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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 6
PALMER. ALASKA. Thursday, November 29, 1956
PRICE TEN CENYS
TOY COLLECTION
BEGINS FOR
SANTA’S WORKSHOP
All those toys that residents
have been picking out of their
youngsters’ toy boxes may now
be dropped off in barrels which j
will be placed in local stores to
night. Mrs. Keith Lovejoy, Girl j
Scout leader, said today that bar
rels will be placed wherever pos
lible throughout the city. In ad
dition barrels will be taken to the
schools where on specified days
youngsters may take new, used,
or broken toys to school for the
collection.
Members of Mrs. Lovejoy’s
Girl Scout troop have set up a
workshop in the Lovejoy base
ment and will be busy from now
until Christmas repairing, paint
ing, and “dressing up” the used
and broken toys. For the holiday
the girls are planning to pack
boxes with clothing, food, and
toys for needy families in the
valley area.
Tax Deadline Nears;
Saturday Last Day
Only two days remain in which
the Territorial School Tax of
S7.50 may be paid without the
addition of a $3.75 penalty.
Following an announcement of
the due date last week a number
of persons paid their school tax.
However, a number of farmers
in the area have not yet paid the
tax and their notice is drawn to
the section of the law which i
states the $7.50 tax is payable by
farmers. Only a few exemptions I
are allowed in the payment of the !
school tax; these include unem
ployed women who depend on j
their husbands for support; those
in military service; paupers, in
sane persons; those cared for by
the Territory; those permanent
ly injured, infirmed, maimed or !
crippled and not able to earn a
livelihood.
This tax is in no way connect
ed with the Palmer Independent
School District tax, but is one j
levied by the Territory of Alas-1
ka and is collected to assist in i
the education of the children in
the Territory.
To accommodate late returns,
Mrs. Dorothy Saxton said this
week she will be in her office
Saturday morning until 12 o’clock
noon. Anyone paying the school
tax after that date will be sub
ject to the additional penalty of
$3.75. Mrs. Saxton pointed out
that all employers are respon
sible for their employees paying
the tax. “They must check and
be sure that each of their em
ployees have paid this tax”, she
said.
!
SPECIAL C-D MEETING
SET FOR DECEMBER 6
! A special meeting for all
! Civil Defense workers in the ;
; Greater Palmer Area has been ;
celled for Thursday evening, !
! December 6 in the basement \
of the theatre building, ae-;l
cording to A1 V. Hagen, Great- ;
er Palmer CD director. A gen- ;
> eral discussion on Civil De-;
• fense will be held and all area ;
; directors, members and others ;
; interested in CD work are ;
; urged to attend. The meeting
will start at 8 p m.
Sportsmens’ Course
In Rifle Shooting
Opens Tonight
The special four-week course
of instruction in rifle shooting
being sponsored by the Matan
uska Valley Sportsmen will begin
tonight under the instruction of
Noel Woods, outstanding local
rifleman. The course will include
instruction for beginners.
No pre-registration was neces
sary. All persons, over 21 years
of age, who are interested, or
even think they will be interest
ed, in learning to do target
shooting are invited to turn out
tonight at 7:30. The class will
continue until 10 p.m. and will
be held each Thursday evening
during the same hours for three
subsequent weeks.
The course will cover the pro
per handling and correct use of
the rifle in four target shooting
positions. All equipment needed
will be furnished by the Sports
men organization. A flat charge
of $3.00 will be made to cover
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Moose Lodge Gels
New Type Piano
Members of the Palmer Moose
lodge recently purchased an
Everett concert grand piano
with a Lowery organ attachment.
The very interesting instrument
arrived at the lodge this past
week-end and a number of pian
ists have already tried out their
skills. The piano-organ will be
used on all special occasions and
will be made available to other
organizations using the hall.
This Saturday music for danc
ing will be provided from the
piano-organ. Anyone interested
in playing is invited to drop in at
Moose Lodge some evening or
afternoon.
CHIPPERFIELD SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS MEETING
W. A. Chipperfield, territorial
commissioner, Department of
Lands, was guest speaker at the
November 26 meeting of the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club. He spoke to
the membership on the organiza
tion and program of the Depart
ment of Lands.
Other guests included Bill
Jensen, Jim Hamlin, A1 Briggs,
and a junior guest, Miss Julia
Bailey, daughter of Dr. C. C. Bail
ey.
ALASKA’S FAVORITE GAME
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
PALMER MOOSE HALL
GRAND PRIZE THIS SATURDAY IS A
26-POUND TURKEY!
FOLLOWING THE GAME YOU ARE INVITED
TO DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF OUR NEW
PIANO-ORGAN COMBINATION
RESIDENTS URGED
TO ENTER ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS CONTEST
Valley residents planning to
participate in the annual Christ
mas decorating contest are urged
to register at Maud’s Flower
Shop as soon as possible. Regis
tration for the contest is slated
to close within a short time. Six
cash prizes will be awarded to
residents who have decorated
their homes, inside or outside, in
prize-winning fashion.
The annual contest is being
sponsored again this year by the
Palmer Garden Club. Members
urged this week that families get
together and plan some type of
decoration. Outdoor decorations
may be as simple or elaborate as
the family budget will permit,
but the cost of the decoration
will not enter into the final judg
ing. All indoor decorations must
be visible from outside the house
to be eligible for competition.
Judging will be done approxi
mately one week before Christ
mas and the winners’ names will
be published in The Frontiers
man.
Last year’s winners in the in
door class were the families of
Paul Martin, Cy Brewer, and Al
lan Mick. The three families won
' their cash prizes for window
scenes, artifully done. The Mar
tins and the Brewers used the
nativity and religious theme and
the Micks featured a large rural
Icene. Outdoor decoration win
ners were the Art Millers, who
included Santa’s reindeer in
their decorations; the United
Protestant Church which was one
of the valley’s outstanding dis
plays; and the Harry Wimmer
family who also attractively dec
orated their yard.
Persons planning outdoor dec
orations are reminded that in the
valley, at Christmas time, there
is very apt to be a north wind.
Last year a number of outdoor
decorations, including a large
community tree set up in Com
munity Park, were badly dam
aged in a wind storm. Residents
are urged to secure their decor
ations very firmly to avoid dis
appointment in the event an
other wind blows after the decor
ations have been put in place.
In addition to the enjoyment
the entire family has in planning
and executing their holiday dec
orations, these decorated homes
provide pleasure and holiday
spirit for their neighbors and
everyone passing by.
Public Invited
To Elks Memorial
Service On Sunday
An invitation lias been extend
ed to all valley residents to at
tend the annual memorial ser
vice which will be conducted at
the Palmer Elks lodge Sunday,
December 2 at 2:00 p.m, The ser
vice will be jointly held by lodges
of Anchorage, Seward and Pal
mer. **
The memorial service is held
each year in honor of members
of the lodges who here passed
away during the past year.
Participating in the program
will be Robert Lewis, ER, of An
chorage; Jacquet Roth, leading
knight, Seward; Albert Metz,
loyal knight, Palmer; T. Stanton
Wilson, lecturing knight, An
chorage; Clyde Lovett, esquire,
Seward; James Conroy, chaplain,
Palmer; and L. C. Stock, secre
tary, Palmer.
Lois Odsather, past exalted
ruler of the Anchorage lodge,
will offer the oration. Art Stacy
of Palmer will be soloist and as
sisting L. C. Stock, secretary,
with the roll call will be the
Misses Glennie Combs and Karen
Aklestad. James Conroy, chap
lain, will offer the invocation and
benediction.
Safety Official
To Speak at
Airmen Meeting
A special program, featuring'
Omni navigation, will be held
tonight in the Co-Op club room
by the Matanuska Valley Air
mens Association. Richard Th
waites, aviation safety official
from Anchorage will be the guest
speaker. All airmen and other
interested persons are welcome
to attend the meeting, Ralph
Farnsworth, association presi
dent said.
Thwaites will demonstrate
Omni navigation and a sound
movie on the subject will be
shown. Black board discussion of
navigation problems will also be
discussed by the aviation safety
official. Thwaites, active in the
U. S. Naval Reserve, is a WW II
veteran Navy pilot.
Business to be discussed by
club members will include the
possibility of obtaining addition
al Quonset huts and the nomina
tion of officers for the coming
year.
Refreshments will be served.
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Notes
City sales tax discussions ab
sorbed the major part of the No
vember 27 meeting of the Pal
mer City Council. Starting the
discussion was a letter from the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association referring
to a time extension granted in
1953 which allowed the Co-Op to
make their sales tax returns on
the 25th of the month instead of
the 10th as set forth in Ordin
ance 40.
A number of suggestions were
made by Council members that
would not only cover the Co-Op
but two major oil companies who
make late returns because of
their bookkeeping system. The
final decision by the Council re
sulted in an amendment to Or
dinance 40 that will provide that
the City Council may in it’s dis
cretion, upon written application
grant an extension of time for
filing returns and remitting the
tax each month to any person
or firm. However, before such
an extension is granted it must
be shown that such an extension
is a dire necessity for bookkeep
ing reasons. The request for an
extension is a dire necessity for
bookkeeping reasons. The requesl
for an extension may not be
made if the person or firm is
delinquent in any payment of tax
or otherwise in violation of Or
dinance 40. No extension shall be
for more than 21 days each month
and continuing authority for the
extension shall be limited to
one year or less and shall not be
made retroactive to cover exist
ing delinquencies.
Another part of the amend
ment would provide the changing
of the phrase “last day of each
month” appearing in the last
sentence of the second paragraph
of Section 6 to read “the 10th
day of earch month”.
The amendment was read for
the first time at the November
27 meeting and will have two ad
ditional readings before going
into effect.
* * *
A second request by the Co-Op
was denied. They asked that
sales of farm equipment be des
igntaed as sales-tax free because
(1) it is a wholesale transaction
and (2) it is used outside the city.
Ordinance 40 (sales tax ordin
ance) defines the term “whole
sale sale” as construed to mean
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I STORM POSTPONES
BAND CONCERT
Because of the very heavy
snowstorm which hit
the valley today the fall con
cert scheduled for presenta
tion tomorrow night by the
high school Pioneer Band has
been postponed and will now
be held next Friday, December
7 in the gymnasium at Central
School. Tickets already sold
for tomorrow night's perform
ance will be honored on the
new date.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
FALL CONCERT FRI.
The first public event to be
staged in the renovated and en
larged gymnasium at Central
School will be a fall concert to be
presented by the Palmer High
School Pioneer Band tomorrow
night, November 30.
Band students are selling tick
ets at $1.00 each and admission
may be paid at the door by those
unable to purchase tickets ahead.
Senior and junior high school
students will be admitted for 50
cents; children under that age
for 25 cents.
Included in the concert will be
"Finlandia”, "Vieniese Refrain”,
Marches including “His Honor";
“Blue Skies”; and a group of
longer numbers, "Pacific Gran
deur”, "Waves of the Danube”,
“Triumphal” and Huldigungs
“The Great Gate of Kiev”, "Fete
marsch”, a selection from Griege.
Featured during the concert
will be the Schinicklefritzers
who will offer a number of in
teresting pieces. Also featured
will be soloists Muriel Hanks
and Allyn Wilson. Members of
the majoretes corps will present
drills.
The concert will start at 8 p.m.
under the direction of Lee Plum
bley, band master. Those plan
ning to attend are asked to arrive
before the concert begins.
Tickets on Sale
For Christmas Plays
Tickets were distributed for
sale this week for the Palmer
P-TA’s presentation of Christmas
Plays which will be offered to
the public by members of the
Anchorage Community College
on December 18. Tickets are 75
cents each, for adults. Admission
prices of 50 cents for high school
students and 10 cents for young
er children, may be paid at the
door the night of the presenta
tions.
P-TA officers are hoping that
entire families will take advan
tage of the low admission prices
and attend the presentations.
The plays will be presented be
ginning at 8 p.m. and are sched
iled for a regular P-TA meeting
night, Tuesday, December 18. A
short business meeting will be
held for members at 7:30, follow
ed by the plays at 8 p.m. The
public is invited to attend and
see the Christmas presentations.
HEAVY SNOW FALL
BLANKETS AREA
FOLLOWING THAW
Between 9 p.m. last night and
11 a.m. this morning the Palmer
area was blanketed with 15 in
' ehes of snow, more than one inch
per hour. This is an official read
ing taken by Mrs. lzeta Gans
chow, U. S. Weather Reporter,
and it’s still coming down as this
is written.
The heavy fall of snow follows
a week or more of “unusual
weather" which included extre
mely hazardous road conditions.
Last Saturday night traffic was
stalled at the Knik river bridge
when ice-covered roads and
strong winds combined in send
ing a number of vehicles off the
road. The entire section from
north of the bridge past Goat
Creek was practically impassable
for a number of hours. A score
of cars was tied up in these sec
tions.
W'arm weather and rain set in
Monday causing rapid thaws in
the valley and creating prob
lems for homes and businesses.
Water settled at the lowest
points, with frozen ground, there
was no seepage. Small puddles
soon built up to large pools and
basements throughout the city
were very soon thoroughly wet.
By 8 p.m. it became evident that
city employees were getting a
large percentage of the calls go
ing through the telephone switch
board. Three feet of water in the
Anderson Smith Equipment build
ing, flooding basements in scat
tered points in the city, and sew
er back-up troubles in other sec
tions proved to be more than in
dividuals could cope with. Fire
Chief Joseph Gallant ordered the
fire siren sounded and volun
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PHS VARSITY TEAM
PLAYING ARMY FIVE
Members of the PHS varsity
basketball team took off for An
chorage area this noon and will
play a practice game with an
Army team at Elmendorf this
afternoon. This will be their first
practice session with another
team. While in that area Coach
Chip Chatteron plans to line up
other games with military teams
and others to fill in open dates
on the 1956-57 basketball sched
ule.
The Palmer Moose will be play
ing their first Railbelt game next
week-end when the varsity team
travels to Seward to meet the
Seahawks in games on Friday
and Saturday.
|. The Moose have been getting
in some practice in the enlarged
gym this week and will be ready
to go into the season next week
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