THE FRONTIERSMAN
Sntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
VL J. DeJulio_..Publisher-Manager
(Editor _Virginia Gallant
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Old Eyesore Land Marks
When old land marks have
.served their purpose for which
Uhey were intended and modern
progress turns them into eyesores
in a community, it’s best all
around that they be removed.
Such was the occasion of the
ifcuming of the old shed located
<on my property which served its
ilast two purposes in a spectacular
3>iaze last Monday when it con
tributed the “Real McCoy’’ for a
Tfire dTill for Palmer volunteer
.firemen during Clean-Up Week
The structure was built in
1935 and used as a garage first.
jMter the property on which it
^lood changed ownership in 1936
jt was once a dwelling during an
acute housing shortage, storage,
dog team stable, woodshed, and
ior many years a lumber curing
.Tshed, where the locally-cut cot
tonwood, spruce, birch and dia
mond willow were curmed from
■which many of the picture
frames, home furnishings, tables
■and other Alaska wood finishing,
ju evidence in many homes and
places of business in Palmer
Twere made.
Ed Ueeck.
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HfmONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Springer Bees
Reports for our first meeting.
May 13: First of all, we elected
the following officers:
Mrs. Dick Mohan, leader; Mrs.
Ida Hoskins, junior leader; Lila
Hoskins, president; Carmel Lee
Mohan, vice president; Jane
Linnebar, secretary; David Lin-I
nebar, treasurer; Nancy Woods,
reporter; Kathleen Mohan, song1
leader and recreation leader;'
Carmel Lee and Jane will serve
as the program committee.
We have 14 members in our
club. We chose the name Spring
er Bees for the club’s name. We
decided to have bake sales in
stead of dues. We meet every
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Mohan.
-—Nancy Woods, reported.
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The Go-op Garage Step lias been leased fo
Bud Grabm Alt auto, truck and tractor re
pair work will now go through Graham,
WF WILL STILL BE DOING FARM
EQUIPMENT REPAIRS
GOOD USED VEHICLES
; *53 Willys Jeep — Four-Wheel Drive
| *55 Willys Jeep Station Wagon—4-Wheel
Drive
I '55 Chevrolet 3A ton Pick Up
Some Trucks
International 4x4 & Travelalls on hand
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THURSDAY. MAY 22 "
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
BOY BCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS. Elks
hall, 7:30 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY AIRMEN,
Quonset hut, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. MAY 23
COMMENCEMENT, Gym, 8
p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 24
LEGION POPPY DAY.
V.F.W. BUDDY POPPY DAY.
SUNDAY. MAY 25
COLONY DAY. Parade, 1 p.m.
U of A BACCALAUREATE,
College.
MONDAY, MAY 26
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange j
hall, noon.
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters i
hall. 7:30 p.m.
PALMER GARDEN CLUB. 8
p.m. i
M. E. A. DIRECTORS. MEA ,
meeting room, 8 p.m.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOM
EN, 8 p.m.
U of A COMMENCEMENT,
College.
TUESDAY, MAY 27
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health Center.
C.A.P. CADET SQUAD., Cen
tral School, 7:30 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL, City Hall, 8
o. m.
■ WOMEN OF- THE MOOSE,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p. m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
CARPENTERS LOCAL, Car
penters hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 29
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS. Elks
hall 7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, INC.,
Board meet, 8 p.m.
Twenty Million
Poppies To Be Worn
More than 20 million memorial
poppies, to be worn on Poppy
Day in honor of the nation’s war
dead, have been made for the
American Legion Auxiliary this
year by disabled war veterans,
Mrs. Dana Niemann, poppy chair
man of the Matanuska Valley
American Legion Auxiliary unit,
has announced. The work has
been done in veterans hospitals
and A u x i 1 i a r y workrooms
throughout the country, giving
beneficial employment to thou
sands of veterans.
Poopy Day will be held in
Palmer on Saturday, May 24.
LAST CALL-4-HERS!
The last call is being issued for
all boys and girls who plan to
enroll in 4-H Chibs. Deadline
for enrollment is June 1. Clubs
are all organized and many pro
jects under way.
There is still room for more
members in the clubs but in or- j
dor to complete projects for this
year, they will have to get start
ed very soon, stated 4-H leaders.
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Said Circle Placer fields miners, 20 years
ago, in voting BUHACH as Science's 2nd
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WASILLA NEWS
By JANE BROWN
Wasilla School closed for the
summer last Friday and all the
kids were really happy but what
do we do this week, they all
say, notice some have already
tried the swimming hole. The
final semester honor role is as
follows:
First grade: John Combs,
Steven Behnke, Thomas Green,
Amy Line, Norma Newby, Paula
Huppert, Paula Mielkfc, Colleen
Blissard, Bonnie Coghlan, Debo
rah Dickerson, Kathy Iler, Nan
cy Carney and Joy Grassmick.
Second grade: Jesse Garcia,
Ronald Lambert, Judith Barnes,
Shirley Fitzgibbon, Susan Iler,
Jane Katkus, Barbara Lincoln,
Linda Newby and Evelyn Yadon.
Third grade: Jerald Grassmick,
Kenneth Harvey, Harold Olson,
Michael Platt, Gary Webb, Kath
leen Clyde, Nanette Hamon, Ava
Kohler, Sharon Reeder and Pam
ela Wright.
Fourth grade: Billy Green, Col
leen Carter, Phyllis Edwards,
Susan Harris, Mary Line, Linda
McCombs, Becky Perly and Lin
da Wyse.
Fifth grade: Roger Lincoln,
Cvnthia Blissard, Donna Harvey,
Shirley Neal.
Sixth grade: Kelline Palm
quist, Karen Olson, Barbara
Clarke, Jane Nunley, Ida Hjellen.
Elaine Richards, Norma Rice and
Kathryn Coghlan.
Eighth grade: John Grassmick,
Hele nCarter and Patricia Hob
son.
10th grade: Frank Hill.
* * *
11th grade: Clarence Vickary
ous. The University of Alaska
Scholarship Committee has in
formed E. E. Line, superintend
ent of schools, that Gerald Cogh
lan, recent graduate of the Wa
silla High School, is the recipient
of the McIntosh Estate Scholar
ship amounting to $400 to be paid
in the student’s first year at the
University of Alaska. The Sears
Roebuck award was presented to
Larry Ulrich, also this year’s Wa
silla High graduate.
* * *
By this time next week we
won’t know who to believe, the
fishing stories will be all the
news Fishing season officially
opens May 28th. don’t forget your
license, office closes about 5 p.m.
and if you’re fishing for salmon,
remember the salmon season
"closes 48 hours before the com
mercial Season opens which this
year is the 26th of May. After
that time you are allowed only
i two fishing days a week.
*t * *
Miss Louise .Potter, former
high school teacher in Wasilla
plans to return to Wasilla to
make her home. She expects to
be here sometime in late August.
Another former teacher, George
Harbeson, and his family, plan
to return to Wasilla as soon as
his teaching job is over state
side. Harbeson will teach in Wa
silla next year.
* * *
Ruth Godbey. national presi
dent, Auxiliary to the VFW and
her husband. Ray Godbey, will
be guests of Susitna Post 9365
of Wasilla Monday, May 26th, at
a potluek dinner to be held at
the Community Hall at 7:30 p.m.
All VFW members, their wives
and husbands are invited to at- j
tend. !
Daily vacation Bible classes
will start at the Presbyterian
church June 2 through June 13.
Kindergarten. primary, junior
and junior high classes will be
held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
daily. Those who need transpor
tation may contact Frank Roth
or Rev. Vic Urban.
* * «
Ray Holtz would like all band
members to be at the school for
the first summer band rehearsal
Wednesday, May 28 from 7:00 to
9:00 p.m.
* * *
Visitors from Valdez this week
are former Wasilla residents,
Courtney Fleming and George.
* * *
Finalists in the sewing contest
sponsored by the National
Grange are Laura Mommsen in
the adult class and Audrey Din
kel of the junior class entries,
both are members of Wasilla
Grange No. 2. Their projects will
next compete in the State en
tries and finally in the National
contest.
* * *
Mrs. Erma Loron and children
left Sunday for Silverton, Ore
gon. Erma’s present address will
be Erma Loron c/o C. E. Rickter,
Rt. 1, Box 243, Beavercreek,
Oregon.
THANK YOU NOTICE
May we exDress our thanks
and appreciation to all our
friends in the Wasilla area who
assisted in our time of need.
Their many kind deeds and wish
es will stay with us forever.
Erma Loron, Betty and Carol.
Three things to govern—tem
per, tongue and conduct. Three
things to cultivate—courage, af
fection and gentleness. Three
things to commend—thrift, in
dustry and promptness. Three
things to wish for — health,
friends and contentment. Three
things to work for—security, in
dependence and happiness.
ESCAPE INJURIES
IN 'COPTER CRASH
The pilot and passenger of a
helicopter got a pre-season dunk
ing in Lake Wasilla this past
Sunday when the rotor on the
craft caught in the water, caus
ing the craft to submerge. The
two men were out of the heli
copter and hanging on the pon
toons which were only partially
submerged, in a matter of min
utes, according to witnesses who
saw the accident. Major damages
to the craft were reported. Me
chanical failure is believed to be
the cause of the mishap.
Considerable helicopter activi
ty has been noticed by valley
residents the past week. The ma
jority of the ’copters are being
used in oil exploration work.
BABIES
Sexton
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sexton of
Palmer are parents of their fifth
child, a daughter, who was born
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
on May 16. They have named her
Barbara Gale and she weighed
six pounds, six ounces at birth.
Mr. Sexton is employed at the
Wes Edwards mine.
Denison
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Denison
are parents of their fourth child,
a son, whom they have named
Kevin Grant. Born at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital May 17,
Kevin weighed six pounds, nine
ounces at birth. Mr. Denison is a
hydraulic engineer with the U. S.
Geological Survey.
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