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POLICE CHIEF URGES RESIOENTS
TO ASSESS OWN DRIVING HABITS
“Obey the traffic laws—they
are for your protection.”
With these words Chief of
Police Louis A. Bencardino ur
ged citizens of Palmer today
to pause and reflect on their
driving habits as a contribution
in safety to the observance of
Police Week which began this
week and will last through
next Saturday.
The lives of many of the per
sons killed across the Nation
could have been saved if more
people knew and obeyed traffic
laws. “Recklessness, driving
while drinking, operating un
safe vehicles and “showing off”
were some of the principal
causes last year of traffic acci
dents," Chief Bencardino de
clared.
He called on parents especi
ally to give closer attention to
their driving habits as a good
example for youngsters who
have already reached the age
to obtain driver licenses and
other youngsters who are ap
proaching the driving age.
Chief Bencardino emphasiz
ed co-operation between the
police department and the pub
lie. “It is always good when
people pause in the pursuit of
their work and fun to reflect
upon how they can protect
themselves and their families
from the dangers which are
generated by the complex so
ciety in which we live. If we
can save one life, prevent one
crime or start one youngster
on the road to good citizenship,
we have accomplished some
thing during this week," Chief
Bencardino said.
As a final reminder, the chief
made this statement, “If we
can impress upon adults the im
portance of observing the law's
and co-operating with the Po-1
lice Department, we have a
much better chance of assur
ing the safety of our children
and bringing them up to be
good, law-abiding citizens."
The world has never been
a problem in itself—only full
of problem people.
The half-day-long Seattle
fire on June 6. 1889 burned 64
acres of the downtown district.
Yes, MORE WOMEN shop the Want Ad columns of
THE FRONTIERSMAN for practically anything they
want or need than any other one place you could
mention Same thing goes for men Which is what
makes these columns an especially good place to
advertise, when you've got anything to se I. Cost
is LOW Results are FAST!
THE FRONTIERSMAN
PI 5-3550
WOMEN!
DID YOU SAY, MORE
Palmer
FAA Asks Bids
For Fire Is land,
Anchorage Projects
A project to construct a di
rectiona! localizer Anchor
age Internationa! Air ort and j
remote control air :. ,,d facil
ity and related wmit Fire
Island were annour <>d May ft
by the Federal A, . ion Ag
ency.
Bids will be ret .! on the
project at FAA inquisition
section. Area C, th I floor, of
the headquarters b ding at
632 Sixth Avenue n Anchor
age until June 7 1! will be j
publicly opened t ni.-. office
June 7, 1963 at 2 > pin. Flans!
and specification an- available
to prospective bidders upon re
ceipt of $5. not re; . dable, ac
cording to R. J. Hampton, chief
of the contract un:
Construction at Anchorage
will include a dir ctional local- |
izer facility, c -icr te block
building, erection of tructural
steel waveguidi md suppres
sor array platfoim , monitoring |
structures, gra i pads and
walkways at File ' and RCAG
facility, concrete block build
ing on gravel p: ' 3 self.sup
porting towers with coaxial ca
ble runs and ace s driveway.
Project is expected to get
underway by June 22, 1963.
Geraldine Ord
To Marry In June
Mr. and Mrs Francis J. Ord
of Suntrana. Alaska, this week
announced the engagement and
forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Geraldine Ruth, to
Clyde Ash, son of Mrs. Betty
Ash of Seattle.
Geraldine, a graduate of
Palmer high school, is at pres
ent attending Edison vocation
al school in Seattle. Her fiance
is employed at Providence
Hospital in Seattle.
The couple plan u June wed
ding.
Iti flood to k equipped...
and have everything at your fingertips. Most
homemakers don’t have eight hands, but they have
the next best thing: electric housewares.
For every job, there s an efficient ■ convenient
electric helper fry pan, hot tray, vacuum cleaner,
or electric blanket to name a few.
Each electric houseware does its specific job
faster, better and more economically than you
ever dreamed possible.
Electric housewares
with automatic tem
perature control mean
you set them and forget them. New automat e
electric housewares are so streamlined and modem
they can go right to the table.
Automatic control panels with built-in timer
will let you use as many as six appliances at one
time.
Up-date your living, the low-cost electric way.
Visit your appliance dealer soon. (Electric house
wares make wonderful
gifts, too. Why not
get one for everyone
on your gift list?)
ELECTRICITY—the heart of modern living
Matanuska Electric Association
CUSTOM OF THE COSTUME HAS MEANING
ith graduation time approaching, a subject worthy of exami
nation is the academic costume. There’s more to the meaning ;
of the can, hoed and gown than most people think, as the (
color and shape of each item of apparel has its own special
significance.
Tee individual pieces vary for different kvel gradur'.es. For
example both the bachelor and master graduate wee - t! • sen' e
basic black cap with the tassel hanging over the left side, but
the doctorate graduate sports a silk and gold bullion tnr el.
Encyclopedia Inter
national published by Grolier
Incorporated, in its section on
Academic Costumes, tells us
the caps and robes have been
worn in Europe since the eariy
14th century'. It wasn’t until
the 1880’s that American col
leges and universities adopted
the dress for graduation and
other formal academic occa
sions. American educators
drew up a code in 1895 in an
effort to establish uniformity
of practice among educational
institutions. This was reviewed
in 1932 and again in 1959.
The Encyclopedia Internation
al article points out the dif
ferences in the cut of the
gown of the various graduates.
The bachelor degree recipient’s
gown is always in black and
has long sleeves and cuffs
which flair down into points.
The gown worn by a master
graduate is somewhat like the
bachelor gown, but differs in
the sleeves. The master gown
has full length oblong sleeves
j which are open at the wrist,
| plus panels which hang nearly
to the knees.
:.e doctorne gown is con- : 1
si >rabiy different. It has
three velvet horizontal bars on
each of the sleeves, and t" >
wide velvet bars running ver
tically down the front of the
gown. i
1 he hood of the academic cos
tume is also important as a ,
means of learning more about
the individual graduates. Each ,
hood has a velvet border, and
the color of this border repre
sents the graduate's field of
study.
Among the more predominant
colors, and their meaning
are these. Arts, letters am"
humanities all are represente:,
by a white border. Law has r
more colorful border, purple
while budding philosopheri
can be spotted by their dark
blue borders.
You can identify science grad
uates by the golden yellow of
their borders, and music grad
uates are easy to pick out by
their pink borders. Equally as
easy to distinguish are medi
cal doctors with their green
I borders, and theology students
I with their scarlet borders.
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UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
Cooperative Extension Service
Division of Statewide Services
It’s greenhouse time in Alas
<a and the Sourdough Garden
■r’s question box is bulging
.vith questions from neighbors
. king about how to get the
r.ost out of their greenhouses.
Ventilation is the stumbling
dock for nearly ail cheechakos
ird a surprising number of
ildtimers when it comes to
’reenhouses. You see. the
vord “Alaska” seems to mean
■xtreme cold to all too many
leople. This leads to sealing
•very crack and corner so
lghtly that no drafts can get
n. This idea spells failure to
vhat could have been a fine
Teechouse crop.
Both the big. commercial
;reenhouse and the small,
lorne greenhouse must ha”e
iroper ventilation to operate
iffectively in Alaska, just as it
loes in Michigan or Florida.
Poday we can only talk about
he pi.nciples of ventilation
Jnltss you are willing to learn
his basic idea so that it is just
ibout second nature to you,
he finest equipment in the
vorld won’t make you a good
'reenhouse operator.
Don't confuse the words ven
ilation and circulation. Ven
tilation means the uniformly
listributed. controlled move
nent of air into and out of a
greenhouse. Circulation means
the movement of air inside
the greenhouse. We are not
talking about circulation today.
A uniform flow of cool, fresh
air should come in evenly from
both sides of the greenhouse.
It should move slowly but con
tinuously toward the center,
rising by convention as it
warms. The air should pass
the plant area where the mois
ture lost from the leaves is
picked up and finally carried
on outside through the top.
If just the right amount of
air is alluwed to pass uniform
ly through your greenhouse, a
great many of your problems
would be solved. Heating re
quirments would be held to a
minimum. Humidity control
would be entirely adequate to
prevent dripping.
Damping off and other fung
us diseases that depend on
n.-'ist surfaces to spread, would
r.ot have a chance to develop.
Final'.y. plants would make a
maxima m growth, unless you
have other troubles you have
not told ire about.
1 know today’s talk sounds
wor, ;ike'a lesson than the us
ual conversation we have over
ihe ba f nee. but some things
st • n’t lead themselves to
saying' any other wav. This
idea is mighty important,
ilv ugh. and once a feller gets
the hang of it, half his green
louse troubles are over.
Of course,.. there’s always
hose that say, "Just prop open
tie door", or perhaps put a fan
n the gable end. I can’t deny
1 lot ot crops have been raised
his way and probably more
■ il bo .n the future, but that
ioesn’t cut any ice here. There
nay lie a good reason why a
;rower has to put up with that
or’ of thing, but it’s not of
en.
Usually, it’s a case of saying
he old horse was always good
rarisportation so why change:
ie’!l still transport us. All
hat’s true, but it’s hard to
tony we know better ways of
:«tting somewhere today.
Let’s go over this once more
,ow just so there's no misun
ierstanding. Air should come
n low and uniformly distribut
ed at the bottom, move contin
lously towards the center and
ip as it warms, pass slowly by
he plants themselves picking
ip moisture, and finally, mov
ng out through the top yentil
itors.
The next session we have I’ll
ell you how to install inex
pensive ventilators that will do
i fine job of giving uniform air
listribution and also tell you
iow to adjust the air flow’.
In the meantime, remember
his: A good way of life and
;ood ventilation have a lot in
■ornmon. People, like air,
;hould move in continuously
tom the bottom, make their
:ontribution as they work
yadually tow’ard the top, then
eave to make room for others
o follow.
Those who take time to think
lon’t have much trouble to
:hmk of.