THE FR8ATIERSMAN
Kntered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_Publisher-Manager
Editor__Virginia Gallant
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FAIR OFFERS $50
FOR 50 POUND
PRIZE CABBAGE
The winner of the Matanuska
■Valley Fair giant cabbage con
test may get nation-wide public
ity in mid September, according
:to A1 V. Hagen, fair manager.
Max Sherrod and Art Thomp
son, large produce operators in
the Matanuska Valley, state that
'this year should be the banner
year for cabbages.
The giant-sized cabbages take
a lot of care; need proper “pep
up” pills; protection from the
sun and of course, lots of water
and special attention. This year's
^growing conditions seem to be
right for some farmer to come
up with the really big one.
The Fair Association this
year is offering $50 as a speeial
prize for a cabbage weighing In
at 50 pounds or over, plus an
additional award of $1 for each
additional pound.
Both Sherrod and Thompson,
have in the past come up with
some mighty big cabbages,
weighing over 40 pounds. Valley
-old timers say that the largest
cabbage on record in the Matan
uska Valley is a 48 pounder.
Cabbage growers throughout
Alaska are urged to get Into this
contest now.- Cabbages entered
in the contest must be of exhib
itiort quality — firm heads, no
•cracks, foliage leaves and a short
root. Further details on rules
for exhibition will be found in
the 1956 Valley Fair premium
twbk now in the hands of the
printer.
Tree Flights to be
Awarded Outstanding
Servicemen by AVA
Soldiers, sailors and airmen of
the Alaskan Command will bene
fit from a new program intro
duced by the Alaska Visitors
Association, according to Lieu
tenant General Joseph H. At
kinson, commander-in-chief, Al
aska.
♦Through the efforts of Frank
11. tWhaley, managing director,
AVA, free trips throughout the
Territory will be made available
to three members of each of the
services in July and August.
Cooperating to make these all
er^nne trips available are VVein
Alaska Airlines of Fairbanks;
‘•-fturdova Airlines of Alaska; and
Northern Consolidated Airlines,
Alaska. Tentative plans call for
airline trips to Nome and Kotze
’buv fcy Wein; Katmai tours by
Northern Consolidated, and Mc
Carthy-Kennecott by Cordova
Airlines.
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICERS WELCOMED
AT JUNIOR COLLEGE
Dr. R. Rolland Armstrong,
president of Sheldon .Jackson
Junior College, welcomed two
top administrative officers to the
College ear,'y this month. They
are John Baker of Hamilton,
Ohio and Claude Marona of An
chorage and Visalia, California.
Mr. Baker becomes the acade
mic head of the school as Shel
don Jackson’s new dean. Mr.
Marona comes to a newly creat
ed position coordinating the
lousiness and construction pro
gram. Plans for the immediate
future contemplate the expendi
ture of nearly $500,000 in mod
ern facilities and rehabilitation.
REJECTS BIDS FOR
DILLINGHAM
HEALTH CENTER
Bids received for the construc
•Jtion of the Dillingham Health
Center, which was to have been
'constructed during the 1956
■construction season, were too
high, prdbably because of unfor
tunate late bidding, and were re
iected by the Alaska Public
Works and the Alaska Depart
ment of Health. The project will
be advertised next fall for re
Indding early next spring.
AIRPORT NEWS
Twenty-four fliers, the major
ity of them from the local Air
mens club, participated in the
Matanuska Valley Airmens fly
in, drive-in trip to Chitina and
McCarthy this past week-end.
Those making the flight to the
old copper town of McCarthy in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dodge
and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wofford
of Spenard who made the trip
out on Friday, and Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Bixby, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. A1
Young of Anchorage, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde King, Jr., Rene Niel
sen, Jackie Towner, Dorothy Bat
terton, Audrey Sweeney, Ralph
Farnsworth, Harvey Cooper, Art
Terrall, and Bud O’Donnell, all
making the flight out on Satur
day.
On their return Sunday after
noon and evening the group re
ported a wonderful trip.
Aaron Bauder soloed out this
week on his own Aeronca Chief.
Bauder is a student of Rene
Nielsen. ,
TAX INCREASE
SEEN IN TERRITORY
• John A. McKinney, director of
finance, announced last week
that a preliminary study of the
financial condition of the Terri
torial General Fund indicates
that it will be necessary for the
next legislature to raise approxi
mately $3^ million in new taxes
to maintain territorial services,
Supported from the ■ General
Fund, at the same level as for
the current biennium. This is
ifter giving effect to many ap
propriations which, it appears,
will not recur next biennium.
Any increase in appropria
tions for the next biennium over
the amounts appropriated for
the current biennium will mean
that additional taxes, over and
above the $3V2 miLlion mention
ed previously, will have to be
raised.
In order to keep appropria
tions within the amount of mon
ey estimated to be available for
the General Fund for the next
biennium, it will be necessary to
cut appropriations below the
amount available for the current
biennium, which will mean a re
duction in the services furnish
ed by the various Territorial
agencies supported from the
General Fund.
First Friday Mass
To Be at 6 P.M.
Rev. James P. Snead, pastor
at St. Michael’s Catholic Church,
this week announced a change in
time for the regular first-Friday
of-the-month mass which will be
held Friday evening, August 3.
The new hour was announced at
6:00 p.m., instead of 7:30 p.m. as
in the past. Rev. Snead will come
to Palmer for the mass.
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amount. Yaw haeo the tight
of withdrawal at all time*.
if l^rhate of tool
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if Mortgage leant to
buy, build or remodel.
FIRST FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'N
OF ANCHORAGE
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THE AMERICAN WAY
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devout/y read the Word of 6od%
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CARDINAL
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Bible Reading a Sacred Duty
L J. Weeda Named
Elks District Deputy
Word was received in Palmer
this week of the appointment of
L. J. “Osky” Weeda, Anchorage
salesman, as district deputy of
the Elks for Western Alaska.
Fred L. Bohn, head of the na
tional Elks organization made
the announcement from the
E,lks’ National Headquarters in
Chicago.
Weeda, who will serve for one
year as the direct representa
tive of the national organization
to the six lodges of Alaska West,
replaces Leon Johnson, present
mayor of Kodiak.
Weeda owns and operates
Sales Inc., a western Alaska
sales organization representing
several stateside firms, with of
fices on the main floor of the
Central building in Anchorage.
He was Exalted Ruler of Anch
orage lodge in 1949 and served
five years as trustee of that or
ganization.
Lodges of Elks in Western Al
Hildegard Kalwies
To Wed on August 18
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kalwies
of Palmer have announced the
forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Htldegard Irma, to
Paul S. McGiboney, son of Mrs.
Wilber Nolan of Palmer.
The couple will be united in
marriage on August 18 in a cere
mony to be performed at St.
John’s Lutheran Church. Follow
ing the ceremony a reception
will be held in their honor at
Moose Hall.
The bride-to-be is a former
resident of East Germany, and
came to Alaska nine months ago
to join her family who have been
valley residents the past few
years. She is employed by the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital as
nurses’ aid.
aska under Weeda's jurisdiction
are Anchorage, Palmer, Seward,
Kodiak, Cordova and Fairbanks.
Membership in these lodges now
totals in excess of 4300.
Moore's Garage
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Palmer/ Alaska
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DREAD DISEASE INSURANDE?
Our Lloyd’s Policy covers six dread dis
eases, including polio, meningitis, small
pox, diphtheria, tetanus and leukemia
$10,000 for everyone in Hie family
ONE YEAR —$13.42
TWO YEARS — $19.63
For informaHon and applications
check with
PIPPEL INSURANCE AGENCY
Box 221 Now Wright Bldg. Ph. 3811
ARCHERY CLUB FORMED IN VALLEY
Bowmen of the Palmer a*1***
this past Friday evening took a
concrete step in the formation
of an archery club In the vat lex
area by naming their club
The bowmen will no* to
known by their club name, N at
ley Archers and plans are mulct
way to have attractive patches
worked up around a design
which will illustrate their acti\
ities in hunting, sports, ami com
petitive archery. The local club
will affiliate with the National
Field Archery Association as
soon as formation plans are com
pleted.
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Special for Month
PEACH
ICE CREAM
CO-OP CREAMERY
Maianuska Valley Tanners
Cooperating Association
when fuses blow
Check-up on
Your Wiring
k.
Fuses blowing all-too-often? Usually this is
a sign of a wiring system OVERLOADED by
today’s multiplicity of modern appliances.
Could be serious! Better let us check into it.
ODERN LIVING NEEDS MODERN WIRING
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