Old Paper Discloses
Origin of School
Paper’s Name
I>id you ever wonder where
the Palmer High School paper
got it’s name, “Banana Belt
Breezes?”
When the paper first came out,
back in 1936, a contest was he’d
and a prize offered for the best
name for the paper.
A1 Gregerson, then janitor at
the school, suggested “Banana
Belt Beezes” and won. He got
his idea for the paper’s name
because the valley was referred
to as the Banana Belt since 1913
when there was no freeze-up.
This little news item was recent
ly found in a newspaper printed
in 1938. Ray DePriest has the
paper.
Mr. Gregerspn, nearly 80 years
old, is leaving Palmer this Sun
day enrouts to Sitka where he
will spend his second winter at
the Alaska Pioneers Home. The
long-time Alaskan resident first ]
came to the territory in 1905, liv
ing at Nome until the following j
year when he went into British
Columbia and Washington to
work in lumber mills. In 1908 he
returned to Alaska, living at Sun
rise and in Anchorage. He work
ed for the AJaska Railroad for
a number of years and in 1935
moved to the Valley. He has been
very active in St. John’s Luth
eran Church in Palmer, of which
he is a member.
Expect 1956—
(Continued from page 1)
Club donated hours of time to
operating the parking concession
on the city lot located across
from the fairgrounds. Proceeds
from the concession will go to
ward the future development of
a community park. With the
thousands of cars in the city dur
ing the three-dav week end, their
contribution to the community
toy providing this service, made
the policing job a much easier
one as far as traffic was con
c erned.
The Alaska Road Commission
set up counters at the Matanus
ka Bridge, on the Glenn highway
going north and on the Wasilla
road. The counter at the bridge
showed a total of 24,929 vehicles
crossed the bridge from Saturday
morning at 10 a m. to Tuesday
morning at 8 am. During the
same period of time 5,471 vehi
cles were recorded on the high
way north and 4,557 on the Was
illa road. Although a number of
these vehicles did not come into j
Palmer, it is believed that the
The Frontiersman
Organist Roy M. Darley
FAMED ORGANIST
TO APPEAR IN
CONCERT SATURDAY
Tickets are on sale this week
for the organ concert which will
be held at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints new
church building Saturday even
ing. Those who plan to purchase
tickets at the door are requested
to arrive early so they may be
seated prior to 8:30 at which
time the concert will begin.
Roy M. Darley, organist at the
Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake
City will present the concert, us
ing a Baldwin organ which is be
ing loaned by the Brown Piano
Company of Anchorage.
Organist Darley started his
musical career at the early age
of seven and his organ training
at the age of fourteen. Follow
ing his formal education in high
school and college, he spent two
years as a missionary for his
church, serving in New York
and Pennsylvania. During this
work he played such great or
gans as the Wanamaker organ in
Philadelphia and the Convention
Hall organ in the same city. On
completion of his services as a
missionary, he was appointed or
ganist and chapel director at the
Washington Chapel, Embassy
Row, Washington, D. C. During
World War Ii he served in the
Pacific Theatre as chaplain iq
the U. S. Army. At the comple
tion of this service he was assign
ed as organist at the Salt Lake
City tabernacle. Prior to coming
to Alaska for his forthco'ming
concert he was guest organist at
the Hollywood Bowl. He planned
concerts in Fairbanks on Tues
day of this week and in Anch
orage tonight.
Admission tickets will be $2.00
each and may be purchased from
church members, prior to the
concert, and at the door that
night. All persons planning to
attend are requested to be seat
ed prior to 8:30 when the con
cert will begin. The concert pro
gram will include works by
Bach. Handel, Frank, Louis Veir
ne, Widor, Purcell, Boellmann
and others.
greatest percentage of them
were in and about the valley dur
ing this past week-end.
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with
MOORE REGISTERS
REGISTER FORMS
AND ACCESSORIES
Moor* Registers and Register Forms
assure reliable records. One copy of each
set of tickets may be automatically filed in the
register's locked compartment avoiding customer
misunderstanding and preventing lost copies.
Continuous, numerical filing simplifies doily audit.
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THE WEEKLY FRONTIERSMAN, VALLEY
REPRESENTATIVE
M. D. Snodgrass
Praises ’56 Fair
Opening day of the 1956 Mat
anuska Valley Fair was designat
I ed as M. D. Snodgrass Day and
I shortly after the official opening
! exercises the M. D. SNODGRASS
I BUILDING was dedicated in his
honor.
M. D. Snodgrass, one of the
best-known promoters of not
only the Matanuska Valley, but
all Alaska, has long been a
strong supporter of agricultural
and industrial fairs, having been
; instrumental in starting the first
^ Alaska fair in Fairbanks many
years ago and having worked
hard and diligently the past 20
years in promoting the famous
Matanuska Valley Fairs.
This week, after all the ex
citement of what has been term
ed the mos^ successful Valley
Fair on record has quieted down,
M. D. Snodgrass had the follow
ing to say about the 1956 Fair:
“The 16th annual Matanuska
VaTey Fair has passed into his
tory with a weather record of
three fair-weather days and an
! attendance of a new high for each
I day exhibits in all departments
were of high quality. The Fair
management is to be congratu
lated for their untiling efforts
in putting on a good show. The
exhibitors won high praise for
the quality of their exhibits. The
4-11 group showed great progress,
and their future looks bright. We
must build to meet their needs.
“Every boy and girl in the j
Matanuska Valley has a chance
to show what they individually;
can do to make the Fair a sue- 1
cess. Their training in school
work can be reflected by their
exhibits in the 4-H departments. !
“Future Fair successes or fail
ures are in your hands. Increas
ed space will be given every de
partment from year to year. A :
flower or garden, poultry, or
rabbit, calf or pig, sheep or goat,
or a riding pony, will help the;
Fair management build and fill j
the space to the high school and
make our fair the ALL STATE |
FAIR. We should have a dozen
new community fairs in Alaska.
“It takes people, time and la
bor to build a Fair".
<
WILLIWAW LODGE
Announces closing
of the Dining Room
for the winter...
Bar and Cabins will
be open all winter.
Lutheran Young
People Raise Funds
With Carrot Crop
Through a project conducted
this summer funds are being
raised to enlarge the basement
in St. John's Lutheran Church.
One and one half acres of land
on the Emil LaWalters farm this
summer was put in carrots. Har
vesting of the crop will be done
this month, according to the
Rev. Einar Bach.
“The young people of the
church have taken care of the
weeding and thinning chores
throughout the summer, donat
ing their time to the church",
he explained. Funds from the
crop will go toward costs of en
larging the basement, he added.
The young people’s instruction
classes will begin again for the
coming year this Saturday morn
ing at 9:30. Clasess will be held
each Saturday morning from
9:30 to 11:30 and all interested
persons are invited to attend for
instructions.
An important fire department
meeting will be held tomorrow
night at 8:00 p.m. at City Hall.
All fire fighters and others
have been asked to attend the
meeting.
Valley Resident—
(Continued from page 1)
Blastjo, and Wanda Wilson. F.I.F.
of Anchorage awarded 10 free
shares to Mrs. C. E. Cummings.
LeRoi Heaven of Wasilla was
awarded two young pigs. These
pigs are from two that were
awarded to a 4-H boy last year.
Next year LeRoi will furnish two
pigs to be awarded to another
4-H member.
Grand prizes awarded in the
queen contest were as follows:
Monarch range, Matanuska Val
ley Farmers Cooperating Asso
ciation, to Alma Haik, Spring
Creek Lodge, No. 1160: Hot Point
refrigerator, Bert’s Drug Store,
to Dexter Bacon, No 4843; Sink
and dishwasher combination,
Koslosky’s Department store, to
I. C. Hall, Palmer, No. 1933;
Mercury outboard motor, Gras
ser’s Hardware, to Donna Mc
Kechnie, Palmer, No. 3884: $150
groceries, Piggly Wiggly Store,
to Douglas McKechnie, Palmer,
No. 3843; and $100 groceries Tee
land’s Shopping Center, Wasilla,
to Bill Curtis, Palmer, No. 1009.
’56 Champion Winners
For the first time a parade of
champion stock was held at the
valley fair this year. This pro
vided an opportunity for owners
to parade their valuable stock
and for the public to see the ani
mals outside their stalls.
Many prizes awarded in this
parade were donated by mer
I chants. They went to the follow
ing winners: Courtesy Westward
Motor Co., $15 each to Ida Hos
kins, Holstein heifer; LeRoi
Heaven, Red Dane heifer; Robert
Boyd, Guernsey heifer; and $5.00
to Mary Ann Boyd for her Guer
nsey heifer.
The M. J. Coffee and U. & I
Sugar distributors for Alaska
(through the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Associa
tion) gave the following prizes:
A 30-cup dripulator coffee mak
er to William Boyd, Guernsey
heifer: and 100-pound bags of
sugar to Vadney Bledsoe for his
Red Dane heifer; Ted White,
Jersey cow; and Horst Kalwies.
Brown Swiss cow. Six prizes of
five dollars each went to the fol
lowing:
Wayne Eckert, Holstien heifer.
Lila Hoskins, Jersey-Guernsev
Cross heifer; Jerry Hoskins, Red
Dane heifer; Elaine Lucas, Hoi
stien-Dane cross heifer; L. M.
DePriest, Experiment Station
bull; and Douglas Maze, bull calf
Mrs. Lucy P. Crawford of
Knoxville, Tenn., is expected in
Alaska on Saturday, via pJane
This is Mrs. Crawford's first
visit to Alaska and she will be
vacationing with her daughter
Jane Slaughter and her son-in
i law Marvin.
Save l our Hard-Earned Cash
To Fill Your Winter Cache
REAL GOLD
ORANGE BASE &
TROPICAL PUNCH
6 IT 99c
CHEESE
Whiz
°"j. 55c
FINEST BRANDS
(ream Corn 6 for
Sweet Peas AAl
m Tomatoes
__
ARMOUR'S SWIFT'S CUDAHY'S
Beef Stew
ROSEDAE.E s- CUT
ASPARAGUS
SPEARS
AJAX Reg.
CLEANSER
2 S 49c
2 for 29c
SKIPPY
DOG 4
FOOD 4
SOFT WEAVE -
TOILET
TISSUE
Pink, White, Blue
2f„25c
LYNDEN
BRAND
Slewing Chickens * 57c
RATH BLACK HAWK
Smoky Sausage BS1 *. 49c
Koslosky’s Dept. Store
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(Continued from page 7, Sec. 2) __ ^ .
——-1--2-M. D. Snodgrass Sub.
Horton. Ralph and Alice .blk. 1, lot 4 (part of)
Athearn, Murray J.. blk. 6, lot 8 .
R. Snodgrass Sub.
Felzien, Russell .blk. 3, lot 14. \\ 100 ft.
Woodland Park Sub.
Moehllendorf, Fred .blk. 1, lot 10.
Moehllcndorf, Fred .blk. 1, lot 11
We Hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true and correct roll of the
pendent School District for the years 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956. The total amount of said
aggregate of the whole thereof:
(Seal of tne City of Palmer)
(Seal of the Palmer Independent )
(School District )
Published August 23, 30, September 6, 13, 20, 1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1955
1953
1955
1955
60.00
60.00
80.00
.80.00
80.00
20.75
95.00
1.00
1.00
9.00
9.00
12.00
12.00
1200
3.11
14.25
.15
.15
6.60
12.00
25.60
35.20
44.80
2.28
30.40
.11
.11
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
79.60
85.00
121.60
131.20
140.80
30.14
143.65
5.26
5.26
delinquent Taxes for the City of Palmer and Palmer Inde
and 1955, said taxes became delinquent on February 1, of
taxes, penalty and interest are separately stated and the
CLAIR STOCK
City Clerk, of the City of Palmer
BARBARA R. SKOK
the *>almer Independent School District
WILLIAM WAKELAND
Assessor-Collector for the City of Palmer and the
Palmer Independent School District