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Ghost town gazette., 1956-11-17

Big Susie reports that few days ago Earl Bell and Henry Ring (who boasts of being the most effective moocher in these parts) shared a bottle of fire water and enjoyed each other wonderful. Earl put on a pot of- stew to cook and went away for the day to cut and haul wood. yhen he returned he found that Henry had ><9aten all the stew. Earl was big hungry and had to start a new stew, But first he took time to sit down and tell Henry the story of the Little Red Hen, or words to that effect and to impr the idoa on Henry bit he pune he'd the hell out of him, leaving him wi tn two big low CT lips and minus a couple of teet Moral: Henry should have hid out til Earl got his belly full of stew, q hungry, tired man Is apt to be irrit able:
 It is also reported that Albert Charley who is 20 and was raised here but has lived in Anchorage < for the past few years, was vacationing on the Glen Ei-way in his beautiful "A, 900 coral pink mercury on which he had made few payments. He was enjoying the scenery near Ne1china when he decided to break the sound barrier. The car was demolia1 ed and Albert was unscratched.
 People, will do well to; heed that past horse and buggy sugge stion:@s- @s- If you drink, don't drive, and vice versa.
 THE CH IEF GHOST;S COLUMN
 BY: THE OLD CYNIC The Democrats took over control of Alaska in the last cleo tion .~ and there are now 3l good natured people left in this Ghost Town. The present grocery store, one t i t inc s known as tho Chitina Cash Store will be contrac ted into the Chi tina Drug Store for the winter. It is suggested that the few people who cannot do any bette than to patronize this establish ment try to antic ipate their needs as much as poss iDle. Service and hours are apt to be a bit sketchy. And if the lighting service is not all that you would like it is suggested that you cheer yourself for the C
Ghost town gazette., 1956-11-17

Alaska Is. suffering from the bale- 1u1 1nsuffi iency of 3 "woak Gov ernor". Ae has not changed the Climate herey we still have long C cold winters and sh6nt s1amne rs He has not chenbed bheenRinhod any of Alaska 8 me ager mineral resources. tand we need them badly), He has mot seen to it that the pre- sent unempl oyment program produce vast sums or money needed to keep the seasonal workers happy during the per1ods Of unempl oyment. He has not caused the impr and Chr1ftless, particu1 arly the Ind1 ans and Breeds to become d111gent, thrifty n resourc eful.. ;. He has not caused the salmot to 1'run less cratic ally and in great CT numbers. He has not persuaded A1askans to be: less whining para sites a d more self sufficient. All he has been able to do is give Alaska an honest businesslike adnalnl strat1on. He should be Tired and magician with a fairy wand appointed to the job. A3 Alaska goes so goes tllu Nation tAs Alaska goes so goes the Nation We A1askans in our effort to get this phony Statehood figured we
 
 called Adlai and Estes, they We're supposed to give us Statehood. The dodo bird is very much alive today compared with Alaska Stoto- hood.>
 (Let's hope we have he ard that silly asininity for the last time J Election l956s
 AlASka: Dfmoc Yat c CO0 QoO'>
 kopuo1 ans 10 Ike s, 900, OOO
 Adlai 24 1000, 900. Some Democrats say that the Middle East crisis is what elected Ike. Now Mr. Nasser is quito a boy if he Frightened five million fightin democrats to change their votes. (Alaaka never went so strongly | Democratic, nor the States moro Republic an)
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Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

ber of compositions now accepted
as standard organ repertoire.
Tickets for individual concerts
or for the entire series may be Sc
cured at the university bookstore
in the Memorial Library on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday af-
ternoons or at the Mitchell Hall
box office on the night of each con
cert from 700 p. m. until the per-
formance begins.
Winterthur Fellows Begin
Classes At University
Ten graduate students, fellows
in the Winterthur Program in Ear
ly American Culture, have enroll
ed in the University of Delaware
course, "17th and 18th Century
English Society,"" The course is
one of the requirements for a
Master of, Arts degree in Early
American Culture.
The group of Winterthur Eel
lows includes five who are begin
ming the Winterthur program and
five who are in their second year
of study. The students are: Nancy
Skidmore College; Richard E. Ahl-
born, University of Colorado;
James Nonemaker. Rutgers Uni
versity; Doris Jane Greer, Po
mona College; Wendell d. Garrett
University of California at Los
Angeles; Lewis G. Rubenstein
Cornell University; Lorraine Wax
man, City College of New York;
Joseph T. Butler, Maryland State
Teachers College at Frostburg;
Mary Elizabeth Means, Wheaton
College at Norton, Mass; and Jean
B. Mcclure, Stanford University.
Of this group, Miss Greer studied
for one year in Italy on Full
bright Fellowship and Miss Wax
man spent a year in France as a
Fulbright recipient.
The course in English Society,
taught by DR.. Walter L. Woodfill,
assistant professor of history, who
recently spent a year in England
on a Guggenheim Fellowship, is
one of tie background courses
which the University offers as a
part of the Winterthur program. In
addition to the Winterthur Fellows,
ten other graduate students are
enrolled in the course, two of whom
also are students in American Stu
dies.
DR.. Woodfielps course and a sec
ond offering, Sources of American
Art by DR.. Alan Gowans, chairman
of the department of art, are the
only courses in the Winterthur
program given this semester at
the university. These courses are
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

offered in alternate years. In the
Winterthur program students take
two courses at the university each
semester and during three semes-
ters they participate in labora-
tory and course work at the Mu-
scum. The preparation of a the
sis is the principal business of a
fourth semester.
The University of Delaware plays
an important part in the formal
training offered in the Winterthur
program. The major courses in
the two-year program of study are
taught on the Newark campus
Graduate students in the program
complete "a credits of university
course work, and take IL credits
of laboratory work at the museum.
These requirements, plus the six
credits which are given for the
completion of a thesis, bring the
total number of credit hours to 40
an excellent program which gives
the students far more preparation
than is required for the ordinary
masters degree.
The Winterthur Program was es
tablished by the University of Del
aware and the Henry Francis du-
Pont Winterthur Museum in 1852
with the support of the Rockefeller
Foundation. Initiated for the in
vestigation of early American cul
ture, the program Offefc unique
opportunity for students to better
understand Early American Cul-
ture through the use of the mu-
scum collections, which span 200
years of domestive architecture,
furniture, textiles, paintings, prints,
ceramics and metal work. The vast
collections provide broader un-
derstanding of the integrity of
American craftsmanship.
Using the combined resources of
the museum and the university, the
program is designed to train per-
sonnel for both teaching and mU-
scum work. During the past three
years, the instructional program of
the Winterthur fellows has been
supplemented with lectures by dis
tinguished visiting scholars.
Generally, the courses offered at
the university are in the fields of
art, American literature and his
tory. Ten feliowships of $4,000 a
year for each of two years have
foundations and are awarded an
nually by the museum and the uni
versity to outstanding applicants.
Dr. Ernest J. Moyne, assistant
professor of English, is coordina-
tor of the Winterthur program at
the University of Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
University News
Artist Series Concert

Artist Series Concert
Flor Peeters, noted Belgian or
ganist and composer, will open the
l956-57 Artists Series at the Uni
versity of Delaware on Thursday,
October IL, with a recital at Nit
chell Hall at S:15 p. m.
Inheritance and environment
seem to have played a dual role
in Peters development as an ar
tist, for his father was the village
crganist in a small peasant village
near Antwerp. With his father, an
important citizen of the little town
by virtue of his church position,
young Flor began to take part in
the community activities at an
early age. He studied music and it
was only natural that he was in
terested in the organ. Though his
feet could scarcely reach the ped
ais, Flor became an accomplished
pupil of his father and frequently
substituted for Pere Peters, when
only eight years of age. BY the
time he was ten, he was recognized
for miles around as an organ vir-
tuoso, and by the time he was
twelve, he was composing orches-
trail works and hymns.
This interest in composition is in
the tradition of the great organ
masters. Nearly all the great or
gan masters have composed, and
on tour play their own compost
tions along with the old masters.
So Flor Peeters, ambitious to be-
come a great organist, also stu
died and worked at composition,
for he realized that the creative
demands on an Organist equal the
interpretive.
At twenty, the Lemmens Insti-
tute at Malines, principal Catholic
organ school of Belgium, conferred
upon Peeters its Grand Prix for
compositions as well as interpre-
tation. An appointment as second
organist in the Malines Cathedral
followed and within two years, he
was named the chief organist at
the same Cathedral. Wide recogni-
tion now was within his grasp, but
he still was not satisfied with his
work.
The next step was Paris, for
further study. Here he worked
with Marcel Dupre, internationally
renowned organist, and with
Charles Tournemire, the disciple
of Cesar Franck, himself one of
the greatest organ masters of all
times. Only then did he feel his
education complete, but needless
to say, Peeters has continued to
study and work throughout his ca
reer. His concert tours have taken
him throughout the world. not
only in Europe and the United
States, but to such distant areas as
the Union of South Africa. In
spite of his performing schedule,
he still finds time to compose and
he has enriched the literature of
his chosen instrument with a num-
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
Veterans Administration
IMPORTATION SERVICE
Questions and Answers

Q-I am disabled Korea veteran.
| want to take vocational re-
Mobilization training, but I've
been told it must be fuIl-time
Does that mean | will be pro-
hibited from training?
A-No. Although veterans usually
are required to devote full
time to their training, less than
full-time training may be per-
mitted if their disabilities pre-
vent them from taking a full
time course.
Q-WOuld it be possible to get a
CT business loan to engage III
business in foreign country?
The business must be To-
Gated in the United States, its
territories or possessions.
Q-I hold a World Wan II CT term
insurance policy. Will I have
to take a physical examination
in order to convert it to a per-
manent plan?
A-No A physical examination is
not necessary to convert your
term insurance to a permanent
plan.
Q-Is flight training allowed under
the new War Orphans Educa-
ton program?
A-Flight training by itself is pro-
hibited. 1t may be taken, how
ever, if it is part of a standard
college course for which Gre
dit is given toward a degree.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

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The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
INSURANCE BENEFITS avaE.AELLE FOR SELF-ENPlcyLD FlGEiEnS

Sef-e-npioyed farmers and ranehers can become eligible fer insurance benefits under the. so- cIal security law as early as Apz.l fso6 If they have earned as much as S400 from farming in both cal endar years 1855 aid 1856, Arthur ;. BugWell, Alaska Extension Servlce associate director, re- minds Alaska farm operators.
 Along with this goes the re- spens.bii!ty to report earnings from farming and pay the three percent social security tax not later than April E. 1856. The So eial Security Administration has suggested that payments be made as early as possible after Janu- ary l.
 The form for making a report and ren1itting the required tax for social security insurance comes with the Federal Income Tax Return, Form 1040. If net earnings from farming were as much as S400 in 1855, farmers are obliged to fill out and file this return and pay the social seeur- ity tax, Buswell said, even if they do not owe any Federal income
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19

Arrangements have been made by Delegate E. L. Bartlett for the appearance January 26 Of any Alaska witnesses who desire to testify on Interior Department appropriations for the 1857 fiscal year.
 The Interior Department sub committee of the House Appro priaions Committee started hear i11gs on the budget requests on January B when department wit nesses were the first called, and present plans of the subcommit- tee call for final consideration the first week of February. The date of January 26 for Alaska Witnes ses has been tentatively set but Del Bartlett in announcing the date and requesting advice from Alaskans interested in appearing stated that fl is possible the AL aska hearing could be arranged Jan. 27 Or the following week, de pendent upon response from the Territory.
 The Presidents budget message was expected on the Hill on Jan. Is at which time the Alaska items in the Interior Department bud get such as Alaska Public Works and the Alaska Road Commission, and other departments were re vealed.
 It had been hoped that the Sen ate subcommittee would be hold ing Interior appropriation hear ings approximately the same time as the House hearings so that any Alaska witnesses coming down from the Territory could testify on the Senate side shortly after the House hearings. However, present plans call for hearings not before the latter part of Feb
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19

tas, for 1855.
 Oiaer farmers, those 65 or over, s4n retire alter March 1856 and
 II getting monthly oldage in- Qanee payments if they have met the earnings requirements and paid their tax. Other farm CTS, regardless of age, will acquire family protection iu the form Of monthly payments 10 surviving dependents in the event of their death, provided they meet the same requirements.
 In either case, the payment of
 le saela1 security tax must ac- company income tax declaration 3f iaturn. This responsibility IS required by law.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
FERTILIZER CIRCULAR RELEASED BY
 EXTENSION SERVICE

Farmers who buy concentrated feraEze-s will get more plant food for their money.
 To help farmers and home gar deners choose the fertilizers they need, the University of Alas la Extension Service. has pub- hehed Fertilizers for Alaska 1956-1957. The recommends tons compare costs of fertilizers available in Alaska last year, As sociate Director Arthur s. Bus well said this week.
 Recommended fertilizers amounts to use for such crops as forage and grains, lawn grasses, potatoes, root crops, peas and leafy vegetables and greenhouse plants are listed in the circular The publications authors, also suggest when to use fertilizer for different crops.
 Authors of the publication are Sodl Scientists w. M. Laughlin and Allan H. Mick, Agrononfst H. J. HodgSon and Hortieulturist M. F. gabb, all of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station in Palmer.
 ciIpular 513, Fertilizers for Alaska is available in district extension offices.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
VETS MAIL BAG
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 Only eligible CT insurance pol icyhoIders who wish to change the method of payments for the regular 1856 dividend are requir- ed 10 notify Veterans Adsninistra- ton of tke payment method de- sired.
 For veterans who fail to state in writing hsw they want their regular dividends to be handled, VA is required by law to set up a dividend credit 10 their insGr- ance account and to use this cred- it to pay premiums as they be- come due and are not otherwise timely paid.
 Unused dividend credits will draw interest compounded an- nual1y until they are withdrawn by the polieyholders or are paid out at the maturity of the polio ies in confornance with the pol ieyholders' wishes.
 All eligible polieyholders also may request VA in writing to pay their regular dividends to them in cash or to apply the dividends in payment of future premiums.
 Permanent plan policyholders have one more choice. They may request VA in writing to place their regular dividends on de- posit drawing interest compound cd annually and subject to their control.
 Eligible policyholders who want to change the method of paying their 1856 regular divid- end should notify the VA office handling their insurance account in sufficient time before the pay ment date to enable VA to make the change
 Question of the Week:
 c. have a lapsed World War II GI term insurance policy. Since it hasn't reached the end of it's term period, I want to re- instate it and, at the same time, convert to permanent plan. How much money will I have to pay?
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The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
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Charles Wilson, territorial con servationist, returned to Palmer on Tuesday of this week follow ing his attendance at the Opera tons Management Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.
 pr. Samuel Reiger of the Soil Conservation Service, is attend ing 8 Soils Conference being held January Is to January 20 at East Lansing, Michigan.
 Cliff Marcus, work unit conser- Vationist with the Soil Conser- Vation, Serv.ce, leaves for Alta, Utah where he will attend a snow survey training course January 23 through January 28. He will be attending courses on avalanche characteristics and res cue, and snow measuring and de termination of water run off ln relation to streams.
 Mrs. Harry Nipp of Muncie, In diana, is visiting with her son, Lloyd LaWton and his family.
 Mrs. Lowell Simpson, Star Route, was guest of honor at a stork shower given at her home by a group of friends on Janu- ary 13. Mrs. Simpson was the re- cipient of many beautiful and useful gifts.
 The Rev. John R. Buchanan, s. !, who lives near Copper Gen. ter called on Delegate K. L. Bart lett last week while in the east
 Sunday visitor in Palmer this past weekend was Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, commissioner of health pr. Afbrecht recently resigned his territorial position to accept position with Public Health work in Ohio.
 The Community Ambulance was called out on Tuesday ef this week to transfer Mrs. Peter A. Walker from her home off Walker Street to the Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
 James Wilson, commissioner of agriculture, is in Juneau for 3 few days this week where he will attend a meeting of the Alaska Development Board. He expects to return to Palmer Sunday, George CroWtflers of the De partment of Agriculture is spend ing few days in Anchorage this week where he is working with food merchants, acquainting them with regulations pertaining te grades of eggs.
 Mrs. Bill Cook is back at work at the Palmer Post Office follow ing a vacation spent in Texas Northern California and Seattle. FRoNTIERSMAN cLAsSIFIEDs
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
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Frank Gibson. 37, received a 90-day suspended sentence when found guilty of charge of be- Ing drunk and disorderly in a public place. The complaint was brought by city police on Janu- ary IA. Gibson appeared before City Magistrate Frank Connolly in Magistrates Court on January
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19
ALASKA WITNESSES HsVETED
 70 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT HEARING

fuary or early in March with out side witnesses probably not 10 be called until some time in March CT the early part of April.
The frontiersman., 1956-01-19

FHONTIEnSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
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The frontiersman., 1956-01-19

FRoNTIERsMAN cLAssIFIEDs
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Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
Arley Magee Dies
In Kent Court House
Common Pleas Judge Is Victim OF
4 Heart Attack

Judge Arley B. Magee, Jr., of the
Kent County Court of Common
Pleas died suddenly while in the
Prothonotary's Office at the. court
house at 1920 Tuesday morning.
Death was attributed to a heart
condition He was Sc years of age.
Judge Magee had just entered
the ProthonOtary's office and was
standing at a book counter when
he turned to Mrs. Margaret Walls,
Deputy Register of Wills, who was
in the office at the time. and said
take hold of me-, and with that he
collapsed to the floor
A nearby physician was summon
ed as was also the Dover ambu-
lance, which removed Judge Magee
to the Kent General Hospital where
he was pronounced dead on arrival
Judge Magee had not complained
of feeling i'll prior to the fatal at
tack but a short time ago he con-
fided to several local attorneys that
he was suffering from high. blood
pressure.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Jane Ferguson Magee and a daugh-
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
New Army Recruiting
Officer Appointed
M/Sgt. G.. L. Lowe, OF Salisbury,
Nd, To Serve This Area

M/Sgt. Gordon L. Lowe, 80, of
West Chester Street, Salisbury, has
been assigned as Recruiting Serge
ant with the Army Station in Sails
bury. Major John H. Miller, Com
manding Officer of the Baltimore
Recruiting Main Station, announced
today that Sgt. Lowe would work
with M/Sgt. Paul II. Cooney, who
has been assigned TO the Salisbury
office since December 1855.
Sgt. Lowe, an Easten Shore ma
tive from Steyensyille, and a veter-
an of IA years service, is well
qualified in the field of counselling
and guidance of young men and
women in their selection of Regu-
ar Army careers. He began shis
career at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y, in
1912. He sailed for India in 1943
where he served with the 327th
Harbor Craft Company for the re-
mainder of World War II. Sgt.
Lowe, being sold on the advan-
tages of an Army career, reenlisted
in March 1916 at Baltimore, Md,
and was assigned to TT. Eustis,
Va. Sgt. Lowe served in Korea
twice-from April 1947-December
t949 with the Military Advisory
Group and again during the Korean
conflict. After being wounded twice
n combat with the 25th Infantry
Division, he was returned to the
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
Social Security
Payment Changes
Those Affected Are Urged To Seek
Advice From The Officials

Persons who may become en-
titled to old-age or survivors i'm
surance payments during the
months just ahead, because of re-
cent changes in the social security
law. namely, women aged So, dis
abled workers who have reached
age so, and children who. were dis
abled before age Is, will not lose
any payments if they delay filing a
claim for benefits, Myron Milbouer,
district manager of the Whining
ton social security office, declared
today.
Payments TO a woman who has
reached age So can begin with the
check for this November which
will be due after the end of that
month. However. women 81 to So,
do not need to apply for the pay
ments Immediately. Even if they
wait a full year before filing q
claim at the social security office
that is. not until November 1857
they can still get any pack pay
ments they are entitled to-" Mil
bouer assures them.
Al disabled working person who
has reached age so can't start to
get monthly benefit payments until
JuIy 1867. Even if he does not hle
a claim until the end of December
1857. he will get back payments Tor
all months beginning with nexi
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