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The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
NOW NOT TO COMPETE

One of the problems facing this country is how 10 compete in world markets with nations whose wage and other costs are, for the most part far lower than The expanding European Common Market is one example Of the tough competition we are up against.
 Yet, in mid-AUgUs the executive council of the AFl-CiO announced drive 10 make the 35-hoUr week general throughout organized industry, with reduc- ton in takehome pay, and with doubIeme pay for all additional hours worked.
 The reason given for this is unemployment The labor leaders say that employers would take on workers in order 10 avoid heavy overtime penalties
 But what they fail to discuss the increase in costs that would certainly result. and that would find their way into the swelling prices of U. s. goods in world markets well the home market Thus, competitive ability would be further weakened. Then there would be reduced demand for products and more, not less unemployment This would be classic and tragic ex ample of cutting off ones 10 spite ones face.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
HOLES WILL BE LEFT

Congressman Waiter NorbIad of Oregon asked the House Committee of Interior and lnsUar Affairs 10 reject the Administrators proposal 10 federaIy tax pleasure ooats.
 Although the proposed annual $500 tax is limited 10 boats IA feet long over, said Mr. Norblad, we be from past experience that would only be short lime until boats 2 feet long, then 10 feet, etc would be FederaY taxed Many states already tax pleasure boats and think would be wrong for the Federal Government to impose double taxaton
 If the current mania 10 tax practically anything and everything isn't curbed about all we'll have left in pockets will be holes.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

Tickets for the Sept. 19 Doro- thy Kristen concert, which opens the local season for the Anchorage Concert Associa- tion, are now on sale at the Treasure Chest in Palmer, 1t was announced this week. Miss Kristen will be presented in the Romig Hill Auditorium on the third Wednesday in Sep tember at 8 pm.
 Season tickets, at $12.50 each, will include Dorothy Kristen, lyric soprano, Alice Shoenfeld, violinist, Carolyn Stanford, mezzo-soprano, Herman Codes, pianist, and the New York Woodwind Quintet. Season ticket holders will be seated in the reserved section of the auditorium.
 Single admissions to the kir-
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

As expected. the Palmer School enrolment hit an all time high with the beginning of the l952-53 school year. By Wednesday morning 67s had enrolled and known late corners are expected 10 boost the total 10 at least 700.
 A service of interest to the whole community will be held at the United Protestant Church next Sunday evening. A recognition service will be held for the staff of the Valley Hospital and for teachers of the Palmer schools.
 Thirty-one Palmer High School freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors turned out for the first football prac- tice session in the schools his tory Tuesday.
 Climax of many weeks of feverish competition in sell inq Fair Queen tickets came
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

THE CHURCH FOR Att
 Att FOR THE CHURCH
 The Church is the greatest factor on earth for the building of character and good citizenship. Ii is a s'orehouse oi spiritual values. Without strong Church. neither democracy nor civilization can survive. There are four sound reasons why every person should attend services regularly and supper, the Church. They are: CD For his own sake. (2) For his childrens sake. (3) For the sake ot his community and nation. (D For the sake of the Church itself. which needs h'' moral and material support. Plan 10 go 10 church regularly and read your Bible daily.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
Kirsien Concert Tickets on Safe

sten concert will be $5.50, and seating will be in the general section.
 For the first time enlisted men as well as students may purchase tickets at half price. Service men may obtain half price tickets by presenting their identification cards Ii they are not in uniform.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
CLOTH OF KINGS

Silk was once known as "the cloth of kings" reports World Book Encyclopedia, and some rulers even passed laws to pro- hibit the common people from wearing it.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Communicable disease m the Palmer area reported by the Alaska Department of Health and Welfare for the week end ing Aug. 3l included one case of measles (rubiola), three ot- its media, one pneumonia, one strep sore throat, and two up- per respiratory infections.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

Despite the rainiest weekend in Fair history, attendance was surprisingly good for a three day fair. Paid admissions for 6,400 persons compared favor ably with the 6,661 for the four day fair of 1851. The gate for Labor Day, when the sun fin ally burst through the clouds and the rain declared a l2-hour truce, was the best for any La bor Day in the history of the fair.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
Ol D5l] DAY55
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IN THE
Thursday. Sept. 4. 1852

with the Saturday night cor onation of Rose Marie Tiny" VickarYous as queen of the 1852 Matanuska Valley Fair. Cheers from four hundred voices were echoed and re- echoed as the crowning took place shortly before midnight at the Coronation Ball qiv- en in Palmer School Gym nasium.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

Four weeks from next Tues day the city of Palmer will have it's annual general cleo ton but to date no candidates for city office have definitely declared themselves in the run ming by the circulation of peti- tions as required by the new city election ordinance.
 
 Wearied by three days and nights of fair-going, many Val ley residents missed the open house of the Matanuska Valley Bank in it's spacious new quar- ters in the Wright building Tuesday night. The bank open ed for business at it's new loca- tion Tuesday morning without any interruption of business having been suffered by the move.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
PRIVATE WELL

Petroleum engineering stu dents at Southwestern Louisia- na University are drilling a 1 1,000-foot well on the campus for use in laboratory and ex- perimental work. The oil in- dustry donated the equipment.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06
OK TO LAUGH

The man who can laugh at gais own shortcomings inherits &he right to laugh at others.
The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

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The frontiersman., 1962-09-06

The fellow who saves money today is not considered miser he's a miracle man.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30
Welsh Rare BIZ

It was dark ard stormy night and we
were all seated around the campfire, and
one Of the boys said, Barney, tell us story"
And so began a story which is about the
second funniest story in the world and it
happened in the State of Tennessee in dirty
little southern court house in a town called
Dayton. The funniest story originated in the
State of New York and was told to the world
in Washington, D. c. - but no one is laugh
ing yet about this story.
Once upon time there lived man who
ran for President of the United States, but
that is not why he was famous. He was
famous because he said, II am not interested
in the age of rocks; 1 am interested in the
Rock of Ages" He also wrote lot Of
learned nonsense published in a book called,
1.-THE Prince of Peace" He was member
of group of people who called themselves
"fundamentalists" and they believed that
everything in the Bible was literally true and
particularly the Book of Genesis and every
thing that Book said such as Jacobs vision
of angels going up and down to heaven on
ladder which was about the most up to date
mode of transportation for that kind of a
trip.
This learned ass, who just missed out on
the Presidency. became excited over saving
children from the infidelity of their teachers
and professors who might be teaching hOr-
rible subject called Evolution; and, like a
great many learned fools who have preceded
and followed him, he sought to "have law
passed"
He tried to get Nebraska and Florida to
pass law making it crime to teach little
boys and girls that the origin of life was in
the slime and ooze of the sea; and that end
less centuries rolled away while the lower
animals fought and evolved and persisted
ages before man arrived with story which
has yet to be unfolded. But he was unsuc-
cessful in those states; and the only place
where there was enough ignorance in the
world to pass a law making it crime to
teach evolution was in the Tennessee and
Mississippi So this man moved into Ten
nessee where he was to become the king Of
Morondom and succeeded in persuading Ten
nessee to pass such a law which carried
maximum fine of $780,
And now children, a teacher moved into
Tennessee who was only a young man and
his name was John T. Scopes and he was
good teacher just like Socrates was good
teacher for the youth of Athens. But he was
to pay for teaching the youth of Dayton,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30
A Story About Monkeys
by Barney Welsh

Tennessee nearly as much as Socrates paid
for teaching the truth to the youth OF Atnens
And instead of teaching that the earth IS HAT
he taught that the earth rotated and that
man was born an infant; and he was prose-
cuted for this violation of the True Faith,
and the Civil Liberty League OF New York
furnished aid in his defense
The place for this criminal case was a
little Tennessee town with a population Of
$50 people and II churches, and the trial was
presided over by Judge r. who convened
a special grand-jury to hurry the proceedings
up because his term was about to expire and
he needed good popular cause to get re-
elected.
The prosecutor was no one less than old
"Rock of Ages" himself, and, as he had not
been in court room for 40 years, and had
forgotten all the law he ever knew while
playing politics was admirably qualified to
prosecute criminal case.
Old Judge R. sat on bench beneath
blessed banner which said, Read your Bible;'
the prosecutor sat at counsel tabe beneath
another blessed banner saying Jesus loves
me-" and over the jury box was third noble
thought which said, Put your trust in Him."
The defense counsel was in the position
that most defense lawyers are in: we never
have the help of the State or Of Divine In
PREVENTION: we Just try our cases without
blessed banners.
Well, children, I know it is hard to be-
Ieve, but Court opened each day with
prayer: real honest to goodness prayer cal
culated to make the most pious Funda-
mentalist juror vote right and SILVER in the
jury box.
This trial finally closed with verdict
of guilty and Scopes was fined the 500. But
a lot of ironic things happened Old Judge
r. ran for Governor and printed on his cam
pagn literature that he was the man who
tried the Scopes case but he got licked and
later failed practicing law. The prosecutor,
William Jennings Bryan, died from indiges-
ton shortly thereafter. 1t was odd that this
man, who devoted so much Of his life to
fighting intemperance died from overeating.
And thus it was that the cause of in
fidelity was beaten in Tennessee. But every
funny bedtime story has a moral, and, as I
am really telling two stories; the moral for
both is: The fame Of Tennessee for throw
ing the monkeys out and keeping the Bible
in, is only surpassed by the fame of our SUI
preme Court which threw the Bible out and
kept the monkeys in.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30
From This Angle
Our Second Culture

This book is planned primarily as text
book for college students, both undergraduate
and graduate 1t should be useful also to
various professional groups :. to teachers
:. and to the general public" So reads
the preface to a new book issued by the j. B.
Lippincott Co.
There is nothing unusual in such pref
ace to a textbook of any kind, but it does indi-
cate that the subject of this textbook has
really arrived Such a subject must be of
considerable interest and Importance for
publishing company to publish 366 page
book devoted to it, The title of this book may
surprise some Americans. 1t is Juvenile De-
inquency by Ruth Shonle Cavan college
professor who is Professor of Sociology at
Rockford College, Ill.
Juvenile delinquency, in Mrs. Cavan's
words, failure of children and youth to meet
certain obligations expected of them by the
society in which they live" may legally consti-
tute one act of delinquency, but as Mrs. Cavan
makes clear, this is an Inadequate definition
for many purposes. In Mrs. Cavan's view, the
non-delinquent experiences guilt when he mis-
behaves but the delinquent person regards
his acts as right and justifiabIe under the
circumstances of his life"
The lack of feelings of guilt means that
the delinquent does not recognize the laws and
culture of his country as binding on his con-
duct. He often does not recognize individual
or property rights. He adheres to the de-
mands of the culture and Claws of his own
society, such as the law against "squealing"
Informing authorities of unlawful BEHAVIOR.
He is happy to ape members of his group in
matters of dress and conduct. He is good
citizen of his own chosen society," that of other
juvenile delinquents.
The genuine, gangtype Juvenile delin-
quent is, in other words, a member of Sec
ond culture within our nation, a culture which
Mrs. Cavan calls "contraculture" (contracul-
ture refers to a criminal juvenile society
here). Before reaching this level, most mem.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30

formed Of the county's well and
septic tank problems.
Q States Attorney Leonard
T. Hardy said he is looking into
the situation to see if there have
been any criminal violations to
put before a grand jury.
. The State Department Of
Health's Bureau of Environ.
mental Hygiene announced it
was dispatching a special in
vestigating team at the local
health departments request.
Q DR.. Peoples declared fatty
there is mo emergency" in the
county regarding pollution of
wells, and said the great major
ity of 10000 private wells here
are safe for bathing and drink
ing purposes.
. Candidate Small scored
Gov. Tawes a second time for
his "do-nothing attitude about
an extremely serious health haz-
ard in Montgomery County"
. Council president Cahoon
asked for an immediate probe
into his personal affairs to
settle for all time the ques-
ton OF whether he violated
a public trust or profited per.
sonally" from the water and
sewer situation here.
. County Attorney Alfred
Carter defended the local sub.
division regulations governing
wells and septic tanks as pro.
viding more protection to resi-
dents health and safety than
others proposed in 1859 by a
member Of the staff Of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
. Gov. Tawes announced he
wants a full report from State
health officials on the situation
here.
Just "a hours before the State
health department team was to
arrive here, DR.. Peoples had
his day in court" before a
County Council as interested in
] the political implications OF the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30

cent of the wells tested last
year.
This figure certainly does not
support the contention that all
Montgomery County wells are
polluted with human waste or
that any great hazard exists in
the county," Peoples said.
. Water supplies at all
schools in the county served by
wells have checked out "bacter-
iologically negative" at con-
sumption outlets on their most
recent examinations.
Corrective action here has
ranged from installation of
chlorinators and direct Health
Department supervision of well
construction, to re-adjusting an
air vent which had been draw
ing up dirt from the floor of the
well pit.
. Past epidemics of hepatit-
tbs In the county "show no
evidence Of being caused by
water-borne Infection" and
"there is no medical authority
for connecting hepatitis with
water supplies" Incidence of
the disease In the county,
Peoples said, "is no better or
worse than Maryland or the
Nation"
Statistics accompanying Peep.
les report showed a favorable
comparison of hepatitis cases
in last years epidemic in the
area below Rockville served al
most exclusively by public wa
ter (54) as in the rural up
county area (6S).
In 1860, there were almost
three times as many in the
down-county area 1927 as inthe
up-county (11) and i'll the last
major outbreaks in 1854 and
1855, the figures showed:
1955-up-county, 95, down.
county, SO; 1954-up-county, 80,
down-county, 40.
I'VE have no evidence of dis
ease in this county due to con-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30

Group of Silver Spring; Richard
Price, jr., president of the Be.
thesda Chamber of Commerce;
Ross Roberts, president of the
Rockville Chamber of Com.
merce; Ward w. Fetrow, presi-
dent of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Farm Bureau, and Richard
M. Cooperman, of RMC Public
Relations and Advertising.
As the list of sweepstakes"
prizes grows, We'll keep you
posted. We expect there will
be q long list Of them.
II you're already a voter,
you're not eligible. Sorry. This
is a new voters contest only.
But if you have a friend who is
not yet registered, be sure to
tell him about the sweep
stakes" He could be one Of the
big winners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30
by Les KimbIe

bers of such groups will commit delinquent
acts which include criminal or ar-crirninal
activities, not as a way of life, but rather as
extra-cumicular activities. Contra u lhlre
among juveniles is largely confined to large
cities and doubtless does not exist in Mont
gomery County.
So complete is the control OF the criminal
juvenile gangs in some cities that it is neces-
sary for boys living in some areas to become
members of gang in order to protect them
selves; otherwise they viii be beaten up by
several gangs This means that the law either
does not or cannot offer protection to juve-
niles in some areas. Criminals we will always
have but it does seem that our society
should be able to protect children and youth
from the terrible position of having to seek
personal protection from criminal gang.
Crowd" gang" and "club" are some of
the titles Of youthful groups which may be
genuine social assets, criminal societies. or
fall somewhere between these catergories.
When such group is completely detached
from adult control or guidance their actiyi.
ties and philosophy will be determined by
youthful leaders. When adult control is mere
ly nominal or weak, leadership will remain
with the youthful members
No doubt the culture of our youth always
differs from that of adults in some areas, but
probably the culture of most of our young
people has a solid and definite connection to
the adult society. The breaking of this con-
nection must be due to deficiencies in our ma
tional or local cultures.
Is it possible that our society does not
hold enough opportunities and avenues for
genuine accomplishment for our younger cit.
zens, SO that they are reduced to banal or anti.
social activities? Is our changing economy
ana technology depriving many of our Young.
er citizens of any hope for full and success.
tul life? Or is it possible that these Youthful
dehnquents are merely reflection - perhans
distorted, but still reflection - of an adnlt
culture which has lost some of its most inpor.
tart values?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30

well-publicized Juror as in the
facts underlying it.
Readily admitting that county
sanitation operations have not
been carried out gin compliance
with the letter of the state law"
Peoples emphasized repeatedly
that the present situation is
not "endangering the health and
safety of one human being in
the county"
"The situation with regard
to private wells, though deser-
wing of considerable effort to
find and alleviate cOntamina-
ton" he added, ''is certainly
not one Of great magnitude
in the county"
Highlights of Peoples report
and Council questioning follow:
. Issuance of approval of a
well or septic tank by the
county health department sis
not a guarantee by that author
ity that the water and sewerage
systems will have an indefinite
life"
Water contamination, he ex.
planned, is like illness. "A man
may be perfectly sound one day
and sick the next. Another
checks out of his doctors office
after a complete physical ex-
animation which shows him
healthy, and drops dead on the
way home"
. Coliform bacteria found in
samplings Of county water sup
plise "are not harmful to the
human" In fact, said Peoples,
all humans and animals have
them as permanent inhabitants
of the intestinal tract" and their
disease significance is nil"
While viruses entering water
systems can be a threat, he add.
ed, 1t Is neither easy nor cheap
to culture water for their con.
tent now.
. The dangerous contamin-
ant TO look for in well water is
Escherichia coli, a bacteria
which showed up in only IA per
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-30
Library Friend

Let me be one of the first
to urge that the Rockville Lii
brary take precedent in the
Urban Renewal Program.
Several weeks ago an edi-
torial and and article were
printed in the Sentinel discus
sing the plight of the library
and mentioning the possibility
of the inclusion of the library
in the urban renewal program.
/ have waited breathlessly
ever since for the flood of mail
praising the idea, enthusiastic
ally applauding the move or
even admonishing the rest of
us who have sat back these
many years and watched the
library grow more crowded.
But there was nothing.
/ wondered where the par.
ents were whose children
graced the long list of sum-
mer Larry the Leopard" read
ers. Where were the many
adults who kept borrowing
the numerous art works each
month? Where were the hun
dreds of readers l have met
over my seven years here
borrowing, reading and re-
turning books which are in
such abundance now that
they are in homemade shelves
on the floor? Where were
the parents of the nursery
school students who should
welcome more room for their
children and less inconvenient
cooking facilities, across from
the children's section on the
second floor OF the library?
Where were the college stu.
dents who did last minute
term papers? Where were
the high school students
studying for exams? And in
short, where was 1?
A little late, but not toe
much so, I hope for some &C
ton to be definitely taken,
beg more of the library's hap
Ply Tor unhappy customers to