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VOLUME 11; NUMBER 20
PALMER. ALASKA
Thursday. March 6. 1958
PRICE TEN CENTS
Ai King Appeals
City Court Finding
A $10 suspended fine was im
posed by the City Magistrate up
on A1 King of Palmer, when
found guilty of violating the city
ordinance pertaining to the dis
pensing, location and mainten
ace of gasoline pumps on streets
or sidewalks in the city.
A plea of not guilty was enter
ed on behalf of Mr. King by one
of his attorneys, Stanley McCut
cheon of Anchorage. City police
officer, Joseph Loyer, was the
only witness called by the prose
cuting attorney, John Shaw.
Following the testimony the
magistrate stated that he felt the
ordinance had been violated and
he found the defendant guilty.
Attorney McCutcheon asked that
the very minimum sentence be
imposed to prevent any smirch
on King’s record. It was brought
out by the attorney that both the
prosecuting and defense attorneys
were aware of the violation and
that it was known that this par
ticular case would be a test case.
Then continued a banty of sug
gestions and agreements between
the defense and prosecuting at
torneys during which the sum of
$10 was agreed upon as a satis
factory fine. Attorney McCut
cheon stated his client would ap
peal the finding and the magis
trate ordered the posting of $10
bond.
Local Residents
Named to Easter
Seal Committee
Four citizens of Palmer have
been named to serve on the 1958
Easter Seal committee of the Al
aska Crippled Children Associa
tion.
These leaders will spearhead
the month-long drive, beginning
today and continuing through
Easter Sunday, April 6, in plan
ning and carrying out the appeal
which will benefit crippled chil
dren in Alaska.
Mrs Aleen Uzelac announced
the names of the following per
sons who will serve on her com
mittee: Mrs. James Cottrell, Jr.,
co-chairman; Mrs. Marty Sher
man and Mrs. Harry Campbell,
Sr., in charge of Easter lily sales.
The 1958 Easter Seal campaign
will be conducted by the
A.C.C.A., one of 1,655 Easter Seal
affiliates of the National Socie
ty for Crippled Children and
Adults, sponsor of the nationwide
appeal. The Easter Seal drive is
being held simultaneously in 48
states, District of Columbia, and
the territories of Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico by chapters of
the National Society.
Approximately 90 percent of
the money will remain in the
state where it is raised to finance
rehabilitation of the crippled. The
remainder helps support a nation
al program of service, education
and research for the handicapped.
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’58 FARM FORUM
TERMED BIG SUCCESS
Although attendance at some
of the Fourth Annual Farm For
um sessions was not as great as
in past years, the forum itself was
determined very successful, both
by the participants and sponsors.
The meeting was opened by
Eugene Reid, president of the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce. Brad Phillips spoke
to the group on tourism in this
section of Alaska, outlining the
expected visitations this coming
season and urging valley resi
dents to plan a welcome for the
thousands of tourists who will be
visiting the area this summer.
He pointed out the economic val
ue of these tourists to every resi
dent of the valley—all who will
profit in one way or another.
Dr. Robert Weigman, vice
president of the University of
Alaska spoke to the group the
first afternoon and presented an
interesting program on the Uni
versity and its services as they
relate to the community.
Dale Hull, Extension agricul
tural engineer from Ames, Iowa
proved to be a popular partici
pant in the Forum in an illustrat
ed talk on tractors, labor saving
methods in storing and feeding
forages, and efficient methods of
dairy management.
The hair styling and beauty
care program drew a good audi
ence of interested women and
teenagers. Members of the Anch
orage Hairdressers Unit demon
started hair styling and showed
a film on good grooming and
hair styling. Participating from
the Unit were Esther Harvey,
president of the hair styling pan
el; Bea Tabbytale, association
vice president; and Paul Matis,
Anchorage hairdresser and an in
structor in a beauty college in
Anchorage.
C. Ivan Branton of the Experi
ment Station showed films on
potato harvesting equipment.
One of the most popular ses
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DANCE CLASSES
TO RESUME MARCH 22
Ballroom dancing classes for
area teenagers will resume Sat
urday evening, March 22, it has
been announced by Betty Lou
Jensen of the BJ School of Dance,
A beginning class and an advanc
ed class is planned. More details
will be announced in next week's
issue of The Frontiersman.
BREAK IN U.S.G.S.
WAREHOUSE REPORTED
A number of small items, val
ued at about $700, were reported
stolen last week from the U.S.
G.S. warehouse on Matanuska
Rohd. Among the missing was
listed a gas-powered pump, elec
tric hammer, chain saw and a
generator.
CAA INSPECTION TOUR
BEING CONDUCTED
Annual inspection of the facil
ities along Alaska’s 7,915 miles
of airways is under way by Al
len D. Hulen, administrator of
the Fifth Region of the CAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Within the month, Hulen will
visit all of the 36 stations which
serve the airways, inspecting
the all-important aids which
make flying safe and profitable
in Alaska, and the facilities
tvhich make life livable, and in
most cases enjoyable, for 1300
CAA employees throughout the
territory.
Dr. Norma E. Godfrey
CHIROPRACTOR
Hours: Beginning
March 18
Tuesdays: Noon - 6 P.M.
Fridays: Noon - 6 P.M.
I; After 6 by Appointment
OFFICE LOCATED IN
CO-OP REC HALL
HAS SPRING SPRUNG?
T. A. Moyer, who makes his
home just a bit out on the
Wasilla highway, reported to
the newspaper office on Wed
nesday of this week that for
the second day in a row a jolly
fat robin had been visiting in
his front yard. Must be Mr.
Robin missed seeing Mr.
Groundhog early last month
and isn’t quite aware of what
could be in store for him.
FINANCE FORUM
SLATED FOR PALMER
STARTING MARCH 17
Four meetings, each one week
apart, are planned for the Wo
men’s Finance Forum which will
be* held in Palmer March 17, 24,
31, and April 7. The forum is be
ing co-sponsored by the Matan
uska Valley Bank and the Palmer
chapters of Beta Sigma Phi.
Sesisons will begin at 8 p.m. in
the high school cafeteria and
will run from 45 minutes to one
hour, following which there will
be a 30-minute question and an
swer period. A number of out
standing speakers will partici
pate in the forum and present a
well-rounded finance program.
Richard C. Benjamin, assistant
cashier at the First National
Bank of Anchorage will present
the “Function of Banking” dur
ing the March 17 session. Kyle j
Turner of the iMatanuska Valley !
i Bank will moderate this session
of the Forum.
All area women are urged by
the sponsoring groups to plan
their activities to include at
tendance of these sessions which
will offer important information
on various phases of finance—
from how to write a check
thrugh insurance and social se
curity. *
Jaycees Oppose Big
Withdrawals for
Wildlife Reserves
The Alaska Junior Chamber of
Commerce last week Saturday
adopted a resolution opposing the
proposed withdrawal by the fed
eral government of “millions of
acres” for wildlife reserve areas.
The resolution calls for public
hearings prior to any additional
withdrawals for wildlife reser
ves, and further calls for any
federal wildlife reserve with
drawals to be placed in trust for
the future state of Alaska.
State President Ed Merdes of
Fairbanks presided at the meet
ing. Attending the meeting
were Del Edwards, Carol Porter,
president Fairbanks Jaycees;
state director, Fairbanks; Duane
Oliphant. Fairbanks delegate;
Romer Derr and Ev Cummins,
delegates from Juneau; John
Gore, president of the Matanuska
Valley Jaycees and Ken Young
ren, state director from Palmer.
During the meeting favorable
action was taken on charter ap
plications of the newly organized
Matanuska Valley Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, as well as the
Sitka Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
The local Jaycees will observe
the formal acceptance of the new
chapter at an inaugural ball to
be held at the Palmer Elks Satur
day evening, March 8.
Kiwanis Minstrel Show
Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets for the long-awaited
Minstrel Show will go on sale
next -week by Kiwanis members
and business establishments, ac
cording to Jim Wilson, produc
er.
This year’s show will feature
a band, a chorus, numerous spec
ialty acts, and a novel plot in
volving the endmen, interlocutor
and a mysterious sixth person
whose identity must be guarded,
according to Weilson.
The production has been bud
geted at a cost of $400 and sTiow
proceeds will be used to continue
youth services and community
improvement projects.
Talent Show
To Be Presented
Tomorrow Evening
A number of students from the
three Palmer schools have regis
tered for the talent show which
is being sponsored by the high
school student council tomorrow
night. The show will be present
ed at 8 p.m. in the Central School
gym and anyone who has not yet
purchased a ticket may pay at
the door as they attend. Admis
sion will be $1.00 for adults and
50 cents for high school students,
and 25 cents for grade school
students. Proceeds from the show
will be used to help furnish any
necessary funds for the high
school band or chorus for their
trip to Fairbanks to attend the
mnual music festival.
Many of the acts will have two
nr more participants, and there
will be many solo numbers— all
local, young talent, drawn from
the three schools.
Cash prizes for winners of the
show will be awarded as follows:
525, first; $16, second; and $10,
third.
A poster contest, sponsored to
nelp advertise the show, will pro
vide three cash prizes, $5, $3,
and $1.
All contestants were audition
ad Wednesday and the top tal
jnt chosen to appear in the pres
entation tomorrow night. An
afternoon performance is planned.
It is slated to begin at 1:30 in the
Central School gym.
Among contestants will be the
following from Swanson School:
Patty Harrington, Kathy Hulbert,
and Colleen Pettit who will pre
sent a skit entitled “The Angels”.
Also, Kathleen Hurt will do a
reading, “Johnny O’Toole”.
Participants from Central Sch
ool will include: Susan Black,
piano, solo; Dennis and Marianne
Grover, vocal duet, '‘Down In
the Valley”; Jane Linnebur, pan
lomine, “It’s In the Book”;
David Martin, piano solo, “Mel
ody”; and Jo Ann Campbell, bal
let, “Glow Worm”.
High school contestants who
will be appearing include: J. C.
Harder and Allyn Wilson Wilson
who will present a trumpet duet,
“Sail Along Silvery Moon”; Dav
id Sweeney, trumpet solo,
“Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom
White”; Muriel Hanks, song and
guitar; Ida Hoskins, accordian
solo; Jimmy Ord and Mike Cot
trell, will sing a duet; Jimmy
Ord, accordian solo; Ernie Stein
burg, accordion solo; and Macar
Galeshof and Bill Olson will sing,
accompanied by a guitar.
Chamber Hears Plans
For Brewery in Alaska
Plans for a brewery in Alaska
were discussed at the March 5
meeting of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce by
Paul Nichols and Milton A. Lewis
of Old Knik Brewery Co. of An
chorage who were at the lunch
eon meeting as guests of James
Hurley of Palmer. Also attending
from the company was Carl Rid
dels of Wasilla.
With illustration Lewis ex
plained the process of making
beer, outlining the basic layout
of a modern brewhouse. Nichols
pointed out that approximately
2Vi million gallons of malt bev
erages was sold in Alaska last
year (this figure includes milit
ary). He added that sales have
been increasing each year and
that the market is here—“we’re
not creating a new market”, he
added. He said that there is some
question whether or not it would
actually pay a farmer to raise
barley for malting purposes. He
speculated that the by-products
of the brewery would be an in
teresting factor to the farmer as
it could be used as feed—contain
ing higher food value than regu
lar feed.
He said that only the brewing
plant will be built right away,
the malting plant will follow. He
estimated employment of 15 per
sons and that the plant, when
completed, would show an in
vestment of $300,000. He pointed
out a good brewmeister is ver>
important.
Stock in the new company is
being sold to Alaskans only
Nichols said. There will be nc
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Former Palmeriles
Aboard Downed Plane
NAME CANDIDATES
FOR M.E.A. ELECTION
Six members of the Matanus
ka Electric Association have been
named as candidates for two va
cancies on the board of directors.
The men were named by a nom
inating committee which met
February 28.
Selected by the committee were
Raymond Tedrow (incumbent)
and Russe’l Oberg of the Chugiak
area; Ham. Hamilton of Palmer,
Harvey Hiber of Sutton; and
Earl Combs (former board mem-;
bet) and Eloy Garcia of Wasilla.
Further nominations may be
made from the floor. Persons
planning to make nominations
are requested to be sure their
candidates will accept office if
elected.
The terms of James Hurley,
current secretary-treasurer, and
Tedrow, who was appointed by
the board to fill the unexpired
term of Harold Thuma, will ex
pire this year. Hurley declined
nomination because of other re
sponsibilities and Tedrow’s term
automatically expires at the an
nual meeting.
The annual meeting will be
held on Saturday, April 12, in
the school gym.
Outstanding Farmers
Named by Jaycees
Thirty-four year old Henry
Gettinger, homesteader-farmer of
the Fairbanks area, was named
the Outstanding Young Farmer
of the Year in the territory of Al
aska. The winner of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce contest
was named during the Saturday
evening Farm Forum dinner held
in Palmer. Mike Gravel of the
Anchorage Junior Chamber an
nounced the winner and a pla
que was presented to him by Or
ville Hansen, Outstanding Farm
er committee chairman.
Billy Sisco, 26-year-old valley
farmer, was named as the Out
standing Young Farmer of the
local area.
As territorial winner Gettinger
will attend and participate in the
national contest in Indianapolis
April 15 when the Outstanding
Young Farmer of America is
named.
Starting in 1954 with a 160-acre
homestead located seven miles
from Fairbanks on the Chena Hot
Springs road, Gettinger worked
his property into farm land and ,
last year had 24 acres of pota
toes. Approimately 80 acres of
the farm have been cleared and
continued development of the
property is planned.
Gettinger is married and he
and his wife Pat have five chil
dren,, two of which are foster
children. Mr. and Mrs. Gettinger
were married in Fairbanks in
1949, following which he attend
ed the University of Alaska for
three years where he majored in
agriculure. Before entering full
time farming a year ago Getting
er was employed as a vegetable
inspector by the Department of
Agriculture.
. He is a producing member of
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association.
Sisco was selected as local win
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A twin-engine Aero Command
er plane, carrying among its pas
sengers former Palmer residents,
is believed to have crashed in the
pcean some 180 miles north of
Kodiak yesterday morning.
The plane is believed to have
been piloted by Sig Staveland,
veteran Alaska pilot, and hus
band of the former LaVonne
Roetman, former Palmer resident.
.Listed aboard the ship were her
brother, Dale Roetman, husband
of the former Beverly Larsh, also
a former Palmerite; James
“Swede” Sandvik, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik of Palmer;
Henry C. Herman, George Stiles,
and Bert Poling of the Anchorage
area.
. ,Np word has been received
from the plane since CAA was
notified by Staveland that first
one engine had failed and thea
later, the second. Search planes
were sent out immediately but
to date the plane has not been
sighted.
March cf Dimes
Passes $500 Mark
In Valley Area
The March of Dimes fund has
reached a total of $553.17, ac
cording to Ed Smith, local chair
man. Helping increase the total
this past week was a collection
jar containing the sum of $32.06
in small change which was turn
ed over to the March of Dimes
by the owners of Knik Arms. The
jar had been left in the establish
ment: several years ago and slow
ly, little by year, it was filled,
Smith remarked that this was a
good year to get it.
Other contributions were re
ceived this past week from Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Moffitt, V.
Louise Kellogg, Palmer Kiwanis
Club, Palmer Beta Sigma Phi,
and the Butte Homemakers Club.
COLLEGE MAY OFFER
PARLIMENTARY COURSE
A short course in parlimentary
procedure will be offered at the
Palmer Community College if
sufficient interest is shown, Les
Klebesadel, college director, said
this week. Klebesadel said there
had been some interest shown
in such a course and that if per
son^'interested would register at
the: high school it could be deter
mined whether or not such a
course could be offered. It would
probably be started Wednesday,
March 19, he added, and urged
interested persons to register as
soon as possible so that arrange
ments may be made for instruc
tions.
CO-OP MAY BUY
ALASKA DAIRY
Questioned today on the auth
enticity of a story making the
rounds that the Matanuska Val
ley Farmers Cooperating Asso
ciation had purchased the Alaska
Dairy of Anchorage, Erv Schom
burg, Co-Op general manager
stated that “we have a memor
andum of agreement—we’ll have
to wait on going ahead with it
until it has been ratified by some
of the Alaska Dairy stockhold
ers”.
I In appreciation for the help and encourage
ment so generously offered by the folk here
in the Valley, in my efforts toward licensure,
I want to meet you all at an
OPEN HOUSE to be held SATURDAY,
MARCH 8 in the Co-Op Club Room
Ice cream, cake, and coffee will be served
2:00 - 4:00 P. M.
Everybody Welcome Bring the Kiddies
Dr. Norma L Godfrey