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
fi. J. DeJulio --Publisher-Manager
Editor -----Virginia Gallant
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Valley Frontiersman
ttalmer, Alaska
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Have been reading that when
w» attain statehood, our popula
tion will skyrocket. Somebody
better light the fuse. We’re go
wig to need lots of help paying
the taxes indicated for us.
Just in passing—what are the
Democrats going to do about Fau
t>us?
Hoping for a solution,
E. HJELLEN
During 1957, nearly 54.000 oil
and gas wells were drilled in the
; U. S.—and more than 20,000 of
them were dry holes. In the past
four or five years, only 17 wells
| have been drilled in Alaska. All
but three of these are considered
I to be dry holes.
Check Your
Driving Needs
• ATLAS Tires &
Batteries
• Lubrication
for Speedy Service
Stop at
Norm’s Super Service
PHONE PI-2600
HARTLEY MOTORS BUILDING
| SI. Michael’s Catholic Church - Annual
W J®"5 f M M n
CENTRAL SCHOOL GYM - SAT. NOV. 15
$ Refreshments # Entertainment
# Fun For All Ages . Booths
And Lots of Prizes
PUBLIC INVITED
• Zerex Anti-Freeze • Delco Batteries
I • Union Oil Products • Tire Repairs
! • Motor Tune Ups
i • TOWN & COUNTRY SNOW TIRES
• 1952 DODGE Vi ton PICKUP, 4 speed trons.
• NEW '58 CHEV. STATION WAGON
Kirk's Sales & Service
OPEN 8 A.M. TO 7 P.M — 7 DAYS WEEKLY
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POULTRY RRI5ERS
DEMRND ELECTRICITY
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Yes, modern poultry raisers as well as others
who engage in farming, demand electricity,
i These farmers know that the convenience and
profits that come with electric farming pays
for the low cost of electricity over and over
again. They, and you will too, consider elec
tricity as an inexpensive hired -hand. See us
today for further details. We'd like to serve
you too.
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
PALMER BOWLING
LEAGUE REPORTS
Doe-Bucks
Team Won Lost
EDGARS --20 4
Tropical Gardens -16 8
“Y” ELECTRIC _16 8
PIN HEADS __11 13
THE HITS ......6 18
MAT. COFFEE SHOP 3 21
High single game for men,
John Close, 222; for women, Mona
Ruttan, 225; high series for men,
A1 Withey, 593; for women, Mona
Ruttan, 608; high team game,
Tropical Gardeners, 777; high
team series, Edgars 2170.
King Pins
Team Won Lost
FANCHER ___20 12
CAMPBELL _19 13
LACHER _17 15
McCartney _ie 16
| BETTINE _13 19
METZ _11 # 21
The Campbell team took high
! single, 780, and high series, 2257.
High individual games were roll
ed by Ann Johnson, 161, and Jack
leek, 192. Ann Johnson also roll
ed high women’s series, 443 and
! Norman Rousey rolled high ser
| ies, 524, for the men.
Knik Breezes
Team Won Lost
1 MAT. VAL. BANK 18La 13>,
MODE-O-DAY _ .18 14
! REED’S B. B’s ___ 17', 1,4 hs
MAT. HOTEL _1612 151«
D’GUTTERSNIPES 15', 16',
WOMEN OF MOOSE 10 22
The Matanuska Valley Bank
team rolled high game, 850 and
high game series, 2368. Lois Wel
don of D’Guttersnipes rolled
high individual seiies, 537; and
LaVonne Goodrich of the Wo
men of the Moose team and V.
Gallant, Valley Bank team, roll
ed high individual games, each
getting a 194 total.
Men's Scratch Trio
Team Won Lost
Valley View Apt. . 24’, 7!i'
Palmer Sheet Metal .. 21 11
North Palmer Store -.18 14
Pi opel Insurance _ 17 15
Alaska TV . 9’, 22’,
Palmer Bar ...6 26
1 Ray McCartney of the Valley
I View Apt. Tom Cats rolled high
individual game, 215 and Bob
| Finn of the same team rolled
; high individual series (four
; games), 766. The North Palmer
| Store team rolled high game of
589 and Tom Cats rolled high
series 2190.
Pm Poppers
Team Won Lost
HARTLEY MOTORS 25 7
MAC’S PLUMBING _ 21 11
G&G DRILLING 17% 14 %
KOSLOSKY’S IP2 20%
LARN _ „.ll 21
MAT. HOTEL BAR 10 22
High individual games were
rolled by Ken Wes ten Larger,
Hartley Motors team, 248 scratch,
and Doris Finn, Matanuska Hotel
Bar team, 213 wfbc. Mary Edmis
ton of Mac’s Plumbing team roll
ed a 212 whe. High individual
series was rolled by Marie Gohr
of G&G Drilling team, 579, and
Bob Johns of Hartley Motors
team, 641 scratch. Hartley Motors
rolled the high game of 846 and
high team series, 2325.
Pioneer League
Team Won Lost
PALME R CAFE _27 5
M. E. A. __20 12
ALASKA TV _18 14
MAT. HOTEL .__11 21
MEEHAN TRUCKING 11 21
M.V.F.C.A. _9 23.
Stan Lowe rolled the high
single game and high series, 268
509. High team series of 2774 was
rolled by the Matanuska Elec
tric Association team.
GRUENING PRAISED
ON LEADERSHIP IN
STATEHOOD BATTLE
MAJORITY LEADER SAYS
SENATORS WILL WELCOME
TWO ALASKA DEMOCRATS
Senator Majority Leader Lyn
ion B. Johnson this week wired
from Washington to Ernest
Gruening, Democratic candidate
for Alaska Term B in the U. S.
Senate, as follows:
“For many years you have
oeen carrying the banner for Al
aska statehood and have done as
much as any man to make the
dream a reality. Your Democratic
colleagues are looking forward to
you and Bob Bartlett joining the
Senate majority and giving the
nation’s newest state the able re
presentation it deserves.”
PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT BY
SARTLETT-GRUENING SENATORIAL HEAD
QUARTERS. 120 E. STH. ANCHORAGE.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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i SERVICES EACH SUNDAY
| 11 A. M.. GRANGE HALL
Measure Yourself
Are You Great or Small?
Great men deal only with prin
cipalities
Small men seek propriety.
Great men look for reasons
Small men look for excuses.
Great men are honest with them
selves
Small men cheat themselves. ,
Great men shape circumstances
Small men are governed by them.
Great men do not seek retalia
tion
Small men shrivel their souls
with revenge.
Great men give recognition to
supreme intelligence
Small men exalt themselves.
Great men are unafraid
Small men cower at misfortune.
Great men are humble
Small men are vain.
Great men keep secret their gifts
to others
Small men give to be seen of men.
Great men are masters of their
tii oughts
Small men are slaves to them.
Great men have a capacity for
happiness regardless of cir
cumstances
Small men are happy only under
l favorable conditions.
Great men are sensitive to the
sins of others
| Small men are affected adversely
by them.
Taken from the book “Play- j
ing the Game of Life’’ by
A. S. Hendrickson. ^ I
Mariners’ Club
Name New Officers
Now officers of the Valley Voy
ager Mariners’ Club of the United
Protestant Church were named
following a potluck supper on *
November 2.
The new officers are: Dr. and
! Mrs. Marshall Simpson, the skip
pers (president); Mr. and Mrs.
Guj' Woodings, first mates (vice
president); Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Likes, log keepers (secretary);
! Mr. and Mrs Charles Feaston,
.pursers (treasurer); Rev. and
•Mrs. Bertram Rutan, chaplains;
(and Mr .and Mrs. John Parks,
| lookouts.
A fun-promoting initiation fol
lowed and members were pre
sented certificates appointing
them “shellbacks” and trusty sea
men to represent the Good Ship ,
Matrimony on the Sea of Life j
aboard the Valley Voyager.
The program closed with devo
tions by Charles Marsh.
QUIET HALLOWEEN
NOTED IN PALMER
Halloween in the Palmer area
| was reported very quiet by city
I and territorial police. One report,
; that of broken windows at Bert’s
j Drug Store, was reported to the
city police department. Terri
| !orial police received no reports.
| A number of private house par
ties were held, the high school
had a dance and treats were dis
tributed at Moose hall, as well
as at nearly every home in the
area. Members of the Palmer
Moose lodge treated over 100
youngsters to hot dogs, pop, and
ice creanh
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
SOLOS UNDER NEW
FLIGHT TRAINING COURSE
Robert D. Hites passed his ex
aminations and became the first
to solo in a Piper Super-Cub un
der the University of Alaska’s
new Army Flight Training
Course. He is an advanced ROTC
cadet, senior student from An
chorage majoring in Wildlife
Management. Hites and seven
other cadets started the program
this semester. The program will
continue through second semester
and includes 36 hours of flight
training and 35 hours of ground
school. Cadets who complete the
course, meet Army regulations,
CAA specifications, and pass the
CAA flight test will be awarded
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NEW BABIES
Branton
Mr. and Mrs. D. Jerry Branton
of The Dalles, Oregon, are par
ents of a new son, who was bom
in that city on October 31. They
have named him Danny. His
birth weight was five pounds, six
ounces and he is the Branton’s
third child. Paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. C. Ivan
Branton of Palmer.
a civilian pilot license. Upon gra
duation from the University they
receive an Army commission.
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X] BENSON, Henry A.
HENRY A. BENSON HAS SERVED YOU WELL
FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Re-Elect HENRY A. BENSON November
25th or vote today by absentee ballot
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Several times Mike Stepovich ha* been invited to debat* campaign
Issues with his opponent, Senator Ero##t Gruening.
Mr. Stepovich has ducked such debate on th* grounds that ha will
sot indulge in what h* call* "verbal fisticuffs." By this statenant
b# implies that he does not hold much with debate.
W* wonder what Mr. Stepovich would plan to do if he ahould go to
the 0. S. Senate?
This body is the greatest debating society in the world, and th#
neaber who doaa not indulge in "verbal fiatieuffa" isn't worth his
salt as far as his constituents are concerned#
The truth is that Mike Stepovich will not debate Ernest Omening
because he can’t afford to have his voting record exposed.
When he was in the Territorial Legislature, Mike voted HO so ^
fife.
many times that we wonder what he was FOR.
Mr. Stepovich voted against bills for school buildings, against
salary increases and retirement for teachers, against bus transporter
tion for school children, against health and welfare services, against
labor, against abolition of fishtraps, and EVEN AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS
FOR STATEHOOD!
Let’s put our cards on the table. Verbal fisticuffs never hurt
anyone of ability who has the courage of his convictions and a
do-something record to back him up.
Let's elect a U. S. Senator who is not afraid to debate*
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PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT BV
GRUENING SENATORIAL HEAOQU ARTER5,
120 E 5TH. ANCHORAG*.
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