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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 24
PALMER. ALASKA
Thursday. April 10. 1958
PRICE TEN CENTS
Bowling Lanes Open Officially Tomorrow
Exhibition bowling and wo
mens’ bowling matches will high
light the grand opening of the
Palmer Bowling Center tomor
row night. Bowlers who will pre
sent the entertainment are all
from the Anchorage area and in
clude some of Alaska’s most out
standing bowlers, according to
Roy Brock, manager of the new
bowling alley.
Although the bowling center
has been open to the public the
past week, the official opening
was delayed so that an interest
ing program could be planned.
Great interest in Palmer’s first
public recreation center has been
shown by the public, with thfe al
leys busy every day and night.
The bowling center is located
in a new concrete block and
frame building, measuring 125
feet by 65 feet and located next
to the Matanuska Hotel. The
building itself is owned by Dr.
and Mrs. Foster Sims who plan
to lease out the balance of space
in the building. The building was
constructed during the past win
ter and is a one-story structure,
with the hot water heating plant
located in the basement.
The exhibition bowling and
matches will begin at 7 p.m., ac
cording to Brock.
The Palmer Bowling Center
was made possible through the
far-sighted endeavors of a num
ber of local persons. Officers of
the company are E. O. Dugas,
president; Norman Hartung, vice
president; Robert Johns, secre
tary-treasurer; and James Hurley
and Dr. Foster Sims, directors.
The bowling alleys are open
daily at 10 a.m. and operate
throughout the evening. Avail
able to the bowlers are regula
tion bowling balls in various
weights and finger-hole sizes.
There is no charge made for the
use of the balls. Regulation bowl
ing shoes are available for rent
at 25 cents per pair. Personal
bowling balls and shoes may be
purchased through the Palmer
Bowling Center.
Future plans include instruc
tion classes and team bowling.
Automotive Parts
Plans Annual Program
The Perfect Circle “Doctor of
Motors Clinic” will be held at the
Automotive Parts and Equipment
store tomorrow', April 11, at 8
p.m., it was announced this week.
The public is invited to attend
this popular program.
Featured on the program will
be the showing of a color mQvie
of the Indianapolis 500-mile race
and highlights of the Daytona.
Beach Speed Week. Also, colored
slides, to illustrate the latest up
to-the-minute motor service in
formation will be shown.
There is no admission charge
and the public is invited.
OPEN APRIL 12
for the summer
Home of the HUSKYBURGER
KNIK DRIVE IN
Knik River Bridge
VALDEZ WOMAN
NAMED PALMER
CITY CLERK
Mrs. Emilie St Pierre, city
clerk-treasurer-magistrate at Val
dez, was appointed the city clerk
treasurer-magistrate for the City
of Palmer by Mayor Kenneth
Lynn at the April 8 meeting of
the City Council. His appoint
ment was approved by the Coun
cil and her starting salary set at
$7200 per year. Mrs. St. Pierre
was among seven persons making
application for the opening which
was created wrhen L. C. Stock re
signed the position effective April
9.
The new city clerk and her
family plan to move to Palmer.
Prior to the arrival of the new
city clerk Yvonne Alford, who
has been serving as secretary to
the city clerk the past year, was
named acting city clerk. >
Mrs. St. Pierre has been with
the City of Valdez since June,
1951. Prior to that she did clerk
work for the school board and
was secretary to the VaMez
Chamber of Commerce. She also
worked for the Department of
Taxation for a short time.
During a discussion period
councilmen voiced the opinion
that the City of Palmer should
seriously consider the city man
ager form of government, and.
preparatory work on this propos
al will be done by council mercr
bers during the coming year.
Palmer May Get New
Post Office Building
The possibility of a new post.
office building in Palmer was an- '
nounced last night in a news !
item appearing in an Anchora
age newspaper. However, no con- ;
firmation of the announcement
could be obtained from Bryant
Brady, district manager,, U. S.
Post Offices.
Brady stated that he has not
yet been notified of such plans.
However, he said, the lease on
the present quarters of the Pal
mer Post Office will expire at
the end of this year. “Sometime
ago a postal inspector made an
investigation to determine what
proceedure would be in oriTer.
His findings have not yet been
announced to our office”, said
Brady.
According to the news item
appearing in the Anchorage
newspaper last night Palmer and
Valdez offices were part of a
list of 918 new post office build
ins for which the government has
committed funds on contractual
agreements to lease the building
after it has been built.
C.A.P. CADETS RAISING
MONEY FOR UNIFORMS
Members of the Palmer C.A.P.
Cadet Squadron will conduct a
candy sale at the high school to
day as their first effort to raise
funds for uniforms. Other pro
jects are being planned, includ
ing a public car wash which has
tentatively been scheduled for
Saturday, May 17. It is hoped by
the squadron that they will be
able to purchase their uniforms
before encampment time.
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Re-Opening
HALLEA LODGE
On Lake Lucille
FREE CRAB FEED SATURDAY, APRIL 12
BAR - MEALS - CABINS
OPEN 24 HOURS
Under new management of:
Pat & Harold Newcombe—June & Jerry Cottle
Pictured above are the six modern bowling alleys at ilie
Palmer Bowling Center. These regulation alleys were
installed by professionally trained men, as were the Am
erican Foundry automatic pin spotters which are featured
at the Center.
FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE
FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
The Palmer Independent
School District has been named
to receive school construction j
funds in the amount of $81,235.00, j
according to Delegate E. L. Bart- '
lett. |
A total of $564,945.50 has been i
reserved for school construction ,
in Alaska according, to infor- j
motion given Delegate Bartlett \
last week by Commissioner of j
Education L. G. Derthick.
The funds have been earmark- !
ed under federal law which auth- !
orizes assistance for construction
of school facilitiie's overburden- j
ed as a result of federal activ- j
ities. Funds are to be certified
when the applicants have com
plied with the construction re
quirements specified by the law.
Four Alaska projects approved
last week would provide elemen- J
tary school facilities and include
the reservation of funds in the
amount of $136,595.50 at Kodiak;!
$81,235 for Palmer; $303,425 for
Fairbanks, and $43,690 for North
Pole. 1
The funds are expected to be
Band Concert Here
Tomorrow Night
Three numbers which will be |
played during the Music Festival
which will be held in Fairbanks
April 24, 25, and 26, will be pre
sented at the Annual Spring Band j
Concert tomorrow night, April
11, by members of the Palmer j
school band. They are “Colonel
Bogey”, a march; Bachs “Pre
f lude and Fugue in D Minor”; and
“Kiefer’s Special”, a circus
march.
The band concert will be pre
sented under the direction of Lee
Plumb ley, band master, in the
school gym at 8 p.m. There will
be no advance ticket sale, admis
sion will be accepted at the door.
In addition to the Pioneer Band,
the junior high band, the Snick
lefritzers, the brass sextette and
the girls drum corps will partic
ipate in the concert program.
The program will open with
three numbers by the junior high
band; followed by a presentation
of various “odd” selections by the
Snicklefritzers, Following presen
tations by the brass sextette the
girls drum corps will perform
and will then perform in a com
bination number with the band, j
The Snicklefritzers will again
offer various “odder” selections i
while the senior band is assem- j
bling for the final section of the
program which will include the
following numbers: ‘^Liberty
Bell”, march by Sousa; “Varso
viana”, Mexican folk dance; “In
a Persian Market” by Ketelbey;
‘Trombones Triumphant” by
Keller; “Alouette”. a French Can
adian number and “Burst of
Trumpets” by Walters.
JAYCEES TO MEET
TONIGHT AT CAFE
The Matanuska Valley Junior
Chamber of Commerce will m|*et
at 8 p.m. this evening at the Mar
ada Cafe.
made available immediately and
members of the Board of Educa
tion will now go ahead with
plans for additional construction
in the school district. The con
struction is expected to be some
form of addition to existing
buildings. No plans have yet been
drawn. The Board has been held
up in its initial work because of
the uncertainty of federal funds.
PALMER NOW HAS
UI8 RESIDENTS
CENSUS SHOWS
The recently completed popula
tion census conducted in Palmer
by the City Planning Commission
shows that the city’s population
is now 1,118 plus 26 “others”. In
the latter group are included
transients.
The figures were reported to
the Commission by William Wal
ker of the Alaska Housing Auth
ority .planners for territorial fed
eral planning programs who did
the final compilation work Wal
ker will be present at the meet
ing of the Commission this eve
ning to discuss the census in more
detail.
The figures were secured by
members of the Planning Com
mission in house-to-house canvas,,
telephone and other personal
contacts, so that information on
each house in the city was obtain
ed. This information was mark
ed on a map which now provides
the City of Palmer with an ac
curate census record. This is the
first time that the City has had
such information.
Other subejcts to be discussed
at tonight’s meeting, which will
be held in the city hall, include
land use in Palmer, recreation,
and sewers.
Key Club Plans
Car Wash in May
Members of the Palmer Key
Club are planning a car wash
nroject in conjunction with the
Kiwanis Club’s Safety Car Check
program which will be staged
on Saturday, May 3.
Other activities planned by the
Key Club include assisting the
high school track coach in pre
paring the track for the meet
which will be held in Palmer
Saturday, May 10. They plan to
paint the hurdles and assist in
other ways.
A back-breaker project will
be undertaken: picking up the
large rocks that are scattered in
the driveways and parking lot
at the high school.
Bythel Compton was named
new persident of the club and
Bill Smith was named vice presi
dent. Other officers will be nam
ed at the next meeting, April
16. Key clubbers meet each Wed
nesday in the library at the high
school during their lunch period.
Over 60 Delegates
Attending Presbytery
Spring Meeting Here
The United Protestant Church
will be host this week to 60 or
more delegates from Presbyterian
churches of the Yukon Presby
tery who will convene here for .
their annual spring meeting. The j
Presbytery has met in Palmer on .
several previous occasions, the ,
last in 1954 when officials of the J
Presbyterian Church took part in T
the dedication of the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital. Delegates are
being housed in homes of mem
bers and friends of the church,'
with meals provided by the wo
men of the church under the di- .
rection of the Ladies’ Aid.
During the two days of meet
ings, today and tomorrow, the
ministers and elders are meeting
in the M.E.A. assembly room. The
women of Presbyterial are hold
ing their meetings in the church
sanctuary.
Dr. Harold Ray Martin, moder
ator of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S. A., the denomination’s high
est honorary office, and his wife,
are guests at Presbytery.
Dr. Martin has been pastor of
the Second Presbyterian Church
of Bloomington, Illinois, a church
of over 2,000 members since 1930.
j Before assuming this pastorate
•he served as a YMCA secretary;
as a WWI chaplain; superintend
ent of Gary, Indiana neighbor
hood house; as a pastor of a Gary
church. In 1955 he was a mem
ber of the five-man committee
that revised the Presbyterian
hymnal. He is a trustee of Illi- !
i nois College. Dr. Martin will j
! preach at the Communion Ser
; vice at 7:30 this evening.
Other guests and delegates in
i elude Mrs. Martin DeVries of
i Long Beach, California who will
■ be the principal speaker at Pres
i byterial. A former member of the
| Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions, Mrs. DeVries has trav
eled and spoken extensively
throughout the United States. Dr.
J. Earl Jackman, head of the de- i
partment of work in Alaska, will
also be present as will the Rev. ,
Brian Cleworth and the Rev.
Vic Alfsen, former pastors of the
United Protestant Church, and
the Rev. Arthur French who
served as an interim pastor sev
eral summers ago. Rev. French
will share the 11 a.m. worship
service Sunday morning with the
Rev. Bertram Rutan.
A Pr'esbyterial team is being
held this afternoon by women of
the Wasilla church and another
will be held tomorrow afternoon
bv the Palmer members of Pres
byterial.
LUTHERAN LEADER
NAMED SPEAKER FOR
U of A BACCALAUREATE
Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, presi
dent of the United Lutheran
Church in America, will be the
University of Alaska baccalaur
eate speaker May 25. TIME mag
azine this past week carried a
j cover picture and story on Dr.
, Fry who is the first American
j ever elected president of the 50
million member Lutheran World
Federation.
Dr. Ernest N. Patty, University
president, said baccalaureate will
start at 1 p.m. in the gymnasium.
He explained that this hour was
selected in order not to conflict
j with Alaskans’ church hours that
I Sunday.
SAVE!
ON YOUR
GLEANING
LIKE GARMENTS
2 for the |
price of I
Gash and Garry
BROWN’S CLEANERS
WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
GARDEN CLUB IDEA
PAYS OFF IN
NATIONAL CONTEST
The city of Palmer, Alaska
was cited for honorable mention
n the Community Home Achie
vement Award for outstanding
progress in the improvement of
romes and residential areas.
Richmond, California, was nam
?d as a winner of the award. The
:ity was one of nine communities
selected for honors in a nation
wide competition sponsored by
L»OOK magazine.
Mrs. Isabelle Woolcock, chair
nan of the Palmer Garden Club
>eaulificalion committee, was
totified of the award last Sat
urday. Public announcements
were made to the press on April
1. In her letter it was pointed
>ut that" . . . although Palmer
was not winner of one of the lop
awards, it has the unique disiin
:lion of being selected by the
judges as the only city this year
:o receive honorable mention."
A certificate of honorable men
tion will be mailed to Palmer.
Winners are cited for note
worthy citizen effort and accom
plishment in putting through im
provement programs. Brief sum
maries of the activities of the
award-winning cities will appear
in the April 29th issue of LOOK,
on the newstands April 15th.
Albert M. Cole, administrator
of the U. S. Housing and Home
Finance Agency, was chairman
of the panel of ten experts in
housing and civic affairs which
judged the entries in the compe
tition. The panel laid particular
stress on citizen participation.
Award-winning activities cov
er a broad improvement front
ranging from bold citywide re
newal in big cities to more limit
ed rehabilitation programs in
small or medium-sized commun
ities.
Palmer was honored for the
outstanding evidence of citizen
cooperation in improving the
homes and appearances of the
city. Led by the Palmer Garden
Club, almost every citizen group
in the city joined hands to de
molish substandard dwellings,
paint and improve homes and
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Fire Department
Kept Busy on Galls
Members of the Palmer volun
teer fire department have been
subjected to a number of work
outs this week, with a fire call
every day except Saturday, since
last Thursday when a pickup*
truck burned early that morn
ing.
On Friday a fire call was
sounded for a grass fire that had
gotten out of hand across from
the Palmer Sheet Metal shop.
Sunday the firemen were called
to the Fire Chief’s home where
a lumber pile had caught fire;
origin unknown. On Monday
morning the farm home of the
Norman Grahams burned to the
ground. On Tuesday firemen were
called to Brown’s Cleaners where
a small fire near the roof jack
was quickly extinguished. Wed
nesday noon a chimney fire at
the Palmer Cafe rolled the trucks
and men out once again.
Fire Chief Bouwens said he
wished to compliment the public
on their cooperation in burning
grass and debris. He said that a
number of permits have been is
sued the past two weeks and that
this cooperation has made it
much easier for the department
on the whole.
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COMFORTABLE
Steam Heated Rooms
Hyland Hotel
2 blocks from Post Office
Dr. Norma E. Godfrey
CHIROPRACTOR
NEW HOURS
Mondays — Tuesdays
Fridays
Noon to 6 p.m.
After 8 by Appointment
Office Located in
CO-OP REC HALL