3 Vehicle Accidents
Occur in Area
Three vehicle accidents occur
red in the Valley area within a
matter of a few hours this week.
The first, at 4:40 p.m. August 4,
involved a 1953 Ford driven by
Gary D. Verrall, 18, of Palmer
and a 1950 Mercury, driven by
Roger Cowan of Fort Richard
son. The accident occurred on a
curve 041 the Bogard road. Ver
rall was cited by territorial po
lice on a negligent driving
charge and driving without an
Alaskan license. He was later
fined $100 and had his driving
privilege suspended for 20 days.
Damages to the vehicles amount
ed to $225.
On August 6 at 8:15 a.m. a
1955 Ford station wagon was
damaged to the amount of $1500
when it skidded on the Granite
Creek bridge, went off the road
and over-turned. The car was
driven by Woodrow A. Knapp,
39, of Fairbanks. His wife Helen
was thrown from the car and
received bruises on one arm.
'Their 13-year-old daughter, also
a passenger, was uninjured. The
accident occurred during a rain
storm. *
Monday evening Joheph W.
Griffin, 37, of Fort Richardson,
driving a 1953 Ford sedan fail
ed to make the curve at Mile
42.75, turned over and landed In
the swampy area along the high
way. He was reportedly travel
ing at a high rate of speed when
the accident occurred and was
cited on a negligent driving
charge by territorial police.
Six Valley Beauties—
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-of Palmer. She is a sophomore
at Palmer High School and a
member of the school band and
-of the majorette corps. Her sta
tistics show that she was born
in Alaska, has dark brown eyes
and hair, is five feet, two inches
fcall and enjoys horse back rid
ing, swimming and dancing.
The sixth valley girl to regis
ter oomes from Wasilla. She is
dCfeda E. Thomas, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomas and
she is 16 years old and a junior
iat Wasilla High School. Queen
candidate Thomas Is an even
Five feet tall, has brown e^es and
redish brown hair. She lists her
Favorite hobbies as dancing and
elating. She is being sponsored
t»y the Little Coffe House (where
is employed), Teeland’s
' Shopping Center and Hailea
isodge, all of the Wasilla area.
She is a member of the Wasilla
girls’ basketball team and is a
school cheerleader.
-.First to Qualify
Emagtrne Reid, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Reid,
Valley fair queen candidate,
was the first of the seven
candidates to qualify by sell
; ing 250 tickets. Miss Reid
"qualified today, according to
; A1 Hagen, fair manager. She
> fe being sponsored by the
’ Piggly-Wiggly store.
i>ew sponsors
Three new sponsors have
been added, to the list. They
are the Matanuska Telephone
Association, . backing Cjyda
Thomas from Wasilla, the
Matanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce, backing Bridgie
Wright, and the Palmer Bak
ing Co. backing Rose Kucera.
The three firms are co-spon
soring candidates, other spon
sors are listed elsewhere in
today's issue of The Frontiers
man.
The contest is open to all sin
gle girls between the ages of 15
and 26 years who have been resi
dents of Alaska for at least the
past six months. All candidates
must sell 250 tickets to qualify
for final judging; the qualifica
tion date is August 23. Ticket
sales will continue until fait
time, and each contestant will
^receive 10 percent of all tickets
:«old up to 500; then 15 percent
■nrf all tickets sold over that am
ount, plus a bonus of $25 and
$50 for pictures and posters
when she qualifies.
All young women who wish to
center the contest, or any group
sw business firm desiring to
sponsor a -queen candidate are
rnvited'to contact A1 V. Hagen,
fair manager, at his office in the
Thefitre building.
A number of valuable merch
andise prizes will be awarded
to queen supporters on the final
night of the fair.
No BPR Restrictions
Against Building
Pioneer Roads
There is no legal restriction
against the construction of so
called pioneer roads by the Bur
eau of Public Roads, according
to Commissioner of Public Roads
C. D. Curtiss in writing Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett this past week
in connection with roads to be
constructed by the Bureau
through inclusion of Alaska in
the Federal Aid Highway Sys
tem.
Delegate Bartlett had queried
Commissioner Curtiss following
beliefs expressed in some quar
ters of Alaska that the Territory
would be penalized because the
Bureau would not be permitted
to construct low standard farm
to-market roads, mining roads
and other pioneer access roads,
but rather w'ould be bound by
rigid and costly standards.
Commissioner Curtiss pointed
out that the Bureau uses stan
dards for secondary roads adopt
ed by the American Association
of State Highway Officials and
appoved by the Bureau. “These
standards are not high,” the
commissioner wrote Del. Bart
lett, "but rather are gaugged to
the traffic they are intended to
serve. The Bureau will not be
bound by any rigid high stand
ards but rather will adopt de
signs suitable for the traffic to
be served and which can be
maintained at a reasonable cost.”
Under a provision in the High
way Act of 1956, Alaska was in
cluded for the first time in the
Federal-Aid Highway Program
initiated in 1916. Under the
provision, all personnel, equip
3-Day Power Meet—
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Spring Creek Farm, and a tour
of area mines.
Cooperatives being represent
ed at the meeting include the
Chugach Electric Association,
Anchorage; Golden Valley Elec
tric, Fairbanks; Homer Electric;
Kodiak Electric; Kenai Lake;
Auk Bay; Matanuska Telephone
Association, and the Matanuska
Electric Association.
REA officials from Washing
ton, D. C. attending the meetings
include Chris Schiltz, director of
western section; Fred Hamlin,
pperations head western sec
tion; R. M. Plavnich, assistant
counsel to loans, Department of
Agriculture, and Ed Saunders,
head of the insurance depart
ment, as well as military and
other federal officials.
-_t_
m^nt, records and unexpended
funds of the Alaska 4Road Com
mission are to be transferred to
the Bureau of Public Roads. Al
aska will share under a special
formula in apportionments now
made to the States, Hawaii, the
District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico for primary, secondary and
urban roads.
7
AH Masonic Orders and Public Invited to
BOX SOCIAL & JUKE-BOX DANCE
Friday, August 10 - 7:30 P.M.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Boxes to be labeled, single or married,
Full name inside box
CARD TABLES AND CARDS AVAILABLE
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2 Price Sale
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