THE FRONTIERSMAN
Altered as second class matter on Oct. 21* 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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HO BRUCELLOSIS
OR TUBERCULOSIS M
ALASKAN CATTLE
lit summarizing tne activities oi
Hie Alaska Department of Agri
culture for the biennial report,
•James W. Wilson, commissioner
agriculture, reports that the
^Department veterinarians made
12,482 brucellosis tests and 1^288
tuberculin tests on dairy stock—
Hie greatest amount in any one
year.
Alaska has been officially de
clared tuberculosis free and that
He remaining brucellosis react
ors have all been slaughtered,
Wilson stated.
The commissioner noted that
Hie inspected tonnage of cab
bage, lettuce and other vetge
4ables is 28 percent over last
year, and the 8,000-ton potato
crcp well above that of 1955. Oth
er trends noted by the commis
:sianer include that prices receiv
ed are up considerably, a wel
come relief from the downward
trend of the past four years,
kdk production is increasing,
particularly in the Anchorage
milk-shed which has more than
-a 20 percent gain over last year.
-Doe to excellent producer co-op*
•oration only one prosecution for
violation of the grade regulations
was necessary, Wilson pointed
out
: farmers will receive the De
? grartments 1956 farm production
k questionnaire in early January.
Tti s information helps not only
in knowing what was produced
k«L in predicting trends and mar
ket potential for future use.
Glaring 1955-56, 132 farm loans
were made and 67 were repaid,
/lltotal of 139 loans are now out
standing with a balance of $336,
X39.49. Durlig the three and one
: hadf years of operation, loans to
'-tatoig $516,334.38 have been
anode from the $350,000 fund.
The Agricultural Loan Board
"requested an additional $600,000
: appropriation to complete the
authorized million dollar level.
The Territorial budget officer
bas revised this request and rec
«®mmended $150,000, the same as
appropriated last biennium. The
tactual amount to be appropriat
ed is determined by he Legisla
ture,
(information Available
£or Sponsorship of
Hungarian Refugees
Alaskans who want informa
tion about sponsorship of Hun
garian refugees may use the ad
otress sent recently to the Uni
versity of Alaska Agricultural
fSxtension Service.
Anticipating a demand for in
formation, the Federal Extension
SService sent this address to As
asociate Director Arthur S. Bus
sell: General J. M. Swing, Com
missioner of Immigration and
iNaturalization, Room 777, 11 D
^Street N. W., Washington 25, D.C.
General Swing has the respon
sibility for placing Hungarian
refugees, Buswell said.
EDUCATION ASS N.
HOST AT DINNER.
xne maimer Education Associa
tion entertained members of the
Palmer School Board, legislators
of the Third Division, and repre
sentatives from local organiza
tions, at a banquet in Elk’s Hail
December 13.
Speakers were Mrs. Henning
S. Blunek who spoke on “The
Need for Legislation”, and Mrs.
Lonzo L. Smart, who outlined the
legislative proposals of the Al
aska Education Association. That
organization, representing 85 per
cent of the Alaskan teachers, is
sponsoring the following legis
lative program:
Increase teachers salaries by
$800.
Raise the annual increment by
$75.
Grant a year on the salary
scale for a year of outside experi
ence up to four "years.
Adjust head teachers’ and prin
cipals’ salaries so that head teach
ers would receive $400 above the
teachers’ salary scale and prin
cipals would receive $1000 above
the teachers’ scale with an addi
tional $25 for each teacher above
eight and up to and including 24.
Vice-principals would receive $500
instead of $1000.
Adjust superintendents’ salar
ies so that $2000 would be added
to the salary scale in 75 percent
schools; $1600 would be added in
80 percent schools, and $1200 in
85 percent schools, with the num
ber of steps on the scale increas
ed to fifteen.
School board members and
their wives or husbands who at
tended the dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Jasper Skok, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Roark.
Legislators attending were
Senator and Mrs. A1 Owen, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Victor Fis
cher, and Representative Ken C.
Johnson.
Those representing local or
ganizations were Rev. and Mrs.
Einar Bach, Ministerial Associa
tion; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith,
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. and
Mrs. Henning Blunek, Northland
Pioneer Grange; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Maze and Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Rieger, Palmer Kiwanis; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Klem, Homemakers’
Council; Mr. and Mrs. William
Zahradnicek, Superintendents’
Advisory Commission; and Mr.
and Mrs. John DeVries, Parent
Teachers’ Association.
Church Group Plans
Meeting in Wasilla
The Friendly Circle of the j
First Presbyterian Church of
Wasilla will hold their regular
monthly meeting on January 8.
This women’s group of the church
will study the topic, “Jesus?N
Teaching on Citizenship” as a
Bible study theme for 1957. The
January meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. C. G. Gather
of Wasilla. The group meets
each second Wednesday of the
month.
EASY ROAD TO 1
SAVINGS... I
Gall Us Today I
UNIVERSITY HAS ,
MANY SCHOLARSHIPS
Per capita, the University of
Alaska probably has more schol
arships than any other univer
sity, President Ernest N. Patty
said this week after reading the
registrar’s annual report.
Dr. Patty will include the ma
terial in his annual report to
the Legislature, governor and the
board of regents. The registrar’s
figures show that individuals and
organizations all over the terri
tory have greatly accelerated
their scholarship donations the
past few years. *
“The scholarships, donated by
persons ranging from Juneau to
Seward, are a tremendous help
to deserving students, the uni
versity, and ultimately, the terri
tory,” Dr. Patty said. “All of the
scholarships are investments in
the greatest resources — our
youths who will be tomorrow’s
leaders.”
The registrar’s report lists the
scholarship donors, the amounts,
and the latest student recipients
and their home towns. Promin
ent in the list are the names of
several valley students including
the following:
Harriet Hess Scholarship, $400
each: Jerene Stephan, Palmer.
Austin E. (Cap) Lathrop Sch
olarships, $500 each: Carol Col
berg, Palmer.
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association, $500 each:
Carol Berry, Palmer.
Also receiving a scholarship
was Jean Burke, now of Fair
banks, but a former Palmer resi
dent. Her scholarship of $150 was
given by the Anchorage Home
Economics Association.
Spring semester instruction at
the University of Alaska will j
commence January 21. Mrs.;
Laura E. Jones, registrar urged !
prospective students who have |
any questions about their records j
and entrance to contact her of
fice as quickly as possible. Reg
istration will be January 18. Reg
istration will close, except with
permission of the dean, on Feb
ruary 11.
NEW TAX FORM
NOW AVAILABLE
As a result of surveys and
studies conducted by the Inter
nal Revenue Service, several mil
lion taxpayers who last year filed
their returns on Form 1040 are
this year receiving in the mail
the simplified punch-card Form
1040A, which makes possible eas
ier preparation of a return and
can be more readily processed
by the Service.
The card form enables the tax
payer to provide all pertinent in
formation on his income and ex
emption status if his income was
less than $5,000 during 1956, con
sisting of salary or wages from
‘which tax was withheld, and he
had no more than $100 total of
other wages, dividends and in
terest, and if his deductible ex
penses were less than the stan
dard 10 percent calculated as
part of the tax table for incomes
up to that figure.
Persons who qualify to use the
card form but who did not re
ceive it may obtain a copy from
their local office. An instruction
sheet accompanies the card form.
It contains a reproduction of the
card, to serve as a sample to fill
out before preparing the form
itself and to be retained by the
taxpayer for his records.
Last year approximately 15 mil
lion taxpayers who could have
used the card form used the
longer Form 1040 in order to cal
culate their additional tax on re
fund before filing their returns.
Provision of the Form 1040A
with this new feature will en
able them to accomplish the same i
purpose with the simplified card
form.
I I
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Homesteaders Club
The December meeting of the
Homesteaders Homemaker dub
was held December 18 at 7 p.m.
at the home of Midge Yerbich.
A short business meeting was
held and we heard a report on
the Council meeting.
Discussion was held on the
teachers’ pay raise following a
reading of material supplied by
Mrs. Alma Blunck. Twenty dol
lars were voted for a needy fam
ily’s Christmas dinner.
After exchange of gifts we had
delicious refreshments served
by our hostess.
There were 10 members and
three guests present. Our next
meeting is at Joyce Leppanen’s
home on January 16.
Suttonette Club
The Suttonete Homemakers’
club meeting was held at the
home of Mary Lundberg with
five members present. Reports
on the bazaar were discussed and
money will be turned over to the
Community Hall at Sutton.
The club is also sponsoring a
needy family this year. A white
elephant sale was held and pen
nies for friendship were collect
ed.
Three of our members are en
joying vacations Outside. Toots
Kezak going East and Nadine
Gabbetts and Pat Smith to Cali
fornia and other points.
A delicious lunch was served
and Christmas gifts exchanged.
The next meeting will be held at
the home Alvina Klayum on
January 11.
Golddusters Club
The Golddusters Homemak
ers’ club held their Christmas
party at the home of Midge Hud
gins with Barbara Bentti as co
hostess. Helen Woodings, vice
president, presided at the short
business session where the Gold
dusters went on record as back
ers of the mental hospital here
and the teachers’ proposal for
legislation.
Plans for craft meetings each
month, in addition to our regu
lar meeting, were discussed and
a tentative date was set for the
the third Thursday of each
month to be held at Faith Kra
use’ home.
Gifts were exchanged and de
licious holiday fare was served
by the hostesses.
The January meeting will be
held January 9 at the home of
Faith Krause.
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