HOMEOWNERS ASKED
TO CHECK WINTER
HJATING EQUIPMENT
l ire Prevention Week, which
*s being observed this week, is
thf oldest of “national weeks” in
the United States—it was so pro
■claimed by president Harding in
1122. Since that time, each
**' e*ident in turn has proclaim
ed the week in October which
contains October 9—the anniver
sary of the Great Chicago Fire
of 1871.
Fire thief Joseph Gallant this
■week enlisted the help of the en
tire community in stopping fires
and saving lives. The majority of
files occuring in the Palmer area
cculd be prevented with fore
thought, he pointed out.
With cold weather coming on
Fire Chief Gallant suggested that
ali homeowners check their heat
in > systems. “This is true of all
type heaters”, he pointed out.
Spice heaters should be clean
and free of sobt, the regulators
an 1 draft checks should be care
fully inspected and replaced if
necessary. Furnaces should be
cleaned before starting the long
'winter use period and chimneys
-‘should be checked for breaks or
cracks. Fireproof insulation
should protect all areas that will
be exposed to continual heat,
he added.
Many winter fire calls are the
re ults of flooded oil burners,
Chief Gallant stated. Burners
should be cleaned thoroughly be
fore starting the winter season,
be pointed out.
Experience establishes”, he
said, “that most fires can be pre
vented by simple and easy cor
rections of physical conditions,
inexpensive adjustments of usage
■and minimal attention to and in
spection of the design, installa
tion and maintainanee of hazard
*ju equipment.”
Chief Gallant announced that
the Palmer volunteer fire depart
mo ot personnel will be happy to
aj;- st all homeowners in deter
mining the safety of their fuel
burning equipment. Anyone de
siring such assistance is asked
to call the office of the City
'Clerk and leave their name, ad
dess and hours during which
they will be at home.
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN
UNIQUE 'TRICK OR
7R.EAT' OCTOBER 31
'Girl Scouts of the Palmer area
are- planning a Halloween party
as a project.
The party will be held October
31 and all interested youngsters
are invited to attend. As yet
they have not secured a hall but
will announce where the party
ts to be held as-soon as possible.
Entertainment at the party will
be a bit different, they have an
nounced. They plan to go “trick
or treating’’ all around the city
but instead of asking for treats
'afor themselves they will ask for
•canned goods which they will
later put in food boxes for needy
families.
The only admission to the
party will be a can or package of
fifoodL
COUNCIL NOTES
Members of the Palmer City
Council met on October 8 to can
vass the City Election votes of
October 2. They were found to
be in order.
Present at meeting were Mayor
Charles W. Wilson, AT V. Hagen
and Robert Peterson, Council
members, and Lucille Mick and
A1 J. DeJulio, out-going Council
members.
As the final phase of Council
business for the 1955-56 Council,
an ordinance was approved per
taining to the prohibition of stop
ping, standing, or parking in
specific places in the City of Pal
mer. Text of the ordinance will
be published in next week’s issue
of The Frontiersman.
Couneilmen-elect Charles Logs
don and Ray Lancaster were
present at the meeting and upon
the conclusion of business were
administered their oaths of office
by City Attorney John Shaw.
Mayor Wilson extended his per
sonal thanks and appreciation to
Council members Mick and De
Julio for their cooperation at
tendance at Council meetings—
and their work for the city dur
ing his term of office as Mayor
of Palmer.
All Council members present
at the meeting expressed concern
over the failure of the $200,000
bond issue proposal at the Octo
ber 2 election and more or less
expressed their feeling that the
failure of the issue to pass will
jeopardize the city’s street pav
ing program.
; Reporters—
Notebook
A large turn-out was reported
by the Palmer P-TA for the bene
fit film showing which they spon
sored Tuesday evening. The
colored film which was taken by
Dr. C. C. Bailey, was on Alaskan
wildlife and was well received
by many viewers. Dr. Bailey do
nated the use of the film to help
the P-TA in their fund raising
project. The film was shown to
students of the three Palmer
schools during the week.
Farmers in the valley appear
to have beaten “old man winter”
to the punch by getting the ma
jority of their crops in before a
hard freeze. Some damage to the
potatoes was reported but has not
yet been evaluated. Stewart Dur
rant, Co-Op general manager
said the carrot crop was a little
lighter than anticipated.
By next summer the valley
should have its share of quali
fied swimmers. Twenty area wo
men have recently completed a
five-week course of swimming in
struction at the Spa in Anchor
age. Many of these swimmers,
and a few additional ones, have
started 'their second five-week
course in both beginners and ad
vanced classes. The women tra
vel to Anchorage every Monday
night for a two-hour class of in
struction.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Partridge
and son Bob this week moved
into the Pioneer Apartments.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
WAIT A FEW DAYS...
BE 3 YEARS AHEAD!
On October 30 you’ll see a car so advanced it will
make so-called “new” cars seem three years out of
date. On October 30 you’ll see years-ahead features
like Torsion-Aire Ride, Flight Sweep Styling, I otal
Contact Brakes, a Fury ‘"301 \-8 engine. On
October 30 you’ll see one car leap three full years
ahead of the low-price field when you see and drive
PLYMOUTH
New Industry—
(Continued from page 1)
I ed beef.
All of the steers coming in
from the Homer area will run be-j
tween 14 and 16 months old,
Webb said. He extended a wel-1
come to all visitors who would
like to see the cattle and any or
all phases of the business oper- j
! ations. The slaughter house is lo
cated on the Matanuska road, |
just outside Palmer.
Moose Conference
continued from page P
; John Gore, Irving Lozier. Laron
W Hunter, Robert L. Hardisty,
i Joseph H. Gallant, Patrick P.
Ryan, Phil O’Neill, Gordon Obey
and Waldo Erickson.
Also six candidates from An
chorage: Henry Sandland, Geor
ge Paulson, Robert Bergie, Fred
; standford, Robert Star.dford and
Lloyd Pearson. Twenty-six addi
! tional candidates from Anchor
age were unable to attend.
The degree team from Sitka,
Alaska consisted of William Sar
vela, past governor; Ward Adams,
governor; Joe Appling, junior f>
: governor: Mui'ray Labour, pie
fate; Harry Pollen, orator, and g
Richard Radoch, sergeant-at- ■
arms. The class will be known as ;
the Harry Howard Golden Anni
j versary class.
Following the ceremony an in
formal dance was held for all
members, co-workers and their j
I invited guests. Tom Moffitt’s ox-- j
chestra is furnishing the music j
for the dances which will be held |
again tonight and tomorrow
night,
Harry L. Howard, director of
ritual activities for the Moose,
is the Supreme Lodge represen
Alaska Moose Association con-'
tative here for the 12th annual j
j ference. Howard resides at
! Mooseheart, Illinois, the famous j
i Child City. He is a member of ,
j the Rockford, 111. Moose lodge;
| is a past governor of that lodge
and has been awarded the pil- j
grim degree of merit, the highest j
honor in the Moose organization, j
Howard was accompanied to j
the Confei'ence by Dr. A. C.
Monninger of Baltimore, Mary
land.
Officers of the Alaska Moose
Association who are presiding
at the Conference are: Don In
galls of Palmer, president; M. M.
Welch, Ketchikan, Hubert Gil
bert, Fairbanks, George Eliason,
Sitka, and Eske Eskesen, Anch
orage, all vice-presidents. Also
Don R. McGraw, Sitka, secretary
treasurer; Arnold Hildre, Juneau,
junior past present; Charles H.
Hanson, Ketchikan, territorial
chairman of civic affairs: and
Joe Appling, Sitka, territorial
ritual chairman.
Standing committee appoint
ments for the 12th annual Con
ference of the Alaska Moose As
sociation have been announced
as follows; with the first, named
acting as chairman of the com
mittee.
Credentials Committee: Ralph
Moore, Harold Zenger, and Wil
liam Sarvela. Resolutions? Cecil
McClain, A1 Hagen, Tommy Lar
man, Charles Hansen, Walter E.
Cherival, Sr., apd Robert Dunn.
By-laws: Fred Easley, Allen
Fortney, Floyd Perkins and
George Doyle.
Auditing and finance: Martin
! Meyers, Bob Korn, and Harold
! Zenger.
Publicity and press: Ed Smith,
Paul Urick, Coy O’Pry, William
Heckel, J. R. Miller, Robert Sapp,
C. O. Parks, and Joe Appling.
Nominating: Walter Herman
son, R. C. Collins, Walt Jurde,
Ward Adams, Karl D. Stettler,'1
C. O. Parks, and Robert Sapp.
Judges of ritual contest: Harry
. Howard, Ralph Moore and Karl
; Stettler.
Other appointees are Karl Stet
tler, chaplain; William Lentz,
sergeant-at-arms: George Plum
ley, inner guard, and Roy Ferin,
outer guard.
The conference is scheduled
to conclude Saturday evening
with the Conference Ball which
will be semi-formal and will hon
or newly elected officers.
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