BAKE A CHERRY
WE...WIN A
TRIP TO CHICAGO
A free trip to Chicago is
awaiting the winner of the an
nual cherry pie contest. The con
test is open to all boys and girls
•who have passed their 14th birth
day by January 1, 1957, but are
not over 21 years of age. To win,
the contestants must first win
the district contest. The district
bake off will be held Monday,
September 2 at the Matanuska
Galley Fair, according to Fra;*
ces Hulbert, district home dem
onstration agent.
The winners of the district
contest will compete for the free
trip to Chicago at the Alaska 4-H
IFair to be held September 7 and
8 at Anchorage.
Rules and entry blanks for the
district and final bake offs may
toe secured from the Extension
office. The national bake off will
toe held in Chicago Feb. 20, 1958.
The state award is the all ex
pense trip to Chicago where the
winners compete for the $500 na
tional scholarship award.
At the local contest the con
testant must bake two lattice
top cherry pies, using any brand
v®>f cherries preferred, either can
roed or frozen, and any type of
.flour and shortening which is
generally on the market.
The contest is open to all boys
and girls. They need not be
members of a 4-H club. The win
der must be willing to go to
'Chicago in February* A chaper
one who accompanies the win
ner will also have all expenses
;paid.
The contest is sponsored by
the National Red Cherry Insti
tute.
Alaska’s potato and vegetable
farmers receive around a million
dollars annually in cash farm
isocome. If the value of all the
toome processed food were added,
this figure would be increased
substantially. Vegetable produc
ing areas are in the Matanuska
and Tanana Valleys and Anchor
age area. There is also a limited
amount of commercial production
.'%eing reported at Ketchikan,
Juneau, Wrangell, Dillingham,
*■ Unalakleet and other outlying
s. areas.
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Aerial view showing Palmer, located in heart of Matanuska Valley
Typical Harvesl Scene in Valley
While Spot Cafe
Sale is Announced
George Greatreaks this week
announced the sale of the White
Spot Cafe, effective August 25,
to Ivan Tolman of Anchorage.
Tolman and his wife, Helen,
and two sons, Tommy, 9, and
Paul, 6, plan to move from An
chorage to make their home in
Palmer as soon as housing is
found. Mrs. Tolman will be as
sisting her husband in the oper
ation of the restaurant.
Greatreaks and three other
Anchorage residents recently
purchased the Burke Shore
Lodge at Big Lake. His part
ners are Fred. Hanson, Allen
Bowen and Ivan Spencer.
NAVY /5HIP AT SITKA
The USS WILKINSON, a Navy
frigate, will be in Sitka to tak*
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, OUR BEST WISHES
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to the
I7TH ANNUAL VALLEY FAIR
Automotive Paris
& Equipment Co.
Your NAPA Jobbers
Welcome Friends!!
to the
17 th Annual
Valley Fair
AFTER YOU’VE SEEN THE FAIR
DRIVE TO ALPINE
# Complete Dinners and Short Orders
# Cocktail Lonnge and Bar
Congratulations to the Matanuska Valley
Fair Board
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Alpine Inn
OUeffl and Sons
Mile 61 - Glenn Highway
part in the 90th anniversary
celebration on October 18 com
memoratin gthe transfer of Al
aska from Russia to the United
States, according to information
given Delegate Bartlett this
week.
The presence of a naval ves
sel was urged upon Secretary of
the Navy Gates by Del. Bartlett
following representations made
by Sitka citizens.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED i
District Manager
Named ,*n Social
Security Administration
James G. Browne, district
manager for Alaska of the Social
Security Administration since
1949, has retired due to ill health,
arrnrrling to an announcement
from E. W. Tallman, regional
representative, S^A, San Fran
cisco.
In announcing Browne’s re
tirement, Tallman commended
the service given by Browne in
his 16 years with the Social Se
curity Administration.
Tallman named Everell C.
Cummins new district manager
for the Territory. Cummins, who
has been in charge of the Anch
orage SS office for three years,
has been replaced in that city by
John E. Blakey, formerly field
representative in Juneau. Thom
as A. Burtscher, formerly of San
Bernardino office, has been nam
ed field representative in Jun
eau, replacing Blakey.
AGENT-AT-LARGE
NAMED FOR
EXTENSION WORK
Robert (Puckett starts work this
month with Alaskan villagers as
assistant agricultural agent-at
large for the University of Alas
ka Extension Service, associate
iirector, Arthur S. Buswell has
announced.
Puckett will work with Her
man Turner, agricultural agent
at large, who for more than a year
has helped villagers help them
selves. While gardening has re
ceived the most emphasis, the
program’s purpose is to help vil
lagers improve their economic
situation. The project is financed
jointly by the Alaska Rural De
velopment Board and the Exten
sion Service. Funds for the new
post of assistant aggent-at-large
:ome from the development
aoard and the Federal Extension
Service, Buswell explained.
Forester Michael Leach of the
Palmer Fire Guard Station is on
a timber cruise in the Kenai area
this week.
AFTER YOU’VE SEEN THE FAIR
TRY OUR FOUNTAIN SPECIALS
Our Best Wishes to the Fair Board
for a successful Fair
Palmer Drug
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CAUTION ADVISED ON NEW DENALI HWY.
In advising the public as to
conditions to be encountered on
the recently opened Dehali High
way between Paxson Lake and
Mt. McKinley National Park, the
Bureau of Public Roads has an
nounced the highway is still un
der construction and must be
considered a pioneer road.
Equipment is still working and
caution is advised.
There are no lodging facilities
between the McLaren River and
Mt. McKinley Park. The Mt. Mc
Kinley Park Hotel is scheduled
to close for the season on Sep
tember 8, 1957 so no gas or facil
ities will be available in the
park after that date. Gas will be
available only at Jack West’s in
Cantwell. As tnere are no repair
shops on the entire Denali High
way after leaving Paxson’s
Lodge, motorists are warned to
carry adequate spares and parts.
Snow can be expected on this
route any time after September
1, so be equipped with a shovel
and chains, The Bureau warns.
Bureau of Public Roads camps
along the route are Government
Property and are not available
for public use, nor can they fur
nish fuel, supplies or services to
the public.
Mrs. Gary Loyer left Palmer
last Friday, enroute by plane to
Cuba where she will join her
husband, Sergeant Gary Loyer,
OSMC.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR BOARD
May this year’s Fair be the most
successful in history
Valley Cleaners
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McMahan
After You’ve Seen the Fair
Drop in to see the .. .
Fabulous
Tropical Gardens
at tfie
Sourdough Bar
BILL AND RUBY, Your Hosts
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR ASSOCIATION
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Will Be There
'lime: Aug 30th - 31sf & Sept 1st & 2nd
Place: Malanuska Valley Fair
Where you will see an outstanding display of John Deere quality
tractors and Farm Implements plus many Demonstrations
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Brook's Equipment Company
SPONSOR OF THE ANNUAL TRACTOR DRIVING CONTEST
AND REPRESENTING
N. C. Co. Anchorage
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