THE FRONTIERSMAN
Cntered as second class matter on Dct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879_
1L J. DeJulio___Publisher-Manager
___Virginia Gallant
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-Dear Sir:
Having read your paper with
interest, I wonder if you would
toe good enough to find for me,
through your valued columns, a
'“'penfriend” who, like me, is
interested in an “International
Garden”, that is to keep a garden
planted with seeds/plants, from
all parts of the world.
Alaska is a beautiful country
with mountains and forests which
irenders it an ideal home for
those who long to live a quiet
life amid the beauties of nature.
3 would much like to live in Al
aska.
I am a farmer /teacher by occu
pation; and nothing gives me
greater pleasure than to receive*
seeds/plants from far off lands.
If any of your readers would
Hike to correspond, or to exchange
seeds, plants, etc. for their gar
dens, I would be very happy to
answer all their letters.
Your gratefully,
William Roberson
■“Rocklands”
Ashton-Under-Hill
Glos., England
Riverbend Club
Members of the Riverbend
Homemakers club met at the
home of Mrs. Maud Ware on
March 20. Mrs. Fanny Werner
was the guest speaker. Plant
slips and packaged seeds were
♦utchanged by various members
«f the club.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
Manuel Teschtndorf, Mrs. Everett
Fritts of Delta Junction, Richard
Demming, Mrs. Bert Verrall and
infant son, William Lund, lxh of
Chugiak, arid Mrs. Bud Graham
of Sutton. *
Hospitalized but now out: Matt
Onkka, Jackie Carey, 14, Chicka
loon; Ray DePriest, Lloyd Watts,
Jack Van Os, Eddie Ray Bell, 1,
John Stephan 8, Mrs. Jack Flint,
Elizabeth Rickteroff, Ronald
Jensen, and Mrs. Philip McRae.
Former Wasilla Couple
To Be Wed on April 18
Friday, April 18, is the date
set for the marriage of Miss Rose
Marie Waldram to Gerald A. Sor
ensen. The ceremony will be held
in the First Baptist Church of
Kirkland, Washington at 8 p.m.
Miss Waldram, a former resi
dent of Wasilla, is the daughter
of Mrs. Erma Theresa Waldram
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and
C. M. Waldram of Kirkland.
Mr. Sorensen’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank E. Sorensen, re
side at Paradise Lake near Was
illa.
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Marge & John Ada & Frank
and to
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ELECTRIC & REFRIGERATION GO.
' Applications are Seeing received by the
CITY ®F PALMER
for the position of
CITY CLERK-TREASURER-MAGISTRATE
Qualified persons wishing to apply for the
position are requested to submit in writing
to Mayor Kenneth Lynn their qualifications,
education, and background.
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fiioiehoak
Three Palmer students are on
the University of Alaska semes
ter honor roll, Dr. Kenneth E.
Young, dean of faculty, has an
nounced. The students and their
fields of study are: Stephen Col
berg, electrical engineering fresh
man; Donna Magnussen, educa
tion senior, and James Vickary
ous, business administration
freshman.
Sweetpeas, along the wall of
the Experiment Station in Pal
mer, are not only through the
ground but stand about three in
ches. These plants came up from
seeds in the ground during the
winter. Another sign of spring,
not so meritorius, are the Mat
anuska and Knik winds that are
stirring up and blowing around
the winter’s accumilation of silt
and rubbish.
A large group of neighbors and
friends gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Vassili of the
Butte area last Saturday evening
for a house warming.
Mrs. A. R. Moffitt left April 1
for Woodbuxn, Oregon, to be with
her daughter, Mrs. George Han
sen who has been ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Olsen of Los
Angeles have arrived in the val
ley and are visiting at the home
of Mr. Olsen’s sister, Mrs. Aleen
Uzelac of the Butte. The Olsens
are making their first visit to
Alaska and “really like the terri
tory”. ’
Among successful bidders for
assorted frame buildings offered
by the U. S. Army Engineer Dis
trict was Ralph DeVildiss of Pal
“MYSTERY HOUSES”
SPUR TICKET SALES
To encourage ticket sales for
the Third Annual Boy Scout Ex
position which will be held in
Anchorage April 12, 200 “mystery
houses” have been selected in the
! Palmer and Anchorage areas.
1 Five of these houses have been
designed in Palmer and the first
Cub Scout calling at these homes
who are in uniform will receive
a certificate. This certifcate will
entitle them to a prize.
Ten percent of the money col
lected will go to the local unit.
The Exposition is being spon
sored by the Anchorage Junior
Chamebr of Commerce and will
be presented in the Anchorage
high school by the Western Alas
ka Scout Council. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
mer, storage shed. The bidding
had- some funny angles—one bid
der lost out on a quonset hut by
one cent. Another lost a frame
building by $1.
A .number of copies of a car
toon-type leaflet will be present
ed to the high school, distributed
in the Wasilla and Chugiak areas,
and offered to the local League
of Women Voters by memebrs of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
The leaflet shows clearly “How
A Thought Becomes a Bill” . . .
and into how a Bill becomes a
Law.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Foster have
returned to their home in Palmer
following a winter spent in Flor
ida. They reported the highway
in pretty good condition.
Mrs'. Virginia Jenkins has ac
cepted a job in the hospital kit
chen. She replaces Mary Brad
ley who left for the States this
week.
NEW BABIES
Verrall
Mr .and Mrs. Albert R. Verrall
of Palmer are receiving best
wishes on the birth of their first
child a son who was born at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
April 1. They have named him
Bert Roland. He weighed eight
pounds, three ounces at birth.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Flint; maternal
great grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. William Bouwens; paternal j
grandmother is Mrs. Mary H&le |
and paternal great grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Snod
grass, all of Palmer.
Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Goodman of
Corvallis, Oregon are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
their first child, a son, whom they
have named David Brent. He was
born at Corvallis April 1, weigh
jng five pounds, four ounces at
birth. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman are
students at Oregon State College
Maternal grand parents are Mr.
and Mrs. C. Ivan Branton of
Palmer and paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Goodman of Anchorage.
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