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
A. J. DeJulio----Publisher-Manager
Editor --Virginia Gallant
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CURRENT C4) CARDS
COODTO JULY I ONLY
Current Civil Defense identifi
cation cards will expire July 1,
1957 and must be renewed, A1
Hagen, director of the Greater
C-D Area announced at the CD
meeting held June 6. These cards
should be renewed through the
district. directors in each of the
districts composing the Greater
Palmer A'rea.
J. V. Kruscavage, director and
Rudy Yerbich, assistant director,
of the Sutton-Eska-Jonesville,
area attended the meeting
and reported the Internation
al fire truck, made available to
that area through Civil Defense,
was picked up on June 6 and is
now at Sutton. Although housing
has not yet been acquired for the
vehicle, other plans are progress
ing. The men plan to convert the
200rgallon tank to 500 gallons.
The truck has a 500-gallon pump,
■with a midship mount, and was
used at Nenana and later at Fair
view. Kruscavage reported that
members of the two Homemaker
Clubs in his area have signed up
28 residents to work on the vari
ous Civil Defense committees.
He and Yerbich reported the
20-man rafts made available to
the Sutton CD area are being put
to good use. One is located at
Yerbich’s, another at the gas sta
tion and the third at the top of
the hill. One of the rafts is being
used by the many children of the
■area as a wading pool. The men
reported they pumped water for
one and one-half hours to create
a wading pool in the raft for the
children.
Hagen announced a new policy
has been set whereby all materi
als acquired by the Civil Defense
areas must now be paid for by
«ach area, at the cost of 4 percent
•of acquisition cost. Only those
items assigned to the specific
areas by CD headquarters, will
be acquired without charge. “For
< instance”, Hagen said, “if the of
Legion to Initiate
12 New Members
An initiation ceremony will be
held at the BVLatanuska Valley
Post No. 15, American Legion on
Thursday, June 20, it was an
nounced this week. Twelve area
men will be initiated as new
members of the post. They are:
Billy R. Miller, Michael S.
Leach, James E. Deming, Belton
J. Fermin, Donald Malson, Les
ter W. Mclntire, Carlos F. Mc
KLnight, George P. Hermon, Shel
by D. Bohannon, Clayton L. Scan
lon, Walter R. Granath, and Nor
man F. Hartung.
Tne initiation will be conduct
ed by the full executive commit
tee which- includes all Post offi
cers.
All members of the valley Post
are urged to attend the meeting.
ficials wish to stockpile blankets
here, or other items, we would
not be charged. However, if we
wish to acquire blankets or other
items, we will have to pay for
them at the announced rate”.
Hagen announced that a 37KW
light plant has been made avail
able, to the Palmer high school,
which is one of the area’s three
first aid stations. The other two
stations are located at Carpen
ters hall and Christensens garage.
Other light plants are available,
as are Jamesway huts, one-ton
trailers, hot water heaters, and
other items.
Hagen reminded all persons
doing business with Civil Defense
to keep an accurate and up-to
date inventory of all supplies re
ceived and their dispersment.
C-D officials will be making peri-'
odic checks on these supplies and
each person to whom any sup
plies are made available will be
responsible for their care and
condition.
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OF EVENTS
THURSDAY. JUNE 13
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
M.T.A. BOARD DIRECTORS.
MTA office, 8 p.m.
M.T.A. NOMINATING Comm.,
MTA office, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. JUNE 14
FLAG DAY
SATURDAY. JUNE 15
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
MONDAY. JUNE 16
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, 12:05 p.m.
XI ETA, BSP, V. Gallant home,
8 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 17
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Hos
pital, 1:30 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall,
8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters’
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
Log House Desiroyed
By Fire at Sutton
Fire of undetermined origin
last Thursday destroyed a three
bedroom log house located near
Alpine Inn. The house owned by
O’Neill and Sons was occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill
strom and five daughters,
At the time the fire was dis
covered the family was away and
all their possessions were lost,
as well as some property of the
Phil O’Neills, which was in the
house.
A fire truck from the Palmer
Fire Guard station was dispatch
ed to prevent the blaze from
spreading into the wooded section
nearby.
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Family memorials, sculptured
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PALMER
FUNERAL CHAPEL
WM. BOUWENS, Mgr.
Cerebral Palsy
Dinner-Dance
Benefit Planned
The annual Cerebral Palsy
benefit dinner-dance will be held
by the Palmer Elks lodge on Sat
urday, June 22. This is one of the
organization’s annual public
events and all residents are invit
ed to make plans to attend both
the dinner, which will be served
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and the
dance which will follow.
The cost for the dinner and
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
TO ELECT OFFICERS
The Womens Republican Club
of the Matanuska Valley will
meet Monday, June 17 at 1:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Richard
Tunnicliff. Election of officers
will be held. Everyone is invited
to attend.
dance will be $3.00 each. Diners
will each be served one-half of a
baked chicken, with all the trim
mings. Tickets are available from
any member of the Elks lodge.
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