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The Frontiersman Thursday. May 23. 19G3
THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947, at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
T. 0. SCHMIDTKE
Publisher
MILDRED JOHNSON
News Editor
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SMALL DEEDS U3P3DTANT
Small deeds and small contributions are important,
"iese thoughts come to r end m contemplation o' t~e
annual sale of V.F.W. Buddy Poppies by the local Vetsr
us of Fore gn Wars Post and Auxiliary to be held on pur
streets May 25th.
The wor d will little note nor long remember
Abraham Lincoln sa^d at Gettysburg. Mr. Lincoln knew
human nature. It is so easy to :ee our duty and to do i*
n times of war or emergency, it is not so easy in times
of peace or in the absence o! any real emergency.
We would not Willingly forget the sacrifices made
by thousands who defended us on the fields of battle.
Nor can we take to much solace in the fact that a
grateful government provides hospitals and pensions for
"hose who made the greatest sacrifices. A hospital can be
5 coid place indeed without a frequent handshake or a
cheery hello from those who daily go about their tasks in
good health. It is in this field that the V.F.W. Buddy Poppy
has accomplished so much-by providing funds for the
small gifts, the friendly smile, and the warm handshake
to those in many V.A. hospitals throughout this great
nation.
It is heart-warming to know that one penny from
♦he sale of each Buddy Poppy goes to the support of j
*he V.F.W. Home for Orphans of Veterans at Eaton Rapids, I
Michigan. In these beautiful surroundings hundreds of
■orphans have gone to maturity to become educated, use
ful and patriotic citizens.
Your contribution for a Buddy Poppy may be small—
but ft means a great deal.
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jf By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: This boy told all my friends how much he
iikod me and then Friday night he turned right around and
dated another girl. I stayed home figuring he might call. He’s
19. three years older than I am, but that wouldn't mean he
'was handing my friends a line, would it?—Disappointed.
DEAR DISAPPOINTED: Of course, he may like
you. If'he's a normal 19-year-old boy, you're just one of I
several girls he likes. You took too much for granted 1
•awd that's why you're disappointed. Personally. I'm
glad he didn't phone because three years between you
two are two years loo many.
DEAR DAN: A new boy came to our school about 10 days<
ago and we started noticing each other in study hail. He’s a
junior and a year older than I am and we don't have any
classes together. Up until last night we never spoke and then
without warning, he phoned me. He introduced himself and
sounded like a perfect gentleman all the time we talked.
Before hanging up. he asked me for a date for next, week !
•end and I accepted. He’s cute and very husky. Now. Mom
'ays I can’t go out with him because he’s a Stavanger. He's not
a stranger, Dan. We see each other at school and just because i
ne just moved to town, that's no reason to snub him. <
Is my mother right or just old-fashioned?—Dixie. i
DEAR DIXIE: I always say teen-agers know each
other when they have even as little as a smiling ac
quaintance from school. However, this boy came on
too strong too soon. Your mother is right and since she
is, if the boy phones her and asks if he can take you
out, she may have a change of heart.
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DEAR DAN: Girls like to he comfortable and casual in
the summer and that's the only reason we sometimes weir f.
shorts downtown. We don't do it to show off or to draw at- ■
'ent.on. Anyway, our pastor said if he hears of any of as
wearing shorts downtown or to the show, he’ll ban us from
■ ill youth activities and will have talks with our parents.
-1'feel you’re fair (most of the time) and would appreciaSe
1 your comments. Many of my friends want your answer tew
These are just ordinary shorts we wear either with a blouift
ir a light sweater.—Gay.
DEAR GAY: I admire feminine pulchritude as
much as the next guy but there’s a time and a place for
everything. Shorts, etc., may be acceptable downtown,
in stores, at the movies, etc., in a resort community that
fronts on a lake or the ocean. More and more tourists
-are dressing "casual" for their travels. But in strictly
non-resort and non-tourist areas, casual clothing is not
accepted. You have to go with the local responsible
thinking.
I live in a 100 per cent resort area and any type
nf clothing is acceptable but personally, I can't go along
-with this line of reasoning. Maybe it's disillusionment,
seeing too many 180-pound gals in tight shorts, but I
frown on shorts downtown.
This area is so tourist-minded, in the church I
attend women and girls slip into seats wearing shorts.
Others wear jeans. This is slirctiy against my grain but
is "accepted" apparently. So you see, clothing sometimes
accepted by the mases is not always accepted by the
individual.
A girl going to a dance would be highly insulted if her
date showed up with jeans, a dirty T-shirt and greasy hands.
Yet. this same girl went downtown earlier in the day wearing
shorts, a halter, her hair in curlers, and soiled tennis shoes
on her feet and was accepted.
LUTHERAN SERVICE
TIME TO CHANGE
Time of warship services at
.‘St. John Lutheran Church will
ve changed from 11 a.m. to 8:30
;a.m. on the first four Sundays
in June, it was announced this
week.
This is being done so that
•during the absence of the pas
tor of the Anchorage Lutheran
Church, the Rev. Rolland Fritz
may conduct worship services
at Anchorage, in addition to his
regular services at Palmer and
Chugiak.
SELF-CONFIDENCE
Be a competent engineer of
your train of thought—have
control of the throttle.
FIREMEN ANSWER
SEVERAL CALLS
Several fire calls were an
swered by the Palmer Volun
teer Fire Department during
the past two weeks, the latest
on Tuesday, May 20, at about
10 p.m. at the home of Eldon
Sandvik. A chimney fire, the
blaze was already extinguish
ed by the time firemen arrived.
On May 15 a greenhouse
burned on the Gene Reid pro
perty, and on May 16 firemen
were called to extinguish a
brush fire at Valley Street and
First Avenue.
On May 18 a grass fire call
ed firemen to the Tom Merton
home on Bailey Hill.
THE A M ERICA N WAY
OiDriJ nm
IN THE
!/j]L!£Y
Thursday, May 25. 1948
ou Can’t Do Business With Communism !
Palmer stsftds in line to be
recipient of a possibte $3,000,
)00 worth of civic Improve
ments under Che public works
arogram for Alaska, if the city
:an meet its responsibilities to
ward that program. That was
he information disclosed this
veek by Don L. Irwin and
rack Maze of the Valley Cham
>er of Commerce, who have
ieen working on requested in
ormation tor the project for
he past several weeks.
* * $
Fire broke out in the Ron
Da-Voo restaurant late last
night as a result of detective
wiring in the kitchen. Fortun
ately the flames were dis
covered soon enough that
prompt action on the part of
volunteer firemen confined
the fire to the resiburant kit
chen.
According to the most auth
iritative figures possible to get,
here are now 571 people liv
ng in the municipal boundar
es of Palmer, it was announc
ed by Jack Maze, president of
he Chamber of Commerce. Mr
Vlaze estimates that the figure
•epresents a population in
rease of 411 per cent since
1939.
Although he's not' just sure
how many crosses, hearts and
ring settings he can whack out
of a 450-pound jade nugget,
Herbert Boucher of Wasilla is
pretty certain that it will keep
him occupied in his newly-es
tablished jade polishing and
carving business for some time
to come. Mr. Boucher, who has
set up shop in a warehouse be
hind' Teeland's store, found the
jade nugget in Wyoming. The
gem-cutter plans to establish a
stone-cutting and mounting
business which will supply re
tail outlets in Anchorage. Pal
mer and Wasilla with souven
irs fashioned of j ade. agate, pet
rified wood and other semi
precious stones.
Nick McNeil,. 74-year-old
j Wasilla resident, who has been
j blind since cataracts formed
‘ over his eyes when he was 12
years old. this week was delv
ing into the world of books
again for the first time since
1 his boyhood. Mr. McNeil has
: not regained his sight, but he
has received a new talking
; book machine, together with
four books on records. Under a
i borrowing plan provided by the
: Library of Congress. Mrs Mc
| Neil will receive on Loan, three
S books each month from the
Seattle Public Library.
Strange Things
By HEINIE SNIDER
The summer of 1916, while i
I was employed as laborer on
the marineways in Anchorage,
a fellow worker by the name
of Charlie Wagner, otherwise
known as "Windy,” was She
oldest man among- the gang.
"Windy” was a real sour
dough. Having come no the Yu
kon and Alaska Territories irr
1900, he had taken part in some
of the early stampedes- as pros
pector and trapper. He had
worked, so he told me, on the
railroad, which started years
before the present Alaska Rail
road took over; This railroad
was an attempt to reach the
Chickaloon coal fields in the
Matanuska Valley.
My friend Windy had pros
pected in the Hope country to
make a grubstake. He labored
on the railroad at Seward one
year. When Old Man Winter
had stopped all work, he decid
ed to go out trapping. He bou
ght a sled and a dog, “Sandy,”
loaded the sled with provisions,
axe, and traps and started for
Kasilof Lake. When he arrived
at a place called Bear Creek, he
decided to build a cabin and
lay out his trap line.
His winter cache of fur was
above expectation, so he thou
ght of building another cabin
farther up the creek, which he
did. Then when he started from
his first cabin in the morning
to look over his traps, he could
make the second cabin before
dark and could spend the night
skinning his freshly-caught
fur-bearers. *
The next morning he went
back to the first cabin, staying j
a day or so to stretch the pelts.
It went this, way alt winter.
That spring, he built a very
nice cabin beyond where the
second ora? stood, with a kit
chen and a small bedroom. He
stocked all three cabins with
food to last a tong time, and
even left hjs hoKte-made rabbiti
robe on his spruce-bough bed.
That fall, he found the door
of his first cabin open, the
windows broken, the grub ei*fc
en. Even the stove was thrown
out,
“Well,” he said, “I caret do
much here,” so he mushied to
his second cabin, only to find
the door open and all the food
destroyed or eaten.
“Well.” he said to himseLt,
“I’m not licked yet!” and start
ed for his third and last cabin.
It was getting dark when he
finally arrived. Tired and hun
gry, not having eaten all day,
he saw that the door was open
and his spirits fell.
Finally getting up enough
courage to see “what was
what,” he stepped inside, but
found everything all right. The
stove was in its place, with
kindling in front, and on the
shelves was his grub supply,
undisturbed.
“Well, at last I have some
thing to eat!”
But while he was making a
fire he heard a strange sound
from the other room. He lit a
candle and tiptoes to the bed
room to investigate.
There on his bunk lay Mr.
Brown Bear, sound asleep and
snoring!
16 Speakers, Teachers Signed Up
For Short Course; Program Complete
The propram for this year's
Annual Homemakers Short
Course, June 17-21 at the Uni
versity of Alaska, is complete,
according to Miss Agnes Sun
ned. home economics leader
with the Cooperative Extension
Service, University of Alaska.
All 16 speakers and teachers
have been signed up. Wicker
sham Hall has been reserved,
and all the arrangement,; have
been made for a boat trip and
the annual banquet.
One of the highlights of the
Short Course will be the gen
eral session featuring Miss
Loretta Cowder., w. stern re
gional home economies pro
gram leader with me Federal
Extension Service.
She v. .11 explain how to put
on better programs as a way to
mprove clubs and organiza
tions.
Another general session will
feature Mrs. Peggy Goldizen.
well known Fairbanks cake
decorator, bringing back from
her recent trip around the
ALTAR SOCIETY TO
HOLD BAKE SALE
j Homemade delicacies for the
■ grownups and pony rides for
the youngsters will be offered
; by the AJtar Society of St. Mi
chael’s Catholic Church at
i their bake sale next Saturday,
May 25.
The sale will be held at
Bush’s vegetable stand on the
Anchorage-Palmer highway
south of the Matanuska bridge.
Baked goods may be left at
Bush’s stand or in the vestibule
of SL Michael’s Church on Sat
urday morning before 11 a.m.
ST- JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
*bv. r. Mr ft**,
Palmer, Alee—
-5-2£45
Dirine Service* PrOO A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
world a presentation called,
“Cookery Around the World,
Still another general session
will highlight Mrs. Carolyn
Sullivan of the Fisheries Mai
keting Institute. Seattle, dem
onstrating six easy-to-prepare
seafood recipes.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend the Short Course or any
of the sessions. If you wish to
attend the Short Course or it
',ou want im-re information,
contact Miss Agnes Sunnell,
Extension Service. College, oi
our
local Extension office.
GEIWITZ TO SPEAK
AT SiNGSPiRATICN
Lewis Geiwitz. pastor of the
Church of God in Juneau, will
speak briefly at the monthly
Singspiration to he held Sun
day. May 26, at 3 p m. in the
First Baptist Church in Palmer.
The Singspirations, sponsor
ed by the Ministers' and Chris
tian Laymen's Association, pro
vide Christians of all denom
inations the privilege of meet
ing and singing together.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
Morning Prayer —10 A M.
Church School -11 A.M.
PI 5-4341
I
Singspiration
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
3 P.M. Sunday, May 26
Sponsored by
Ministers and Christian
Laymens Association
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
A Sell-Out
It was the traitor Alger Hiss
who was one of the organizers
of the United Nations Year by
year, more and more Commun
ist nations have been added
and of late cannibal rations
from Africa. This i to he the
super - government that will
give us peace??” In Re- a and
1 China those who re ;«t have
been liquidated by the i j-Ilions
In Russia the Kuiak> were
starved and frozen an i ;led up
like cordwood. Under ti a kind
of government we would be
peons and industrial slaves
The anti-Christ is described in
tiie Bible. If we wait much
longer we will be th«e Highly
shackled.
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Wasilla
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Church Serv. 11 ug.t
Paul E. Riley,
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THE FAST PACE OF LIFE
«
You’ll find lots of people concerned about the
tempo of life today. But most of them simply catch
a breath when they can, and try to keep up with
the pace.
There is something more important!
The winner trains ... and plans his race. He may
lag behind for a while, but he is confident of hidden
resources. \Yhen others have burned up their energy
and enthusiasm, he forges to the front. As they
wilt in the home stretch, he sprints across the
finish line.
The Church can help you train ... and plan!
A Christian is concerned with his own spiritual
stamina rather than the fast pace of life. He is
ready with hidden resources when the moment of
challenge comes.
THI CHURCH FOR ALL
ALL FOR THI CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the buildifc* <■
character and good citizenship.
It ia a storehouse of spirit ua! val
ues. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civiiua
tion can survive. There are (ou
sound reasons why every parson
should attend services regulani
and support the Church. tn*r
are: (1) For his own sake.
For his children’s sake. (3J
the sake of his community »
nation. (4) For the sake of tM
Church itself, which needi|N»
moral and material
Plan to go to church reguW »
and read your Bible d*1
Sunday
Psalms
119:29-40
Monday
Isaiah
40:27-31
Tuesday
Luke
13:22-30
1\ ednesday
I Corinthians
9:19-27
Thursday
Galatians
5:16-26
Friday
Galatians
6:1-10
Saturday
Colossians
1:24-29
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