VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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Entered ms second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio..Publisher, Manager
^Editor.-...Virginia Gallant
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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
A LETTER
Edior's note:) The following ap
peared in a recent issue of The
Fairbanks News-Miner and
should delight the heart of many
males as well as females.
To: Judges and Clerks, All Polls
Annexation Elections.
The City Attorney, 31 years of
age, wishes to acknowledge an
error in judgment.
Both the Ordinance for regis
tration and the registration forms
require the voter to state his or
her age.
I have been advised by a wom
an voter that many women voters
will not vote if required to state
their age. I am further advised
that the annexation elections will
therefore fail. Without inquiry in
to the validity of proposition that
more women favor annexation
than men or that women who do
not like to state their age favor
annexation the following instruc
tions are offered:
1. Any woman voter who ques
tions God’s wisdom as to the (year
of her appearance on earth may
insert the following in the regis
tration column captioned age:
“over 21 years.”
2. Any woman voter fwho wish
es to improve on God’s wisdom
may insert any figure she desires
in the subject column as long as
that figure is greater than 21.
. The penaty for violation of the
ordinance attaches only when the
misinformation given affects thej
given affects the qualifications of [
the voter. A woman, fifty years of j
age, who wishes to vote as a I
woman of thirty years of age, is :
free to do so without fear of pen
alty.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM V. BOGGESS,
City Attorney
Heading the 1953 March of j
Dimes is Basil O’Connor, presi-1
dent of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. The Janu
ary campaign for polio funds
marks Mr. O’Connor’s sixteenth
year as leader of thi:j fight against!
infantile paralysis. Here in Alas
ka, Governor Ernest Gruening i
will serve for his twelfth consecu- j
tive year as chairman of the
March of Dimes in the Territory.
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Burial Place of Santa
Said to Be in Italy
C ANTA CLAUS, otherwise St.
^ Nicholas, otherwise the one
time bishop of Myra in Asia Minor,
is buried in Bari, Italy. His body
was stolen from its original tomb
in Myra and swiftly borne to Bari
by Italian sailors, who thought
back in 1087 that a saint’s body
brought prosperity and good luck
to your town.
St. Nicholas, who was tortured
and imprisoned for his faith during
the reign of Emperor Diocletian,
found no rest in his first tomb at
Myra. Always some expedition was
attempting to remove his remains.
However, once buried again in
Bari, the saint’s body was credited
with curing 30 people of distemper
and performing other miracles. So
Bari became a place of pilgrimage,
and the legends about St. Nicholas
multiplied apace.
We owe our notion of Santa Claus
as a secret dispenser of gifts to a
story that St. Nicholas once saved
three girls from a life of prostitu
tion by throwing purses of gold
through a window in Patara, thus
permitting a poverty stricken
nobleman to give his daughters
suitable dowries as custom de
manded.
In addition, St. Nicholas was
credited with restoring life to some
boys who had been slain and dis
membered by a wicked innkeeper
of Myra—hence the occasional
stained glass windows in which the
saint is shown beside three lads
in a tub.
TIME OUT . . . Santa Claus
pauses in his Christmas Eve
visits sometimes to pick up a
hot dog and ice cream cone at 1
an all-night hamburger stand. ]
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SPECIAL MUSIC FOR
ST. MICHAEL'S
MIDNIGHT MASS
A program of special Christmas
music will be presented by the
choir of St. Michael’s Catholic
Church beginning at 11:30 p.m.
December 24. The program will
consist of “Come, O Come, Em
anuel”—-11th Century Plain song;
“Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming”
—Praetorius; “The Song of the
Shepherds”—17th Century Ger
man; . “Gesu Bambino”—Petro
Yon and “O Holy Night”—Adam.
Mass will begin promptly at
midnight and will include the fol
lowing choir selections: Introit:
“Silent Night”; Gradual: “The
First Noel;” Offertory: “O Come
All Ye Faithful;’ Communion:
“Soul of My Saviour” and “O
Lord, I Am Not Worthy” and
Post Communion: “Joy to the
World.”
During benediction.' which will
immediately follow the Mass, the
:hoir will render “O Salutaris
flostia," “Tantum Ergo,” “Holy
jod We Praise Thy Name” and
‘Angels We Have Heard On
Sigh.”
A Christmas isermon will be de
ivered by Rev. James P. Snead.
The sanctuary and church will
?e appropriatey decorated with
Christmas greens and holly, with
■ed poinsettas and tall white tap
irs banked on the altar. In each
:hurch window will flicker a red
:andle. Within the sanctuary a
nanger scene depicting the Birth
>f Christ will be set up. White
ind gold vestments. wrill be worn
jy the celebrant while red will
>e worn by attendant acolytes.
A. Doyle Smith, Mrs. L. C.
>mith and Paul Martin will be
oloists with Miss Stephanie Sobc
ak presiding at the organ. The
hoir will sing under the direc
on of William W. Elliott.
Confessions will be heard be
inning Wednesday afternoon and
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continue until 11:45 p.ra.
Christmas day, Thursday, De
cember 25, two Masses will be
said beginning at 10 a.m.
VOICE STUDENTS
PRESENT RECITAL
Among ten voice students of
Marita Farell who presented a
final recital at the First Presby
terian Church in Anchorage Fri
day night were Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Nelson, Esther Peterson, Mrs. Jes
sie DeVries and Mel Monson, all
of Palmer.
Miss Farell left December 20 to
join her husband, Wesley Burton
in Florida. She plans to return
to Anchorage and the Valley next
spring.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
EASTERN STAR HOLDS
Officers elected for 1953 at the
December 17 meeting of the Or
der of The Eastern Star in Pal
mer were as follows: Thelma
Cope, worthy matron; Clayton
Esslinger, worthy patron; Marne
Hanks, associate matron; A. New
ell Talcott, associate patron; Ruth
Hodgeson, secretary; Blanche
Ryan, treasurer, June Murphy,
conductress; Marive Laird, asso
ciate conductress and Stanley H..
Laird, trustee for three year term,
A special meeting will be held
Januray 7 at Carpenters' Hall for
the purpose of installing the new
officers.
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Frames - Leases - Repairs
OPEN DAILY THRU FRIDAY — 12 noon-.* p.m.
Sat. and Sun. 1 p.m—10 p.m,
STATESIDE PRICES
MAIL ORDERS HANDLED PROMPTLY
ARE YOU
READY
FOR A BITE
Whether it is just o snack you want or
a full dinner, you will be pleased with
the wonderful selection on the menu at
The Alpine. Food prepared as you like
it in a clean and sanitary kitchen is sure
to "hit the spot."
Stop in soon — we know you'ff be back
FOOD TO PLEASE YOU
SPECIAL
30 Tons 20 % Milk Flo
30 Tons Egg Maker Mash
TO BE SOLD AT DISCOUNT
IN TON LOTS OFF THE GAR
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CARLOAD OF ALFALFA HAY TO ARRIVE SOON
BATHROOM CABINETS - LIGHT FIXTURES
PAINT - VARNISH - UNSEED OIL - TURPENTINE
Co-op Warehouse
HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM VIRG, JOE, BILL AND KEITH