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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
KEY CLUB WEEK
October 26 • November I
VOLUME 11. NUMBER 51
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1958
PRICE 15 CENTS
MAINE
FAIR ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
TO BE NOVEMBER 12
The annual membership meet
rtf, of the Matanuska Valley Fair
oeiation will he held in
r*ange hall on Wednesday, No
vember 12 it was announced this
week by Sam Gotten, assoeia
: .an president The annual meet
ing date (the second Tuesday of
November) fills on Veterans Day
:his year and the meeting was
os I poned to the following even
oog.
Membership!? in the association
. ay be purchased at any time.
However, according to associa
tion by-laws, a new member must
.■. ave purchased his membership
hi least 10 days prior to the an
t ual meeting to be eligible for
voting privileges Tickets are
available at several business spots
n town and may be purchased
from members of the association’s
toard of directors.
During the meeting annual re
ports will be made by the presi
dent; H P. Gaza way, treasurer;
, vd Eugene Kirsch, 1958 Mat
< nuska Valley Fair manager.
Reports to be made wi 11 in
i ude the profit and loss state
ment for the period of October
10 1957 to September 30, 1958.
The statement shows an income
$27,998 91 which included gate
:-<<:-eipts, advertising sales, con
cessions, and miscellaneous in
*i.mes. Total expenses paid out
..ring the 1958 Fair came to $17,
059.86, leaving a net operating
, -fit of $10,937.25. Including the
; itorial grant of $1,320.00 the
*: profit was $12,257.25.
Gotten pointed out that the
-Or started out in poor shape,
v fn many old accounts-payable
: the books. Through the co
xa alien of a fine.1 board of di
- ; tors, whir gave willingly of
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MAINE VISITORS
TOUR VALLEY AREA
A party of Maine visitors tour
er, the valley on Wednesday of
'inis week. They are ‘members of
28-person party including
Maine’s governor, which is vis
! «g i n A1 a ska this w e* • k.
Touring the valley were Rich
ard J. Dubord, governor’s aid and
Democratic National Committee
man from Waterville, Maine;
Richard K. Curran of Portland,
Main/*; John J, Doherty of Ken
rebunkport, Marne; and Clifford
Swcaringer of Yarmouth, Maine.
The group was accompanied by
Mrs. Helen Fischer, and Dave
F,seder of Anchorage, James
Hurley of Palmer and Frank Sor
t son of Wasi 11a.
The tour included a trip around
me Springer System and a visit
o the Hugh Adams farm.
PUBLIC INVITED
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
$2.00 — Many Awards
Moose Hall—Oct. 28—9:30 p.m.
FREE REFRESHMENTS
Women of the Moose
SAVE!
ON YOUR
GLEANING
CERTAIN GARMENTS
for the
2
1
price of
Cash and Carry
BROWN'S GLEANERS
WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
Closed Saturday Afternoons
CLASSIFIED LISTINGS IN
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
TO CLOSE OCTOBER 25
Business concerns, and oth
ers desiring listing in the clas
sified section (yellow pages)
of the Matanuska Telephone
Directory, are reminded that
the deadline is Saturday, Oc
tuber 25. Copy for these pages
should be mailed, phoned, or
brought to the office of The
Frontiersman, or a represen
tative from the office will
pick up advertising, if desired.
Persons desiring listing, or
changes in their listing in the
white section of the book are
asked to call the M.T.A. busi
ness office. The deadline for
this section is Monday, No
vember 3.
Report No Debate
For Stepovich
Although no official word has
been received by the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce, a
new item appearing in the Octo
ber 22 issue of the Anchorage
Daily Times quotes former gov
ernor, Mike Stepovich, as stating
he does not plan to “engage in
verbal fisticuffs with my oppon
ent or any other Democrat’’.
Mr. Stepovich Republican can
didate for the U. S. Senate, has
been invited to debate on any
local, state, or national issue, with
Ernest Gruening, also former
gover nor of Alaska, and the Dem
ocratic candidate for the U. S. j
Senate.
Proposed debates were being j
planned by other organizations in j
Anchorage and Fairbanks. A •
cording to the news item, Stepp- j
vich stated his campaign schedule j
would not permit him to partici
pate in all the proposed debates.
Railroad Personnel
To Be Here Monday
Several representatives of The
Alaska Railroad will be in Pal
mer on Monday of next week and
will make personal calls on all
business firms and other shippers
in this area. The crew will be
seeking suggestions on how ser
vices may be improved.
To provide an opportunity for
a get-together, the Palmer Kir 1
warns Club has invited the men '
to attend their luncheon meeting ■
which will be held at Grange !
hall at noon Monday. Persons
wishing to attend should call {
Charles Marsh by 9 a.m. Monday i
for luncheon reservations,
PALMER DELEGATE
TO PARTICIPATE IN
LEAGUE SESSION
“Highways and City Traffic
ways in the 49th State” is 'the
double-barreled subject of a
League of Alaskan Cities Con
vention session scheduled for Fri
day noon, November 7, in Jun
eau, according to Seward City
Manager William Bordwell,
chairman of the session.
Participating in panel discus
dons regarding the State of Al
aska under the Federal-Aid High
way fund prospects, and differ
ing problems and needs of Alas
ka’s cities will be E. H. Swick,
division engineer of the Bureau
of Public Roads; a representative
of the Alaska Highway and Pub
lic Works Department and repre
sentatives of tilt1 cities of Palmer.
Fairbanks, and Juneau. The Fair
banks presentation will cover spe
cial problems of traffic density in
the larger cities served by the state
highway system; Palmer’s will
represent the smaller cities. Com
mon needs and problems of
Southeast Alaska’s isolated cities
will he covered in the Juneau
presentation. .
B. P. R. SEEKS BIDS
FOB WORK ON
WA5ILLA-WILL0W RD,
The Bureau of Public Roads is
extending an invitation to bid on
grading, drainage, and bitumin
ous treatment of 9.6T6 miles of the
| Wasilla-Willow Road beginning
! at Wasilla and ending at Big Lake
j Junction.
Sealed bids will be received
until 11 a.m. October 28 in Room
319, Federal Building, Juneau.
! Plans and specifications may be
; obtained free of charge by all
| who have a bonafide need for j
| bidding purposes. Plans and spec- |
| jfications may be examined by i
I prospective bidders at the fol- j
lowing addresses; Bureau of Pub
lic Roads Division offices, Anch
orage, Juneau, Fairbanks; offices
of the Associated General Con
tractors of America, Seattle, Port
land, Spokane, and 385 Central
Bu i Id mg, Anchorage.
Veterans Invited
To Confer With
Service Officer
National and Department ser
vice officers of The American
Legion will be in Palmer at 0:3(1*
tonight when a joint meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Legion
Post and the Auxiliary will be
held. A dinner will be served by
members of the Auxiliary at Le
gion hall, !
Due here today are Corwin L,
Johnson, National service officer,
and Joseph Briones, formerly of
Anchorage and now of Juneau,, j
Department adjutant-service of- j
fieer.
The two service officers will j
available to all veterans and :
widows of veterans with special ;
problems for consultation. It was
pointed out that a veteran need !
not be a member of the Amen- I
can 1.region Post to confer with '
the .service* officers. . J
I SEEK. OBSERVANCE Of
UNITED NATIONS DAY
Mayor Kenneth E. Lynn to
lay proclaimed Friday, Octo
ber 24,1958, as UNITED NA
TIONS DAY and called upon
all city residents to observe
the anniversary of the found
ing of this great organization
for the promotion and control
of peace throughout the world.
President Eisenhower has ask
ed that all levels of national,
state and local governments
observe UNITED NATIONS
DAY following a precedence
established in 1948. Locally,
City Councilor Sam Gotten
was appointed as United Na
tions Day chairman.
OUTSTANDING TALK
HEARD BY K1WANIANS
AND CHAMBER MEMBERS
Several members of the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club and the Ma~
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce enjoyed hearing a special
tape recording on Monday of
this week that was made at the
recent Finance Forum held in
Anchorage.
The talk was given by Robert
E. Worden, business consultant
*af the firm of Worden and Ris
berg, Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco. His talk, “Our Forty-Ninth
State In a Competative World”,
was reported as the highlight of
the three-day seminar and those
who heard the recording agreed
that his topic provided consider
able information and was certain
ly thought provoking
Many -of those who heard the
talk felt it has so much impact
that more persons should be giv
en an opportunity to become
aware of Worden’s thoughts on
the future of Alaska in a eom
pttalive market. Steps are be
ing :aken to have the tape re
cording transcribed into printed
form which could be widely dis
tributed.
Alaska Eliminates Outdoor Advertising
The Board of the Alaska j
Highway and Public Works De~ j
part meat, in its meeting October j
9, approved a regulation which 1
wall eliminate all outdoor adver- }
Using from the rights of way on |
A1 ask a *s p u blic hi g h vv a y s.
Federal Aid requirements now
make it necessary for the right
of way to be cleared of all signs,
and the Territory must agree to ;
keep it free, before Federal mon
ey can be spent on any particular 1
project. There was no question
that the Territory would have to j
. -ooperate, since without such co
operation Alaska would lose over
$7 million a year in badly needed
reconstruction and new construc
tion money.
In studying the problem, it*
was apparent that discrimination |
would result if signs were re
moved only from specific projects j
as they came up for construction.
Business establishments on such
projects would be without ad
vertising, whileN their neighbors
on adjacent sections of highway J
would still have their signs. In 1
fairness to all, it was decided that
the only solution was to elimin
GOOSE BAY LINE
ENERGIZED; PUBLIC
WARNED OF DANGER
Cy Brewer, MEA manager,
today notified the public that
the transmission line, from
Reed Sub-station all the way
to Goose Bay is being energiz
ed. The line will carry 34,500
V and the public is warned to
stay clear of the line. No fly
ing of kites or anything sim
ilar around the lines. "Just
stay away from them at all
times," he added. _ __ _.
ate all signs within the right of
way on all highways in rural
areas and public utility districts.
Signs on Federal Aid highways
within incorporated towns will
be a matter of special arrange
ment bet ween the city^ Territory
and Bureau of Public Roads.
The Territorial Department of
Police is designated as the en
forcement agency under the Al
aska sign law. They will be fur
nished a list of signs in viola
tion of the new regulation by the
engineering departments of the
RPR and the Alaska Highway Di
vision, and will then require
owners to remove offending
signs. A reasonable time will be
allowed for removal.
“ The Highway and Public
Works Department hopes that
sign owners throughout Alaska
will start removing signs they
know are on the right of way
and not wait for action by the
police.
A copy of the formal regulation
has been received in the office of
The Frontiersman and may be
read by any interested persons.
Members of the Riverbend
Homemakers Club here in the
Valley, were recently named win
ners of the Territorial Home
Roadside Beautification contest
sponsored by the Alaska Home
makers Council. Among their pro
jetes for the beautification pro
gram was concentrated efforts
on highway billboard removal
3nd through their efforts a num
ber of offending billboards were
removed. Letters were also writ
ten to Chambers of Commerce
and Alaskan newspapers request
ing their support in keeping the
highways free of commercial and
political signs.
Hospital Board
Names Committee
For Special Work
Three members of the Valley
Hospital board of directors, Mrs,
| Lee Gohr, Mrs. Sam Boyd, and
Allan Mick were named to a
I working comm 1 tee to review job
! descriptions for the staff and for
| the board, document policies and
| standardize operating procedure.
Dr. Francis Phillips and Hon Mc
j Intyre have offered to work as,
! consultants without pay with
I this committee.
! The ultimate goal of the board
is the accreditation of the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital Allan
Mick board president said. This
work is one of the many things'
! to be done, all of which provide
I service improvement, he added.
While attending a meeting with
members of the board a week
ago Dr. Phillip expressed amaze
ment that the hospital is doing
as well financially as it is . . j
he said no other hospital in Al
aska is doing better . . . this in
spite of the $20,000 in debts the
hospital has not yet been able to
pay. Dr. Phillip urged board
members not to be dismayed if
the hospital operates on only 50
per cent of capacity, so long as
it is possible to break even . . .
this leaves you room in case of.
emergencies or epidemics, he ad
ded.
The proposed nurse-administra
tor position has been held up by
the board pending a complete
study by the committee.
ONLY SYSTEM ROADS
TO BE PLOWED
THIS WINTER
The Board of the Alaska High
way and Public Works Depart
ment has voted to go along with
the Bureau of Public Roads pol
icy of not plowing snow any
place except on System roads,
A year ago Public Roads stat
'd they would discontinue the
practice of clearing driveway en
ranees except in locations where
iq commercial facilities were
available. They warned that even
in these locations snow removal
on a reimbursable basis would
be discontinued during the win
ter of 1958-59 and this policy was
carefully reviewed during a re
cent meeting.
The Board gave due considera
tion to the fact that their action
would cause some personal in- 1
convenience, but felt the public
w^uld be served best if snow re
moval equipment was confined to
public highways on the establish
ed Federal Aid System. This
means not only elimination of
driveway clearance, but also eli
mination of clearance on a few
roads off the System which the
Territory has paid Public Roads
to plow in past years.
ANNUAL MEETING
SET FOR KING'S
LAKE CAMP ASS'N.
1 . All members of the King’s
Lake Camp Association and their
friends are invited to attend the
annual dinner and meeting to be
held at the fort Richardson Of
ficer’s Club November 10 at 7
p.m. A steak dinner will be serv
j ed at $3.50 per person. Those
j planning to attend are asked to
j call Mrs. John Shaw (Fr-3347)
| before November 8 for reserva
j tions.
| Those unable to attend the din
ner are urged to attend the meet
ing which will begin at 8 p.m.
when new members of the Board
j of Directors will be elected.
Membership cards at $2 are
still available at Betty®’ and it
is hoped that many valley resi
dents will attend the annual din
ner meeting.
IMPROMTU WELCOME
OFFERED GROUP
BY CITY RESIDENTS
| -With “Maine Welcomes Alassta"
i printed in large letters on the
j front, sides, and rear, a large
| i2-ton trailer truck pulled into
j Palmer early Friday evening, en
route to their final destination,
Anchorage. The gift-laden truck
| left the farthest northeastern
! corner of Maine (and the United
! States), on September 19 after
j haying made a number of stops
I to pick up gift items throughout
I the State. Enroute to Alaska the
I truck made a 24-hour stop at
Times Square in New York City;
was on display for three days in
-Washington, D. C., and coming
[ across country stopped at Cleve
land, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake
I City, Los Vagas, Los Angeles,
j San Francisco, Portland, Oregon.
Vancouver, and then Palmer, Al
1 aska.
The Diamond T tilt-cab diesel
which pulled the huge trailer on
| its more than 8,000 mile trip, was
.driven by Leland E. Weeks of
Norway, Maine and Richard Pier
ce of Windoin, Maine, who each,
have over 30 years of accident
free driving records. The men
were selected for the Alaska trip
on the basis of their outstanding
driving records.
The truck was accompanied by
a car carrying Robert Filliettaz,
vice-president of the Maine
Truckers Association (the organ
ization which sponsored the trip),
and Douglas Hammett, profes
sional photographer who took
over 4,000 pictures enroute to Al
aska.
The men reported a very good
trip over ttie Alaska highway and'
stated they were impressed with
the good condition of the high
way. Close to 1500 gallons of
gasoline had been burned wen
they reached Palmer.
An impromptu dinner was held
at Marada Cafe for the four men*
by members of the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Just prior to the dinner members
of the Palmer volunteer fire de
partment turned the high pres
sure hoses on the trailer and re
moved the aceummilation of
highway mud. revealing a sparkl
ing silver trailer, with huge red
ribbons painted on to resemble
a giant gift box.
With the exception of a few
special gifts items, the contents
of the trailer will be sold at
auction, with proceeds to go to
charity.
Before leaving for Miami, Flor
ida, where the men will attend
the Truckers Association Con
vention,
WILLIAM F. TULL
NEW BANK EMPLOYEE
New employee at the Matanus
ka Valley Bank is William F.
i Tull, formerly of Philadelphia.
| Pa., who arrived in Alaska two
; months ago and recently came
1 to Palmer from Anchorage.
A graduate of Pennsylvania
State College where he majored
in economics and business, Tull
also attended Ursirtus College,
near Philadelphia, Temple Uni
verity Graduate School and Tem
ple University Law School. At
the present time he is working
under Richard Jones, cashier, as
trainee.
Single, Mr. Tull is making his
| home in the Hurley Apartments
on Wasilla road.
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HYLAND HOTEL
in Palmer
First-Class Rooms
$45 per month
STOP AT THE
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LIVE MUSIC, FRL, OCT. 24 Shamrock Lounge
FEATURING WHITEY PULLEN AND DOC HOLIDAY, FORMER STAR WITH JIMMY BRYANT BAND
10 P.M.