ALASKA HIS.OhICAL
L I B K A K Y
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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
VOLUME 12. NUMBER 4 PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, DEC. 4. 1958 PRICE 15 CENTS
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VALLEY FAIR ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
TUESDAY, DEC * — 8 p.m.
GRANGE HALL
Valley Chamber
Names New Direclors
Wilson Woods, George Ed
Smith, and Richard Jones were
named to fill three vacancies on
the board of directors of the
Tinuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce dcuring the regular noon
time meeting held December 3.
Their terms of office are for two
years each.
A vote of thanks was extended
to retiring persident, Eugene Reid
and board members Betty Mears
and Rdbert Pippel.
At a litter meeting the direc
tors will select officers for the
coining year. Other members of
the board include Dr. C. C. Bail
ey, John Weisenbarger, Lew
Hanks and Max Clements.
Standard Oil Go.
To Host Alaska Press
ANCHORAGE, DECEMBER 3
"Special to the Frontiersman)
Press representatives throughout
Alaska will be guests of Standard
Oil Co, of California, Western Op
erations, Inc., here next Monday,
December «, 1958, for a tour of
Standard Oil operations on the
Kenai Peninsula.
J. E, Toussaint, Vice-President,
of Standard Western Operations,
Inc,, who is flying here from San
Francisco will join Standard’s Al
ii ska exploration, production and
marketing management personal
in Anchorage to discuss with
newsmen current company Alas
ka activities.
Plans call for taking news
paper, radio and T.V. representa
tives to the Kenai Peninsula to
observe Standard Oil operations,
then returning to Anchorage for
it press conference at the West
ward Hotel Chart Room.
Purpose of the event is to fam
ilarize the Alaska press 'with oil
e xploration, techniques and pro
blems and to revue in general the
outlook for Alaska’s newly-born
oil industry.
Joining Tousaint as host to
•newsmen will be P. DeBoers and
J. D. Nance of Seattle; J. T,
Crooker, P, W, Gester and C, W.
Edwards of Anchorage.
Rainbow Girls Set
Christmas Party Date
The Palmer Assembly Order of
Rainbow for Girls have set De
cember 20 as the date for the
Christmas party for all Masons,
Eastern Star and Rainbow mem
bers, The party will be held at
7:30 p in, at Carpenter’s hall, and
SAVE!
ON YOUR
GLEANING
CERTAIN G A EM ENTS
2 for the 4
price of 1
Gash and Garry
BROWN’S CLEANERS
WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
Closed Saturday Afternoons
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SOCIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE HERE :i
I; Tom Burtscher, field repre- ■ :
'! sentative of the Social Secur- j;
• ity Administration, will be in j!
Palmer, December 18. Burt- ;!
I scher will be available at the ;!
Matanuska Hotel from 6 p in. ;
to 9 p.m. to discuss the Social ;>
Security program with persons >
desiring information.
Wasilla Youth Wins j
$400 4-H Scholarship
Vadney Bledsoe, Wasilla youth,
has been named to another 4-H
national honor.
The Palmer High School youth
.has been named one out of eight
national winners to receive a $400
scholarship to the school of his
choice. The award was made by
the Allis Chalmers Manufactur
ing Co. in the National 4-H Gar
den Award program. Seven other
winners were named from other
State*.
Vadney also is being consider- ,
ed 40 make a report to the nation j
during National 4-H Club Week
February 28 — March 7 in Wash-!
tngton, D. C. Six 4-H’ers out of j
a selected 18 will be named to j
appear on the program.
Before returning to Palmer
from his attendance at the 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago. Vad
ney will visit relatives in the
State*.
Palmar Moose Plan
Amina! Moose Dinner
Members of the Palmer Loyal
Order of Moose will hold their
annual moose meat dinner Sat
urday, December 6, at Moose j
lodge. Serving will begin at 7
pm. and all Moose members,
their ladies, and guests are cor
dially invited to attend. Several
Anchorage Moose and their
guests are expecting to attend.
All guests are welcome, the com
mittee states.
Following the dinner there will ,
be dancing to live music. A1
charge of $1 per person will be
made for a door prize.
The next regular lodge meet
ing, falls on December 16, and
on December 19. there will be a
special meeting of initiation
when members will welcome a
member of the Supreme Lodge, j
SCOUTS COLLECTING
OLD NEWSPAPERS
Palmer Boy Scouts are col
lecting old newspapers for the
hospital The Scouts will be
happy to pick up bundled news
papers, if notified
EVERYONE
lias Lots of Fun
at the
SHAMROCK
LOUNGE
Drop in anytime
The Welcome Mat is
Always Out
NEW OAT VARIETY
ADDED TO ACIA
CERTIFIED SEEDS
Nipped oats were added to#the
listing of seed varieties, selected
for certification, at a meeting of
Alaska Crop Improvement Asso
ciation oficials held in Palmer
on Monday of this week. These
seeds were imported from Swed
en by Byron Hollembeck and in
creased for two years under the
supervision of the Alaska Crop
Improvement Association.
Pending completion of tests be
ing made by Rosco Taylor of the
Alaska Agriculture Experiment
Station reports indicate that the
Nipped Oats only slightly out
yield the Golden Rain Oats, but
that they do mature one week
earlier. Although there is no ex
act estimate at the present, it is
hoped that between 300 and 400
sacks of these certified seed will
be available for next year. Also
to be made available will be *
limitd quality of Laskland Clo
ver and Engmo Timothy.
The Nipped Oats have not been
tested for protein content but,
on parent of the seed resembles
closely a higher yield of forage
and slightly higher protein yield
than Golden Rain which would.
hid i ea te possib ill ties.
During the meeting Archie Mc
Len of Kasilof and Gust Lofgren
>f Homer were named for hon
orary lifetime membership in the
association.
Long-time resident farmers, the
men were honored by the asso
ciation for their “continued ap
plication of the principals of seed
selection that has provided a fine
base on which the whole seed
program could biuld.” Lofgren
oas maintained a seed source for j
15 years and McLean for 30 years
and has provided a seed source for
Green Mountain and White Bliss
potatoes in Alaska.
Present at >the Association j
meeting were Harold Dinkel of
Wasilla, Phil Johnson of Fair- j
banks, and Rudy Ogrerv of Nin- I
ilehik. 1
ELKS PLAN YOUTH
LEADERSHIP CONTEST
The Palmer Elks Lodge has
called for nominations in the 10th
Annual National Youth Leader
ship Contest sponsored by the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks.
AI Metz, exalted ruler of Lodge
No. 1842, invites school officials,
members of the clergy, civic or
ganizations and parents to enter
names of boys and girls of this
area who have demonstrated
their ability as leaders. He em
phasized that it is not a scholar
ship contest.
“The objective of the Elks Na
tional Youth Leadership Contest
is to reward young people who
have shown a capacity for con
structive leadership in a demo
cratic society through their ac
tivities in school, youth organ
izations, the church, and in com
munity affairs,” Metz stated. “In
addition to their record as lead
ers, contestants will be judged On
their citizenship appreciation,
perseverance, resourcefulness and
sense of honor. Whether they are
superior students or average is
immaterial. The ability to lead
and good character are the re
quisites in this contest,” he said.
The competition is open to all
boys and girls under 19 years of
age. They compete in separate
divisions in the local, state, and
national contests. It has been an
nounced that a $25 Savings Bond
will be awarded locally to the
winning boy and winning girl.
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TENTATIVELY OPENS
FIRST OF JANUARY
Plans are being finalized and
questionnaires will soon be mail- •
ed to persons known to be inter
ested in the Palmer Community
College. A tentative opening date
has been set for the first part
of January and William Tull, Ma
tanuska Valley Bank employee,
has been named college director.
Persons interested in taking
courses who do not receive a
form may pick up one at the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank, the Exten
sion Service Office, or at the of
fice of The Frontiersman. The
forms wilt be used to determine
preference courses and will not ,
be used as a registration.
Because the Community Col
lege conducted locally last year ,
was such a success, the college i
will be continued this year, pro
viding a sufficient number of
students enroll.
The proposed community col
lege will be open to ail persons,
18 years of age or older. How
ever, only high school graduates \
will receive accreditation toward -,
college credit. Some high school j'
credit courses may be offered if <
enough persons are interested, i
All classes will be held in the ,
evenings. ;
Unlike other community col- i
leges which are partially sub
sidized by local school districts, 1
the Palmer college will be self- j
supporting. Because of this, tui
tion costs will be slightly higher '
than last year, though still fall- 1
ing short of fees charged by other j I
independent colleges.
Last year tuition fees were I
$2500 less than the necessaryj j
revenue to conduct the college, j '
The amount was covered by the ; |
local School District. However, j I
the School District is unwilling;
to cover a deficit for the current j
year,, and this situation neces- !
sitates additional revenue be I'
raised by the community college, j
The college administration j
plans to help suppliment the col- i
lege fund by social functions to j -
benefit the college and commun- i
ity. Current plans include a j
dance, with live music, to be j
held during the holiday season. |
This newspaper will be carrying'
further information concerning
the Palmer Community College
and it's programs.
Director Tull points out that
every possible effort will be made
to offer classes that are desired
by the pf'ospective students.
However, he added the curricu
lum will be determined by the
number of interested persons and
; the availability of instructors. At
the present time, Tull said, it
appears that here is a very fine
slate of instructors available for
a. large variety of both academic
and vocational courses.
Courses offered last year, that
were completed by an enrolled
160 students, included: Public
| speaking, business law, account
; mg principles, business EngJLish,
French 101 A, shorthand, typing,
flower culture, elementary book- j
keeping, parlimentary procedure, j
j driver training, welding, and arc 1
! welding. These courses could
again be offered if sufficient in- j
terest is shown. Other possible j
courses that could be added this j
coming year include geography, j
physiography, agronomy, chemis- j
try, music appreciation, instru
mental instruction, history of
western civilization, history of
Russia, women’s physical educa
tion, marital relations, human
heredity, and others.
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Fair Association Plans
Important Meeting
Six Local Pilot*
Participate in
Day-Long Air &mvh
Six members of the Mat&nuska ,
Galley Airmens Association par-1
tieipated in a day-long air search
sor two Anchorage men reported
nissing on a flight out el Anch
orage last Sunday. According to
2AA reports Darrell Isaacson,
pilot and employee of the Hoyt
Motor Company and James Kid
ler. passenger, and employee of
1. Vic Brown and Sons Jewelers,
rave been missing since they left
Merrill Field in their cream, green
md silver Aeronca Chid' Sunday
norning. i
Two Civil Air Patrol and 18
private planes took part in the
search Tuesday. Participating
Tom Palmer were pilots Hoy
Knapp, Dick Hamilton, Dave
Kepler, Ralph Farnsworth, Bob
McAllister, and Leroy Johnson,
-*aeh flying their own planes,
rhe local search and rescue group
covered an area blocked off by
he 71st Air Rescue, without sue*
;ess. Other planes assigned to
ireas had the same results. No
light plan had been filed but it
vas believed that the men were
leaded for the Beluga lake area,
llthough reported sighting else
vhere of a plane of the same des
cription leaves doubt in officials
ninds of just where the me n were
leaded.
High School Brea*
Nets Thief $55
Theft of some $55 was made &i|
he Palmer High School in the
;ariy hours of Novemb r t!8.
Entry was made possible
through a back door in the shop
section of the school by the
breaking of a small pane of glass.
City police report that a welding
:art was taken from the shop to
the office of the school so jerin
tendent, but apparently had not
be,en used. A small amount of
“stamp” money was token from
the school secretary’s desk and
proceeds from a dance held Tues
day' night also were taken. Keith
Smith, high school principal,
said that the Freshman class lost
approximately $30 f t a their
dance proceeds, which meant
they had to pay their bills out
of other funds—actually losing
money <on the dance.
The above money, plus addi
tional change, brought the esti
mated loss to about Smith
said.
The break-in was din overed by
Henry Anderson, cuto'au. when
he arrived at. the school about
6:45 a.m. November 28 to make
preparations for the rsl ml all
team’s trip to Cordova.
Directors of the Matanuska
Valley Pair Association urge all
members of the association to at
tend a meeting to be held in
Grange hail Tuesday, December
9. The meeting will be a continu
ation of the annual membership
meeting which was adjourned
November 12 to the December
date.
At the Tuesday night meeting
a report will be made by a com
mittee appointed by Sam Gotten
association president, regarding
proposed changes in the associa
tion’s constitution and by-laws.
Among changes to be proposed
is the membership dues which
would change the fee of $1 life
time membership to $1 annual
membership. Also proposed is a
$5 sustaining membership and a
$100 life membership. Changes
in tenure of office for directors;
asosciation name change; trans
fer of assets from the old corpor
ation to the new one; and the
election of directors for the com
ing terms will all be considered
and voted upon by the member
ship.
President Gotten urges that all
association members attend thi»
important meeting. Refreshments
will be served at the close of the
meeting.
Wasilla P-TA
To Name School
Board Candidates
The Wasilla Parent-Teacher
Association, and other Wasilla
community groups and organiza
tions, have been requested to
nominate candidates for a Was
illa District School Board. The
request has been made by the
Commissioner of Education, Don
Dafoe. The board would be an
advisory board.
At the Wasilla P-TA regular
meeting to be held Monday, De
cember 8, a slate of candidates
will be selected and later submit -
ted to Commissioner Dafoe. The
organization has been asked to
consider whether it should be a
three, five, or seven-person board
This board is not related to the
incorporation of a school district.
VALLEY CLEANERS
TWO for the
Price of ONE
LOCATED; Between Valley &
Colony Streets, diagonal from
Bowling Lanes. Pb. PI-3750
UNI. COD FEED
PALMER ELKS LODGE
Saturday, December €-10 P.M
COD WILL BE SUPPLIED BY ELK MEMBERS FROM
BIG LAKE AREA.
For All Elks and Their Sweeties
8« There!!
Moose-Meat
MOOSE, THEIR LADIES & GUESTS — DANCE FOLLOWS WITH LIVE MUSIC
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DEC. 6th
7 R.M.