BENSON FAVORS
INTEREST HIKE
Secretary of Agriculture Ezn
Benson came out in favor of in
creasing REA interest rates at i
recent press conference, revers
ing his earlier testimony before
the House Appropriations Sub
committee that he would not ask
for an increase in the interest
rate.
Check Your Winter
Driving Needs
• BATTERIES
• ANTI-FREEZE
• SNOW TIRES
+ LUBRICATION
• CHAINS
For Speedy Service
Stop at
Norm’s Super Service
PHONE PI-2600
HARTLEY MOTORS BUILDING
Cancer Society
Annual Meet
Stated at Juneau
The Alaska Division of the
American Cancer Society will
meet February 3 in Juneau, ac
cording to A. H. Mick, local
board member.
Any person who has contribut
ed time or money to the Society
is considered an active member.
Individuals who have business to
present at the meeting are asked
to communicate with Mick at the
Experiment Station in Palmer,
who will see that a place is pro
vided on the agenda.
Reports of the past year’s ac
tivities will be given and plans
for future work discussed. Elec
tion of Directors and Directors
at-Large to serve on the Territor
ial Board during the coming year
will be held and standing com
mittees appointed. The new
Board of Directors will meet di
rectly following the adjourn
ment of the annual meeting of
members.
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Vlllll carne J oz.
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Spaghetti 4” *1
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"BUILD ALASKA — BUY THE BEST — BUY MATANUSKA MAID— $
ALASKA'S BEST"
THURSDAY. JANUARY 9
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elk3 hall,
7:30 p.m.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange hall,
8 p.m.
M.T.A. DIRECTORS, MTA of
fice, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10
PALMER vs. ANCHORAGE, here
CUB SCOUT PACK MEET, High
school cafe
SATURDAY. JANUARY 11
CONFIRMATION CLASS, Epis
copal Church, 8 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
MONDAY. JANUARY 13
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, 12:05 p.m.
ST. MICHAEL’S ALTAR SO
CIETY, Mrs. Arlene Hoberman
home, 8 p.m.
PALMER VOL. FIREMEN, Fire
hall. 8 p.m.
LEAGUE WOMEN VOTERS, Di
rectors meet, Faith Krause
home, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health Center
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, Car
penters hall, 9 a.m.
CITY COUNCIL, City hall, 8
p.m. _
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
CAP CADETS, High school, 7:30
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
Conservation Board
Identifies 1957 as
A Successful Year
The annual report of the Pal
mer Soil Conservation Subdis
trict shows that the year of 1957
was a very successful conserva
tion year. The Board of Supervis
ors, consisting of L. M. DePriest,
chairman; Victor Falk, Jr., secre
tary-treasurer; William Lentz,
Byron Anderson, and Henning
Blunck, anticipate that 1958, the
10th anniversary of the Subdis
trict, will be an even bigger year.
There are now 118 cooperators
with the Palmer Subdistrict, of
which 19 are new cooperators,
accepted during the past year.
The Palmer Subdistrict equip
ment consists of a new eight-foot
brillion grass seeder, purchased
this past year, and used on 398
acres of new’ grass seeding. The
grassland program is still moving
ahead in spite of the severe win
ter killing of grass last winter,
the report shows. Many acres
were plowed up and seeded back
to grass and it is estimated thal
next year over twice as much
grass will be replanted.
One combinations stock ajid
irirgation pond was built this pasl
year in the Subdistrict. It is antic
ipated that during 1958 manj
new irrigation systems will bf
installed.
The report shows that stream
bank control is expanding on th(
Matanuska River, with about one
half mile of new line, composer
of used car bodies, cable, anti
hog wire, installed this year. The
river has now been divertec
away from the bank and the ero
sion threat to valuable farmland
is slowly being eliminated. It i:
hoped that much of this rivei
bottom land may be reclaimec
for cropland in another few years
The part-time services of i
technician from the Soil Conser
vation Service, were made avail
able to help develop conservatior
farm plans and render direc'
technical assistance to farmers or
the land.
Byron Anderson and Victoi
Falk, Jr., were each elected tc
a three year term as supervisor:
of the Subdistrict.
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Weekly Frontiersman
GLASS FRAGMENTS
FOUND IN CERTAIN
CHIU POWDER BOTTLES
Glass fragments have been
found in one and three-ounce
bottles of Gebhart Eagle Chili
powder and emergency with
drawal is being made of the pro
duct in these sizes, according to
a telephone warning received by
A. J. Alter, Alaska Department of
Health sanitation and engineer
ing chief. Householders who have
the product in these sizes should
destroy it or return it to the
merchant from whom it was pur
chased. The contaminated product
has been found in cities wide
spread through the nation by food
and drug officials and it is being
withdrawn from all retail and
wholesale outlets.
_HEW BABIES_
Rodabaugh
Mrs. Maud Hosier of Palmer
has received word that she is a
grandmother. A daughter, Susan
Elizabeth, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Rodabaugh at Elimra,
N. Y. on January 2. Susan weigh
ed seven and three quarters
pounds at birth. Mrs. Edith Ben
son of Palmer is the new baby’s
great-grandmother.
Unusual Style Show
Manned During
’58 Farm Forum
One of the highlights of the
forthcoming Farm Forum which
will be held at the high school
February 28 and March 1, will be
a show to be directed by F. L.
Teuton of the Agricultural Re
search Service, Washington, D. C.»
stated Lew Hanks, Extension dis
trict agent.
Teuton will present materials
and a show illustrating the de
velopment of new uses for agri
cultural. products. The show will
require the services of six young
women—size 12, five feet, five
inches to five feet seven inches
tall to act as models for the show
Hanks said applications to “get
in the act” will be accepted at
the Extension office. He aSufed
the show will be informal and
should be lots of fun for every
one.
Have You Tried It?
PECAN TOFFEE
The Matdnuska Maid's
New
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Flavor-of-the-Month
CO-OP CREAMERY
Malanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association
“BU1ID ALASKA, BUY THE
BEST — BUY MATANUSKA
MAID .. . . ALASKA'S BEST”
Lee's Coal Yard j
NOW RECEIVING ORDERS FOR COAL
• STEAM AND NUT COAL
by the ton or sack
Prompt delivery any place in the valley
Open 9 Til S p.m.
Yard
PI-4400
Residence
PI-4271
Best time to open your savings account is NOW!
You can face the years before you with more confidence
when you've got some money behind you! Best way fo
accomplish this is lo save a pre-delermined amount every
pay day. Best place for your savings is here . . . where they
keep on earning more money for you all the time.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Daily 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Open Thursday Evenings 6 - 8 PJ4.
PALMER, ALASKA