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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 49
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1958
NON-PARTISAN
RALLY TONIGHT
GRANGE HALL. 8 P.YL
PRICE 15 CENTS
Voters Pick Koslosky,
Zahradnicek for Council
Ralph Koslosky, manager of
Koslosky’s Department store, and
William T. Zahradnicek, super
intendent of schools, were nam
ed by city voters on October 7
to fill the two three-year vacan
cies on the City of Palmer Com
mon Council.
Koslosky was making his first
rod for a city office and polled
h total of 327 votes. Zahradnicek,
..nc*umben>t, will be serving his
second full term, having complet
'd two years of an unexpired
I-, rm and one full three-year on
;?je Council. He received 99 votes.
Other votes cast for candidates
were as follows: Jack Maze, 73;
Emil Waidal, 46; and Alfred V.
Hagen, 37. Jasper Skok received
write-in vote.
Ballots will be canvassed by the
. ouncil at their next meeting and
'.he elected Councilors will take
their oaths before being seated.
The next regular meeting is slat
ed for Tuesday, Otcober 14, and
■- .11 be held in the basement of
ir;e City hall.
IDAHO SENATOR
VISITS VALLEY
The nation’s youngest U. S.
Senator, Frank Church CD) of
i aho, was a valley visitor on
Monday of this week. During his
;/tort visit to the Palmer area he
. id Mrs. Church and Ex-Gover
.* »r Ernest Greening and Dave
Friend of Anchorage, who accom
panied him, were taken on a brief
v-ur of the farming area south
Df town. Brief stops were made
hi the farm homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Woods and Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Grover.
Over the coffee cups, just prior
T their departure for Anchorage,
Senator Church voiced his great
■ a press ion of the Matanuska Val
cy. “1 believe that the people of I
■/e Matanuska Valley and the 1
• alley itself can do more to help
•prove the ‘igloo myth’ than
: y other section of Alaska.”
Senator Church, who was mak
ng his first visit to Alaska, had
■ ■ sited the Fairbanks area last
■■ ■eek. He stated his purpose in
•ming to Alaska at this time
• as to help campaign for E. L.
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening,
Democratic candidates to the
V. S. Senate. “It is important that
hese men go to Washington as
a team.” he stated.
Senator Church' addressed a
Democratic banquet held in An- I
. .orage that night.
Former Palmierite Named
To Cordova School Board
Bill Zahradnicek. son of Mr. j
>.nd Mrs. William Zahradnicek of )
rainier, defeated Ken Harrison
for a five-year school board post j
r Cordova. Zahradnicek was the
..cuni'benf. j
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IMatanuska Valley
Featured In TIME
Under the Alaska column in !;
TIME magazine, October 6 is- !;
sue, “The Fertile Valley” of- 1;
fers readers a brief resume of <|
the colonization of the Matarw j|
uska Valley. Brought up to jl
date, article includes referen
ces to the productivity of the ;!
present-day valley farms and ;•
mentions farmers Max Sher
rod and Vic Falk, Sr. l’
Hospital Service
To Be Considered
At Special Meeting
Better hospital service for Pal
mer will be considered at a speci
al meeting Sunday, October 12.
Participants will be Dr. Francis
Phillips, M. D., of the Anchorage
Medical Association; Dr. C. C.
Bailey, president of the hospital
medical staff; A. H. Mick and
John Weisenberger of the hos
pital board of directors; and Ron
ald McIntyre, specialist in per
sonnel management.
The purpose of the meeting is
to develop recommendations to
develop the hospital organization
and doetnment its policy and
personnel structure. Suggestion.?
:#• this group will be considered
at the regular hospital board
meeting on Friday, October 17.
LOCAL KIWANIANS
PLAN LADIES NIGHT
The Palmer Kiwanis Club will f
mid a ladies night Saturday, Oc- j
ober 11, at the Elks hall. Din- :
ler will be served, beginning at;
1 p.m. and four new' members ■
will be inducted. They are Dr.
Vincent Hume, Dr. Marshal
Simpson, L. M. DePriest, and :
lames Cottrell. During the eve
ning movies wall be shown and
other entertainment is planned.
George Crowthers will be the in
ducting officer.
MEETING SERIES
FUNNED FOR
AREA FARMERS
| A series of meetings for area
1 farmers is being scneduled this
; fall and winter, it was announc
; ed today by Lew Hanks, district
agricultural agent with the Ex
tension Service. The meetings
will be held in the various com
: munities in the area, as recom
mended by the local Extension
Advisory Committee, Hanks ad
ded.
Suggested subjects for presen
tation at the meetings are: Grain
drying and storage; chemical
weed control; bulk feed and ma
terials handling; trench silo con
struction; construction of pole
frame buildings; farm building
planning and layout for efficient
operation; electrical wiring, plan
ning and safety; motor and appli
ance use and care; water and
sewage systems; farm building
insulation; farm shop planning
and use; and heating systems and
fire safety.
Plans inlude the use of movies,
film strips, slides and other types
of illustrative material in pre
senting these subjects, Hanks
said.
The district agent also an
nounced that a Farm Forum will
not be sponsored by the Exten
sion Service in the Matanuska
Valley next spring. He stated that
the number of farm people who
were able to attend did not justi
fy the cost, which was approxi
mately $600.00 last year. Attend
ance at the forums has dropped
the past two years. Hanks point
ed out. If interested groups wish
to ‘pick up the ball and pitch
in’ possibly some arrangements
could be worked out for another
forum next year.
INSURANCE OFFICIAL
VISITS IN VALLEY
Visiting in Palmer on Wednes
day of this week was Arthur M.
Cannon, vice president and trea
surer of Standard Insurance Co.
of Portland, Ore. Cannon, who
spoke at the opening of the Busi
ness Seminar in Anhorage that
morning, was a luncheon guest at
the home of V. Louise Kellogg.
He was accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. George Hedla of Spenard.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO HEAR CANDIDATES
AT MEET TONIGHT
Former Governor Earnest
Gruening (D), will be among can
didates who will be appearing at
the public meeting being co-spon
sored this evening by the North
land Pioneer Grange No. 1 and
the Matanuska Valley Chamber'
of Commerce. Former Governor
Mike Stepovich (R), also invited
to attend, because of previous
commitments in Ketchikan, will
be unable to participate.
The two candidates for U. S.
Senate seats, had been invited
to debate vital issues of the cam
paign here in Palmer, and were
asked to express their own, as
well as their respective party’s
views regarding needed lgisla
tion and future development of
the new State.
The bi-partisan political rally!
has been scheduled for 8 p.m. at |
the Grange hall tonight. It has j
been planned by the two spon- j
soring valley organizations to aid j
residents of the community in j
understanding more clearly the
vital issues which will be con
fronting state and national leg
islators.
In accepting the invitation last
'week, Mr. Gruening said, ‘‘I shall
be delighted to participate in any
discussion which will clarify my
views and those of the Demo
cratic Party concerning our new
state legislation. I shall also be
glad to debate any of the vital
issues, where they are at vari
ance, with my esteemed oppon
| ent, Mike Stepovich.”
Others participating in the pro
gram this evening will be Mrs.
Doris McKinley (R), James J.
i Hurley (D), and Gerritt (Heinie)
i Snider (I) of Wasilla, candidates
I for State Representative from the
: Ninth District.
Former Governor Stepovich
sent a telegram to the local
I Chamber and Grange, expressing
1 his regret in not being able to at
; tend the non-partisan meeting.
Seeking Debate
j Because the local Chamber
| feels a debate between the two i
Senate candidates would promote j
great interest in the Matanuska !
j Valley, another invitation has i
(Continued on Page 8)
ET. A. Sets Membership Month
They’ll Knock
On Igloo Doors
In Newest Suite
When more than eleven mil
lion P.T.A. members open their
annual Membership Enrollment
month this October, they will be
urged to “knock on every door”
to iind new members interested
in advancing the welfare of
children.
Some of those doors may open
to the oldest dwellings in the
Western hemisphere—stone ig
loo homes in Alaska, scheduled
soon to become the nation's 49th
state.
Here, as throughout the U.S.,
the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers will seek to add
some half-million new “parents,
teachers or friends of children"
to what is already the nation's
longest voluntary service organ
ization.
Mrs. James C. Parker, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., president
of the National Congress, cites
“the dynamic potential of Alas
ka, our newest state," as “com
parable to the spirit which has
enabled Parent-Teacher associa
tions to contribute so much to
the welfare of children."
The variety and scope of P.T.A.
activities in the 61-year history of
the National Congress are re
flected today, Mrs. Parker noted,
in the everyday life of Alaskans
which ranges in spirit from the
quite sophisticated to the “truly
frontier."
Alaska's Congress of Parents
and Teachers, which became part
of the national organization in i
1957, today faces problems which
can be compared. Mrs. Parker
pointed out, with those recorded
over the years in tiny American
communities or in its largest ci
ties. For it i3 a land where , . .
—School youngsters may ride
for miles in a dog sled to a
crowded, poorly-heated quonset
hut, or walk across the street to a
modern, several story building.
—Where accountants, school
! “Home is the child’s first school,’' explains Mrs. James C. Parker,
| president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, whether
! ill’s in Point Barrow, Alaska, or the continental U.S. Here, Chicago
! school children examine picture of Eskimo family standing under
! strips of caribou meat outside their far north home. In proclaiming
October as P.T.A. Membership Enrollment month, Mrs. Parker
points out that development of P.T.A.’s in Alaska, soon to become
the nation’s 49th state, parallels the organization's pioneering days
in this country.
teachers and government work
ers regularly make trips “back in
tiie bush” to hunt and fish for
food for their families—and store
it; in modern freezers,
—Where the airplane is the ac
cepted means of travel between
cities, but where the number of
sled dogs is increasing.
-—Where teachers in schools
with large Eskimo or Indian pop
ulations must teach a second lan
guage—English—to many of their
charges, while other schools, es
pecially those on U.S. army bases,
maintain typically American lib
raries, theaters and bowling al
leys as part of their recreation
program.
Aims of the National Congress
membership month will apply
equally well in this dynamic new
state, Mrs, Parker pointed out, as
in its member organizations
throughout the continental United
States, in Hawaii and on Amer
ican military bases in Europe.
“For the primary purpose of
the P.T.A.,” she explained, “is to
safeguard children, to build for
the future in such a way that in
every community the lights of
home may always shine out.”
In designating October as the
period for membership enroll
ment, she called upon “every
parent-teacher member to knock
once more on the door, and at the
heart, of every American, so that
all of us, working together, may
make America the best possible
home for all our children.”
Bond Issue Okayed;
Gazaway Elected
I RAILROAD MANAGER
TO SPEAK AT CHAMBER
MEET NEXT WED.
R. H. Anderson, general
manager of The Alaska Rail
road, will be a special guest
of the Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce during
their noon luncheon meeting
next Wednesday, October 15.
Anderson will speak to the
Chamber members and all in
terested persons are invited to
attend. The meeting will be
held at noon at the iMarada
Cafe.
EXPANDED COURSES
IN AGRICULTURE
REGOMMENDEN
Expanded vocational teaching
in the Palmer high school and
consideration of setting up agri
cultural units at schools in Fair
banks, Kenai, Homer, and pos
sibly Anchorage, were .suggested
in a survey recently made in Al
aska to determine an overall pro
gram in vocational agricultural
education.
The future development of
agricultural education in Alaska
depends on citizens interest and
support for the curriculum in sec
ondary schools, community col
leges, and the University of Al
aska. One of the foundation
stones for expanded farming in
the 49th state will be vocational
training.
The above conclusions are of
Mark Nichols, state vocational
education director of Utah, and
C. O. McCorkle, administrative
dean at California State Poly
technic College,, two vocational
education experts who made a
comprehensive, month-long in
vestigation in Alaska to deter
mine an overall program.
A 40-page report of their find
ings has recently been distribut
ed by the University of Alaska.
The survey was sponsored jointly
by the Territorial Department of
Education, the Alaska Rural De
velopment Board, and the Uni
versity. The report was sent to
leaders and agencies who are
chiefly concerned with such edu
cation in Alaska.
Adult education courses for
farmers at the community col
leges, particularly at Palmer,
w'ere recommended; and that the
University add agricultural pro
duction courses during the first
two years of college.
A high priority in research and
instruction should be given to
problems of agricultural markets
and marketing, according to the
report.
The survey team commended
Herman Turner, agricultural
agent at large of the University
extension service for his work in
the ARDB sponsored Community
development projects of outlying
areas and native villages.
DAN SULLIVAN
DIES OCTOBER 8
Word was received this morn
ing of the death last night of Dan
Sullivan of Palmer. Mr. Sullivan
died following a heart attack in
Tenakee Hot Springs, just out
side Juneau, where he had gone
yesterday, planning to spend the
winter.
■Mr. Sullivan is survived by a
sister in New York and another
sister and several neices and
nephews in Ireland.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Approxim iateiy oa percent or
the registered voters of the Pal
mer Independent School District
voted to approve the $300,000
bond issue, for school construc
tion purposes. A total of 365 vot
es were cast. Of these 309 were
in favor of the bond issue; 53
opposed; and three ballots were
not valid.
.Named to the one five-year
term on the Palmer Board of
Education was H. P. Gazaway,
economist w'ith the Alaska Agri
cultural * Experiment Station
Gazaway polled a total of 170
votes. Other candidates for the
position received the following
votes: Lew Hanks, 78; Mrs. Joyce
Kerttula, 60; Richard Anderson,
46; and James Cottrell, 32. A to
tal of 396 votes were cast in the
school board election, w’ith 10 of
j them voided by the judges.
} Gazaway took office at the
regular meeting of the Board
of Education on Wednesday, Oc
tober 8. He fills the vacancy of
Lew' Hanks wrhose term expired
this year. Other members of the
Board are George (Ed) Smith,
Richard Jones, Mrs. Barbara
Skok, and A1 J. DeJulio.
Palmer School Board
Changes Meeting Date;
Names Smith President
Regular meeting night of the
Palmer Board of Education was
changed by vote at the October
8 meeting of the board. Meetings
w’lll now be held the second
Monday evening of each month,
instead of the second Wednesday
as in the past. Board meetings
are held in the high school office,
convening at 8 p.m.
H. P. Gazaway, elected to the
Board of Education in the Octo
ber 7 election, vcas administered
his oath of office by Attorney
John Shaw, following the canvas
sing of the ballots by the other
board members.
George (Ed) Smith was re-elect
ed president of the Board. Other
officers named to serve during
the coming year were A1 J. De
Julio, vice-president; Gazaway,
treasurer; and Mrs. Barbara
| Skok, clerk.
MINING SHORT COURSE
BEING OFFERED THIS
MONTH AT UNIVERSITY
The nine-week Mining Short
Course at the University of Al
S aska will start October 13. The
| course consists of instruction in.
the practical aspects of mining
and geology, and is open to all
persons without regard to pre
vious training or academic quali
fications. Appropriate certificates
will be given to all who satisfac
torily complete the course. Fur
; ther information on the mining
course may be obtained from the
: School of Mines, University of
i Alaska, v_- v»ij.fcg6.
I
Charles W. Wilson, territorial
| conservationist is in San Luis Ob
| ispo, California this week where
1 he is lecturing at the training
I center for Soil Conser vation Ser
I vice employees. Next week he
! will be in Washington, D. C.
where he will attend the annual,
| conference of State and Territori
; al conservationists.
Doris McKinley
Republican ;!
First State Legislature ;!
NOVEMBER 25, 1958 j|
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LUTHERAN TURKEY DINNER
October 16
5 to 8 P.M.
Adults—$2.00 Children under 12—75c
Tickets may be purchased at the door
EVERYONE WELCOME
LUTHERAN CHURCH BASEMENT