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
K. J. DeJulio _ _ _Publisher-Manager
Editor --— .. .Virginia Gallant
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Red Salmon Plant
Foducing Returns
A large run of 7,000 adult red
f i ;non, derived from planted
* ggs, returned during June ami
July to the Pauls Bay Fishway
H h Aiognak Island, C. L. A.nder*
* *fi. director of the Alaska De
H artment of Fish and Game, ne
•i .is. This is the largest run of
’• us since file Department «ur
'■nwinted the 23 foot falls with a
1 hway in 1052, to open the
t therto barren 550-acre Laura.
I.ke to salmon spawning. Tin*
*0)00 red salmon that ascended
i--f ladder this year were produc
ed from a 195-1 plant of 450,000
i pgs taken from 180 females in
- , arby Fere nos a Lake.
The high rate of survival of
tLr.e 1958 red salmon indicates
that runs of commercial impor
1 a ice will be returning to Laura
’’ake much sooner than was ex
pected.
One of the main functions of
1 >♦ Commercial Fisheries Divi :
- ;»;! Anderson states, is to open ,
i r watersheds now blocked by
’’hulls and other barriers to sal
r on spawning.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS!
A Balm in Gilead" will be the
* iion topic at the Church of
' Christ on Sunday morning, it
as announced by tin* Rev. Floyd
Hadden ham The sermon and
» mimmion will follow the Bible
school hour which meets at 9 45
-* at. Francis Henry, Bible school
s-rrtMvrin ten dent, a n n o u nee d
^Guarding Our Freedoms” as the
thine for this week. Franeino
Adams will be leader for the.
OBITUARY
MRS. EMMA C. KING
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde
V. (Emma C.) King, Sr., will be
held in the Forest Lawn Chapel
in Chula Vista, California on
August 2. Mrs. King died July 30
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Sidney Black of Chula Vista,
following a lengthy illness.
Born in Idaho April 9, 11101).
Mrs. King was wed May 27, 1914
and with her family came to Al
aska in 1919, and homesteaded
in the King’s Lake area in 1932.
Active in many community and
civic groups, Mrs. King was also
well-known for her ability to
raise beautiful flowers. She and
tier husband have lived in Cali
fornia the past few years.
She is survived by her hus
band, who is making his home
with his daughter Mis. Black in
Chula Vista, another daughter,
Mis. June Inching of Palmer, a
son, Clyde V. King, Jr. of Pal
all of Palmer.
The family has requested that
friends wishing to pay tribute of
fer memorials to the Cancer So
ciety.
mer and seven grandchildren;
Benton, James, Dale and Jeanne
Black, of Chula Vista; Ruth and
Patricia Liebing, and Pat King,
* *
Youth Hour at 6 p in.
Rev. and Mrs. Haddenham will
be* at Cottonwood Creek Chris
tian Camp during the coming
week. Rev. Haddenham will
serve as dean of boys and have
charge of afternoon recreation !
programs. Youths between the j
ages of 9 and 12 years will be at
tending Ui is session at the camp- j
grounds southwest of Wasilla.
Terrific Savings On
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PLUS TAX !'!
710x15 4-ply Super Cushion $17.45
670x15 4-ply Super Cushion.$15.25
600x16 4-ply Super Cushion.$14.10 j.j
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GOOD-YEAR'S PREMIUM BATTERIES
I
GOOD USED VEHICLES
'55 Willys Jeep Station Wagon—4-Wheel
Drive
'55 Chevrolet 3A ton Pick Up
* Some Trucks
International 4x4 & Travelalls on hand
DON'T FORGET THIS IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS
FOR ALL PRODUCTS BY
DON'T FORGET YOU GET PATRONAGE
PURCHASE SAVINGS RECEIPTS HEREI
Auto Parts Dept.
CO-OP GARAGE Phone PI-2170
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co-Op Assn.
Reporters—
Notebook |
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Newell of
Santa Barbara, former valley
residen-ts, have been visiting for
mer friends during the past
month. The Newells, who are
making their first visit back since
leaving the area in 1954, plan to
leave for California on Friday.
The Newells were dinner guests
on Tuesday night of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl O’Brien and have visited
rwith a number of other valley
families, including the Rex Hob
bes. While living in the valley
the Newells operated a dairy
farm south of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles RlakeMee
of North Branch, Minn., werd
valley visitors on Wednesday of
this week. Mr. and Mrs. Blakes
lee are visiting relatives in Anch*
| orage and are on a sight-seeing
trip in the new "State of Alaska.”
Robert W. Gershmel, appren
, jiee petty officer third class, USN,
| formerly of Wasilla, and husband
of the former Carol S. Smith of
Gridley, California, graduated
earlier this month from Recruit j
Training at the Naval Training j
Center, San Diego.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Branch)i [
and family, formerly of Palmer,:
| were visitors in town during the j
I week-end.
Marjorie Myren, former Public
Health Nurse in the Matanuska
Valley area, has been named
northern regional nursing admin
istrator and will be stationed in
Fairbanks. Miss Myren returns to
Alaska this week from the Uni- j
versify of Minnesota where she
obtained her Master’s degree in
nursing.
Betty Means, member of the
Democratic Central Committee, |
is in Fairbanks this week attend- i
ng a meeting of the committee.
The commit ti e is composed of 20
members, including four from
each division plus four officers.
Mrs. Meats is one of the four
members from the Third Divi
sion.
Dr. Allan Mick and children
Colin, Shannon and Kerry, re
turned to Palmer Sunday eve
ning and were followed in mid
week by Mrs. Mick who had j
stopped off at Juneau enroute
home. The Micks returned from
a Stateside trip which took them
to Florida, Michigan, and Ohio j
where they visited relatives. |
While in Catawba, Ohio Dr. Mick
attended the North Central Ex- I
periment Station Director’s sum- j
mer meeting on research. He also
visited Michigan State Univer
sity. Mrs. Miek attended the Am
erican Municipal Ass’n. meeting
in Madison, Wisconsin, and while
in Chicago saw a presentation of
‘My Fair Lady.” Shannon at
tended the Westminster Fellow
ship synod held in Spokane,
Washington. The Micks report
AVA MAKING
COMPREHENSIVE
TOURIST SURVEY
The Alaska Visitors Associa
j lion has started a comprehensive
■survey that extends through
August.
All outgoing passengers are
receiving a folded giant-size card.
' The cover is a beautiful color
(print of Mt. McKinley and ‘the
| reverse side contains a letter
from Governor Stepovich. On the
I opposite page are the survey
j questions, asking how many in
| the party, how they came, how
tong they visited, how much they
spent, what prompted tin ir visit
md what they liked or didn’t
like. The reverse side is self-ad
dressed with postage guaranteed,
and it too is very colorful.
The purpose of the surv y is to
obtain definite facts to u. a as a
guide for further progress in vis
itor promotion.
The tourist volume is i p 30%
or more over 1957, butt AVA
needs more facts to build toward
greater tourist promotion and
planning, with the objective of
enticing the ever-growing num
ber of travelers.
Ail tourists are urged to fill
out the brief questionnaire, give
it to the stewardess or purser or
drop it in a mail box.
Tap Local Scauls
For Order of Arrow
Two Palmer youths, members
of Boy Scout Troop f>54, were tap
ped for membership in the Order
of the Arrow, honorary organiza
tion of the Bey Scouts of Ameri
ca. They are Vic Johns, sou of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johns and
Stanley Smith, son of Mr, and
Mrs, Ed Smith. Along with other
Scouts tapped for the honor, the
local youths will go thorugh their
iniation this week-end at Camp
Gorsueh.
The Order of the Arrow c ere
mony was held at Camp Gorsueh
last Friday, with 13 local Scouts
and a number of parents attend
ing. Dale Clarke of Palmer, an
Order of the Arrow member, par
ticipated in the impressive cere
mony.
much stateside interest in’Alaska,
with several groups hoping to
hold annual meetings m Ala.'ka
next year.
C. J. Ehrendreich and Mrs. j
Muriel Mahoney of the Legisla
tive Audit Department, Juneau,,
are visiting in Palmer this we. k
at the office of the Department
of Agriculture, making an annual
inspection.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marcus and
Steve Merrick returned to Pal
mer this week following a vaca
tion spent in California. They re
ported beautiful sunny weather
throughout their visit.
Notice to Members
Matanuska Telephone
Association, Inc.
Annual Meeting
Saturday, Aug. 2,1958
CENTRAL SCHOOL GYM
Registration: 7:00 p.m.
Meeting Opens: 8:00 p.m.
10 COLORED TELEPHONES WILL BE
AWARDED AS DOOR PRIZES
calendar
OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, JULY 31
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
4~H I»OSTER CONTEST NEWS
SATURDAY. AUGUST 2
M.T.A. ANNUAL MEET, Central
School, 8 p.m.
MONDAY. AUGUST 4
VALLEY FAIR BOARD, 8 p.m.
COMMUNITY BAND, Central
School, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
C.A.P. CADETS, Central School,
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6
M. V. CHAMBER, Marada Cafe,
noon
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall 7
p.m.
EXPLORERS^*E1 ks hall, 7:80 p.m*
Square Dance Club
To Resume in Sept.
Carpenter’s hall has been re
served for the Palmer Square
Dance Club which will resume
dancing in September, it was
announced this week. Sessions
will be held the second and
fourth Friday evenings of each
month and an opportunity will be
given for beginning instruction.
Membership in the club on a
subscription basis will be offer
ed at a reduced rate to cover a
three month period, or visitors
may pay as they attend.
Interested persons are asked to
watch for registration details
which will be announced the lat
ter part of August.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.rn.
LUG ION AiUXJLJARY, Craft
room, 8 p.m.
M.V. SPORTSMEN, Club room,
8 p.m.
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My Apologies
A recent Ad placed in this newspaper, writ
ten in a GOSHING MANNER to create LAUGHS,
seemed to have a split personality. Up to this
week, all comments were "'got a kick out of
it." But now I find that some, including friends
of long standing just got a "kick."
Certainly, with the present high costs of
production and unfortunate marketing prob
lems, the farmer in Alaska has got to trim
every possible corner off his expenses AND the
GROWING of LOCAL GRAINS is one very excel
lent way of doing just that.
My hat is off to those in the Department
of Agriculture who are exerting every effort
to bring about laws and regulations to aid
agriculture in Alaska. To those in Experimental
work who are developing new and better
varieties and better storage, and the experi
mental feeding of our local grains to "prove
the pudding." To the many groups and BOARD
MEMBERS who are devoting long and seeming
ly thankless hours for the betterment of Agri
culture in this area and the entire State of
Alaska. And LAST BUT NOT LEAST to any and
all the members of the staff of my competitors
organization who may have taken offense
from my impractical joking.
SMy humble and sincere apologies are to
all of you who got a "kick" rather than the
intended "kick out of it."
Signed, AL BROOKS
Brook's Equipment Co.
PHONE PI2195 PALMER
WHERE Wi ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN SELL
ING YOU THE FEED OR FEED SUPPLIMENTS THAT
CANNOT BE GROWN IN ALASKA