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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 32
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY. JUNE 5. 1958
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54 Dentists Here
For Annual Convention
Among the 70 registrants at
the ninth annual meeting of the
.Alaska Dental Society which is
being held in'Palmer this week,
are 54 dentists from all over the
territory. Other registrants in
clude wives of dentists and re
presentatives of dental laborator
ies.
The Society’s program opened
at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday with an
outdoor buffet supper at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Foster
Sims.
Following registration Wed
nesday morning a general assem
bly was held at which time the
Rev. Bertram Rutan of the Unit- j
ed Protestant Church offered the
invocation and a welcome to
Palmer was extended to the vis
itors by Palmer Mayor, Kenneth
Lynn.
Dr. Rudolph Fredrich, Council
of Dental Health of the American j
Dental Association, Chicago, pre- !
rented the address and spoke on j
dental progress, including new
equipment and their uses. Dr.
Fredrich is slated to speak to the
assembly again tomorrow after
noon.
Wednesday afternoon Dr. j
Miegs Jones of Kansas City, who I
has lectured all over the United j
States and at Honolulu on op
erative dentistry, crown and j
bridgework and practice admin
istration, spoke on “Practice Man
agement”. This morning he again j
spoke to the group on “High~
Speeds,” and this afternoon con- |
tinued his talk on practice man
agement.
Another clinician, Dr. Frank
T. Bowler of Seattle, spoke yes- !
t-erday on “Hypnodonties” and
again this morning on “Pedod
ontia”, Friday morning he will
continue his talk on the use of
hypontism in dentistry. Dr. Bow
ler has ben using hypondontia in
varying amounts for about six ,
years.
Beginning at 10:30 Friday mor
ning table clinics will be held j
with the following dentists par
ticipating: Dr. R. D. Livie, “Re
versible pin porcelain facing”; Dr.
Lawlor Seeley, “Orthodontics
and Space Maintainers”; Major
E. E. Davis, "Technique for root
canal therapy and apicoectomy
in one sitting”; Captain Leon La
Salle, “Preventative Orthodon
tia ; and Lt. Colonel Tom Jones,
“Simplified three-quarter crown
pattern”.
A question and answer pro
gram with the clinicians will be j
held at 2 p.m., followed by the I
final business meeting at 3 p.m.
During the business session an
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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING SET FOR TONIGHT
A special meeting of fhe
Palmer City Council will be
held this evening at which
time Charles Tryck, engineer,
will present plans for the city’s
paving project. City officials
are planning to submit a call
for bids for paving to coin
cide with the bid call to be
issued by the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads for their paving pro
ject from the Glenn Highway
to the Wasilla Highway.
4th of July
Celebration
Planned by VFW
An annual Fourth of July cele
bration is being planned by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Su
sita Post and Auxiliary of Wa
silla. |
The annual day-long program
will be held in Wasilla and the
public is invited to make plans
for attendance. During the cele
bration there will be three prizes
awarded, including an imported
spinning reel, an electric mixer,
and five Chinese pheasant chicks
from the Ted Knutsen farm.
RABIES CASES RISE
TO FOUR IN ALASKA
Rabies cases confirmed in Al
aska so far this year rose to four
last week with the report to the
Alaska Department of Health la
boratories of three eases which
occured in late March and early
April. Two of the cases were dogs
and two red foxes, according to
Dr. Harry Gibson^ commissioner
of health.
The three newly reported cases
occured in the lower Kuskokwim
area.
Rabies is known to be con
stantly present in Alaska, Dr.
Gibson said, and dog owners are
urged to keep their animals pro
tected by vaccination since the
only knowm means of protecting
humans against the disease is
through total immunization of the
dog population. He said that er
adication of stray dogs is part
of the rabies prevention program.
MISSION BOARD
PICKS UP TAB ON
HOSPITAL INSURANCE
Word was received this week
by the Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital board of directors that the
National Board of Missions, Pres
byterian Church of U. S. will pay
the costs of insurance on the lo
cal hospital.
Although the operating agree
ment between the National Board
of Missions and the Valley Hos
pital Association was terminated
March 15 of this year, the N.B.M.
still holds the grant mortgage on
the hospital. One of the terms
contained in the mortgage is that
the Hospital Association shall
carry insurance to cover the
amount of mortgage ($232,000).
Hospital directors had earlier
voted to continue the fire insur
ance on that amount and as a
protection to the community, to
purchase fire insurance for a
recommended 80 percent cover
age of the assessed valuation of
the hospital.
This decision was forwarded to
the National Board of Missions
in New York. Because of a mail
delay, word was not received
from the New York office before
the then current insurance was
slated to expire and the hospital
board of directors authorized the
purchase of insurance from the
Pippel Insurance Agency and the
Matanuska Valley Bank Agehcy.
Since that time the local board
has been notified that the Nation
al Board of Missions will be
■“happy to pay the insurance for
the Valley Presbyterian Hospital
—not only on the mortgage
amount, but on the entire 80 per
cent coverage”.
This means that the hospital
now has close to $3,000, that
would have been spent for the
insurance, with which to make
other necessary expenditures.
Platting Regulations
Available to Public
Copies of the Platting Board
regulations are available at the
office of the Tax Assessor-Collec
tor in the Wright Building, it
was announced this week. Copies
may be purchased at 50 cents
each, or may be read in the of
fice. These regulations are not
the same as the law being print
ed in installments in this news
paper but are regulations adopt
ed from the law for this area.
Everyone planning to subdivide
any property is advised to read
these regulations as prepared by
the Platting Board. The platting
board is made up of residents of
both the city and school district.
BLM FIRE FIGHTERS
WORKING ON BLAZE
IN KNIK RIVER FLATS
Seventeen fire fighters, two
fii'e aids and the forester from
the local Bureau of Land Man
agement Palmer field station are
out on a fire in the Kink River
flats that was about eight acres
in size when the crew first went
out yesterday afternoon. Smoke
and ashes blew toward town from
the fire which was fanned by a
Knik wind.
Fireman Get Flag
For City Hall
At long last! There’s a flag fly
ing at City Hall. Even though its
borrowed, there’s one flying
every day.
Members of the Palmer Volun
teer Fire Department decided
that there should be a flag at
the city hall and have, with their
own funds, ordered a flag. In the
meantime, they are flying one
that was loaned until the new
one arrived. In addition the fire
men have written to the Gover
nor’s office to inquire about the
purchase of an Alaskan flag.
Unemployment Fund
Balance is $497,000
The Unemployment Compen
sation Fund balance as of May
31 was $497,000, according to
Merrill E. Weir, director of the
Employment Security Commis
sion. Due to additional funds
borrowed in February the
amount now owed the Federal
Government totals $5,265,000.
During the month of May $704,- !
000 was paid out in benefits as I
compared to $1,020,000 in April j
of this year and $553,000 in May,
1957.
Hospital Secretary
Resigns Position
Mrs. Ruth Everett, who has
been with the Valley Presbyter
ian Hopsital the past three years
as secretary and admitting offi- i
cer, has resigned her position, it j
was announced this week by the
'hospital’s board of directors.
Although a number of applica
tions have been received for the j
position, no replacement has yet
been named by the board.
Mrs. Everett plans to assist her!
husband Fil Everett, in his new
enterprise, the Everett Motor j
Sales and Service.
JUDGE SPEAKS AT
The acute situation of a backlog
of some 1500 to 1600 court cases
in the Third Division Court was
the topic of a talk presented to
members of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce on
June 4 by the Honorable Harry
C. Westover, Judge U. S. Dis
trict Court, Los Angeles.
Judge Westover is devoting
part of his vacation time to as
sist Judge J. L. McCarry with
the immense case load of the
District Court. “Some years ago
at a judicial conference Judge
McCarry spoke of the case load
in Alaska. At that time I told
him I would asist him if ever the
the opportunity came up. While
here I may be able to try from
30 to 40 cases; in July Judge
Reeves will be here and may be
able to try a similar number,
this is nothing compared to the
total cases pending. It is similar
to a situation a farmer might
find himself in trying to clear
a plot of land if by the time he
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got back around to his starting
point he found the plot grown j
up in brush again. He’d have to
start all over again, making no
headway.
The visiting Judge, who was
appointed a Federal Judge No
vember 1. 1949, pointed out the
hazards of delayed trials. “Wit
nesses disappear, memories be
come hazy, documents are mis
placed , . . it is very difficult to
try a case that is five or six years
old instead of five or six months
old. Such a situation works to
the detriment of the plaintiff.
He spoke of the possibility of
a judge sighing for an early
trial . . “however, I found an
. order for an early trial that was
two years old ... I have just
completed a case that was pend
ing for six years . . . there is a
case coming up relative to a
contract on the base in which
there is considerable money tied
up."
Judge WestOver stated he feels
the situation could be relieved
if Alaska becomes a State at
which time there would be a
realignment of the courts and
the majority of the cases that
I now must, go through the Federal
| court would be delegated to
the state courts, with probably
COURT OVERLOAD
the need for only one Federal
judge for all of Alaska.
In closing his talk on the court
situation Judge Westover re
marked that the saying, “Justice
delayed is justice denied” was
never truer than in Alaska.
Prior to his talk on the court
situation Judge Westover, who
was accompanied to Alaska and
the Chamber meeting by his wife,
urged the Chamber to do every
thing possible to publicize Alaska
as a tourists’ mecca. “Let the
public know with what ease one
may reach Alaska ... let them
know about your wonderful
climate, scenery, and - trips that
they will find here. Hawaii did
it . . . many states are doing it.
I’m sure Alaska can”, he added.
Other Chamber guests included
Fred and Sara Machentanz who
returned to their valley home this
week following a winter lecture
tour in the States, where they
presented 60 lectures to an esti
mated audience of 100.000 and
appeared on six scheduled tele
vision shows in the Detroit area.
During their tour they showed
a 90-minute color film on Alaska.
Other guests were John Triber,
district traffic and freight agent
with the Alaska Railroad and
“•Blake McKinley.
Palmer '58 Tax Rale
Set al 17 Mills
I SOCIAL SECURITY
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
HERE JUNE 5 AND 6
John E. Blakey, Social Se- ; i
Purity feld representatve, will; '•
bo in Palmer on Thursday and
(Friday, June 5 and 6, it was ;
announced this week. He will ;
stay at the Matanuska Hotel ;
and may be contacted there •;
for any help that may be ;
needed in Social Security mat- \
; l.ers. ;!
Wildflower Show
Planned by
Local Garden Club _
An annual wildflower show
will be sponsored this month by
the Palmer Garden Club.
The show will be held at the
Craft Room in the Extension of
fice, starting at noon, on Sun
day, June 15. The general pub
lic is cordially invited to partic
ipate in the show by flower en
tries and attendance.
Those planning to enter flow
ers are requested to have them
at the craft room before 11 a.m.
on the 15th. It will not be nec
essary to identify the flower nor
to provide containers.
Teen-Age Dance
Al Moose Friday
Members of the Palmer Moose
Lodge will again this week spon
sor a teen-age dance party for
local teenagers. The party will be
held at Moose hall Friday even
ing, June 6 from 9 p.m. to mid
night. A 25-cent charge will be
made to help cover refreshment
costs.
LITTLE LEAGUE
FARM TEAM PLANS
PRACTICE SESSION
The Little League farm team
is asked to turn out Saturday at
10 a.m. for a practice session at
the Little League field. , These
sessions are geared to especially
offer help to the young boys who
are playing their first baseball.
H. P. Gazway reminded local
boys of Little League age that the
deadline is nearing for signing
up for League play this year.
Teams will soon be cut down,
with reserves to be named from
each team.
EXPLORERS PLAN
INVITATIONAL DANCE
Palmer Explorer Scouts will
host a dance at Elks hall on
Thursday evening, June 12, to
which members of the Palmer
Assembly Order of Rainbow for
Girls have been invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Briggs j
are spending vacation time in !
South Dakota. Mr. Briggs is with j
the Soil Conservation Service I
and Mrs. Briggs is employed at '
the Matanuska Valey Bank.
The Palmer Assembly Order
of Rainbow for Girls will hold!
no regular meetings during the;
month of June.
The millage rate for all real
and personal property for 1958 in
the City of Palmer has been set
at 17 mills. The rate was set at
a special meeting of the City
Council held June 3 at which,
time three members of the Pal
mer Board of Education were
present to discuss the school bud
get with council members.
• Of the 17 mills set for the 1953
taxation rate, 12 mills will go to
the school district, with 11 of
these 12 mills to be used for op
erations and one mill for con
struction. The five-mill balance
will be used for city operations.
Present from the Board of
Education, and who expressed
agreement in the ear-marking of
one-mill for construction purpos
es, were George E. Smith, presi
dent, Richard Jones and A1 J. De
Julio. Councilmen present in
cluded Sam Cotten, Ray Lancas
ter, William Zahradnicek, Bert
Duff, and Charles Logsdon.
Piano instructions
To Be Offered Here
Persons interested in receiving
piano instructions are invited to
register for beginner or advanced,
lessons at the Church of God on
Matanuska Street Monday, Juna
9 between 9 a.m. and noon. In
structions wll be offered by Ray
Hotz of Wasilla.
PALMER TEACHERS
PLAN TO RETURN
Judging from the current in
formation it seems as though the
majority of Palmer school sys
tem teachers will be returning
to their jobs this September. Otny
a few vacancies occured this
year, according to William T.
Zahradnicek school superinten
dent.
Three teachers have been hired
and will be working in the ele
mentary schools. They are Susan
Eldridge of Palmer, who has
been working as substitute
teacher this past year; Barbara
Wright of Franklinville, N.Y.,
and Leslie Ann Landford of
Newbury Port, Mass.
A very small number of posi
tions remain to be filled, the
superintendent stated.
CATTLE MOVING
TO SUSITNA RANGE
Area farmers have started
moving cattle for summer graz
ing on the Little Susitna Range.
A total of 96 cattle have been
registered for the range this sum
mer, with additional heads ex
pected to be put out before too
long. Each owner is responsible
for the transportation of his cat
tle and for rounding them up in
the fall. Only heifers and steers
are put out on the summer range.
The cati’e are being moved onto
range abtout two weeks earler
than last year.
Flowers for
the June Bride
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
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CO-OP PATRONS
Our fiscal year ended May 31. Please turn your
yellow patronage tickets in at the main office
as soon as possible, but NOT LATER THAN
JUNE 20. Certificates of equity will be ready
for distribution by August 15.
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS CO-OP ASSN.
9 P.M.
to 3 a.m.
Sat., June 7