VALLEY FRONTIERSMAH
Owned and Published by Anchorage Shopping Guide, Inc.
> PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a
Psfhner, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879._
Viola Daniels __Edito
Subscription rates 50c month, $5 a year
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States_ _
Nq printed material - in the Valley Frontiersman may be »
reproduced except by permission of the publishers._
DANIELS—In The Lion’s Ben
"fffectve today, the publication date of the Valley
■rontiersman will be Friday rather than Thursday of
each week. That change will move advertising dead-,
nes back to noon on Wednesday, with the absolute
Jeadline for news (front-page material) fixed for
Thursday at noon.
We frankly admit that we're making this change
to please ourselves more than anyone else. The Thurs
day publication date, conflicting with the publication
date of the Anchorage Shopping Guide, placed too
heavy a burden on one small shop. The added day
//ill give Frontiersman printers an extra 24 hours in
vhich to do a' better job on your paper.
And while we're on the subject oF pleasing our
ielves, there's another matter we'd like to mention—
wo, in fact. It's a grand old newspaper custom
o collect subscription revenues in advance. We've
>een remiss in that line on the frontiersman, up until
iow, but now we'd like to line up with the cash cus
om practiced by other newspapers.
So please watch for the little pink sticker on your
aper, and when you find it, won't you come in before
ie next issue is due and renew the subscription, if you
itend to keep reading the paper? We dislike having
) cut subscribers' names from our lists, but we do feel
iat an overdue subscription of several months' dura
on indicates that you probably want to discontinue
ie paper and just haven't let us know.
Tfte subscription price remains 50 cents a month
• $5 a year. We suggest that you subscribe if you
e a regular reader We try to keep the newsstands
rpplied, but we feel a subscription by mail is your best
surance of regularly receiving the paper.
The second item we wanted to discuss was the mat
r of classified ads. We'd hate to change our policy
waiting to collect on classified ads until the month's
d. However the loss figures we showed on classified
Vertising for the past year indicate that we may have
do that. Small bills of from 75 cents to three or four
liars don't appear to amount to much, when taken
jividually, but when those same bills add up to near
$75 by the year's end, that's too big a blow for your
illey Frontiersman to take. We'll have to begin to
Meet in advance, if we don't soon start collecting for
3se long past-due classified ads.
We mention these matters in passing, and in no
rit of complaint. But we would appreciate your
ling at the Valley Frontiersman office in the Shop
g Guide building, if your subscription or advertising
:ount is delinquent.
Book Will Be
t Polaris Yet, Staff Says
better ‘Polaris than ever be
is^the goal the ’50 Polaris
? has fixed. And in line with
goal, they recently announc
two new improvements for
year’s book. Covers on the
yearbook will be padded and
be reproduced in the blue
white colors of Palmer High
tol. Polaris staff members
announced that they expect
annual to be typeset rather
typewritten, as it was last
MAU HOW WITH CAA
Ci Mau, fofmer manager of
nuska Electric Association
is now an airways engineer
CAA, it was learned this
Mr. Mau, who headquar
in Anchorage, has just re*
Homemakers To Make
Farm Institute Plans
The Hofnemaker’s Council has
an especially important meeting
next Monday, Miss Mary Lou
Lashbrook reminded this week.
Major piece of business at the
Monday meeting will be the
drafting of plans for the Farm and
Home Institute, to be held later
this month.
Monday’s meeting will begin
promptly at 10:30 a. m. in the Ex
tension Office. Council members
will recess at noon to share a pot
luck luncheon and will get back
to their planning at the conclus
ion of the lunch.
turned from a field trip to Ko
diak and Naknek. The Maus will
continue to make their home in
the Valley, where Mr. Mau joins
his family on week-ends.
Photo Quito Plait
Picture Contest
For Fur Rendezvous
R. R. Macle of Anchorage, this
week announced an amateur
photography contest, sponsored
by the Anchorage Photographic
Guild, as a part of the 1950 Fur
Rendezvous. Prizes for this con
test, which closes Feb. 15, total
$400 in cash and merchandise. A
sweepstake prize of $100 is offer
ed for the contestant amassing
the largest total number of points
in the contest.
There are six divisional prizes
in the classes of (1) scenics, (2)
animal and wildlife shots, (3)
portraits, (4) human interest
shots, (5) documentary shots and
(6) still lifes.
Any type of camera can be
used to take pictures for this con
test, Mr. j- Mack said. All entries
will be displayed at radio station
KENI.. Entries may be submitted
direct; to Box 402,: Anchorage or
may be taken to either the An
chorage Photo Shop, Bert’s Drug,
Fourth Avenue Foto Shop, Hew
itt’s Drug* Robinson’s Studio,
Mac’s Photo or Stewart’s. Photo
Shop. • : ■'?
An application blank for the
contest appears elsewhere on this
page. Contest rules were an
nounced as follows by Mr. Mack:
1. The competition committee
will govern this contest and de
cisions of the judges will be fi
nal.
2. This contest is open to Alas
kan amateurs only. Profession
als are excluded. Professionals
are defined as those persons earn
ing 40% or more of their yearly
earnings through professional
photography.
3. The pictures entered must
have been conceived by the en
trant.
4. Competitors may enter not
more than two prints in each di
vision, which may be any size on
a 16x20 inch mount, although at
least a 5x7 inch is recommended.
They may be mounted either for
vertical or horizontal display.
Prints of similar subjects, such as
scenics, animals, portraits, human
interest, documentary, and still
life, shall be judged as a group.
Prints must be black and white,
or toned—no hand colored or col
or prints will be acceptable.
5. A title may appear on the
front of the print. The owner’s
name and address must appear on
the back of the print.
6. Prints must be in the com
mittee’s hands by midnight, Feb
ruary 15, 1950. One .application
blank is necessary for each prinl
submitted.
7. Prints will be judged by
competent judges appointed by
the committee. They will be
judged for:
Picture interest .25 Points
Composition .25 Points
Prinl quality .25 Points
On designated judging day
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each judge will receive a ballot
on which to record his choicC He
will insert on his ballot points for
prints of each class, which in his
opinion' are the best on display.
Completed ballots will be tabu
lated by the contest committee.
8. Prints that place, receiving
the same number of points, will
be brought before the judges for
re-decision. The lesser print
shall receive a lower position
with nothing less than honorable
mention.
9. The competitor having the
largest number of points will re
ceive the sweepstake prize of one
hundred dollars ($100.00)- Each
division winner will receive a
cash or merchandise prize as first
prize within the division.
10. Within 10 days after the
Fur Rendezvous, prints will be
returned to collection stations for
return to competitors; or if pos
tage and suitable container are
furnished, they will be mailed to
owners. Prints that place or re
ceive honorable mention will be
retained for a brief time for such
purposes.
..In The Bank!"
"Certainly my insurance dividend would
be fun to spend, but not this time. It's
going right into the bank where it's safe
and available the moment need it."
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
APPLICATION
1950 Fur Rendezvous Photography Contest
Sponsors: Anchorage Photographic Guild
Box 402, Anchorage
ALASKAN AMATEURS ONLY
CHECK
PLEASE SUBMIT MY ENTRY: ONE
DIVISION 1—SCENIC .....|.|
DIVISION 2—ANIMALS .
DIVISION 3—PORTRAITS .
DIVISION 4—HUMAN INTEREST ..
DIVISION 5—DOCUMENTARY .
DIVISION 6—STILL LIFE .
Description of Print: (Subject, Camera, Speed, Photo Date)
One application for each print submitted is necessary,
must be securely attached to back side of mounted ezgh^jbit.
This
NAME ....
ADDRESS.CITY.
COLLECTION STATION