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Entered as second c.ass matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at tire post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1S79
T. O. SCMMIOTKE
Publisher
MILDRED JOHNSON
New* Editor
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This is a unique and stimulatiing undertaking. As
Jenkin Lloyd Jones describes it A NJe Washington, D.C.,/'}
Star, "It is a netf ideV-using a ^uild|hf’» *f‘. a fr»fiefr
exposition for the purpose of dpfnfl ov|r k>
sive in the debate With creeping socialism. The estimated
$2 million which it will cost ... is being solicited frankly
and openly from individuals and corporations who are
sold on the advantage of a free market economy . . .
"In the face of . . . manifold failures of the Left, j
it's time the forces of free enterprise stood up and
crowed a little." I
The theme of the exhibit will be the Ten Pillars
of Economic Wisdom. These are the principles that make
for growth, production, high living standards and all
the other desired ends — and do it in a climate of free
dom, without government domination. Some 70 million
people, 3.5 million of them foreigners, are expected to
attend the fair. May many of them visit the Hall—and
leave it with a new and abiding realization of the won
ders that free enterprise can accomplish, and the need
for standing resolutely in its defense.
fyttdesi 21
By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: I would like to have a pen pal of lb', prefer
ably from outside of Idaho. I’m Colleen Reid and my mailing '
address is Route 1. Thornton, Idaho.
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DEAR DAN: We are two 16-year-old girls who would like
your opinion about this 19-year-old boy. He took one of us to i
a drive-in movie and kissed her on their first date. Then he !
told the other one she was nice and a blast to be with, but I
she didn't have "class.” We think he means that when you j
kiss him on your first date, think what could happen after 1
five or six dates. j
We would like to know if *e should continue dating him
or just leave everything drop? We believe that when he tells
one girl something, he knows it will get back to the other.
—N. B. and L. K.
DEAR GIRLS: I can’t say it any plainer than this:
16-year-old girls have no business dating boys of 19.
That is that. If you two want to continue dating this
romeo, that’s your business. But you've been warned.
DEAR DAN: My parents have a problem with my 15-year
old sister who wants to go with this boy who is 19. She’s been
told not to see him and he’s been told to stay away but I know
they’re seeing each other. I also know he’s spread the word
around he got her pregnant. He has also told others he got
me in trouble too.
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But none of this matters to my sister. She said * soon as
she becomes IS, ihe intended to go to Kentucky with -this boy
and get married. She doesn’t realize what she would be d&iri'g.
I was 15 when I got married and I have four children and
another on the way. I Bjope you can teff' us #hal tel do.
_Mrs ’WSiBf'- IjHL If J •’
, „®4W**S* Thf0 are so many thgojK‘$o$ V
do, it would take me an hour to list them. Don t your
parents realize they are your sister's legal authority?
Don't they know they can bring this boy into court
for the slander he's told? Don't they know they can
take legal action to keep him away from your sister?
Don't they know your sister can be placed in the 4’
jurisdiction of the juvenile court and as such, will def
initely begin acting her age?
I advise your parents to see an attorney pronto.
His service won't cost much and I guarantee it will be
a wise investment. I also know 98 per cent of this
family problem will disappear through legal means.
The remaining two per cent will vanish as the result
of a good-old-fashioned beating op your fisher's bottom.
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DEAR DAN: I’ve been offered a job this fall in a store.
I would work five nights a week from 5 to 10 p.m. and earnt
$1.25 an hour. What I’m wondering about is whether or not
it would be too much for me. ,*• ,,i.
I’m not the smartest girl in the junior class and I have
a hard time keeping up with my grades as it is. I do want the’
job and my parents want me to take it but I'm uneasy about '
accepting it. Please tell me what you think.—JVarful.
DEAR FEARFUL: Don't take the job. Your pri- I
marY obligation from September through next May
will be your education and if you have a struggle with
out working, you would drown by wofking. I realise
the money sounds good but you can always pick up a
little extra by week end baby-sitting.
(Dan Halligan will answer att questions gab- A
mitted by teenagers and cfimretM^spii
care of this paper. For personal tepites eficWsb ' ’lU c
a stamped, self-addressed envelope.) •
the money saved and I think it mi
DEAR G.K.: No. I wouli
eiits wouldn't
DEAR DAN: Would you advj
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Fed up with “No Win”
Strange Things
i BY HEINIE SNIDER
Most folks who read much
like to read biographies of men
and women who write of their
personal adventures while here
on this earth. Tales from the
lives of such men as Alexan
der the Great, Napoleon, and
Jesus Christ are fascinating.
Often biographies are from
strange and far-away lands,
taken from records, letters, and
documents found in museums.
Once in a while we find an
up-to-date book, written by
someone who has personally
travelled through the country
in which we live, describing
his meetings with the people
we know' personally.
Many use a great deal of im
agination, and while it may be
entertaining, it lacks the
truth. When the story is writ
ten about Alaska and her peo
ple, we who have lived here
more than half a century do
not enjoy the book, because we
know that things were not as
the author depicted them.
For example, “Ice Palace”
starts With telling about the
city . of Anchorage, where
every other female who was on
the street expected the stork.
A good start, but keep on
reading, and you soon lay the
book down.
Not so with the book we re
ceived a few days ago. Telling
about the Eskimos, those
friendly people of the Far
North. It comes from the pen
of a man who is well-qualified
tb do'so.
Shdrtly after they were mar
ried. he and his young wife
wefit to work and teach among
the then primitive Eskimos on
the island of Shimareff.
T mfet the author when I
served in the Alaska legisla
ture. Tie wras, and still is, the
carator in the Alaska Museum
in our capital city, Juneau.
He smokes a pipe, which he
ctoTies fcr-hii; hard. I doubt>if
theffc i^-any" tobacco iti It; for
seldom have I seen it in his
»rt&u*h. He uses it more oRfeir
out the artifacts and
-fex'isfidn them.to you.
life tells in l^jbook of being
snotenly a teacher of Three R’s,
■bui by necessity doctor, sur
judge, bdhber, preacher,
^kilff'hdvisor to tht lovelorn.
was an expert at cutting
hair. When an Eskimo boy’s
IfctoiF too long? ,*he combed
'if ofer the head,’ holding a
board under the locks, and
them with a butcher
! got a number on her derriere.
Having no anasthetic, he gave
her wood alcohol and orange
juice until she fell into a stup
i or, then proceeded with the op
| eration, which was entirely
! successful.
Plumbing in Shimareff was
even more primitive than that
of the early-day pioneers. (We
will never forget the slop
bucket, which we called
"Twintje”—garden — intended
as fertilizer for the garden.)
In Shimareff. where the
ground is permanently frozen,
privies were erected on four
poles (the bigger the family,
the longer the poles) on top of
which was built a small house,
walled with burlap; but Arctic
winds soon tore the burlap to
shreds or carried it away al
together.
Still, these unabashed vill
agers mounted their little
thrones each day as nature re
quired, shouting greetings to
I passing friends.
Tlifi author of this entertain
ing and historical book, “Es
kimo Adventure,” is our bro
ther pioneer, past president of
the Juneau chapter of Pion
eers of Alaska, and curator of
the Alaska Museum, Edward
L. Keithahn.
SHAVER HOME
WINS CONTEST
Judges in the home beautifi
cation contest last Sunday
named the Charles Shaver
home in North Palmer as the
first place winner, and that of
Emil Stadler on Valley Street
as second" under the require
ments set up in the contest.
Tfijrd otoee'winner was Dar
rell Trank1 arid the Lynn Sand
vik ft$3ji£'?wife$named in fourth
position.' Pfffft was Mrs. Don
McKechnieV £ '
Other homes receiving com
mendation from the judges for
their attractive surroundings
were those of Earl Goodrich,
Ted Schmidtke, Norman Har
tung. Marvin Slaughter, Walt
Briggs, Daryl Peck, and Bart
Oliver.
The first place winner re
ceived $75 cash award; second
place, $50; and third, fourth,
and fifth received $25 each.
Half of the prize money was
donated by Hugh Adams, local
contractor, and the balance was
contributed equally by the Ma
tanuska Valley Garden Club
i and by the Palmer city council.
I
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LOCAL RAINBOW MEMBERS TO TAKE
PART IN FIRST GRAND ASSEMBLY
Local members of the Order
of Rainbow for Girls will take
part in the first Grand Assem
bly of Alaska, scheduled for
Aug. 22, 23, and 24 at East An
chorage high school.
About 30 girls from the Pal
mer Assembly will attend,
three of whom are grand offi
cers, and five are members of
the grand choir.
The grand officers and grand
choir members have been ask
ed to report to their housing
on Wednesday evening, Aug.
21. to be on hand for an 3
a m. practice on Thursday. The
girls who will take part in the
maypole dance are to report
on Thursday afternoon for a
practice.
Registration will continue
throughout Thursday at the
Anchorage Hotel. All girls at
tending should register and
receive their housing assign
ments by Thursday afternoon.
Meetings will be conducted
all day Friday and Saturday,
with initiation to be Friday
evening, followed by election
of grand officers.
The Grand Cross of Color
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Sat
urday will be followed by the
Grand Cross of Color cere
mony. Also on Saturday morn
ing will be the Majority Ser
I vice for girls who have reach
ed the age of 20 or who have
married.
On Saturday at 1:30 p.m. the
i new appointive grand officers
will be announced, and the
new grand officers will be in
stalled on Saturday evening.
The installation is open to the
i public, and parents and friends
1 are cordially invited to attend.
This is the first new grand
assembly to be formed in many
years, and will bring visitors
from the Supreme assembly as
well as from many grand as
semblies throughout the Unit
ed States.
Local grand officers are
' Janie Hanks, Glee Casler, and
Linda Cope. Choir members
are Mary Lou Johnson, Cyn
' thia Blissard, Liz Schreiber,
Susan Marple, and Sandra
| Moor. Charles Wilson is a
member of the grand executive
board of directors.
Money may make the world
go round, but it seems to have
trouble making both ends
meet.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer_10 A.M.
Church School_11 A.M.
PI 5-4341
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
The Scala Sancla
Up the “Holy Stairs” went
a motley crowd, painfully
crawling on their knees, and
counting their beads. There
were beggars and richly clad
aristocrats. There was also
an earnest monk, with bleed
ing knees, by the name of
Martin Luther. All of a sud
den, he arose and shouted.”
The just shall live by faith.”
Luther had studied the Bible
in Hebrew. Greek and Latin.
The Holy Spirit had work
ed a work of grace in his
heart, and now finally he
understood that the way of
salvation is faith in the shed
blood of Jesus Christ, and
that alone.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
!•«. K. H. Frits,
P0l««r, Motto yr
DiWw Sotkw 1140 A.M.
Sunday School 0:40 AJL
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This is the hand
of Justice. It re
proves those
people who have
strayed from the
path of truth and
good living.
Honest men and righteous men have
chosen another hand; one which is not pic
tured here. They never need the reproof of
Justice, for they have chosen the Hand of
God.
Each man is free to decide which hand
will lead him. Some never see the Hand of
God, and their way through life is barren
and pointless.
But with the help of the Church, you can
find the right path. By attending its serv
ices and joining in its work, your way
through life can be made straight and
happy. Take the Hand of God, and you need
never fear stem Justice.
THE church for ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church it the greatest (ac
tor on earth lor the building ol
character and good citizen up. It
■« a «torehou«e ol spiritual values.
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are lour sound
reasons why every person should
attend sarvices regularly and sup
port the Church. They are: (1)
* ■ OWn sok« <2» Tot his
children s sake. (3) Tor the sake
ol his community and nation. (4)
LV, Lh# *ak* ol ,h* Church itself,
which needs his moral and ma
tenal support. Plan to go to
Bible dar*?Ularly ^
look Chspter Verses
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Jridsy ... Acts 11 21-26
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