: Reporters—
NoteJtooJz
Mr. and Mrs. Les Mears and
son John returned to Palmer last
night after attending the mar
riage of their daughter and sis
ter, Mary Ann, in Reno, Nevada.
The family made the trip via the
Alaska highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sauls
bury and son Butch are leaving
for Homer today where they
will spend the construction sea
son.
William Adams, forester, and
Eugene Horning, fire guard, re
turned to Palmer this past week
end following about a week
spent in the Nulato area. The
fire has been estimated at 63,000
acres. Fire fighters were pull
ed out of the area when it be
came evident that it could not
be brought under control at the
present time. They are now
waiting for rain. No villages
have been endangered, although
two or three trapper’s cabins
were destroyed in the fire.
The Rev. James P. Snead re
turned to the valley last week
following several months ab
sence due to illness. He offered
Mass at St. Michael’s Catholic
Church this past Sunday.
A former Palmerite and a
chum visited in the Valley this
past week-end at the home of
Mrs. Irene Benson. The visitors,
from Excelsior, Minnesota were
Jim nesse, valley resident un
til 1941, and Don Filmore. The
youths drove up over the high
way and are now working with
the Fish and Wildlife Service as
fish guards at Sand Point. They
plan to return to the States in
the fall when they will continue
their schooling. Hesse lived in
the valley just below the Ben
on farm from the age of eight
month until he was six years old
at which time his family moved
to Minnesota.
Word was received in Palmer
this week that William Elliott,
former Palmer teacher and jun
ior high school principal, will
be teaching at Elmenddtf AFB
this coming school year. Elliott
taught during the past year at
an eastern school.
The Richard Deming family
are making a vacation trip to
the Seward area. They are tak
ing along their trailer and plan
to make frequent stops to en
joy the interesting highlights of
their trip. A number of Alas
kans are this year planning
their vacations in Alaska, visit
ing many areas for the first
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Short of
Valdez visited in the Valley this ]
week-end and took in the Rain
ier-Anchorage baseball game on
Monday night. They returned to
Valdez on Tuesday.
The C. Ivan Branton family
are enjoying bear steaks and
roasts, thanks to an obliging
blackie. Bruin wandered into
the Branton garden one morning
and ended up on the family’s
menu. This is the first time the
family has seen a. bear on their
property which is located about
seven miles south of Palmer.
The family reported the bear in
good “eatin’ ” shape.
Frank Ryan and his family,
consisting of Mrs. Ryan and a
10-year-old son, .recently arriv
Trainships for Alaska: Seen at Whittier in this artist’s conception is one of a pair of Alaska
Steamship Company trainships. Invitations to bid were issued to shipyards on June 29 for
opening August 28.
ed in Palmer from Greenbush,
Minn. Mr. Ryan is employed as ,
co-manager of the grocery de-j
partment in Koslosky’s Depart-'
ment store.
A new employee in the book
keeping department of the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank is Marilyn
Cox who recently moved to the
valley from Woodland, Wash
ington. Her husband, Douglas E.
Cox is employed by the Bonner
ville Construction Company and
they are making their home at
the Pioneer Apartments.
New employees in the Palmer
Piggly-Wiggly Store include
Henry Liebing who is working
in the produce department;
Mary Stienbrook, filling in for
checker Betty Moore who is on
leave, and Riley Curtis, stock
man.
L. A. Scholl, 4-H specialist
from Purdue University, was a
guest of the Palmer Kiwanis
club at its July 2 meeting.
Scholl spoke briefly on the 4-H
vocational and agricultural pro
grams. Emil Ganschow, Kiwani
an, spoke on his recent trip to
the states. It was reported at
the meeting that a number of
Kiwanians had furnished trans
portation last week to local Cub
Scouts who visited the military
bases and transportation for
Little Leaguers who attended
the baseball clinic in Anchorage
this week.
Fourteen .Cub Scouts from
Palmer Pack 354 are receiving
swimming instructions at the
SPA, Inc., under the Cub Scout
program. It is an eight-week
course, meeting every Monday
at 6 p.m. Mothers of the Cubs
are furnishing transportation to
Anchorage for the meetings.
John VanRyn and Hal Eckert
have announced the dissolution
of partnership. Eckert will take
ever the full management of
Club 49 and Van Ryn will devote
his full time to his resteurant,
the White Spot.
Mrs. Stew'art Durrant and
daughter Mary Ann arrived
home on Monday of this week
following several months in Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) Wendt
and daughter Carol of Rollins,
Montana, arrived in Palmer last
Sunday. Mrs. Wendt is visiting
at the L. M. DePriest home and
Carol with the Charles Bairn
family at Sutton. They expect
to be in the area for a number
of weeks. The Wendts are for
mer Palmerites. *
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ESC Benefit Year Closed June 30
The Employment Security
Commission has announced that
their current “Benefit year”
:omes to a close June 30. This
neans that benefit rights cease
it that time for all claimants
who have filed claims for un
employment benefits anytime
since last July, even though
some may not have drawn all
of the benefits to which they
were originally entitled. Bene
fit rights and entitlement, for
“Benefit year 1956”, now com
ing to a close, were based on
earnings in calendar year 1954.
A change in “base year earn
ing periods” for unemployment
insurance benefit entitlement
purposes, provides a minimum
of three months “lag” always
exist between the four quarters
of earnings used to determine
eligibility, and the date the ap
plication for benefit entitlement
is made. This change is the last
of the changes made in the ECS
law by the 1955 legislature to
go into effect.
COURT NEWS
William Grasser entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of ne
gligent driving when he appear
ed in City Magistrate’s Court
this morning. He was found guil
ty and fined $75.
John Petaja of Anchorage for
feited $25 fail on a disorderly
conduct charge by failing to
appear.
Vincent Murray forfeited $20
bail by failing to appear on an
assault and battery charge.
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ONE TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT ON 4TH
Only one traffic accident was
reported in the Palmer area dur
ing the Fourth of July holiday
period. Sunday morning a 1947
Chevrolet driven by Luke C.
Galasso of Fort Richarson left
the highway about one half mile
south of Palmer. Damages to the
car were not estimated very
high. Galasso told Territorial
Police that he went off the road
when traffic ahead of him came
to a fast stop and he swerved
his car to avoid striking the ve
hicle in front.
MEA PUTS TWO NEW
TRUCKS IN SERVICE
Two new Ford one-half ton
trucks have arrived at the Ma
tanuska Electric Association
building and are in service, one
to be used as a meter truck and
the other by the forman. They
replace the two Jeep trucks and
represent no change in the size
of the vehicle fleet. Radios will
be installed as soon as the radio
boxes are delivered.
Loan papers from the Wash
ington REA office were received
fish needed for
ANNUAL FISH FRY
When the succulent odors of
fish fryiug outdoors prompts the
gathering of the sportsmen July
15, they will be offered freshly
caught rainbow, greyling, sal
mon, Dolly Vardens, and possib
ly other type fish at the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen an
nual Fish Fry.
All fishermen of the area are
urged to catch, clean and freeze
as many fish as possible for the
Fry. Complete details of the an
nual event will be published
next week.
ALTAR SOCIETY
TO MEET MONDAY
Members of the Altar Society
of St. Michael’s Catholic Church
are reminded of their meeting to
be held Monday evening, July
9 in the church basement, and
their bake sale to be held at
Bert’s Drug store on July 7.
this week and will be discussed
at a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors.
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