THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
A. J. DeJulio----*-Publisher-Manager
Editor --Virginia Gallant
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PARENTS INVITED
TO HEAR ABOUT
BAND INSTRUMENTS
Representatives from the L &
•J Music Company of Anchorage
will be in the band room at Cen
tral School next Monday after
noon at two o’clock to show the
line of band instruments avail
able for rent and purchase. The
representatives will explain their
Tental-purchase plan and show
.a film on band instruction.
Parents of all junior high
school and fifth and sixth grade
students are urged to attend the
.meeting and become acquainted
with the special program plan
ned for the purchase of instru
ments for their children.
All instruments are new it was
pointed out. Even though the
school band program has a lim
ited number of instruments par
ents are encouraged to purchase
instruments for their children,
lee Plumbley, band master said.
At the present time there are 64
-students in the senior band pro
gram; 50 in the junior high and
around 60 fifth and sixth grad
ers. It would not be possible for
the school to furnish enough in
struments for so great a number
of students and they are gener
ally used by those students who
-.*are trying out an instrument for
- a&iptibility or by a student who
* could not financially participate
in thet program,
The high school drum corp
’ held their organizational meet
ing Tuesday of this week. The
■ co?3p lost three of its members at
=ijfrBduation time but considerable
interest is bein£ shown by addi
IN AND OUT AT THE
r VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients in the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week includ
es the following: Lucy Luster,
13, Mrs. Chell Bear, Susan Mas
trude, 8, Mrs. John Tighe of
Spring Creek Lodge, Mrs. Jack
Maze, Richard Miller, 1, Diana
Cook, 8, of Spring Creek Lodge,
Mrs. Matt Onkka, Leslie Clark,
John Webb, Elam Crook of Fair
banks and Peter Gallagher.
Hospitalized but now out:
James E. Wilson, David Peay,
Stanley Cloudman, Robert War
field, Theodore Knutson of Was
illa, Mrs. Stanley Frost and in
fant daughter, Mrs. Steve Prok
opeuff of Eklutna, John Close,
John Hill, 3, Randy Hoeldt, 1,
Robert Bettine, Floyd Smith of
Wasilla, Katherine Hill, 6, and
George Douglas.
tional high school girls.
The school band will be mak
ing their first public appearance
this year at the football games.
Band Boosters
A re-organization meeting of
the Palmer Band Boosters will be
held in the band room at the
senior high school on September
19 at 8 p.m. Parents of all band
members are urged to plan at
tendance. A program for the
coming year will be discussed at
the meeting. The Band Boosters
have in the past assisted the
band programs in many ways,
and it is hoped that the group
will again become active.
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FOUR AREA WOMEN
WIN SHORT COURSE
SCHOLARSHIPS
Four valley homemakers have
been named as winners of
scholarships for the University
of Alaska Short Course which
will be held at College October 7
through October 11.
Winners are Mrs. Virgil Eck
ert, Piggly-Wiggly No. 7 Scholar
ship; Mrs. Ray McKechnie, Evan
Jones Coal Company Scholar
ship; Mrs. Lloyd Lawton, Unit
ed Mine Workers Local No. 7901'
Scholarship; and Mrs. R. J. Hed
dles, Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association Scholar
ship.
This year’s Short Course theme
will be Homemakers’ “Ires”: De
sire, inquire, perspire, acquire,
admire, retire.
Those attending the Short
Course will find lodging in guest
rooms at motels and North Ha
ven cabins. The cost will be $1.50
per person per night. There are
cooking facilities in cabins and
motel. ■
The daily schedules include
morning sessions, during which
there will be talks and idscus
sions; convention of delegates to
take up club affairs, reports, pro
jects, recommendations, and
plans. At noon the women will
attend demonstration lunches
where home-made mixes and*
special cooking tools will be
demonstrated. Afternoons will be
devoted to work shops and even
ings for movies .travel talks, and
drama. On the final afternoon
tours, a banquet, and a visit to
Fairbanks are planned.
Ballroom Dance
Classes Resume
Betty Lou Jensen, who taught
the teen-age ballroom dance
classes last year, will resume
classes tomorrow evening in the
basement of the American Le
gion building.
Three classes are planned. One
for teen-age beginners, one for
advanced dancers who have
studied with her before, and an
adult class if there |ire enough
couples interested.
Classes for the beginner danc
ers will start at 6:45 p.m.; ad
vanced at 7:45 p m. and the
adult class at 8:45 p.m. Prices for
the courses will be $10 for be
ginners, providing at least 20
participate, otherwise the fee
will be $15 for the 10-hour course.
Advance lessons will be $10 for
10 hours and the adult course
will be $25 for each couple.
At the Friday sessions the
meeting night and hours will be
discussed
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Speakers Named for
Alaskan Cities
Convention
Alaska-Tennessee Plan Sena
tors-elect Ernest Gruening and
William'A. Egan will address the
League of Alaskan Cities Con
vention m Anchorage October
31 with a “Report to Alaskans on
the Progress of Statehood.”
The announcement of the Lea
gue’s executive secretary, Mrs.
Lucy Mick of Palmer, added:
“The League believes it is par
ticularly appropriate and signifi
cant that two members of the
team which has worked so suc
cessfully in promoting Statehood
in this year’s session of Congress
should jointly bring their re
ports to Alaska city delegates re
presenting communities from
every part of the Territory. We
are honored that they have ac
cepted the League’s invitation to
speak not only on Statehood but
also on other national legislation
of importance to Alaska and its
municipalities;”
, The reports from Washington
will be heard at the evening ses
sion of the three-day convention’s
opening day. The convention’s
keynote address by Governor
Mike Stepovich will be heard
earlier the same day.
City officials of Anchorage, the
host city, are in charge of ar
rangements for League Conven
tion events. The Anchorage
Council chambers in the Loussac
Public Library will be League of
Alaskan Cities Convention head
quarters from October 31 through
November 2. Anchorage Mayor
Anton Anderson is vice-president
of the League. President is May
or J. H. Goding of Ketchikan.
Other members of the League’s'
executive committee are Mayor
Douglas Preston of Fairbanks,
Mayor M. L. MacSpadden of
Juneau, Mayor Steffen Ander
sen of Nome, Mayor Perry Stock
ton of Seward and Mrs. Emilie
St. Pierre, city clerk of Valdez.
Other member-cities which will
be sending delegates to the Lea
gue Convention are Cordova,
Douglas, King Cove, Kodiak, Pal
mer, Petersburg, Port Chilkoot,
Sitka, Seldova and Skagway.
Palmer Among
Top 10 in TB
Fund Contributions
The annual report of the Al
aska Tuberculosis Association
shows that Palmer was among
the top 10 towns and cities which
contributed to the 1956 sale of
health seals.
Gross returns for the top 10
were reported as follows: Ancn
orage, City, $12,711.18; Ladd and
Eielson APB, $4,747.58; Fair
banks, $3,334.15; Juneau, $2,511.
86; Fort Richardson. $2,500; Ket
chikan, $1,455.60; Seward, $917.
25; Kodiak, City, $786.29; Pal
mer, $668.65; and Sitka, $653.86.
In Palmer Mrs. Eugene Kirsch
is the representative director, of
the ATA, and as such directs the
annual health seal sales.
Officers of the Association, for
1957-58, are: Mrs. E. L. Hunter,
Juneau, president; J. B. Burford,
Juneau, first vice-president; Mrs.
Blanche McSmith, Anchorage,
second vice-president; Mrs.
Katherine Nordale, Juneau, sec
retary; James McNaughton, Jun
eau, treasurer; and Mrs. Walter
Walsh, Juneau; Mrs. Jessie Mc
Crary, Juneau; Max Penrod, Jun
eau; and Nell Lomprey, Juneau,
additional members of the execu
tive committee.
SURPLUS WAREHOUSE FOR
SALE AT FT. RICHARDSON
A wood frame warehouse on
Fort Richardson is being offered
to highest bidder by the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alaska.
The warehouse, building S-947
will be sold “as is where is” on
an all cash basis and is to be
removed before December 31,
1957. Sealed bids in quadrupli
cate will be publicly opened at
the office of the District Engin
eer, U. S. Army Engineer Dis
trict, Alaska, at 11 a.m. October
10. Bid forms and details may
be obtained from that office
P. O .Box 1288, Anchorage. The
building, 1840 sq. ft. in size, is
open*- for inspection.
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Cheechako Chefs
The Cheechako Chefs 4-H club
met August 14 at the farm home
of Bonnie Bush. She demonstrat
ed bran muffins and Gloria Bey
lund demonstrated plain muffins.
Chairman Kathy Hulbert ap
pointed volunteers Suzie Seitz
and Susan Marple to decorate the
Fair booth.
On August 28 we met at the
home of Susan Marple with all
but two present and two visit
ors. Susan and Mary Lou John
son demonstrated white cake.
We learned our final instructions
for Fair exhibits and demonstra
tions.
The Cheffettes 4-H Club of
1956 donated their funds to the
cancer drive of 1957.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS AND NOTES
“No one need fear that the
lack of a birth certificate will
keep him from collecting social
security benefits,” said Everell
C. Cummins, manager of the
Juneau Social Security office.
Although social security offices
have suggested that applicants
for social security benefits bring
any available evidence of their
age with them, this suggestion
has been made only to speed the
payment of their claims for
benefits and save them addition
al trips. A person of retirement
age who does not have any doc
umentary evidence of his date
of birth need not delay applying
for his social security benefits,
Cummins pointed out.
“Many people,” Cummins said,
“worry unnecessarily because
they do not have an official birth
certificate. While a birth certifi
cate is the best evidence of age,
other evidence is acceptable and
can be used as proof of age when
a birth certificate is not avail
able.
“No one will be turned away
from a social security office be
cause he does not have docu
mentary proof of his age”, said
Cummins.
Mrs. Leonard Kyger
Named Chairman
Dem. Woman’s Day
Mrs. E. A. (Helen) Fisher,
Democratic national committee
woman for Alaska, has appointed
Mrs. Leonard Kyger of Palmer
as chairman of Democratic Wo
man’s Day for the Palmer area.
Democratic Woman’s Day is a
national event commemorating
the admission of women to the
executive committee of the Na
tional Committee in 1919. Tf*e
annual observance was initiated
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
in 1939.
Democratic Woman’s Day will
be observed between September
16 and 24 and each major city in
Alaska is planning events in
which to honor women in their
community who take an active
interest in the promotion of good
government.
XI ETA MEMBERS
PLAN ALASKA STUDY
Members of the Xi Eta Chap
ter, Beta Sigma Phi, will resume
their meeting schedule this com
.ing Monday night with a meet
ing to be held at the home of
Alice Snodgrass. Members are
urged to attend as plans for the
year’s program, which will be on
the Alaskan theme, will be dis-'
cussed.
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