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. O. SCMMIOTKE
Publisher
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Dim View of Welfare Slate
Congressman Walter Norblad of Oregon's First
District periodically polls his constituents on current
legislative controversies. Tabulation of his latest poll
provides some interesting food for thought. Among the
findings:
Opinion as to the wisdom of federal income tax
reduction is nip and tuck, with 51.8 per cent saying Yes,
and 48.2 per cent saying No.
Sentiment in favor of bringing labor unions under
the antitrust laws is overwhelming, with 90.5 per cent in
favor of it.
The proposal that large cities be given federal aid
for development of their local transportation systems has
even less support—93.5 per cent of the respondents an
swered No.
Federal aid for school construction and teachers' sah
aries received a No vote. At the same time, a majority ap
proved the proposal that parents of college students be
permitted to claim their tuition, books, and other educa
tional costs as an income tax deduction.
One Swallow doesn't make a summer, and a poll of
one Congressional district doesn't prove a national trend.
But Mr. Norbiad's findings are in consonance with others
emanating from widespread areas of this nation. To put it
simply, the American public at large is taking a dimmer
and dimmer view of the Welfare State—with all its costs
and bureaucracies and, more important, its relentless
aggression against the liberties and responsibilities of
the individual citizen and local government.
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By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: My girl friend should be nicknamed “Miss
Borrower” because she’s always borrowing my things. She nev
er has a comb with her and sometimes I even have to let her
borrow a handkerchief. She borrows from other girls too. Now
she’s mad at me because last night when she wanted to borrow
my lipstick, I told her she couldn’t. Was I right?—FED UP.
Dear Fed Up: Not being up on the rules and regula
tions of lipstick, I don't know. I know girls are always
borrowing combs but lipstick—that may be carrying
friendship a little too far.
DEAR DAN: My steady is going through a phase, I hope.
Right now he’s car crazy. He just got hemself a car and all he
wants to do is spend time with it. He’s honest anyway. He told
me I wouldn't be seeing too much of him this summer because
he’ll be working on the car.
If he expects me to sit home, he's crazy. Other girls I know
have this same problem too so if you’ll answer my question, it
will help some of my friends—NANCY D.
Dear Nancy: Cars are cars and steady girls are
steady girls and an auto has yet to be manufactured
that can take the place of a best girl. At least that's the
way I look at this problem although in this mechanical
age we're in, the boys may think differently. At least
you didn't lose out to some blonde.
DEAR DAN: I'm scared to death that a police officer who
is a friend of my family’s will tell my parents he caught me
parking the other night. I was parked with my date near our
school football field and he came up in his cai before we even
knew he was there. He acted like he didn’t know me but I’m
sure he recognized me because he put his flashlight beam right
in my face.
We weren’t doing anything wrong but he still told us to
move on. My father has never said I could or couldn’t park so
I just don't know what to do. Should I say anything about this
at home?—H.H.E.
Dear H.H.E.: Your date and you were probably
the 28th couple that evening your policeman friend told
to "move on" and he probably thought no more about it.
As long as you car date and your parents know it.
they also know you park but give you credit for sense
enough not to overdo it. You can mention this at home
if you wish but if you don't, there won't be any harm.
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DEAR DAN: I went to the carnival the other night with
my best friend and just as we were having fun. she met this
boy she knows and walked off with him. So there I was
stranded and now she wonders why I’m mad. Don’t I have a
right to be mad?—MAD.
Dear Mad: You sure do. Even if your friend was
going steady and ran into her boy friend, she still
shouldn't have left you alone.
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DEAR DAN: I know most boys expect a goodnight kiss
after a date but there are some boys I go out with I just can’t
bring myself to kiss. They’re nice and all that but I just can’t
do it. Is there anything wrong with me feeling this wav-’—
PUZZLED
Dear Puzzled: I wouldn't say so. Kissing should al
ways be considered as something personal and if you
don't want to pucker up for certain boys, you just don't
and that's all there is to it.
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DEAR DAN: My mother keeps hinting I should date this
neighbor girl but I’m 16 and this girl won’t be 15 until Novem
ber. I say she’s too young for me. How about you?—MAC
Dear Mac: She's too young for you or for any boy
to date.
Don’t Pick Up Live Baby Animals,
Game Department Personnel Urge
The Department of Fish and
Game this week issued an ap-!
peal to ask people not to pick
up live animals.
Loren Croxton. regional
game supervisor, said that baby
moose and other infant animals
being picked up by the public
are causing an increasing am
ount of difficulty to his agency.
Croxton pointed out that it
is an unusual situation when
a baby animal is actually aban
doned by its mother. Usually
the mother is nearby and will
return to her offspring as soon
as the human intruder leaves
the area.
The official wished to stress
that in addition to being ex
tremely dangerous to pick up
baby moose that it is also illegal
to molest, hold or transport ani
mals of any species without a
permit, and asked that if any
one finds a baby animal which
he thinks has been abandoned,
to call the nearest office of the
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, but DO NOT PICK UP
THE LIVE BABY ANIMAL.
THE AMERICAN WAY
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Thursday, June 23, 1948
Bert’s Drug Store resumed
business in temporary quarters
in Palmer last Thursday. Al
though shelves still are only
partially stocked, new ship
ments are arriving daily and
clerks Ruth Peterson and Del
bert Anderson expect it to be
only a short time until the
store is equipped to handle all
of Palmer’s more common
needs.
Last week's high winds
were just what the airport
burning crew ordered. It en
abled the men to begin
burning of the stump rows
at the extreme northern end
of the field, which they
earlier had decided could be
ignited only when the wind
blew from the south. A rep
resentative from CAA came
from Anchorage last Friday
morning to advise and assist
in marking off the small
plane runway on the east
west strip, to be used while
the other runway is under
construction.
Rev. and Mrs. George Sav
chenko and two children hope
to leave Palmer for the States
this week. They are awaiting
word that Reverend Savchen
ko’s replacement, Rev. J. H.
Davis of Worchester, Mass., is
en route over the Alaska High
way, before taking their de- 1
parture.
The first summer camping
unit at King's Lake Camp is
expected to arrive today,
when more than 100 dele
gates to a Young People's
Church Conference are
scheduled to begin registra
tion. Delegates will come
from Anchorage and Palmer,
and also possibly from Sew
ard and Fairbanks as welL
The young people, of junior
and senior high school ages,
will spend a week at the
camp.
Miss Ethel Dale, hospital
manager, and Dr. R. E. Barrett,
Valley physician, opened the
doors of their temporary office
quarters in the quonset hut
next to the hospital, on Mon
day afternoon of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gul
branson of Alpine Inn are vis
iting in the States at present.
They expect to be Outside for
about two weeks.
Louis Poluck of Jonesville
was described as in a "crit
ical and serious condition" by
doctors at the 183rd General
Hospital late yesterday after
noon. Poluck was the victim
of a shooting which occurred
at the Jonesville mine early
Monday morning.
Strange Things
By HEINIE SNIDER
In the spring of 1922, the
railroad section between Wasil
la and Pittman was in bad con
dition. “Slow” signs were plac
ed to keep the train on the
track. During the winter, the
thermometer had dropped to 35
below zero, lifting the track up
in such a way that it looked
like the hump of a camel.
A young soldier discharged
j from the U. S. Army by the
; name of Pete Corcoran, well
known in the Wasilla district,
and the writer put in some 500
shims. With warmer weather,
when pick and shovel could be
used, more men were hired to
put the track in shape for the
summer season.
Besides Corcoran, a crew of
about eight men were hired,
upon the recommendation of
the postmaster W. W. Wilmoth.
An old sourdough prospector,
'Dirty Face” Crocker, who had
lived all winter in a tent with
dirt floor at Mile 9 on the Wil
low trail, needed work badly
because he had caught little fur
on his trap line.
The section house was divid
ed in two parts, one part for
the section foreman and his
family and the other for the
gang. There was also a wash
room with a shower.
On Sunday, one of the men
came to me and said, “Mr
Snider, I am sent by the gang
to speak to you about this man,
“Dirty Face” Crocker. We have
been here now for a week and
he has never washed his hands
or face nor taken a bath. He
goes to bed with his clothes on
and he smells sour. Is he one
of those Sourdoughs who takes
a bath once a year? We asked
him and we told him to take
a bath, but to no avail! If this
keeps up we’ll go back to An
chorage.”
“O. K„” I said, “I’ll see to it
that he takes a bath.”
So the Frau and I went to a
small log cabin, where we fill
ed a tub with warm water, and
brought soap and towels. The
Frau gave him one of my suits
of “long-johns” and in no un
certain terms told Dirty Face
to wash up—if not, I would fire
him.
He took his bath and looked
like a different man.
Next morning, he didn’t show
up for breakfast, stayed in bed
and complained of hard breath
ing. A freight train going south
was taking water, and as there
were only one or two trains a
week, we put him on it to see a
doctor and to go to the hospital.
The next morning, Dr. J. B.
Beeson called me from the hos
pital and said, “Well, Heinie,
you have to hire a new man.
Mr. Crocker has crossed the
great divide.”
LOCALLY KNOWN WOMEN NAMED
TO AMERCAN LEGION OFFICES
Two locally known women
were elected to offices in the
American Legion Auxiliary De
partment of Alaska at the
44th annual convention of the
American Legion Department
of Alaska in Haines during the
week of June 5-8.
Alice Bouwens, of Anchor
age, daughter-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. William Bouwens of
Palmer, was elected president,
and Agnes Zaborac of Palmer
was named sergeant-at-arms.
Legionnaires who attended
the convention termed it a tre
mendous success.
Legion officers elected for
the ensuing year are George
Petrovich, Anchorage, com
mander; Robert G. Blair, Sitka,
first vice-commander; Ed
Grove, Anchorage, second vice
commander; Joseph M. Briones,
Juneau, adjutant-finance and
service officer; Warren C. Col
ver, Anchorage, judge advo
cate; Father John A. Lunney,
Cordova, chaplain; James A.
I La Londe, Juneau, historian;
William C. Kelm, Haines, ser
geant-at-arms; and Ralph R.
Warren, Juneau, and Roland
David Stock, Anchorage, exec
utive committeemen.
District commanders are Her
nando Villarma, southeast dis
trict; and Harry J. Heintz.
Glennallen, western district.
National executive committee
man is Herald E. Stringer of
Anchorage, and Richard I. Eli
ason of Sitka is alternate exec
utive committeeman.
Auxiliary officers, besides
! the two named above, are ,
Betty Eliason, Sitka, first vice
■ president; Madeline Grove, An
chorage, second vice president;
Betty Sampson, Ketchikan, sec
retary-treasurer; Marge Dick,
Seward, chaplain; Verle Lew
is, Haines, historian; and Ruth
E. Brown, Ketchikan, national
executive committeewoman.
Van Brunts To
Report on Tour
Friends and interested per
sons are invited to see pictures
and hear a report of the recent
trip to Israel, Europe, and Eng
land by Marie and Don Van
Brunt on Tuesday, June 25, at
8 p.m. in the American Legion
hall in Palmer, across from the
Matanuska Hotel.
The Van Brunts were mar
ried in London on May 1,
where they were attending the
Baha'i World Congress. Marie
had been touring Europe since
Feb. 27, visiting friends and
sightseeing.
Verne Stout will also be pres
ent at the Tuesday meeting to
add his impressions of the Holy
Land.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend the informal travelogue
presentation, Mrs. Van Brunt
said.
In Shoshone Idaho was pro
nounced EE-da-how.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
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THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
The Moon Shot
When the people around
Babel gathered to build
themselves a tower that
would reach to the sky God
intervened. The result was
what is known as a “Babel
of tongues”. This was the
birth of several foreign lan
guages. God is not mocked.
In my previous article I said
that the excursion to the
moon would be extremely
costly, and that the lunar
nauts would most likely be
unable to return to earth. We
have gone utterly nuts with
our scientific endeavors. We
would gain no useful knowl
edge, and we would become
the laughing stock of the
Russians. It is cheaper to let
the Russians try it them
selves. They want to bleed us
white, and then they have
won the cold war.
Jack salmon is an early 01
year-ahead spawner.
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SUNRISE BAKERY
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OF BREAD
DELIVERED FRESH DAILY TO YOUR FAVORITE GROCER
"IF ITS FRESHER THAN SUNRISE
IT HASN'T BEEN BAKED"
Sunday
Job
30:5-12
Monday
Job
42:1-6
Tuesday
Psalms
40:4-8
P ROPING
THE UNKNOWN
Early dawn at Cape Canaveral...
and out of the flaming roar a finger
of science probes the unknown.
Man has never been content to
live behind a curtain of mystery. He
must seek . . . discover . . . explore.
Nor is man’s soul less eager than
his mind!
For if we are meant each day to
learn one more truth of our environ
ment, we are meant, too, to learn
one more truth of our Creator. There
is hope that scientific probing can
enrich our physical life; there is
promise that religious searching will
deepen our spiritual life.
Tomorrow depends on every les
son learned at Canaveral. P»ut, to
even greater degree, on every truth
learned at Church.
THE CHURCH FOR All...
All FOR THE CHURCH
Th« Church m the greatest fac
tor on earth for the build in;; of
character and good citizenship.
It is a storehouse of spiritual val
ues. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civiliza
tion can survive. There are four
sound reasons why every person
should attend services regularly
and support the Church. They
are: (1) 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 regul 'G/
and read your Bible daily.
Friday
II Timothy
3:1-9
Saturday
James
3:13-18
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