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MR COMMAND ASKS
FOR 85,000 ACRES
NEAR FAIRBANKS
In order to provide a long
needed training area and maneu
ver site for troops in the Fair
banks area ,the Alaskan Air Com
mand has filed an application to
withdraw 85,200 acres of land lo
cated 10 miles north of Eielson
Air Force Base. The area re
quested lies north of the Chena
River sled road and generally
» east of the Little Chena River.
Selected on the twin basis of
non-interference with civilian en
terprise and economy of military
operations, the area is mostly
hilly country and relatively in
accessible. The area is best
known for hunting and fishing,
however, the lack of roads has
limited its use. Agriculturally,
the ar<*a is limited by its hilly
to steep topography as well as
by its present inaccessibility.
A large part of the maneuver
site would be devoted to firing
ranges. Because persons wander
ing through the range would run
considerable danger of explod
ing live shells, the site would
necessarily be closed to the pub
lic.
Subject to approval of the
withdrawal request, plans call
for the construction of a make
believe village complete with
false-front structures in the com
bat training area. Also planned
for construction are grenade
courses, artillery ranges, tank
maneuve sectors and troop train
ing area large enough for groups
up to battalion strength.
fieneral CD Meet
Slated for January
An area-wide general meeting
of the Civil Defense organization
A’iF be held shortly after the
holidays, it was announced at the
special meeting called last Thurs
day. Very few representatives
turned out for the meeting and
conflicting dates between now
and the first of the year made it
impractical to set another date
until after the holidays.
At the Thursday meeting CD
Director Alfred Hagen announc
ed that several thousand books
may be made available to this
area through Civil Defense. They
include all type reading, he said,
and a charge of eight cents per
copy may be made. If the charge
is made by CD then this area
will have to contribute the money
if we are to have part of these
books, he pointed out. It was sug
gested that perhaps organiza
tions in this area would each con
tribute a sum sufficient to hand
le the purchase cost so that the
library and the school could take
advantage of the opportunity to
get these books at so little cost.
It was also announced that
ARC surplus buildings may be
made available to the Greater
Palmer Civil Defense area. It
has been proposed that at least
two of these buildings be located
at the airport.
Palmer High School
Again Accredited
Palmer High School has again
ben fully accredited by the North
west Secondary Association, ac
cording to William T. Zahrad
nicek, superintendent of schools.
Zahradnicek returned to Palmer
this past week-end following at
tendance at the annual confer
ence of the association held in
Portland. Students from the Pal
mer high school will be accepted
in all colleges and universities in
the States with academic credits
earned in the local school.
Attending the conference with
Zahradnicek were Dwight New
ell, assistant superintendent of
Anchorage schools, Gordon Guf
fey, Anchorage High School prin
cipal, a representative from the
Alaska Native Service, Howard
Mathews, Commissioner of Edu
cation office, A1 Lawrence, prin
cipal of the Mt. Edgecombe sch
ool. Principal Soeffer of the
Ketchikan high school and Dr.
William Keller of the University
of Alaska.
The conferences are held each
year to hear recommendations
and reviews from the schools,
from which the school accredita
tion is made.
About 58 per cent of Alaska's
popu'ation is under 25 years of
age. In the United States, 41.5
>er cent is under 25 years.
Death rate due to accidents
ind other violent causes in Al
aska is exactly three times that
of the slates. A five- year average
shows Alaska's rate at 238
deaths per 100,000 population
and United States at 79.3.
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Burnett-Stadem Nuptials Held
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The First Baptist Church of
Pelmer was the scene of the re
cent wedding of Sonja Marie
Stadem, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Stadem of Palmer and
Carl Burnett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Burnett, also of Palmer.
The candlelight ceremony was
performed by the Rev. John
Dickerson on November 23 at 7:30
in the evening, before a large
gathering of relatives and
friends.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father. For her wed
ding she chose a white full-length
gown, of lace over satin. The fit
ted bodice had a scalloped neck
line and scattered sequins. Her
sleeves were tight fitting, ending
in points over the back of her
hands and her skirt of the same
lace material, was fashioned in
several tiers. Her fingertip
length veil was held in place by
a tiara of white sequins and
: rhinestones. She carried a small
] bouquet of red roses on a white
i Bible.
Darlyne Brager was maid of
honor and Sally, Gertrude and
Catherine Burnett, sisters of the
bridegroom, and Ifeabelle Parker,
were bridesmaids. The bride’s at
tendants wore ballerina length
gowns, of pastel shades with
matching balero jackets, all fash
ioned in similar styles. They car
ried flower muffs of white car-,
nations and wore small crowns
of tiny flowers.
The bride’s two little flower
girls were Gloria and Violet Hurd
of Bristol Bay who wore sheer
gowns of pale green, trimmed
with tiny flowers along the hem
line and at the front of the neck
line. Their head pieces were fash
ioned of matching flowers, and
they carried baskets of flowers
: and petals which they scattered
| in the aisle ahead of the bride.
Derrel Parker was best man
| for the bridegroom and Norman
| and Larry Stadem, bothers of
the bridegroom, Richard Burnett,
brother of the bride, and Her
man Hermon, Jr. of Anchorage
were ushers.
Mrs. Stadem wore a navy blue
dress with white accessories and
yellow rose corsage. Mrs. Burnett
chose a brown dress of nylon and
wore a similar yellow rose cor
sage.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held for the couple
by the bride’s parents. Guests
were present from Anchorage,
Palmer and the Valley areas.
Eileen Tribbett presided over the
guest book.
Following a wedding trip to
the Anchorage area for which
the bride chose a going-away en
semble of black velvet, the coup
le are now at home in Palmer,
where the bridegroom is employ
ed at Minor Roop and Company.
Youth for Christ
To Present
Chiistmas Play
“Mary’s Christmas Dream” will
be presented by members of the
Youth for Christ group on Sat
urday evening, December 22 at
the Church of God on Matanuska
Street.
The modern day play will be
presented with a cast of youths
of junior high school age from
l he Lazy Mountain Childrens
Home, the Valley Farm Home,
and the Valley Christian Child
ren’s Home and will be directed
by Eva Boyd. The play’s theme
is of a “poor” young rich girl,
living in New York and who thr
ough a dream realizes her desire
to have a REAL Christmas.
The public is invited to attend
the presentation which will begin
at 8 p.m.
The Youth for Christ group in
the valley is composed of young
people from a number of valley
churches.
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Neva Roark, chairman of the
jazaar and bake sale reoprted
at in spite of the weather the
Women of the Moose bake sale
was a success. A few articles are
'°ft that would make nice Christ
mas presents. Anyone interested
nay see them at Moose hall. Mrs.
Roark thanked those who he'ped
and those who took food and
articles for sale.
Cam and Bob Fancher are still
vacationing. Word received this
week tells of their trip from San
Francisco where they have been
visiting, to Los Angeles, their in
teresting impressions of Holly
wood and of their trip to Pomo
na, Calif, where they exclaimed
over the citrus, date, and nut
trees. Cam spoke of the beauti
ful motels they are finding along
their travels and of the warm
weather. From Pomona they
went to Yuma, Arizona and from
there will head for Phoenix,
Mexico, then on to Texas, Flori
da, and Chicago. They are mak
ing their trip in a new Volks
wagon.
Approximately 25 young people
from the Church of God in Pal
mer and the Sutton Community
Church joined young people from
Anchorage churches in an even
ing of roller skating at the rink
in Anchorage on Monday night
of this week. Everyone reported
a good time.
Herb Land, loan agent with
the Department of Agriculture,
is going to the States where he
will combine business with plea
sure. Enroute he will stop at
Juneau on Department business
and will also visit the Producers
Credit Association and Federal
Land Grant offices in Spokane.
His vacation time will be spent
in New Jersey before returning
to Palmer in mid-January.
Christmas greetings have ar
rived from Don and Amy Irwin
who said, “We want to wish all
our friends a very merry Chi’ist
mas and a Happy Year of 1957
Would like to trade some hoi
sunshine for some snow balls”
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They are spending vacation time
with their son Lt. Don Irwin and
his family who resides at 2215
Ave. F., NW, Winter Haven,
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rideout <
plan to leave Palmer this week
end enroute to the States. They
will return around the first of
March. They plan to visit in
Michigan and at the home of
Mrs. Rideout’s mother Mrs. Will
Tiedemann of Springfield, Mis
souri. They may also go as far
east as New York and possibly
into New' Brunswick.
Irene Benson, manager in the
Trading Post dry goods depart
ment, leaves soon for a trip to
the States. She plans to visit in
Seattle and Los Angeles and will
return to Palmer around Janu
ary 7.
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