VOLUME 1<J. NUMBER 32
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PRICE TEN CENTS
WITH BANG
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUNNED FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
‘Annual Memorial Day services
will be held at the Palmer Ceme
tery tomorrow morning at 11
♦’clock. Members of the Matan
uska Valley American Legion
Po6t No. 15 and members of the
Auxiliary Unit will participate in
the memorial service.
’ Graves of all veterans will be
dfecorated with crosses made! by
Auxiliary members of red pop
pies and by flags and markers by
Legion members. In addition each
veteran’s grave will be marked
by the Post with a single red
poppy.
. Fred-Everett, Post commander,
this week extended an invitation
to the public to join the Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary in the
remembrance of all war dead.
The American Legion, as one of
it’s pledged duties, assemble each
Memorial Day in memory of
those many who gave their lives
for their country.
t “On Memorial day we, in uni
eon show our gratitude to our
li?ar dead,” Commander Everett
said. “Through a divine power,
#tate that those who have given
the supreme sacrifice have not
done so in vain.
“Let us not forget that a pre
mium price has been paid so we
might live our lives as we do—
in FREEDOM. Our war dead
have paid with their lives and
those loved ones left behind, are
still paying in sorrow and heart
ache. The latter have only the
solemn knowledge of having giv
en more than we.
“It is therefore, for these rea
sons that I would like, through
the American Legion, to offer
you a sincere invitation to join
with our Post in remembrance
of our dead”.
The memorial service will be
conducted by Post officers, in
cluding Josiah Winklepleck, Post
chaplain. Participating will be
members of the firing squad and
Post bugler and Post and Auxil
iary colors and color guards.
WM Flower Show
Sol for Juno 9
The Annual Wild Flower Show,
sponsored by the Palmer Gar
den Club will be held Sunday,
June 9 in the Conference Room
of the M. E. A. Building from
1:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Committee women Edith Ol
son, Mary King and Val Ulrich
urge the cooperation of all wild
flower lovers to help make this
show beautiful and complete.
SHOP
Phone 3601
Committee Urges
Clean-Up In
City Approach Areas
The Palmer Garden Club wish
es to compliment those who have
shown such an interest and done
so much towards the beautifying
of Palmer, states Dr. C. C. Bailey,
publicity chairman of the steer
ing committee. However there is
much to be desired in some sec
tors especially the immediate ap
proaches to the city, the commit
tee pointed out. It is hoped that
some of the business establish
ments will follow suit and rid
their premises of unsightly
“junk”, cardboard containers,
etc. which in many cases are
a fire hazard and contrary to
local fire ordinances. The club
also wishes to remind the public
that there is still time to order
shrubs, trees, and such in accord
ance with the advertisment, in
last week’s Frontiersman. Mrs.
Isabelle Woolcock, chairman of
the steering committee for Beau
tify Palmer Project, announces
there will- be a meeting of the
committee next Tuesday noon,
unless notified otherwise.
45 DELEGATES OF
ALASKA HOSPITALS
TO CONVENE HERE
Discussion groups at the Fifth
Annual Alaska Hospital Associa
tion Convention to be held in
Palmer June 5, 6, and 7, will be
led by four officials of the Asso
ciation of Western Hospitals, it
was announced this week by
Howard May, Jr., Cordova, presi
dent of the AHA. Participating
will be Melvin C. Scheflin, exe
cutive director of the association;
Guy M. Hanner, president-elect
of the association and administra
tor of the Good Samaritan Hos
pital, Phoenix, Arizona; Howard
Hatfield, treasurer of the associa
tion and administrator of the
Long Beach, California commun
ity hospital, and William Knight,
owner of the Oroville, California
Curran Hospital.
Their discussions will be con
cerned with public relations, ad
ministration and credit proce
dures and accounting procedures
for small hospitals.
Approximately 45 delegates are
expected to attend the conven
tion, many of whom will be re
presenting at least 12 of the 17
member hospitals in Alaska.
The visitors will be entertain
ed while in the valley with lun
cheons, dinners, and tours of the
valley.
Delegates will meet with the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce at a noon luncheon
meeting to be held in the high
school cafeteria on the opening
day of the convention, June 5.
Palmer Rainbow Girls will cater
the luncheon. All persons inter
ested in attending the luncheon
are asked to make reservation by
leaving their name at the desk at
the hospital before 10 a.m. June
4. Knight and Scheflin are sched
uled to speak at this meeting.
Wednesday evening a dinner will
be served for the delegates at the
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REMINDER I
*
Any type of construction, remodeling, or %
moving of buildings within the city, re- |
quires a City of Palmer Building or Moving %
Permit. Persons planning such actions |
should contact the City Clerk. |
Signed BUILDING OFFICER %
City of Palmer *
PALMER LEGIONNAIRE
TO HEAD 40 & 8
Dr. Foster,R. Sims of Palmer
was named Grande Chef de Gare
of the American Legion’s fun
Dr. Foster R. Sims
and humor society Forty et Eight.
Dr. Sims was named to the top
position during the Legion and
Legion Auxiliary annual conven
tions held in Skagway last week.
Robert N. Druxman of Auke
Bay was named commander of
the Alaska Department of the
American Legion. William H.
Sanders of Anchorage was nam
ed first vice commander and Jos
eph M. Briones, also of Anchor
age was re-appointed adjutant, fi
nance officer and service officer.
A Seward woman, Mrs. Carl
Stoeckle was elected auxiliary
president of the Alaska Depart
ment of the American Legion.
Other auxiliary officers include
Mrs. Hildreth Steelman of Pal
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NEW C-D DIRECTOR
NAMED IN DP AREA;
MEETING PLANNED
Two new appointments in the
Greater Palmer Civil Defense
area were announced this week
by Alfred V. Hagen, area director.
J. V. Kruscavage has been ap
pointed director in the Sutton
Eska-Jonesville area, replacing
Phil O’Neill who recently resign
ed from that post. Mark Hamblin
has been named area director for
Talkeetna with George Wetherell
as his assistant. The Talkeetna
C-D area is a newly created sec
tion and will be under the juris
diction of the Greater Palmer
C-D area.
Both .new directors have been
busy this past week, Hagen said,
in helping their areas form fire
departments and acquiring equip
ment for the departments through
Civil Defense. A 500-gallon pump
er fire truck has been assigned
to the Sutton area, along with
hose, nozzles, etc., Hagen report
ed. Director Kruscavage assures
C-D headquarters that the com
munity is behind the efforts and
will properly house and man the
equipment, the area director said.
The truck is expected to be in the
Sutton area within a week.
Assistant Director Wetherell
spent a week in Anchorage
selecting equipment for the Tal
keetna fire department and with
assistance from the Alaska Rail
road, the equipment is now ready
.'or shipment. A new well will be
drilled and an old one re-activated
Hagen said, to give assurance of
water the year round. The fire
fighting equipment will be hous
ed in the power plant at Talkeet
na..
A group of Palmer C-D offi
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KOSLOSKY S TO MARK 22ND ANNIVERSARY
Pictured above is the original Koslosky Store which during
the past 22 years has grown into a million-dollar enter
prise and is now housed in a two-story, modem building.
Special sales throughout Pal
mer’s largest department store
will mark the 22nd anniversary
of Koslosky’s Department Store
this week.
The present day million-dollar
enterprise has grown from a
small general store, started in
1935 by I. Koslosky and his son
Jan in the spot now occupied by
Club 49. In pace with the grow
ing community the store was ex
panded again and again until in
1947 the present Koslosky build
ing was constructed. ■ The two
slory structure has a fully com
pleted basement which includes
large storage rooms and a furni
ture and toy department. The
store includes departments for
sporting goods, mens, womens
and childrens clothing, groceries,
meats, jewelry, souvenirs, cera
tr...- _
I* GIFT ITEMS AND FINE
CHINA
CHOICE IVORY, JADE.
HEMATITE
NATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS ;
TREASURE CHEST
Wasilla Rd.
mics and other type crockery and
utensils.
Manager of the store is Jan
Koslosky who is secretary-trea
surer of the corporation which
consists of four stockholders. The
other three stocksholders are his
mother, Mrs. Lena Koslosky and
his brother Harold Koslosky, both
of Anchoage and a brother Ralph
Koslosky, assistant manager, of
Palmer. The corporation operates
two additional stores, the Hub
Store, Inc., and Kosloskyrs Mens
Wear, Inc., both in Anchorage.
During their special anniver
sary sale hundreds of special
gifts will be distributed to store
patrons, including, free hot dogs
on Friday and Saturday; surprise
gifts for adult customers; free
Matanuska Maid ice cream cones;
balloons, kites, candy suckers
and other special gifts.
COMFORTABLE
Steam Heated Rooms
Hyland Hotel
2 blocks from Post Office
DISTRICT
$24,458
FUNDS
the amount of
in
SCHOOL
TO GET
FEDERAL
A check
$24,458.00 will soon be on the
way to the Palmer Independ
ent School District to assist in
the operation costs of the sch
ools, according to information
made available to Delegate
Bartlett by the federal Office
of Education. The funds are
provided under a law lending
financial assistance to schools
throughout the country in
federally affected areas.
Checks totalling $86,276.00 will
come to Alaska. Payments
coming to the Territory, in
cluding Palmer’s total, include
$39,117.00 for Sitka, $3,492.00
for Nenana, $16,415.00 for Ket
chikan and $2,794.00 for Moon
ah.'
Visitors Join
Colonists to
Obsorve Colony Day
The 22nd anniversary of the
arrival of the Matanuska Valley
colonists was observed in Palmer
this past Sunday, with events
starting at T p.m. and continuing
throughout the afternoon and
early evening. For many it was
a treat as their first observance
of this day—for a great number
who attended, it was their 22nd.
Many familiar faces were seen
around Palmer wearing the red
ribbon which identified them as
colonists or early day settlers.
The program was opened at 1
p.m. with a parade which started
from Central School and ended
at Colony Park. Providing the
band music for marching was
the 23rd Infantry band from Fort
Richardson. Prizes were awarded
to the following for their parade
entries:
Adult section: Arctic Trails
Riding Club; Beta Sigma Phi;
and Alaska Dairy.
Junior section: The Beaters 4-H
Club; Cub Scouts; and The Chee
chako Chefs 4-H Club.
Honorable mention went to the
Northern Commercial Cat Dept,
and Co-Op Garage for farm
equipment entries.
The Colony Day free barbeque
was again this year a 100-per
cent success. The valley beef,
done to a turn and tasty as a
gormet would desire, was pre
. pared by L. C. Stock, with the
'assistance of Bill Cook and made
a hit with the many hundreds
who were served. The meat w&s
pre-cooked in the ovens of the
Palmer Baking Company, thro
ugh the courtesy of Glen Per
singer.
Assisting in preparing the bar
beque fire, carving the meat,
making the sandwiches and serv
ing the hundreds of visitors and
valley residents were: Ted Buzby,
Leo Lucas, Ben Hudgins, Bill
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TO ALL OUR FINE PATRONS
Due io limited space we urge
you to pick up your cleaning
as soon as possible.
BROWN'S SHOP
LIMITS REPORTED
IN VARIOUS
VALLEY HAUNTS
“FISHIN’S GOOD!” is the
report heard from many anglers
and from Bruce Graham, fisher
ies inspector with the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game.
Opening morning found fisher
men on the waters around the
valley' only minutes after the sea
son opened.
Among lakes checked and in
formation gathered by Graham
artd 'others of the Department a
number of fine fish were taken
on opening day, many limits were
reported.
On Lower Fire Lake 22 fisher
men, fishing for about one hour
each reported 16 iish taken, the
largest 13% inches. These fish
run a bit smaller than fish from
other lakes. About 25 anglers
tried their luck at Rocky Lake
and 16 fish were taken here, the
largest 18 inches, weighing two
pounds. Lower Bonnie lake had
27 fishermen, with a take of 93
rainbows ranging from eight to
21 inches were reported. Charlie
Hodson and Bill Lentz of the val
ley ' were top fishermen in this
lake.
Matanuska lake, just opened,
had- 25 fishermen with about 90
fish counted, averaging from 10
to 15% inches in length. Harold
Dunn, Ben Hermon and Don De
Land were top boat with three
limits in 2J hours. Ronnie Mee
han and John Gore also took
home fine catches from this
lake.
•The Keppler lakes produced
about 55 fish from 10 to 18%
inehes in length. Not too many
fishermen were reported on Fin
ger'Lake but Capt. Wm. V. Kock
and Sgt. George Wilson, both
from Headquarters USARAL, had
their limits of Dolly Varden and
rainbows. Largest fish was 16
inches, weighed 1% pounds.
Wasilla lake didn’t get too good
a check but reports were that
all fishermen had good catches.
Graham reported that not one
violation was observed through
out the opening day.
Kiwanians Hear
Talk On Irrigation
. Neal Micheelson of the Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station
was guest speaker at the Palmer
Kiwanis Club meeting May 27.
His topic was irrigation in the
valley area.
The concession committee re
ported that the Kiwanis hot-dog
and hambuger concession operat
ed on Colony Day grossed $113.
The net profits from this venture
will go toward the organization’s
Youth Services activities.
~~A T T E M T Jokfi
ALL CLEANING
2 for the 4 ji
price of I ij
I : ON LIKE GARMENTS
i Cash and Carry
BROWN’S CLEANERS;
Caterpillar Work
See BILL NELSON for D-8 “Cat” work,
have giant breaker disc, scarifier and
angle blade
WILL DO GOOD WORK AT REASONABLE RATES
INQUIRE CO-OP CREAMERY
GENE
COONRADFS
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BLUE NOTES,
SATURDAY
JUNE I
PALMER BAR