P-TA BENEFIT MOVIE
SEPTEMBER 24 — 8 P.M.
"MAN CALLED PETER"
CENTRAL SCHOOL
The Frontiersman
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VOLUME 1L NUMBER 46
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1958
PRICE 15 CENTS
FORECLOSURE LISTS
BEING FILED
IN DISTRICT COURT
Foreclosure lists for 1958,
v .eh concern 1957 real proparty
xes, are today being filed in
IA strict Court, along with peti
tions for judgement, announced
William Wakeland, tax assessor.
“Under the 1957 law we must
w follow,” he said, “these pro
< .ties absorb the full costs of
reclosure, that is, the filing fee,
' ".ie cost of publication and the at
' rney fee.” The very high costs
c i the City of Palmer list are
cue to the small number of par
rels left to absorb the costs,
Wakeland pointed out.
There will be but one series
of four publications, beginning in
is issue of The Frontiersman,
r- 'ter which the Court hears the
eases and renders judgement. If
oxtered sold, the properties are
* \en transferred to the School
D.-trict and City respectively, for
a c rve year redemption period,
her which the Court may deed
rue properties to the School Dis
trict and City. j
Wakeland pointed out that j
• e former public sale and two
v.-ar redemption period are elim- I
Inated. If a sale is held, it will j
at the option of the School j
District and City respectively j
after the properties are deeded to j
rr.em and the sale will be final, I
with no redemption period.
The names advertised are, by
i w, names of the owners of rec
( ud and may include other names
last known to the tax office,
Wakeland stated. One unfortun
tu result, he added, makes neces
- ry the naming on these lists of
persons who do pay their taxes.
A: least one, and perhaps more,
c£ the listed owners have deeded
:. e parcel described, but the buy
er: have failed to record the deed.
Thus, he pointed out, the owner
<A record has no further interest
;n the property and is not person
ally liable for the real property
xes, yet his name must appear
c i the list.
Personal property taxes are
r : handled the same way, be
cause they are a personal liabil
uy of the owner as of January 1.
Delinquent 1958 personal proper
ty tax accounts will be advertis
ed on October 2. Following this
s ngle advertisement, civil actions
w 11 be filed in U. S. Commission
er Court.
EXCAVATING DITCHES
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Gravel — Topsoil
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Ph. PI-2795
SAVE!
ON YOUR
GLEANING
\ CERTAIN GARMENTS
2 for the 4
price of I
Gash and Garry
| BROWN'S GLEANERS
J WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
> Closed Saturday Afternoons
Palmer Elks Plan
Annual Cerebral
Palsy Benefit
The Palmer Elks cerebral palsy
committee is busily planning a
; dinner, an interesting entertain
i ment program, and dance, all for
the evening of Saturday, Sep
| tember 27. This is the first pro
1 gram of this nature since the be
j ginning of the summer outdoor
period which carries over into
the hunting season.
The dinner will begin at 6:30
p.m., following which several en
: tertainment acts will be present
ed before the beginning of danc
i ing to live music at 10 p.m.
One of the special phases of
: the program will be organ selec
tions by Pat Black. Miss Black
is well-known for her pleasing
organ interpretations in previous
public appearances and through
her regular television programs.
During the evening the prize
for the Cerebral Palsy Benefit j
will be awarded to the lucky |
winner.
Members are reminded that*
proceeds from C.P. activities
must be turned in to the Alaska
West Committee at the time of
annual convention, which this
year will be held at Ketchikan
October 7-11. Names of Palmer
delegates have not been announc
ed to date but several members
of the Palmer lodge are planning
to attend.
The dinner-dance will be open
to all Elks and their guests. Mem
bers are urged to pick up their
guest cards as soon as possible.
71st Air Rescue
Locates Downed Flyer
Lt. Robert L. Graham, home
on leave from the U. S. Army Ar
tillery Guided Missile Contingent
at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, was pick
ed up by a helicopter crew Wed
nesday morning in the Grasshop
per Valley area, in the neighbor
hood of where the light plane
r which he was flying the day be
fore was damaged on landing.
Graham had left the Palmer
Airport about 10 a.m. Tuesday,
flying a light plane owned by
Roy Knapp, planning to go moose
hunting in the Knik Canyon.
The damaged plane was sighted
by Rene Nielsen and Dick Ham
; ilton, local pilots, later in the
day. The 71st Air Rescue Squad
ron at Elmendorf Air Force Base
was called and they sent a heli
copter to the area that night.
However, the crew found Gra
! ham had left the plane. Darkness
prevented them from searching
for the missing airman that night
and another flight was sent out
Wednesday morning, this one
successful. Also assisting in the
search were local pilots Clyde
King, Bruce Murray, Don Mc
Kechnie, Rene Nielsen and Rich
ard Hamilton.
4-H FAIR CHECKS
READY FOR WINNERS
At tend t ion 4-H’ers: The 4-H
checks are ready, and may be
picked up at the Extension
Service office. “Now is an ex
cellent time for you to bring
in your project books and pick
up your checks at the same
time,” it was suggested by Ex
tension personnel.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
HERE ANOTHER WEEK
Because of the response
shown in the valley the Em
ployment Service office held
here this week, the office will
remain open for an additional
week, it was announced today
by Rob Merrill who is assist
ing in finding qualified work
ers to assist in the harvest
and in other work fields. The
office is located in the middle
of the fairgrounds, in space
utilized during the recent fair
as the manager’s office, and is
open from early morning un
til about 4:00 or 4:30 each af
ternoon. There is no charge
for the service and anyone de
siring work, or anyone look
ing for workers, for any type
work, is urged to avail them
selves of the service. The
telephone number is PI-3151.
If sufficient use is made of
the employment service, it
may be possible for a perman
ent office in Palmer
SCHOOL DISTRICT
VOTERS URGED TO
REGISTER AT ONCE
Tax Assessor William Wake
land again this week urges* all"
voters to register immediately so
they may qualify as a voter in
the $300,000 bond election to be
held in the Palmer Independent
School District October 7. He
pointed out again that in order
to vote each voter’s name must
appear on the current tax roll.
If their name is not now on the
roll, steps should be taken to
get it there, and in either event,
only those persons whose names
appear on the tax roll and who
have registered will be eligible
to vote. Registration deadline is
Saturday, October 4, 6 p.m.
In the bond election qualified
electors will be asked: “Shall the
Palmer Independent School Dis
trict issue general obligation
bonds in the principal amount of
$300,000 for the purpose of pro
viding money to construct an
addition to, improve, extend, bet
iter, repair and reconstruct Swan
son School Building and facilities
connected therewith?”
SCHOOL BOARD
FILINGS OPEN
UNTIL TUESDAY
Residents of the Palmer Inde
pendent School District who are
interested in filing for the one j
five-year term which will be fill- j
ed at the October 7 election, are j
reminded that they have only un- !
til 5 p.m. next Tuesday, Septem- |
ber 23, in which to file.
To date two persons have filed, !
they are: H. P. Gaza way and j
Mrs. Joyce Kerttula, both of
Palmer.
Applications for filing are
available at the high school of- I
fice and filing must be made j
there. It is not necessary to cir- j
culate a petition for nomination j
in the school district election.
SCIENCE LIBRARY
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Science will be emphasized,
underscored and pointed up dur- I
mg the current year at Palmer •
High School. Principal Keith A.
Smith’s application for participa
tion in the Traveling High School ’
Science Library Program has j
been accepted by the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science, and 200 outstanding,
evaluated, up-to-date “best-sel
ler” type books in the sciences
and mathematics will circulate to
the school library from Washing- j
ton, D. C. All branches of science j
will be covered and the reading I
level will range from books the
brilliant junior-high student will
find interesting to some that will
give the outstanding high school
senior a taste of advanced work.
The collection lists for more than I
$1,000.
The idea for this experimental ,
program, aimed at interesting;
more students in scientific and j
technical careers, originated with ;
the Nataional Science Founda- !
tion, an agency of the Federal j
Government established in 1950 |
“to provide the progress of :
science ...” The AAAS was re- j
quested to administer the pro- I
gram. j
The AAAS was organized in
1848 and is the oldest national
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No Public Showing of “Man Called Peter”
The public showing of “A Man
Called Peter”, which was to
have been sponsored by the Pal
mer P-TA September 24, will not
be shown. In it’s place three Al
askan films will be shown: “Lake
George Break-up”, “Pribiloff
Seals”, and a third Alaskan
film, plus two cartoons. The
film “A Man Called Peter” will
be shown to high school students
only in the school on September
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In a report made at the Sep
tember 16 meeting of the P-TA
; meeting Mrs. Jewell G. Bailey
stated in part that “Mr. Hagen
I was consulted to find out. if he
I had shown the movie (“A Man
Called Peter”) or had it under
! contract to show. He stated that
| the movie had been shown in Pal
I mer and protested against any
group showing movies in this
area beside Valley Theatre. He
was advised to write the P.T.A.
Executive Board informing them
of his viewpoint,
“The Executive Board passed
a motion to show the movie “A
Man Called Peter” in as much
as the movie had already been
shown here and they had not
; received a letter from Mr. Hagen.
I “‘The film was ordered from
; Fred Kohli Motion Picture Ser
vice for showing to high school
: students September 22 in school
and for a public evening perfor
mance for September 24. The
film arrived September 11.
“Friday evening September 12
| Mr. Kohli called me stating that
Mr. Hagen had been to his office
objecting to P.T.A. sponsoring a
movie . . . Mr. Kohli advised us
I that we could not show the movie
; without Mr. Hagen’s written per
l mission to anyone other than
f students and faculty since tech
nically it is still under contract
; to Mr. Hagen, even though he
had already shown the movie.
| Mr. Kohli also advised us that we
I could not obtain any movie for
public showing without Mr. Ha
■ gen’s permission, except for edu
{cational films.
“The president of P.T.A. Char
les Marsh was advised of the
i situation and he appointed a
committee composed of John
A per, Charles Marsh and m&self
who saw Mr. Hagen last evening
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Chugiak School
Official Speaks
On Incorpcraticn
Lee Emmert, superintendent of
Chugiak Schools, was guest
speaker at the September 17
meeting of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce. He
spoke on the subjects of incor
poration of the Chugiak area and
changes that might be made in
the education system under
Statehood.
Emmert pointed out that a sur
vey made by the Department of
Education last year showed a
valuation of approximately $5,
500,000 in real and personal pro
perty in the Chugiak area. “The
residents of the area didn’t just
go along with this survey”, he
said, and pointed out that using
the 1957 student enrollment fig
ure of 280, the evaluation figur
ed out to $19,600 per pupil; usinf
this year’s figure of 355 students
it would run about $15,700 per
pupil. In addition to the 355 stu
dents now enrolled at Chugiak,
65 students are attending' tr-h t
school in Anchorage.
Because of a technicality in the
law which was enacted in 1957,
nothing further was done by De
partment of Education toward the
incorporation of Chugiak follow
ing the survey. Emmert pointed
out that about 80 per cent of the
Chugiak school children are “fed
eral impact students” and as such
some $20 - 30,000 annually now
goes to the territory from the
federal government. This sum
would go to the Chugiak area if
it was incorporated, however, he
pointed out, the continual problem
of adequate housing would arise.
The territory is planning to pro
vide three rooms next year. At
the present time, four temporary
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KILLING FROST
HITS BUTTE AREA
A killing frost hit the Butte
area on Monday, September 15, j
when the temperature dropped to
26 degrees, according to Marjory !
Brewer, official weather record
er. Mrs. Brewer pointed out that j
-in 1957 the first freezing frost
hit the Butte area on September
19 and that in 1956 the date w-as
the same, plus a snow fall.
City residents have seen evi- ,
dences of frost damage, but in |
general, it hasn’t yet done too
much damage to the flowers. '
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
DATE TO BE SET
The date for a caucus of Re
publicans in Precinct One (city)
will be announced next week
Thursday.
PETITION FORMS
AVAILABLE AT
CITY CLERIC’S OFFICE
Two openings of the Palmer
City Counil, caused by the expir
ing three-year terms of Jan Kos
losky and William T. Zahradm
eek, will be filled at the annual
general election to be held on
BULLETIN
Alfred V. Hagen, forme*
mayor and ciiy councilman of
the City of Palmer, this noon
filed his nomination petition
for one of the three-year term
openings on the city council
to be filled in the October 7
election.
Tuesday, October 7. The polls
will be open from 8:00 a.m. to
7:00 p.m. in the Co-Op Rec HalL
All candidates for election to
the'City Council, must file a dec
laration of candidacy with the
City Clerk which states the per
son is a qualified elector; a resi
dent of Alaska for at least two
years; and a resident of the City
of Palmer for at least one year
next preceding the date of the
declaration. In addition, the dec
laration, a petition signed by 25
qualified electors, must be filed
with the City Clerk not earlier
than 20 days nor later than 10
days before the election. Forms
for the declaration of candidacy
may be obtained from the City
Clerk.
Persons interested in filing for
either of the above terms on the
City Council are urged to circu
late their petitions and get them
filed as early as possible. All sig
natures must be checked for qual
ification before the person is ac
cepted as a candidate.
Persons signing petitions for
nominees are reminded that they
may not sign more than two pe
titions for this particular election.
Should a person sign more than
two petitions, only the signatures
of that person on the first two
petitions filed will be accepted.
Unless the other individual or in
dividuals have sufficient extra
signatures, it could mean the pe
tition would not be valid.
To date three applications for
filing have been picked up at the
office of the City Clerk but up
until today, no filings have yet
been made. Final date for filing
is September 26, 5 p.m.
STOP AT THE
HYLAND HOTEL
in Palmer
Firsl-Class Rooms
$45 per month
'For an evening of fun & good dancing music;
it
Pick" Wood Trio
Playing at the
Palmer Bar
SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 20 v
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ALASKAN MOVIES
EXCITING FILMS: "Pribiloff Seals"
PTA
BENEFIT
WED., SEPT. 24
8 P M.
CENTRAL GYM
— ''Lake George Breakup" — Plus a third short