Our meeting was held at the
home of our leader, Mrs. Mohan, j
We spent the time making plans i
for our Fair booth. Refreshments I
were served, after which we had I
a lot of fun.
Nancy Woods, reporter
SMALL TRACT GROUP
OPEN FOR FILING
UN NANCY LAKE AREA
August 20 is the opening date |
and beginning of veterans prefer- !
ence filing on the new small tract i
group opening at North Nancy j
Lake, according to an announce- <
ment made this week by the
Bureau of Land Management. (
According to the BLM the group
includes some 17 tracts between
Nancy Lake and a small lake to ,
the north known locally as “Kelly]
Lake.”
The tracts vary in size from ]
•a little over three acres to 7.07 !
acres. Access to the area is pro- j
vided by the Alaska Railroad, j
and limited road access is pres- ;
ently afforded by about eight !
miles of rough, dry weather road
beyond Houston. The area is soon
to be made readily accessible by
the Houston-Willow Road. Pric
es range from $200 for less cle
sireable tracts to $700 for good
frontage lots.
The lands involved are being !
offered as recreation sites under
terms of the Small Tract Act.
Successful applicants will be is- ;
sued a three-year lease contain- j
mg an option to purchase. Dur
ing the lease period, leasees will
he required to construct a cabin
suitable for temporary or week
end residence, containing at least!
120 square feet, (outside dimen
sions). Adequate sanitary facil
ities must also be provided.
Applications from qualified
veterans will be accepted by the
Anchorage Land Office beginning
August 20. On November 19 the
remaining tracts will be offered
for filing by the general public.
Full particulars concerning loca
tion. descriptions, prices, and fil
ing procedures can be obtained
at the Anchorage Land Office.
Rainbow Girls
Nan Window Wash
A window wash is planned for
Monday, August 18, by members
(rf the Palmer Assembly Order of
Rainbow for Girls.
This is a money-raising project
and anyone wishing to have their
windows washed between the
hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. is]
asked to call either PI-4092 or
PI-4025 for appointments.
ARMY TO GET NEW
HELICOPTER OUTFIT
An entire company of H-21 *
Army helicopters are scheduled
to arrive at Fort Richardson in
mid-August from Fort Riley, Kan
sas. The 80th Transportation Com
pany (Light Helicopter) will be
stationed at Fort Richardson’s
Bryant Army Air Field, and will j
support Army units both north •
and south of the Alaska range. I
They will also perform rescue \
missions during emergencies.
An advance party of three offi- {
Reporters—
PioteMcak
A program based on the pri
mary election and statehood pie- !
biscite was presented at the Aug- |
ust 11 meeting of thd Palmer Ki
wanis Club by James Hurley and
Ed Smith. Cy Brewer, is slated as
speaker at the meeting next
Monday when he will speak on
public power.
Leach Bettine is visiting in
Palmer at the homes of his daugh
ter and son, Mrs. Alva Saxton
and Robert Bettine. Mr. Bettine
makes his home in CleElum,
Washington.
Rev. Joan Ashby of the High
way Church of God and Yvonne
Alford, secretary in the office
of the City Clerk, left by high
way for the States on Monday
afternoon of this week. Miss Ash
by served as pastor of the church
for the past two and on halfe
years. Miss Alford, who was r
placed by Mrs. Jo. Puddicombe
of Palmer, had lived in Palmer
the past year.
Irene Benson is enjoying her
annual vacation from the dry
goods department of the Co-Op
Trading Post.
The Rev. Fred Mamaloff, pas
tor of Kodiak, is currently speak
ing each evening at the Palmer
Church of God. These services
will conclude with the evening
service at 8 p.m. August August
17 in which Rev. Mamaloff will
again be the speaker and soloist.
Rev. Mamaloff's wife is the
former Evelyn Heinrich, well
known to many in the valley,
having taught in the local public
school a few years.
Mary Rowley, RN, public heal
th nurse for the valley area, is
expected back in town on Mon
day, following a vacation trip
to the States and attendance at
the Alaska Nurses Association
convention in Sitka.
One of Palmers most popular
dogs, and certainly the most lov
ed and petted dog of many, many
children is gone. Jake, the taffy
colored dog of Pat Hemmer, was
hit by a car early Tuesday morn
ing while romping with some of
his '‘cronies”. Jake was about
seven years old and the pet of
many. His favorite “dish” was i
a Hershey bar, which his master j
would buy each time they came
shopping together.
Police are investigating a
break-in at the A! King house'
on Matanuska Street which was
reported to authorities by Mr.
King. Considerable damage in
the form of vandalism was re
ported.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Cheechako Club
Members of the Cheechako
Homemakers Club will meet at
the home of Ida Stadler on Fri
day, August 15 at 7:30 p.m. to
work on their Fair booth. Every
one is needed. Please bring any
thing you have that might be
suitable for the booth.
cers, one warrant officer and 18
enlisted men arrived at Fort
Richardson July 23 to prepare for
the main body arriving this
month.
G-OING HUNTING? If you are.
don't forget to stop in at the
Commissioner's office in
your precinct and VOTE AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT BEFORE
YOU GO. Betty Mears. Democra
tic candidate for the House. j
Pd. adv.J
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL
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Safety - Courtesy - Conscious -
Drivers to have their
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READ LIGHTS AIMED
PROPERLY & QUICKLY
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PI-3S00 Palmer
Mew Pastor
To Be Installed
Sunday, August 11
Tjjfae Rev. Calvin E. Brown
will be installed as pastor of the j
Palmer Church of God, comer of
Matanuska Street and Eklutna
Avenue, on Sunday, August 17,
during the morning service.
Travelling by highway from
Mansfield, Washington, Rev.
Brown arrived in Palmer Aug
ust 11. With him wrere his wife,
Wanda, and their two sons, Cur
tis age six, and Daryl, age two.
The Brown’s original home
was in Spokane, Washington
where they were in the church
then pastored by the Rev. Arley
Skinner. Both Rev. Brown and
Mrs. Brown obtained degrees
! from Pacific Bible College. Re
turning to Spokane he served as
assistant minister a few years be
fore taking charge of the church
n Mansfield, Washington where
; they served for three years.
Officiating in the installation
| service will be the Rev. Skinner,
assisted by the Rev Fred Mama
loff of Kodiak. '
The Browns are replacing the
Arley Skinner family who are
moving to Anchorage to take
charge of the First Church of
God in that city.
E.S.C. Taking Claims
For New Temporary
Unemployment Program
Merrill E. Weir, director of the
Alaska Employment Security
Commission, has announced that
the local employment offices
throughout the Territory will be
gin taking claims under the new
temporary unemployment com
pensation program as of August
4.
TUC provides for the exten
sion of benefits for Korean vet
erans and federal civilian em
ployes who have exhausted their
regular benefit rights since June
30. 1957, and who meet the eligi
bility requirements of the state
lav/. It is not, however, retroac
tive and benefits are payable
only for weeks of unemployment
beginning August 3, 1958, or
thereafter. Designed as tempor
ary program, it will end April 1.
1959.
Claimants should report to the
nearest local employment office
on the day of the week which
was their regular reporting day
for their previous unemploy
ment compensation claims.
Claimants are urged to take their
identification booklet, social se
curity card, and armed forces dis
charge papers.
Only veterans and persons pre
viously employed by the federal
government are covered by this
program of temporary unemploy
ment compensation. Additional
benefits are not extended to per
sons covered under the Alaska
unemployment compensation law.
The local ESC office is open
every other Tuesday at Carpen
ter’s Hail.
You need not declare your party
preference in the Primary Elec
tion. Just vote YES on all three
propositions. Betty Mears, Demo
cratic candidate for the House.
Pd. adv.
Moose Lodge Plans
’58 Fair Activities
The Palmer Moose lodge will
operate their regular entertain
ment concession during the fair
this year, it was announced.
Their large booth is undergoing
extensive repairs with new
benches, tables and prize display
shelves being provided. The roof
is being repaired and fresh saw
dust is being spread on the booth
floor. Everything possible is be
ing done by volunteer lodge
members to make the booth j
more comfortable and enjoyable I
for their patrons.
Another feature being sponsor
ed by the Moose Lodge this year
will be a dance at Moose hall on
August 31, starting at 9 p.m. for
Moose members and their guests.
Music will be furnished by Ray
Lefford and his band, an all
string group new to Alaska with
an impressive performance rec- i
ord from coast-to-coast. Admis- j
sion will be $1.50 per couple.
The lodge cordially invites all
members, their ladies, and guests
to attend and help make this one
of the biggest and best fairs in
the Matanuska Valley’s history, j
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Frontiersman Classified
Mew Rodeo Group
Plan Outstanding
Program for Fair
A star-studded show is being
planned by the Interior Alaska
Rodeo Association for presenta
tion at the Valley Fair this year.
Newly organized, the associa
tion officers are Glen Boutin of
Fairbanks, president; Pat Culli
son, Palmer, vice president; Er
nie Gilbert, Fairbanks, secretary
treasurer; and A1 Remington of
Fairbanks and Dutch Bandy of
Anchorage, directors.
To start the activities off the
association is staging a public
“Jeans and calico” square dance
at Moose hall on Saturday, Aug
ust 16, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ad
mission will be $2 per couple,
$1.50 for stags, and women will
be admitted free.
Music will be furnished by the
Moose orchestra, supplimented
by Jimmy Kelly, steel guitar ar
tist who has made recordings
with Bud Alden, and Harold
“Whiz” Higgins, trick fiddler who
has played with Lefty Frazelle.
The public is invited to attend.
One of the outstanding featur
es planned for the Fair presenta
tions will be performances by
trained dogs owned by Millage
Beckker who will be coming to
the valley from the west coast i
to present his program. One of i
his dogs, “Tweed” starred in the
Walt Disney film “Border Collie”.
“Tweed” will be working sheep
! and ducks in the performances.
A second dog, “Puli”, a Hungar
ian sheep dog, will please the
audience with clown acts.
Other features of the rodeo
! program include Dorothy Olsen,
' trick rider u>ho will be perform
ing with her Palimino horse; Bill
Lewis of Fairbanks, trick rope
| artist; the Johnson brothers from
! Anchorage, and others. Bud Al
j den will be the announcer for all
: events.
The rodeo events will be stag
ed but once daily, each afternoon
: on August 30 and 31 and on Sep
tember 1.
Visiters Impressed
With Dairy Industry
Among visitors in Palmer last
week were Vernon Bingham,
manager of the Federated Milk
Producers of Salt Lake City,
Utah, Stanley Slagg, attorney, of
Edgerton, Wisconsin, and Lucien
l E. Clickner, attorney, of Troy
•N. Y.
Bingham and Slagg, accompan
ied by John Shaw, local attorney,
inspected the MVFCA dairy and
made a brief tour of the valley
farming area, Clickner, a prom
inent attorney in Troy, was un
able to complete the tour because
of other business. The tour in
cluded a visit and inspection of
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Jal
rnar Kertulla.
Slagg, city attorney in Edger
ton and a member of the Wiscon
sin Legislature, is also the own
er of a Wisconsin dairy farm.
He surprised local people by dis
closing that one of the principal
crops . grown on his farm land
in Wisconsin is tobacco which he
reported is becoming an impor
tant crop in that state. He expres
sed an opinion that there are
varieties of tobacco which would
thrive in Alaska.
mngnam s latner. tsugene Bing
ham of Salt Lake City, visited
the valley several weeks ago and
it was his enthusiastic report on
the dairy industry here that
prmpted the junior Bingham’s
visit. Also in his party were Mrs.
Bingham, their children, and Mrs.
Harold Butcher of Anchorage, his
sister.
At a later meeting with MVF
CA manager, Erv Schomberg
and board member, Jalmar Ker
tulla, Bingham expressed sur
prise that our local milk surplus
amounts to a mere 15 to 20 per
cent. In his own co-op which
handles 60 percent of all Grade A
milk produced in Utah they suf
fer a milk surplus of 50 per cent, i
The Utah co-op hauls its milk
in large tank trucks from farms j
as far as 200 miles from the Salt j
Lake City headquarters. Both
Bingham and Slagg expressed !
enthusiasm as to the potentialit
ies of farming in Alaska and
particulary in Matanuska Valley.
You need not declare your party
preference in the Primary Elec
tion. Just vote YES on all three
propositions. Betty Mears, Demo
cratic candidate for the House, j
Pd. adv.
Nursery Tent
Planned at Fair
A nursery tent will be set up
and operated by members of the
Alaska Nurses Association Dis
trict 6 during three days of the
1958 Valley Fair, it was announc
ed this week.
The nursery will be located on
the fairgrounds and services will j
be made available for children j
up to three years of age. A charge j
of 50 cents per hour for one child j
will be made. E^ch additional |
child in the same family will
cost 25 cents per hour. The nur
sery will be in operation Satur
day, Sunday, and Monday of the
fair from noon until 6 p.m. Staff
ing it will be two registered
nurses, assisted by two Rainbow
Girls. The local Rainbow Assem
bly is assisting the nurses in this
project.
This is the first time that such
a service will be available to
parents of young children.
PHILATELIC EXHIBITION
PLANS THIRD
ANNUAL EVENT
ASPEC, Alaska State Philate
lic Exhibition, sponsored by the
Matanuska Valley Fair, is hold
ing its third annual trophy event
in the Hobby Hall during the 1958
Fair.
The fair will have cacheted
covers of the two trophy events,
the Third Annual Philatelic Ex
hibition and the Second Annual
Alaska Tractor Pulling Cham
pionship Contest. Persons should
send self-addressed stamped en
velopes, unstuffed, with 10 cents
enclosed for each event desired,
by August 27, 1958. The envel
opes will be cancelled at Palmer
on the day of the event if pos
sible, otherwise on a day of the
fair.
A trophy will be awarded to
the winner for one year, with his
or her name engraved upon it.
| At the end of the year it will be
returned to the Fair Association
| for annual competition. Thomas
A. Moyer of Palmer received the
first award in 1956 and Hobart
Hyatt of Anchorage received it
i last year.
There is no prior registration re
quired for the Primary and Ref
erendum. just go to the polls and
VOTE ON AUGUST 26. Betty
Hears, Democratic candidate for
the House. Pd. adv.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF
PRIMARY AND SPECIAL
ELECTION
To the Electors of the City oi
I Palmer, Division No. 3, Territory
of Alaska:
Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to Executive Order
Number 1 of the Governor of the
Territory of Alaska, and in con
formity therewith a Primary and
Soecial Election will be held on
TUESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1958
between the hours of 8 A.M. and
8 o'clock p.m. of said day.
(1) To nominate candidates of
the various political parties of Al
aska for the following offices, to
wit:
A Governor of Alaska
A Secretary of Alaska
Two (2) United States Senators
One (1) United States Repre
sentative
Twenty (20) State Senators
Forty (40) State Representa
tives.
(2) To adopt or reject, by sep
arate ballot on each, the three
propositions relating to statehood.
The Common Council of City
of Palmer having heretofore, by
Resolution duly designated the
Voting Precincts of said town and
the polling place in each thereof,
the Electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters
residing within the boundaries of
Voting Precinct No. 1 of said City
of Palmer, which are as follows:
the corporate limits of the City
of Palmer, Alaska will vote at
Co-op Recreation Hall building,
located on Co-op Avenue, which
is owned by Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Assn, and
occupied by Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Assn, the
same being the duly designated
polling place in and for Precinct
No. 1. City of Palmer.
Dated this 13th day of August,
1958.
(Signed)
The Common Council of the
CITY OF PALMER
Bv EMI LIE ST. PIERRE,
Clerk
Published August 14 and 21, 1958
RITA DIALING GOING
TO FIVE DIGITS
Telephones in the Matanuska
Telephone Association system
will ,sometime after the first of
next year, be tied in with the na
tion-wide operator toll dialing
system, Max Clements, MTA,
manager told members of the
association at their annual meet
ing August 2.
When the change takes place
another digit will be added to lo
cal telephone dialings, known as
the 2-5 number, with two prefix
letters and five numbers, This 1st
required, he pointed out, in order
to participate in this program.
The prefixes will not be changed,,
he added. This new tie-in will
permit operators to dial numbers
in the states without going thr
ough Seattle and enable any op
erator in the states to dial indi
vidual local numbers.
Clements reported that thera
are 807 telephones in use in the
system. Of these 99 are exten
sions. There are over 700 mem
bers in the association.
A limited amount of expansion
in the system is planned. Cle
ments pointed out that the sys
tem is constantly being extended
to new users.
Architectual work on the ware -
house and garage to be built on
Valley street is being done and
it is hoped that construction of
the building, which will be at
tached to the present equipment
building, will be completed this
fall.
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MEMORIAL
In affectionate memorial rot
our daughter and sister, Sharon,
Bernath, who has not been for
gotten since her death August 14„
11>57. The memory of Sharon is
perpetuated with groat affection
by her family.
JOHN BERNATH FAMILT
There is no prior regisiraiion re
quired for fhe Primary and Ref
erendum, just go fo the polls and
VOTE ON AUGUST 26. Betty
Mears. Democratic candidate for
the House. Pd. ad1/.
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
Notice for Publication,
| Notice is hereby given that Al
bert Arthur Hibbard, of Wasilii,
entry man, together with his wit
nesses'Hal Ray Clester, of WastL
ia, and Harry M. Hurley, of An.
enorage, Alaska, has submitted
final proof on his additional
• homestead entry, Anchorage Ser
ial No. 023100, for the WjjNWL
1 Section 33, T. 17 North R. 3 Went,
j Seward Meridian, containing 3ft
! acres, and it is now in the files
j of the Land Office, Anchorage,
i Alaska, and if no protest is filed
I in the I,and Office within the
| period of publication or thirty
i days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted and final certi
ficate issued.
IRWING W. ANDERSON
Manager
Published August 7, 14, 21. 2it
and September 4, 1953.
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
, AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE.
131 5th Aven&e, Anchorage,,
Alaska
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given tha£
Carl D. Riddels entryman, to
gether with his witnesses Frank
E. Sorensen; and Jess P. Naft
zinger, all of Was ilia Alaska, has
submitted final proof on hi&
homestead entry, Anchorage Ser
ial No. 026677, for the SWJ Sec.
34, T. 18 North R. 1 West, Seward
Meridian, containing 160 acres,
and it is now in the files o?
the Land Office, Anchorage, Al
aska, and if no protest is filed:
in the Land Office within the
period of publication or thirty
days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted and final certifi
cate issued.
IRVING W. ANDERSON,
Manager
Published: Julv 31, August 7, 14,
21 and 28, 1958
For team work be
tween the Governor
and the Legislature
VOTE
Richard J.
DICK GREUEL
Democratic Candidate
Secretary of State
Pd. Adv.