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PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLET
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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 12_PALMER. ALASKA- THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1956 PRICE TEN CENTS
AREA MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE UNDERWAY
PALMER MOOSE
LEAVE FOR
FAIRBANKS FRIDAY
Members of t'ne Palmer High
School basketball team, their
coach, Chip Chatterton, and a few
basketball fans will take off from
Palmer for Fairbanks at 10 a.m.
tomorrow morning. The Palmer
Moose are visiting the far-north
city for a two-game basketball
series which will be played
January 13 and 14. The return
trip will be made at 10 a.m. from
Fairbanks. There are still a few
seats available on the plane for
interested persons. The fare is
only $15 round trip and anyone
wanting to attend the basketball
games, or perhaps the Constitu
tional Convention being held at
College, or just a trip to Fair
banks, may purchase a fare by
contacting William Zahradnicek
before flight time tomorrow mor
ning. Cordova Air Lines will be
making the trip.
OFalmer Moose are meeting the
team which now holds first place
in the Railbelt Conference. Al
though no Conference games
have been played for a few weeks,
the local hoop men have kept in
practise with games played again
st Army and Anchorage League
teams.
FIRST AID COURSE
SET FOR NiiA,
MTA EMPLOYEES
An American Red Cross stan
otard first aid course (18 hours in
struction) will be held, beginning
Monday January 16 for employ
ees of the Matanuska Electric As
sociation Bureau of Reclamation
employees, and the Matanuska
Telephone Association. Bill and
Betty Adams American Red Cross
instructors will be in charge of
the classes. Adams said this week
be worked out Monday morning
at the meeting which will be held
m MEA meeting room at 8 a.m. In
all probability the classes will be
held during the day when the
men are most available.
Another first aid class will be
planned later this year Adams
6-aid.
"Resurrection Tree" Blooms
NOME—Inspired by the ‘Resur
rection Tree’—so called by Geor
ge and Della Goshaw, the Nome
Gospel Home has one this year.
It is a Christmas tree, made
from clumps of willows, and each
day has been shooting forth with
more blosoms and leaves. Resi
dents were invited to stop by the
Everett Bacheldor residence to
see this hardy tree blooming in
midwinter. The Bacheldors are
farmer valley residents.
; HAIR SHAPING FOR A
SHORT "CUT" TO BEAUTY;
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 3301
LAVONNE JOHNSON
NOW UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT
! Featuring Dinners. Specials ;
and Short Orders
CLAUDIA WILSON. Mgr.
CO-OP CAFE |
I CREDIT UNION
MEMBERS TO DECLARE
1955 DIVIDEND
Colored movies will be \
shown following the business ;
session of the Matanuska Val- ;
ley Federal Credit Union an- ;!
nual membership meeting, it;
was announced this week.
The meeting will be held in !
the meeting room of the ME A !
building, beginning at 8 p.m. j
on January 16. All members
are urged to attend the meet
ing during which -annual re- '
ports will be given by the
board of directors, vacancies j:
will be filled by election, and j
members will declare the di- ;
vidend for the past year. ;
Refreshments will be served
buffet style, following the ;
close of the meeting. ;
James W. Wilson
To Take New
Kiwanis Office
A dinner-dance will be held to
morrow evening at Elks hall by
the Palmer Kiwanis club, accord
ing to Robert Partridge, chair
man. The dinner is being planned
as part of the installation and in
itiation program slated for that
evening and will be held from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. All Kiwanians
are urged to take invited guests
to the function. Dancing and en
tertainment are planned to fol
low the dinner and ceremoies.
James W. Wilson will be in
stalled as president of the local
Kiwanis club: John L. Weisen
berger, vice president: Robert W.
Pipple, treasurer; and Marvin J.
Slaughter, secretary. Board of di
rectors who will also be installed
in office are: James J. Hurley,
George Ed Smith, Emil G. Gan
schaw, A1 J. DeJulio, Stewart
Durrant, Glen Persinger, H. J.
Hodgson, and George Crowther,
out-going president.
Four new members will be in
’itiated. They are: Richard F.
Foley, Cliff Marcus, Jack Maze,
and Sam Reiger.
ELKS BB TEAMS
PUN PUBLIC PARTY
A “Backboard Bounce” party
will be held at the Elks hall
Saturday, January 21, with music
for dancing scheduled to begin
about 10 p.m. Members of the
Elks sponsored basketball teams
are sponsoring the evening of
fun in an effort to raise money
for the teams’ trip to Cordova.
The Cordova teams will be pay
ing their annual visit to Palmer
February 3, with the local team
making a return visit to Cordova
two or three weeks later.
The public is invited to at
tend the dance party for an eve
ning of fun.
Juneau May Join League
JUNEAU—A recommendation
that Juneau join the League of
Alaska Cities was made by un
animous vote of the Juneau
Chamber last week to city offi
cials. The action came following
a Board of Director’s decision to
the same effect. All major cities
in the Territory except Juneau
are now members of the League.
NOTICE
Second half payment for 1955 real and per
sonal property taxes for the City of Palmer
February 1/ 1956. Penalties and interest will
and Palmer School District will be delinquent
occur after that date.
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Volunteers Have
Busy Week With
6 Emergency Calls
Emergency vehicles in Palmer
have kept busy the past week on
fire and ambulance runs.
On December 29 the Commun
ity Ambulance made a run to
Alpine Inn where James F. Dunn,
69, died of a heart attack. Joseph
Gallant was volunteer driver. On
Sunday afternoon four volunteers
went to the Premier Mine area
where an attempt was made to
start a Cat with which to clear
the road to Buffalo Mine where
Frank Colobuffalo was reported
ill. The group had to give it up
because of the -30 temperature
and the Alaska Road Commission
was called in the following morn
ing. The ARC snow remover was
put on the Buffalo road early
Monday morning, and was fol
lowed in by the Community
Ambulance driven by Bill Adams
and the Territorial Police. The
group struggled with the drift
ing snow the entire day, return
ing to Palmer shortly before 5
p.m. with Mr. Colobuffalo. An
other emergency run was made
by the ambulance Tuesday noon
to the John Knutsen home. Hank
Leibing was volunteer driver, as
sisted by Joe Loyer and Joe Gal
lant.
Fire fighters were called to the
Martin Kalwies home at 4:10 a.m.
on January 8 where a defective
chimney caused fire damages be
tween $300-$400. The fire occur
red in a bunk house located near
the farmhouse and burned the
upper section of the house inter
ior.
On January 19 fire caused an
estimated $5,000 damage at the
Harry O’Brien home on Railroad
street. The fire, which apparent
ly Started in the basement from
defective wiring, was discovered
by a passing motoirst who turned
in the alarm. The O’Briens were
away from their home at the
time.
Fire Chief Joseph Gallant
again this week urged home own
ers to check their wiring and
outlets, their chimney flues and
heating equipment. Frequent
wind storms this winter have
made fire fighting even harder.
P-TA MEETING
WILL BE HELD
TUESDAY NIGHT
The regular Palmer Parent
Teachers Association meeting
will be held Tuesday evening,
January 17 at the cafeteria in the
new high school building, begin
ning at p.m., according to Wanda
Wilson, P-TA president.
A program will be presented
and refreshments will be served.
All parents and friends of Pal
mer school students are urged to
attend the meeting. An attend
ance award will go to the room
with the greatest representation
of parents in attendance at the
meeting.
Notice was given this week
that February 1 is the deadline
date for payment of the second
half of city and school djstrict
personal and real property taxes.
After that date penalties will be
invoked.
Jowtiw
MARCH
OF DIMES;
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CHAMBER VIEWS
COLORED SLIDES
Colored slides of the Palmer
area which had ben collected by
the Matanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce for forwarding to
a tour group at Iowa State Col
lege, were shown at the Cham
ber’s January 11 meeting by Lew
Hanks.
The slides were fairly repre
sentative of the valley area but
missing were pictures of Palmer’s
new schools—the Co-Op business
section—business section on Val
ley and Colony streets—valley
churches—and rural scenes. The
Chamber had requested the loan
of slides from residents so that
duplicates could be made to send
the college, and to keep in a
Chamber file for ruture use. Any
one having suitable slides which
they will lend so the Chamber
may have duplicates made is ask
ed to contact Mrs. Mick, or leave
them at the office of The Front
iersman. The slides will be re
turned to the owners as soon as
possible. All slides should be
marked with the owner’s name
and a little information about
the slide should be attached. The
Chamber hopes to be able to
build up a good file of pictures in
and around the Matanuska Val
ley. Frequent requests are receiv
ed by the Chamber for pictures
of the area. Black and white
prints, also are needed for the
file.
The Community Christmas par
ty was very successful, Chamber
members learned from Chamber
President Ed Smith. A total of
$453.50 was donated for the party
by local merchants, organizations,
and individuals, supplying an am
ple amount to meet all expenses
of the party.
Smith reported that a proposed
budget for the coming season is
being worked out by the board of
directors. A brief discussion on
the rate of dues for 1956 was fol
lowed by an announcement that
a recommendation will be brou
ght to the February meeting by
the directors who are now work
ing on a proposal for a change in
dues. The next board meeting
will be in February, he said.
At the next meeting of the val
ley Chamber Ben Crawford, pre
sident of the Alaska Visitor As
sociation, and Frank Whaley,
AVA director, will be guests.
Whaley will show various color
ed slides of Alaska, and Craw
ford will speak on the Associa
tion’s program.
WAS PALMER NAMED AFTER MR PALMER?
Mrs. Martin Olson, who with
her daughter Ediane, just re
turned from three months spent
in the States, reported an inter
esting interlude during her trip
when she met Mr .and Mrs. Faust
Palmer of Ocean Park, Washing
ton. Mr. Palmer told Mrs. Martin
that back in 1923 or 1924 he and
a Professor H. C. Hershel were
enroute to Curry and stayed over
night in this section. That night
Prof. Hershel wrote PALMER in
big letters on a board which he
nailed to a tree. The two men
left the area the following morn
ing for Curry where they spent
the winter. Mr. Palmer believes
that the present city of Palmer
was named after him, following
the above reported incident.
Mrs. Olson said she felt the
story was of great interest and
that possibly old-time residents
of the area could add credance
to the story or perhaps would
know more about it. Anyone hav
ing information on this is invited
to write a letter to the Letters to
the Editor column of this paper.
SEEKING TALENT
FOR KIWANIS
MINSTREL SHOW
Singers dancers specialists—
everyone with any type talent
that will fit into the 1956 Palmer
Kiwamis Minstrel Show is invit
ed to contact Charles Logsdon
at the Experiment Station Geor
ge Crowther at the Department
of Agriculture or leave word at
the office of The Frontiersman.
All type talent is needed for the
show which is being planned for
March 23 and 24 this year.
Rehearsals for the annual pre- j
sentation will begin as soon as j
possible Logsdon, committee |
chairman, said this week. I
Faculty, Students
To Meet in Two
Basketball Games
Those basketball fans who will
be unable to make the trip to
Fairbanks this week end to see
the iMoose and Malemute games
will have an opportunity to see a
doubleheiader in the Central
School gym. Two games are sch
eduled for Friday night, begin
ning at 7 p.m. Faculty members
are taking on some of their stu
dents in games that are sure to
prove to be interesting.
Male faculty members are tak
ing on members of the Junior
Varsity team, and the women
faculty members are meeting the
GAA girls. Regular admission
prices will be in effect; 25 cents
grade school age, 50 cents high
school, and $1 for adults.
Proceeds from the games will
go toward a fund the Palmer Ed- ■
ucation Association is trying to |
build up to permit more faculty
members to attend the annual
teachers conference which will be
held in Fairbanks in March.
Sounds like the games will be
two that basketball tans won't
want to miss.
Set Explorer Scouts
Board of Review
• A Board of Review will be
held at the United Protestant
Church Monday evening, January
16 at 7:30 p.m. for Explorer
Scouts of Troop 754.
During the review Explorers
will be interviewed for advance
mtents, it was announced. The
youths have ben working toward
merit badges and will be inter
viewed in regards to their know
ledge of the particular work
which they have been studying.
The Board will consist of Boy
Scout Council members Bill Ad
ams, Harry Wimmer, Dick An
derson, Rev. Brian Cleworth, Leo
Lucas, and Lloyd Lawton.
All parents and friends of the
Scouts are cordially invited to at
tend.
LOCAL GROUPS ASKED
TO PARTICIPATE IN
ANNUAL FUND RAISING
Collection placards for the 1956
March of Dimes were distributed
throughout the Palmer area this
week by Ed Smith, campaign
chairman.
This year, because of the devel
opment of the Salk vaccine,
there has been a tendency to con
sider the fight against jolio just
about over. The fact is polio is
still with us, unfortunately, and
will be for some time. That is
why the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis chose POLIO
ISN’T LICKED YET for the 1956
campaign theme.
Smith reported that during the
past year expenditures for the
Anchorage area, of which Palmer
is included, total $74,187.40. All
of this expenditure has come
from the March of Dimes collec
tions. Patient care required the
greatest sum of money, $48,712.
80; with physical therapy second
high at $12,719.81. A total of
$4,621.09 was spent for braces:
transportation of patients to other
hospitals required $2,180.70
Equipment cost $1,722.55; cam
paign expenses, $1,410.15; and $2,
820.30 for administration. Smith
pointed out that administrative
costs do not include expenditures
for salaries—but are for tele
phone and telegraph expenses,
utility bills, and such.
The first area organizations to
answer the 1956 March of Dimes
appeal were the Sourdough and
Cheechako Homemakers’ clubs of
Palmer. The Sourdoughs contri
buted $20 to the fund and the
Cheechakos $10, according to Mrs.
Faith Krause, assisstant cam
paign chairman. Members of
Theta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi
have announced plans for a “tag
day” similar to their successfully
similar activity last year. Mem
bers of the Elks club are making
plans for a fund raising activity
and all organizations in the area
have been invited to participate
in making this one of the most
succesful campaigns. Anyone de
siring information on scheduled
events is invited to contact Mrs.
Krause at the Palmer Depot.
New Legion Appointments
JUNEAU—The department ex
ecutive committee of the Ameri
can Legion, department of Al
aska, meeting in Juneau last
week appointed R. H. Hardeastle
of Ketchikan to the office of na
tional executive committeeman
alternate. Ray Lancaster, com
mander of the Matanuska Valley
Post No. 15 was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Homer
Crowther, department chaplain
who recently resigned.
Potted Daffodils
BLOOM $1.00
!; MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Building
FILMS BY MR. HIENIE SNIDER
From leaving Wasilla, Alaska until return. En
: try and welcome of Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Snider
: in Holland, France and Switzerland. See the
: cities and dress of the Europeans. Mr. Heinie
: Snider and Mr. Floyd Perkins of Wasilla will
show the films of Mr. and Mrs. Snider's trip
from Alaska to Holland, France and Switzer
; land. This film will last 60 minutes, Also a 20
i; minute film taken by Mr. Snider of Alaskan
Fishermen (bears) will be shown at
Wasilla Cocktail Bar-Wasilla
JANUARY 18. 1956 AT 7:30 P.M.
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Frank & His Hot-Rodders, Sat., Jan. 14 JS