THE FRONTIERSMAN
Bartered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
Publisher-Manager
..Virginia Gallant
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A. J. DeJulio
Editor -----
September 3, 1958
'Valley Frontiersman,
JV’mer, Alaska
To the Residents of Palmer
And the Matanuska Valley:
The members of the Palmer
IFire: Department are all Volun
teers and in addition to their dut
m; with the Fire Department, op
erate the ambulance for Beta
{Sigma Phi Sorority. This ambui
is frequently called upon
•b make emergency runs at any
lime of the day or night.
During the past week four runs
were made;* one to Houston and
three up the Highway. All of
ttiesr runs were of an emergency
gmture and speed was of the ut
jnmeS importance.
The purpose of this letter is
to oomplain about the lack of
cw.peration on the Highway.
ISac, 2-405 of the Territorial Traf
fic Regulations clearly states
that upon the approach of an em
* rpency vehicle, or one with a
sjmia and red light, an approach
,u»j vehicle or one about to be
3t*astsod will pull over to the
-nf&t side of the road and come
to a .stop.
For the past six months, we,
•a* operators of the Fire vehicles
iuur ambulance, have had to con -
trod with careless drivers who
tevt- m some cases even attempt
s-«J to pass the emergency vehic
!*•? has now come to pass that
'*.?* feel something must be done.
Today on a run to Mile 68 with
1* ■« • ambulance, there were so
a*. iv flagrant violations of this
mature that on our return to the
do-mer Hospital, the City Police
■*>r met us at the top of Bailey
I d to escort the ambulance the
’ttsi <»f the way. Some irate cit
c-ita took this gestion of Officer
1 seer’s as an attempt to catch
?a«**ders outside the City Limits
ur.r? (complained to the U. S.
*■* - mmissioner.
* w*4- tfee signers of this letter,
to thank Officer Loyer for
has assistance. If all the people
'xrih driver’s licenses in the VaJ
ite-tf would be as thoughful we are
nor* ?;kat we can do a much bet
job and avttfd a tragedy
'wrsjrh could affect any one of us.
tin the future it is our intention
■Xr take action to prosecute alt
^.kdatorst.
Sincerely yours,
Buddy Campbell
Jack E. Maze
John T. Close
JOTWANIS PROJECT
REPORTED SUCCESSFUL
-lumbers of the Kiwanis Club
« " .Palmer have reported their
Storking lot concession during.
't+s* Matanuska Valley Fair was;
successful. Proceeds from
xr.* firoject will be used by the ;
..-..r throughout the coming:
'c : in support of their many!
■rf* v-tvunity services, primarily
v5r,w- area youth.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Cheechako Club
Dear Cheechakos: Because of
negligence on the part of your
reporter the following news is a
“little late.”
Our regular Jure meeting was
held at the home of Flavia Mar
cus, June 9, with Daisy Swoboda
as co-hostess. Gerry Pazaruski
gave the June Council report.
Dorothy Hurley reported the
commitee had chosen The Rice
Bowl in Anchorage for our an
nual club dinner and announced
all absentee and past members
who wished to go should call
Mrs. Pazaruski. Flavia Marcus
votuntered to accept chairman
ship of the part committee for
the Buttons and Bows 4-H club
again this year. Marian Johansen
moved the Cheechakos contribute
$5 toward an operating fund for
local 4-H clubs. Motion carried.
Dorothy Hurley presented “Pic
tures in the Home,” an interest
ing and instructive program.
Tasetful examples of a r range
mens were shown and printed in
formation was distributed. There
were 16 members, three past
members and one quest present
tat the club dinner. Our guest was
the mother of Evelyn Bush; past
members were Lucille Wimmer,
Eloise Swoboda, and Jean Stacel.
Our regular August meeting'
was held at the home of Ida Stad
ler, with Billie DeJulio as co-hos
tess. The fair booth display was
discussed. A special meeting was
held August 15 at 7:30 p.m. at
the home of Ida Stadler to set up
our booth.
An invitation to tea was read
from the Buttons and Bows 4-H
club. The tea was held at the
Church of God August 21 from 2 (
to 4 p.m. Everyone expressed the
desire to attend the tea but many
were unable to go because of
their work.
A letter from the Cancer Re
! search fund was read and it was
decided that our club would send
our yearly donation in memory of
our dear friend and fellow' club
member Ruth Zimowske.
Our September meeting will
! be held at the home of Sally Har
rison with Bernice Linn as co
hostess.
Cloycine Driggars, reporter
Butte Club
The Butte Homemakers club
wdll hold its regular meeting on
September 18 at the Butte hall.
There will be an election of of
ficers, so ail members are urged I
to attend.
Members of the Chugiak and j
Riverbenri clubs wdll be guests !
and Frances Hulbert will demon
strate at 11:30. following which!
a pot luck luncheon will be«
served.
Glacier View Club
The Glacier View Homernak- j
ers’ club met at the home of Faye j
Hoffman on August 19 wuth seven
members present. Plans for the
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Visitors from nearly every
state in the union, and from
towns and cities in Alaska join
ed local residents in viewing the
colorful flower displays during!
the recent Valley Fair. Marge j
Conroy, department superintend-;
ent, stated that the visitors from j
the States were especially appre
ciative of the flowers, remarking
a number of times about the viv- j
id coloring of Alaskan grown ;
flowers. Mrs. Conroy expressed |
■ her appreciation to her commit- j
tee and all others who assisted!
in this department before, dur
ing, and after the fair.
fair and the club booth were dis
cussed. It was decided that in
the future the hostess for each
club meeting will prepare the
lunch, instead of having pot
luck.
Election of officers was held,
with the following results: Irene
Beylund, president; Lillian Eck
ert, vice president; Priscilla Ba
con, secretary; Jessie Klem,
treasurer; and Marta Stadem, re
porter.
The next meeting will be held
September 16 at the home of Lil
lian Eckert.
TEACHER HERE FOR
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
The Palmer Seventh Day Ad
ventist School, located west of
the church, has an enrollment of
nine students, it was announced
this week by John E. Christen
sen, teacher-pastor. The students
are enrolled in grades one, three,
four, five, seven, and eight. Ad
ditional enrollment is anticipat
ed, Mr. Christensen stated.
Mr. Christensen, his wife, and
three children arrived in Palmer
just prior to the opening of
school. Before coming to Palmer
Mr. Christensen taught school at
the Upper Columbia Academy in
Spangle, Washington, for the past
five years.
The local parochial school fol
lows Territorial requirements re
garding curriculum and is under
the direction of the Alaska Mis
sion, with headquarters in An
chorage.
Before coming to Palmer Mrs.
Christensen was doing private
piano and organ teaching in
Washington schools. She hopes to
offer a similar program locally.
The Christensen family are liv
ing on Wasilla Highway in the
Rodgeguez home.
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Will now be open to serve our friends and
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JI0URT NEWjS^
Ciiy Court
In the City Magistrate’s Court
on August 6 Jackie D. Smith wal
fined $50 and given a 30-day sus
pended sentence, effective one
year when found guilty of a cit
izen's complaint of battery.
Neil Hermon, who entered a
not guilty plea, was found guilty
of a citizen’s complaint of bat
tery and fined $50 and received a
30-day suspended sentence, effec
tive one year.
Milton Hanson was found guil
ty of a drunk and disorderly
charge brought by a city police
officer August 4 and received a
two-week suspended sentence, ef
fective one year.
Deorr D. Nield was fined $200
September 2 and had his driver's
license suspended for 30 days
when found guilty of a city po
lice charge of driving while un
der the influence of liquor. He
entered a not guilty plea.
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