Notebook.
University of Alaska sopho
mores this week elected Jerene
Stephan of Palmer secretary for
1957-58. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stephan
and is an arts and letters student.
Residents of Wichersham Hall,
new 1GQ-woman dormitory, re
elected Donna Harris of Eska
dorm president for the coming
year. Miss Harris is an education
senior at the University of Al
aska and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Harris of Eska.
New secretary-treasurer of
Wickersham Hall dormitory at
the University of Alaska is Dona
McKechnie of Palmer. She is the
daughter of Mr. and IMrs. Don
MeKechnie and is a home econ
omics junior.
The Northland Pioneer Grange
card parties will resume for the
winter starting Friday, October
18 at 8 p.m. in the Grange hall.
IPlarties are scheduled for the
third Friday of each month. The
public is always welcome.
BISHOP PLEASED
WITH CHURCH PROGRESS
The Rt. Rev. William Gordon,
Jr., of the Missionary District of
Alaska of the Protestant Episco
pal Churches expressed his pleas
ure of the progress being made
by the St. Bartholomew Episco
pal Church in Palmer. Bishop
Gordon announced lie hopes to
make a return visit to the Pal
mer church the first of the year,
at which time the first conforma
tion class will be held. Other dis
cussions included plans for a
church building.
St. Bartholomew Church
Plans Parish Dinner
Members of St. Bartholomew’s
Episcopal Church will hold their
first parish dinner on Friday
evening at Grange hall. The din
ner which will be prepared by
women of the Northland Pion
eer Grange, will be served start
ing at 7 p.m. GueSts will include
the Rev. Malcolm Miner of An
chorage and lay readers and
their wives. All members of the
parish are invited to attend.
DANCE CANCELLED
Because of conflicting activ
ities on the 18th of October,
a dance planned at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints has been postponed.
An announcement of the dance
appears elsewhere in this is
sue of The Frontiersman.
BRUSH-CUTTING BEE
SET FOR SUNDAY
Volunteers are sought to help
cut brush this Sunday in the Lit
tle Susitna ski area. Work on
the ski tow is progressing to the
point where the Matanuska Ski
Club members are sure the equip
ment will be ready as soon as
there is sufficient snow. The tow
is being set up in a new area,
more easily approached in the
winter, just past the Little Sus
itna lodge. To provide ample
skiing area, it will be necessary
to cut quite a bit of brush. Per
sons interested in promoting
skiing in this area are invited to
lend a hand, anytime Sunday,
from morning to sundown. Hat
chets, axes and machetes will be
needed.
NURSES PLAN
SPECIAL MEETING •
June Dawson of Juneau, chair
man of the Alaska Nurses Asso
ciation’s membership committee
will be in Palmer tonight for a
membership institute. All valley
nurses are invited to attend a
special meeting with Miss Daw
son at 8 p.m. in the Health Cen
ter. Lunch will be served.
Grain Elevator—
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ers are going to go into compe
tetive meat production.” he ad
Another advantage, which will
be shown in the valley’s econ
.omic picture, is the thousands of
dollars that will stay in Alaska.
It has been estimated that about
one half million dollars go State
side for feeds during a year. If
the bulk of this feed can be pro
dollars will be turned over again
and again, not only in the local
community, but in the entire Ter
ritory, Hanks pointed out.
The fact that the grains being
brought into the elevator are al
ready being processed and sold
indicates that the valley farm
ers are most receptive to this
new service.
NEW BABIES
Pelchai
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pelchat of
Spenard are receiving best wish
es on the birth of their second
child and daughter. She was
bom at 5005th Air Force Hospit
al on October 9, weighing seven
pounds, two and one half ounces.
The Pelchats have named their
new daughter Jacqualine Renee.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Cooper of Pal
mer and paternal grandparents
ana Mr. and Mrs. Omer Pelchat
of Gorham, New Hampshire.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Homesteader's Club
Members met at the home o
Mrs. C. Bairn on October 4, witn
six members and three visitors
present. Following the installa
tion of officers our new presi
dent, Letha Kruscavage, took the
gavel. She appointed committees
for the coming year. We made
plans for participation in the
Christmas Workshop and Achi
evement Day programs. The bal
ance of the meeting was given
over to our club program for the
year, with discussion on music
and books. At our next meeting
we will have a program on hair
styling with Mrs. George Kezak
as cur speaker.
Pot luck lunch was served.
Our next meeting will be held
at the home of Edna Johnson
November 8 at 10:30 a.m.
LEGIONNAIRES HOLD
FLAG-BURNING CEREMONY
A very impressive flag-burn
ing ceremony was held in front
»f the' American Legion hall last
week Thursday. Several unser
. viceable American flags were de
stroyed with due respect by
members of the Legion Post.
Boy Scout Troop No. 654, spon
sored by the Legion, attended
the ceremony in a group
BUTTE FIIRE TRUCK
NOW HOUSED
A work party this past week
end completed weather proofing
the Butte fire hall. The work
party was headed by Mike Vas
llie and was made up of Butte
residents. The fire truck and
other fire fighting equipment is
now housed. Residents of the
Butte area are reminded their
fire phone number is PI-2941.
Ed Smith—
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and vocational agriculture is be
ing taught in the band room. In
the elementary schools all class
rooms and basement rooms are
occupied, he reported. In the fall
of 1959, Palmer will be looking
for classrooms outside of the
regular school buildings, he stat
ed. His report showed that base
ment rooms are considered sub
standard housing for educational
purposes. Present school enroll
ments total 340 students.
The superintendent reported
the acquisition of a 1952 pick-up
truck through surplus property
and 49 100-foot rolls of extra
heavy wire meshing suitable for
fencing Central school and the
athletic field. The fencing can be
installed next summer.
SPORTSMEN ANNUAL GAME DINNER
TO FEATURE ALASKAN WILD GAME
Assignments have been made
for the Matanuska Valley Sports
men annual wild game dinner
which will be held in the high
school cafeteria Saturday, Octo
ber 26, starting at 6 p.m.
The committee stated they
hope they haven’t missed any of
the members—but if such a thing
has happened, all members are
urged to plan to attend and to
take plenty of food for themselv
es and their guests. New regula
tions permit members who have
not yet paid their dues to d6 so
up to the last week prior to the
dinner. Anyone wishing to join
the organization may do so un
til October 18. Admission to the
dinner is $2.50 for members, with
each member permitted one guest
! at $2.50. Each additional guest
will be charged $5.00. “This is
a good opportunity to repay some
of those obligations”, the com
mittee suggested. Tickets may be
obtained at Maud’s Flower Shop
in the theatre building.
The following assignments are
an indication that the menu will
be varied and that many new and
unusual dishes will be furnished
for the daring gourmet.
Ed Bellringer, baked moose
heart; Harriet Bellringer, moose
liver Mexicana; William Bou
wens, reindeer roast; Mrs. W.
Bouwens, squaw candy or crab;
salad; Ted Buzby, greyling or
goat roast; Arthur Brautigan,
sheep or bear roast; John Bush,
barbequed goat ribs; Evelyn
Bush, cranberry salad or jelly;
Catherine Bittner, crab salad;
Dr. C. C. Bailey, ducks; Ralph
Crothers, caribou ham; Barbara
Crowthers, jelly; Jerry1 Combs,
moose meat pie; Vern Donaldson,
ducks, Virgil Eckert, caribou
swiss; Lillian Eckert, spruce
hens; Sal Esslinger, kippered sal
mon salad; Clayton Esslinger,
Aleutian lamb; Howart Essling
er, moose; Gertrude Feizien
moose meat balls; Dan Fleming,
ptarmigan; Tom Gardner, ducks;
Bruce Graham, smoked salmon;
Myrtle Graham, rainbow trout;
Ralph Goodrich. Eulachons; Vivi
an Goodrich, cranberry salad;
Duane Goodrich, sheep roast;
Homer Hayes, spruce hens; Glad
ys Hayes, moose stew; William
Hoskins, cranberries; Robert
Johns, goose; Marie L. Johns,
ducks, Bess Johns, crab salad;
Dee Johanson, goat.
Richard Jones, goose; Eugene
Kirsch,moose roast or jelly; Stan
Lowe, sheep roast; Fred McIn
tyre, deer; Ted Mommsen, rab
bit; Laura Mommsen, moose ber
ries; Joe Pichler, sheep steak;
Neva Roark, clam fritters; I. M.
Sandvik, spruce nens; Chet Sand
vik, goat roast; Donze Smart,
spruce hens; Harold Stephan,
pike; Carol Stephan, cranberry
salad; L. C. Stock, bear suey; Ni
na Stock, moose meat pies; Wil
liam Smith, porcupine Jim Stew
art, caribou ribs; Doris Vigdahl,
moose swiss steak; William
Wakeland rabbits; Marilyn Wake
land, jelly; B. F. Walling, rabbits,
Noel Woods, caribou roast; Jean
ne Woods, cranberry sauce; Marie
Westenbarger, caribou goulash;
Ken Westenbarger, sauted moose
kidneys with rice; Fanny Wirtan
en, caribou jerky; Eino Wirtanen,
kippered salmon salad; Sam and
Isabelle Woolcock, 25-pound bak
ed shee fish; Jessie Cook, baked
salmon, Maud Hosier, shrimp
salad or jelly; and Henry Lieb
ing, baked potatoes.
Members who are unable to get
their assignments are asked to
take what they can for a good
game dinner. Dishes should be at
the high school, cooked or pre
pared, ready to dish up and serye
by 6 p.m. The meat cutters will
carve roasts at the serving table.
Hospital Continues
Mental Health Care
At a recent meeting of the
medical staff and policy commit
tee of the hospital board of di
rectors, it was agreed that the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital will
continue to assume responsibil
ity for the care of mentally ill
patients.
“This is always a problem in
the small hospital,” it was stat
ed, “since there are seldom facil
ities for separating these patients
to the extent that other patients
in the hospital are unaware of
their presence.”
The announcement, made in
the third quarterly report of the
hospital association, went on: “It
is important that these patients
not be confused \£ith noisy,
troublesome drunks. Mental ill
nes is seldom the fault of the
patient, and there is no disgrace
involved. None of us can be sure
that some member of our family
or circle of friends may not at
some time become mentally dis
turbed.
“In a small community such
as ours, such cases will be very
rare. But when we do have them
to care for, we will ask for the
understanding and tolerance" of
other patients and their families.
Our hospital is not equipped for
long-term care of mental patients.
The Frontiersman Page S
Thursday, October 10, 1957~
MENTAL HEALTH
CARE IMPROVING,
HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS
Conditions for the care of Al
aska’s mentally ill patients at
Momingside hospital in Oregon
are improving, according to Br^
Charles R. Hayman, acting com
missioner of health.
“One can conclude from the
testimony of the four days of
hearing that conditions at the
hospital have shown very mark
ed improvement in the last two
years ,and especially during the
past year since the Alaska De
partment of Health assumed su
pervision,” Dr Hayman said.
“I estimate,” Dr. Hayman said,
“that it will take at least three
years to open the proposed terri
torial mental hospital at Anch
orage. In the meantime, Alaska
patients will continue to be treat
ed at Momingside if a reason
able contract can be negotiated,
and if the hospital continues to
improve. Alternates being explor
ed, are particularly the leasing
of another hospital in the Port
land or Seattle area, so that the
Health department may recruit
and train professional stau wmaft.
will later move with the patients
to the Anchorage hospital.”
Referring to proposals that
i structures at Valdez and Ketchi
kan be utilized for mental hos
pitals, Dr. Hayman said that “it
is not practicable, in my opinion*
j to use the hospital and apartment
facilities at Valdez. Similarly, it
is possible to remodel the 12-story
apartment house in Ketchikan
which has been offered, but this
would be very expensive and
would not result in1 serviceable
facilities.
“Our first responsibility,” Dt.
Hayman said, “is to get the best
possible treatment for the men
tally ill citizens of Alaska. I am
sympathetic to the economic dif
ficulties of certain Alaskan com
munities and would like to help
them but not to the detriment of
the mentally ill. The needs of the.
patients must always be the
paime consideration.”
Anchorage's Auxiliary No.
Pioneers of Alaska, gave $1,006?
to the University of Alaska dur
ing the Pioneers’ annual conven
tion in Fairbanks. Mrs. F. Edna
Rayner, auxiliary president, pre
sented the funds to Dr. Ernest Nt
Patty, university president. They
will be placed in the student
loan fund. '**■
but we believe we should pro
vide care for a few days until
they can be transferred.”
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