Few Turn Out For
Volunteers’ Meeting
Only a few persons turned out
aor the ambulance volunteers’
aneeting held last Friday evening
fby Beta Sigma Phi, the sponsor
ing agent.
Additional volunteers are need
led for the ambulance corps if the
mommunity-wide 24-hour service
provided by only a very few vol
^unteers, is to continue, it was
.'pointed out. At the present time
• sroly three registered first-aid
workers are available for 24-hour
-service. There are times during
"the day and night when any of
these three persons might be out
contact and the burden and re
sponsibility falls on but one.
Direct appeal will be made to
'various valley organizations seek
ing their cooperation in building
•i<ip a corps so that relief may be.
provided these volunteers.
It was pointed out by BSP
.members that other communities
operate their ambulance with i
m volunteer crew. Two or more
persons agree to take call duty
.sjBr a week at a time, for even
ings, or daytimes or whatever
ischedules can be arranged for the
gpreatest convenience. During
duty time if the volunteer finds
it will be necessary for him to be
out of contact, other volunteers
if ill in for him.
The situation in the valley is
mot as unique right now as it has
Ibeen in the past because of the
recently extended telephone ser
vice.
Volunteers should have first
v-aid cards that are up to date, as
rmany of the ambulance calls are
:f*wr injured persons. However,
*&here are times when only a cap
able driver is needed to transfer
a patient from the valley hospital
So the Anchorage or Air Base hos-‘
jsitaL Responsible persons with
uteiveT’s licenses could share this
part of the need, even though
fthey were not first aiders.
In Anchorage the ambulance,
although sponsored by the Anch
orage Lions. Club, is manned by
the fire department. This is not
practical in Palmer because the
lioscal fire department is on a vol
unateer basis.
Other meetings will be held in
l!he near future. In the meantime
anyone who will volunteer for the
service is asked to contact any
K&fember of Beta Sigma Phi, JosT
«?ph <8nt Virginia Gallant ,or the
ccity police and leave their name
.• :*nd address.
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COUNCIL NOTES
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’ enclosure at the south end of the
JMELA. quonset hut. Council mem
bers voted to reject the pole yard
request pending completion of the
Planning Commission’s zoning
program and in the discussion
xrfuch preceeded the decision
Council members brought out
with the entire community
tiwnrkmg toward a more attrac
* ive^«ity that the location of pole
r yards should be chosen away
- from the conjested area of the
*:£Hy Tin "regards to the fencing,
Council members tabled the dis
cussion until additional informa
tion may be obtained from MEA,
particularly in regards to their
mterpretation of the word “tem
iporary” and what type fence is
^intended.
* * *
. Council voted to accept, on a
’two-month trial basis, participa
tion in the cost of operation of
manning the telephone switch
board after business hours. The
tasty’s participation would pay for
"Oosts of handling fire and police
trails and would cost $70 per
month.
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Two offers to purchase city
■equipment were received, the
rfirst for D-8 cat and the second
tor the space heater purchased
before the heating system was in
stalled in the fire hall. There was
.agreement to sell the heater but
the offer for the D-8 was tabled.
* * * *
Mayor Wilson was cfuthorized
*fcp sign necessary papers regard
ing application for advance plan
ning funds regarding engineering
, -^ork, detailed plans and specifi
cations needed for the paving
project.
* * * *
Bills in the amount of $968.16
from the general fund and $295.44
from the water funds were order
ed paid.
Other items of business include
the approval to purchase bonds
to cover all city employees. At the
-present time only the city clerk
is bonded. Also, fire hazards in
.nllevs empty lots and behind
structures will be acted upon ac
cording to ordinances which ap
ply. City Clerk L. C. Stock re
ported sales tax returns have
averaged $5700 a month—last
rTB Seal Sales
Over ’56 Amount
The figures on the Christmas
seal sale in Palmer indicate that
a gross amount of $649.65 was
contributed in this area. Twenty
percent of this amount $129.93,
will remain in this area and $21.
60 will go towards expenses of
the campaign, leaving a total of
$498.12 that went into the general
seal sale campaign.
This is an increase over last
year, Mrs. Rose Kirsch, Palme/
chairman, said, in expressing her
thanks to the many who contri
j buted in the 1956 campaign. .
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Area People Named
At Yukon Presbytery
Several persons from the Unit
ed Protestant Church were named
to committees for the coming
^year by those attending the Yu
rk<m Presbytery and Presbyterial
held in Anchorage last week.
Mrs. Howard Estelle was elec
ted as the nominated elder from
the local church to represnt the
Yukon Presbytery at the annual
Synod of Washington meeting to
be held at Tacoma in June. The
Rev. Bertram Rutan was chosen
to conduct a preaching mission
on St. Lawrence Island this sum
mer; Winston Laughlin will con
tinue as treasurer of the Presby
tery and C. Ivan Branton was
elected to the committee on
Christian Education. Mrs. Jessie
DeVries was named chairman of
the Presbyterial sewing commit
tee.
Attending the Presbytery and
Presbertrial from the United Pro
testant Church were The Rev.
Rutan, Mr. Laughlin, Mrs. John
DeVries, Mrs. Lee McKinley,
Mrs. Frank McKenzie, Mrs. L. P.
Rorrison, and Mrs. Bertram Ru
tan.
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year they averaged $4500 per
month. Although collections are
up an average of $1200 it was
felt by the Council that there are
still some accounts in Palmer
who are not making full collec
tions and returns.
The next regular meeting will
be held April 9.
MfA Preparing—
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prohibit heating houses under
the farm and home rate by elec
tricity where such heating neces
ltates a transformer of a capa
city in excess of 10 KVA with
out specific board approval. The
reason for this ruling was ex
plained that peak usage is in
the winter and that the system
would have to be built to accom
odate this increased usage, which
in the summer months would be
hut a fraction of the winter
peak, thereby MEA would be ob
ligated for much more power that
was used during the summer and
this would be reflected in the
entire rate schedule.
Three offices in the Board of
Directors will be filled by the
vote of the membership on April
13. The terms of Phil O’Neill,
MEA president and Aaron Combs,
MEA vice-president will expire.
The term being served by C.
lyan Branton also expires. Bran- i
ton was elected last year to com
plete the unexpired term of
Charles W. Wilson.
The MEA work crew will be
gin in the Peters Creek area as
soon as road restrictions are lift
ed and work on reinsulation at
old Eklutna is completed. Seven
teen potential subscribers will
get power in the Peters Creek
section.
SURPLUS GRAVEL
TO BE AVAILABLE
THIS YEAR IN CITY
Surplus gavel will be available
this summer to interested per
sons, Mayor Charles Wilson stat
ed this week. The gavel will be
available from that dug up from
city streets to be paved. Part of
the estimated 20-25,000 yards of
gravel and dirt will be stock pil
ed and used to raise grades on
other city streets. However, it is
not anticipated that all of this
surplus will be used for this pur
pose and city residents wishing to
fill in holes, low spots, or excava
tions on their property are invit
ed to leave their names at the of
fice of the city clerk with an esti
mate of how much they can use.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
S Expert Watchmaker — Jeweler
HERB STOCKING
WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE
at BERT#S DRUG STORE
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OUR CUSTOMERS, PROMPT,
EFFICIENT SERVICE
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WATCHES — ALASKAN JEWELRY — DIAMONDS
NEW STOCK ARRIVING WEEKLY
Bert's Drug Store j
Neal Wright Building
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Fishers — 25 tbs.
Flour ’2.89
HAPPYVALE — CUT
ASPARAGUS £ OQr
buffet size 0 tins ©7v
SUverdale r 303 $4 AA
TOMATOES J tins I All#
WEST CREST
RSP 1303 fun
CHERRIES 4 tins I All!
WEST CREST — Vi's ~
BartleH 1 2% OA.
PEARS A. tins 07C
WEST CREST — FREESTONE ■—Vz's
Peaches 4’“ T
Crisco 3 ,Lb; 99c
FRISKY — 1 LB.
Nt C H AA
FOOD J for I.UU
DON'S
Bleach * 79c
GIANT
Ajax 25c
LARGE SIZE
FAB 29c
Heinz f 16 oz. $4 00
BEANS J tins I
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SWIFT'S PREMIUM — 12 oz.
Prem 2 l2i"; 89c
DURKEES — 24 oz.
SALAD 4Q*
DRESSING
NALLEYS — 15 oz.
beef 7 40r
STEW L for U#v
sunny”JIM — 12 oz.
JAMS & Oflf
JELLIES
GERBER — 8 oz.
Baby Oafs 19c
CANDY SALE
FUN BAR, MOUNTAIN BAR
AND CHERRY BOUNCE
6 bars for 49C
PILLSBURY’S 30*
KIT CAKE J7C
WHITE — YELLOW — CHOCOLATE
All with FUDGE FROSTING
Kellogg’s Cereal Asst. 2 Of*
VARIETY PACK J7l
SNOWFLAKE
Soda , 70*
CRACKERS lib. £#V
SUGAR HONEY
GRAHAM “ 7 4Qu
CRACKERS L lbs. 07C
MEAT DEPARTMENT
ACME-TRAY PACK
Stewing Chicken Lb. 49c
LENTEN SPECIAL
SAN JUAN — Eviserated, Cleaned, Cooked and Ready to Eat
Dungeness Crab u>. 59c
Order Early' Supply Limited
LOCAL
Potatoes 15 £ 89c
SUNKIST — NAVEL
Oranges per pound 18c
FLORIDA — PINK
Grapefruit 5 ,„r 59c
IMPERIAL VALLEY — FRESH CRISP
Lettuce ib. 27c
BELL BOY — TUBE
Tomatoes^ each 29c
COME IN AND SEE OUR ft. II _
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF K||l||f
DUTCH MILL VUIUtf
Telon Treat 2 /A. I
CHEESE lbs. 071 I
Koslosky's Mountain Ridge
Coffee „ 89c
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SUNNY VALE Lb
Oleomargarine /OC
Milan! Salad Dressing
SALE
1890 Dressing & Italian Dressing
2 6 oz. bottles for
price of one ■ C
MEADOWBROOK
Buffer r 79c
qboberies KOSLOSRY'S fer less