The frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
VOLUME 10. NUMBER 3S
PALMER, ALASKA
Thursday, June 27. 1957
PRICE TEN CENTS
ANTICIPATE HUGE
PARADE TO OPEN
’57 VALLEY FAIR
Word was received this noon
by Howard McCallister, promo
tion manager of the 1957 Mat
anuska Valley Fair, that the U. S.
Naval Reserve unit in Anchorage
plans to declare the week of the
’57 fair as Navy Week and appro
priate programs are being plan
ned. Tentative plans are for Navy
Week to get off with a huge par
ade at 9 a.m. in Anchorage op the
opening day of the fair in which
floats from the Fair will be enter
ed and marching bands will in
clude a U S. Navy band, as well
as a U. S. Marine band from the
states. Preliminary plans call for
the same parade to be staged in
Palmer the afternoon of the fair
opening. Also in the planning
stage is arrangement for the ap
pearance of the world famous
“Blue Angels” a quartet of jet
pilots who maneuver their crafts
in perfe?* precision through in
tricate patterns of flight.
McCallister §aid additional
plans will be worked out during
a meeting to be held in Anchor
age next week.
Public Invited
To Hear of New
Alaska Oil Venture
Interested valley residents are
invited to attend a public meet
ing to be held at Elks hall Mon
day evening, July 1 at 8 p.m.
at which tirqe plans of a new de
velopment firm in an Alaska oil
venture will be told.
Anchorage newspapers this
week carried news stories regard
ing the formation of the new
firm as announced by Harold
Koslosky long-time Alaskan resi
de^ and Anchorage business
man. He will head the firm to bq
known as the Koslosky Develop
ment Company.
A total of 199,680 acres will be
leased, Koslosky said. There will
be 78 leases of 2560 acres each in
the development company.
William T. Foran, internation
ally-known petroleum geologist,
was engaged to study available
areas of the territory. “Foran has
given me”, Koslosky said, “his
conclusions that there exists in
Alaska an area which he descri
bes as having ‘exceptional poten
tial aspect’ not unlike the Wyom
ing, Montana, Alberta fields.”
Koslosky said he sincerely be
lieves that there is petroleum in
commercial quantity in Alaska,
. . . “and I am willing to help
‘bank-roll’ the effort to find it
and bring a major industry to Al
aska.”
Koslosky pointed out that ma
jor oil companies and many of
the larger independents, are turn
ing their attention to Alaska as
never before. Today there are
more than 7 million acres report
ed to be under lease in Alaska.
The meeting in Palmer on
Monday night will be chaired by
Jan Koslosky of Palmer. His
brother Harold will come to Pal
mer with Herb Hilscher and re
port on the petroleum possibil
ities in Alaska.
The meeting is open to the in
terested public and will be fol
lowed by the serving of refresh
ments.
MOOSE MEMBERS
And New Candidates
BREAKFAST
At Moose Hall
LADIES INVITED
Sim., June 31 ■ 9 LM«
MEETING & INITIATION
FOLLOWS
MILK PRODUCTION IN RAILBELT '
INCREASED 12 MILUON POUNDS
M/IK Production
in
Rail belt Arez.
The above milk production chart was prepared by the
Department of Agriculture and shows the increase in dairy
production in the railbelt area over the past five years.
Starting in 1952 with a total of 1 million pounds, milk
production in the Matanuska Valley-Anchorage-Fairbanks
areas has now risen to a total of 13 million pounds in 1956.
Announce New Hours
At A.C.S. Office
Effective July 1 new hours at
the Palmer office of the Alaska
Communication System will be
observed, according to Sergeant
Ernest Inman.
The A.C.S. office will be open
five days a week from 8 a.m. to
12 noon and from 1:00 to 5:00
p.m. The ^office will be closed
Saturdays, Sundays, and holi
days.
To send long distant calls or
telegrams during hours when the
office is closed, the sender need
only to dial 110 and the call will
be handled by an Anchorage op
erator.
As soon as possible after July
1 the A.C.S. office will be mov
ed into the Matanuska Telephone
Association office as announced
previously by Max Clements,
MTA manager. This will combine
the telephone and telegraph facil
ities in Palmer.
LEGION POST PLANS
ANNUAL PICNIC OUTING
The American Legion picnic
will be held at Duff’s lake this
year. The family outing will be
held on Sunday, July 7, starting
at 2 p.m. and families are asked
to take their own pot-luck pic
nic lunch. The post will furnish
ice cream, pop, and coffee. A pro
gram of swimming boating, and
games is being planned.
ATTENTION!«
ALL CLEANING
for the
price of
ON LIKE GARMENTS
Gash and Carry
BROWN’S CLEANERS
FRONTIERSMAN WILL
PUBLISH JULY 2
Next week The Frontiers
man will be published on Tues
day (July 2) to avoid conflic
tion with the Fourth of July
upon which the regular publi
cation date falls. By publish
ing on Tuesday advertisers
and readers will benettt by
valley-wide distribution before
the holiday week-end.
Guam Missionary
To Speak at
Sutton Church
Bill Rife, Guam missionary
and teacher, will be guest speak
er at the Sunday morning service
at Sutton Community Church
June 30, it was announced today
by the Rev. A. B. Compton.
The guest speaker will talk on
school teaching Guamanian life,
how God builds a church, and the
great need for school teachers
and missionary workers on Guam
and many other islands. He will
illustrate his talk with pictures.
The service will being at 10:30
and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to attend.
Dr. Bailey Plans
Summer Vacation
Dr. C. C. Bailey announced
this week his plans for a six-week
vacation, starting July 1. During
his absence three members of the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital con
sulting staff wilt take over his
practice. They are Robert Baker,
John Cole and Robert McGee, all
of the 5005th Air Force Hospital
Each of the men will be in Pal
mer for two-week periods and
will be living at the Bailey resi
dence while here. Dr. Bailey and
family plan to spend their vaca
tion time at their summer home
on Crosswinds Lake.
SEEK NATIONAL
AWARD FOR
PALMER AREA
The Palmer area could be eli
gible for an annual award given
by Look magazine. This an
nouncement was made this
week by BVIrs. Isabelle Woolcock,
member of the steering commit
tee wnich has been sparking the
community improvement pro
gram to beautify Palmer, insti
gated by the Palmer Garden
Club.
According to information re
ceived this week Look magazine
each year gives community home
achievemnt awards for improve
ment of residential areas and
civic and business improvements
that effect residential area. To be
eligible for such an honor a com
munity must have made major
improvements, some of which are
very much in evidence through
out the city of Palmer.
To discuss the possibility of
Palmer being entered in the con
test a special meeting has been
called for Tuesday. July 2 at 8
p.m. in -the Extension office. All
members of the original group
which worked out plans for the
"beautify Palmer" project are
requested to attend this meeting.
It is important that all organiza
' lions, business firms, and other
interested groups have represen
tation at this meeting so we may
correlate a full program of ac
complishments in this area—and
more important, so that we may
outline projects - that have not
been completed," Mrs Woolcock
said. Representatives who attend
ed the original meetings who will
be unable to attend this meeting
are urged to make arrangements
for an alternate to attend.
“We still have a long way to
go,” Stewart Durrant, member
of the committee, said this week.
“For us to really be eligible for
such a award there is a lot yef
to be done to improve our city.”
During the discussion held this
week it was pointed out that
much of the improvement in the
city has now reached a point
where individuals and organiza
tions have done all they can. The
entire program can not be accom
plished without the cooperation
of all it was stated. A number of
projects suggested to city offi
cials, such as enforcement of city
ordinances that would clean up
alleys and unsightly spots in the
city that create hazardous fire
and health conditions, must be
completed before Palmer could
become eligible for such a nation
al award. The steering commit
tee noted that it is now up to
^the city council to take the nec
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CO-OP HAS NEW
MATANUSKA MAID
The Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association has a
new “live” Matanuska Maid. Miss
Julie Wager of Anchorage was in
Palmer today getting acquainted
with the famous products she will
be representing in personal ap
pearances in stores and on tele
vision programs. She was* accom
panied by Ed Hamm, Co-Op pro
motion manager, who stated Miss
Wager will be in Palmer on July
6 to assist with a Matanuska Maid
demonstration being planned at
Koslosky’s Department store.
LOUISE KELLOGG
NAMED PRESIDENT
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
V. Louise Kellogg was named
president of the Womens Repub
lican Club of the Matanuska Val
ley on June 24 when club mem
bers named new officers for the
coming year.
Serving with Miss Kellogg will
be Vera Rorrison, vice-president;
Libby Elliott secretary; Lila
Newville, treasurer; and Mary
Frey, publicity.
A meeting of all First and
Second Precinct Republicans will
be held Friday, June 28 at the
home of Dr. Lee McKinley.
CO-OP PICNIC
| SET FOR JUNE 29
$AT BARRY'S LAKE
Barry’s Finger Lake Resort.;
■ has been chosen as the site of <;
/ the M.V-F.C.A. annual sum-;;
i mer outing which this year;!
!; will be held on Saturday, June ;j
!; 29, starting at 6 p.m.
;! All Co-Op members, em- !;
;l ployees and their families are !;
z invited to attend. The picnic
;j dinner will be served at 8 p.m.
Games, boating, and other
events will be held from 6 to <;
8 p.m. All refreshments will <;
!; be furnished by the Co-Op. ;!
Valley Fair
Queen Contest
To Open July 10
The Matanuska Valley Fair’s
annual queen contest will open
officially on Wednesday July 10,
it was announced this week by
Howard McCallister, ’57 Valley
Fair promotion manager. On that
date qualified candidates may
register at the fair office and
start immediately on their ticket
sales.
The same rules will apply this
year as were used for the selec
tion of the 1956 Matanuska Val
ley Fair queen. The contest is
open to any single girl between
the age of 15 and 26 years who
has been a resident of Alaska for
at least six months and who re
sides in any of the following val
ley areas: Palmer, Sutton, Wasil
la, or Chugiak.
The registration period will
close on Wednesday, July 31 and
all contestants must sell 250
tickets by August 14 to qualify
for final judging.
McCallister urged prospective
queen candidates to be thinking
seriously about signing up on
July 10 and urged business es
tablishments and organizations to
consider sponsoring a valley girl
for this annual event. He pointed
out that the contest may be en
tered by girls who have entered
previous queen contests, provid
ing they meet the requirements
as stated above. Some public ap
pearances on radio and television
programs have been arranged and
others are being planned.
“It looks like this is going to be
our biggest queen contest in the
history of the fair” McCallister
said. Extensive plans are -in the
formation stage for an outstand
ing Coronation Ball to be held
the second night of the four-day
fair, he added.
TROUT DERBY ENDS
SUNDAY; GRAND
PRIZE TO BE AWARDED
Sgt. Jack Ashley was awarded
a spinning reel for having enter
ed the largest rainbow trout last
week in the derby being spon
sored by the Palmer Bar. An
other award, an automatic reel,
will go to some lucky fisherman
on June 29. Entries will be ac
cepted, for this award up until
8 p.m. June 29. The derby! will
close at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 30
and the fisherman who has turn
ed in the largest rainbow during
the period between June 17 and
June 30 will receive a transistor
radio as a grand prize. The con
test is open to anyone 21 years of
age or older, who has registered
at the Palmer Bar.
MAY CALL FOR BIDS
FOR STREET PAVINQ
BY MIDDLE OF JULY
L. C. Stock, city clerk, this
week talked with Bureau of Pub
lic Roads in Juneau in an effort
to ascertain the progress of
street paving in Palmer by that
department this summer.
Officials told the city clerk
that material as presented by
Palmer officials regarding their
share of the paving program
“appeared to be acceptable".
However .they explained, the re
ports will have to be studied
more thoroughly before any def
inite date is announced for the
calling of construction bids. They
indicated they hope to be ready
to call for bids by mid-July.
Stock pointed out that the City
of Palmer is ready to go ahead
right now, but that until the BiPR
is ready,, nothing can be done. By
combining the work to be done by
BFR and that of the City, pav
ing will be possible at a lower
rate than if the City attempted
to go ahead with a paving pro
gram alone.
The BPR proposes to pave a
43-foot wide street along Val
ley and Colony streets and Was
illa Road. The City desires to use
the full 60-foot width which will
provide for curbs and gutters.
Sidewalks would later be built
on private property, thereby al
lowing a wider street area in the
most heavily congested area.
Until the program is “firmed
up" the sale of bonds to finance
the city’s project will be held up,
Stock said.
Because of a quorum lack no
regular City Council meeting was
held this week.
LIFE OF A
HAMBURGER TO BE
ART (?) SUBJECT
Bob Klem author of “The Low
bush Sourdough’’, has ventured
out of his poetry field into an
other fine art area. He was this
week named a one-man commit
tee on “fine arts” for the ’57 Val
ley Fair and has announced a
contest to be held during the
fair.
“I’m looking for a mural paint
ing that will depic the life his
tory of a hamburger,” Klem
stated. “Artists will have a var
iety of impressions on this sub
ject,” he ventured, “and the only
thing I insist on is that it depict
the more serious side of life",
(at this time the reporter was un
able to determine whether the
small bulge in the poet’s check
was made by his tongue or some
chewing material)
When questioned about wheth
er the mural should contain a
slice of raw or not Klem answer
ed “Oh, to be in Palmer, now
the pumpkin’s are in bloom”.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
JUNE WEDDINGS
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Bldg. Phone 3601
Telegraph Delivery Service
COMFORTABLE
Steam Heated Rooms
Hyland Hotel
2 blocks from Post Office
Caterpillar Work
See BILL NELSON for D-8 “Cat” work,
have giant breaker disc, scarifier and
angle blade
WILL DO GOOD WORK AT REASONABLE RATES
INQUIRE CO-OP CREAMERY
FISHERMEN COME
AS YOU ARE
Benefit Wasifla VFW Building
DANCE. SATURDAY, JUNE 29
Admission $2.00 - Ladies Free
WflSILLA COMMUNITY
HALL - 9:30 P.M. - ??
Music by Twilight Playboys