THE FROHTIERSMAH
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act df March 3, 1879
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Chugiak, Alaska
April 22, 1957
To the Editor and
An Open Letter to All Members
of M.E.A.:
'Under the date of April 19, 1957,
the editor of the Chugiak Calen
dar took a slap at me for having
nominated a good, honest dairy
man of the Chugiak area to run
against Mr. Carl Steeby of the
same area for director of M.E.A.
I would like to say to the M.E.A.
membership that it was not as
dumb a stunt as the editor said.
It was done intentionally and de
liberately to keep Mr. Steeby
from being elected. It is common
knowledge in the Chugiak area
that Mr. Steeby is all for GAiPA;
also, it is common knowledge in
this area that the editor of the
^Calendar is a CAPA man. (See
the Chugiak Calendar of April 5,
1957). It would seem very foolish
to me at this time to elect a di
rector who favors CAPA so
strongly, since last fall our M.E.A.
Hoard of Directors saw fit to sev
er all connections with CAPA;
and, at this spring’s election
C.E.A.’s opposition to CAPA was
elected by an overwhelming ma
jority. At long last, the people
'have come to understand that
CAPA, as now set, up, would take
over and the members would lose
control of their own Co-Ops.
& wish to thank Mr. Parks for
giving me credit for sufficient po
litical insight and understanding
to keep an undesirable candidate
out of our Board of Directors. If
I never accomplish any more than
tfhat for M.E.A., I feel my efforts
have been worthwhile. However,
I cannot take full credit for this
accomplishment, because this pro
position had been discussed at
great length in our community.
Had I not made the move, there
* viRj-e others present that would
have made it. I would like to say
further to the people of Wasilla
- and'Chugiak areas that if they are
not sufficiently interested to
turn out and cast a vote for the
candidate and propositions they
favor, then they should not blame
anyone else if their candidates do
>*>ot get into office. The Palmer
* people did turn out en masse at
y the last election, therefore, all the
*" 'Palmer' candidates were elected.
£ l£ffti] *to see what great differ
ence makes whether a candi
date be from Wasilla, Palmer,
Sutton, or Chuigak. No area
should rightfully gain any con
cession or special favors because
a director happens to reside in
dLhat particular area. When two
'members of the board lived in
fChugiak, we received no better
service nor were our problems
smoothed out any quicker than
*hey are now.
However, I was disappointed
-when the membership turned
down the grant-in-aid of $2000.
to the Wasilla and Chugiak sch
ools, because Palmer and the Pal
'mer Independent School District,
combined, received $5,365.35 in
taxes, and the people of both
"Wasilla and Chugiak helped to
pay those taxes. It seems they
could have been more generous
in our own areas, since our di
rectors were quite generous with
a $40,465.20 grant to CAPA, some
'two years ago, without any ac
counting, whatever, of how it was
.spent. I would like to suggest that
since the tax question between
"M-E.A. and Palmer has not yet
been decided in court that those
moneys should be placed in es
crow*, pending the decision of the
court.
I have no apologies to make to
anyone as I call the shots as I
see them. As for those who differ j
with me, it is their right and
privilege. But because they have
a difference of opinion, I do not
appreciate their calling me
'‘dumb”, publicly.
„ Sincerely,
REESE TATRO
MJE.A. Member
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PARENTS ANNOUNCE
ENGAGEMENT OF
JACQUELINE TOWNER
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Caudill >of
Palmer have announced the en
gagement of their daughter Jac
queline Towner to Raymond Van
jck of Palmer. The couple plan
an early wedding.
BN) SEEKING BIDS
ON HIGHWAY WORK
The Bureau of Public Roads is
extending invitations to bid on
several projects located through
out Alaska. Some of these are as
follows:
Richardson Highway, 56.8 miles
of seal coat from the Glenn High
way-Richardson Highway inter
section to the Denail Highway
Richardson Highway intersection.
Alaska Highway, 54.94 miles of
seal coat from Tok Junction to
11.6 miles east of Johnson River
Bridge.
Also on 1.231 miles of grading
on the Kodiak-Kodiak Naval Air
Station Road located on Kodiak
Island; on surfacing nine miles of
the Nome-Kougarok Road located
at Nome. This latter job consists
of hauling and placing 76,855 cu
bic yards of borrow material.
The BPR is seeking bids on 14.
725 miles of grading on the Fair
banks-Nenana Highway from ap
proximately 26 miles southwest
of Fairbanks to approximately 19
miles northeast of Nenana.
Other bids are being sought on
four bridges located on the Rich
ardson Highway as follows:
Phelan Creek Bridge, Mile
201.5 - 80 ft. by 24 ft. single span I
I-beam structure; Miller Creek
Bridge, Mile 17.2 - 150 ft. by 24
-ft. continuous I-beam construc
tion; Lower Miller Creek Bridge,
Mile 216.7 - 150 ft. by 24 ft. I-1
beam structure; Castner Creek
Bridge, Mile 117.2 - 150 ft. by 24
ft. I-beam structure.
Plans and specifications may be
obtained from the Bureau of
Public Roads, Box 1961, Juneau
and may be examined by pros
pective bidders at the Bureau of
Public Roads District offices, lo
cated in this area irr Anchorage,
and at offices of the Associated
General Contractors of America.
Information Offered
For Lawn Seeding
If your house wants a lawn,
frame it with a dense dark green
turf of Kentucky bluegrass. Ex
tremely hardy Kentucky blue
grass is the best adapted grass for
lawns in Alaska Arthur S. Bus
well, associate director of the Ex
tension Service said. A Kentucky
bluegrass lawn seeded in spring
of 1954 at the University of Alas
ka experiment station farm west
of the campus has survived three
winters.
If you are starting a new lawn,
you will have better success if
you take time to plan the lawn
and landscaping before you begin
work. Bulletins at the Extension
Service offer suggestions for
landscaping and for the construc
tion of lawns. The land needs to
be graded, topsoil replaced and
seedbed prepared before you
seed, Buswell points out.
Extension Circular 430, “Your
Lawn” offers homeowners sug
gestions for keeping their lawns
in good condition after they have
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
In MS TATALINA scheduled
Ijl from Seattle Friday, May
\3, calling at Seward (ARR
; Dock) and Cordova.
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SS NADINA scheduled
from Seattle Tuesday, May
7. calling at Seward (ARR
$ i Dock) and Valdez.
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Phone
Anchorage
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atioral Homo
Demonstration Week
Alaskan women will join with a
one and one half million in the
states, Hawaii and Puerto Bico to
observe the 12th national home
demonstration week April 28 _
May 4. An additional five million
women participate in the adult
education programs offered by
state extension service personnel.
In Alaska more than 1,333 wo
men are members of 77 home
demonstration clubs. The women
study homemaking skills and hu
man relationships to develop hap
pier homes and better commun
ities, Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen
explained. BVErs. Fohn-Hansen is
University of Alaska Extension
Service associate director for
home demonstration work.
In Palmer each club member
has promised to visit five non
members to tell them about the
home demonstration program.
Fairbanks homemakers are plan
ning an exhibit and style show to
display some of the year’s work.
Th Anchorage homemaker coun
cil presents a gavel to the club
that most succssfully carried out
an educational program.
Community Ambulance
Busy Over Week-End
The community ambulance was
kept busy this past week-end,
making three emergency runs.
The first was early Saturday mor
ning when ambulance corps mem
bers transferred Reuben Larson
from his home on Springer Road
to the hospital. Larson was suf
fering from head injuries.
The second trip for the ambu
lance was early Sunday morning
when it was dispatched to Mile
39 where three Anchorage youths
escaped major injuries when a
1955 Chevrolet in which they
were riding left the road and
turned over. Receiving major in
juries were Dominick Otter, 18,
of 818 E 12th Street, and Clyde
Smith, 17, of 727 L Street. Unin
jured was a third passenger, Wil
liam Haylor. The youths were re
leased from the hospital follow
ing out-patient care.
Later Sunday morning the am
bulance went to Mile 43 where
Mrs. Albert Mueller, 31, of Star
Route, Spenard, had rolled her
'54 Chevrolet off the road and
overturned. She received minor
head and neck injuries and was
later released from the hospital.
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followed the guide for construc
tion of a new lawn.
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SOME NEW DORM NSTRUCTION AT UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA _
onstruction was resumed this
„>ek upon the University of Al
da’s 100-woman dormitory
' viiich officials believe will be
r ady for occupancy next fall.
.vlrs. Laura E. Jones, registrar,
aid that applications to attend
the university next iaii are pour
ag in from all over the territory
and continental United States,
.'he number indicates that de
spite the increased accommoda
tions the institution may become
cramped for room.
£>ne saia umvciou.jr —
give priority to Alaskans, and ur
ged prospective applicants to con
tact her office as soon as possible.
The address is t/niversity of Al
aska Registrar, College._
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