THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879_
!L J. DeJulio -Publisher-Manager
editor _Virginia Gallant
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OUTSTANDING SCOUT
PROGRAM ENJOYED
BY 140 PERSONS
The recent Cub Scout sponsor
ed dinner for all valley Scouts
and their dads was termed one
of the most successful Scout
events ever held in the valley.
Although the blue and gold
banquet was sponsored by the
Cub Scouts, all Cubs, Boy Scouts
and Explorer Scouts and their
fathers were invited. Around 140
persons attended the dinner
which was served by about 15
mothers of Cub Scouts. The tur
key dinner, and all the trim
mings, was served at the high
school cafeteria.
Among special guests attend
ing the celebration were: Clark
bethin, Scout Executive in -fhe
Western Alaska Council; Jerry
LaBarren, Scout field represents*
live; Bob Risley, member of the
Western Alaska Council; Dah
Hartley, member of the Chugach
Scout District committee and
Chaplain Dibble from Elmendorf
AFB. Chaplain Dibble was guest
speaker.
A number of awards were pre
sented to adults from this area
for outstanding work in the gen
-<eral Boy Scout program. Among
those receiving special recogni
tion were:
H. iP. Gazaway, Marvin Slau
ghter, Wilson Woods, Ray Lan
caster, Jack Maze, Charles Marsh,
Curtis Dearborn, Richard Wash
burn, William Zahradnicek, Ray
Huston, and Aaron Huston. Also,
Mrs. Vera Gazaway, Mrs. Mar
jorie Cook, Mrs. Eloise Smith,
Mrs. Mary Doherty, Mrs. Jessie
DeVries, Mrs. Doris Dearborn,
said Mrs. Evelyn Bush.
Anonymous Donation
Aids AGCA Center
The Alaska Crippled Children's
'’Treatment Center recently re
ceived an anonymous check
for $120 from the Matanuska
Valley, it was announced this
week by Dr. Helen Dittman,
clinical director. With the check
was a short note saying that sev
eral hundred people in the Pal
mer area had donated this money
in small sums and had designated
■ft for the Treatment Center.
Dr. Dittman expresses appre
ciation to those many people for
their consideration and enclosed
a service report from the fiscal
. ; September 1956 to Septem
\>er 1957 <to let these people know
what their gift has meant to the
Center and to what extent it will
help support these services which
are of great benefit to the area.
The report shows a break-down
on the number of patients seen
in each department. Thirty-four
children were seen in the educa
tion department which included
help for the physically handicap
ped, those with speech handicaps,
those emotionally or mentally
handicapped and gifted children.
In the phyehology department 23
children received help in play
therapy; 15, counseling; 186 eval
uations; 178 parent conferences
fthese are not counted as cases).
IRhysical theraphy was extended
to 184 cases including 43 cerebral
palsied: 33 poliomyelitis; 1 mus
cular dystrophy, 102 orthopedic
janomalies; and 5 retarded devel
Speech theraphy was extended
to 122 children including 53 func
tional articulation, 10 cerebral
palsy, 5 cleft palate, 37 hearing,
3 stuttering, 3 voice problems, 4
ferain injury, and 7 retarded
speech.
A total of 2064 sendees were
rendered to children during the
.year in physical therapy; 1420 in
psychology and 1406 in speech
and hearing. Theraphy hours
spent were 1287 in physical ther
aphy; 1304 psychology; 914,
speech and hearing; and 1100,
education.
Those services are available to
all children in the Palmer area
as well as the rest of the Terri
tory upon a physician’s referral.
COM M E RC1AL • PERSONAL
ESC GETS LOAN
OF $2,635,000
The request of Alaska to bor
row an additional $2,635,000 has
been approved by the U. S. De
partment of Labor and the funds
transferred to the Alaska account
by the Treasury Department as
of February 12, according to Mer
rill E. Weir, director df the Em
ployment Security Commission.
The ESC approved the additional
borrowing at their meeting in
Juneau last week and formal
request for the loan was made
by the Governor February 5.
This loan, added to the $2,630,000
previously borrowed, makes a
total of $5,265,000 now owed the
Federal Government.
NEW ALASKAN MAP
AVAILABLE: SHOWS
RECORDING DISTRICTS
The University of Alaska
school of mines’ research depart
ment this week made available
to the public a large map of Al
aska which shows the 38 record
ing districts and the withdrawn
areas scattered throughout the
territory.
Peter O. Sandvik, geology in
structor, revised for 1958 the map
which Ernest N. Wolff, assistant
professor in mining, produced in
1952.
Earl H. Beistline, dean of the
school of mines, explained that
the revision was made to meet
the growing demand for such a
map as increasing interest cen
ters on Alaska.
The recording districts vary in
size and show the city or town
where the recordings must be
made with a U. S. commissioner.
Territorial law requires persons
to record mining claims in the
district in which they are located.
Failure on the part of some min
ers to do so4has led to controver
sies.
The maps can be purchased for
$1 from the University of Alas
ka School of Mines, College, Al
aska.
Flu Outbreaks
Reported in
Southeast Alaska
Sporadic outbreaks of illness
having the signs and symptoms
of Asian influenza are being re
ported in southeastern Alaska,
according to Dr. Harry V. Givson,
acting commissioner of health.
He said this may mean that Al
aska is experiencing the second
wave of the disease which the
U. S. Public Health Service
warned might occur in this coun
try between January and March
of this year. In past influenza
outbreaks cases during the sec
ond wave of the disease often
have been more severe on the
average than during the first
wave.
The current Alaska reports, he
said, indicate that fewer cases
and lighter attacks are ocurring
among the groups which have
been immunized against influen
za.
Reports from the United States
as a whole indicate that there
is serious danger from influenza
among older people and the
chronically ill. “Immunization
against the disease is very Impor
tant in these groups,” Dr. Givson
MINERAL INDUSTRIES
POLICIES TOPIC AT
APRIL CONFERENCE
Alaskans will hear about the
U. S. Department of Interior’s
policies concerning the mineral
industries when they attend the
third annual mining, minerals
and petroleum conference April
18-29 at the University of Alaska.
The speaker on this subject
will be Royce Hardy, assistant
secretary of interior for mineral
resources. Another principal
speaker will be Phil R. Holds
worth, territorial commissioner
of mines. His topic will be “Prob
lems and Economics of Mining in
Alaska.”
Peter O. Sandvik this week
said that there will be many
other speakers on subjects relat
ed to ..mining, minerals and petro
leum. He is chairman of the Al
aska Section, American Institute
of Mining, Metallurgy and Petro
leum Engineers. The section is
sponsoring the conference along
with the school of mines. Cooper
ating with the two organizations
will be the Southwest Alaska
Section, AIME.
said. He emphasized that all in
fluenza immunizations should be
given itnder direction of a phy
sician.
School District
Receives Federal
Funds of $27,843
A total of $402,891 in federal
funds was allocated to Alaska by
three different federal agencies
last week, according to informa
tion made available to Delegate
E. L. Bartlett.
The largest amount was $150,
000 reserved by the Office of
Education for construction of
school facilities at Hoonah under
a law authorizing federal assis
tance in so-called federally-af
fected areas. In addition, the Of
fice of Education certified $27,843
to Palmer School District to sup
plement operating costs under
the terms of a companion law,
$3,171 to Nenana, $4,256 to Hoon
'ah and $2,253 to Wrangell.
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