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Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03
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 The first five are incumbent de ~ecturs Other candidates mav be nominated from the floor.
 Entertainment will be pruvid ai n the showing of an interesting novie on Boulder Dam. Coffee. ake, and ice cream will be erved during the counting of the ballots
 Only those members present at he meeting will be eligible for ne prizes which will be drawn.
 he prizes list together with con tributors follows; An electric ieep fryer from Kay pippel In-
 rance: electric heating pad, Tlmling and Pawell. electric 2 ock. Graybar Electric; auto n' 'etic time switch, Sangamo Elec- tr:c; one month movie pass, Al Hogen; electric clock, Ken's Flee -g.c; kitchen ventilator fan, Pal ner Sheet Metal; five dollars in T. de from Betty's Ketchikan Spruce, the Valley Barber Shop, palmer Cold Storage. JohnSon's s Barber Shop; Talk of the Town fe, and the Valley Grocery; one years subscription to the Valley Frontiersman, Matanuska Press; ne natural rubber tube, Tost's 'ervice, one wheel balance, Pal ner Body and Paint; Sl5 in trade Kirk's Sales and Service; SIC worth gas, Motor-In Service; g pounds sugar, North Palmer Store; waffle iron and sandwich grill, Palmer Drug Store; a ham md a slab of bacon, KoslOsky's 50 gallons of stove oil, Palmer Transfer; 20 percent off on a new battery, Palmer AutomotiVe automatic toaster, Grasser Hard ware, an electric grill, Westing- house Electric; an electric toaster Line Material of Anchorage; and 2ne dozen Easter lilies purchased from a $50 donation by the Oesel Cedar Company.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03
PTh PLANS P0TLUCK FOR FlNlL. MEETING

Palmer Parent Teacher. Assa- cialnn Will hold it1 final meet ing for the school year Apul l5. when 8 pot-luCk dinner W4ll be served ln the school cafeteria at 6,30 pm
 Due to limited space. the dln- ner has been planned for parents and teachers only. with first grade parents acting as hosts and hostcsses. Coffee, plates, cups and silver wlll be furnished
 The following list. released by acting P-TA President Eileen Braniun will toe furnished for the dinner First and Second grade Main Dishes Third and Fourth Salads Fifth and Sixth. Desserts.
 Seventh and Eighth. Rolls and Sandwiches. Ninth Relishes. Tenth. Eleventh and Twelfth Nuts and Minus Serving will be- gin promptly at 6.30.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03

The Veterans on-farm train ing classes are being continued, according to the Palmer instruc- tor Eugene Kirsch, pending fur ther notice regarding the status of an estimated 75 percent of trainees who did not sign state ments regarding work off farms in 1851.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03

tions for the now hospital are in the mill of final approval. Kim caid said. and as soon as this approval is received there will be advertising for bids. Kincaid sad he hoped this approval would be forthcoming within the next two weeks.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03
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 Only two more Eklu'na Project bids remain to be advertised an awar ed. Bids for the poW es house will ue openc5 May 6 m Denver with invitations Co bid !9inE ou, about April 8 The An choragc sub-stat.1n will be the final construction contract Re- routing of the Anchorage Palmer HighWay around the power house will be a part of the power house construction contract
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03

The less you have to do with some folks the less you are worse off.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03

ADV. Vote once, for HilIstrand'
Valley frontiersman., 1952-04-03
cOFFEY TNSURES EVERYTHING REMEMBER?

ADV. Vote once for Hillstrand'
Evening star., 1952-02-18

does a great job Of keeping the heat
out of your lap.
We know because thousands of
happy Buick owners already have
this new comfort feature. The rest
of the automobile industry is just
beginning to discover what Buick
discovered a year ago. It's a great
idea, which costs you very little
extra if you order it when you're
buying a new car.
But this still leaves the other folks
with a lot of catching up to do.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Arlington ImpaneIs
Regular Grand Jury

Arlington Circuit Court Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy impanelled
a six-man regular grand jury to-
day with instructions to review
carefully any evidence of possible
malfeasance or misfeasance by
county officials.
Judge Mccarthy referred eight
Commonwealth criminal cases to
the jury but added he understood
that certain persons had indicated
a desire to submit evidence to the
jury concerning other matters.
The judge did not specify the
other matters.
Attorney James j. Laughlin is
expected to seek perjury indict-
ment against Blight H. Lee, self
styled farmer who was convicted
lin Washington of gambling and
conspiracy to gamble. Mr.. Laugh
lin, in letter to Commonwealth S
Attorney William j. Hassan. said
Ihe believed Lee had committed
Iperjury in the trial of Joseph G,
Lewis for armed robbery Of the
Lee home last year.
Mr.. Laughlin, who is attorney
flor Lewis, has noted an appeal
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Seven States Extend Life
OF 1851 Car License Tags

Notice Of extension Of some 1851
State license plates has been an.
|nounced by the American Auto.
mobile Associations national OF.
flee.
In a story on local arrests fol
dead-tag violations yesterday. q
State licenses were listed by Ths
Star as having expired.
License plates for Illinois, which
were reported expired, have beer
extended to March /. Michigan
plates are good until February
I2s.
Other states in which extention.
have been granted include
Georgia, April Is: Oklahoma
March 8; Iowa, March IS: Kansas
April l.. and Louisiana, Februar,
%. ~. rze..4.
Evening star., 1952-02-18


You'll look a long way before you'll
find anything that approaches
Bucks million dollar ride.
You'll look a long way before you'll
find anything so completely satisfy.
ing as Dynaaow Drive
You'll find it hard to match the style
and beauty and harmonious good
taste Of a 1852 Buick s interior trim
and fabrics.
And when it comes to what you get
for what you pay-we'l gladly
match price tags with the field.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
U. 5. Attorney Says
He'll Use Lindberqh
Law in KIan Case
BY the As.osiosed Pres.


WHITEVILLE. N. c., Feb. 18.-
A Federal district attorney said
today he would prosecute 10
former Ku Klux Klansmen under
the Lindbergh kidnapping law but
would make no recommendation
as to punishment.
The Lindbergh law provides a
possible death penalty for persons
convicted of taking a victim
across a State line. }!r sdT
Charles P. Green, district atl
torney for Eastern North Carolina,
said II will present the evidence
and seek a conviction against
the 10 when they are brought to
trial at Fayetteville. N. c., next
month on charge of kidnapping
and violating civil rights.
The former Klansmen were ar
rested Saturday after a series of
reported floggings by night riders
in Columbus and nearby counties.
At Louisburg. Mr.. Green said
"the question of punishment is
entirely up to the court and in
this case the recommendation
of the jury. Unless future de-
velopments change my attitude,
will not make any recommend
alton. I'm confident we have
enough evidence to get a con-
viction."
| At least IL persons, white and
colored, have felt the lash within
the last year. Most of the beat
ings happened in the last few
months.
The raid by about IS agents of
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation has brought a sense of re-
lief to this area, according to
Willard Cole. crusading editor of
the Whiteville News Reporter.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Bible Speaker at stuunton

STAUNToN, Va. Feb. 18 tlP1s-
DR.. Bernard Boyd. professor Of
Biblical literature at the Univers-
Iity of North Carolina. will be the
Religious Emphasis Week speaker
lat Mary Baldwin College, tomor-
row through Friday.
Evening star., 1952-02-18

from a nine-year sentence i'm.
posed by an Arlington jury. The
attorney recalled that in the
course of the trial, Lee said hi
no longer was engaged ir
gambling.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Manhattan 1HRLF-TDRY
is your best laundry buy!

YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED with the
completeness of Manhattan's THRIF-
T-DRY SERVICE at such a reason
able price. At Manhattan everything is
washed by the famous nylon net bag
Evening star., 1952-12-25
There Was q Strange Feeling in the Air
To the Editor of The Stor::

WAS born Of pioneer stock in North
l. western Kansas in the only wooden
house which then existed there. was
one Of the first white babies in that
still unsettled country in the early
'nineties." My father came to America
from Holland when in his teens.
On the prairies of Kansas in those
days, life was difficult. It tested the
mettle Of men and women and was not
easy on children. Children could not be
pampered. for to give us the bare neces-
stiles was hard enough. There were no
luxuries for any one. Into this grim,
often bleak country came Christmas, a
time SO beautiful the memory Of it has
stayed with us through all the years.
Christmas with its stories. its music
and its mystery! Our parents and those
who guided us knew the spiritual mean
ing of Christmas and it was this spirit
ual meaning that occupied our thinking.
Our parents used the Christmas sea-
son to inspire in our impressionable
minds an appreciation of the real
meaning of the day, the birthday of
the Christ Child, and all that He has
meant to the world.
Perhaps it was the very lack of ma
terial clutter that made the spiritual
concept more real to us, so real indeed
that our present generation of children,
loaded with presents" seems somehow
terribly cheated.
In our family there was usually one
gift for each child. That gift was made
by some one in the family with loving
thought and often with great effort.
Besides these home made gifts, often
fashioned by our own small, fum-
bling fingers, there were Holland-Dutch
St. NicolaaS cookies and johnnycake,
made in the kitchen. and popcorn: some
times there was candy. We never had
turkey and we never had a Christmas
tree.
was 10 years old before received
a gift whose value was even one dollar.
It was cast-iron, red-painted fire en-
gine pulled by two horses. shared this
gift with my brothers and sisters as they
shared theirs with me.
At Christmas we always sang songs
and hymns. Then there were stories and
secrets; but the most special thing
was the feeling in the air" 1t was
strange thing. 1t made you want to be
very kind to everybody in the world.
who needed help and give him the things
you liked best, even your own play
things.
It was that feeling which made us
look at our father and mother and think
they were the most wonderful parents
in the world and that we were. beyond
all others, the most fortunate children
in the world. There was a deep joy in
it that we could not express but in
our hearts we felt 1t. We knew that life
was not easy; that it was sometimes
very hard; but we knew that it was good.
In the Christmas spirit, child feels
that sense of security which unselfish-
ness, love and religion give that nothing
else can equal-and nothing else can
ever make you forget once you have
experienced it. It is the sort of expert
ence that makes one realize, for all
time. that material things" are just
sop to the dissatisfied, restless human
nature which demands more and more
and finds itself with less and less.
AS look back at it today, would
Evening star., 1952-12-25
A Country Doctor Retires

DR.. Arthur c. Christie, who is retiring from
practice in the Nations Capital, likes to think of
himself as country doctor"
He started as general practitioner serving
a rural community around Clymer, New York.
But he soon left his horse and buggy and his
little black bag to take up the then dangerous
science of radiology.
DR.. Christie is one of the pioneers of medi-
cine's great march during the last so years.
Working an Army doctor from 1906 to 1919,
he became expert in the field of x-ray tech
niques and radiology. Retiring from the Army
he selected Washington as his home, teaching
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, George
Washington University and Georgetown Uni
versity Medical Schools. Later he entered into
partnership with the late Drs Grower and Mer-
ritt and helped the firm grow into one Of the
largest X-ray centers in the Nation. He has also
Evening star., 1952-12-25
By Charles E. TroceweN

Christmas is to kill that family's pet.
He who thoughtlessly kills dog or
cat is not only doing wrong in killing
dog or cat. He is bringing tears and sor-
row to those who have done him no
wrong. This is a plea that every one
understands emotionally in reading, but
will every one understand it on the road?
Persons who give and get animals,
birds, fish and turtles as Christmas
presents should realize that there Is
more to it than just giving and re-
ceiving.
Every such gift should be accom-
panied by book giving full directions
in the handling and care Of such
creatures.
If some one should present such a live
Christmas gift, be sure to make gen.
uine effort to find good book about it
or at least to get advice from some one
who knows.
This is particularly necessary If live
present is given to child. Most chill
dren regard these living things as toys;
at first they smother them with atten-
ton, and then they neglect them. Kind
ness at Christmas demands that the
adults in the house take a real interest
in the new pet and see to it that the
creature is handled with intelligence
and loving care. In this way not only
does the pet benefit. but the human
beings involved, too; best Of all, this viii
stretch Christmas kindness out into the
months 10 come. % We all should do.
Evening star., 1952-12-25
This and That !. !.

to remember thy neighbor's cat, but it
may be done with bit of salmon.
For the stray dog. nothing is better
X x
A popular Christmas idea is to give
slice of bread to the birds.
This is fine, but sunhower seed is
much better. Mixed grains and seeds
are easily purchased, even at hardware
stores. These will feed more birds, and
make pretty yard picture during the
holidays.
One of the good features Of special
remembrance of the birds at this time
is that many persons who do so for the
first time end by continuing the habit.
Many hundreds Of those who feed the
birds in and around Washington began
in this way. It is hard to resist the ap-
peal Of q redbird in the cold. Many q
grumpy person, who has thought it
somehow childish or feminine to feed
the birds has found that he was mis-
taken. He realizes at last that he has
been missing something.
A special kindness that every motorist
could do for the small animals this
Christmas is to refrain from running
over them.
It takes but a, second to save q squir-
rel's life, but it is q second which many
persons fail to give.
The spirit of Christmas pleads with
them for that second.
A good way 70 ruin some family's
Evening star., 1952-12-25

call that feeling sort Of spiritual soli-
darity that comes into family that is
working and thinking together. on a
high level, each with one end in mind,
the giving of happiness, peace and good
will to others. It lifted us out of our
selfish little selves and we became men,
bers of one great Christian family.
I had been led to believe by my
mother, who also had come to America
from Holland. that st. Nicolaas spoke
Dutch well. He was long and lean and
dressed like bishop. He carried a staff
and rode a white horse when in the
Netherlands. He came to Holland from
Spain by ship. knew, what every
Dutch child knows, that he had a
colored satellite named "Black Pete"
and that Santa Klaus Gas we shortened
his name) possessed all the good quail
ties anybody ever had. also knew
that "Black Pete" carried bag into
which he put naughty children and took
them with him to far-off Spain. Never
did try so hard to keep my daily con-
duct within the bounds of parental ap-
proval and the prying eyes of "Black
Pete"
In Holland, Santa Klaus always arrived
the night of December S. My mother told
us he brought food and clothing to needy
children, but that we had everything we
Evening star., 1952-12-25

Giving Christmas present to a
household pet is not as foolish as 1t
might sound to some persons.
It is true that neither dog nor cat
can have any conception Of the real
meaning of Christmas, but the same
might be said of many human beings.
The home animal, however, can enter
into the spirit of excitement which
usually prevails at this season, no matter
how hard one tries to keep it out.
The dog can be taken for extra-long
walks.
The pet cat gets happiness from roll
ing in the wrappings taken from pres
entS on Christmas morning.
AS for gifts for these animals, there is
an array of them, of course.
Perhaps the best ones for the dog are
dog candy, so called, and a small ball.
For the cat, nothing equals the catnip
mouse.
The best Christmas present is an un-
usual kindness on Christmas Day.
Instead of permitting the family pets
to be pushed around the house, trodden
on and put down." or "out," they
should be especially honored in memory
Of the animals around the manger.
This is not too much to ask for the
small. living. breathing things that oc-
cupy our homes with us.
The idea Of special kindness during
the Christmas season to stray animals
has been widely advocated. During the
hurry and hustle It Is not always easy
Evening star., 1952-12-25
Puuse at Christmustime

For just short space of time could
we put aside the world and all that in
it lies-all the loves, hates, desires,
conceits, distrusts, conflicts, struggles,
defeats and conquests?
That sounds so simple. But how could
we forget them? Where could we dis
card or hide them? They are too much
a part Of us and we Of them for us
to obliterate them completely.
However. there is one alternative. If
we could gather the strength, courage,
faith and humility to do so, we might
be able to bear the burden of taking
them to the lowly, time-worn manger
about which the Bible tells us in the
familiar, imperishable Christmas story
that has inspired all the ensuing ages
since His birth. There would be found
guidance, consolation and peace!
That interlude would not last long,
for this world is still this world, and
it would soon continue again, as always.
But perhaps we might gain the convic-
tion that that dream could be reality
If we would only let it,
Louise III. Knowles.
Evening star., 1952-12-25
YOUNG PHILOSOPHER

The sum of the philosophy of Arthur
Schopenhauer is that life is all dreari-
ness and heartbreak. and pleasure is
but momentary respite from this.
Christmas is definitely one of these
"respites" 1t is at this time of the
year that we think about ethics and the
higher side of life (giving to others,
etc.. A spirit of optimism pervades
the air and troubles are repressed, at
least for little while. OF course our
Christmas celebrating is colored with
many years of built-up tradition. The
past asserts itself through this holiday.
Another good influence Christmas has
on us is that it stresses brotherhood and
friendship and therefore helps the
worlds social progress catch up with
its amazing technical advancements.
The Christmas spirit is shared by
Evening star., 1952-12-25
December NiqhtfulI

The fttM sunlight of the ending day
Rests briefly on this bleak December
hill,
Touching its monotones OF brotDn and
gray,
Then. fading. leaues the landscape
Ionelier still.
But suddenly along the cloudy ipest
The banners OF the sunset sky unturl.
And lenfess trees that crotDn the hill
are dressed
In transient robes of opal and of pearl.
Night deepens. Nom the dreaming spirit
Shepherds and focks of storied hills
GtGr.
A stable and It's holy mysteries
And In the East. the trGnscendentGl
star.
Inez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1952-12-25

needed. Once saw tears in her eyes as
she told us this, but like all believing
children, was sure we did have every
thing and much more and that her tears
were for other little children who were
not so well off.
We did not eye with envy what other
children got, for they received no more
than we did. We thankfully counted
what few blessings we had, then turned
our thoughts to the more important
spiritual side of the day.
This is the time of year when parents
can draw close to their children, teach
ing them lessons of unselfishness and
consideration for others. This is the
time of all times when adults can give to
little children the gentle stimulus to the
spirit that lights the finest fires within
and gives them memories to carry with
them through all the Christmases to
come.
If children, the world over, were to
learn the true meaning of Christmas
and catch its spiritual teaching, there
could never again be war in the world,
nor hate, nor fear, and there would be
peace on earth, good will to all men,
everywhere. The Christmas star is still
shining and. If we look up in faith, we
shall be guided to the manger.
Adrian H. ScoIton, M. D.
Portland, Me.
Evening star., 1952-12-25
Premier Pinoy Steps Down.

It is unfortunate, although perhaps not
calamitous, that the French government of
Premier Pinay has fallen.
OF all the cheftains France has had in it's
sequence of II governments since 1914, the mild
hammered but perSevering Pinay had demon
strated some of the countrys best postwar states
manship and political pluck. For the past nine
months he had skilfully manipulated coalition
support while giving his first and most deter
mined attention to a program of fiscal reforms
which he hoped would strengthen and stabilize
the nations economy. The heart of his program
was to restore confidence in the franc and to
stabilize prices then to broaden his attack upon
imitation by bringing the government budget
closer to balance and by overhauling the tax
collecting system in search of greater and more
dependable revenues. It was a program that
brought grumblings from the currency specu-
lators at one extreme and from the gold hoard
ing country folk at the other.
There were other factors, too, which con-
tributed to the crisis. The troubles in North
Africa, the Indo-China war and the inflamma-
tory questions of German rearmament and
Franco German cooperation all prompted vio-
lent debate in the legislative halls as well as in
the sidewalk cafes. They are troubles which
are not of Mr.. Pinay's making alone at least and
they will remain to plague his successor; but
they are issues which hung heavily over his gov
ernment. Fourteen times previously Mr.. Pinay
had won votes of confidence stemming from one
or another of these vexing problems, holding his
coalition against hard core of opposition from
the Communists and General De Gaulle's right
lists. In recent weeks, however, there has been
constant wearing away of Mr.. Pinays political
strength, and when the Catholic Popular Repub-
lican Movement deserted him on the 1858 budget
his downfall was automatic.
The danger now is that the healthy start on
economic reforms will be wiped out during a
period of political maneuvering and that foreign
policy consideration will become more matter
of controversy than of decision
The leaders in Frances political life have a
way Of returning to the stage. It is not unlikely
that Mr.. Pinay viii be back, but his departure
now is an unsettling one not only to France but
to the free nations that are Joined with 1t In the
mutual endeavors Of the times.