VOLUME 10. NUMBER 31
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1957
PRICE TEN CENTS
Crab Feed Elks Home,
VALLEY HONORED
AT ANCHORAGE
CHAMBER MEETING
The Matanuska Valley was
honored by the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce on Monday of
this week by observing “Matan
uska Valley Day” at their noon
luncheon meeting in the city. A
number of valley residents at
tended the meeting and several
participated in the program with
agriculture as the theme. Claire
Banks, Anchorage Chamber presi
dent, presided.
Stewart Durrant, Co-Op gen
eral manager, extended an invi
tation to Anchorage residents to
visit the valley and see the farms
and agricultural industries. He
expressed the valley’s apprecia
tion for the coperation of Anch
orage residents in using and pro
moting valley products.
James Hurley, ARRC manager
and former Valley Chamber
president, acted as master-of
ceremonies and distributed sou
venir “bingles” to each person
attending the luncheon, explain
ing their original use during the
early colony days in the Matan
uska Valley. He spoke "briefly of
the 80 producing dairy farms in
the valley, having an investment
of approximately 3V* million dol
lars.
An invitation to attend and
participate in the Colony Day
celebration being planned by the
Valley Chamber May 26 was ex
tended by Jack Flint, .Co-Op
creamery manager, and chairman
of the annual event.
The observance of National
Dairy Month was asked by H. P.
Gazaway, economist with the Al
aska Agriculture Experiment
Station. Gazaway also explain
ed the! “Nugget Buy” program
which will again this year iden
tify Alaska produce and products
as they appear in the market dur
ing Alaska Famj Month in late
August and early September.
An interesting talk on the dairy
industry was given by James
Wilson territorial comissioner
t>f agriculture, who with a giant
similated check for $2 million
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COMFORTABLE
Steam Heated Rooms
Hyland Hotel
2 blocks from Post Office
Order Now For
MEMORIAL DAY
We have fresh flowers for
sprays, artificial wreaths, and
potted plants.
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Bldg. Phene 3601
Telegraph Delivery Service
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Over 200 Vehicles
Checked During
Safety Program
A total of 232 vehicles went
through the vehicle safety check
lanes last Saturday during the
day-long Vehicle Safety Check
Program, sponsored by the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club, according to
Jack Maze, program chairman.
The lanes were slated to open
at 9 a.m. but vehicles were on
hand even earlier. Throughout
the day motorists drove through
the lanes for the 10-point check
on their vehicles. Out of the 232
total, 68 vehicles were found to
be faulty and were not passed.
Many of the motorists took their
vehicles to local garages for im
mediate repairs and returned in
time to have the car re-checked
and a safety sticker affixed to the
vehicle windshield. A total of 27
vehicles were rechecked and
passed.
This is the first vehicle safety
check program sponsored in the
local area and Maze stated the
Kiwanis Club of Palmer is more
than satisfied with the results.
“We had 100 percent cooperation
from city and territorial police
officials who stood by during the
program to assist if called upon.
We wish to take this oppprtunity
to express our thanks to all who
helped make the program such a
success and to the more than 200
motorists who took the time to
have their vehicles safety check
ed during our program”, Maze
stated. *"
Police officials were gratified
with the way the program was
operated and the response shown
by the motorists who participated
in the voluntary checking pro
gram. “We know there are 232
motorists in the valley area who
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VANDALISM REPORTS
MADE TO POLICE
Vandalism acts in the city were1
reported to city police this week.
Glass in the sides of two gaso
line pumps at the Palmer Auto
motive was smashed sometime in
the early hours Saturday and the
large glass overhead sign at the
Piggly-Wiggly store was smash
ed sometime Sunday morning.
City police are investigatiing.
City police have reported find
ing empty bottles thrown on the
city streets and stated any per
son found throwing glass or glass
items on the streets will be cit
ed and prosecuted.
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MAYOR BUYS FIRST POPPY
Legionnaire, Mayor Charles W. Wilson, is pictured above
as he purchases the first 1957 American Legion Auxiliary
memorial poppy from Dorothy Campbell, 11-year-old junior
member of the local Auxiliary Unit.. The famous crepe
paper flowers will be offered to the public in a one-day
campaign this Saturday.
I Attention \
LEGIONNAIRES
All Legionnaires are asked !;
to turn out at 7:30 for a work <;
party tonight. Plans include \\
putting the finishing touches \\
to cleaning up around the Le- j|
gion building, painting, and
final work at the Palmer Cem-;!
etery. Workers are asked to ]!
take their own equipment;!
such as rakes, hatchets, axes, ;!
gloves. The cemetery "will be j!
readied for Memorial Day ex- ;l
• ercises being planned by the;!
Matanuska Valley American >
Legion Post No. 15.
Three Palmer Youths
Win Scholarships
COLLEGE, ALASKA (Special)
Three outstanding University
of Alaska students from the Pal
mer area this week received
scholarships for the 1957-58 Uni
versity of Alaska school year.
Dona McKecbnie, daughter of
Mr. and IMrs. Don McKechnie,
received a $125 Fairbanks Lions
Club scholarship. She is a home
economics sophomore.
Alma Roark King, junior in En
glish, received a $300 McIntosh
scholarship. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roark.
Donna Harris of Eska received
a $400 Frank M. Leach scholar
ship. Miss Harris, an education
junior, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Harris.
DR. ALBRECHT RESIGNS
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Univer
sity of Alaska regent, has an
nounced he plans to resign fi*om
the board due to his inability to
attend board meetings. Dr. Al
brecht, former Territorial Com
missioner of Health, is director
of the Ohio Department of Men
tal Hygiene and Correction. He
served as University regent since
since 1949.
Legion Poppy Day
To Be Observed
In Palmer Saturday
On Saturday red poppies will
bloom on millions of coats thr
oughout America. As the annual
day for the wearing of the poppy
draws near, it is well to bring to
mind the significance of this lit
tle flower, Bess Dugas, poppy
chairman for the Maatnuska Val
ley American Legion Auxiliary
said this week.
“First,” she said, “we wear the
poppy once a year to express the
feeling of reverence that is al
ways in our hearts for the men
who died for America in the two
World Wars. The poppy is their
flower.
“Second, we wear the poppy to
help lighten the burden for those
who are still undergoing suffer
ing and hardships because of the
wars, the disabled veterans and
the families of the dead and dis
abled”, Mrs. Dugas stated.
In Palmer Auxiliary members,
assisted by Junior Auxiliary
members, Girl Scouts of Troop
71, and Legionnaires, will be
on the city streets from 9 a.m.
throughout the day, offering the
red crepe paper memorial flow
ers. Headquarters will be at
Bettys’ and all Auxiliary and
Legion members are asked to re
port there for their collection con
tainers and poppies.
More than 25 million poppies
made by disabled veterans are
sold under the supervision of the
American Legion Auxiliary, on
the Saturday preceding (Memorial
Day by approximately 125,000 vol
unteer workers who receive no
compensation. Though the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary poppy pro
gram more than $300,000 is paid
annually to needy and disabled
service men and women for mak
ing the poppies Mrs. Dugas re
ported. In addition ,she added,
proceeds from the sale of the
poppies amount to more than $2
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REMINDER
Any type of construction, remodeling, or
moving of buildings withiv\ the city, re
quires a City of Palmer Building or Moving
Permit. Persons planning such actions
should contact the City Clerk.
Signed BUILDING OFFICER
City of Palmer
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Garden Club Offers
Suggestions for
Clean-Up; Beautifying
To assist residents in beautify
ing their property members of
the Palmer Garden Club are of
fering for sale various type orna
mental shrubs, bushes and trees.
An advertisement appears else
where in this issue of The Fron
tiersman. Garden Club members
pointed out that by cleaning up
properties, planting a few orna
mentals and flowers the entire
appearance of a home will be
changed.
Along with their project to
beautify Palmer the Club offers
the following information in the
form of exerpts from the national
magazine, Better Homes and Gar- j
dens:
“Litter drags down the value
of your property and cleaning it
up costs money (one U. S. esti
mate: $30 million a year). Litter
is dangerous. A newspaper
thrown from a car ahead can
plaster itself on a windshield,
blinding the driver of a family
car. A cigarette thrown from one
car can blow into the window of
another car causing a fire and
perhaps a serious accident.
“What can YOU do? There’s
one way you can show your dis
approval of all littler while help
ing keep America beautiful. Start
your children out young with the
anti-litter idea. You can make it
easier by carrying a litterbag in
your oar.
“Here’s what else you can do:
Support this campaign. Besides
clean roads, it may well develop
into a nationwide movement for
more attractive towns, more tree
planting in barren business dis
tricts, fewer eyesore junk yards
and unsightly roadside establish
ments.
“It soon will be considered as
ill mannered for one to throw
trash out-of-doors as it is to
throw scraps under the dinner
table.”
SET NEW HOURS FOR
WELL CHILD CLINIC
New hours have been set for
the Well Child Clinics in Palmer,
Mrs. Myrtle Spencer, public
health nurse has announced.
The next clinic will be held
Tuesday, June 11 and the new
hours will be observed. A morn
ing hour, from 10 to 11 a.m. has
been set up under the new sched
ule. After hours will be held from
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Parents are invited to take
their pre-school children to the
well child conferencs which are
held the second and fourth Tues
days of each month in the Health
Center, located just off the lobby
in the Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital.
SPECIAL EVENTS TO
HONOR COLONISTS,
VALLEY SETTLERS
I On Sunday, May 26, settlers
and colonists of the Matanuska
Valley will observe the 22nd an
niversary of the colonization of
the valley with a Colony Day
celebration sponsored by the Ma
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce.
Starting with a parade at 1
p.m. the celebration will include
an address by Chamber president,
Stewart Durrant, a free barbe
que, special sports events for the
youngsters, presentation by a
crack drill team from the 23rd
Infantry Regiment, and horse rid
ing events by the Arctic Trails
Riding Club. The program has
been set up to conclude around
4 p.m. so that visitors who have
a great distance to travel may see
the entire program before leav
ing for home.
The parade will assemble at 1
p.m. at the Central School and
foDow a route along Co-Op Ave
nue, Railroad, Valley and Colony
streets. Marchers and floats will
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MEMORIAL DAY
SERVICES PUNNED
Memorial Day services will be
held at the Palmer Cemetery
May 30, starting at 11 a.m., it
I was announced this week by
| Fred Everett, American Legion
l post commander. The services are
held each year by the Legion
Post as one of its pledged duties.
The public is urged to attend
the services.
Josiah Winklepleck, post chap
lain, will offer a prayer for the
war dead who will be honored on
Memorial Day. A firing squad
from the * local Legion Post, as
well as a bugler, color bearers
and color guards, will participate
in the program.
Members of the Legion post
are planning a work party this
evening at the Palmer Cemetery
and members of the Auxiliary are
making red poppy crosses which,,
-with Legion markers and a sing
le poppy, will decorate the graves
of veterans.
Sourdough Bar
GRAND OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 24
See the new tropical gardens
Free buffet dinner
Music by the Tropicans
Everyone welcome
You host and hostess - Biil and Ruby Miller
DANCING TO
GENE
CBONRADFS
BLPE NOTES,
SATURDAY
MAY 25
PALMER BAB