THE FRONTIERSMAN
Cniered as second class matter on Oct, 21, 1947, at the post office a’
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1878.
A J. DeJulio__Publisher-Manager
Editor-----Virginia Gallant
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One Opening for
Alaska in Merchant
Marine Academy
One vacancy to the Merchant
Marine Academy at Kings Point,
N. Y., has been allocated to Al
aska, according to information
given Delegate Bartlett this week
by the Department of Commerce.
The entering class is limited
to approximately 300 students
from the States and Territories
ard the appointees will be sel
ected from nominations made by
members of Congress. Del. Bart
lett will be permitted to nomin
ate 10 candidates for the one va
cancy with the physically qual
ified Alaska appointee to be sel
ected following the College En
trance Examination Board Test
to be held throughout the States
and Territories on March 16,
1957. The examination is slated
to be given in Alaska at Anch
orage, College and Juneau.
Del. Bartlett will welcome ap
plications from Alaska boys be
tween 17 and 22 years of age.
Any boy interested should send
Del. Barteltt his full name and
date of birth—1029 House Office
.Building, Washington, D. C.
The United States Merchant
Marine Academy is an accredit
ed institution, offering a four
year course at college level lead
ing to a license as U. S. Merchant
Marine officer as either Third
Mate or Third Assistant Engin
Alaska Chamber
Meets Next Week
The Rev. Charles Malin will be
chairman of the Alaska Chamber
of Commerce meeting which will
be held in Seward October 25, 26,
27. Theme of the meeting will be
transportation (roads) and edu
cation.
A Bureau of Public Roads re
presentative will speak as will
Brig. Cmdr. Mueser of the North
west Highway System in White
horse. Jbhn Lloyd will repre
sent the Alaska Railroad and D.
E. Skinner, president of the Al
aska Steamship Company, will
speak on shipping. Territorial
commissioner of education, Don
Dafoe, and Dr. Ernest Patty, Uni
versity of Alaska president, will
speak on educational subjects.
Planning to attend the meet
ing from the Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce are Rich
ard Jones, James Hurley, Betty
Mears and Lucille Mick. Mrs.
Mick, secretary of the League of
of Alaska Cities will be repre
senting the League at the meet
ing.
eer and the Bachelor of Science
Degree. Qualified graduates may
be commissioned Ensigns in the
U. S. Naval Reserve.
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Holiday Pi* and
Apron Salt Sol
By Sororty
Members of the two local chap
ters of Beta Sigma Phi are mak
ing plans for a joint pie and
apron sale which will be held in
Palmer on Saturday, November
17.
Sorority members are plan
ning their sale on this date to
coincide with the Thanksgiving
holiday with the thought in minS
that homemakers will be able to
buy their pies for the holiday
and at the same time purchase
aprons for their Christmas box
es—or for themselves. The ma
jority of the aprons will be of the
practical type, with large aprons
to be featured, along with the
smaller type. A variety of pies
will be offered for sale, with the
popular holiday pies — mince
meat, pumpkin, apple, etc. to be
the most predominate. The loca
tion of the sale will be announc
ed as soon as it is determined.
WASILLA CHURCH
PLANNING SPECIAL
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
Special evangelistic meetings
are planned at the First Presby
terian Church in Wasilla from
October 25 to October 28. On
Saturday evening, October 27,
there will be a pot-luck supper
at six o’clock. All meetings dur
ing the four evenings will begin
at eight o’clock.
The Rev. Noble M. Streeter of
Prineville, Oregon will be guest
speaker for the special meetings.
Rev. Streeter is pastor of the
Prineville Community Church
and his education was received
it the University of California
and Princeton Theological Sem
nary in New Jersey. His minis
try has been almost exclusively
in rural areas.
Meetings in the Wasilla church
L JOHNSON BOVS
TOGS ’N SEAMS
The sale of Togs ’n Seams, lo
cal sewing and yard goods store,
I was announced last week by pro
prietor Mrs. Etheleen Elmore.
Purchaser of the business is Mrs.
Lorraine Johnson, local represen
tative for Minnesota Woolen
Mills. Mrs. Johnson assumed
ownership on October 13.
Togs ’n Seams was established
in March of 1954 by Mrs. El
more and Mrs. Thekla B. Mielke.
Mrs. Mielke later sold her in
terest to Mrs. Elmore who be
came sole owner and operator
if the firm.
Mrs. Elmore left last Saturday
i via airliner for Seattle where
: she will join her husband and
j son to live in their newly pur
j chased home in south Seattle.
Mrs. Elmore plans to resume her
business in Burien, a suburb of
Seattle.
“It is with great reluctance
that I leave my many friends
and patrons acquired throughout
the years I have lived in the val
ley”, Mrs. Elmore said. “I wish
to thank them all for the privil
ege of serving them and do hope
I shall be able to see them again
in the future”, were her parting
i words.
! Mrs. Johnson said this week
that she plans to continue the
; firm’s line of yarns, dry goods,
I notions, Butterick patterns, hos
iery, and childrens’ clothes. “I
am planning to enlarge the chil
drens’ wear department”, she
j said this week. Alteration ser
vice will be continued at the
shop, she added. Mrs. Johnson
will also continue to be the val
ley representative for Minnesota
Woolen Mills.
are being held simultaneously
with other Presbyterian churches
in Alaska. The Rev. Victor C.
Urban, pastor of the Wasilla
church, says, “Everyone is in
vited to attend the meetings.”
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ARMY UNIT REENACTS
89 YEAR OLD CEREMONY
An Army unit stationed near
Fairbanks will reenact its part
in a ceremony held 89 years ago
when it sends a color guard to
participate in the Alaska Day
Festival at Sitka October 18-20.
The unit is Company F, 9th
Infantry which is stationed at
Ladd Air Force Base. The com
pany furnished the color guard
on October 18, 1867 when the
United States took formal pos
session of the Territory from
Russia. The company left Alas
ka two years later. It did not
return until a few weeks ago,
coming to Alaska from Fort Lew
is, Washington, in connection
with the “Gyroscope” operation
of the 2d Infantry Division.
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UNITED PROTESTANT CHURCH
PALMER, ALASKA
October 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 28
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