THE FRONTIERSMAN
fSntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
A. J. DeJulio-Publisher-Manager
SSditor --Virginia Gallant
Subscription Rates (>0c a month, $5 a year In Valley Area
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
$6 per year
national Adv. Representative — Weekly Newspaper Representative
404 Fifth Ave. — New York 18, N.Y.
Ed. note: The following letter
was written to the M.V.F.C.A.
and was turned over to The
Frontiersman so that the. appeal
might reach a greater number of
people.
Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Sirs:
I am writing to ask you if you
Jknow where we can buy a riding
pony. We want a filly—or mare—
-as young as possible (not a S-het
.land). Our 15-year-old daughter
had polio three years ago and she
is as well as she will ever be.
Her left leg is almost totally par
•aJized. She has wanted a horse
adH her life and now that she can
jnever skate or ski or ride her
&ike again we would like very
•much to find her a pony. Her
:*irst choice is a pinto—white with
brown markings—but she wuold
3>e happy with any kind.
Could you please give us some,
iinformation.
Thank you, !V
(Mrs. Pete Farr
Box 511
Spenard, Alaska
CAPA PLANS DEVELOPMENTS
Members of the Central Alas
ka Power Association (CAPA)
plan to proceed toward develop
ment of the Cooper Lake hydro
electric project, according to a
news item which appeared in the
Anchorae Daily News. The move
was taken after the Chugach
Electric Association voted to dis
associate itself with CAPA. The
Matanuska Electric Association
withdrew its membership in
CAPA over a year ago.
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123 Lost 5rt» Avmmm • Anchorage, Alaska
The Builders
The noise of the shovel
And the pick and the gravel
Makes my life so sweet.
The noise of the mallet
The Saw and the hammer
Makes my life complete.
These are the noises of a building
man,
We are builders in God’s great
clan.
Come, share the noises
Of the saw and the hammer
Come be God’s builders today.
By Duane Huntley
The above poem was written
I by the vice-president of the
builders group of the Palmer
Church of God. Their next meet
ing will be May 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The men are remodeling the in
terior of the church building.
TO ATTEND DINNER
FOR NATIONAL
LEGION COMMANDER
W. C. (Dan) Daniel of Danville,
Virginia, national commander of
The American Legion, was ex
pected to arrive in Anchorage
today. In his honor a cocktail
party and banquet will be held
this evening by the Jack Henry
Post No. 1 of Anchorage.
Attending from the Palmer
area will be Matanuska Valley
Post Commander Fred Everett
and Mrs. Everett and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Trudell. Mrs. Tru
dell is Unit president of the local
Legion Auxiliary group.
Following his Anchorage visit
Daniel will leave for Sitka where
he will attend the Department
Convention American Legion.
WORLD TRIP TOPIC
OF GUEST SPEAKER
Mi's. Floy Janning of Anchor
age will be guest speaker during
the Sutton Community Church
Sunday worship hour, Rev. A. B.
Compton announced today. Mrs.
Janning will speak on a round
the-world trip she has recently
completed and will refer to sev
eral Church of God missions
which she visited during her
tour of various countries.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Colony Day
Celebrants...
Visit the home of the
MATANUSKA MAID
You and your family are
invited to visit the Co-Op
Creamery between the
hours of 10 a.m. and
4 p.m. on COLONY DAY
CO-OP CREAMERY
Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association
“BUILD ALASKA, BUY THE
BEST — BUY MATANUSKA
MAID . . . ALASKA'S BEST”
Fight Fire
loss with
insurance!
Fire can take a terrible toll in property. Prevent
financial loss by making sure your home and
furnishings are fully covered by insurance geared
lo present values.
Later may be too
late; Insure now
Pippel Insurance Agency
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Rita McClafferfy
Wed on May II
In a morning ceremony Maj
11 Rita McClafferty of Palmer
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard McClafferty of Anchorage
and Joseph G. DesJardin, son oi
Mr. and Mrs. Emile DesJardir
of Hubbell, Michigan, exchanged
marriage vows in St. Michael’s
Catholic Church. The Rev. James
J. Snead offered the nuptial mass
and performed the double-ring
ceremony.
Tall white baskets of white and
pink gladiolas decorated the altar
and white ribbons and greens
decorated the wedding party
pews, in the church. Mrs. Jack
Hemmer was organist.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
chapel-length gown of chantilly
lace over ivory satin. The fitted
bodice was buttoned from the
neckline to the waist with tiny
lace covered buttons. The sleeves
were tight fitting and were of
wrist length. Her fingertip veil
was held in place by a snug cap
of seed pearls and she carried an
orchid and lilly-of-the-valley ar
rangement on her white Bible.
Her accessories were Alaska gold
nugget cross earrings and match
ing necklace.
Dolores Pommier friend of the
bride was maid-of-honor. She
wore a waltz length gown of pink
chiffon and lace. Her headpiece
was made of tiny pink roses and
she carried a colonial bouquet of
pink and white roses.
Donald Wagnor was best man
and George Sadek and Leon Mer
kes all of Anchorage, were ush
ers.
The bride’s mother wore a
beige nylon dress and turquoise
duster with white accessories and
a corsage of white carnations.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardisty
of Palmer represented the bride
groom’s parents. Mrs. Hardisty
wore a green dress and white ac
cessories and a corsage of white
carnations.
The men of the wedding party
wore white dinner jackets with
dark trousers and pink carnation
boutonnieres.
Following the ceremony a re-,
ception was given by the bride's
parents at Moose hall in Palmer.
About 75 guests attended the
ceremony and reception. Mrs.
Ann Gesner presided over the
guest book. Eve Papez was in
charge of the gift table and Mrs.
Alma Blunck, Shirlee Webb and
(Mrs. Wanda Somerville poured.
Born in Fairbanks, the bride
has lived in Alaska all her life
and graduated from the Palmer
High School. Until her marriage
she was employed as secretary at
the Matanuska Valley Bank.
The bridgroom served with the
U. S. Army at Fort Richardson
from 1951 to 1953 and at the time
of his marriage was employed as
locomotive fireman on The Al
aska Railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. DesJardin have
taken a wedding trip down the
Alaska Highway and will be at
home in Hubbell, Michigan, June
17. The bridegroom plans to con
tinue his education at the Michi
igan College of Mining and Tech
nology. I a*
University Regent
Resigns from Board
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, long time
University of Alaska regent, this
week announced that he soon
will resign from the board.
He accepted the assistant di
rectorship of the Ohio Depart
ment of Mental Hygiene and Cor
rection in February, 1956, and
became acting director the fol
lowing October.
He has served as a regent since
January, 1949, when he was ap
pointed to fill the unfinished
term of J. W. Gibson of Valdez.
Dr. Albrecht expressed regret
in making his decision to resign,
but explained that it will not be
possible for him to attend all of
the board meetings during the
remainder of his appointment
which extends until 1958.
ratNESS
Weekly Frontiersman .
food Prices up
In Alaska
Daring Past Year
*
Since March, 1956, Alaska re
tail food prices increased from
2 to 5 percent in all cities sur
veyed, except Kodiak and Sitka,
according to the Alaska Agricul
tural Experiment Station quar
terly report on Alaska’s food
prices, March, 1957.
The March retail food prices in
Alaska were about the same as
in December, 1956, the report
shows. A slight increase in Ket
chikan, Juneau and Fairbanks
may be due to variance in re
porting procedures rather than
a change in the level of prices, it
was stated.
To collect the necessary data
for the quarterly reports on Al
aska’s food prices a volunteer
enumerator collects prices from
three to six retail merchants in
each Alaskan city shown in the
table. The collection occurs sim
ultaneously in each city during
the first three days of the week
containing the 15th day of the
month surveyed. Prices from each
city are averaged to obtain the
prices quoted. A total of 40 food
items are priced in Alaskan cit
ies. The prices of 25 of these are
compared with prices for the
same items in Seattle as report
ed by the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics the previous month.
The report, prepared by H. P.
Gazaway and Cathrine L. Hud
son, economists, show that State
side consumers are spending $421
annually per capita for food. Bas
ed on this average and costs for
each city in relation to Seattle,
the cost per person amounts to
$514 for Ketchikan; $518 for Sit
ka; $526 for Juneau; $556 for Ko
diak; $589 for Anchorage, $564
for Palmer and $653 for Fair
banks. This means, the econom
ists pointed out, a typical Alas
kan family of four can anticipate
spending from $2,056 to $2,612
annually for food, depending up
on locality.
The report shows retail prices
of 25 comparable food items in
Alaskan cities and Seattle dur
ing the first quarter this year
cost $10.69 in Seattle. The same
“market basket” cost $14.99 in
Anchorage and $14.32 in Palmer.
Other cities’ are lower than Pal
mer, except Fairbanks which has
a high of $16.52.
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Co-Op Oarage
ALASKA’S OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE
TRUCK & FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association
Patrons of
.Hafannska Electric Am
If you are receiving electricity under the name and
deposit of another person, you are now requested to sign
a membership card and make a deposit in your own name.
Correspondence and bills will be sent to the member.
K you are not listed you may not receive bills or notices
regarding your account. Further, a trouble call by a person
not a member might not be answered.
In order to thoroughly protect your interests, contact
the Matanuska Electric Association .personally or by
mail.
1. Give number of meter through which you are
receiving power (large India ink number on meter)
2. Give correct mailing address
3. Sign membership card
4. Pay $5.00 Membership fee and $15.00 deposit
(both are refundable but are not transferable)
Please help us to help you.
Matanuska Electric Association