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PALMER P-TA MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
8:00 P.M.
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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 45
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1958
PRICE 15 CENTS
BOND ELECTION REQUIRES REGISTRATION
GAZAWAY ONLY
SCHOOL BOARD
FILING TO DATE
To date only one person has
indicated intentions to seek elec
i on to the Palmer Indepndent
School District board of educa
tion. H. P. Gaza way last week an
nounced his intentions to seek
ejection to the one five-year term
wnich is open.
Filing dates are August 23
tn rough September 23, which
means there is less than two
weeks left for filing before the
deadline.
The election will be held on
October 7, at the same time the
City of Palmer general election
and the School District bond elec
tion will be held.
Fire Destroys
John King Home
The Butte area home of the
John King family was complete
ly destroyed by fire last Satur
day while the family was in Pal- i
nr. r for the childrens’ accordion
lessons.
The fire was noticed by some
eve driving past who notified the
Butte Volunteer Fire Department
and although there was an im
mediate response from the de- j
part me-.:, tr.e tire had gained too
much headway before they had
an opportunity to fight it. The
less will run into several thou- j
sand dollars. King said, as all
personal ^possessions also were j
lost.
At the present time the Kings '
a e living in their garage, which
with much help from friends and
neighbors, has been converted for
temporary living. The family
hopes to have a basement com
peted this fall to move into be
fore winter.
KOSLOSKYS INSTALL
NEW DISPLAY CASES
Koslosky’s Department Store,
in keeping with the steady grow
th and progress of the commun
ity. this week installed new dis-1
p ay cases for their frozen foods,
mi at. and fresh produce. The at
tractive, low cases, were planned
for the convenience of customers
and have added to the attractive
ness of the store. Pre-wrapped
meats are now self-service, along j
with a wide variety of frozen
foods and fresh , produce.
When in Doubt
Send! Flowers
Telegraph Delivery Service
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
SAVE!
ON YOUR
GLEANING
$ CERTAIN GARMENTS
2 for the |
price of I
Gash and Carry
BROWN’S GLEANERS
< WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
< Closed Saturday Afternoons
Local Scientists
Present Papers at j
Science Conference
A number of area residents, and
I two former residents, presented
papers at the symposium on “Al
aska’s Economy” during the
Ninth Annual Alaska Science
Conference sponsored by the Al
aska Division, American Associa
tion which was held at the Uni
versity of Alaska September 2-5.
Keynote speakers were For
mer-Governor Ernest Gruening
and Hugh A. Johnson, agricul
! tural economist, Washington,
|D. C., and formerly with the Al
aska Agricultural Experiment
Station economy department in
'Palmer. Johnson’s topic was “De
mand for Alaska’s Resources in
Our Lifetime.”
Utner area men presenting pap
ers included Dr. Winston La ugh
lin (Experiment Station), who
presented “Biometric Procedure
for Establishing Alaska Soil Pro
ductivity”, in the biology section.
C. Ivan Bran ton (Experiment
Station) presented “A New Tech
nique for Making Sub-zero pshy
chrometric Determinations” Her
man Turner, Extension Service
agent-at-large, presented “Hus
bandry in the Aeculuration of tjne j
Alaska Native.” Paul Martin I
(Experiment Station) presented a'
paper in the agriculture section
on “Progress in Interesting Soil
Test Data in Alaska.” Bob Burk
holder (Fish and Wildlife) pre
sented “Some Observations of
the Movements and Behavior of ;
a Wolf Pack.” Sam Reiger (Soil |
Conservation Service) presented
“Some Soils of North East Ko- 1
diak Island.”
The conference was termed
one of the best ever held, with
a great number of interesting
and informative papers presented
and discussions held. It was no
ticed that, there were a greater
number of visiting Canadians j
and Stateside persons this year
| than at former conferences, many j
• of the visitors being in Alaska
| this summer for special work.
The conference was sponsored !
I by the Alaska Division. Ameri
| can Association for the Advance
. men* of Science.
Butte Fire Department
Gets Surplus Tanker
The Butte Volunteer Fire De
partment this week acquired a i
1000-gallon tanker through Civil
Defense, according to A1 V. Ha- |
gen, area director for the Greater :
Palmer Civil Defense Area. In I
addition extra hose and portable j
pumps were obtained. The truck j
was driven to the Butte, fire hall !
by Bud Earnhardt, fire chief. It j
was secured at a service charge i
of less than $200, Hagan reported, i
A radio transmission truck was j
secured through surplus for the j
Greater Palmer area, Hagen re- j
ported. The truck will be utilized |
as a “Ham” shack portable unit. |
VALLEY
BOWLING LEAGUE
Banquet & Dance
Saturday Sept. 13
Moose Hall
DINNER: 7:30 P.M.
DANCING: 9:30 P.M.
SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICIAL HERE TONIGHT
E. C. Cummins, district
manager, Social Security Ad
ministration, will visit Palmer
inis evening, September 11. tie
will be available from 6-9
p.m. at the Matanuska Hotel
to answer questions about So
cial Security payments and to
assist residents in applying for
payments.
Prize Money
Donated to
Fair Association
Prize money accumulated by
the Alaska Agricultural Experi
ment Station livestock at the re
cent Matanuska Valley Fair, has
been donated by the Experiment
Station to the M. V. Fair Asso
ciation for use in further im
provement of livestock building,
at the fairgrounds, it was an
nounced this week by Eugene^.
Kirsch, fair manager.
Donations of premium win
nings for fair improvements were
also received from Mrs. Lester
Lent of Fort Richardson; Mrs.
Jessie Klem of Palmer, and Mrs.
Letha Kruscavage of Sutton.
The Fair Association is most
appreciative of this generosity,
Kirsch added.
RADIO-TV STAR
HERE SUNDAY
Little Jimmy Dickins, vocalist
comedian, of the Grand Ole Opry
will be making a personal appear
ance at the Shamrock Lounge on
Sunday, September 14 at 2 p.m.
He will be acocmpanied by Whit
ey Pullen and Bobby Saxton.
VALLEY QUEEN
LEAVES SUNDAY
FOR LOS ANGELES
Muriel Hanks, Queen of the
| 1958 Matanuska Valley Fair,
will leave for Los Angeles on
Sunday, September 14, for a
whirlwind week of bright lights,
interviews, dinner dates and
sight-seeing tours. She will be ac
companied by her mother, Mrs.
Lew Hanks.
Arriving in Los Angeles aboard
United Airlines Flight 564,
Queen Muriel will be met by a
welcoming committee of the Los
Angeles Junior Chamber of Com
merce, who plan a full week of
events to keep her busy every
minute of her visit. Muriel wall
present the Los Angeles Jaycees
with a beautiful Matanuska Val
ley cabbage, symbolic of the
many outstanding and famous
vegetables produced in this sec
tion of Alaska.
The Matanuska Valley Fair j
Queen will be leaving at 9:30 n.m. i
via Pacific Northern Airlines to !
Seattle where she will make con--,
nections for her United Airlines ;
flight to California. Upon arriv
ing in Los Angeles she will be
interviewed by news medias and
then taken to the home of a Los j
Angeles Jaycee of whom she and ,
her mother will be guests during !
their stay.
One of the first events on her
calendar will be a day at Disney- j
land where she will view the ;
many interesting sections that are |
becoming so famous. A trip to
Marine Land, famous for its huge j
glass aquariums, where she will
see marine life in their natural j
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COUNCIL NOTES
Mrs. James Smith appeared at
the September 9 meeting of the
City Council to again inquire
about hooking onto the sewer
line. The line is owned by A.R.
R.C., however, it was pointed
out that public health regulations
require an eight-inch main and
that it would be necessary for
Mrs. Smith to stay within all
prescribed regulations. Mrs, Smith
pointed out that the city is in
a bad way regarding sewers, a
statement that was agreed upon
by the Council. It was pointed
out that the city has no eight
inch pipe available and that the
cost of hooking onto the existing
sewer line would run high for
Mrs. Smith and that possibly in
the future, the line would not be
used in an overall sewer system
and that it would be a double
investment. The Council told
Mrs. Smith that at the present
time they are working on a pro
posed sewer plan for the city,
with the recently authorized top
ography as one of the major
steps.
The Council voted by motion
to remove the extra smooth sur
face on the Wright building side
walk at the front of the buijding,
as well as on the south side. This
can be done by special griding
machines or other processes.
* * #
Council members voted to de
lete the concrete sidewalk at the
Ehrhart building because the
building fill has not yet settled
sufficiently to provide a solid
base for the sidewalk fill and
concrete. Money will be set aside
to install this section of sidewalk'
next year. For the present time ,
the section will be filled with;
base coat gravel, and a seal coat i
of asphalt added if weather per- |
mits, M |
A letter was read from the Ki
wanis Club of Palmer expressing
appreciation to the City of Pal
mer for the use of the city lot as
| a parking concession during the
11958 Valley Fair. The letter point
ed out proceeds will be used to
further their community projects,
which includes the development
i of the City Park.
A letter was read from McLau
ghlin’, Inc., paving contractors on
; the city project, in which they
I stated they did not feel they w$re
! responsible for the damage done
j a Matanuska Telephone Associa
! tion buried line. The Council
j voted a letter be seni, the M.T.A.
j pointing out that the telephone
| cable was not marked on the
j survey map, that the location of
I the cable does not show in city
records, nor is there a record
of city permission to install the
1 cable. The City takes the position
j that they have no responsibility
because it had no knowledge of
! the location of the cable and had
issued no permit for its location.
Councilman Duff reported the
; Matanuska Electric Association is
investing the feasibility of a
: street lighting program and fur
ther reports will be made to the
| Council as the proposal p r ogres
(Continued on page 5)
Area Democrats to
Present Resolutions
At Convention
Democrats of the two Palmer
voting precincts held a joint cau
cus on September 5 at which ,
time John Shawr, precinct chair-, j
man, presided.
Delegates for the South Cen
tral District (Third Division-)
Convention to be held in Anch
orage September 26, 27, and 28,
were unanimously elected as fol-‘
lows:
Precinct One: Bertran Curry,
Al DeJulio, Billie DeJulio, E. O.
Dugas, Eugene Kirsch, and Lu
cille Mick. Alternates named
were: Rose Kirsch, Neva Roark,
Myrtle Bouwens, and Bernard
Bouwens.
Precinct rwo: Dorothy Hurley,
Betty Mears, Ruth Shaw, Doro
thy Haaland, James Hurley, John
Shaw, Victor Falk, Sr., and Glen
Woodward. Alternates: Ragnar
Haaland, Gladys Falk, Ada Boyd,
William Bouwens, and Joseph
Loyer.
Subject matter for resolutions
to be presented by Palmer pre
cincts were as follows: A resolu
tion on agriculture requesting
adequate farm loan monies con
tinue; support research and ex
tension service activities; agricul
tural training at the University
of Alaska; limit tax provisions
for on-the-farm vehicles; assur
ed water right priorities for pub
lic use and irrigation; road pro
gram—maintanence and continu
ed improvement of farm to mar
ket roads; extension and im
provement of mining roads; and
roads to open tourist attractions.
Also a resolution upholding the
right of all the present bona fide
homesteaders to be issued pa
tents to their land without sign
ing away rights to oil and gas
thereunder.
James Hurley and Luille Mick
were appointed to the style and
drafting committee to draft the
resolutions for presentation at
the District Convention.
Another joint precinct meet
ing is planned before November
1 to elect new joint precinct offi
cers.
FIRST P-TA MEETING
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
Parents of Palmer school chil
dren are reminded that the first
Parent-Teacher Association meet
ing will be held next Tuesday
evening, September 16, in the
high school cafeteria, starting at
8 p.m.
During the meeting all who
wish may subscribe or re-sub
scribe to the National P-TA mag
azine, which this year will be
$1.50, due to postal rate increases.
NAME MUST APPEAR
ON CURRENT TAX
ROLL TO REGISTER
Tax Assessor William Wake
land this week urges all voters
to register early so that if the
name is not on the tax roll, any
steps legally possible to put it
there can be taken. “However,”
he pointed out, “to be eligible
to vote, in the Palmer Independ
ent School District Bond Election,
you must register whether or not
you know your name is on the
tax roll.” The place of registra
tion is the tax office, located over
the bank, and the time is 8 a.m,
to 5 p.m., Monday through Fri
day, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the
final day, Saturday, October 4.
Wakeland said this week that
out of a potential of approxi
mately 1500 voters in the SchooL
District who could be eligible to
vote, only about a dozen have
registered. Every voter who will
be voting in the forthcoming
bond election must register be
fore October 4. The assessor em
phasized the importance of regis
tering immediately in the event
the voters name is not now on
| the tax roll. Even though the vot
: er may know his name is on the
| tax roll, he must register to be
j eligible to vote in the bond elec
1 tion.
GRAND CHAMPION
LIVESTOCK WINNERS
Winners of the Grand Cham
pionship Awards in livestock at
the recent Vahey Fair were as
follows;
Holstein cow, owned by Barney
Anderson: Aberdeen Angus hei
fer, owned by John Tunnicliff;
| Guernsey cow, owned by the Al
aska Agricultural Experiment
Station; Red Dane heifer, owned
by Leon Walling; Brown Swiss
| cow, owned by Byron Hollem
; baek, Cross Breed cow, Holstein
bull, both owned by Alaska Agri
s cultural Experiment Station; Ar
abian stallion, owned by John
King; Landrace boar, Landrace
sow, both owned by Hollembaek
and Falk; Goat, owned by Ray
Lueus, and Burro, sown by Nancy
: and Lorraine Bailey.
The 4-H Grand Champion was
a Guernsey cow owned by Jerry
Hoskins.
STOP AT THE
HYLAND HOTEL
in Palmer
First-Class Rooms
$45 per month
;For an evening of fun & good dancing music;
rr
Pick" Wood Trio
Playing at the
Palmer Bar
SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 13
Universally Famous
Star of
LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS “T Shamrock Lounge S.14
Grand Ole Oprjf vocolist — comedian accompanied by whitey pullen & bob saxton
Admission 98c
2 P.M.