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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 15
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. 1958
PRICE TEN CENTS
Nominations Made
For Hospital Board
Eleven residents of the immedi
ate area served by the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital, have been
named as nominees to fill vacan
cies on the Valley Hospital Asso
caition board of directors. Those
names will be presented to the
membership during the annual
meeting which will be held in
the high school cafeteria at 8
pm. on Saturday, February 15.
Nominees are: Mrs. Sam (Ada)
Boyd, school teacher, Palmer;
Mrs. Lloyd (Beatrice) Hansen,
housewife, former nurse, Fish
hook Rd., Palmer; Mrs. Lee
(Marie) Gohr, housewife, Palmer;
W. J. (Bill) Sharrow, National
Guard, Palmer; R. E. (Bud) Kos
losky, businessman, Palmer; R. H*
(Ronny) Mclntire, retired milit
ary man. Palmer; Mrs. James
(Marie) McDowell, businesswom
an, Chugiak; Neal (Bud) Browne,
Jr., A.R.R., Wasilla; Bert Rutan,
minister, Palmer: Mrs. -
(Ada) Snider, housewife, former
nurse, Sutton: and Jalmar Ker
tula, farmer, MVFCA board,, Pal
mer.
Additional nominations may
be made from the floor by the
membership. However persons
planning to make nominations
are requested to be sure the can
didate is willing to serve on the
Board, if elected, before making
the nomination.
During the meeting Board
Member Kay Pippel will present
treasurer’s report. The year-end
report will be made available to
all members and may be discus
sed at the meeting by members
and the directors.
New business will include the
presentation by Mrs. Pippel of a
resolution seeking sales tax funds
tc defray part of the expected
deficit in future years. Also a res
o ution will be presented by
James Hamlin, board member, to
guide the Board of Directors as j
to policy on paying taxes impos- ;
ed by employment security legis
lation. Rev. Bert Rutan will pre
sent proposed by-law changes.
The new board of directors will
convene its organizational meet
ing immediately following ad
T.B. SEAL SALES
AMOUNT TO $756.50
A total of $756.50 has been re
ceived to date from local Tuber
culosis Christmas seal stamp sal
es;. according to Mrs. Rose Kirsch,
local chairman.
Mrs. Kirsch expressed thanks
to the anonymous donor who sent
$120, as well as to the many hun
dreds who bought the Christmas
seal stamps.
Individuals and organizations
who still plan to donate to the
1957 Tuberculosis Christmas seal
fund drive have until the end
of February when final account
ing of the campaign will be made,
to Juneau.
INTERNAL REVENUE
SLATES AUCTION SALE
The property of Glen Persing
er. doing business as Palmer Bak
ery, Palmer, Alaska, will be sold
at public auction on February 7
at 11 a.m. at the bakery business
premises. The property will be
offered for sale as individual it
ems or in the agggregate. Terms
of payment will be payment in
full upon acceptance of the high
est bid, without regard to the
amount of bid, by cash, certified
check, or by cashier’s check. The
sale has been directed by William
E. Frank, district director of In
ternal Revenue.
Remember your loved ones
with flowers for
Valentine's Day,
Order Early
MAUD S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Bldg. Phone 3601
COMFORTABLE
Steam Heated Rooms
$40 Month
Hyland Hotel
2 blocks from Post Office
journment of the general mem
bership meeting.
Persons who have paid their
dues for the calendar year of
1958 are eligible to speak and
vote on any item of business
which comes before the member
ship. Members may also vote no
more than five proxies for per
sons who have authorized them
to do so. Dues may be paid at
the door prior to the 8 p.m. meet
ing on February 15
EARLY-DAY FLYER
TO APPEAR HERE
Lou Leavett, famed early
day pilot, will be guest speak
er and will show films tonight
at the (Matanuska Valley Air
mens Association meeting at
8 p.m. in the Co-Op club room.
Interested persons are invited
to attend.
PLAY CONFERENCE
HERE TOMORROW
High school students have
tickets for sale or they may be
purchased at the gymnasium to
morrow for the first annual One
Act Play Conference in which
six high schools will participate
tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Conference is being spon
sored by the Western Alaska
High School Activities Associa
tion and Palmer will act as host
for this first presentation. Schools
participating include Kenai, Was
illa, Valdez, Seward, Fiarbanks,
and Palmer.
Three plays, all of them com
edies, will be presented during
ihe afternoon performance which
begins at 1:30 in the Central
school gym. Both the Kenai and
Valdez high schools chose the
same play, “A Date With Bar
bara”. Betty O’Connor will direct
the Kenai presentation and Mrs.
Artie Williams will direct the
Valdez group. Alvilda Dickerson
will direct the Wasilla high
school’s presentation of “Cornell
Round the Mountain”.
Seward will open the evening
performance with scenes from
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”
under the direction of Mr. Con
der. Palmer students will present
a mystery drama, “Trifles” by
Susan Gaspell under the director
ship of Miss Elizabeth Gaines,
Fairbanks will complete the
presentations with Eugene O’
Neill's drama, “He”. Shirley Gal
nan will direct this play.
Each school will be provided
approximately five minutes in
which to change the stage scenery
between plays.
Lee Saulisbury, professor of
speech and drama at the Univer
sity of Alaska will serve as Con
ference critic and judge.
Admission will be $1 for adults
i and 50 cents for students. School
children will have an opportun
ity to attend the afternoon pres
entations.
CHAMBER TO HEAR
TALK ON COLLEGE
Dr. Les Klebesadel, director of
the Palmer Community College,
will be guest speaker at the Feb
ruary 5 meeting of the Matan
uska Valley Chamber of Com
merce. His talk will be supple
mented by James Hurley, mem
ber of the special committee
which did foundation work for
the start of the local college.
PARENTS ATTEND
CAP OPEN HOUSE
The Palmer CAP Cadet Squad
ron's open house this past Tues»
day was termed a success by the
Cadets and their parents.
A number of parents attended
the regular meeting listening in
on the program and watching
Refreshments w'hich were ser
.'heir youngsters participate,
ved were planned by the Cadets.
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
• Sunday School_10 a.m.
• Church Service_3 p.m.
Rev. Joseph Frenz, Pastor
RECOMBINED MILK
ON SALE. IN
ANCHORAGE MARKET
The M.V.F.C.A. this week put
recombined milk on the Anchor
age market.
“We are not pushing this sub
stitute for fresh milk but were
forced into making it available
to the public by a competitive
market”, said Erv Schomburg,
Co-Op general manager.
Recombined milk ,at half the
price of fresh milk, was put on
the market recently by the Al
aska Dairy of Anchorage. Recom
bined milk is made from dried
milk and anhydrous fat, both of
C grade. Fortification is added
These products must be shipped
in from the States which means
that recombined milk money
goes right back Outside, it was
pointed out.
“We were very reluctant to put
this product on the market”, said
Schomburg. “.It can do harm to
Alaska’s economy but it is too
early to determine the extent, he
added.
Local farmers have expressed
their deep concern over the pos
sible market loss for their fresh
milk.
In discussing recombined milk
the Co-Op manager pointed out
that although it is used to some
extent by the military, it is not
used where sufficient fresh milk
is available.
Regarding the cost of whole
milk in Alaska as compared to
the States, the manager pointed
out by example that proportion
ately Alaskans are paying less
for fresh milk than the Stateside
average. He cited Stateside Grade
A milk selling for $5 per hundred
and retailing at 25 cents a quart
returning a total of $11.75 against
the purchase price of $5.00. In
Alaska this same milk retails at
40 cents a quart for a return of
$18.80. However, the purchase
price is $10.50 per hundred and
if sold on a stateside scale of
dollar return, would retail at a
much higher price.
Area Young Men
Foim Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Nine of Palmer’s young men
were present at a special meet
ing January 24 and unanimously
decided to organize a Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Stewart
Dreghorn called the organiza
tional meeting for all young men
21 through 35 and with the as
sistance of a number of mem
bers of the Anchorage Junior
Chamber of Commerce helped in
organizing the local Jaycee’s.
Anchorage members told the
local group of the many fields of
Jaycee activities including the
teenage Road-E.O, a safe driving
program for young people with
over 350,000 young people partic
ipating annually, the voice of
democracy, a speech writing con
test about democracy with almost
one million children participat
ing annually; Junior golf and
tennis tourneys with 50,000
youngsters taking part.
•int; visiung aayeees pointed
out that besides the many youth
activities projects that have pro
vided youth programs for over
five million young people last
year and programs selecting the
four outstanding young farmers
of the nation, the 10 outstanding
young men of the nation, Jaycee
chapters provide their commun
ities with Christmas activities
programs, get out the vote cam
paigns, clean up, fix up, paint up
campaigns, as well as a great
number of other programs.
Officers elected were: John
Gore, president; Lewis Geiwitz,
first vice president; John Aper,
second vice president; Stuart
Dreghorn, secretary; and Hugo
-Rasmussen, treasurer.
Assisting in the organization of
the Matanuska Valley Junior
Chamber of Commerce were:
Dick Harrison, president of the
Anchorage Jayees; Blair Atkins,
territorial chairman; Orville Han
sen, Anchorage chairman; Geor
ge Walton, Thomas Fink, and
Bert Alstrom, all of Anchorage
area.
[ELKS SLATE
MARCH OF DIMES
DINNER-DANCE
Once again members of the
Palmer B-P.O. Elks have come
forward with a helping hand for
the local March of Dimes cam
paign. The club will sponsor the
annual March of Dimes dance in
their lodge on Saturday, Febru
ary 8 and the public is urged to
mark that date in their activi
ties calendar.
As in past years the committee
plans to serve a dinner prior to
the dance and the price of tick
ets, time, and further information
will be announced next week.
Tickets will be on sale prior to
the date.
Members of the local Beta Sigma
Phi chapters will assist the Elks
by taking charge of decorations.
In lieu of a planned Valentine
Party later this month sorority
members and their husbands will
attend the dinner-dance as a
group, as an additional gesture
of assistance in the worthy pro
ject of the Palmer Elks.
To date this is the only public
event that has been reported to
Ed Smith, local March of Dimes i
chairman. Individuals and or- j
ganizations planning fund-rais
ing events for the March of
Dimes campaign are asked to
contact Smith or Mrs. Dorothy
Trudell who is assisting him, as
| soon as possible.
Jaycees Seeking
Outstanding
Young Farmer
Any person in the community
snowing an area outstanding
young farmer is asked by the
Jaycees to nominate him for pos
sible awards and recognition as
the Jaycee sponsored Outstand
ing Young Farmer Project gets
underway.
According to Orville Hanson,
Anchorage Jaycee project chair
man, nomination forms are now
available by writing to him, Box
4203, Spenard. or locally at the
; Co-Op Building and Farm Sup- j
ply or Hartley Motors, Inc.
The “farmer” search is aimed i
at honoring the community’s ag
riculturalists who have made ex
ceptional career progress without
neglecting good conservation*
practices or responsible roles in
community life. Jaycees also
hope that a better t understand
ing of the farmer and his prob
lems will result—and that more
young people will become inter
ested in farming as a lifetime
career.
All farmers aged 21-36, not be
coming 36 during 1957, are elig
ible for nomination. Nominees
may be land owners or renters.
After community judging Jay
cees will enter all entries in the
territory finals. Following the
territorial judging one young
farmer will be eligible to repre
sent Alaska and win an all-ex
pense trip to Indianapolis next
April to compete on a national
level. There America’s four out
standing young farmers of 1957
will be selected and honored.
Local nominations must be sent
to Orville Hanson, Box 4203,
Spenard by February 10, 1958.
Territorial finalist will be sel
ected by February 15, 1958.
All local and the territorial
winner will also be honored at
Farm Forum dinner to be held
March 1 at the Palmer high
school cafeteria.
EXPERIMENT STATION
INVITES PUBLIC TO
SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Gordon C. Little and Dr.
Victor Hessler of the University
of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute
will conduct a seminar in the
Palmer High School cafeteria
Tuesday, February 4. This is the
second in a series of research
| seminars sponsored by the Ex
i periment Station. This session is
being held at the high school so
that interested students may at
tend. The public is also invited.
Dr. Little is the associate direc
tor of the Geophysical Institute
and will describe their research
in rather general terms. Dr. Hess
ler specializes in aurora phen
omena which will be the subject
of his discussion.
1958 Farm Forum
Program Announced
A tentative program for the
coming Farm Forum was this
,veek announced by Lew Hanks,
Extension agent.
The Forum will open at 1:30
p.m. February 28, with Eugene
Reid, president of the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce as
chairman. Mayor Kenneth Lynn
will offer a welcome to the vis
itors. Speakers that afternoon
will include “Dutch” Derr, Al
aska Visitors Association direc
tor speaking of “Tourism and the
15- YEAR EXEMPTION
GRANTED TO CO-OP ;
At a special meeting held ;
Wednesday afternoon repre
sentatives of the Palmer City j;
Council and of the Palmer j;
Board of Education unani- j:
mously agreed to grant the j;
Matanuska Valley Farmers ;!
Cooperating Association a tax \
exemption for five years. The ;!
exemption applies to capital
improvements only, with the ;
inventory to be excluded. The ;j
decision follows a request of ;j
the M.V.F.C.A. for full exemp- >
tion under the new Territorial ! i
law which was designed as an 1;
incentive to new businesses. >
I The exemption applies to the !;
new grain drying department !;
of the local Co-Op Association. !;
Recommendations of the two
taxing units will now go to
Juneau where the final deci- j;
sion will be made by a Terri- j;
torial committee. <
WELDING COURSE
PLANNED AT COLLEGE
An evening arc welding school
for adults will be held at the
Palmer Community College. The
school will be conducted one
night a week for five consecutive
weeks, announced Dr. Les Kle
besadel, college director.
The course is for beginners and
others wishing to improve their
welding skill. John DeVries, high
school shop instructor, will teach.
Everyone who attends all five
sessions will receive a certified
diploma. A fee of §25 will be
charged for the course which is
based on instructions developed
by The Lincoln Electric Com
pany who make arc welding
equipment. Twelve persons have
enrolled in the course. If a suffi
cient number of additional per
sons are interested, a second class
will be started, Klebesadel said.
At the present time there are
120 class enrollments in the col
lege, the director said. Academic
courses are being taken by 82
persons and 13 persons are taking
two courses.
Because of small response the
Alaska History and Agriculture
courses have been dropped at this
time. They may be reopened in
the fall, if interest warrants.
Mrs. Arthur Pierson will take
over the instruction of the ele
mentary bookkeeping course, Dr.
Klebesadel announced.
Two courses are filled. They
are accounting and typing. Per
sons who have not yet enrolled
in any class and who are inter
ested in a particular course, may
contact the college Tues\iy,
Wednesday, or Thursday even
ings.
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. William Sweetman, animal hus
^ bandryman with the Experiment
Station, is on a four-day visit to
the Fairbanks area this week
where he will inspect the College
farm and review the program
for next year.
PUBLIC INVITED
Annual Sourdough
Pancake Supper
GRANGE HALL
Feb. l8-5*8p.m.
Sponsored by
St- Bartholomew's
Episcopal Churchwomen
Farmer . Dr. Robert Weigman.
vice persident of the University
of Alaska will speak on the Uni
versity and community. Concur
rent sessions will complete the
afternoon, including “Managing
Your Farm Power” with Dale
Hull, agricultural engineer, as
chariman. “Potato Harvesting
Equipment” will be led by C.
Ivan Branton, Experiment Sta
tion engineer; and “Hair Styling
Panel” will be presented by
members of the National Hair
Styling Association from Anch
orage. The evening session will
include the presentation of new
uses for agricultural products by
F. L. Tueton, information special
ist with agricultural research,
Washington D. C., and the show
ing of a film “Man in the Door
way”, based on research and de
velopments.
A full day and evening pro
gram is planned for Saturday,
March 1, starting with “4-H in
Alaska” which will be presented
from 10-11 a.m. by Marian Lar
son. territorial 4-H leader.
Labor saving methods in stor
ing and feeding forages will be
presented by a panel, with Mr.
Hull as chairman. Other pro
grams that morning include
poultry problems, with Charles
Marsh, Experiment Station,
chairman; and Vegetable pro
ducers problems, discussed by a
local panel.
The Matanuska Valley Fair’s
goals and purposes will be dis
cussed by a panel during the
early afternoon. H. P. Gazaway
of the Experiment Station will
present pictures of cooperatives
in Alaska agriculture.
Women will be interested in
the latest interior finishes for
homes whch will be presented ?>y
various local and Anchorage sup
pliers.
Labor saving methods for dairy
farmers will be discussed by Mr.
Hull and Lee Fryer of Seattle
will speak on fertilizer develop
ments.
Saturday night a dinner at
7:30 will bring activities to ^
close. “Dutch” Derr will serve as
master of ceremonies; the “farm
er of the year” will be honored
and other outstanding highlights
will make the dinner a fitting
close to the annual Farm Forum.
WASILLA PONDERS
INCORPORATION
Incorporation? School district?
Annexation? Residents of the
Wasilla and surrounding areas
are contemplating these ques
tions, seeking a workable solution
to the problem facing them.
Don Dafoe, territorial commis
sioner of education, accompanied
by Merrill Chitty who reported
on assessment valuation in the
Wasilla area, and Keith Lesh,
member of the Anchorage School
Board, attended a public meeting
in Wasilla January 23 to discuss
the incorporation of the area.
Persons attending the meeting
stated that the general feeling
regarding the assessment report
was that it was too high—“it’s
way out of line”, stated one
Wasilla resident. Questioning
Chitty regal'ding the assessment,
it was revealed that he had not
discussed the proposed valuation
; with residents, but had pattern
ed it after another Alaska town.
Dafoe pointed out that the as
sessment survey reported did not
mean that it had to be accepted.
No action will be taken by the
Territory before March 1.
A number of propositions
(Continued on page 8)
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