Rherbend (Hub Wins
Tsrr, Prize in
Beaufificalion Contest
Winners of the territory-wide
Homemakers Clubs Roadside
Beautification Contest were made
public by Everett Patton, presi
dent of the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation, at the University Exten
sion Short Course held in Fair
banks last week. Entries submit
ted to the AVA for final judging
so impressed the officers they re
quested a report tbe made to the
board meeting as they felt the
homemakers had started a pro
gram which would render a valu
able contribution to the tourists
attractions of Alaska.
First place went to the Spruce
Hen Homemakers Club of O’Mal
ley Road Spenard, who received
$50 from the Travellers Inn of
Anchorage and Fairbanks. Mrs.
John Springer was chairman of
the beautification project which
included a roadside flower gar
den contest. Fifteen children en
tered and winners were presented,
cash awards by the club. Also in
cluded in the Spruce Hens pro
ject was a roadside clean-up
drive and a letter-writing cam
paign to various beverage firms
asking their assistance in fight
ing the Jitterbug problem.
The Riverbend Club of Palmer
won second prize of $25 donated
bv the City Bank of Anchorage.
Miss V. Louise Kellogg was beau
tification chairman. The Beaters
4-H Club, sponsored by the Riv
erbend Club, cleaned approxi
mately six miles of beer-can lit
tered roadway along Fishook
and Farmers Loop roads. They
entered the garbage-laden trucks
in a parade with signs, "Do You
Recognize This?” “Are You A
Litterbug?’ ’and a sign over a
litterbug reading “Could This Be
You?” The Riverbend Club also
conducted a billboard sign re
I TREASURE CHEST
Wasilla Road
ALASKAN JEWELRY
ASSORTMENT OF TIE
ROPES WITH IVORY,
HEMETITE AND JADE
ALASKAN CHRISTMAS
CARDS
PAINTINGS
; NATIVE ARTS - CRAFTS
NEW IDEAS FOR
CHRISTMAS PLANNED
AT WORKSHOP
New ideas for Christmas gifts,
wrappings, parties, and special
dishes will be presented to all
interested valley women tomor
rom, October 18, when the Exten
sion eSrvice annual Christmas
Workshop is held in the basement
6f the United Protestant Church,
starting at 10 a.m.
During the morning session
there will be special demonstra
tions of holiday foods, with gift
wrappings, decorations and other
presentations slated for the after
noon session which ends at 3 p.m.
Interested persons are invited
to attend and share their Christ
mas ideas. Those who will par
ticipate in the demonstrations are
asked to register at the Exten
sion Service annual Christmas
that the program may be arrang
ed.
Coffee will be served at noon
and those attending are asked to
take sack lunches. A nursery
will be provided for pre-school
ers.
moval campaign.
A newly-formed Anchorage
club, the Chugach Homemakers,
won third prize of $15. Their
participation in the “Plant a
Tree” drive of the Anchorage
Woman’s Club through publicity,
manning the booth on the City
Hall lawn ,and conferring with
Safehaven residents on a specific
layout for street trees to tie in
with planned flower and land
scaping, was part of their project
under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Bob Barton. The north side of
15th Avenue, between E and C
streets, was chosen as their pro
ject site. Club members husbands
volunteered to level uneven
mounds of earth with a bull doz
er, clearing the comers for bet
ter visibility. Club members
cleared the brush, cleaned the
area and planted flowers, and
have plans for continuous im
provement each year.
Seward’s Marathon Homemak
ers chose to improve the road
side entrance to the city ceme
tery under the chairmanship of
Mrs. Eda Myers. These improve
ments won the club fourth place
and $10 cash. Third and fourth
prizes were donated by the
Montgomery Ward office in An
chorage. *
Chairman of the Home and
Community Beautification Com
mittee of the Alaska Council of
Homemakers the past two years
was Mrs. George L. Arcand of
Anchorage.
" The friendliest
place in town /
The welcome mat is always out for ?
you here! Goose in ail'd enjoy lh£
finest in drinks and food* fn a
friendly, congenial atmosphere.
Alpine Inn
fe 1 J i
Farm Equipment
Headquarters
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW
FOR SPRING DELIVERY
WE TAKE TRADE-INS ON
FARM EQUIPMENT
Don't Forget You Get Patronage Purchase
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Co-Op Garage
ALASKA'S OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE
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LEGION INITIATION SET PON TONIGHT
All members of the Matanuska
Valley American Legion Post No.
15 and members of the Auxiliary
are reminded of the initiation
Erogram to be held tonight at
egion hall. Members of the
Auxiliary will serve as hostesses
at a pot-luck dinner to be served
at 8 p.m.
Several guests have been invit
ed to attend the meeting, includ
ing William Sanders, Depart
ment first vice commander, Her
aid Stringer, National executive
committeeman, and Wardie King,
Department past commander. Al
so members of the Jack Henry
Post No. 1 of Anchorage; the
Aurora Borealis Post No. 21, An
chorage; Spenard Post No. 28,
and the posts’ auxiliaries.
The program has been planned
to provide an opportunity for
members of the local Post and
Auxiliary to hold a get-together
and at the same time provide
information to new members of
the responsibilities of the Ameri
can Legion.
National Officer
Next Monday, October 21, J- H.
Chillington, National field repre
sentative, will be in Palmer to
confer with all interested veter
ans and will attend a special
meeting of the local Legion post.
All veterans are invited to dis
cuss any veteran problems they
may have during Chillington’s
visit. He will be accompanied by
Joseph Briones, service officer
for the Department of Alaska.
District Engineers
Have New Work Hours
To cut traffic congestion and
allow more shopping time in An
chorage, the U. S. Army Engin
eer District, Alaska, has changed
office hours. In a poll of more
than 550 employees on Elmen
dorf Air Force Base the majority
voted for office hours from 7:45
a.m. to 4:45 p m. The new hours
are effective Monday, October
14. __
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DELINQUENT TAX ROLL FOR 1951, I93Z,
, 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956
NOTICE OF SALE
Public notice is hereby given that on September 6, 1957 pursuant to proceedings in accordance with the laws of Alaska the District
Court for the Third Division signed an order authorizing the sale of properties listed below to satisfy delinquent taxes, penalty, interest
and costs due the Palmer Independent School District. Said sale will be held in the basement of the City Hall, Palmer, Alaska on
October 23, 1957, commencing at 10 A.M.
Public notice is further given that the parcels to be sold are described below and the name of the owner, or reputed owner is slated,
and if the name is unknown it is so slated, and the amount of taxes due together with penalty interest and costs is set forth below.
Pilblic notice is further given that all property described below will be sold at public auction for cash only to the highest bidder,
and a Certificate of Sale issued to each purchaser. If the highest bid is insufficient to discharge the lien of the School District, the
Tax Collector will bid in the property in the name of the School District. Properties sold may be redeemed within two years in the
r manner required by law.
Name Description
T17N/R2E
Section 4
Leo Jones-_- S210, N240.W178.0, E678.0 NEJ
Section 14
Don Utter -_-- S£ NW£ SWJ NEi _
Section 17
from SE cor SWi NEi, N200, W430, S405 and
back to pt of begin 2.75 acres
N264, S528, El65 _
SECTION 23
SEi NEi NEi...
N* NW* SE* NE* _
SECTION 24
S£ NW* SW* SW* less SOS'
SECTION 25
N£ NW* NW* NE*
SE* SE* SEi_
SECTION 26
Roberts, McBridge and Henry_ Gov’t lot 17
John Wozencraft ____ Gov’t lot 21
T18N/R1E
SECTION 24
Frank Cornelius __ SW* SW* -
Frank Cornelius ___ SE* SW* -
T18N/R2E
Section 4
N-i SW* _
SW* SW* _
SECTION 5
SE* SE* _
SECTION 23
NEi NW* _
E} NW* NW* ...
T19N/R2E
Section 21
C. F. Magaha___SW* -
SECTION 28
A. Krantz ____ SW| -
BAILEY HTS.
lot 25; blk. 3
lot 26; blk. 3 __.
lot 33; blk. 3
lot 34; blk. 3 _
HUNTLEY HTS.
Vernon Holt __ lot 2 --
Edward Smith ___ lot 3 -
LANGES HOLIDAY NO. 1
Ray Hendricks _ lot 15 -
MATANUSKA TOWNSITE
. Dorothy Nichols
Dorothy Nichols
Jack Taylor_
Jack Taylor_
C- L. Engelbretson
C. L. Engelbretson
Fred Carlson
Fred CaTlson
Fred Carlson
Herman Rempel _._
Aaron G. Liefoing_
Angeline Brown __
Florence B. Ellerston __
Elmer and Lottie Sexton
Pauline Blasongame ___
Donald J. Hanson__
Tax Penalty Int.
Year
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1956
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1954
1956
1954
1956
1955
1956
1955
1953
1956
1956
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1956
1955
1954
1956
1956
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
7.15
6.50
6.50
5.00
5.00
2.25
1.65
8.25
7.50
7.50
6.50
6.50
6.50
57.00
13.20
12.00
3.30
3.00
17.60
33.00
20.00
4.40
1.32
6.60
6.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
17.60
16.00
16.00
37.13
9.63
8.80
8.00
4.40
4.00
4.40
16.50
15.00
8.25
7.50
».80
8.80
50.60
3.58
47.36
3.08
1.07
.98
.98
.75
.75
.34
.25
1.24
1.13
1.13
.98
.98
.98
8.55
1-98
1.30
.50
.45
2.04
4.95
3.00
.66
.20
.99
.90
.90
.75
.75
2.64
2.40
2.40
5.57
1.44
1.32
1.20
.66
.60
.66
2.48
2.25
1.24
1.13
1.32
1.32
7.59
.58
7.10
.46
.86
1.56
2.15
2.25
2i65
1.56
.20
.99
1.80
2.48
2.93
3.71
4.49
18.81
1.59
2.88
.40
.72
2.11
7.92
9.00
.53
.16
.79
1.44
1.98
2.25
2.85
2.11
3.84
5.28
4.46
1.16
1.06
1.92
.53
.96
.53
1.98
3.60
.99
1.80
1.06
1.06
6.07
.43
5.69
.37
Cost
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
10.64
1956 1.10 .17
1955 1.00 .15
1956 1.10 .17
1955 LOO .15
.13 10.64
.24 10.64
.13 10.64
.24 10.64
1956 1.65 .25 .20 10.64
1955 1.50 .23 .36 10.64
Mr. Rousseau
lot 8; blk. 2
Calvan Osborne
O. K. Hillman __
O. K. Hillman __
F. W. Mollendorf
F. W. Mollendorf
Fred Mollendorf
Fred Mollendorf
Harvey G. Marsh
Harvey G. Marsh
lot 12; blk. 4
McKECHNIE
lot 7 -
lot 8 -
SUTTON
lot 5; blk. 1 _
lot 6; blk. 1
WOODLAND PARK
lot 10; blk. 1 -
t
1956
1955
1954
1956
2.31 .35
2.10 .32
2.10 .32
.66 .10
.28 10.64
.51 10.64
70 10.64
08 10.64
1956
1956
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
1956
7.81 1.17
1.10 .17
2.75 .41
2.00 .30
2.75 .41
2.00 .30
MO . .17
1.00 .15
MO .17
LOO .15
110 .17
1-10 .17
• 94 10.64
.13 10.64
■33 10.64
•28 10.64
•33 10,64
■28 10.64
•14 10.64
■24 10.64
•14 10.64
•24 10.64
•14 10.64
•14 10.64
Total
19.72
19.66
20.27
18.64
19.24
14.79
12.74
21.12
21.07
21.76
21.65
21.83
22.01
• 95.00
27.41
27.32
14.84
14.81
32.99
56.51
42.64
16.23
12/32
19.02
18.98
19.52
18.64
19.24
32.99
32.88
34.32
57.80
22.87
21.82
21.76
16.23
16.20
16.23
31.60
31.49
21.12
21.07
21.82
21.82
74.90
15.23
70.79
14.55
12.04
12.03
12.04
12.03
12.74
12.73
13.58
13.57
13.76
11.48
20.56
12.04
14-13
13.22
14.13
13.22
12.05
12.03
12.05
12.03
12.05
12.05
lot 11; blk. 1
lot 11, blk. 2
lot 12, blk. 2
Dated this 11th day ot September, 1957
ATTEST:
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DKJTmr-r
bv /s/ BARBARA SKOK, clerk L DISTRICT
/S/ WILLIAM WAKELAND
Tax Collector
Palmer Independent School District
Published: September 19, 2$ and October 3. 10, 17, l957