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
9L J. DeJulio_Publisher-Manager
Editor _ _Virginia Gallant
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Potato Standards
Changed; First
Tims in 30 Years
U. S. Standards for potatoes
■were changed effective July of
this year, the first significant
change in almost 30 years, it was
announced in the October 15 issue
of the Alaska Market News. In
.rpectors advise growers to apply
the new grades as of December
J, 1958.
Alaskan producers are affected
most by the decrease in Hie
•amount of scab allowed, the re
port states. Scab tolerance for
each individual tuber has been
♦decreased from five to three per
cent of the surface on white var
ieties. New definitions for dirffc,
nwnburn, discoloration, growth
cracks, air cracks, second growth
-and sprouting have been re-work
v«i Anyone desiring further in
formation on the new standards
-should contact the Alaska De- (
jrartarnent of Agriculture.
With potato tonnages for 1958:
ttiW tabulated, it appears that it:
will be about the same as last
gear’s total of 6,600 tons. 'The
Matanuska Valley reports 2,887
tans, compared to last year's 3,171
Suns; the Tanana Valley 2,385
tons, compared to 1,900 tons Iasi.
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Chili Meat Bails and
Noodles
Broadmst: October 31, 1933
w cup fresh
bread crumbs
Vi cup Pet
Evaporated Milk
1 lb. around
( -lean beef
* Vi cup finely
cut onion
1 teaspoon talc
Vi teaspoon pepper
IW Tablespoon*
hot fat
1 cup catsup o«
chili sauce
1 cup water
Vi fUP bottled
horse-radish
2 Tablespoons
vinegar
3 cups hot,
cooked noodles
Mix ift a bowl the bread crumbs and
milk. Add beef, onion, salt and pepper,
then mix well. With wet hands shape
mixture into 8 balls. Brown in hot fat
in skillet. Drain off all fat from skillet.
Pour over meat balls a mixture of cat
sup, water, horse-radish and vinegar.
Cover and cook over low heat 20 min
utes, turning meat balls twice in the
sauce while cooking. Serve the hot meat
balls and sauce over the noodles. Makes
4 servings.
year; the Anchorage area reports
1,200 tons, four tons more than
last year, and the Kenai area re
ports 120 tons compared to 120
tons last year.
fleet James Hurley, one
of the signers of the
State Constitution; 9th
District. Pd Adv*
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ALASKAN CITIES
CONVENTION SET
FUR NOVEMBER 5-8
Mayor Anton Anderson, of An
chorage, president of the League
of Alaskan Cities, announced
this week the keynote speaker
for the League’s Eighth Annual
Convention in Juneau, Novem- j
her 5-8, will be Richard »C. Car
penter, executive director and
general counsel of the League of
California Cities.
Considered the outstanding
man of the country in his field,
Carpenter comes to the Alaska
Cities Convention on the eve of
Statehood as special representa
tive of the American Muncipal
Association. He will speak at the
convention’s opening session din
ner at the Baranof Hotel Novem
ber 5. His address “Municipal
Home Rule—Opportunities Un
limited” will follow the welcome
of the host city mayor, M. L. Mac
Spadden of Juneau, and the re
sponse by League President An
derson.
The California League director
will participate also in the con
vention’s first Legislative Work
shop session on November 6. This
workshop session, with Anchor
age City Attorney James Fitz
gerald presiding, will be concern
ed with needed legislation to im
plement the Local Government
Article of the Alaska State Con
stitution.
Also participating will be Ro- !
bert M. Stover, chief and other
members of the Public Admin
istration Service team now pre
paring detailed studies to guide
new State Legislators in the draft
ing of needed legislation, includ
ing that for local governments.
Attending from Palmer will be
Mrs. Lucille Mick, executive sec
retary of the Alaska League. Mrs.
Emilie St. Pierre, Palmer city
clerk, and a member of the Pal- ;
mer City Council.
Health Commissioner
Warns of Rabies
A dog that bit two children
in Mountain Village this fall was
rabid, according to report of la
boratory examinations received
by the Alaska Department of
Health. Antirabies serum and
vacicne were sent through the j
Anchorage ADH leboratory for
treatment of the children at the
Bethel Alaska Native Health Ser
vice hospital.
The dog, a six-month old pup,
was the eleventh animal in which !
rabies has been confirmed in Al- }
aska during 1958. Six of these,
animals were dogs and five were
foxes according to ADH records.
The 11 rabid animals found so
far this year is the highest num
ber reported since 1956 when 12 !
rabid foxes and three rabid dogs j
were reported from the Barrow
area, according to Dr. Harry V.
Gibson, commissioner of health.
One rabid dog and three rabid
foxes w'ere reported last year.
Dr. Gibson emphasized the dan
ger to human beings in the trans
mission of rabies to humans by
the bite of a rabid animal and
said that the Alaska Department
of Health continues to urge that
all dogs be vaccinaed against
rabies and all stray dogs destroy
ed.
“Rabies is known to be ever
present in some of the wildlife
in Alaska,” he said, “and a dbg
biten by one of these animals be
comes infected with this always
fatal disease and may pass it on
to human beings. The long pain
ful Pasteur treatment may save
a human’s life if it is started in
time after being bitten by a rabid
animal. For a dog, the only pro
tection is vaccination before it
is bitten by a rabid animal.”
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at Valley Presbyteri
an Hospital this week include:
David Verral, 11; Mrs. William
Kucera, Mrs. Lloyd Flieger, Car
olyn Wallace, Mrs. Lloyd Watts,
Henry Pilkey, John Linnebur,
Alix Kasalicia, Mrs. Jessie Ken
nedy, Mrs. Vic Falk, Sr., Eino
Pietla, Mrs. T. J. Koppenberg and
infant son, Mrs. Ernest Harris,
Paul Lazos, of Alpine, and Mrs.
Andrew Ctillison.
Hospitalized but now out: Mrs.
Oren Peterson, George Nelson of
Was ilia, Mrs. Norris Tiensvold
and infant daughter, Chugiak;
Arthur Stenberg, Herbert Balan
der, James Peterson, 6; Mrs. Paul
McGiboney, Mrs. Hoy Lundin,
Richard Albert of Washington,
Albert Watson, Mrs. Albert Wat
son, Mrs. Jean Morrell, Max Hod
sdon, and Mark Koslosky, 6.
200 TURN OUT
FOR PARENTS’
BACKTO-SGHOOL
Approximately 200 parents of
Calmer high school students par
ticipated in the second annual
Back to School program held at
the high school the evening of
October 17. Members of the Sen
ior class will receive the award
of a free movie for coming up
with the greatest percentage of
representation at the program.
During an assembly at the start
of the program Keith Smith, high
school principal told parents tha:
the high school “spirit” is on the
rise this year. “Our students are
‘good’—much better than last
year”, he added. He expressed
his appreciation for the large at
tendance and for the interest be
ing shown by the parents. Last
year’s program drew approxi
mately 125 persons. Mrs. Thelma
Cope, head of the cafeteria pro
grams in the local schools, spoke
briefly to the parents regarding
the school lunch program.
The teaching staff was intro
duced by Principal Smith, follow
ing which the parents left for
their first ten-minute “class”,
following the same schedules used
by their children.
Those introduced by the prin
cipal included Mrs, Helen Maze,
school nurse: Mrs. Cope, and Mrs.
C. C. Hoffman of the cafeteria;
Gerald McNalley and Victor Yohn
of the custodian department; Mrs.
Pearl Trowbridge of the office
staff; Gene Annis, science, Mar
garet Cope, commercial; John
DeVries, shop; Elizabeth Gaines,
English; Ann Johnson, PE; Win
ston King, typing; James McKen
zie, history; Ned Morgenson,
math: Lee Plumbley, band; Betty
Jo Riddle, biology; Norman Rou
sey, PE; Mildred Siddall, guid
ance; Ruth Schaefer, English;
Walter Ward, vocational agricul
ture; Lois Weldon, chorus; and
Alton Willard, math.
Brief outlines of the various
programs being carried this year
were presented by the teachers
to each of their classes. 'Parents
attending filled out question
naires during the final period
which are in the process of being
evaluated. Smith said this week
that some very interesting sug
gestions were made and that the
evaluation will be made public
as soon as completed.
At the close of the program
parents purchased a “noon-time”
luncheon in the school cafeteria
for 50 cents a serving. The typi
cal lunch consisted of a muffin,
tuna and noodle casserole, salad, !
cooked carrots, ice cream, milk,
and coffee. The latter is not in
cluded in the students’ lunches,
although a half pint of milk is
served daily with the meals.
CUB SCOUT NEWS
Boys of Cub Scout age eight
to 10 years old, who wish to join
the Cub Scout program are in
vited to attend a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Leon Walling at
1 p.m. Saturday, October 25. Mrs.
Walling’s home is located ap
proximately one quarter mile out
the road near Maud’s Greenhouse
at Mile 44. '
Elect James J. Hurley,
Representative, 9th Dist.
Pd. adv.
AREA WWI VETERANS
APPLY FOR CHARTER
IN NEW ORGANIZATION
World War I veterans of this
area are organizing a Barracks
and have applied for a charter,
it was announced this week. This
is a newly formed veterans or
ganization, open to WWI veter
ans^ that during the past two or
three years has been sweeping the
country.
All WWI veterans interested are
asked to contact Ed Ueeck, L. R.
Rorrison, or T. A. Moyer, the
organizing committee. A meeVig
will be held October 27 at 8 p.m.
at the Ameircan Legion Hall and
all intersted WWI veterans are
'cordially invited to attend. The
committee estimates there are
about 25 WWI veterans in the
valley area and are seeking 100
per cent membership.
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GUEST SPEAKER AT
U.P. CHURCH SUNDAY
The Rev. Robert Nicholls will
be guest speaker at the United
Protestant Church this Sunday
morning in the absence of the
Rev. Bertram Rutan who will be
attending camp registration train
ing conference near Portland. The
Rev. Nicholls is the administra
tion officer at the Federal prison
camp at Elmendorf Air Force
Base and has been supplying the
pulpit at the First Presbyterian
Church in Wasilla this past sum
mer.
Rev. Rutan will return from
Portland next week.
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SERVICES EACH SUNDAY
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Watch for
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Friday Evening, October 31
Butte Lodge
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