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Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 187S
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
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A POWERFUL INFANT
Nowadays we take international air travel, largely
tnvided by 600 mile-an-hour jets, for granted. So it's
v* little hard to realize that U.S.-flag international air
service is, looking at if in historical perspective, an
mtant.
This service was inaugurated, by Pan American
Airways, in October, 1927. The flight, made by a three
engine Fokker F-7, was from Key West, Florida, to Havana,
Cuba—just 90 miles.
Since then Pan Am has developed a route network
of 70,000 miles. It serves some 80 lands on the six
continents. And the experience gained in all this global
air transportation has been put to use in other fields—
mebding providing technical assistance to the airlines
of other countries, operating the missile base at Cape
Canaveral, and even, through a subsidiary, managing a
group of hotels.
The jet plane has shrunk the world. And the pri
"mary service the world's many fine airlines can provide is
"o bring peoples of all nationalities together, to give
■them understanding of different hopes, problems, herit
age. For, if there ever is toifoe a real peace, it must be
based on a solid people-to-people foundation, and not
"'he machinations of government.
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By Dan Hatligan
DEAR DAN: Lester and I plan to be married in two years
when I graduate from high school. He’s 19 and I'm 16. We are
going lo start a joint savings account so that we can start off
•married life on the right foot. He has a good paying job and
«ls» does odd jobs. He also knows everything about me and I
-:txw about his past.
Do you think we are wrong in wanting to wait just two
"bears?—Brenda.
DEAR BRENDA: This answer may shock you and all
the other starry-eyed 16-year-old girls but the whole thing
i* wrong. Waiting until you graduate to get married is in
cident! A You have no business getting this serious at 16
whether you graduate this year or in five years.
3 know how long Lester and you have been
"going together but your parents should hang their heads
in shame for letting you get this involved. If they don't
know about your plans, you should do some head hanging.
See your clergyman right away and quit planning mar
riage.
f * * *
! DEAR DA‘N: This summer we’re moving to a town of
•about 5.000 people. AH my life I’ve lived in a large city and I
iike big city living. I’m worried about everything. Is it true
small towns are all they say?—D.N.
DEAR D.N.: What do they say? You'll find living will
fae-a'ldt "’closer” in your new community. By that, I mean
everybody will know you and if you start bragging about
lirvw -gneat the big city was compared to the town, you'll
wind up with a lot of enemies. I live in a city (??) of 12,000.
counting the cats and dogs, and I like it.
♦ * * *
DEAR DAN: My mother and father are divorced and just
about every night Mom brings a man home and they have a
‘Pa*-party. I’m not saying she shouldn’t have some fun but they
taugh anfi «arry on until after midnight and sometimes much
■ later and I jufd can’t get to sleep. Honestly, this goes on three
and four nights a week.
complained but my mother says she’s having the fun
she missed when Dad was here. Some of these men aren't very
nice and I know Mom just met them. This is an awful situa
ion and I'm anxious to get it cleared up but what can I do?
—Betty D.
-Dear Betty: It sounds to me as if your home should
be raided one of these nights—and that just may happen.
Lay your cards on the table with your mother. If she still
insists on having her fun regardless of the consequences,
see your clergyman or any clergyman. She could wind
up losing you if she's not careful.
* * * *
DEAR DAN: Is there a way a girl can keep her boy friend
»nd her standards'.’ My steady is much older than I am, He’s 22
mri I'm only 16, and he's been around quite a lot. I know he
iovej me but he has his own ideas about me and they go against !
■vervthing I’ve been taught.
My parents don't mind him being six years older than I
im tut I know they would mind if I told them what goes on
sometimes on our dates. Piease tell me what to do and tell me
Tuiek.—Anxious.
DEAR ANXIOUS: Here's the best piece of advice you'll
ever get—ditch your over-age boy friend before you wind
up with a baby. I can’t say it any plainer than that.
DEAR DAN: Is 13 all right for a girl and boy
■ iariy?—Thirteen.
DEAR THIRTEEN: Usually it is.
* * * *
(Dan Halligan will answer all questions sub
mitted by teenagers and children. Address him
care of The Frontiersman paper. For personal
replies enclose a stamped, self-addressed en
velope.)
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THE AMERICAN WAY
Strange Things
By HEINIE SNIDER
Off to the Moon!
The Good Book says that all j
men are liars, which no doubt
is true.
The hunters and fishermen
are of a distinctly different
variety. Always, the big one got
away with hook, line, and sink
er, besides the fishing pole.
The whale, who is a mammal
but called a large fish by some,
swallowed Jonah and for some
time the poor fellow was in
the stomach of the sea animal.
Evidently the whale got sick
—who wouldn’t, with a fully
dressed man inside of you?
Anyhow, he spat Jonah out on
a nice sandy beach, and it is
he who gave us the story.
In the Cape Colony of South
Africa, a fine eating fish is
caught on a river known for its
abundance.
When darkness falls on Afri
ca, there are times when it is
pitch dark. With no flashlight,
it is very difficult to find your I
way home.
Coming home late one even
ing, I found the place in Egyp-!
tian darkness, except for the j
kitchen table, on which lay i
a large platter of some fresh-;
caught fish resembling our Al-'
aska specimen. These fish, I
was told, have some kind of
phosphorescence on their scal
es which actually gives off a
glow.
Away up north, the Eskimos,
lacking blubber, use the smelt
to light up the igloo. It is call
ed the “candle fish.”
On the Amazon River in |
South America, there are sch- j
ools of fish not larger than a
man’s hand, who are without
the shadow of a doubt the most j
ferocious fish in the world. If1
some unlucky animal or man
should fall into the water, and
the fish should happen to be
out looking for lunch, in short
er time than it takes me to
write about it. there would be
nothing left but a pile of well
picked bones.
When you look at the Alaska
map, you will notice that near
the mouth of the Kuskokwim
is the village of Betties. For
many years a revenue cutter
used to bring in supplies for
hospitals and schools.
One man. always on hand to
get his mail, was an old trap
per and prospector. He was al
so an ardent fisherman, and on
occasions took the engineer of
the boat to places where the
fishing was good. In return for
giving the seamen their fishing
trips and supplying them with
fresh fish, he was given beans
and canned food while enjoy
ing the hospitality of the crew.
Once, down in the engine
room, he spied a number of
large glass bottles, holding al
cohol for use in batteries on
the ship.
That evening, before the
boat set sail for the states, the
prospector Bettle unfolded a
tale of fishing on an unknown
creek tributary to the Kusko
kwim River. It was a funny
looking specimen, the like, he
said, of which he had never
seen before. It looked much
like a cut-throat, but had long
feelers such as a mud shark has.
But the strangest thing about
it was that the fish was trans
parent—'‘Yes, sir, you could see
right through him—the bone
structure, even the food in the
stomach."
"Why didn’t you keep some
for us to see?”
He explained that he had
salted some down, but they had
turned to slime.
"Hey, wait a minute,” said
the engineer. “What about al
cohol? That will keep a fish
for years.”
Down to the engine room he
went, and came back with a
ten-gallon glass bottle.
During the long Alaskan
winter the cabin of Sourdough
Bettle was the most popular
place at Betties. The territory
of Alaska was as dry as the
Sahara desert, but for many a
long night, fortified with the
stuff out of the glass jar, the
members of the Grand Igloo of
the “Liars' Club” told the most
fascinating and fantastic stor
ies, of w'hich this is one!
Something New
Those who learn from their
owm mistakes are learning
something new all their lives.
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IN THE
!/fliUY
Thursday, May 5. 1948
The bond drive of the Val
ley Hospital Association will
end on Friday, May 7, it was
announced today by bond drive
chairman W. C. Mau, Mr. Mau
stated that the drive was ”pro
gresing slowly” toward its $50,
000 goal. That sum has been
fixed as the amount needed
with which to begin construc
tion of a new hospital building.
• • •
Carl Snelling. superintend
ent of Palmer schools last
week announced his accept
ance of the position of super
intendent at a school to be
established at the Kodiak Na
val Operations Base at Ko
diak. This school is to be a
new one .operated at the
Navy base for the first time
next term.
* * •
L. A. Moore, public relations
officer of The Alaska Railroad,
will be the guest speaker at
Wednesday’s Chamber of Com
merce meeting. He is expected
to discuss plans for a new rail
bus service for the Valley.
* * *
Jaunita McDonald will be
graduated from Wasilla high
school at ceremonies to be held
in the Community Hall on May
14, it was anounced today by
school superintendent James N,
Pendleton, Juanita is the only
Wasilla graduate this year.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
It*, t. H. Frits.
Palmar, AIoskb
I-S-2S45
Divina Sanrieas 11:00 A. M.
Sunday School 0:45 A.M.
j A month-end celebration on
May 29 and 30 this year, being
planned by a group of towns
people will revive Colony Day
in the Valley. Originally plan
ned to memorialize the arrival
of the Valley's first farmers
settled here by the government,
Colony Day, 1948, is dedicated
to the future—Palmer’s future
on the air maps of Alaska.
* • •
Members of the Wesilla Li
brary Association, is a recent
meeting, voted to undertake
an a$£vecampaign to build a
fund for library construction
this summer. A building com
mitted headed by Martin Ol
son has prepared plans and
cost estimates for a propos
ed new building, which will
! be located on or near the
! present site.
* * *
Graduates of Palmer high
| school of 1948 will hold theii
first class reunion just aftei
| commencement exercises or
I May 20. Class members will
I gather for the last time as e
i unit that evening, when thej
■ meet for a banquet at the Pal
mer Fountain.
Experience is one commodity
that always sells above par, bul
seldom pays dividends.
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THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Darwin or Christ
Man says that life canie
into being by spontaneous
generation. Pasteur showed
that all supposedly scientific
experiments to prove this
theory were false and unsup
ported by any fact. It would
be just like rolling the parts
of a watch around in a blan
ket, hoping to get an honest
to-goodness 17 jeweled watch.
You could keep on until
doomsday. Darwin says life
came spontaneous gener
ation. Christ says life was
created. He should know. It
was He Who created all
things, even the myriad stars.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer —10 A.M.
Church School-11 A.M.
PI 5-4341
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Wasiila *
Assembly of God
Rer Paul E. Riley.
Pastor
*Sun. School
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| Morn. Church Serr. 11 aan.*
*Eeen. Serr. -7:30 pun.*
* Prayer and Bible *
£ Study, Wednesday 7:30
Phone FR-G-3181
Did you ever hold in your
hand a rose, a plant, or
even a tiny seed and won
der where its beauty comes
from? Or did you plant a
seed and watch, day by
day, and marvel at nature’s
way? How miraculous are
the ways of nature; so
beautiful that man can
never fashion or create a
rival.
Another word for nature,
of course, is God. He cre
ates. Beauty in all its forms
comes from Him, and to us
they are priven; nature’s
bounties, we call them.
When you go to church
this Sunday, say another
word of “thanks” for all
that is good , all that is
beautiful; all that you pos
sess !
THE CHURCH FOR ALL
The Church is the greatest factor on
earth for the building of character and
good citicenship. It ii a stoaehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong
Church, neither democracy nor civibra
non can survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should at
tend services regularly and surport the
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
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 regularly and read
your Bible daily.
Sunday
Job
40:iM4
Monday
Psalms
8:1-9
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Tuesday
Psalms
98:1-9
Wednesday
Isaiah
55:1-5
Thursday
Isaiah
55:6-13
Friday
Matthew
6:25-33
Satu'fy
Philipp .ns
4:4-9
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