THE FRONTIERSMAN
Kntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
St. J. DeJulio__ _ Publisher-Manager
Cditor _Virginia Gallant
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Five Years Ago
June 5, 1953
The entire office staff of the
'Bureau of Reclamation, presently
located in the American Legion
“building, will be moved, starting
June 20, to the laboratory build
mg at the site of the Eklutna
Psroject, according to L. F. Wiley,
project engineer.
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A popular Glenn Highway
roadhouse, the Atlasta House at
Mile 166 suffered fire loses total
ling $8,000 when a new addition
caught fire and burned the night
•of May 28.
* * *
Summer camp for Palmer Boy
Scouts will open Sunday after
noon at King’s Lake, Scoutmas
ter Harry Wimmer announced te
and continue until June 7.
* * *
Members of the Homemakers’
Council voted a pledge of $500
toward the hospital fund at a
.meeting held June 1.
* * *
Rev. James P. Snead, pastor
oS St. Michael’s Catholic Church
•and William W. Elliott of Palmer
attended the funeral of Judge
Anthony Dimond in Anchorage
•Jtune 2.
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Hundreds of spectators viewed
tfcc first boat races of the sea
son held Memorial Day at Lake
Denali Highway
Open To Traffic;
One Exception
Effective this past Wednesday
the Denali Highway from Paxon
Lodge to Cantwell, except be
tween the Maclaren River and
Susitna River, opened to all traf
fic at normal loads and speed
limits, it was announced by M.
C. Zimmerman, division engineer,
Department of Public Roads. The
portion of the highway between
the Maclaren and Susitna Rivers
is closed to all through traffic
until further notice. It is antici
pated this section will be open
about June 15.
Park authorities at McKinley
National Park advise that roads
and camp ground facilities with
in the park will be open to the
public on June 1 for anyone go
ing to the park via the Alaska
Railroad. McKinley Park Hotel
accomodations will not be availa
ble until June 7.
Lucille in Wasilla.
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Mayor Alfred V. Hagen will
officially open the Little League
baseball season throwing out the
first ball tonight, June 4 at 7 p.m.
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Many Awards Given
PHS Students
New officers for the Palmer
High School Student Council
and the names of students re
ceiving award leters and certifi
cates this year, have been an
nounced by Keith Smith, high
school principal.
Vadney Bledsoe was named
president of Student Council for
the coming school year. Serving
with him will be Laveme Lind
sey, vice president; Judy Ever
ett, secretary; and Roberta Uze
lac, treasurer. Smith is advisor
to the Council.
Among awards given high
school students were the follow
ing:
GIRL’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIA
TION: Suzy Wright, Sharon
Hamlin, Donna Carson, Susan
-Harrington, Audrey Parks, Mar
' ian Huston, Joan Hurley, and
Erika Kalweis. AMERICAN LE
GION AUXILIARY POPPY
AWARD: Robin Nieman. PEP
CLUB: Jill Cope, Gretchen Es
slinger, Dorothy Lentz, Char
maine Sawby, Betty Jo Wilson,
Sally Worledge, and Bridgie
Wright.
FOOTBALL, Varsity: Vadney
Bledsoe, Bythel Compton, Mike
Cottrell, Arvid Dulak, Roy Felix,
Steve Hamilton, Bill Knutsen,
Joe Lawton, Bobby Lentz, Toosh
Pearson, Don Shaginoff, Bill
Smith, Larry Stadem, Dave
Sweeney, Johnny Maze, Russell
McKechnie, Bill Olson, Bert
Verrall, Allyn Wilson, Jesse Wil
son, and Tom Williams.
BASKETBALL, Varsity: V.
Bledsoe, Don Boulter, B. Comp
ton, R. McKechnie, B. Knutsen,
T. Pearson, and J. Wilson, Junior
Varsity: Arvid Dulak, R. Felix,
Jerry Fogg, B. Lentz, Laverne
Lindsey, Bob McCartney, B. Mc
Kechnie, Bill Olsen, Carl Schrie
ber, Don Shaginoff, Jim Shagin
off and Larry Stadem. Managers:
Jim Fogg, Leif Kopperud, and
Allyn Wilson.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
MEMBERS: Betty Jo Wilson,
Gretchen Esslinger, Charmaine
Sawby, and Colin Mick. STU
DENT COUNCIL: Sally Worled
ge, Steve Hamilton, Dorothy
Lentz, Rita Nelson, Larry Adams,
Walter Phillips, Vadney Bledsoe,
Audrey Dinkle, Jerry Fogg,
Deanna Peay, Larry Stadem,
Carol Hartung, Sue Baugh, John
Maze, Ray Carroll, Judy Everett,
Charlotte Campbell, Jill Cope,
Allyn Wilson and James Fogg.
CHORUS: V. Bledsoe, Diane
Britton, Ray Carroll, Carol Co
vich, June Fancher, Susan Har
rington, Erika Kalweis, Shan
non Mick, Ruth Ann Moore, Bill
Olsens Deanna Peay, Pat Scheibl, !
Marjorie Schreiber, Barbara
Brewster, Roberta Verrall, Pat
Williams, Bill Knutsen, Joan
Stephan, Roberta Uzelac, Betty
Jo Wilson, Roberta Sharp, and
Jill Cope.
BAND: Karen Aklestad, Sue
Baugh, Sally Betts, John Boyd,
William Boyd, Roger Braver,
Charlotte Campbell, Donna Car
son, Bythel Compton, Evelyn
Cook, Karen Cottrell, Barry
Dearborn, Larry Dearborn, Mike
Eppler, Judy Everett, Roger Ev
erett, Henry Gallant, Gordon
Ganschow, Karen Grover, Sharon
Hamlin, Blaine Hamman, Muriel
Hanks, J. C. Harder, Jack Harris,
Carole Hartung, Ida Hoskins,
Bob Johns, Dennis Johnson, Lief
Kopperud, Sharon Lovejoy, Phoe
be Martin, John Maze, Tim Mc
Mahon, Sandra McNally, Colin
Mick, Polly Moffitt, Sara Moffitt,
Carolyn Nelson, Rita Nelson,
Judy Mrak, Helen Schaefer, Lar
ry Sharp, Sylvia Sisley, Lar- |
Joan Stephan, Kathey Stephan, >
Joan Stewart, Jerry Combs Stock, j
Dave Sweeney, Craig Trow- j
bridge, Larry Wade, Carolyn !
_WASILLA NEWS_
By Jane Browne
Memorial Day services were
held at Wasilla Cemetery last
Friday at 11:00 a.m. The drum
section of the Wasilla school
band led the parade, followed by
Susitna Post 9365 to V.F.W. and
the Auxiliary members. Two
C.A.P. members, Betty and Bev
erly LePors attended in the
C.A.P. uniform. Mrs. Martin Ol
son and her Brownie scouts and
the Wasilla Cub Scouts also took
part.
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Mrs. Dorothy Nelson will leave
June 5 to attend the summer ses
sion at the College of Puget
Sound in Tacoma. Daughter Al
j layne is due to arrive this week
to spend the summer at home.
* * *
Friends of Ted Mommsen will
be interested to know that he
is resting comfortably at Pro
vidence Hospital. Ted will not
have visitors for at least 10 days.
Your many cards have been ap
preciated.
* * *
Mary Rowley, public health
nurse, will be in Wasilla June
.11 at 1:00 pirn, through 7:00 p.m.
especially for those needing their
2nd polio shots. Anyone wishing
to start their series are welcome.
June 11, 1:00 p.m. at the Wasilla
Health Center in the school.
Mrs. Hazel Wyse took over
duties of clerk at the Wasilla
Post Office this week, replacing
Mary Harvey. Mary will devote
more time to her church work
and much more time at Church
camp on the Hay Field road.
* * *
Mary and Ray Bergman and
girls spent two day in Valdez
this week. They visited Ann and
Lloyd Short and met friends of
long standing. From there they
traveled to Chitina and up on
the Tok road, just sight-seeing
of course the fishing season was
not open in that area. Mary will
leave for the University of Al
aska to attend the summer ses
sion there for seven weeks.
* * *
Ray Holtz announced practice
for school beginners band will
be held Tuesday, June 10 from
12:30 to 2:00 p.m. at the Wasilla
school. All interested are urged
to attend this session and regis
ter. Definite practice hours will
be set later. Parents are especial
ly invited to accompany their
children to this first session.
Small Forest Fire
Reported By BLM
Campers, picnickers, and fish
ermen cooperated all the way
over the week-end in preventing
forest fires, reported Michael
Leach, forester at the Bureau of
Land Management, Palmer Field
Station.
Only one small fire, about one
acre in size, required attendance.
This fire was located at Drill
Lake, at approximately Mile 78,
off the Chiekaloon Road.
Leach asked for continued co
operation, stressing the need for
care now the woods are becom
ing so thoroughly dried out.
Wallace, Allyn Wilson, and Tom
my Williams.
Principal Smith announced
that award letters and ensignias
have arrived and may be picked
up at the high school office.
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Vacation Bible School
Opens Next Monday
The United Protestant Church
annual Vacation Bible School
will begin next Monday morning,
June 9. Sessions will be held
each morning, Monday through
Friday, for two weeks from 9
to 11:30 a.m. Young people from
the age of four years through
last year’s seventh and eighth
graders are invited to attend.
Each morning session will in
clude worship, stories, games,
pictures, singing, and handi
crafts. A full and capable teach
ing staff, under the leadership
of Mrs. John Schreiber, has been
at work several months in pre
paration for the school.
Classes will meet together in
the church sanctuary for the
opening worship each day be
fore going to department rooms.
The junior high class will use the
basement of St. John’s Lutheran
Church, as was done last year.
An all-church picnic, including
participants of the school, is be
ing planned at King’s Lake Camp
on the Sunday following the
close of school.
NAMES CHAIRMEN
FOR ASSOCIATION
Marie-Louise Johns, president
of Palmer Women’s Bowling As
i sociation, last week appointed the
following chairmen: Marie West
enbarger, by-laws; Margaret Mc
Cartney, ways and means; Vir
ginia Gallant, publicity; and
Gwen Lowe, hostess.
The city tournament will be
held February 21, 22, 28 and
March 1, 1959, it was announced.
The deadline date for. averages
was set for January 21 and a
four dollar entry fee was set.
The Bureau of Public Roads
is extending an invitation to bid
on painting of four bridges on
the Alaska Highway located as
follows: Mile 1303.3, Tanana
River; Mile 1309.3, Tok River;
Mile 1333.6, Yerrick Creek; and
Specs may be obtained by all
who have a bonafide need for
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital as of Wednesday
of this week include: Mrs. Wen
dall Lewis and infant daughter,
Mrs. Leo Robinson, William Phil
lips, age 4; Mary Shaginoff, Hen
ry Hill, age 9; Walter Gorcizki,
Mrs. Emanual Patrick, Barbara
Lincoln, age 7; Jeanne Dietrich,
Mrs. Charlotte Burke, Mrs. James
E. Wilson, and Harold Byers.
Hospitalized, but now out: Mrs.
Lloyd Flieger of Wasilla, Albert
Hibbard of Wasilla, Julia May
Carney, age 3H of Wasilla, John
Bartenan, Jonesville, Fred Yakis
}ff, Richard Burnett, Jr., age 1;
Mrs. Byron Hollembeck and in
fant son, Mrs. Louis Lacher and
infant son, Darlene Trudell, age
14, Kais yan Horn, age 1; Elaine
Lucas, Mrs. Gerald LaWalter, and
Mrs. Bud Graham.
Neola D. Sandvik
ToWed On July 17
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sandvik
of Palmer, residents of this city
since 1944, have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Neola Dee Sandvik to William
J. Heideger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
[Joseph H. Heideger of Beaver.
| Pennsylvania. The wedding will
| take place July 17 in Seattle,
Washington.
The bride elect is a graduate
of the Palmer high school and
attended the University of Wash
ington. Her fiance received his
B. S. degree in chemical engin
eering from Carnagie Institute
of Technology; his M. S. from
Princeton (University and will
receive his PhD. in chemical en
gneering from Princeton in Octo
ber. He is professor of chemical
engineering at the University of
Washington.
The couple plan to make their
home in Seattle.
them for bidding purposes at
Room 311, Federal Building
Juneau.
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