Two Sessions Planned
For 'Annual 4-H Gamp
All 4-Hers who are planning
to attend King’s Lake Camp for
the annual 4-H camp period are
asked to register at the Exten
di01] office as soon as possible so
that the program and rosters may
be made up.
Lew Hanks, district agent, said
this week that two sessions are
planned for the 4-H’ers this year.
Members may attend either or
both sessions, the first to start
on Sunday August lk The three
day sessions will cost $11.50 per
member per session. A big pro
gram is being planned for this
year, Hanks said, and urged all
4-H members to make plans to
attend.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALAS
KA, THIRD DIVISION, PAL
MER PRECINCT
In the Matter of the Estate )
of )
HAROLD W. WINEGARNER, )
Deceased. )
No. 141
Order of Sale
THIS MATTER having come
on for hearing on the 20th day
of June, 1957, at the hour of 5:00
o’clock P. M., on the petition of
JAMES J. HURLEY for the sale
of the hereinafter described real
and personal property, conjoint
ly, and a Citation having been
issued out of this Court on the
2nd day of May, 1957, to the
heirs, LOIS E. McLEAN, also
known as LOIS E. WINEGAR
NER, individually, and LOIS E.
McLEAN, also known as LOIS
E. WINEGARNER guardian of
FRANCIS RAYMOND WINE
GARNER AND ROBERT GENE
WINEGARNER, minors, and
JANET WINEGARNER LOVELL,
and the Citation having been
posted in accordance with law as
more fully appears from proof
of posting on file herein, and no
one appearing at said hearing to
contest the Petition of the Ad
ministrator for the sale of said
real and personal property con
jointly, and it appearing to the
Court from the Petition on file
herein that it is to the best inter
est of the Estate that said real
and personal property be sold
conjointly and that the sale of
said property will result in suf
ficient monies being obtained to
pay all creditors, expenses of ad
ministration and other costs, now,
therefore, the Court finds that it
is necessary and in the best in
terest of the Estate that the said
real and personal property here
inafter described be sold con
jointly for cash or on term for
the purpose of paying creditors,
costs of administration and dis
tribution, and it further appear
ing to the Court that the Admin
istrator, JAMES J. HURLEY is
the attorney in fact for the sur
viving widow, Lois E. McLean,
also known as Lois E. Winegar
ner, and has made application to
sell her interest in said property
at the same time that the interest
of deceased is sold, and the Court
finding that it is to the best in
terests of said Estate that the in
terest of the surviving widow,
Lois E. Winegarner be sold at
the same time and the Court be
ing fully advised in the premises,
it is hereby
iJKU&iiXAJ, AJJJ uuvjrruJ ana
DECREED that the Administra
tor be, and he is hereby, directed
to sell the following described
real and personal property, con
jointly, for the above entitled Es
tate, which property is more par
ticularly described as follows:
Homesite Tract No. 185, located
as follows: East One Half of
Southeast One Quarter (EJ
SE1), Section 36, Township 18
North, Range 1 East of the
Seward Meridian, containing
Eighty (80) acres, more or less,
and East One Half of North
east One Quarter (E&NEI), Sec
tion 36, Township 18 North,
Range 1 East of the Seward
Meridian, containing Eighty
(80) acres, more or less; located
in the Palmer Recording Pre
cinct, Palmer, Alaska,
together with the personal pro
perty on the attached schedule
««A»»
16 milk cows, 5 heifers, 1951
Willys Jeep Pickup, 1955 Jord
800 Tractor with Plow, Scoop
and Cultivator, Grain Drill.
Cultipacker, Hay Rake, Horse
Mower, Spike Tooth Harrow,
Silage Cutter, Hay Wagon, Ce
ment Mixer, Chain Saw
which is made a part hereof as
if fully set forth herein; and that
the Administrator is hereby di
rected to sell all of the right,
title, estate and interest of the
said HAROLD W. WINEGAR
NER, deceased, and of the sur
viving widow, LOIS E. WINE
GARNER, in and to the hereinbe
fore described real and personal
property, conjointly, to the high
est and best bidder for cash or
on terms on the 22nd day of Aug
ust 1957 at the hour of 3:00 o’clock
p.m. in the Office of the U. S.
Commissioner at Palmer, Alaska,
and to make return thereof to
this Court within the time requir
ed by law.
DATED at Palmer Alaska, this
9th day of July, 1957.
DOROTHY B. SAXTON,
Probate Judge
Published: July 11, 18, 25 and
August 1 and 8, 1957.
: Reporters-—
Notebook
Dolores Pommier, bookkeeper
at the valley hospital, returned
to Palmer this past week-end fol
lowing a summer vacation spent
at the home of her parents in
Minnesota.
Dr. Robert McGee of the 5005th
Airforce Hospital, will be sub
stituting for Dr. C. C. Bailey this
and next week. During his stay
in Palmer Dr. McGee is staying
at the Bailey residence. The Bail
ey family is spending a six-week
vacation at their summer home
on Crosswind Lakes. Dr. Robert
Baker, also of the 5005th, com
pleted a two-week stay in Pal
mer this past Sunday. Dr. McGee
will be replaced by Dr. John Cole
of the same hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Demming
and family have returned home
following a vacation trip spent
traveling in the Tangle Lakes
and Fairbanks areas. They re
ported good fishing throughout
their trip.
■Recent visitor at the Richard *
Demming residence was Dr. Sam
Kutz and son Robert of Clifton
Springs, New York.
The community ambulance was
called out at 4:30 a.m. Wednes
day to transport an injured per
son from Mile 66 to the valley
hospital. Leon Campbell, 45, of
East Fireweed Lane, Anchorage,
suffered a broken leg and a cut
on his shoulder when his truck
rolled down th^ embankment of
the Matanuska river where he
was removing scrap iron from
the river.
Stew’art Durrant, Co-Op gen
eral manager, is on a business
trip to the Fairbanks areas.
Dolores Pommier, bookkeeper
at the valley hospital, has return
ed to her duties following a vaca
tion spent in the States.
Lew Hanks Extension Service
district agent, is spending a few
lays in the Seward area where
he will be inspecting 4-H gardens.
Friends have received word
this week from George Small
that he has arrived in Seattle
and is at Virginia Mason Clinic
where he is receiving further
treatment for his nose and ears.
Writes that he is doing fine and
expects to be home within a week
or 10 days.
Announcements have been re
ceived of the recent marriage of
Dr. Charles Ercegovich, former
instructor in science in the Pal
mer high school, t® Senora May'
Fetterman at Sunbury, Pennsyl
vania.
■| Mr. and Mrs. John Weldon of
Palmer were recent guests of
honor on the occasion of their
! third wedding anniversary, at a
surprise gathering at the Anch
orage home of Miss Eileen Don
nan, former librarian and in
structor in the Palmer public
schools. Miss Donnan is a visitor
in Alaska for the summer vaca
tion. Dinner followed at the For
rest Park Country Club. Those
present included Mr. and Mrs. ;
Jack Hemmer, Mr. and Mrs. Tom j
Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. John Wel
don all of Palmer and Miss Eil
een Donnan and William Elliott
of Anchorage- j
The Rev. and Mrs. Victor Alf
sen and three children Christine,
Karen and Victor, were Washing
ton, D. C. visitors last week while
on an extended automobile trip
throughout the States. Rev. Al- !
fsen, pastor of the 'Presbyterian !
Church in Fairbanks, is former !
pastor of the United Protestant j
Church in Palmer.
A postcard was received from
Tokyo this week from Bob Re
hard, former Palmerite, who has i
been supervising the building and
installation of a 5000KW generat
ing plant in Korea. He wrote he
plans to join his wife-Ann in Ohio
and then visit his mother and |
father for a month prior to their j
return trip to Alaska.
H. P. Crazaway, economist at
the Alaska Agriculture Experi
ment Station, is in New Mexico
where he is attending the West
ern Farmers Economics meeting
at Las Cruces. He also plans to
attend the Western Dairy Market
ing Committee meeting in that
city and a meeting of Agriculture
Marketing Service in Berkley,
California.
Charles Marsh of the Experi
nent Station economics depart
ment and Lew Hanks, Extension
district agent, appeared on Chan
nel ll’s Homemakers Highlites
program Wednesday afternoon.
TV-viewers were shown a num
oer of fresh Matanuska Valley
cegetables by the men during
their program. -
The Rev. William Lockman,
C.SS.R., a redemptorist priest
from Seattle who is conducting a
week-long mission at St. Mich
ael's Catholic Church, is a guest
at the Hyland Hotel during his
Palmer visit.
Don Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Jones, is spending a few
weeks vacation at the home of
his maternal grandparents in Lin
PALMER C-D ACTIVE
DURING NAT. ALERT
Palmer participation in the Na
tional C-D alert held last Friday
consisted mainly of paper work,
according to A1 V. Hagen, C-D
director in the Greater Palmer
District.
The first word was received in
Palmer about 8'30 at which time
Palmer was notified that a “nu
clear bomb” had been dropped on
Anchorage. From that time on
messages were received from the
Anchorage headquarters and an
swered at the Palmer C-D head
quarters. During the practice,
Palmer was called upon to fur
nisn trucks, men, all available
milk products. The Palmer C-D
was ordered to commandeer all
food stuffs in the area; 4300 resi
dents of the Anchorage area were
“evacuated” to the Palmer area
and housing and hospitalization
had to be located for them. Al
though all of these problems were
worked, out on paper only and
no actual action was taken the
requests had to be evaluated and
a reply made regarding how fully
‘the requests could be complied
with in the Palmer area.
COURT NEWS
Ciiy Magistrate Court
July 6, E. J. Humes, 49, Anch
orage, drunken driving charge
brought by city police, found
guilty, fined $100.
July 9, 17-year-old Anchorage
youth, negligent driving charge
by city police. Found guilty,
driver’s license revoked 20 days.
July 3, Richard Ruttan, 33, Pal
mer, negligent driving charge,
failure to stop at stop sign by
city police. Found guilty, fined
$50 first charge; $10 second.
July 1, William Hart, 67, Pal
mer, intoxication charge by city
police. Found guilty, fined $50.
June 28, Bill Niemi, 52, iPal
mer. intoxication charge by city
police. Found guilty, fined $25,
30-day suspended sentence.
June 14, Mrs. Jeanne Messex,
Palmer, negligent driving charge
by city police. Found guilty, fin
ed $25.
June 10, Eugene Miller, drunk
en driving charge by city po
lice. Found guilty, $200 fine,
driver’s license revoked six
months.
June, 3, Joe Loyer, improper
parking charge by a citizen,
found guilty, fined $2.50.
July 17, George Fletcher of
Palmer, driving under the influ
ence of drugs and hit and run
charges brought by city police.
Found guilty and ordered to
make restitution for stop sign
which was damaged and had his
driver’s license revoked for one
year.
FOREST SERVICE
OFFICIALS GUESTS
OF KJWANIS CLUB
I Dr. V. L. Harper, assistant
| chief of Forest Service, Washing
ton, D. C., was geust speaker at
I the July 15 meting of the Palmer
! Kiwanis Club. His topic was
"Forestry Resource Development
and Pograms of Research”.
Other guests at the meeting
included M. E. Hardy, supervisor
Chugach National Forest, Anch
orage, P. D. Hanson, regional
forester, U. S. Forest Service,
Juneau, A. P. Caporuso, Alaska
Forest Research Center, Juneau,
Dr. Ray F. Taylor, forester in
charge, Alaska Forest Research
Center, and Dr. H. R. Josephson,
director Forest Economics Re
search U.S.F.S. Washington, D.C.
Oggie Hiebert, manager of
Television Station KTVA, Anch
orage, will present the program
at the July 22 meeting of the
Palmer Kiwanis Club. His topic
will be “Mechanics of Operating
a TV Station”.
den, Washington. He expects to
return to Palmer about mid-Aug
ust.
Gene Kirsch chairman of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen an
nual fish fry held last Sunday,
reported that for the first time in
a long time there was plenty of
fish for everyone. He reported a
very successful fry and extended
his thanks to his committees who
helped make it so.
Earl O. Almdale 10-year-old
of Spenard was brought into the
valley hospital from Big Lake
last week for the removal of a
large splinter which was lodged
in the boy’s ankle.
little WANT AOS
I
Eckert-Cogiey
Nuptials Held
In an evening service, held at |
Whitworth Community Presby
terian Church in Spokane, Miss
Joanne Cora Cogley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman H. Cog- 1
ley, Sr. of Spokane became the <
bride of Lieutenant Wesley E. 1
Eckert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vir- )
gil W. Eckert of Palmer. The
ceremony was performed by Dr.
Charles F. Koehler, pastor emer
l itus of Knox Presbyterian
Church, Spokane. Soloist was <
David Bridges and the organist
was Miss Jeannette Farley. “Be
cause”, “I Love You Truly” and '
‘The Lord’s Prayer” were offer
ed by the organist and soloist. :
The church was decorated with
baskets of white and pink gladi
oli and white ribbon bows with
streamers marked the pews.
The bride was given in mar- .
riage by her father.
The bride’s gown, which was
made by her mother, was bouf
ant floor-length of chantilly
lace over satin. The scalloped
neckline was outlined with seed
pearls. The very full skirt con
sisted of four tiers of ruffled lace.
Her fingertip length illusion veil
was attached to a crown of irri
descent sequins and seed pearls,
and she carried a cascade bouquet
of pink and white roses and step
hanotis, with a removable cor
sage.
The matron-of-honor was Mrs.
Freeman H. Cogley, Jr., sister
in-law of the bride. Her ballerina
length gown had a bouffant skirt
and was fashioned from candy
pink organdy with a powder-pink
cummerbund and sash. Her bou
quet was of pastel pink carna
tions, in the cascade style. Mrs.
Clyde Armstrong, cousin of the
bride, and Miss Jane Buchanan
of Tacoma were her bridesmaids.
They wore like gowns of baller
ina length, styled from powder
pink organdy with darker pink
.•ummerbunds and sashes. Their
ouquets were of deep pink car
nations and their headpieces
were made of pink flowers and
net in a tiara style.
Cathy Cogley, niece of the
bride and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Cogley, Jr., was flower
girl. She wore a powder-pink
gown of organdy with a pink
sash. The ring bearer was Scotty
Spence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don
ald Spence of Spokane.
Robert Mackechney of Anch
orage, college friend of the bride
groom, was best man and Free
man H. Cogley, Jr., brother of
)ride, and Gary Chappel of Spok
ane were ushers.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Cogley chose a pastel blue
dress of brocade crystalline with
which she wore navy blue acces
sories.
The bridegroom's mother at
tended her son’s wedding.
A reception, held immediately
following the ceremony in the
church was handled by Mrs. Har
old Frost. The Misses Deanna
j Koerner and Patricia Morton
presided at the gift table, Miss
| Cogley at the guest book, Mrs.
| Arthur Rowley and Mrs. Jack
j Schoen at the cake table, Mrs.
Robert Nelson poured the punch
and Mrs. Merle Kelly poured the
I coffee.
Following the reception the
couple planned to drive to Fort
Benning, Georgia, where the
bridegroom is stationed.
Group Discusses
Conservation Education
Mayor Charles W. Wilson, who
is Territorial Conservationist
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice was among 13 persons repre
senting agencies of the Federal
and Territorial Government and
Sportsmen Association who met
last week in Juneau concerning
the development and conserva
tion of Alaska resources.
The meeting was held in Jun
eau in the office of the Commis
sioner of Education. Representa
tives discussed the development
of conservation education ma
terials to be included in the
course of study development to
soon be conducted by the Depart
ment of Education.
It was the unanimous recom
mendation of the group that to
give prestige to the program, the
Governor of Alaska be requested
to name a Governor’s Committee
on Conservation Education to co
ordinate the efforts of the vari
ous agencies in determining the
general and technical information
to be woven into the curriculum
for the public schools.
Newspapers are not litter until
a person makes them so. Please
dispose of this paper in a proper
receptacle and help “BEAUTIFY
PALMER”.
After you have enjoyed read
this copy of The Frontiersman,
please dispose of it in a proper
way and help “BEAUTIFY PAL
MER”.
OBITUARIES
JOHN VAN RYN
Funeral services for John Van
Ryn, former owner and operator
of the White Spot Cafe in Palmer,
will be held in Newman, Califor
nia. Further information regard
ing the arrangements have not
been announced.
Mr. VanRyn, who had been in
ill health for several months,
died suddenly while visiting in
the Fairbanks area. His body
was flown to Newman for burial.
Known survivors include his
wife, Ruby, who resides in New
man.
i
OWEN J. BUTCHER
Funeral services for Owen
John Butcher, former Palmer
resident, were held in Anchorage
July 16 from the Calvary Bap
tist Church, with the Rev. Jack
Turner officiating. Interment
took place in the Evergreen Me
morial Park.
Mr. Butcher, an Alaskan resi
dent since 1941, died July 12 at
Slate Creek Mines. Prior to his
affiliation with Hobb Enterprises,
he was employed with the Oaks
Construction company and ear
lier was a general contractor in
business for himself in Palmer.
Suvivors include ' his wife,
Helen; two daughters, Merle and
Anne, and one son, Michael; his
father, Theodore Butcher o£ Fair
banks, and two brothers, Ed and
Earl, both of Fairbanks.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Anchorage Funeral
Chapel. Active pall barers were
Ed Snyder, Jerry Kempton, Bob
Tucker, Cal Bashaw, Carl Oaks
and Buck Harris. Honorary pall
bearers were Pete Green, Ray
McCartney, J. Lee Connors, Bob
Beck and D. A. Childers.
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EVAN-JONES GIVES
HOMEMAKERS
SCHOLARSHIP
The Evan-Jones Coal Company
recently became the nrst organ
ization to offer homemakers a
Short Course Scholarship to the
University of Alaska for 1957.
Seven valley homemakers were
given a week of courses at Col
lege last year by local and An
chorage businesses as . a vote of
confidence for their successful
achievements as homemakers and
citizens.
These firms and several new
ones have been contacted again
this year according to members
of the Homemakers Council. The
coal firm was the first to respond.
Each year the University of Al
aska adds to their curriculum and
faculty to offer an excellent pro
gram designed to keep Alaskan
Homemakers informed on the lat
est studies in food preparation,
child care, home management
and others. It has earned the
commendation of educators all
over the territory and classed as
one of the top adult education
programs in Alaska.
The Homemakers Council will
announce contest rules as soon
as word is received from those
firms contacted.
Anchorage Youth
Wins Soap Box Derby
Eddie Christensen of Anchor
age will be making the trip to
Akon Ohio to compete in the
National Soap Box Derby. He
earned this honor by taking first
place in the Soap Box Derby held
in Anchorage on Sunday.
In the Class A (13 to 15 years
old) section Lynn Puddicombe of
Palmer won out over Tony Hem
melgarn of Anchorage. This win
placed Lynn in the 13th heat
against Doug Wise who won his
first race. Wise defeated Puddi
combe who had trouble with his
brakes.
The Derby in Anchorage was
sponsored by the Alaska Sales
and Service and the Anchorage
Daily New's and was the first
Derby ever held in Alaska.
GRAND TRUSTEES
APPROVE ELKS
BUILDING REQUEST
Word has been received in Pal
mer from Harold Dunn, exalted
ruler of the Palmer B.P.O. Elks
lodge, that the Grand Trustees
have approved an application of
the local lodge to take over the
lodge building from the 1842 As
sociates. This means it was
pointed out by L. C. Stock, Elks
secretary, that as soon as the
paper work is completed the Pal
mer Elks Lodge will own all of
their own buildings.
Dunn is in San Francisco at
tending the National Elks con
vention and conferred with the
trustees during the meeting.
Cheechako Chefs
Cheechako Chefs met July lffi*
at the Extension office. Barbara
Lentz and Eunice Bach demon
strated banana bread. Kathy Hul
bert conducted a short business
meeting. We answered roll call
with our favorite breakfast. We
decided to answer roll call next
time with Fair Booth ideas.
Tacey Nelson was elected news
reporter for the rest of the year..
Next meeting will be at Jerry
Hoskins.
Tacey Nelson reporter
The Beaters
The Beaters 4-H club met July
15 at Lin Haisley’s. Lin gave her
demonstration, making rhubarb*
punch and served it for refresh
ments with cookies. Twelve mem
bers were present and all club
members finished their stories
Next meeting will be July 29 at
Barbara Brewster’s.
Sharon Smith, reporter
HOMEMAKER’S
__ NEWS _
Cheechako Club
Members of our club met in.
Anchorage July 8 for dinner at
the Chart Room. Present were
Frances Brown, Evelyn Bush,.
Billie DeJulio, Agnes Farnsworth,
Treva Hardage, Sally Harrison,
Dorothy Hurley, Lois Kepler, Pat
Lawton, Bernice Linn, Frances
Marcus, Jerry Pazaruski, Ida
Statler, Katheryn Wilson and a
guest, Mrs. Holly, who is visiting,
her daughter Evelyn Bush.
We enjoyed having Bernice;,
who with her husband and young,
son, is home for the summer, Pat
Lawton and Treva Hardage with
us again. Pat and Treva told us;
of their vacation in the States
and relayed messages from Lu
cille Wimmer. Pat reported ai
very enjoyable visit with Lucille
After the delicious and leis
urely dinner some of oun mem
bers stayed in town for a late
movie. t
The aprons we have been mak
ing at home for the Fair, and the
five dollars we have each been
struggling to earn for our trea
sury, will be due at our next
meeting which will be held at
Miriam Johannson’s home with.
Lois Kepler, co-hostess.
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(Continued from page 11
week by the candidates and ail
valley girls who are thinking of
entering the contest are urged to.
register at the Fair business of
fice as soon as possible. Several!
girls have been mentioned as pos
sible candidates, McCallister said.,
but they have not yet signed up..
! Special programs are being plan
ned for the girls all of which will,
provide entertainment and help;
during their campaigns. McCal
lister said the Fair officials are
hoping a great number of addi
tional girls will enter the con
test.
Sherry-Pie Contest
Being Sponsored
All youths, male or female,
who are 14 years of age or older.,
are eligible to enter the cherrj •
pie baking contest sponsored bj •
the National Red Cherry Insti
tute, Mrs. Marylou Rideout, home
demonstration agent announceo.
this week.
All that is necessary is that,
the youth prepare and bake a
cherry pie. There will be no dem
onstration. The pie bake-off will
be held on the Fairgrounds Aug
ust 31. The winner will compere •
with contestants from over the
territory at the All-Alaska 4-H
Fair on September 7.
The Alaska winner will have
a trip to Chicago next February
with all expenses paid. There he
will compete with other state
winners.
Leann Hoffman of Palmer was
territorial winner in 1956 and
won the trip to Chicago.
Since the contest has certain
rules which must be followed, alU
interested youths are asked to»
?top at the Extension office, sign;
up for the contest and become*
acquainted with the rules.
The contest is open to any boy
or girl.
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