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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MAT ANUS K A VALLEY
COMMUNITY SERVICE
CHURCH OF GOD
NOVEMBER 2G — 8 P, M.
VOLUME 12. NUMBER 3
PALMER, ALASKA WED., NOVEMBER 26, 1958
PRICE 15 CENTS
DEMOCRATS SCORE ANOTHER LANDSLIDE
NEW PHONE NUMBERS
60 INTO EFFECT
ON DECEMBER 13
Telephone subscribers of the
Matanuska. Telephone Association
system will be using new tele
phone numbers beginning at 8
p.m. Saturday, December 13, it
•was announced this week by Max
Clements, MTA manager.
The entire telephone number
will not be changed. New num
bers will amount to the addition
of one numberal, which will come
immediately after the exchange
letters. For instance'- PI-3675
will become PI-5-3675. The same
changes will be made in all ex
manges, with Alpine exchange to
add the numeral 8; Frontier will
add number G and Homestead
will add number 2, after their
* xchange letters.
It is anticipated that the new
telephone directories will be dis
tributed before the change-over
date. MTA employees will re
place number cards in all phones. |
Some of the cards will be replac- j
ed before the cut-over, others
after, because of the time ele
ment.
Telephone subscribers are urg
ed to keep the change in num
bers in mind, also to change the j
numbers on their business cards
and letterheads; and to be sure
and tell their friends of the
change. Should the old numbers j
be* called, without adding the j
new numeral, the call will not
go through.
Tilt.* number change will now
make it possible for the MTA
system to participate in the na
tion-wide operator toll dialing
plan which goes into effect in
Alaska on January 17, 1959.
“This is another step forward in
providing modern telephone ser
vice to our subscribers,0 Cle
ments stated .
PLAN FORMATION
OF EMBLEM CLUB
Plans are under way in Pal
mer for the formation of an Em
blem Club and all wives, sisters,
mothers, and daughters of B.P.O.
Elks are cordially invited to at
tend a meeting to be held Mon
day, December 1 at Elks hall,
starting at S p.m.
Although the membership in
Emblem Clubs is made up
through relationship to Elk mem
bers. the organization is not an
auxiliary but a national organiza
tion with its own program. The
new club will be the twelfth in
the new State of Alaska and will
bring Emblem Clubs to 100 per
cent in Alaska,
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Gash and Garry
BRO WN’S GLEANERS
WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
Closed Saturday Aite*~
ACS MOVES LAST MAN
FROM PALMER OFFICE
Effective Monday, December
1, the Alaska Communication
System will move its last man
out of Palmer. In agreement
between ACS and the Matan
uska Telephone Association,
the MTA will act as agent for
ACS to receive and deliver
telegrams for the Palmer area.
Telegrams may be sent and re
ceived in the same manner and
at the same location as at
present. The announcement
was made by Colonel Gordon
Gray, Deputy Commander,
U. S. Army Communication
System.
Public Invited
To Church Service
This Evening
A cordial invitation has been
extended to the valley residents
to attend a Thanksgiving com
munity service which will be
held in the Palmer Church of
God this evening. The program,
to begin at 8 p.m., is being spon
sored by the Matanuska Valley
Ministerial Association.
The Rev. Wesley Lancaster,
pastor of the Community'Church
of God, Seward Highway, will be"
the speaker. Others participating
in the program will include the
Rev. Bertram Rutan of the Un
ited Protestant Church; Mr.
Kenneth Hughes of Big Lake;
Dale Bryant of Lazy Mountain
Childrens’ Home; the Rev. Clifford
McConnell of the First Baptist
Church, Palmer; and the Rev.
Calvin Brown of the Church of
God.
Special music will be offered
by a choir composed of various
church choirs a violin solo by
Rev. Rutan, and selections by a
male quartet from the Lazy
Mountain Childrens Home.
School Superintendent
To Attend Meeting
Superintendent of schools, Wil
liam H. Zahradnicek, will leave
November 28 for Portland, Ore
gon, where he will attend the
Northwest School Association
meeting. During the meetings Al
aska schools, along with other
Northwest schools, will be con
i side red for accreditation. Zahrad
nicek is a member of the accredi
tation committee. He expects to
return to Palmer December 4.
ELKS TO DISTRIBUTE
THANKSGIVING BASKETS
Members of the Palmer B.P.O.
Elks will distribute 17 food bas
kets for Thanksgiving to less
fortunate families. The baskets
will be distributed in the valley
and Talkeetna areas. The club is
now working on plans for their
annual Christmas offering.
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LIVE MUSIC
Tonight
Wednesday, Nov. 26
10 p.m.
WHITEY'S
WESTERN
SWINGSTERS
SHAMROCK
LOUNGE
APPARENT WINNERS - LOCAL AND U.S. OFFICES
* * *
U. S. SENATE
Ernesf Gruening
* * *
Disl. G STATE SENATE
J. Earl Cooper
♦ * *
GOVERNOR
William A. Egan
* * •
SECRETARY OF STATE
Hugh J. Wade
t- * *
Ralph E. Moody
SENATOR-AT-LARGE
FOUR-YEAR TERM
* t- *
Irene E. Ryan
SENATOR-AT-LARGE
TWO-YEAR TERM
FOR HOUSE (^REPRESENTATIVES
NINTH DISTRICT
James J. Hurley
* * *
U. S. SENATE
E. L (Bob) Bartlett
• • •
U. S. CONGRESS
Ralph J. Rivers
Crop improvemen!
Officials to
Meet December I
I Revisions of standards for cer
■ tified Alaska grain and potato
j seed will be considered by the
| board of directors of the Alaska
[Crop Improvement Association at
j a meeting to be held at the Ex
! periment Station at 9 a.m. Mon
| day, December 1. In addition the
; directors will consider new varie
! ties for the recommended list.
The Alaska Crop Improvement
! Association, a member organiza
! tion of the International Crop
I Improvement Association, is an
; organization of Alaskan farmers
and others who are interested in
j the betterment of Alaskan agri
(Continued on Page 8)
SENATE TERM o
STILL QUESTIONABLE;
GRUENING LEADING
Palmer and Wasilla area voters
selected a full Democratic slate
at the General Election held in
Alaska yesterday. Although vot
ing was heavy, it did not reach
the total locally that was set in
the Statehood vote this past Aug
ust. Palmer precincts registered
1,030 voters, with 431 of these
from the city precinct and 599
from Precinct Two. Wasilla reg
istered a total of 208 voters. Bal
lot counting in Palmer continued
through the night, with city coun
ters completing around 1 a.m.
and the rural precinct completing
around 7:30 a.m. The latter count
ers were handicapped in that one
judge was taken ill, leaving but
three to read and tally the bal
lots.
Of interest in Precinct 2 was
the fact that 599 persons voted;
299 voted for Stepovich and 300
for Gruening in the U. S. Senate
race.
James J. Hurley (D) of Palmer
took top place in the State Re
presentative race with a wide
margin of 589 votes against his
opponents, Gerrit Snider (I), who
tallied 214 votes in the two Pal
mer precincts, and Mrs. Doris
McKinley (R) who polled 206
votes.
According to returns from
throughout Alaska, valley voters
followed a similar pattern of vot
ing, giving the Democratic Party
an apparent landslide. Morning
reports were giving the Demo
cratic candidates the lead in all
contests.
A break-down on the way val
ley voters cast their ballots fol
lows.
PALMER PRECINCT NO. 1
(city)
Governor and Secretary
DOLLINTER (I) _ 2
BUTROVICII (R) _190
EGAN (D) _230
U. S. Senate Term A
ROBERTSON (R) _53
i BARTLETT (D) _366
CAPPER (1) _ 0
U. S. Senate Term B
STEPOVTCH (R) _196
(Continued on Page 8)
VALLEY CLEANERS
TWO for the
Price of ONE
LOCATED; Between Valley &
Colony Streets, diagonal from
Bowling Lanes. Ph. PI-3750
THE MARADA CAFE & DINING ROOM
Will be open Thanksgiving 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Breakfast will be served until 12 noon only
then ONLY Thanksgiving Dinners
MENU
RELISH DISH
CRAB OR SHRIMP COCKTAIL
CHICKEN SOUP WALDORF SALAD
BAKED SQUASH WHIPPED POTATOES
HOT ROLLS
TEA or COFFEE MINTS and NUTS
CHOICE OF:
ROAST TURKEY AND DRESSING
VIRGINIA BAKED HAM W/WINE SAUCE
HALF PAN FRIED CHICKEN
DEEP FRIED JUMBO PRAWNS
$4.00 per plale Children $2.00
Phone PI-3430
Palmer. Alaska