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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 42
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. AUGUST 21. 1958
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FAIR EXHIBITS
MUST BE ENTERED
BY 8 P. M. THURSDAY
Everyone having items they
an to exhibit at the Valley Fair
year should have them at
« fairgrounds not later than 8
r m. next Thursday, August 28.
Hours for entering exhibits will
from i p.m. until 8 p.m. Ex
ceptions to this wil| be those ex
; -biting livestock, poultry, or
rabbits these exhibitors have
til 9 a.m. Friday, August 29,
register at the fairgrounds.
The first responsibility of the
t xnibitor will be to register with
c fair office secretary, Bernic^
in, at the fair office located in
Quonset No. 2 on the east side
t ? the midway. Each exhibitor
will receive a number and will |
form the office in which de- j
parfments he wishes to place ex-j
n tbits. Only one number will be 1
£.ven any exhibitor and his ex
.bits will be known by number j
only; no names or other identify
ing features will be permitted to
r displayed at the time of judg
.g. Names will be placed on
^ . h exhibit after judging. Each
i xhi'bitor will be allowed only
one specimen in each respective J
class open for competitive judg
ing. After receiving his number
from the office the exhibitor will
fake his entries to their respec
tive divisions and enter them
with the division superinten
dents
A3] 4 H exhibitors are exempt j
from the registration at the fair. |
'thee. They are asked to take j
* heir exhibits directly to the 4-H
•building where they will receive
; nr numbers and place their
exhibits. The entry date is the
> .me, Thursday, August 28, 1:00
u 8:00 p.m.
All exhibit buildings will be
cosed at 0 a.m. on Friday, Aug
i.stt 29, and official judging will j
*ake place at that time and will
continue until all awards are j
made.
Premiums of $5 value and tin
der will be paid at the fair office,
beginning Saturday morning.
These small premium payments
will continue through Monday,
Checks will be mailed at the close
of the fair to all premiums valu
ed over $5.
RAINBOW GIRLS i
WINDOW WASH
Continues August 22 l
Call PI-4092 or PI-4525
11 A.M. — S P.M. \
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in Palmer
First-Class Rooms
$45 per month
Hospital President
Resigns from Board
Marvin Slaughter, president of
the Valley Hospital Association
board of directors, tendered his
resignation from the board, ef
fective August 16, He stated
“ . . , During the past two months
l have had occasion to attend to
hospital business during my offi
cial working hours and I find
that hospital business has begun
to interfere with my official Geo
logical Survey work, and at times,
has tended to disrupt the Survey
office. I feel that there is a great
deal of work to be done by all
Hospital board members and I
do not believe I can devote the
necessary time to do my share
of this work without interfering
in my official work.”
Jolmar Kerttula, who had been
nominated for the board by mem
bers at. their annual meeting, has
accepted an invitation to fill the
vacancy created by Slaughter’s
resignation.
Another appointment made by
the board, to fill the vacancy
created by the recent resignation
of Mrs. Marjory Brewer, is John
Weisenbarger, former board
member and president.
A special meeting for re-organ -
•.zing the board of directors will
be held on August 28 at 8 p.m.
At that time it is expected that
the committee system will be re
organized.
Donald Mai son, custodian, ten
dered his resignation to the
board, effective August 22. Nam
ed to replace him was Carlos
Driggers. Seven applications for
the position had been received.
Replacements on the board of
directors will hold office until the
next annual meeting, at which
time directors will be named to
complete the terms.
GOVERNORS DAY
PLANNED AUGUST 31
Eugene Kirsch, fair manager,
has announced that Governor’s
Day at the Valley Fair will fea
ture Acting Governor Waino
Hendrickson as main speaker at a
ceremony planned for 1 p.m.
August 31. Also appearing will
be the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for governor, as
decided at the election August 26.
Statehood Day, Monday, Sep
tember 1. the Valley Fair will
host all nominees for state and
national offices and all candidat
es present will be introduced at
1 p in. in front of the grandstand.
BIDS CALLED ON
HOUrrONWILLOW ROAD
The Bureau of Public Roads
is extending an invitation to bid
on grading and drainage of 6.6
miles of the Houston-Willow
Road, beginning approximately
two miles northwest of Houston
and ending one-fourth mile south
of Willow.
rj
Vote for
Betty Mears
Democrat for
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
9th District: Palmer-Wasilla-Talkeetna
Pd. Pol. Adv.
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Egan to Visit
Palmer Friday;
Lunch Planned
Plans are still indefinite re- j
garding a public meeting to be j
held here Friday during the brief j
visit planned by William A. (Bill) i
Egan, Democratic candidate for j
Governor.
Because of a very tight sched- |
ule, it has not been possible to
set the hour of his arrival. How- j
ever, he will visit in Palmer on ]
Friday and final plans for a pub- J
lie appearance will be announc- j
ed tonight at Wasilla during an j
open meeting being held by the
Wasilla Grange No. 2. Featured J
speaker at the Grange meeting
will be John Radar, Anchorage
attorney and Democratic candi
date for the House, Anchorage
district. Radar will announce at
what time and where the public
meeting for Egan will be held
on Friday. It is hoped by the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce that
it will be possible to stage a noon
luncheon meeting. As far as pos
sible local residents will be con
tacted by telephone prior to the j
meeting.
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HUNTERS BRINGING
IN MOOSE, SHEEP
With the opening of the hunt
ing season Wednesday valley
hunters were ready. Many had
left for remote areas by plane
others had their weisles. trucks,
jeeps and sleds, and many, many
more “just went out for a few
hours.”
First reported moose in this
area was taken by Mrs. Helen
May Weiderkehr and Otto Pet
erson who each got their moose
early in the morning, on their
respective properties. Mrs. Weid
srkehr had had her eye on her
moose off and on for a number of
days. “He should be good eating
he’s been helping himself to our
lettuce for a long time,” she said.
Peterson got his approximately
40 feet from his house, right in
the back yard.
The Fish and Wildlife do not
have their checking station in
Palmer this year and for this rea
son it is difficult to determine
what the aproximate kill has
been, however, a few moose have
been seen going through on ve^
hides. The Piggly Wiggly cold
storage department reports to
day that six moose, one bear and
three sheep have been brought in
by local hunters for handling.
Co-Op Annual Meet
Set for Saturday
The annual meeting for Ma
tanu.ska Valley Farmers Cooper
ating Association members will
be held Saturday, August 23 in
the Central School gymnasium,
starting at 10 am. During the
meeting several valuable door
prizes will be awarded to a num
ber of lucky members. Members
will be asked to name two di
rectors to fill vacancies on the
board of directors; annual re
ports will be presented, along
with such other and additional
business as shall come before the
membership.
A luncheon will be served at
noon, catered by Women cd the
Moose.
SILVER DOLLAR
FAIR — 1958
The Matanuska Valley State
Fair will be known as the
Silver Dollar Fair this year.
Plans have been completed
with the Matanuska Valley
Bank for a special shipment
into the valley of the “hard
money” and merchants are
making plans for “Silver Dol
lar Specials” during the fair.
You gals who have taken a
kidding about the “suitcases”
you carry won’t have much
difficulty in packing the dol
lars around, but better dig out
a good strong (well-knit.) sock
for dad to pack his in because
there will be lots of them. Sil
ver dollars will be given out
as change on the fairgrounds
as well as in local business es
tablishments.
Registration Fee
Set for High School
Registration for Palmer High
School students will be on Mon
day and Tuesday, August 25 and
26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p m., students
were reminded this week by
Keith Smith, high school princi
pal
A registration fee oi five dol
lar» will be assessed each student
to cover material fees such as
work books, library fee, physical
education fee, laboratory fee and
a deposit on the text; books loan
ed the student. The balance of the
five dollars will be returned to
to the student at the end of the
school year provided all books
are returned undamaged and
show only normal wear.
In a few cases the registration
fee of $5 will not cover all be
ginning class expense, Smith
pointed out. Boys taking shop
will be charged an*additional $5
in advance for materials, and one
section of the English 1 class will
be charged an additional $2.50 for
materials.
School insurance is available
for all students at a cost of $2 for
the school year. Insurance is re
quired of all students taking phy
sical education.
r Students are urged to register
on the days scheduled. Parents
may register for those students
who are unable to attend either
Monday or Tuesday. Students
registering late might be forced
to take electives of their third
and fourth choice if classes are
filled.
School Registration
August 25 and 26
Parents of Palmer school chil
dren are reminded that school
registration dates are Monday
and Tuesday, August 25 and 26
and that all students entering
any of the Palmer schools on
September 2 are required to reg
ister. Students being enrolled for
the first time are required to
have proof of birth date.
Students enrolling in grades
one through eight will register
at Central School between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. High
school students will register at
the high school.
BUSINESS
IS BLOOMING!!
Telegraph Delivery Service
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Queen Sponsors
Plan Public Dance
For Girls Tonight
The six queen candidates for
the 1958 Matanuska Valley Fair
queen title will be honored at a
dance to be held this evening in
the Central School gymnasium
from 8 p.m. until midnight.
The public is cordially invited
to turn out and make the dance
a success for the queen candi
dates.
Sponsors of the candidates are
holding the dance for the girls,
with members of the Matnauska..
Valley Junior Chamber of Com
merce as hosts. The Jaycees
sponsors of the queen contest this
year. Refreshments will be serv
ed during the evening by the
queen sponsors.
Music for dancing will be fur
nished by Ross Miller and Bill
Barry. Admission will be the
purchase of a queen ticket at the
door. Each of the six queen can
"didates will be on hand to sell
tickets. “Pick out your favorite
candidate— come to the dance and
purchase a ticket from her, and
help us make the dance a suc
cess”, the sponsors urge.
Employment Service
Invites Public Use
Interested persons —- all those
desiring work- and those seek
ing employees, are reminded that
a representative of the Alaska
Territorial Employment Service
is in the Wilson Insurance office
this week for the purpose of se
curing qualified farm help for
any and all farmers in the Pal
mer-Wasilla area.
If you are a farmer and need
workers for your crop season or
for permanent farm help, you are
asked to contact Robert Merrill
at the insurance office located in
the new Sims building. He will be
there all day tomorrow, August
I 22.
Farm workers and others seek
ing either temporary crop work
or permanent employment on a
farm are asked to register for
employment at the same location.
The service is being offered to
► all people of this area without
[charge and will extend for any
| period for which needed. The Em*
I ployment Service invites the pub
lic to use their service for any
type employment desired. The
Palmer telephone number is
PI-3300.
BUS SCHEDULE
SET FOR FAIR
Northern Carriers, Inc. of An
5 chorage have announced a spec
ial bus schedule throughout the
Fair. The bus will leave Anch
orage at 8 a.m.*, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.
13:45 p.m.*, and 6 p.m. The re
j turn bus will leave Palmer at
15:30 a.m.*, noon, 1 p.m.* 4 p.m.,
j and midnight. Those marked wit'f
an asterick will not run on Sun
| day.
HISTORICAL EVENT
EXPECTED TO DRAW
RECORD VOTING
One of the largest turn-outs for
voting is expected in the Palmer
precincts on Tuesday, August 26,
when voters will be asked to ac
cept or reject statehood for Al
aska, and to name their nomin
ees for state and national offices.
Members of the Palmer Provi
sional -League of Women Voters
have prepared a scroll to be avail
able for Palmer voters who vote
in favor of Statehood. The scroll
"will be offered to the high school
for a permanent record. The Lea
gue also is cooperating in making
transportation to the polls avail
able. Those needing transporta
tion are asked to call PI-2975 for
further information.
During the past week a num
ber of candidates for various of
fices have visited in Palmer;
others are planning stops here
before Tuesday. Among those
visiting was Ralph J. Rivers,
Democrat and his wife, who were
overnight guests in Palmer. Riv
ers, candidate for the U. S. House
of Representatives, served as a
member of the Alaska-Tennessee
Plan. Rivers states that he be
lieves in sound development of
all of Alaska’s vast resources,
with incentives to bring in new
capital; state control of fisheries
ts soon as the transfer can pos
sibly be had from the Federal
government; curtailment of addi
tional Federal reservations; and
other constructive steps neces
sary to make Alaska a great state.
Another visitor this week was
J. Gerald (Jerry) Williams, Demo
cratic candidate for governor. He
was accompanied by his wife
Harriett and their children, Cath
erine, 16, and J. Gerald, Jr., 14
Williams has been on leave from
his duties as attorney generaL
since August 7 at which time he
launched his campaign in SE Al
j aska. Williams stated that “ . . . 19
land 20 year old Alaskan residents
| certainly are eligible to vote in
the primary, not only on the
three propositions, but for the
officials as well. This is a just in
terpretation of the law which
makes it possible for these young
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