
porary chairman Clare Stocl
and with temporary secretar
Bruce Graham writing down a
the decisions, the first step
were taken toward reorgani:
ing a Sportsman's club in th
Valley last week. Mr. Stock ei
plained that the plan was to n
vive the former organization, <
to organize a new group alnn
similar lines, in line with th;
plan, Mr. Stock appointed Bu
Locker. Ralph Goodrich an
Claude Carroll to a by-law con
mittee.
* * *
This year's Farm anc
Home Week program in th<
Valley will be the joint don
tribution of the Extensior
Service, the Grange and th<
Department of Public Health
Parker Lester, local Extern
sion agent, announced thu
week. Mr. Lester said th«
program was not yet plann
ed in its entirety, but much
of the week's work is now
outlined.
E RICAN WAY
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So-o-o-o Big!
Type, Print Name On Tax Return
i
It's as simple as printing’
your name. In most cases fail
ure to receive a tax refund
check is caused by inability to
identify your 1962 federal tax
return.
Your best bet, Lewis J. Con
rad, district director of inter
nal revenue, said recently, is
to type or clearly print your
name and address on your re
turn.
“Each day many refund
checks are returned to the of
fice because the postmaster
couldn’t deliver them. The
main reason is we couldn't
properly identify the taxpay
er's name or we have misread
it.”
Not only does the office have
trouble with refunds, but it
also runs into difficulty pro
perly recording payments. "Na
turally,” district director Con
rad added, “if we can’t read
your name and address, we
can’t mark you paid.”
Right Direction
Be sure you're headed in the
right direction—a cripple on
the right road has a better
chance than an athelete on the
wrong road.
The primrose path is paved
with millions of good inten
tions.
GO +£ T3 T3
Idtute/i 21
By Dan Halligan
Dear Readers-. Here's a new feature for you and
one I hope you'll like. Thanks to the cooperation of The
Frontiersman, "Under 21" will appear weekly for the next
month. Then, depending on your reactions and comments,
the column will be continued or dropped.
"Under 21" is primarily for teen-agers and their younger
sisters and brothers but parents are invited to use this service
too. We'll answer any question you ask, not always the way
you want it to be answered but to the best of our ability.
Mainly you'll be asking about schooling, college, careers,
part-time jobs, sports, dating, dancing, allowances, going
steady, parties, parking, boys will have a million questions
about girls and girls will have two million questions about
boys.
We'll sometimes make mistakes in the column and even
parents will sometimes take exception to something we write
but any mistake we make will be made honestly. While
"Under 21" is new in your weekly newspaper, it's widely
read in other areas of the United States and Canada and will
soon start its fifth year.
All of your letters will be answered, either in the column
itself or by personal reply if you enclose a stamped, self
addressed envelope
Whatever you write to me will be kept in strict confi
dence and except for personal replies, you need not sign your
own name but nicknames, initials or "titles."
Understand, I don't guarantee* to "solve" all of your
problems but I'll always try to give you the answers that will
! point you in the right direction. Where the help of profes
j sionals is called for, your doctor, school principal or clergyman,
| I'll tell you so.
Never fear that your letter will be opened in this news
paper office,- it won't Your editor respects your privacy and
i will forward your mail to me promptly and unopened.
Some of you kids will get sick and tired of me telling you
I to check with your parents more than you've been doing, tc
try to understand them. Remember, they were teen-ager;
once themselves and do understand. Others of you will cal
i me "old-fashioned" and will say I'm "out of touch" with the
I modern age. Why? You'll get mad at me because I don't be
lieve in 13 and 14-year-olds dating, because I don't approve
of teen-agers of less than the senior year in school going
steady and because I don't sanction driving for 15-year-olds.
As freshmen, many of you will consider me "stupid"
i but if you stay with me long enough, by the time you're
juniors you'll realize I'm not quite so dumb after all.
What am I? I'm not a professional counsellor. I don'1
have a master's degree in the "care and raising of teen-agers.'
| All I am is a parent, a "professional parent," however. I'rr
j a professional because you'll sometimes ask me question:
you feel you "can't ask your parents. They don't "understand.'
That's what you'll tell me.
I'm a 39-year-old former newspaperman who, during c
10-year newspaper career, worked with young people on c
volunteer basis. Now I devote 100 per cent of my time tc
those of you under 21. My ever loving wife works righl
along with me. My daughter used, to pitch in with answers
too but she's away now as a college freshman.
Remember, any answers I give you would be the same
answers I would give my own children.
In addition to helping you with everyday problems,
"Under 21" annually awards two $300 college scholarships,
one to a girl and one to a boy.
Okay? Now let's start those letters coming along.
(Dan Halligan will be glad to answer all ques
tions submitted by readers. Write to him in
care of The Frontiersman, Box D.
liUB oUbUrS TO RACE MODELS IN
PINEWOOD DERBY FRIDAY EVENING
Cub Scout auto racing en
thusiasts will enter their hand
carved models in the second
annual Pinewood Derby Friday
evening, Jan. 25, in the multi
purpose room at Swanson
school, according to Dick Dem
ming, committeeman for Pack
54,
The Cubs have carved their
racing cars from a standard
sized pine block according to
uniform specifications, but use
their own ingenuity in painting
their models. Demming said.
Each Cub is also assigned a
number to be painted on his
racer.
Contestants are urged to
read the new rules and regula
tions, which, if followed, will
result in a speedier vehicle.
RYAN’S
LYNES
By Jack Ryan
The legislature will probably
have a stormy session. Each
year the lawmakers tear each
other apart. But the taxpayers
i do the bleeding.
The House is split 20 to 20.
It will be like a little sports
. car. It will make lots of noise
but it won't be able to pass
anything.
I suggest that the legislature
spend more money to find out
why we don’t get more for the
money we spend.
I may run for office. It will
be safe to vote for me. I'm
not smart enough to make
things any worse than they
already are.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Frit*,
Fulmar, A lotto
Divine
Sunday School 9:45 AIL
Demming aaaea. me
new and fast, he said.
Tlie big race is scheduled to
start at 7:30 p.m.. with weigh
ing-in time set for 7:15 p.m.
Parents are urged to be on
hand to watch the races which
will be followed by the award
of the grand prize to the
grand champion. About 50 en
tries are expected.
Some awards will be given
Friday evening, and if time al
lows there will be community
singing, including the Derby
Song.
Wasilla cub scouters and
their parents are invited to at
tend the Pinewood Derby.
The Blue and Gold Banquet,
which honors Cub scouting
will be held on the next regu
lar pack meeting date. Friday
Feb. 22, which is also Wash
ington's Birthday. A commit
tee met last Monday eveninf
to work on the annual ban
quet plans, Demming said.
CLEAN SWEEP
Nuclear conflict would b<
better at abolishing nation:
than nations at abolishing war
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i Wasilla {
| Assembly of God l
* Re* Paul E. Riley*
* Pastor
| Sun. School -10 a.m.
£ Morn. Church Senr. 11 a.m.
*Even. Serv. _ 7:30 p.m
* Prayer and Bible
^ Study, Wednesday 7:30 p-m.
* Phone fR-6-3161
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Only Two Religions
There are only two spirit
ual forces, God and the devil
Christ said that if we wish to
come to God or worship Him,
we must go thru Jesus Chirst
All true believers accept the
Scriptures and claim Christ
as their Creator and Saviour
Any other faith is non-Chirs
tian and of the devil. Satan
has even entered our church
es and church schools, bring
ing in much doubt and confu
sion. The thing called mod
ernism denies the divinity
the miracles of Christ. The
Scriptures are treated as old
wives fables. Modernism re
fuses tc accept Christ as God
and Savior. Now, as the
teaching of Christ as God
and Redeemer is the center
of Christian teaching and
faith, it follows that all
those, who refuse to accept
the clear Bible statements on
these matters, are non-Chris
tian and followers of the
devil. Modernism, Spiritual
ism, theosophy, Hinduism.
Buddhism, Taoism. Islam,
pantheism, animism, all seek
in vain after the truth. It Ls
sheer foolishness to try to
make anything good out of
this hodgepodge of untruth.
There is only one Jesus
Christ, but there are many
antichrists.
NO CHANCE
If you think laws can hu
■ manize warfare just observe
: how well traffic laws are obey
; ed.
SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF OOD
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
Do you remember the undivided attention you gave
to a story-teller . . . when yew first heard Cinderella,
Snow White, or some gallant warrior bold? It seems
so long ago. And yet, that attention reveals within
ourselves more than dreams; it reveals a secret long
ing after mysteries, after the things we do not under
stand, but somehow love.
Religion, in a way, is somewhat like that. Every
body is religious! But, of course, everybody doesn’t
call it that! Nevertheless, there is in the heart of man
a secret yearning, a wish, a hope for things eternal.
We express those wishes in church.
And somehow God hears our wishes and consoles
and explains. That is a very important part of the
Church; for it is a place of consolation and under
standing, a place where wishes (prayers) are heard,
where the mysteries of life gain new meaning.
Copyright 1S63, Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Va.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL...
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship.
It is a storehouse of spiritual val
ues. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civiliza
tion can survive. There are four
sound reasons why every person
should attend services regularly
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 regularly
and read your Bible daily.
Sunday
Psalms
7S:l-8
Monday
Acts
17 :16-21
Tuesday
Acts
17:22-31
Wednesday
I Corinthians
2:1-10
Thursday
Ephesians
1:3-10
Friday
Ephesians
3:1-$
Saturday
Matthew
13:31-35
Th. Following Mnn E.t.Wi.l™.«, A^ConOih^ TW, S.rio. rf A*,..*—
«!• Churches of Matanuika Valley
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