Strange Things
By NEINIE SNIDER
A few years ago, we mad<
a wonderful trip by plan*
(chartered by the Pioneers oj
Igloo No. 15, Anchorage) t<
Dawson, where we were mei
by the few old timers of thal
city, dressed in the style 01
1898.
They took us to the Pioneers
Hall, on the front entrance ol
which hung the British anc
American flags, tattered anc
aged.
After the meeting, we gath
ered in groups. During our con
versation, I mentioned manj
names of friends I knew when
I was steward on the river
boats, the “Hannah,” the
“Swalka." and others.
I One in particular was Bill
] Currie, who was also in the
| Shishana stampede. I was in
i formed by one oldtimer thai
Bill was dead, and buried in the
Dawson Cemetery.
I told him that Bill was kill
ed, with many of my friends
and was buried
“In Flanders Field, where
poppies grow
Between the crosses, row- or
row.”
They insisted that I wa<
wrong, but when we took i
walk around old Dawson anc
, Louse Town, we found the rel
I ics of narrow gauge railroad
engines and cabooses, and alsc
came upon the Administration
building. We noticed in the
yard a cannon used in World
War 1, and, surrounded by a
picket fence, a large monu
ment.
Opening the gate, we enter
ed and found on a copper pla
que the names of the heroes
who fought a war to end all
wars and that the world might
be safe for democracy. Slowly
I read the names, among more
than a dozen I knew, including
that of my pal, Bill Currie,
“killed in action."
My thoughts drifted back to
the Shishana days, when the
news reached us that “General
Von Kluck" had almost reach
ed Paris. We all decided to join
the Canadian army unit known
as “Boyle's Contingent.” Am
ong us was a well-known
friend of Valley people, Jack
Allman.
Before joining, I was to say
goodbye to an aunt who lived
in Yakima. Washington. She
changed the whole course of
my life, because she thought I
should marry her niece, with
whom I had been correspond
ing. So we sent for the girl,
and were engaged for one
whole day. The preacher tied
the knot, and I took the present
Mrs. Snider to Alaska.
You no doubt have read
about some of the great wars
on this mud ball—the Thirty
years’ War, the Eighty Years’
War between the Dutch and
Spain. We have had wars which
involved more than half the
world. The writer was in Afri
ca for two years in a war be
tween the Germans and the
Hottentots.
But the longest war a single
man got into was when I heard
someone say, “I now declare
you man and wife!”
Diu£jj am
IN THE
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Thursday. June 2, 194S
Fire completely destroyed
one of Palmer's nsosf modern
buildings this week, when
the just-finished Neat' Wright
building was burned Do the
ground Monday evening. The
structure had taken almost
two years to build and cost
an estimated $145,000. Of
concrete on three sides, the
new building was erected in
a hollow rectangle about the
original frame structure
which faced Palmer's mans
street. It was in the walls of
this original building, at a
spot above the floor level and
about eight or 10 feet back
from the front of the store,
that flames broke out at 8:20
Monday evening.
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Roads to the mines abov<
Palmer at last have been open
ed to automobile traffic again
it was announced this week
The Snowbird, Fern and Golc
Cceeit mines all may be reach
_?d by ear.
The Valley's thirteenth an
nual Colony Day is only history
now, but it will be memorable
history for sometimes to come,
for members of the planning
committe consider it an un
qualified success. An estimated
2,000 visitors poured into Pal
mer by road and rail for the
two-day weekend. A scheduled
excursion train of the Alaska
! Railroad was jammed to capac
i ity early Sunday morning, and
a second section with three ad
ditional cars had to be added
an hour later.
Phones torn out by the roots
I during Monday night's evacua
: tion of offices and business es
tablishments in the fire-threat
ened business block gave em
ployees of the Valley Tele
phone Exchange a warm recep
tion early Tuesday morning.
Warning splutters from the
board and a trail of gray smoke
led to hasty wire disconnec
i tdans on the part of the opera
' tor rui duty.
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Sab-Committee Appointed to Promote
Installation of Mteo>Monfli Plant
Appointment of a special
sub-committee to study and
promote the installation of a
mine-mouth generating plant
at Sutton was an item of busi
nes at the May 14 meeting of
the Seventh Election District
Area Redevelopment Commit
tee.
James Wilson w*as appointed
chairman of the new sub-com
mittee, and other members ap
pointed were Max Clements,
Stewart Durrant, Jan Koslos
ky, and Ted Schmidtke. The
committee will be enlarged at
a later date.
“An adequate supply of
power will be one of the main
controlling factors in any pro
ject we might promote,” com
mittee members stated. "Also,
a mine-mouth plant will stimu
late our local coal industry and
greatly increase our chances of
locating a cement manufactur
ing plant at Sutton.”
Reports from recognized
authorities in their field have
proven beyond any doubt that
a mine-mouth plant at Sutton
would be the only logical
source of power for this area,
and would give the area econ
omical power not dependent on
long vulnerable, transmission
lines, it was stated.
It is the intent of this special
power committee to encourage
the Military, the City of An
chorage, and Chugach Electric
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer_10 A.M.
Church School
.11 A.M.
PI 5-4341
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
; *•». R. H. hill.
Palmar, Alo»o , ~I.52S45
Dmno Services iTbo A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
For
TOMORROW
Pioneers are as plentiful t(
day as ever . . . indeed, in thi
world of ever-new frontiers, yo
too. are a pioneer.
As such, you bear great r;
sponsibility, for defined, “a pic
r.eer is one who goes before, pri
pin i/K/ the way for others t
follow.”
The Church reaches out to yo
in greatest urgency. It needs yo
to help, by example and precepi
combat the greed and intoleranc
that today threaten our world
The Church needs you as an
other pioneer in Christian ex
ample and thinking. You cai
help prepare the way for other
by promoting generosity, kindli
ness, and love toward all othe
human beings.
Through the Church you car
as a pioneer, strive most
effectively toward generous, ,
tolerant tomorrows for ffl
your fellowmen. ^
Association to reach an agree
ment for use of surplus power
that would be available from
the mine-mouth plant, it was
stated, the sale of this surplus
power being necessary to prove
feasibility of the project.
The committee will also en
courage REA to assist in pro
moting this project.
Other business included the
reading of a letter from the
State Economic Developing
Agency requesting a revised
list of projects that will require
technical assistance. Those de
cided upon by the local ARA
committee were the processing
of local food products, develop
ment of forestry products, sur
vey of area coal deposits, tech
nical assistance in encourag
ing a mine-mouth generating
plant, and assistance toward
developing more favorable
transportation costs to and
from Alaska, and within Al
aska.
Every man is allotted a place
in this world, but only a few
find the location.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 2nd
6 A M. TO 12 NOON
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DELIVERED FRESH DAILY TO YOUR FAVORITE GROCER
"IF ITS FRESHER THAN SUNRISE
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THOUGHTS
Of A
LAYMAN
A Cup of Righteousness
The difference between a
man and a beast is chiefly a de
sire to live on a higher plane.
Animals do not have a con
science. But the conscience
drives man closer to God and
to moral living. The new birth
in Christ Jesus performs the
greatest human miracle, or
rather the greatest of God’s
present day miracles. Abject
criminals and perverts become
righteous men and women.
Selfish desires are set aside for
more altruistic ways of living.
The burden of our courts and
prisons becomes less expensive.
There is healing of sin-sick
souls. The Spirit of Holy God
breathes upon us.
SAFE AND SANE
There are better ways of tak
ing a vacation than getting
sunstruck—try some of the
others.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL • Al_l_ FOR THE CHURCH
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 civilisation can survive. There
are four sound reasons why every
person should attend services regu
larly and support the Church. They
are: (I) 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.
Sunday
I Deuteronomy
31:1-8
Monday
Joshua
1:1-7
Tuesday
II Corinthians
8:1-7
Wednesday
II Corinthians
8:8-15
Thursday
Galatians
6:1-5
Friday
I Timothy
6:1-8
Saturday
I Timothy
6:9-16
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SHOWING THE FUR
A fine old custom seems to have pretty well van
'shed from the land. It is that of "showing the flag"—
not only from the roofs of public and business buildings,
bar from the porches of private homes, the humble no
«ss than the opulent. Then, on festive occasions, red
Arhite-and-blue bunting was used as a decoration. Few
of us have seen bunting in many years.
There was a sense of pride in country behind all this
The flag was thought of as the symbol of many things—
—of a free people; of a world power; of a land of op
oortunity, whatever the faults and ills might be; of the
rights and obligations of both the individual citizen and
*he body politic alike.
Old customs, fallen largely into disuse, can be re
vived and given new life and breath. On Memorial Day it
would be good if flags flew everywhere, in the old way,
and if bunting graced the speakers' fables and platforms
and rostrums. These flags will be blown, so to speak, by
the winds of unpredictable change—but, as they banner
out, they will stand for the permanence of a nation
o*sed on the dignity and freedom of man, on the im
olacabie resolution of a people to stand for what they
believe to be right, no matter what may come.
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'llnd&i 31
By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: Our school is starting a new policy this fall'
tbout football. Any boy playing on the team has to buy his j
-uvn cleats and you know, you don't buy cleats for $1.98. I
hi^*b Jhe reason for this ruling is because of a deficit in the
athletic fund but it’s not right if you ask me. Is it.—Hopeful.
DEAR HOPEFUL: I’m reminded of the man who
was invited to a friend's house for a duck dinner buf
was told. You bring the duck." You have a problem
I don t think should have been dumped in the laps of
teen-agers' as it's been done.
^ DEAR READERS: Larry Willis of 6116 West 19th Street.
Xicero 50, 111., wrote to me recently in care of the Hickman
—ounty Times of Centerville, Tcnn., and desipte being overly j
■critical, raised some good points that may be part of your
swn philosophy. Read what Larry wrote.
’DEAR DAN: I don't think you will like flri* but
read it anyway, you might find out something’ about
yourself. I think your column stinks because you ffrrnk
you know everything. You have more guts than f do
to run your picture in the paper alongside the cohrmn’.
Yoa're the kind of guy who doesin't like to have
a’nj’one on his back but likes to ride kids' backs. You
^falk like you were never young before. Did you practice1
what you preach when you were young? If you have
kids, I pity them.
My wife and I got maried five weeks ago. I am 20’
and she is 15. We love each other and get along fine.
That's something you never ask the kids—if they love
each other. You just tell them they're craxy. You must
be talking from experience. Right?
My wife and I have continued to go to church since
we've been maried and away from our parents. We
both believe if the younger generation would trust in
God (as we do) instead of writing to and listening to
human dictators, they would not have the sex problems
ftirj do.
Hew does it feel to have someone tell you what
tifihik?— L.W.
DEAR L W. (and Readers): Writing this column as I do
.ir.d have done for an American and Canadian audience for j
tht past five years, I hear from a Larry Willis seven days a
week. Criticism or ridicule has to be expected and is the least
•of my .'worries.
vWhat does worry me is the attitude of so many “Under
21" reader?—not only toward me but toward parents. Adults
usually know more about life and its many problems merely
j*Ycen having lived. At 40 you don’t have to be an “expert” to
■ xnrw liquor is poison for teen-agers. You know from having
seer, the lives it's ruined in the past. If parents are as bad
-as so .many of you claim, how come they continue to feed,
• clothe and shelter you? You could be dumped in a home and
: -orgotten. The basic mistake so many teen-agers make today
js giving friends of their own ages more credit than they give
parents. If a best friend can waltz in the house at 2 am. with
out a word being said, you may resent your parents because
you don’t have this same "privilege.” Your feathers get ruffled
-ond y>our parents are “unfair.”
Kids. aLl adults made mistakes in their teen years, myself
included, and when we say “this is wrong,” we’re not being
spoil sports but trying to keep you from making the same
.•mistakes. Because were human, we continue to make mis
takes as adults but we keep trying to help you.
If Larry’s marriage succeeds with his child bride, it will
be the milestone of his life. For my part, law or no law. as a
justice of the peace or a clergyman and knowing a tragic mis
take was being made, I would have absolutely refused to
-marry a 15-year-old girl to a boy of 20.
Hews From —
Sutton - Eska - Alpine
By Sally Norris
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it the Sutton comunity hall. <
The winners of the 25-cent
game were Bernice Kuoppola
and -Irene Lepak.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher
amd sons of Sutton left for
Pennsylvania on Thursday of
last week. They plan to spend
..about six weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Mrak
of Sutton returned on Saturday
from their trip to the South 48.
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Also returning home was
Hugh Matheson of Jonesville.
Hugh arived home on Friday.
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Robert Hagopian of San
Francisco visited at the Evan
-Jones Coal Co. on Monday.
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Iren of Suntrana are visiting
vith her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Sarvey Myers of Sutton.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Welcf
>f Sutton spent Monday in An
:horage.
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l Wasilla
! Assembly of God
I Rot Paul E. Riley,
j; Pastor
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I Sun. School-10 a.m.
Morn. Church Serr. 11 a.m.
Even. Serr._7:3b p.m.
Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday 7:30 pja
Phone FR-0-3101
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