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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 51
PALMER, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956
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Conference Special Edition
11.0.0Jl. CONFERENCE CONVENES M CITk
KIWANIS KIDS DAY
ATTRACTS MANY
VALLEY YOUNGSTERS
Cooler weather and a threat
of snow in the air is believed
to have kept participation in the
Kiwanis Kids Day parade to a
smaller number than expected.
However, there were many val
ley youngsters who did partici
pate in the parade and as hap
pens each year, the judges had
a difficult time in selecting the
winners in the three specified
categories. Carol Wilson and
Mary Brown teamed up and with
the help of brown burlap appear
ed as an Alaskan moose. They
took first place in the costume
section. Roger Smith, as a burly
Alaskan hunter took second place
honors and Bruce Carlson and
John Postichek were also win
ners in that section.
The PHS Pioneer Band led the
parade.
In the section of pets Sheryl
Leek took first place with her
costumed dog; Sharon Marple
second and Sherry Eckert third.
Vic Johns took first place in the
decorated bicycle division, follow
ed by Ginger „LaMeton and Dick
Washburn.
Susie Marple and Diana Crites
took first place in the miscellan
eous section as beautiful Arab
girls. Kitty White and Lila Hos
kins as American Indians took
second and Joan Campbell took
third. All of these girls were rid
ing horses or ponies.
A complete list of winners in
the talent show is not yet avail
ab'e but will be printed as soon
as possible.
Kiwanians were out on the city
streets early Saturday morning
selling apples and oranges. Pro
ceeds from the sale go to their
Youth Services fund from which
the Kids Day program is finan
ced, as well as from which chil
dren of the valley area are help
ed throughout the year by dona
tions of clothing, glasses, food,
and other needs.
YOUTHS ACCUSED OF
LIQUOR ROBBERY
Two Eklutna village youths,
Bill Ezi, 22 and a 17-year-old, are
in Federal jail in Anchorage
awaiting trial for the theft of
liquor from Ray's Liquor store
in Palmer. The large theropane
window was smashed sometime
early Thursday morning of last
week and considerable bottled
liquor stolen. The youths were
apprehended by police officials
this past week-end.
Dene Leonard, an Alaskan vis
itor from New Jersey, received
a suspended fine of $25 when
found guilty of a Fish and Wild
life complaint that he shot and
killed a lynx in a closed season.
Leonard told the Court that he
thought a lynx a predatory ani
mal and didn't realize there was
a closed season on them.
FLOWERS FOR MOOSE
CONFERENCE, AS WEtL
AS ALL OCCASIONS
Telegraph Delivery Service
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Bldg. Phone 3601
SPECIAL SECTION ON
MOOSE CONFERENCE
!; This week’s issue of The
!; Frontiersman carries a suppli
!; ment in honor of the Alaska
I; Moose Association which is
I this week holding their Twelf
th Annual Conference and the
Women of the Moose who are
holding a concurrent confer
ence. Delegates from Moose
lodges throughout Alaska are
in Palmer and will be visiting
throughout the valley during
their stay. A cordial welcome
has been extended to the vis
iting delegates and their fam
ilies. Readers are invited to
read the special articles con
tained in the Conference Spe
cial section of the newspaper.
Activities of the local Moose
lodge and of the Moose organ
ization throughout the States
are contained in the many
features in the section.
NEW INDUSTRY
STARTED IN VALLEY
A new business, believed to be
the only one of its kind in Alas
ka, has been started by Robert
Webb of Palmer on ills farm pro
perty located south of town.
Webb, who operated a dairy
farm in the valley for a number
of years, this week announced
that he is now operating a feed
and finishing lot on his farm. The
1 first shipment of white-face and
j short-horn cattle to arrive were
! shipped from Chitina, and the
I first shipment from the Homer
I area is expected the first part of
| next week and will be shipped
| to Palmer by the Fox River Cat
| tlemcn Association.
All animals will go through
the feeding and finishing period
before being slaughtered, Webb
stated. This means, he explained,
that all animals will be in prime
condition before being slaughter
ed. The meat will be properly
aged for about two weeks in tem
perature controlled coolers at the
slaughter house and will be avail
able to the public by the quarter,
half or whole. “In fact”, Webb
said, “if desired, the customer
may select the animal he desires
before we even slaughter—or he
may come to the slaughter house
and select any quarter or sec
tion he wishes.” Webb will also
offer cutting and wrapping ser
vices so that all the housewife
win need 10 ao is oraer ner meat
and it will be prepared, ready for
her locker or home freezer.
Webb started his slaughter
house business in March of this
year and is now expanding to
include the feed and finishing
j lots such as are found in many
of the States. He added that he
is still purchasing local dairy
stock and that a considerable
amount of this type meat is be
ing sold in the local area, includ
ing to the schools, in the form
of hamburg and other cuts of
meat.
All meat is gr^ernrnjnt in
| spected, he pointed out, and ad
i ded that as soon as a government
! grader is available all meats will
| be graded. When graded there
will be a much better chance tc
sell Alaskan grown beef to the
markets which now" feature grad
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ALASKA MOOSE ASSOCIATION
PALMER. ALASKA
10:00 a.m.
12:00 noon
2:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12
DELEGATES BUSINESS SESSION.
LUNCHEON
MEETING OF GOVERNORS, Secretaries, Officers of
the Association with Supreme Lodge Representative.
All delegates invited to attend.
DISCUSSION to follow with ritualists.
CONFERRING OF THE FELLOWSHIP DEGREE
DINNER FOR MEMBERS OF THE FELLOWSHIP,
Pilgrims and the “25" Club.
INFORMAL DANCE, members, co-workers and invited
guests
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
10:00 a m. CLOSING SESSION
Election of officers for ensuing year. Installation of 1
officers. Co-workers of the Women of the Moose an
all members invited to attend installation.
ADJOURNMENT
i 12:00 noon LUNCHEON
2:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
SIGHTSEEING AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT
7:30 p.m. BANQUET honoring newly installed officers of the
Alaska Moose Association at Palmer High School
cafeteria.
AWARDING OF TROPHIES
PRESENTING of skits by members of lodges and
chapters
10:00 p.m. CONFERENCE BALL. Semi-formal. Honoring new of
ficers of the Association. All members, co-workers
and invited guests.
ALL ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD IN MOOSE HALL f
UNLESS SPECIFIED
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WOMEN OF THE MOOSE CONFERENCE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ALASKA MOOSE ASSOCIATION
HOSTESS CHAPTER
rALMER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
10:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSION — Carpenters Hall
12:00 noon LUNCHEON — Moose Hall
SIGHTSEEING AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT IN i
AFTERNOON
6:30 p.m.CROWNING OF SPONSOR QUEEN — PITS Cafeteria
9:30 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE, co-workers, members and their
invited guests.
10:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:00 noon
7:30 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
FINAL SESSION — Carpenters Hall
ALL CO-WORKERS INVITED TO INSTALLATION
CEREMONY OF OFFICERS OF ALASKA MOOSE
ASSOCIATION - Moose Hall
LUNCHEON — Moose Hall
AFTERNOON DEVOTED TO SIGHTSEEING AND
OTHER ENTERTAINMENT
BANQUET in honor of newly elected officers of the
Alaska Moose Association. Presentation of skits by
lodges, chapters and others.
CONFERENCE BALL, semi-formal. All members and
co-workers invited.
ALASKA FOREST FIRES
CONSUMED 447,113
ACRES DURING 1956
Figures released this week by
the Bureau of Land Management
Forestry Division indicate that
Alaska forest fires took a toll of
447,113 acres during the 1956 sea
son. This was an increase of 309,
881 burned acres over the 1955
figure of 37,232 acres. All of
these recorded fires occured on
public domain in Alaska. A total
of 226 fires this past season was
recorded against a total of 190
fires in the 1955 season. Many of
the fires were caused by careless
use of campfires and smoking;
some were caused by lightening
strikes. The greatest acreage
burns occured in the fourth di
vision.
DRIVERS' EXAMS
GIVEN TWICE WEEKLY
Territorial police have an
nounced that all persons wish
ing to take driver’s tests may
do so any Wednesday morning
from 9 a m. until noon or any
Saturday evening from 5 to 8
p.m. Officers will attempt to
maintain these hours at the
police office located in the
City Hall. Inspection of vehic
les will be done any time by
either territorial or city police
officers.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Association board of
directors are preparing annual
reports which will be presented
to the general membership at
j the association s annual meeting
J November 13.
Times Magazine
Reporter Kiwanis
Club Speaker
A special guest at the Palmer
Kiwanis Club meeting October 1
was Terry Coleman, staff mem
ber of Time magazine. Miss Cole
man was accompanied to Palmer
and the meeting by Herb Hils
cher of Anchorage. Other geusts
at the meeting were Paul Shan
non, Betty Mears, Lucille Mick,
and C. Ivan Branton.
Miss Coleman spoke to the
group on various phases of pre
paring stories for magazine pub
lications. She pointed out that
«nsiderable research work is
necessary for a story which may
only turn out a few inches in
length when published. The Tim
es Reporter ecently did articles
-ldrens’ hospital, sale of
irw.a$, and bathing suits. She
told of these articles to point
out the variety in her assign
ments. Miss Coleman is spending
about three weeks in Alaska and
stated that she has seen many,
many good subjects for news
articles, speaking particularly of
the dog derby in the far north
as a natural foi Sports Illustra
ted.
DEMOCRATS LEAD
IN TERR. ELECTION
From all indications the Demo
cratic party has made a sweep
of the Territory. Tabulations
show that they have taken the
majority of seats on the entire
general election ballots, with the
only Republican Thomas Fink,
candidate for Territorial House
of Representatives, near the top
ten.
Final figures have not yet been
compiled but the Democrats ap
pear to be assured of a clean
sweep in the third division. In
cumbent E. L. Bartlett, has been
leading his Republican opponent
about 2 to 1 in the race for
Delegate to Congress. Gruening
and Egan have been leading their
Republican opponents for the
two U. S. Senate seats under the
Alaska-Tennessee Plan
Final figures will be published
in next week’s issue of The Fron
tiersman.
Students go Republican
In a straw vote taken among
Palmer high school students on
Tuesday, the tally showed the
youths voted Republican almost
all the way. However, they did
give E. L. Bartlett, D, a strong
nod in favor of his Republican
opponent Byron Gillam. In the
Territorial House they named Ir
win Metcalf and Dorothy Awes,
Democrats and Ben Hitchcock,
Independent, to the eighth, ninth
and tenth positions. Others, all
Republicans, were M. D. Snod
grass, George Anderson, Richard
Alvord, Benjamin Culver, Neil
McKay, Thomas Fink, and Carl
mai tun.
Local Vote Split
Voters in the two Palmer pre
cincts split their votes about even
between the Democratic arid Re
publican parties and named the
single Independent candidate as
one of their top ten choices for
the Territorial House. A total of
5G9 votes were cast; of these 235
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^DR-DAY MEET
TO CONCLUDE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The 12th annual Alaska Moose
Association Conference opened
in Palmer Wednesday morning
with delegates from all over the
| territory registering as delegates
! from their respective lodges.
Opening session was held at
i 1:30 p.m. at Moose hall in Pal
; mer in joint session with the
: Women of the Moose. Donald In
galls of Palmer, president of the
Association welcomed the dele
gates and special guests and in
troduced William T. Zahradnicek.
; Palmer city councilman who ex
tended a welcome for the City of
Palmer and George Ed Smith,
president of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce who
also welcomed the many visitors
to the valley area.
Dorothy Newby, senior regent
of the Palmer Women of the Mo
ose Chapter was introduced and
was, followed by Walter Herman
son of Juneau, deputy supreme
governor and AnnaBelle Appling,
of Sitka, deputy grand regent,
who presidented the responses.
Harry Howard, of Mooseheart,
111., supreme lodge representa
tive and director of ritual activ
ities spoke to the assembly.
Wednesday evening a class
consisting of 65 Palmer and six
Anchorage candidates were en
rolled as members of the Pal
mer Moose lodge. The degree
team from Sitka Lodge No. 1350,
officiated. Candidates participat
ing were:
Clyde F. Oberg, Max E. Hods
don, Ronald E. Rebarchek, A. C.
Braeutigan, Norbert J. Chawan
ius, John Postichek, Wesley R.
Hart, John W. Dryden, Thurman
G. Betts, Verne J. Becker, Har
old A. Nelson, Elmer Kelly, Peter
Gallagher, A. II. Stacy, Claude
L. Gabbett, George T. Worledge,
Keith M. Hooks, Mel Bakke, Carl
O’Brian, Laurence F. Church
Jack W. Taylor, and Orvil C.
Farsier.
Also, Kyle I. Turner, Richard
M. Jones, Oren A. Peterson, Her
schel G. Ruch, Glen A. Shank,
Richard H. Hodsdon, Stuart Vail,
Hal E. Eckard, Jack C. Land,
Clarence Ray Lancaster, Don
| Caulkins, Merle Puddicomb, Vir
i gil Meehan, H. L. Anderson,
James J. Hurley, Stanley Frost,
James H. Carson, David E. West
raet, Galen G. Atwater, Raymond
C. Vanek, Robert D. Partridge,
Donald H. Marsh, Marion F.
Young, Joseph Walen, Walter M.
Haws. oJhn Van Ryo, Donald In
galls, Jr., Vernon Johnston, Eldon
D. Butler, Hal Chance, Herman
Boulanger, John Adams, Paul
McGibboney, Belton J. Firmir,
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Extra bathroom plumbing in
stalled in basement. Partly
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furnished, including stove,
tatoes and carrots. Easy to
heat. *2 block north of Swan
son School, turn left % block.
John Bush.
S). Michael’s
Catholic
Church
ANNUAL BAZAAR, OCT. 20 ELKS HALL
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