THE FROHTIERSMAN
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Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE FRONTIERSMAN:
Since the ME A membership
meeting of April 14, there have
been confusing and garbled re
ports of goings on with regard to
the Special Membership meeting
to be held by the members on
June 16, 1956, at 8 o’clock p. m_.
in the Palmer Central School
Auditorium.
We wish to take this opportu
nity to give you a condensed out
line of what has gone on sirace
the membership meeting of Ap
ril 14th.
At the Board meeting of April
23rd, ait which the newly elected
Directors, Hurley, Bran ton and
Thuma would have been seated, i
a resolution was presented to the
Board by Justine Parks and
Bruce Graham, stating that the
election of three directors at the
April 14th membership meeting
was not legal, 'and therefore,
they protested the seating of the
three elected directors. Reasons
given were the notice of the
meeting called for the election of
two directors, and not three;
also, the voting should have been
on two first, then on one alone.
At the same Board meeting of
April 23rd, Mr. Hurley was ap
pointed by the Board to fill the
vacancy created by the resigna
tion of Charles Wilson. Mr. Hur
ley accepted with the under
standing that a special member
ship meeting would be held at
the earliest date possible to el
ect three directors.
A nominating committee was
appointed by the directors at
that meeting. The nominating
committee held their meeting
May 3rd, They nominated for
candidates only Hurley, Branlon,
and Thuma. The names of Jus
tine Parks and R. B. Graham
•were added to the list of candi
dates for directors by petition
<ondy 15 signatures being neces
sary on each petition.)
On May 1st suit was filed in
the District Court by James D.
iPrey to show cause why the
newly elected directors of MEA
should not be seated. To date
this has loot come up in court for
a decision.
On May 4th the MEA Board
held a special Board meeting,
-anal a motoon was made and se
conded to hold a Special Memb
ership Meeting on June 16. Vot
ing resulted in a tie—Graham
and Parks voting “No”; Ccwnlbs
and Hurley “Yes”, It was stated
that Mrs. Park’s Vote did not
count inasmuch as she was Pres
ident. Therefore, the motich car
ried. Resolution was drawn up
accordingly. O’Neill did not at
tend this meeting.
Shortly after the May 4th
Board meeting a members’ peti
tion was circulated requesting
the holding of a special meeting
of the members on June 16, for
the election of three directors,
voting on amendments to the By
laws and Articles of Into op-tra
it km, and any other business
which may properly come before
a meeting of the members.
The petition with signatures of
more than the required 10%
was turned over to R. B. Gra
ham, Secretary, on the 15th of
May. Notice of the Special Meet
ing of the Members to be held on
June 16, 1956 were mailed in j
Palmer on May 16th (30 days be- I
fare the meeting in accordance
with the By-laws.)
On May 26th the regular MEA
Board meeting was held and the
Special Members’ Meeting to be
held June 16th was discussed
pro and con. A “whereas” and
“•wherefore” resolution was
adopted rescinding the Board re
solution of May 14th which call
ed for a Special Meeting of the
Members on June 16.
The reason for the reversal? ~
The resolution of May 14th meet
ing did not pass as it was a tie
vote.
The members’ petition still
stands calling for a special meet
ing to be held on June 16, 1956,
for the election of three direct
ors.
In view of the above facts, it
is important that members elect
the same three directors as they
did at the April 14 meeting—
Hurley, Branton, and Thuma.
If it should happen that others
were elected and seated, and
then at a later date the Court de
cided the April 14 meeting was
legal, we would be left with two
sets of directors elected by the
members. That would call for an
other special members meeting
and this thing could drag on for
some time.
CHARLES W. WILSON
By Katheryn Wilson
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington^ D. C.
June 7, 1956
Editor, Valley Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Now that the Alaska Mental
Health bill has passed the Senate
and we are assured of its early
enactment into law, I should like
to take the opportunity, as spon
sor of this bill, to give your own
Del. Bartlett the credit due him.
My own connection with this
legislation has been during the
current Congress in which I in
troduced it. Delegate Bartlett
had, however, been working to
get adequate mental care for the
Territory for a number of years
prior to that time. From the day
that this legislation was intro
duced he has worked tirelessly
and effectively for its passage
both during its consideration in
the House and, since then, dur
ing its consideration by the Sen
ate.
Wiithin a few years Alaska will
have modern-up-to-date mental
care facilities of its own where
its people can receive the best
modem treatment under humane
and comfortable conditions. In
addition, it will have the reve
nues to maintain and operate
these facilities. To Delegate Bart
lett more than to any other
member otf Congress who has
worked on this legislation thanks
and credit for its achievement
should go.
Sincerely,
EDITH GREEN
Oregon State Repr.
Did someone say the income
tax filing period was over for
this year? For most of us it is
but for 65,000 taxpayers an Wash
ington and Alaska who are on the
“estimated” basis, a payment is
due June 15. If you are in this
category, Internal Revenue asks
that you be sure to identify your
remittance by giving the ac
count number shown on the in
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I the notice with the payment.
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To Wed On Juno 24
MARY ANN MEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mears of
Palmer have announced the com
ing marriage of their daughter,
Mary Ann, to Harry F. Colliver,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry F.
Colliver, Sr., of Hawthorne, Nev.
The wedding ceremony will take
place on Sunday, June 24, at 2
p. m. in the Community Metho
dist Church at Yerington, Nev.,
with a reception to follow at the
Yerington 20-30 Club.
The bride-elect, granddaugh
ter of Mrs- Minnie Clark also of
Palmer, is a graduate of Palmer
High School and has been attend
ing the University of Nevada at
Reno the past three years.
Mr. Collover lived as a child
jn Lima, Peru; graduated from
high school in Los Angeles and
has been attending the Univers
ity of Nevada. At the present
tone he is employed as an elec
trician at Anaconda Mining Com
pany plant near Yerington.
Mr. and Mrs. Mears and son
John Mears leave Palmer on
Saturday, ennoute to Nevada for
attendance at Miss Mear’s wed
ding
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