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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29
It's Rehearsal Time Now
For Fashion ShoWings

Of a force to be credited with
reviving the fashion for para
soils. Uncle Sam now designs
sunshades for Norman Norell,
Mollie Parnis, Lilly Dache.
Harvey BERN and many
others.
Hope Skillman - American
cotton designer, the only wonl-
an designer in that vast field.
and one of the few women tex
tile manufacturers.
Pretty, blond and always
smiling. she is an important
behind the scenes influence
through her designs worked
out especially for Adele Simp-
son, Claire McCardell, Brig
ance, Helen Lee, Trigere, Ben
Reig. Vera Maxwell. Bonnie
Cashin and others.
Ben Somers Of CapeziO--
This affable. lovable shoe ex-
pert who began by designing
ballet slippers and now looms
large in all American fashion
shoe trends. is always part of
the planning of Claire McCar-
dell, Anne Fogarty, Tina Lesser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

The parallel between the
fashion business and show
business is never more appar-
ent than during rehearsal
time" in the few weeks be-
fore a major style collection
opens to its critics." the
buyers of the big stores
throughout the country and
the press.
Like any other production,
success or failure depends on
q lot Of talent: in fashions
case, the talents of accessory
and fabric designers who COM
plete the costume effect of the
dress designers original idea.
Here is the all-star cast Of
characters" whose work will
be a background for dress stars
Mollie Parnis. Adele Simpson.
Ben Zuckerman, Claire Nc
Cardell, Harvey BERN and
others:
Revived ParasOlS
Uncle Sam the Umbrella
Man-An individualistic, in
dependent little personality
who started as an umbrella re-
pair man and became enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

Mother-Dad and think New
Years eve parties while you are
in high school should be home
parties. You cannot 60 to a night
club but you may have a party
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

ney Bush who is undercover
agent for most Of the great
Of American fashion, the bra
people. the jewelry designers
and so on.
It's all great big, wonder
full, backstage madhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

Hooks. Tomorrow Miss Mary
Butrimawick viii give . lunch
con there In honor Of Mrs.
Philip stumpner. Mrs. w. M.
Conner and Mrs. Adabell
Morton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29
Dinner Plonned

Mr.. Raymond r. Brown win
be host at q dinner tonight
ut Normandy Farm, in honor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

Mother--I still think you are
too young to go to a night club
or hotel on New Years eve, but
iii all of your gang are going 1
suppose I will have to let you go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29
Remnants-Friday Only
Extraordinary
Reductions in
Mems SporfsWeaH

200 Mems Sweaters. Orlons,
nyions, woods, coshmeres and
blends toll ore IobeIed for fobric
content. Wide selection of
colors and styles. Sleeveless, long
sleeve pullovers ond cordioons.
Sizes 36 TO As. Were 4.95 10
$3.50. Now -l.65 10 7.s5
500 Mems Sports Shirts. Long
sleeve on dshort sleeves. Many
colors. Cottons, royons. woods and
blends. Small, medium, Iorge and
extro- loroe sizes. Were 3.o5 to
1850. Now l.S5 70 ass
20 Mems ouferweer Joekets.
Toilored by O nationally known
manufacturer. Voriety of coIors.
Broken sizes, SO to As in hip
length models. Were 1925. Now,
s.95
WGL-The Mems Store,
End Floor
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
Council Noies

The regular meeting of the Pal mer City Council was adjourned at 8:15 pm. following motion to dispense with the regular busi- ness and authorize payment of specific bills.
 Bills approved for payment in cluded 20 percent payment on the following bills: Ketchikan Spruce Mills, Anchorage Sand and Grav- el, w. P. Fuller and Co, Valley Concrete Products, Ben E. Hudg- ins, Severns Cabinet Shop, Alas ka Concrete Products, George Hanson, M.V.F.C.A., Snyder Of flee Supply, Weekly Frontiers man, ard o. K. Kincaid, Jr. The payments came to a total of $2,- O1798. Other bills approved in total came to $282.41, for total payments of $2,300.39.
 Next regular meeting will be held January Is at 7:30 pm. in the office of the city clerk.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13

in the system proved a great , worry to him and his patrons,
 with the result the valley still had no dependable telephone service. Once again the North land Pioneer Grange appointed a telephone committee. This time M. D. Snodgrass, Richard Blue ard Eugene Kirsch explored pos abilities for financing a telephone system in the valley through the REA. A public meeting was called for all interested persons and as a result of that meeting, Lew Hanks was eventually named president of the Matanuska Tele- phone Association, the group which today is winding up final phases of the first step in secur- ing the approved REA loan of $567,000 by selling $16,500 in equity stock. The day of mod ern dial telephone system, plan ned to cover the entire area from Chugiak to Sutton, and Wasilla, Palmer and outlying areas, could be but months away.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
Educators Hecr--

| Continued from page D of the Palmer Education Associa ltion Legislative Committee, pre- sented reasons why legislation should be passed. She pointed out that there are over 30,000 students now attending public schools in Alaska. Tn years to come there will be a substantial increase in that number. Mrs. Blunck also pointed out that the average length of time teachers stay in the Territory now is 3.8 years. It is necessary to keep teachers in the school systems longer than that if Alaskan children are go- ing to get a sound education. To do this, Mrs. Blunck stated, Give teachers of Alaska security thro- ugh good retirement system. We also would like an increase in increment It is needed to keep good teachers in school longer than 3.8 years
 A brief discussion of the pro- posed teacher retirement plan was given by Gottfried Stevahn member of the Alaska Education Association executive committee. The proposed plan would be set up on a sound acturial basis, would require payments of up to six per cent of the teachers an- nual salary, and would pay $200 month retirement atfer the age of 55 He added that teachers of the territory are asking salary in crement to be increased to $200 year.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
MTA Equify-

Continued from page D X their assigned district and have turned in $64O The team oi Louise Kellogg and Esther Kirsch had to call off their good inten- tions because of snow conditions. According to Lew Hanks, MTA president, the board feels assured that the necessary amount of equity stock will be sold by the end of this week, making the long-dreamed of telephone sys- tenn thing of reality.
 M D. Snodgrass, member of the Northland Pioneer Grange No. l., this week was remininscing about the many attempts made in the past to obtain modern, well fun ctioning telephone system for the valley. The following account Is from information furnished by MT. Snodgrass.
 Back in 1884 the Matanuska Valley Farmers Association at Palmer appointed a committee to investigate possibilities of tele- phone system in the valley. Some 30 farmers indicated their inter est at that time and plans includ- ed that each member would cut tripod poles for lines through or by his farm. The proposed area would go around the Loop, west to the Experiment Station, on to Wasilla via Kings lake, Finger Lake, Monaghan farm, Palmer and to the Butte area.
 In 1885 the ARRC Colony came to Palmer with telephone lines. This seemed the answer but in three years and one half many lines were down or stolen, until by 1942 hardly a phone was in existence.
 In May of 1943 Grange mem bers brought up the telephone question and it was prosposed that the telephone organization be incorporated. For this purpose a committee was appointed. In July of 1914 a special telephone committee petition was signed by large majority of Valley settlers who wanted telephones. The com mittee was told REA was favor able to the use of their poles, ARR gave permission to use tele- graph poles and the Army was reported ready to make available some telepones and other mater ials. By this time airport plans were progressing in the 1946-47 period. It was then that the Ma tanuska Telephone System, oper- ated by Maynard Sands, came into existence. The local Grange hop ed he had the answer to the valleys needs.
 Army surplus materials used
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
4Murch of Dimes
(Continued from pag

(Continued from page 1) turned in to the March of Dimes committee, care of Richard Jones ror Ed Smith.
 All collection bottles have been distributed throughout the valley and school envelopes have also been distributed. The envelopes are new this year and have space for six dimes. In lieu of the fact that various teams are thorough 1y covering the valley, the plann- ed Mothers March is being dis pensed within this area.
 Members of the Palmer B.P.O. Elks are planning big dance on January % 10 benefit tke March of Dimes campaign here. A big feed-special entertainment-ani dance is planned. the lodge an nounced. along with other fea- lures being planned right now. Other local organizations will he requested 10 give a hand in inc ticket sales.
 Various fund raising activities, in which the public will be invit- ed to participate, are being plan med by local organizations. All Homemakers' clubs are urged to contact Mrs. Clarence Krause at the Palmer Depot for information regarding homemakers' club driv- PS.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
Study of Wufer-
(Continued from page D

1Continued from page D
 1ishment of debt retirement charge equal to 6 mills on busi- ness property and 2.5 mills on residential property, with F mill charge to be assessed on vacant property. The monies derived from this tax would be used only to retire the bonds. The water rates would be revised down. ward and the revenue obtained from the sale of water would be used only for operation, mainten- ance, and expansion of the sys-
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
CHUGIAK RESIDENT POLIO PATIENT

Dr. John Burnett, acting city health officer, this week announc- cd case of poliomylitis in the valley. The patient, 26-year-old woman from Chugiak is confined to the Valley Presbyterian Hos pital. To date IS contacts have received gamma globulin shots. No additional cases have been re- ported.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13

tenn. The committee is of the op- inion that the application of this method is not desirable at this time, however, if after four years recommendation number l will not pay for the operation and bonded indebtedness of the wat CT system, this method be used only after being submitted to the electorate for their vote.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
IN APPRECIATION

We wish to extend our heart felt thanks and appreciation to our many friends for their sim eere thoughtfulness and help dur ing our recent bereavement. Their many acts of kindness will long be remembered.
 The family of the late
 Mrs. Charlotte DeHart
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
SCOUT TROOPS
 RECENTLY COMBINED

All Girl Scouts in the troops led by Mrs. Ralph Moore and Mrs. Richard Benyish have been combined in one troop and are now meeting Tuesday evenings at ehe Benyish home from 7:30 pm. to 500 pm.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14
EDITORIALLY
FARMERS WHO
CAN'T GROW

You might think that someone
was trying to be funny if you
were told that many of our farm
ers are not being allowed to grow.
It's true, all right, but not at
all funny to our states sugar beet
farmers. It is true in more ways
than one.
First, the number of acres they
may plant is being steadily re-
duced = because every year they
are becoming more efficient.
And second, they are denied
by law the right to expand pro-
duction even though the demand
for sugar grows as our popula-
ton grows.
The law in question is the Su-
gar Act, and legislation is now
before Congress to correct its
inequities. That legislation de-
serves our support, not only as
a matter of justice but because
the beet sugar industry is vital
to our states economy.
Under the present Sugar Act,
the entire domestic sugar indus
try must operate within fixed
quotas established in 1948, when
Americas consumption of sugar
was 100000 tons annually.
AS our population has grown in
the intervening years, conSump-
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

Roy jacobson of Grafton, N.
Oak, visited in Sidney last week
at the home of his b%rother-in-
law and sister, MI. and Mrs.
Merrill Sax. Mr.. Jacobson was en-
route to Twin Falls, Idaho, where
he will work for a chemical
spraying concern. His wife and
daughter will join him later.
MI. and Mrs. H. E. Stukman
and their son and his wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Ershel Stukman and
little son, of Dickins, Nebraska,
have moved to Sidney to make
their home for three months af-
ter which they will locate on the
Dorr ranch located in North Da-
kota 81 miles east of Sidney,
which they recently purchased.
They are living in one of the
Motzko apartments at the present
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schwenke
returned Sunday from a vaca-
tIOl4 spent N1o4t4llS dAllOAAS ACAotANS1
and friends in the western part
of the state. They visited their
Son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. John Paladichuk in
Missoula, Mr.. Schwenke's broth
err Herb and family in Kalispell
his sister, Mrs. Ted Burk anc
family at Trego, the Glen Eng
husens at Eureka, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Schwenke and hi!
sister Mrs. Clifford Munson anC
her family at Dodson, two sisters
and their families, the Luther
Normans and Aaron Swallows a
Havre, and his brother-in-lav
and sister, MI. and Mrs. Johnnie
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

of 1850, when the overall toll
of victims was 793.
We agree heartily with the
statement which Ned H. Dear
born, president of the National
Safety Council, issued before the
holiday ended: "This needless
traffic toll is a tragic price tag
on holiday fun. We appeal to
every driver on the road to halt
this toll right now by driving so
alertly, SO patiently, so skillfully
that he prevents the one accident
he can prevent - the one he may
cause"
That advice is good for every
day in the year = not only for
holiday driving. While many peo-
pie become the innocent victims
of the c~arelessness of others,
many accidents are avoidable if
proper care is exercised, at all
times.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

of higher learning. One of the
means by which deserving stu
dents r enabled to study abroad
is by means of the Fulbright
Scholarships, which are awarded
each year. Rotary International
also, in 1947, established a fell
lowship fund which enables out
standing college graduates, ages
20 to %, from AZ countries to
study for one year in another
country.
In its annual census of the for
eign student population in this
country, which was recently made
public, the Institute of Interna-
tional Education reports that dur
ing 1954-55 the United States
played host to a record number
of foreign students - 1922, ex-
ceeding by 400 the high mark set
the previous school year.
The value of these student
exchange programs cannot be
over-estimated. AS DR.. Kenneth
Holland, president of the Institute
observed: Exchange of persons
is one means of communication
1t is, in relation to the worlds
population, a small movement
Yet it is of vital Importance, be-
cause it is fac~e-to-face commune
cation which enables us to gair
direct, first hand knowledge o.
each other"
We would like to see more stu.
dents coming to this country eacl
year to study in our institutions
to get to know our people and
we hope, to learn to like us bet
ter. And conversely, we would
like to see more of our younl
people doing likewise in countrie
all over the world.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

ton has risen to 100000 tons.
But American beet and cane SUI
gar. producers have been barred
from supplying so much as a
pound of that increased demand.
All this growth is reserved for
foreign suppliers, SO per cent of
it for Cuba.
Meanwhile American sugar pro-
ducers, in the American tradition,
have become increasingly eff
cient. Our beet growers every
year get more beets per acr and
more sugar per beet. But limited
by the 1948 quotas, they must
cut their acreage 10 per cent less
than it was more than 20 years
ago, production was IA per cent
greater. And so the prospect is
that they will suffer the penalty of
having to reduce their acreage
still further. Many young farmers,
Including veterans, r prohibited
from growing sugar beets at all.
Sugar quota legislation now be-
fore Congress would straighten
out this unfair situation and
would not reduce importations of
sugar from Cuba or any other
foreign country. Our population
is expanding at a rate which
leaves room for both foreign and
domestic suppliers, room for both
to prosper.
Such opportunity to grow with
America is now denied to Ameri-
can sugar beet and cane farmers.
Their interest and our own, as
ben~eficiaries of their industry and
efficiency, demands that the sugar
quota legislation be enacted into
law without delay.
(From American Sugar Produc-
ers, 920 Tower Building, Wash
ington 5, D. c.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14
DEATH TAKES
THE HOLIDAY

Instead of death taking a hol-
day" over the recent July 4th
week end, Death took over the
holiday, taking a record number
of victims as the holidays came
to an end.
According to unofficial tabula-
tons, the 78-hour holiday record
ed 400 traffic deaths. There were
an additional 221 drownings and
124 persons were killed in various
other accidents, making a grand
total of TAT violent deaths. The
record for a similar three-day
July 4th period was $3.50 traffic
deaths, set in 1852. However, the
traffic death toll record for any
Fourth of July week end was 491,
set in the four-day holiday period
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

u. y. A1RBASES ABkOAO
Probably the one concession
Russia will press hardest for, at
the Geneva Conference this
month, will be U. S. agreement to
abandon the ring of airbases
which now encircle the USSR.
1t might be that the Reds will
offer concessions to the United
States for abandonment of these
bases. Certainly, after reading
over v. M. Molotov's speech at
San Francisco, one cannot fail to
come to the realization that Rus
STA is seriously concerned about
this network of airbases.
The United States is faced with
no such dreaded strategic posi-
ton. Only from Russia, over Can
ada or the oceans, can the Reds
bombers fly into and over the
U. S. But U. S. planes can enter
Russia from almost any direction.
The Russian high command
never loses sight of these steady
U. S. preparations, which are deS-
tined to avoid a war, but which
must obviously be a source of dis
comfort to the Russians. Yet the
Reds can consult history and
know the U. S. will never begin. a
war.
Under our democratic form of
government this would be impoS-
sible. But what must aggravate
Russian expansionists is the
knowledge that if they overstep
the bounds of justice too far, the
United States will resist that ag-
erosion as it did in Korea.
Treaties the United States has
signed with European, Middle
East, and Asian countries insure
this country's participation in the
defense of vast areas of the
world. This means, indirectly,
that every time the Russians step
on the toes of a country aligned
with the United States, they are
risking attack from all these
bases, built up so carefully and
at such expense in the last seven
or eight years.
The U. S. theme should be that
these bases have saved the free
world from Russian domination,
that they continue to save it,
and that their continued existence
is vital to the safety of free peo-
pies everywhere. And it is hoped
that we will sell this argument
to the world as effectively as the
Russians are sure to try to sell
their "encircled country line.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14
STUDENTS

It was back in 1872 when the
Government of China sent a
group of thirty teen-age boys to
this country for training. That is
believed to have been the first
organized visit of foreign students
to our shores. Since then, how
ever, with the exception of the
periods when this nation was
engaged in wars, the number of
foreign students and scholars COM
ing to this country has increased
with the years.
Not only are students from 9TH
er countries coming to the U. S.
to visit and study, but thousands
of American students have trav-
elled to countries all over the
world to enter their institutions
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

Hassler at Malta. It had been
some time since they had seen
some of the family, the longest
being their visit with his sister,
Mrs. Burke, whom he had not
seen since 1896. They also saw
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

otrato7Streak V-8 with four-barreI carburetor-
IS the most modern power you can buy. You're
on even terms with anything on the road-and
you ENJOY the greatest economy and dependa-
bility in Pontiac history.
Ii by now you're thinking '9This is what I've
wanted all along!' we suggest you stop in and
tax oo1arS and cents. That's when you'll get
Inc nnai reason Tor Pontiac's record popularity
.tne aacC that you can fit a big, powerful
IuEure-dasnloned Pontiac into any neU-car BUDGET
ioun never md 1t easier to get into the fine
car class than right now! +Lo,
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14

the Bob Hateleys, formerly of
Sidney, while in Missoula. They
tell us they had a fine time visit
ing and saw much beautiful coun-
try. They toured Glacier park on
their trip home.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14
TIME - o
POSSESSION

Did you ever stop and try to
think of the most valuable thing
on earth? Is it a diamond? Is it
gold? Some say it would be
power, riches, or friends.
You might think it would be
love. Certainly, faith and love,
which are tied closely together,
are the greatest virtues, of which
there are many = like unselfish-
ness, sincerity, kindness, etc.
But what is the one most valu-
able thing? Diminishing faith,
which ~transcends all else, of
course, what is there left more
valuable than anything else?
What is worth more than any
thing - other than faith?
Time. Times the most valuable
thing you own. The amount of it
you have left may depend on
you. A strange thing about time
is that rich people cannot buy it.
They can sometimes extend it
with medical care, but just as
often their riches actually reduce
the supply of it they have, by
inducing wrong living, or by caus-
ing violence, or attracting danger.
When you waste a day, or a
week, you will never recover
those hours and days. They have
been spent, never to return, and
if you learned nothing in that
time, failed to improve yourself
in some way, or failed to better
your position in life, you lived
w~aStefully in that time.
In spite of all mans inventions,
and knowledge, he can still do
little with time. Time was the
subject which probably fascinated
the late Albert Einstein most of
all. 1t brings about life, causes
death, makes plants and animals
grow, takes care of everything.
Time will heal any wound, will
solve any problem, if applied in
great enough measure.
If man could ever capture the
secret of the ravages of time, he
| could prolong life, perhaps stop
the process of aging.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-14
MONEY N BANKING
In Everyday LiUing

the same time" 81 think you
CON-" our officer smiled. I'm
pretty sure we'll be able to
help you, by arranging q con-
venient loan TO toke care of i'm
mediate payment"