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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 13___PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. JAN. 19, 1956 _PRICE TEN CENTS
Local School District
To Get $25,000
Although the Anchorage Inde
pendent School District will be
getting the greatest share of the
tobacco tax allotment for the
second six-month period of 1955,
Palmer will be receiving a size
able amount, according to figures
released this week.
Palmer’s allotment will amount
to $25,186.95, it was announced.
Anchorage will benefit to the
tune of $181,060.26; Fairbanks,
$73,287.16; Juneau-Douglas, $50,
970.15; Ketchikan, $43,353.13;
Seward, $21,379.62; Kodiak, $18,
287.12; Nome, $14,904.98; Cordova,
$10,958.62; Valdez, $7,829.22; and
Seldovia, $4,234.81.
Twenty-nine districts in Alas
ka will benefit from the tobacco
tax allotment which totals $558,
448.32 for the past six-month
period. Allotments are based on
average daily attendance and the
number of professional workers
employed by the districts.
Eastern Star
Officers Installed
Mrs. Katheryn Wilson and Dex
ter Bacon, were installed as ma
tron and patron of the Matanus
ka Valley Order of Eastern Star
*;a Valley Order of Eastern Star.
Following the close of the regu
ar meeting of the Matanuska
valley Order of Eastern Star
January 18, a short address, hon
ning the out-going officers, Mar
ve Laird, worthy matron, and
Clarence Hoffman, patron.
The Rainbow Girls honored in
raming Worthy Matron Katheryn
Wilson with a short skit.
A public installation was held
and the following officers were
installed for the con ing year.
Also installed in office were:
Isabel! Severns, associate matron;
Lloyd Severns, associate patron;
'Marion Persinger, secretary; Rose
Johnson, treasurer; Faye Hoff
man, conductress; EUeen Bran
ton, assocate conductress; Cloy
cine Driggars, chaplain; Priscilla
Bacon, marshall; Marjorie Brew
er, musician; Lillian Woods, Ad
ah; Vivian Teeland, Ruth, Eloise
Smith, Esther; Salena Esslinger,
Martha; Dor?thy Onkka, Electa;
Wanda Gagnon, warder, and Os
car Johnson, sentinel.
Installing officer was Marive
Laird of Anchorage, out-going
matron, and Marne Hanks, mar
shall; Thelma .Cope, chaplain;
and Mary Doherty, muscian.
Refreshments were served to
members and guests.
ANCHORAGE SKIERS
TAKE TOP HONORS
Two Anchorage skiers took top
honors in the Sun Valley open
ski tournament held at Sun Val
ley January 15. Fred Seator took
top honor in the Class C Combin
ed and Phyllis Simon took the
Class B women’s Combined. Sk
eins from the entire northwest
participated in the annual tour
nament.
Patrolman Frank Cornelius of
the Territorial Police, is on sick
leave this week because of a hand
infection. __
NOW UNDER NEW
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Featuring Dinners, Specials ;
! and Short Orders
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CLAUDIA WILSON. Mgr.
i AGRONOMY TO be
SEMINAR SUBJECT
All interested persons are in- !
! vited to attend a seminar i
; which will be held in the Ex- <
periment Station conference!
; room Friday afternoon, Janu
; ary 20. The seminar was pre- [
: viously scheduled for Janu
ary 27 and has been moved up ;
; one week. ;
Dr. H. J. Hodgson will lead ;
I the seminar in an agronomy ;
discussion. The meeting will ;
!; start at 4 p.m. ;
P ADDITIONAL
F AID CLASSES
Additional first aid classes are
being planned- immediately, ac
cording to an announcement
made this week by Bill Adams,
| American Red Cross first aid in
structor.
All persons interested in taking
a course of first aid are asked to
contact Adams, or his wife Betty,
at the Fire Guard Station in Pal
mer as soon as possible. Mr. and
Mrs. Adams are licensed instruc
tors and will be working togeth
er in class instructions. Providing
enough interest is shown classes
will be held for both the stand
ard and advance courses. Resi
dents who now hold standard
first aid card's may avail them
selves of the opportunity to take
the required number of additional
hours for their advance rating.
Classes will begin as soon as
enough have registered to form a
class. Scheduled hours will be de
cided upon at that time. Classes
will be held in the evenings, Ad
ams said, and will have to be
competed before mid-March
when Adams' summer activities
as forester will begin.
Especially invited to take the
courses are those persons work
ing with the public, such as po
lice and fire workers:; ambulance
drivers and aides, bus drivers,
teachers and those handling work
crews such is road and build
ing work requires.
A class of 13 employees of the
Matanuska Electric Association
and the Matanuska Telephone As
sociation will wind up next Wed
nesday, Adams reported. The
standard course is being given at
the MEA building in daily ses
sions.
<jorrect iirsi am kiiuwicu^c u«
many times been given credit for
having saved lives in emergencies
when time has not permitted the
immediate services of a doctor.
Information and instructions ob
tained through these courses may
be applied as safety factors in the
home, the barn, and at work.
There is no charge made for in
structions.
REINDEER HERD REPORTED
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
NOME — Johnny Kakarak,
owner of the Igloo reindeer
herd, recently reported his herd
in excellent condition and will
soon go to the Igloo range from
Teller, where they have been
butchering. Kakarak, who has
had his new herd about five
years reports this is the first
year the deer have not attempt
id to return to the Golovin herd
from which they were started
out are willing to remain in the
igloo area.
NOTICE
Second Half payment for 1955 real and per
sonal property taxes for the City of Palmer
and Palmer School District will be delinquent
February 1, 1956. Penalties and interest will
occur after that date.
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
MOOSE TO MEET
ANCHORAGE EAGLES
FRI. NIGHT, HERE
The Eagles are coming—and
the Moose are ready.
The Anchorage High School
basketball team will arrive in
town tomorrow for a tilt with the
Palmer lads on the Central School
court. They will be supported
by a trainload of fans and their
school band. In addition other
Anchorage rooters are expected
to make the trip over the road.
Missing from the Palmer fquad
will be Paul Campbell who will
probably be unable to play be
cause of an injury to two fingers.
It was reported that John Reed
may not be eligible for play. This
will knock two consistent play
ers off the Palmer roster.
The game is slated to get under
way at 7:30 p.m. when the Juni
or Varsity teams of the two sch
ools will meet. The varsity game
is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. and
will be broadcasted.
The Moose returned to Palmer
Sunday noon following a two
game series with the Fairbanks
Malemutes in that city. In spite
of the fact that the local team
lost both games to the far-north
hoopsters, the hospitality shown
by the Fairbanks students and
residents softened the blow a lit
tle.
Friday night’s game opened
very slowly, with the Malemute’s
unable to out-point their visitors
during the first quarter which
ended in a 7-7 tie. They moved
ahead during the second half and
took their fifth win of the sea
son, 62-42. High point man for
the Palmer team was Jack Wor
ledge with a total of 12, followed
by Mike Leek, with 11 points.
Denny Krise, the Malemutes
high-point man, ran up a total of
23 points during the game.
Worledge and Leek again led
the Palmer Moose scorers in Sat
urday night’s game when the
Fairbanks boys out scored Pal
mer 68-49. Worledge topped all
players with bis total of 19 points.
Kizorek of 'Fairbanks ran up a
total of 16 points as high man for
his team.
The flight was made aboard a
Cordova Airlines ship, with ideal
flying weather arid conditions on
both ways of the flight. Several
Palmefttes making ~the trip with
the team reported it one of the
best trips ever made.
RAILBELT STANDING
W L
Fairbanks .6 0
Anchorage —..3 2
Palmer .—.. 2 3
Seward --1 —0 6
VISITORS ASS'N
ANNUAL MEETING
SET AT FAIRBANKS
The regular annual meeting of
the Alaska Visitors Association
will be held at Travelers Inn,
Fairbanks, February 3 through
February 5, beginning at 1:45
p,m.
The membership meeting will
be preceded by a meeting of the
retiring board of directors. In ad
dition to election of members to
the Board, other items on the
agenda will include advertising
and promotional projects for the
coming year, and a review of As
sociation activities to date. New
ly elected Board members will
hold their first meeting imme
diately after the close of the an
nual membership meeting.
Members who cannot attend in
person may designate their vot
ing proxy to another member by
so indicating in a written state
ment. Members are requested to
check with Jack Ryan of the
Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks,
upon arrival.
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission has announced examina
tions for engineering aids, drafs
men, and construction inspectors,
grades GS-4, GS-6, and GS-7, for
filling positions in the Bureau of
Reclamation. Vacancies exist at
Bureau offices and projects in the
17 western states. Further infor
mation and application forms
may be obtained at the U. S.
Post Office.
“DIMES FDR
A DOLLAR” OPENS
DIMES CAMPAIGN
Xi Eta and Theta chapters of
the local Beta Sigma Phi will
sponsor a joint project this Sat
urday to help raise money for
the current March of Dimes cam
paign.
Again this year women of the
organization will be out early
Saturday morning selling “dimes,
for dollars”. Small blue crutches,
with single dime affixed to each,
will be sold at $1.00 with each
and every dollar to go to the
March of Dimes. "Help the sor
ority to help the community”
will be the slogan of the day.
Headquarters will be set up at
Clara’s Variety. The sorority is
the first local organization to
sponsor a public activity in the
current campaign.
Faith Krause, assistant cam
paign chairman, reported this
week that contributions are be
ginning to come in from organi
zations and individuals. In addi
tion to contributions reported
fast week, donations have been
| received from Harold E. Gersh
J mel of Wasilla, Irvin Huston,
j Winston Laughlin, and Mr. and
: Mrs. A1 Brooks, all of Palmer.
S The Goldduster Homemakers’
; club has donated $25, and the
j Glacier View club, $10, she re
ported.
“The Salk vaccine should not
lull us into a state of lethargy,”
Mrs. Krause said this week. “It is
hoped that the various organiza
tions in town will each do some
thing, if simply as a philanthropic
project.
“It behooves us all to prove we
are humanitarian and benevolent
without having to be individually
contacted and prodded by Ed
Smith, campaign chairman, who
is Outside this month. He has giv
en unselfishly of his time each
year as chairman of the March
of Dimes and in appreciation,
let’s stand behind his record and
that of Palmer.”
Individual contributions may
be mailed to Mrs. Krause, or
left for her at the Palmer Depot.
Collection boxes have been plac
ed in various places in Palmer
and other public activities are
expected to be held before the
close of the campaign.
TALENT GATHERING
FOR KIWANIS
1956 MINSTREL SHOW
Talent is beginning to show up
around the valley for the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club’s annual min
strel show \yhich will be staged
March 23 and 24 in Palmer. Any
one who can sing, dance—or who
has a specialty act, that is willing
to participate in the annual show
is asked1 to contact Charles Lodgs
don, committee chairman, at the
Experiment Station; George
Crowdhers At the Department of
Agriculture, or leave word at the
Frontiersman office.
Rehearsals will get under wray
as soon as possible, it was an
nounced this week.
ENROLLMENT AT
UNIVERSITY IS HIGH
Although University of Alaska
students still are engaged in end
of-semester examinations, many
newcomers both from continental
United States and Alaska already
are crowding on campus in pre
paration for second semester reg
istration.
Registration will be from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow, with
instructions scheduled to com
mence Monday, January 23. The
compulsory guidance test was giv
en to first year entering students
today.
Although the early arrival of
the many new students has caus
ed some cramped quarters at the
university, arrangements are un
derway to accommodate them all.
University officials stated today
that the new 100-man dormitory,
upon which construction began
last summer, will be finished by
next fall’s registration and will
alleviate crowded • conditions. A
new 100-woman dormitory also
is on the drawing boards and con
struction will commence soon.
New Train Schedule
In Effect This Week
NEW HOURS SET
AT PALMER LIBRARY
New hours have been estab
; lished at the Palmer Library,
it was announced this week.
The library will be open
; each Tuesday and Thursday
!; evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. !;
; and each Monday and Wednes
; day afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 ;
| p.m.
Additional librarian help is ;
; needed. Anyone interested in :
volunteering a few hours a
month is requested to contact
j; Mrs. Don Ingalls, P. O. Box ■
j; 1747, or call at the library any '•
Monday or Wednesday after-;
;! noon. The library is kept open ;
! for the public only through ;
;! volunteer service, it was point- ;
ed out. ;
MTA SEEKING
EQUIPMENT BIDS
Central office equipment plans
and specifications for the Matan
uska Telephone Association have
been sent out to telephone equip
ment supply houses, Robert Part
ridge, MTA manager stated this
week.
The specifications include
plans for the central office which
will be located in Palmer, and
substations which will be locat
ed in Chugiak, Wasilla, and Sut
ton, he said.
The plans were shipped to the
Northern Electric Manufactur
ing Co., Stromberg-Carlson Com
| pany, Kellogg Swithchboard Sup
I ply, and Automatic Electric Sales
Corporation. The companies have
45 days in which to submit bids,
Partridge said.
Chugiak to Accept
MEA $2,000 Grant
According to the January 17 is
sue of The Chugiak Calendar, the
Territorial Commissioner of Edu
cation, Dafoe, met representatives
from the Matanuska Electric As
sociation and from Chugiak and
Wasilla and accepted the $2,000
grants which the MEA has offer
According to the news item, the
ed to the schools in these areas,
gifts are in lieu of taxes paid to
the city of Palmer. Eulalia Davis,
Justine Parks and W. L. Emmert,
all of Chugiak, were reported in
attendance at the Palmer meet
ing.
UNIVERSITY REQUESTS
ARCHITECTURAL AND
ENGINEERING DATA
The University of Alaska board
of regents today requested all
architectural and engineering
firms in the territory to submit
data concerning their work. The
information will be used in con
nection with the university's fu
ture construction program.
“The University of Alaska is
supported by the taxpayers of Al
aska and belongs to all Alas
kans.” the regents’ announce
ment explained. “Therefore, the
board a:? regents feels that all ar
chitects in the territory should be
given an opportunity to indicate
their interest in designing build
ings for the rapidly growing cam
pus and by turning in detailed ac
counts of their work in the ter
ritory.”
The regents request that each
interested firm submit by May 1
photographs of a minimum of
four completed jobs ,the location
of the structures and the names
otf the owners. In addition, the
regents would like to obtain lists
of the firms’ facilities, and gen
eral staff qualifications and ex
perience.
The requested data may be sent
to: Secretary, University of Al
aska Board of Regents, College,
Alaska.
Mail coining into Palmer will
suffer little noticeable delay, in
spite of the Alaska Railroad’s
new schedule which brings a
train into Palmer on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday only.
The new train schedule went into
effect this wreek and is being
practiced because of lack of busi
ness, a railroad representative
said this week. “It may not last
long”, he added.
Postmaster Beatrice Huntley
said today that the greatest per
centage of first class and An
chorage mail coming into Palmer
comes up by truck on the Star
Route. Third class and parcel
post which comes on the train
may be delayed a day by the new
schedule, she added.
CREDIT UNION
DECLARES
4% DIVIDEND
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Federal Credit Union de
clared a four percent dividend at
their annual meeting held Janu
ary 16 in the MEA meeting room.
Officers of the association report
1 ed a good year, with figures show
ing a sharp increase in all phases
of the Union. Membership now
stands at 230 with $32,241.89 in
shares. Dividend payments will
run about $980.00, it was report
ed. Net earnings for the past year
total $1,538.39. Total assets of the
local Union were announced at
$46,113.86. Average yearly sav
ings have gone from nothing in
1951 to $120 in 1955, indicating
the consistent growth of the or
ganization.
c. Ivan Branton, president, told
members that he felt the increase
this past year is due in part to
the vary energetic treasurer, Dex
ter Bacon; to the publicity work
done by H. P. Gaza way; to the
insurance program now in effect,
and to the natural growth which
can be expected in a new Credit
Union.
“I feel”, he said, “that we are
graduating to a larger business.
We have more shares now—we
have had no losses.”
The treasurer’s report inform
ed members that the Credit Union
is one of the youngest businesses
in fhe United States. There are
now 7270 Credit Unions, of which
24 are located in Alaska. The pur
pose of a Credit Union, Bacon
pointed out, is to promote thrift
and provide for a source of credit.
Average savings in the Valley
Credit Union is $120 the national
average is $259.
Among recommendations giv
en by the board of directors,
which were later adopted by un
animous vote by the membership,
was the payment of $500 to the
treasurer for work done during
the past year. In addition, mem
bership voted to pay the trea
surer, in future years, 25 percent
of the net profit per month, or a
total of $500 per year, which ever
amount is the largest.
Another recommendation ac
cepted by memberhsip was the in
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;SHORT "CUT" TO BEAUTY;
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Pbone 3301
LAVONNE JOHNSON
1 Family Night
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
at the
CO-OP CAFE
CLAUDIA WILSON. Mgr. \
Potted Daffodils
;! BLOOM $1.00
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Building
“BRING YOUR DANCE
GAL lo the FOOD
ELKS HALL 10 P.M. FUR ’