VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Viola Daniels .j..Editor
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No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may
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DANIELS—In the Lion’s Den
"Make no mistake about it: The situation (Korean)
is serious" the Christian Science Monitor somberly
warns its readers in an editorial dated July 8. The
writer continues by saying that optimism is going to
be needed by the civilians of the United States in the
months ahead. He points out that there will be need
for allocations of materials, elimination of non-essen
tial production and redirection of Federal spending.
We think there are some thoughts in just those
few lines, that haven't been considered too thoroughly
by Alaskans and by Valley residents in particular. We
used last Monday's public meeting as a source of much
amusement. We're not complaining about that. We
think it's fine to find a joke in our troubles, as long
* as we know the troubles are at the heart of the pill
we're frosting with a little humor.
We don't think it's time to hide our heads in the
sand, along with the ostrichs, and pretend there isn't
any danger, because we can't see it. We heard of
one little Alaskan town that took just that attitude
recently.
We think that's unhealthy. We're perfectly willing
to take the word of American leaders who tell us the
Korean situation is serious. We believe that and we
want all of the Matanuska Valley to believe that. But,
believing that fact, we don't expect to go scurrying
into the nearest corner we can find, there to hide our
head.
We want to know that it's a serious situation. Then
we want to know what we're expected to do in a serious
situation, or in a situation that may become desperate.
Given that knowledge, and given a little practice in
putting it into effect, we're not going to do anything
else except go about our day-to-day living, our pub
lishing of a newspaper, in just the way we've always
<done it.
We want to be ready for any situation that de
velops. We think that being prepared is enough. It's
all our leaders ask of us now. Certainly we're not going
to help them in this time of trial by getting nervous
and jittery about conditions. That won't help them
and it won't help us.
The best thing we can do for our country is to ac
quire the knowledge we need and then go about our
daily routine with all the calm and peace we can man
age.
If we've got enough calm left over to soothe a less
well-balanced neighbor, then we're sure our country's
leaders would appreciate that, too. They haven't much
time to spend in lulling his fears for they're busy doing
other things.
In conclusion, we'd like to add that we consider
living a normal day-to-day life to include a sane and
normal buying program. We're not going to help win
a possible war, if we start right now to store quantities
« of flour, sugar-, coffee, tires and other scarce com
modities. There may come a day when our country
needs those items worse than we do. We'd hate to
think it possible that American soldiers might lack the
tools they need to win a battle because the necessary
articles are stored in American basements back home.
Therefore, let's do three things in this Valley. First,
let's make plans that will prepare us for action in the
event of emergency or disaster, and let's practice
those plans a little. Second, let's settle down into as
normal a daily life as we can manage. Third, let's
acknowledge that we're living normally by buying nor
mally for our regular needs.
Concession Space
On Fair Grounds
Is Fast Dwindling
Would-be concessionaires at
the coming Maianuska Valley
Fair, to be held on Sept. 1, 2,
3 and 4 this year, are warned
to make requests for space at
once. Fair manager Robert
Crites will take applications
from all Valley civic and frat
ernal organizations, who wish
to operate a concession. How
ever, the majority of mid-way
space already has been con
tracted for, it was pointed out.
If applications do not reach
the fair manager within the
next 10 days, it may be neces
sary to refuse someone because
of lack of available space,
board president Chair Slock
said today.
First Sterling Highway
Mail Delivery Completed
Between Seward, Homer
The first overland mail service
between Seward and Homer, by
way of the new Sterling Highway,
was completed in mid-July, ac
cording to information received
from the Homer News. Postman
R. C. Smith now is expected to
handle the bulk of mail deliveries
between the two towns and v.ay
stops. Heretofore, the mail has
been delivered by boat to Inlet
villages.
The Sterling attained official
highway status recently, with the
announcement that a pair of
hitchhikers also had completed a
journey over it. The thumb-wag
ging couple went from Moose |
Pass to Kenai, en route to Kodiak.
LEEKS HAVE GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leek of Pal
mer became the parents of a baby
daughter at 6:30 Wednesday eve
ning. The little girl, who hasn’t
been named yet, was born at Val
ley Hospital. She weighed four
pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
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Sporfwin 3.3 hp .. 140.00
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Speeditwin 22.5 410.00
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Elto Sportster 5 hp 125.50
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Pt. Barrow Expedition
Command Is Changed
Because Capt. Louis Sharp, or
iginal commander, has been or
dered to duty at headquarters of
the Pacific Fleet, Capt. Guy Hel
mick will command the Navy’s
supply expedition to Pt. Barrow
this summer. Announcement of
the change in command was made
ast week.
REA MAN ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith are a
pair of Palmer’s newest residents,
they arrived here last Tuesday
to make their home. Mr. Smith is
with the applications and loans
division of the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration, and will be
aeadquartered at the Palmer of
fice. The Smiths are making their
home at the Lodge, for the
present.
EINAR OLSON DIES
IN SANITORIUM
Einar T. Olson, former Val
ley resident, and in the past
year a patient at Firland Sani
tarium in Seattle, Wash., died
at the samtorium this spring,
it v.as learned this weeK.
Mr. Olson was in charge oi
the drilling operations conduct
ed by Lynch Bros., at Jones
ville two years ago. He had
been an intermittent Valley
resident for a number of years
prior to that time.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Draper and
parents of Carlisle, Iowa, are Val
ley visitors this summer. They are
the guests of the Jack Cope fam
ily during their stay here. The
visitors are the parents and sister
of Mrs. Cope.
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