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The Frontiersman
CIVIL SERVICE MARKS
75TH ANNIVERSARY
This year America celebrates
the 75th anniversary of the first
Civil Service Law. This enabled
34,000 Federal employees to hold
their jobs on merit rather than
toy bribery or the political favor
tism of the spoils system. Today
there are over 7 million people
•who work under Civil Service
regulations: 2.4 million in your
national government, two million
slates and the rest in local
communities. A large majority of
these men and women are se
lected by examination and ad
vanced on the basis of merit.
The work of these career people
touches every one of us every
■day. Civil Service workers col
Ject taxes, deliver mail, guard
health and administer laws. They
help to conserve and revitalize
land and develop new seeds and
fertilizers. They control airways,
supervise highway building, test
»ew drugs and handle foreign
relations.
Palmer has a civil service em
ployee with a long and enviable
record. He is Charles W. Wilson,
territorial conservationist, head
<ai the local Soil Conservation
Service office. On April 30 of
this year Wilson marked 35 years,
35 months and 8 days of civil
■service work which incluudes
-■rrsil engineer work with the Bu
reau of Public Roads in Oregon
ana Alaska; the Forest Service
Hjo California engineering de
partment, Bonnersville, and with
*he Soil Conservation Service
freon 1935 to the present time.
President Eisenhower recently
rsaid; “The success of our nation
'will be largely measured by the
<ralibre of the men and women
we can recruit and retain in
government.”
On this 75th anniversary of
(Civil Sendee, America salutes ■
ate civil servants for their con
tribution to a better America.
-Information on Civil Service as
a career and how citizens may
ihelp improve their Civil Service
.^system can be obtained from the
'National Civil Service League,
“135 Fifth Avenue, New York,
K. V.
We held Our first meeting to
day and elected our officers.
are: Dorothy Campbell,
president; Kristian Vidmar, vice
president; Marian Huston, sec
retary-treasurer; Mary Weisen
feerger, reporter; Ann Rouse,,
game leader; Josie Rouse, song
l*':ino c ‘Our next meeting will
'i* May 28. There are six mem
bers in our club,
t Rock *N' Rolls
(Our first real meeting was
Jst-id at the home of our leader,
Itas. Harold Dinkel May 12. 25
’members enrolled. The main top
.’w of the evening was the election
■«*! officers;
LeRoi Heaven, president; Fred
Barnes, vice president; Au
drey Dinkel, secretary-treasurer;
Carolyn Nelson, reporter; Janet
Michaelson, song leader, and
""Vadney Bledsoe, recreation lead
er..
After our business meeting we
'•rent outdoors and played base
ihall until refreshments were,
served.
Thursday, May 22, 1958
Valley to Observe
(Continued from page I)
will register at Elks hall from
noon until 1 p.m., will be wear
ing special identification ribbons.
James Wilson is in charge of the
registration at which light re
freshments will be served.
Others assisting Brooks include
Ed Smith, parade marshal; L. C.
Stock, barbecue, and Gene
Kirsch, special events. Members
of the M.T.A. line crew assisted
Brooks in erecting the highway
sign advertising Colony Day.
Colony Day is now one of the
few annual events staged in
Alaska where there is no admis
sion charge made. The entire
program is planned so that ev
ery member of the family will
have an enjoyable day in Palm
er.
Following the Colony Day
events there will be a rodeo pre
sented by Joe Vincent and Ro
land Grover of Palmer.
Council Studies
(Continued from page I)
sketch drawings of the proposed
addition to Swanson School but
completed plans, and the source
of addtional revenue with which
to complete this construction,
must be submitted to Washing
ton, D. C. before the allocation
is released,” he added.
One mill increase on the total
valuation of the School district
would net an estimated $13,264.00
this year. The balance of the es
timated construction costs for the
addition to Swanson School
would have to be financed either
through a loan or through bonds,
with repayment of this amount to
be made from local and terri
tonal tax funds.
The construction is necessary,
it was pointed out, and the de
cision of how the money is to be
obtained must be made within
a short period of time or the
federal appropriation of $81,000
will be withdrawn. One member
of the city council pointed out
that it will be hard for business
property owners to assume addi
tional taxation. “If we could only
educate the public to spend every
dollar possible at home —• pa
tronize their local businesses —
a tax increase would be easier
to meet." A pne mill increase on
property valued at $15,000 would
mean only $15 more — however,
on propertly valued at say $500,
000, it would mean an additional
$500 over the present tax rate.
Members of the council took
no action on accepting the bud
get but will make a more thor
ough study during this week and
it will again be discused at the
May 27 meeting of the city coun
cil.
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Continued from page 1
band will play “Soldiers March’''
for the recessional.
Graduates include Larry
Adams, Clara Ayers, Lewis Bear,
Nancy Bixby, Don Boulter,
Duuane Cooper, Jill Cope, Gretch
en Esslinger, James Fogg, Gor
don Ganschow, Macar GaleShoff,
Steve Hamilton, J. C. Harder,
Bob Havemiester, Bill Knutsen,
Mickey Leek, Dorothy Lentz,
Fred Loyer, Larry Lucas, John
Maze, Colin Mick, Richard Nine,
Dean Parks, Walter Phillips,
Howard Roush, Charmaine Saw
by, Roberta Sharp, Bert Verrall,
Terry Weiland, AUyn Wilson,
Betty Jo Wilson, Sally Worledge
and Bridgie Wright.
Claudia Marie Drake, writer of
“Alaska’s Flag,” will receive an
honorary Doctor of Letters de
gree at the University of Alaska’s
26th annual commencement May
26.
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Wild West
jackpot Rodeo
SUNDAY, MAY 25
Palmer Fair Grounds
4 p„m.
All entries should be
in by noon Sunday
ADM. $1.25, CHILDREN 75c
COLONY DAYmay"25th
-KOSLOSKY’S OFFER: BEST WISHES TO THE COLONISTS
/Ittentiosi fyaUeSuweti!
SHOP AT KOSLOSKY’S FOR YOUR FISHING NEEDS
WE FEATURE ALASKA'S LARGEST STOCK OF . . .
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Riehline Aluminum and Glasspar Fiber Glass Boats
Monarch Foodorama
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91/2 Oz.
CORN FLAKES
12 Oz. .
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Dog Food $1
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