WASILLA NEWS
By Jane Browne
As of today six boys have left
Wasilla to join the Armed Ser
vices since January 1st. Atlas
(Patterson left on the 6th to join
the U. S. Marines. Today, Wally
Teeland, Fred Nunley, Wayne
Kirshner, Dan Fleckenstein and
Charles Davis leave for Kodiak
to officially enter the U. S. Navy.
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Word was received here today
that Mrs. O. G. Herning has
passed away in Seattle about
January 8. Mrs. Herning had fal
len just before Xmas and was
confined to bed with a broken
hip. The Hernings were the orig
inal owners of Teeland’s Shop
ping Center having moved the
etore from Knik to it’s present
location.
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Wasilla Basketball Team will
play host to Valdez team this
■week end with games Friday and
Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M.
There will be a Library Mefi
mg January 20th at 8:00 P.M. in
the Library.
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Mrs. Delia Kotila was admit
ted to Valley Hospital Friday.
Hurry home Delia we miss ybu.
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Henry P. Jensen, 49, died at
his home near the Experiment
Farm last Sunday. Henry and his
family arrived in the Valley in
3935 as one of the original colon
ists. Henry followed general
farming and was one of the first
to convert to Grade A Dairy.
Henry is survived by his wife
Edna, three sons, Richard, Ron
•ald, Raymond and a daughter
Marlene Cottle, two grandchil
dren, Bert and Janet Cottle all
ci Wasilla. Funeral services were
MANY ATTENDED
OPEN HOUSE AT
VALLEY HOSPITAL
A number of interested persons
attended the open house at the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital this
past Sunday which was sponsor
ed by the Hospital Auxiliary to
display the very modern obstet
rics table which was recently
made available to the hospital
through a community fund-rais
ing campaign sponsored by the
Auxiliary.
Guests were shown the mech
anics of the table by Eve Papez,
superintendent of nurses and
were offered a tour of the hos
pital by members of the Auxili
ary.
Afternoon refreshments v^ere
served by the Auxiliary, with
Mrs. Pat Hemmer, Mrs. L. O.
Hayes, Mrs. Bill Hayes, and Mrs.
Robert Mclntire assisting at the
refreshment table and the guest
book. Also on hand to welcome
the visitors were Hospital Asso
ciation President Allan Mick and
Mrs. Mick; Dr. and Mrs. C. C.
Bailey and Dr. and Mrs. Marshall
Simpson; and Mr. and Mrs. Dex
ter Bacon
Members of the Auxiliary ex
pressed their appreciation to all
who contributed toward the pur
chase of the table and to tho^i
who helped make the open house
a success, with special thanks to
Maud Hosier who furnished the
centerpiece for the refreshment
.table, to Mrs. A1 Saxton who
loaned her silver service and to
Fritz Lowe of the hospital staff
who baked the cookies which
were served.
held in Palmer under the auspic
es of the Palmer Elks Lodge.
Burial was in the Elks section of
the Palmer City Cemetery.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
NOTICE
RESIDENTS OF PALMER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
CITY OF PALMER are hereby called upon to
file their 1958 personal property tax returns
on or before February 1, 1958.
Forms have been mailed by the Assessor's
office. If you did not receive one, and reside
or own personal property within the School Dis
trict or City, contact the Assessor at Box 1757,
located over the bank, stating whether you
want School District or City forms.
ALL PROPERTY EXCEPT LAND AND BUILD
INGS IS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
The School District extends roughly from
Knik River to the Talkeetna mountains, and
from just beyond four corners to beyond Sutton
at mile 65.
Should you fail to file, and that fact is
discovered anytime this year, the assessor will
file a return for you and you forfeit your right
of appeal to his valuation.
WM. WAKELAND, Assessor
ALASKA MAID SALES MANAGER AND HIS FAMILY
Pictured above is the George D. Allen family, recently of Palmer and now of
Anchorage. They are, from left to right. Mrs. Allen (Gwenn), Gretchen Sue, Gus,
and George Allen who recently joined the Alaska Maid Potato Chip Company of
Anchorage as sales manager.
NEW POTATO BEING
INTRODUCED TO
CONSUMER MARKET
A new potato, “Variety 114”
promises to increase the market
for locally produced potatoes
from 15 to 20 per cent through
the joint efforts of the Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station
where the research work was
done, and the Alaska Maid Po
tato Chip Company which is put
ting in on the market in varied
form.
Prior to the introduction of the
new variety of potato, those used
for making chips were shipped
from the States because local
ootatoes were not considered
suitable.
George D. Allen, Alaska Maid
sales manager, predicts the use
of 1500 tons of locally grown
ootatoes each year in the making
of potato chips. This will mean
an increase in the potato market
of from 15 to 20 per cent.
Variety 114 is “ . . . tailor-made
for the territory”, says Dr. Allan
Mick, .Experiment Station direc
tor. He pointed out the new po
tato is considered superior for
baking and french frying. De
velopment of the variety was a
SHINING THRU THE
SHADOWS
The light of the spirit is eter
nal, shining through the shad
ows of earthly loss to soften
sorrow and lift the heart with
its inspiring promise of crown
ing glory.
PALMER
FUNERAL CHAPEL
WM. BOUWENS, Mgr.
THE ALASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Congratulates the
Anchorage Potato Chip Company
on their campaign to market Alaska grown potatoes
The Experiment Station takes this
opportunity to announce the 1957
release of another new potato—
VARIETY 43—to Alaska's Crop Im
provment Association. Superior for
chipping and baking, VARIETY 43
will be grown in commercial table
stock lots for Alaska's people, by
Alaska's farmers, in 1960.
The University's research and
j; extension workers are pleased
that the Experiment Station's
new potato Variety 114, to
gether with recommendations
! for improved culture and mar
j keting, have helped lay the
foundation for a progressive
Alaska business
15-year job at the experiment
farm, with the asisstance of local
farmers in later years. It is a
hybrid variety, with the first
cross made by Dr. Zola M. Fine
man in 1942. Two years later
enough potatoes had been grown
from the cross to judge the var
iety worth saving.
Further increases were made
until enough seed was available
for testing in 1948. By 1953 Df.
M. F. Babb and Dr. C. H. Dear
born decided that Variety 114
was better than the standard Ar
ctic Seedling in many respects
and it was turned over to the
Alaska Crop Improvement Asso
ciation for seed production. Two
years later the first certified seed
could be purchased by commer
cial growers.
Working out processing meth
I ods to use the 114 potato for
making chips involved more trials
and tests, and it was found that
excellent chips could be made
\ from the tubers.
Allen, who worked on potato
^ research at the Experiment Farm
; tor two years before joining Al
askan 'Maid, said the potato re
quires early planting, proper
care and proper harvesting for
correct balance between starch
and sugar content for quality po
tato chips.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
SET FOR P-TA TUESDAY
How understanding can help
the handicapped child in our vic
inity will be presented by Jac
queline Dickenson, Clinical Psy
chologist of the Alaska Crippled
Childrens Treatment Center, at
the Palmer P-TA meeting Tues
day night at the high school.
Business will include voting on
the revision of local by-laws to
bring them into agreement with
those of the State Federation. An
nual election will be held in April
so that new officers may be in
stalled and conduct the final
meeting of the school year and
have the summer in which to co
ordinate next year’s program. A
nominating committee will be
elected.
A report of the commitee which
recentlv met with the School
Board and proposed an enlarged
remedial program be added to
the curriculum, will interest par
ents of students with reading
problems.
The School Board has invited
the P-TA to discuss the football
program and the advisability of
continuing it in the Palmer high
school. A communication will
explain some of the problems.
OBITUARIES
HENRY P. JENSEN
Funeral services for Henry
Peter Jensen, 49, were held from,
the /Palmer Elks home at 2:30
p.m. January 15. The service was
conducted by members of the
Palmer Elks lodge.
Mr. Jensen, who died suddenly
at this home January 12, was
born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
June 7, 1908. When he was 16
years of age he came to the Unit
ed States and joined his parents
at Sheffield, Iowa. On October
26, 1931, he married the former
Edna Rinehart at Littlefork, Min
nesota and in 1935 the couple
came to Alaska to settle in the
Matanuska Valley. Original col
onists, the Jensens, were still op
erating the same dairy farm at
the time of his death. During the
early years here in Alaska, Mr.
Jensen worked for a time with
the C.A.A. at Moses Point, Aniak,
and Summit. He also worked at
the Eklutna Power Project and.
for the Alaska Rural Rehabilita
tion Corporation.
For the past several years he
had devoted his full time to op
erating the dairy farm. He was
i a member of the Palmer Elks
Lodge, the Matanuska Valley
Breeders Association and was a
producing member of the Matan
uska Valley Farmers Cooperat
ing Association.
Mr. Jensen is survived by his
wife Edna: three sons, Richard
H. of Fort Richardson, Raymond
O. and Ronald D.; one daughter,
Mrs. Benjamin (Marlene) Cottle;
two grandchildren, Bert and
Janet Cottle; his mother, Mrs.
Alma Gerdes of Sheffield, Iowa;
two brothers, Carl and Aage of
Charles City, Iowa; a sister, Mrs.
Margaret Mason of Green, Iowa,
and two sisters still living in
Denmark. His son Raymond join
ed the U. S. Army January 2 and
flew home for the services from
Fort Ord, California.
The Palmer Funeral Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Harold Ger
schmel, John Church, Robert
Webb, Rexford Kibhe, Carl Fritz
ler, and Ted Knutson. Honorary
pallbearer was A. R. Carson.
Interment took place in the
Elks section of the Palmer Cem
etery.
Clearance Sale
on Appliances
CRANE HOT WATER BOILER, reg. $845.00 sale $625.00
20 Ft. CHEST FREEZER “reg. $428.00.sale 300.00
Built in Gas Range & oven with metal cabinets,... sale 375.00
REGULAR $561.00
Built in electric range & oven with metal cabinet sale 375.00
REGULAR $553.00
G. E. Automatic DISH WASHER reg. $249.95 sale 225.00
40 gal. table top G.E. water heater reg. $ 133.95 ... sale 121.00
Electric Water Healers
52-gallon.... $95.00
40-gallon.$85.00
30-gallon.$75.00
20% off on all Plumbing
& Healing Supplies
\ off on all Paints
Wifhey Plumbing & Heating
PALMER