THE FRONTIERSMAN
entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office a’
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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Editor___—-Virginia Gallant
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To all the wonderful folks who
have been so very kind and help
ful and good to us during our
short visit amongst you. Words
cannot express how deeply we
appreciate all the help and kind
ness to us. We wish to say a
hearty thank you to the nurses,
Dr. C. C. Bailey, Pastor Einar
Bach, the pall bearers and all
thpse who gave flowers or mem
ory gifts and to everyone who
helped to make our stay among
st you so comfortable.
John’s leaving us is a great
■sadness and many of you will
miss his presence on the streets
of Palmer. He has gone to rest
from his labors to be with his
Heavenly Father where there is
no pain nor sorrow.
Now as we are leaving for our
home in St. James, Minnesota
we take with us very pleasant
memories of many kindnesses
shown to John during his illness
•and to us, his sister and nephew.
May God’s richest blessings be
-with you all.
Mrs. M. I. Egge and Iven Egge
NINE HEALTH
CENTERS TO BE
BUILT IN ALASKA
Word was received this week
«of the final approval of the Mc
<3rath Health Center project by
sthe federal Hill-Burton program,
"which is matching funds with
Hhe Territoi^r for the building of
the new center. The contract
was awarded to the low' bidder,
"Walsh and Company of Spenard
for $67,997.00.
(McGrath will be the first of
pine health centers for which
'Territorial funds were appro
priated by’the 1955 Legislature.
The site for the Health Center
was donated by the Northern
Commercial Company. Construc
tion is expected to begin im
mediately.
Bids for the Kake Health
Center were opened July 17 un
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Distribute Anthology
Bob Klem is distributing agent
in the Palmer area for the first
Anthology of Alaskan Poetry.
Klem is recognized as one of
the territory’s senior poets, rank
ing with Harold Salisbury of
Nome, Carmen Company of An
chorage, and other top-sellers in
the field of poetry.
Palmer area has produced
more than a likely share of
poets, including Maurine Mar
ton, H. L. Granthum, Geneva
McDonald, and a promising
young woman of 14, Joan Stuart,
all of whom have had poetry
published in Alaskan papers.
The Anthology committee is
printing only a limited edition
of 1,000 copies, of which over
300 are already spoken for. Be
cause of the initial production,
the committee feels the book
will eventually become a collec
tor’s item.
Those in the Palmer area who
desire copies of the Anthology
should contact Klem at his
home. Klem’s poem included in
the Anthology is A WONDER
FUL CHANCE TO BRAG and
is the longest single entry in the
book of collected poems. All
poems are about people in Al
aska, written by Alaskans. Some
are very funny, some touching,
others philosophical, some tell of
old Alaska and many tell of the
impressions of our new residents
as they look across the Inlet or
Chugach mountains — see the
mountains at Palmer for the
first time, or slap at mosquitos
—or dream of going Outside.
der Hill-Burton program, and
the Dillingham Health Center
July 18, under the Alaska Public
Works program. Every effort is
being made to get these two ad
ditional health centers under
construction during the summer
of 1956.
; Reporters—
Notebook
Approximately 150 First Na
tional Bank of Anchorage em
ployees and members of their
families enjoyed a picnic this
past Sunday at Hallea Lodge on
Lake Lucille. The picnic was cat
ered by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick,
lodge owners.
Mrs. Robert Crites, daughters
Virginia and Diana and Mrs.
William Benyish spent the past
week-end on the beach at Kenai
where Benyish is helping Crites
at his fishing site this summer.
Guests at the July 16 meeting
of Palmer Kiwanis included
I. M. C. Anderson of Anchorage,
Frank Barnum, visiting rancher
from Miles City, Mont., Darwin
Heinie, manager Fairbanks
Creamery, and .Waldo Frandsen
of Salt Lake City Soil Conser
vation Service office. James
Wilson, commissioner of agricul
ture, spoke briefly on the val
ley’s million pound milk produc
tion this past month.
Dr. Charles Logsdon of the
Experiment Station was called to
Minnesota last week because of
the illness of his daughter. Mrs.
Logsdon and children were va
cationing in Minnesota when
their daughter was taken ill.
Mrs. Irma Liebing is working
in the Extension Service office,
filling in for Mrs. Bernice John
son who is on annual vacation
time this month. Mrs. Johnson
plans to spend most of her time
at Thunderbird Ranch, operated
by the Johnsons.
Gloria Wilson of Palmer has
enrolled in the summer school
of Wheaton College, Wheaton,
111. for the first term. Miss Wil
son is taking courses in the his
tory of missions and writing a
thesis. *
A large group of Sportsmen,
their families and friends turn
ed out for the organization’s an
nual fish fry held at Barry’s
Fingerlake Resort this past Sun
day. Families took picnic lunches
which were supplimented by the
crisply fried trout, grayling, sal
mon and other popular Alaskan
fish.
The Homemakers tour of val
ley homes this past Sunday was
very successful, according to
Marylou Rideout, home demon
stration agent. “Although the
group was small,” she said, “we
all got ideas for improvements to
our own property, from the ex
amples of in and outdoor im
provements done at the homes
visited during the tour.” A simil
ar tour is planned for next year
when many additional valley
homes will be visited.
The Palmer Community am
bulance made a fast run to the
Huston area on Tuesday night
to transport Delaney Willett to
the valley hospital. Dr. A. J. Col
berg was driven to the area by
Territorial Police when word
was received that Willett was
seriously ill. He is now recover
ing at the local hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. DePriest
are spending a week camping at
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Lake Louise.
Two new nurses* aides have
been added to the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital staff. They are
Libby Elliott and Phyllis Eck
man.
Frederick Roberts, territorial
fire marshal, was a visitor in
Palmer on Monday of this week,
while enroute to Tok.
Virgil Meehan estimated about
$450 in damages to his collection
truck which caught fire Mon
day morning enrout to the dump.
Two fire trucks from the City
fire department answered the
call at the dump and extinguish
cd the fire. Tuesday evening a
blazing stump row was reported
to the fire department. No
equipment was necessary for the
fire.
Waldo Frandsen, Soil Conser
vation Service range examiner
from Salt Lake City is making
his first trip to Alaska and is
working on a joint survey at
Kodiak with Bureau of Land
Management personnel. SCS is
! doing the soil survey and the
BLM the range survey.
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