THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879_
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The views
expressed in fhe following letter
to Ihe editor, are not necessarily
"views of The Frontiersman.
"Weekly Frontiersman
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Editor:
THE ALASKA PARTY
I appreciate the permission giv
en me to discuss the Alaska Par
ty, its principles and platform
through your columns.
Thomas A. Moyer
Numerous people have been
asking me, “What is the Alaska
Party?” and “What is its pur*
pose?” and I have been unable
to say very much because I do
not represent the whole Party,
and the Party is too young yet
to give full meaning and explan
ation to its principles and plat
form.
Roughly speaking, it has been
founded upon the principles for
mulated by the late Ben Hitch
cock, of Caribou Creek, in his
campaigns for a seat in the Con
stitutional Convention and the
Alaska Legislature. Then early
last fall, a group of interested
Alaskans got together in an in
formal meeting in Fairbanks, dis
cussed the possibilities, and de
cided to form a Party. A meet
ing was called and met in Palmer
TJecember 29, 1957, and the Alas
ka Party was organized and can
ididates approved.
Ttie Alaska Party has been
founded with an eyesingle to the
meeds of Alaska, and the happin
ess, contentment, and prosperity
of its people, it has been founded
to give opportunity for the peo
ple of Alaska to vote in protest
against the waste of time, talent,
and money as demonstrated in
the last Legislature.
^Something definite is going to
come out of this continuous ag
gitatmn for Statehood or self
government. We need to be pre
~)pared to build into the frame
work of,the new structure the
basic and vital principles that
will make it strong and enduring
and eliminate from it the weak,
antique and inadequate impedi
ments of the present Territorial
Government,
"Thomas A. Moyer
ALPINE CLUB
PLANS DANCE
ON MARCH 29
A public dance is being plan
ned by the Alpine Civic Club at
their club house on Saturday,
.March 29. An Anchorage-area
musical group, the ‘Tennessee
Partners” will furnish music for
both square and round dancing.
Included in the evenings enter
tainment will be a floor show and
the serving of refreshments.
Admission will be $2.50 dona
tions per couple, with proceeds to
go toward the Club’s building
CAP CADETS TO VISIT
ELMENDORF AIR BASE
Civil Air Patrol Cadets of the
Palmer squadron will have a day
on the air base at Elmendorf this
Saturday.
Cars will be leaving the Mat
anuska Hotel at 8 a.m. and will
mefet at Merrill Field at 10 a.m.
from where the cadets and their
adult escorts will be taken by
bus for a tour of .the hangars at1
Elmendorf.
One of the- Highlights of the
visit will be an orientation flight
in a C-123. Cadets are requested
to wear blue jeans warm jackets
and boots and white sweatshirts.
Members of the Elmendorf
DAP Cadet squadron will demon
strate drills for the visiting ca
dets.
Teens’ Dance Course
Under Way Here
Beginner and advanced classes
in ballroom dancing were started
by Betty Lou Jensen of the B-J
School of Dance this past Sat
urday. Miss Jensen points out
that classes this year are being
held in Carpenters hall, instead
of the Legion hall as they were
last year. All teen-agers interest
ed in the classes are invited to
attend the next session, March 29
at 7 p.m.
Dances being offered this year
include the following: Waltz, fox
trot, swing, rhumba, samba, tan
go, and mambo.
An enrollment for adult clas
ses will be held at 9 a.m. Satur
day March 29. All adults inter
ested in taking dancing lessons
are urged to register on this date.
Low rates will be charged for
the. 10-week course.
DEMOCRAT CHARGES
GOP FAILURE IN
TWO LAND PROGRAMS
Milton LichtenwaLner, .candi
date for the Territorial House of
Representatives, charges that the
National and Territorial Republi
can administration has failed in
administration of two vital pub
lic land programs in Alaska.
Liehtenwalner says that the In
terior Depai'tment has stripped
local land office managers of
authority to allow homesteads
and has thus crippled the home
stead program in Alaska since
last July. He further charges that
the Territorial Department of
Lands has selected less than 100
acres of land lyider a million
acres grant set up by Congress
for the Alaska Mental Health
program. “Meanwhile thousands
of acres of land Alaska could
have had under this program
have been leased under the oil
and gas act’’, he added.
fund.
Members of the dance commit
tee are Mrs. Charles Bairn, Mrs.
Jim Murdock, and Mrs. Louis
Bairn.
Ling Cod
Fish & Chip Feed
MUSIC
SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 29
“COME ONE COME ALL"
Alpine Inn
PHIL & JEAN O'NEILL—Mile 61—Glenn Hiway
importers—
Notebook
Seven members of Co. C 180th
Engr. Bn., USAR, participated in
familiarization firing this past
Sunday in an exercise held on the
Knik River. Participating in the
50 caliber machlnegun firing
were Lt. Byron Hollembech, Lt.
John Parks, Larry Lucas, Gor
don Ganschow, Bill Nelson, Cur
tis Reed, and Frank Smith.
Charles Logsdon reported on
a recent visit to the office of Ki
wanis International while in
Chicago a few weeks ago during
the March 24 meeting of the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club. Reports on
the minstrel show were given
during the meeting.
Guests at the Kiwanis meeting
last week included Betty Jo Wil
son and LeRoy Heaven, Territor
ial 4-H winners who told of their
r prize trips to Chicago. Also pres
ent were Frances Hulbert and
Lew Hanks of the Extension Ser
vice.
Among several former Palmer
ites, now living in Anchorage,
who were in town for the mirf
strel show last Friday and Satur
day were the Dave Porters, Le
nore (Amerman) Hedla and her
husband George who is a frequent
Palmer visitor, Bill King, who
was here briefly several years
ago and now president of one of
the Anchorage Kiwanis clubs, the
Loren Sassens, and Ralph Wof
fords, and Mrs. Decema Ander
.<01.
Dr. Myron Babb of the Experi
ment Station is hospitalized at
the valley hospital, with a case
of pneumonia.
Mrs. Carolyn (Cashman) Huhn
dof of Kenai formerly of Mile 73,
and her infant son Tommy, were
visitors in the Palmer area for
a few days this week.
Bob Peterson of the Palmer
Bar reports that the draught
beer he is offering his patrons is
being well received.
Joan Ashby, Yvonne Alford,
and Eva Boyd, all of Palmer, en
joyed a few days at the Ice Car
nival in Fairbanks last week.
The gals made the trip by car and
snjoyed visiting many of the
special events staged in the far
north city.
Mrs. Bertren Curry, Mrs. Allen
Mick, and Mrs. Donald Ingalls,
all of the Palmer Provisional
League of Women Voters, attend
ed the Anchorage League’s an
nual meeting which was held at
the Jade Room in Anchorage this
week.
Seven cases of measles in the
Palmer area were reported for
the week ending March 21 by the -
Alaska Department of Health.
Mrs. Ruth Everett is back at
her desk in the Valley Hospital
office, following an absence of
several days.
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FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PUNNED FOR SEASON
The Alaska Highway and Pub
lic Works Department has an
nounced the program of construc
tion for 1958 on highways and
harbor facilities and considerable
work is slated for this area of
the Third Division. Agreement
on the program was reached by
the Board of the Department dur
ing a recent meeting. ;
Included in the list of projects
approved in the Third Division
for construction for 1958 were the
following: Big Lake south road
extension (to Mud Lake at end
of Big Lake), $132,000; Wolver
ine Lake road, three miles, $78,
000; Little Susitna Bridge, $145,
000 Farmers Loop (or Railroad
Lakes Loop) one mile, $25,000;
Palmer Airport access road im
provement, $17,000; Lucas Road,
7,000 feet, $44,000.
The following is an area listing
of Federal Aid and Forest High
way projects which will be ac
tive during 1958. These jobs are
administered by the Bureau of
Public Roads:
Palmer City, grading and bit
uminous paving, one mile, esti
mated cost, $197,000, approxi
mate advertising date May 1.
Wasilla-Willow grading, and
drainage nine miles, estimated
cost $500,000, approximate adver
tising date, May 15. (This project
will extend the graded road to
Willow from its present terminus
near Houston.) Willow Road, De
ception Creek Bridge, $40,000,
September advertising date. (Re
placement of Deception Creek
bridge, which is located about
one mile from Willow Station
on The Alaska Railroad. This
road leads over the mountains
to Palmer and Wasilla in the
Matanuska Valley.) All highways,
guard rail, $150,000 June 1 ad
vertising date. (This is the start
of a program to place guard rails
on critical points on the existing
highway system. The work will
continue from, year to year as
a part of the highway safety pro
gram.)
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at Valley Presbyterian
Hospital this week include Eddie
Bell, Matt Onkka, Manuel Tesch
trodorf, Jacob VanOs, Raymond
DePriest and Jack Corey*.
Hospitalized but now out:
Frank Schiebl, Mrs. George Cal- {
lahan and infant daughter, Rob- j
ert Bissett, 12, Don Malson, !
Paula DeLand, 7 mos. Steven
Metz, 8, Lynn White, Mrs. Ray
Mitchell and infant son, Mrs. Earl
Barry, David Peterson, 14, Wil
liam Phillips, 4, Julie Marple,
4, Sharon Marple 9, and Lloyd
Watts.
Square Dancers
Winding Up Season
The final session of the winter
quarter of the Palmer Square
Dance Club takes place this
weekend. To avoid a conflict
with the high school operetta and
other community events, this ses
sion will be held on Saturday
evening, rather than Friday, and
it will be held in the high school
cafeteria, rather than Carpenters
hall.
All members and friends of the
club are invited to a final eve
ning of square dancing fun from
8 to 11 p.m.
NEW BABIES
Kelson
Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson of
Anchorage are receiving best
wishes on the birth of their sec
ond child, and son, whom they
have named Gregory Byron. He
was bom at Providence Hospital
on March 19 and weighed nine
| pounds, 13 ounces at birth. Mrs.
Nelson is the former Mary-Louise
Moore of Palmer. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Moore and paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Nelson, all of Palmer.
Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mit
chell are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of their third
child, a son, who was born at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
March 20. The Mitchells have
named their new son Rex Martin.
He weighed 10 pounds, two oun-1
OBITUARY
Charles Bergman
Word has been received in the
valley of the death of Charles
Bergman, Plumley Road, Palmer.
Death occurred while he was vis
iting relatives in San Francisco.
Mr. Bergman was struck by a
car and died several days later,
without having regained con
ciousness. Mr. Bergman was a
long-time resident of Alaska,
having worked for The Alaska
Railroad several years during its
early construction days and was
well known by long-time resi
dents in both Palmer and Anch
orage. He left Palmer this past
fall for a visit with his sister and
several nieces.
McCarthy Named
Principal of Year
J. Ellsworth McCarthy, Lath
rop high school principal, Fsur
banks, was awarded a plaque
last week honoring him as Alas
ka’s outstanding school principal.
The award was made by E. V.
Stolen of Fairbanks who present
ed the Encyclopedia Britannica
award. Parents of students were
polled in each Alaska district by
Britannica salesmen with Mc
Carty winning the top honor.
Principal McCarthy has been a
frequent valley visitor and has
a large number of friends and ac
quaintances here.
ces at birth. Mr. Mitchell is a
farmer.
Applications are being received by the
GITY OF PALMER
for the position of
CITY CLERK-TREASURER-MAGISTRATE
Qualified persons wishing to apply for the
position are requested to submit in writing
to Mayor Kenneth Lynn their qualifications,
education, and background.
KEEP THOSE PETS HAPPY
JUST RECEIVED_
Pet supplies . . . including foods, food supple
ments, play toys for birds, animals and fish;
dog leashes, collars, harnesses.
Do you remember "Whitey?" We are now
selling his hit record "Sunglasses After Dark"
and "Teen Age Bug".
Reed's Hardware
is the grandest car! It drives like a dream /
. . . and it’s so good looking! I want to
drive this one right home.
And another grand thing is the price!
HARTLEY MOTORS- INC.
j * has this beauty priced LOWER than last year’s
corresponding model. Think of it! While other cars are
priced UP, this big new FORD is priced down*
F.D.A.F.
Come in and see the FORD CUSTOM 300 • It’s America's BIGGEST BIG-CAR BARGAIN!
Hartley Motors, Inc.
Authorized Dealer for the Valley