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The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
MARCH HlJNTLEY TO BE BRIDE
 ON JANUARY 2I

All friends are cordially invited 10 attend the forthcoming mar riage of Miss Margie Huntley, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Huntley of Palmer and James Carlson, son of Mrs. Ruth Atlas of Altadena, California. The cere- mony will take place at United Protestant Church on Friday eve ming, January q, at 8 pm.
 The bride-to-be is a graduate of Palmer High School and is in her freshman year at the Univer- sity of Alaska where she IS major ing in mathmatics and education' The bridegroom-to-be, also Uni versity of Alaska student, IS in his third year and majcring in business administration.
 No invitations to the wedding or reception which will follow will be mailed but the couple have extended a cordial invita-
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
SECOND SEMESTER OPENS JANUARY "A AT UNIVERSITY

Alaskans can make these long winter days pay off in better jobs by registering second semester al the University of Alaska, MT. IT. enc Gardner, registrar, pointed out. Second semester registration will be January 21 Classes tc commence January A and enc May 16.
 Alaska has many opportunit- ies for those who prepare for them," Mrs. Gardner said.
 As examples she cited the in creasing demand for persons with busiriess training, teaching cer- tificates and home economics backgrounds.
 The university's recently re organized business administration department is geared to meet Al aska's demands" she explained She reminded Alaskans they can attain the university tuition-free.
 Persons desiring further infor-
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
Crop Improvement Directors Hold Annual Meeting

James Wilson, commissioner ot agriculture, assured board mem bers of the Alaska Crop Improve ment Association that grade in. spection service would be avail able for certified seed where fea- sible and recommended especial iy that such inspections be made on large seed lots or on seed lots moving from one area to another
 Wilson met with members of the Board of Directors of the Association in Palmer on Janu- ary at the associations annual meeting. Lloyd V. Short of Wasil- Ia represented Matanuska Valley members and Cecil M. Wyant re- presented members from the Kenai peninsula. l.. D. Canady, board member from Fairbanks area was not present.
 According to the association secretary, there was 57 per cent increase in certified seed acreage of cereals and potatoes in 1854, over 1853. Lists of certified cer- cal and potato seed for 1855 plant ing will be available about March l, 1855 from the Alaska Crop Improvement Association, Box E, Palmer
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
YOUR SOCIAL. SECURITY

Q.-I am an engineer coming under Social Security on January l, 1855, and have lost my Social Security card. Is it necessary that I get another card?
 A.-Yes. You will need to know your correct number to report your self-employment earnings at the end of 1855.
 Q.-Will I be given a new num- Der?
 A.-No. You always keep the same number but will be issued a new Social Security card.
 Q.-I can remember my Social Security number. Isn't that suf- ficient?
 A.-No. Experience has proven that a large percentage of people give the wrong number when they rely on their memory. Changing one digit or it's position in the account number will pre- vent giving credit to your ac- count Also, you have an obliga- ton to show your employer your Social Security card. Carry it with you at all times.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
FERN BARBER,
 ARCH BROWNING TO WED JANUARY IS

Mrs. Ferne Barber and Arch Browning, both of Palmer, will be married in the home of U. s. Commissioner Dorothy B. Saxton on Saturday evening, Januray IS, 1t 8 pm. Attending the couple will be Mrs. E. O. Dugas of banks, brother of the bride. Mrs. Barber's son, David Westrack of Pendleton, Oregon will come to Palmer for the wedding.
 Following the ceremony a re- ception will be held for the coup le at the Matanuska Hotel. All r-iends are cordially invited to attend.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
Alaskan 4-H'ers Make National News

Alaskan 4-H'ers attending the 1854 National All Club Congress received national publicity in the columns of the Christian Science Monitor.
 Copies of the Dec. issue of the Boston daily paper were sent to the University of Alaska Ex- tension Service by Louis Huber.
 Three sure-enough pioneers is what Louis R. Huber of Seattle, special correspondent for the Monitor, called Lura Peck of Seward, Don Hurlock and Henry Jenkins of Juneau, the three All delegates. The trio were accom- panied by Mrs. Carol Whey, An chorage home demonstration agent, and Mrs. Joe Kendler, All leader of the Juneau boys.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13
HOME SPECIALIST RESIGNS POSITION WITH FEDERAL EXTENSION

Mrs. Lydia Ann Lynde, who worked with Alaskan homemak- CTS this past October, resigned from the Federal Extension Ser vice, effective December 31, 1854.
 Mrs. Lynde was extension spec ialist in parent and family life education. She plans to teach in the Department of Agriculture's graduate school and be avilable for independent work in her field. Mrs. Lynde served 25 years in ex-. tension, with Ia of them with the federal office.
 While in Alaska last fall Mrs. Lynde led workshops in Palmer, Seward, Anchorage, Juneau and Ketchikan, as we'll as at College.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13

ton to all their friends to attend. The reception will be held in the church parlors immediately fol- lowing the ceremony.
The frontiersman., 1955-01-13

nation may write to her at Col lege, Alaska.
Evening star., 1955-08-07
Educational Retreats
Are Boon to Students

It's bedrooms are done In indi-
vidual. modernistic color schemes
and each has colored tile baths
with deep, diversified tubs and
glassed-in showers.
A carpet Of plus grass forms
a huge putting green for golfing
guests. A seaplane hangar also
provides indoor courts for tennis,
badminton and Switchboard.
Minnowbrook can accommodate
about 80 student guests.
Doubles as Leave Center
Pine Brook, another so miles
north, can house so and doubles
as a leave center for Syracuse
faculty members.
Built Of rough. brown boards,
Pine Brook clings to the shore
line of Upper Saranac Lake. It's
chief eEtravagance is q tennis
court Of Vermont granite. It
Evening star., 1955-08-07

parents, we found. were fright
fully interested in sports.
"They belonged to the country
club" DR.. Morgan said. land
took an active part in commu-
nifty activities. Lovely, extro-
Iverted parents"
"The family wasn't much on
books, you know" Mrs. Morgan
said. "Oh, they took magazines,
You know, one looks at the pic
lures"
The result: Eddie saw some
point In learning to be a good
swimmer or a fine tennis player.
but why should anyone want to
know how to read?
The solution: Eddie was kept
in his class, and his mother
began working with him each
day on his reading.
1T has worked" Mrs. Morgan
said, II wouldn't say he is a
good reader. but he is getting
along all right"
Home Is Important
Nearly every expert. and al
most every teacher. stresses the
part the home plays in helping,
or hindering. a child In learning
to read.
Mrs. Morgan says children who
are read to regularly, in homes
where reading is part of daily
living. rarely have trouble. But
she doesn't think it fair to
blame poor home training" and
Evening star., 1955-08-07

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE
N. Y. Aug. 6 R.-A student II
bathing trunks sits on q docI
built of hewn logs. A chapter
ended. he puts down his textbook
and dives into the cool mountain
lake.
A rowboat drifts by, trailing 9
fishline. In the boat. another
student studies a text.
On shore. a group is gatheres
for a lecture in a lodge set amonl
stately evergreens. Looking dowr
from the pine-paneled walls arr
the mounted heads Of deer
moose or elk.
A croquet game may be goini
on a lawn. Or billiards or bowl
ing in the game house.
Three Retreats
These scenes could be pluckec
this summer from any of the
three unusual educational re-
treats of Syracuse University In
the Adirondack Mountains:
Rustic Sycamore. once the
grand mountain hideaway of the
Vanderbilts.
Sophisticated Minnowbrook,
the half-million dollar estate OF
a chemical firm.
Honey Pine Brook. the restful,
shaded summer home Of a stock
broker.
ALI have been given to Syra-
.cuse. Hugh c. Gregg. vice pres
iident and treasurer of the uni.
Iversity. says:
THE donors of these estates
have made it possible for us u
have probably the finest confer.
Ience centers in the country"
Industries which carry on con.
Itinuous educational programs fol
employees are among the prin.
Icipal users of the facilities. Bui
Syracuse conducts several spe.
Icial courses at both college ano
advanced levels.
Sycamore accommodates about
rs. 1t is on Shedo Lake, about
l130 miles northeast Of Syracuse
and sits back four miles of State
Route 365. a well-kept highway
leading to the three conference
centers. Its three-floor main
lodge is built of native logs and
patterned after a Swiss chalet.
Railroad Builder w. w. Durant
built Sycamore. In 1901, he sold
1t to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
sr. Mr.. Vanderbilt's widow. Mrs
Margaret Emerson, donated the
estate to Syracuse in January,
1854.
Here, minutes north from Sag
amore, Minnowbrook sits on the
shore of Blue Mountain Lake. II
was built in 1949 for the r. M
Hollingshead Corp. of Camden
N. j., and given to Syracuse a
year ago.
The terrace of Mipnowbrook' 6
main lodge overlooks the lake.
Evening star., 1955-08-07
American Ideas About Sweden
Stress Smorqosbord and Sex

Sweden, who do you think
|about?"
Expressen said: "The 480 an
swers told quite a lot about what
the Americans know about Swe-
den. our main characteristics:
Movie Actress Anita Ekberg
bathing
loose morals - peacefulness -
King Gustaf."
Expressen made few COM
Iments on the poll. In double
page spread, it mostly listed ver-
batin the quotations from
Americans and let their readers
reach their own conclusions.
Here are some of the quotes
"I have heard that men and
women bathe nude over there.
would like to go to Sweden. -
A. s. Purnell. railroad employe
Florida.
Messages, women with big
Ibusts ad tlaxen hair and that
song they sing in Minnesota
ten thousand Swedes marched
Through the weeds at the Battle
lof Copenhagen. An anonymou:
cab driver in Pennsylvania.
"I remember an English lady
during the war who said the
ISwedes, not the Southerners. are
the worlds best lovers and she
said she knew what she was
talking about. "A. #. MCGEE
ITV technician. Pennsylvania.
Sweden makes me think
about sin. But always think
about sin.-John White, pub
llicity man, Indiana.
Most Swedes I have met
seemed rather thick-headed. -
Vic Barksdale. Barber, Arizona.
The poll showed Americans
generally remember that Greta
Garbo was born in Sweden but
believe Norwegian Sonia Henie
and Danish fairy tale writer
Hans Christian Andersen to be
Swedish.
"A noble and artistic people.
Just look at Jussi Bjorling who
makes Mario LAMA sound like
an air raid warden" Joseph P.
Kelly, policeman, California.
Nice. well-to-do. red-cheeked,
blonde people. Pred M. Staun-
ton. publisher. West Virginia.
They're a people we do not
have to support with our taxes. 3"
"A Government employe in
Kansas.
Evening star., 1955-08-07

was given to Syracuse six years
ago by Carl M. Loeb. philan-
thropist and New York stock
broker.
These retreats are part Of
|Syracuse's concept Of continuing
education. And the students
think it pays OF. One explains:
IF we went to q hotel we
would get things done. probably
listening to q lecturer. But here.
Everybody participates. It be-
comes more give and take.
Everyone learns more"
Evening star., 1955-08-07

of so or more words, words she
can see and recognize.
! BY this time she should have
caught on to the fact that letters
and sounds often 60 together
| that Susan" and she" both
begin with an "S."
Susan now is ready for a more
serious application of phonics.
or the study of speech sounds.
and we are ready to look at one
lof the bitterest disputes in the
whole reading problem.
A highly vocal school of
thought insists that phonics
should be stressed far more in
teaching children to read.
Flesch Backs Phonics
Its most recent spokesman has
been Rudolf Flesch, whose book,
why Johnny Can't Read" has
been serialiZed in The Star and
other newspapers, kicking up
both applause and boos wherever
it has appeared.
Said DR.. Flesch:
THE teaching Of reading-all
over the United States, in all the
schools, in all textbooks-is to-
tally wrong and flies In the face
of all logic and common sense.
To this the educators, almost
to a man. not only cry. mot
guilty" but in return accuse DR..
Flesch of misrepresenting the
facts.
| Far from ignoring phonics,
teachers say they are an essen
tial part of every school reading
program right now.
All this controversy, though,
flies far over the heads Of Susan
and her 3,599,999 fellow first
graders.
If all goes well, at the end
of the school year Susan should
be figuring out words for her
self.
There are failures. and some
dismal ones.
| Special Fairfax Course
Because Fairfax County has
its share, q special remedial
reading program has been set
Iup under the chairmanship OF
iJuanita S. Murrow.
! One youngster sent to her for
help was little girl with an
old face whom we will call
Georgia. She transferred from
another State, and was put in
the third grade, for social rea-
sons. She couldn't read a lick.
lat the age of 8 Georgia had
been under a psychiatrist's care
for two years.
II don't know what had hap
Ipened." Mrs. Murrow said. "she
simply went kerflooey. But the
treatment had helped her. We
tested her. found she had an
I. @. OF 1870 (that is. her intel
.lectual possibilities were 80
points above the national aver
age), and she seemed ready to
read.
so we went to work on her.
She has been getting along fine,
Just fine. It's wonderful to
watch a child like that. like
a flower. unfold and grow"
! A husband and wife team OF
psychologists. Antonia and Will
liam Morgan. often have young
sters referred to them for help.
Too Busy 70 Read
One such youngster was Eddie,
all-round son Of all-around
parents.
i Mrs. Morgan, a native Of Eng
,Iland, began the story: His
Evening star., 1955-08-07
ID. Luke Hopkins Heods
u. N. Observance

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 6 up.
Gov. McKeldin today named
ID. Luke Hopkins. Baltimore
banker and civic leader, to head
Maryland's observance Of the
10th anniversary Of the United
Nations in October.
The United Nations Associa-
ton Of Maryland is sponsoring
anniversary activities. October
17-24 will be United Nations
week and October "a will be
United Nations Day.
Evening star., 1955-08-07
HERE'S HOW TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR CHILD TO READ WELL
by the Associated Press

For parents anxious for their youngsters to read and
read wen here few suggestions from Fairfax County
remedial reading teacher Juanita S. Murrow
Make sure he has good vision and good hearing.
Hearing defects especially. are often overlooked
Get him to bed early youngsters always COM
ing to school half asleep"
g. Get him up in time that he can have good
breakfast and get of to school without being rushed
Teach him to enjoy literature. I'm great believer
In reading to children All types of reading Nursery
rhymes stories, factual pieces
Give him the best home environment possible "A
child Mrs Murrow Says should feel secure and loved"
Evening star., 1955-08-07
BY ARTHUR EDSON
AP Newsfeatures Writer

This fall another trelhendous
crop Of youngsters-some 3.6
million-will be planted in the
Nations first grade.
Each Of the 3.6 million-and
most Of their TO million
parents-have this belief in
common:
In no time at all the youngsters
will be able to read.
But all over the country there
are critics who insist they won't,
They say modern, reading
theories are on the wrong track,
and that the high school grad
uate of today is far behind the
graduate Of. say, 80 years ago.
SO Billion System
This year more than $40 bill
Non will be spent on elementary
and high school education in
this country.
Are we getting our moneys
worth? Are our children learn
ing to read at least moderately
we'll?
To get some answers to these
questions, Associated Press re-
porters have interviewed college
presidents. psychologists, grade
school teachers, parents. RENE
dial reading instructors and as
sorted experts from coast to
coast.
Their opinions on today's
schools vary from terrible" to
splendid" But the majority
insists that today's youngsters
read better, and understand
much more. than their parents
Susan's Case
To get an idea Of the schools
viewpoint. let's take the case of
Susan, going-on-6-year -old
resident Of Fairfax County, Va.
Fairfax appears to have a
typical school system with all
the current problems: Over
erowding, difficulty in finding
top-f1ight teachers and a con-
stantly shifting population. Like
most schools today, it tries to
steer a course somewhere be-
tween the progressive and fun
damental styles of instruction.
What's in store for bright-eyed
Susan?
How quickly she starts to read
viii depend on what educators
eall reading readiness" They
compare this with learning to
walk. Some learn to walk at II
months and others at 20 months
but the early walker won't nec-
essarily be the better one. It's
the same with reading, they say
Some are ready sooner than
others.
So, right of, we run into criti-
cism. Some contend that this Is
o scholastic boondoggle, that q
child goes to school to learn to
read, so why not cut out the
pretty blocks stuff and start
teaching him?
Opposes Hurry
But E. M. Day. for % years a
teacher and elementary school
principal in Fairfax. insists that
hurrying a child in his reading
can be a major blunder.
Time after time" he says
"we find that youngster has
been forced to read too soon. He
gets off on the wrong foot ano
becomes discouraged. I'd say it
is one Of the main reasons fol
failure"
It will take series of tests tc
show when Susan is ready tc
read.
Is she ready physically? HaE
she seen, heard and done thing.
that will give her a better under
standing of the words she 1,
given? Can she follow direc.
tions?
If the answer to these anC
similar questions is yes, she soor
should have reading vocabular.
Evening star., 1955-08-07

let it go at that. Learning to
read is a complex business, she
says, and the reasons for failure
are often complex. too.
But now let's turn from failure
to success.
Mr.. Day says Mrs. o. c. Halsey
is one of the best grade school
teachers he has ever had. How
does she do 1t?
IT think self confidence Is the
most important thing Of all,
she says. so often when you
find a child having trouble.
someone has destroyed his self
confidence. I move him back, all
the way 10 the primer II neces-
sary. until I find q page he can
read all the way through with
out a mistake. Then I start
building all over. building up his
ability to read, and building up
his self confidence"
To Mrs. Halsey, after 23 years
in the classroom, there are no
easy solutions to the poor read
ing problem
with So children" she says,
"you have a challenge. And /
tell you, sometimes it takes some
maneuvering."
Concludes Mr.. Day. who has
watched thousands Of youngsters,
and hundreds Of teachers. come
and go:
Don't ever underestimate the
value Of having a good teacher.
That's basic. OF course, we must
use the best possible systems.
"But / don't care what system
is used. If the teacher is good,
il she understands her work and
she really loves her boys and
girls. those boys and girls are
going to learnato read"
Evening star., 1955-08-07

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug
6 R.-The afternoon newspaper
Expressen said today most Amer
leans look on Sweden as "a
small, peaceful. stable. beautiful
country with smorgasbord, nude
bathing and loose morals"
The big Stockholm paper
reached that conclusion from a
United States wide survey II
sponsored. It had asked the As
sociated Press to send reporters
into the streets Of cities in the
48 States and ask the first 10
Americans they met this ques-
ton:
when you hear the name
Evening star., 1955-08-07
SpecioI Reading Program
Helps Fqirfox Students

across the country porents ore beeom-
ing Increasingly concerned obout the
reading obiIity-or lock Of it-of thei'
youngsters. The Notion's schools.
under ottaek from oil sides, insist
todoy's children reed better ond
understond more thop fheir parents
did. Here is o report on an Assoeioted
Press survey Of the controversy end
whots being done obout it.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-10-13
Chardon Seniors to Compete
for Scholarship Awards

Five outstanding seniors at
Chardon high school will COM
pete in the new, multi-million
dollar National Merit Scholar
ship program, Principal Rex
Thornburgh announced today
These high ranking local stu
dents will be aiming at some
200 four-year college scholar
ships that can cary up to full
tuition and living expenses, de-
pending upon the fin a C a !
need of each winner Winners
will be chose on the basis of
their ability to profit from a
higher education
Edith Gaylord, Nancy Friel,
Marion Krum, William Wait .
mas, and Nancy Wise are the
seniors named to take a pre-
liminary screening test to be
given in the hign school Octo-
Der 26, 1865, as the first step.
The competition is open to all
secondary schools, and is the
largest program of it's kind.
The scholarship program is
conducted by the National Mer-
it Scholarship Corporation, an
independent non-profit educa =
tional organization set up by
grants of $50 500 coo Aim d
at the discovering and helping
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-10-13

Architects, engaged by the
Geauga Hospital association, to-
day completed initial sketches
and plans of the proposed 81
bed modern, fully equipped hos
pital to be built by public sub
scription following a drive for
funds in mid-November. T h e
hospital will be five stories in
height and will be located in
the geographical center of Gea-
uga county on route "A, 2 miles
south of Mayfield road. It S
completed cost, including the
latest of life-Saving equipment,
will be approximately 81 ,500,-
600.
The hospital, so vitality need
ed by every resident of Geauga
county, will have complete sur
gerry, maternity, pediatrics and
medical departments. 1t will
be ready on a twenty-four-
hour, 7 day-a-Week schedule
to handle emergency cases of
every description. Facilities will
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-10-13
Rubber Co.
Raises Wages
1Oc an Hour

Mr.. Howard Oplinger, Vice
President in charge of manu-
featuring, has announced to
the hourly employees of the
Company that they will be CIV
en- a ten-cent per hour wage
increase on December /, 1855.
The wage increase announced
by the Chardon Rubber Com
pany follows a policy adhered
to in the past. and that is to
maintain a wage standard as
food or better than others in
this segment Of the ru B.
ber industry.
THE increase in wages was
granted without prior equeSt
from the employees, n d the
management feels that this pol
icy has a great deal to do with
the pleasant employee-employ-
er relationship that has existed
in the past and will continue
in the future" said Mr.. Oplin-
ger.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-10-13
Name Workers
for Bazaar
at Chridon

CLARIDON - A bazaar SpOn-
Sored by the WomenS Fellow :
ship of the Claridon Congrega-
tional church will be Satur-
day, Oct. 90, at the Claridon
town hall. A tea in charge of
Mrs. Lillian Dimmick starts
at 200 pm. and a turkey din
ner prepared by Mrs. Charles
Kellogg, Mrs. Ray Gratten, Mrs
Harry Naramore, and Mis- S
jeanette Grosvenor will b e
Harry Naramore, and Mis- S
served at $50 pm.
Some other activities a n d
their chairmen are fancy work
: Mrs. Don Steven, aprons =
Mrs. Don Moss, parcel post =
Mrs. Fred Ianin, candy the
Senior Pilgrim Fellowship, bak
ed goods Mrs. Carl Kronk and
Mrs. Nelson Carlsen, country
store Ms. Norman Pollock,
cookie jar Mrs. Nielsen Enoc-
hian, The Lady with 1000 Poe
kets Miss Karen Grafton,
readings Mrs. Phil Tanno, tic
kets Mrs. Clifford Babcock,
and dining room Mrs. Ger
trude Price.