Reporters—
Notebook
Chester Cantley, Palmer school
teacher, is spending a few days
of his vacation time in the Fair
banks area.
Wes Edwards of Sutton was
transferred from his home to
Providence Hospital in the Com
munity Ambulance on December
30.
Visitors in Palmer from Fair
banks this past Saturday were
Dietrich Strahmaier, Ronald La
be, B. C. Longworth, and Dorothy
Heller.
Mrs. Virginia Pine, school tea
cher at Curry, spent the holidays
visiting at the Palmer home of
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cantley.
Among holiday visitors in Pal
mer were Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Aarastad and daughter Jane who
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Crites.
I DEAD, 3 INJURED
M CAR CRASH
Three young soldiers, all in
their early 20’s, were injured and
a companion was killed when
the car in which they were driv
ing went out of control and over
turned at Mile 49 early in the
morning December 31. Sergeant
David L. Neal of Battery A, 96th
AAA Battalion, 23 year old, died
of injuries received.
The injured youths were tak
en to Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital by Paul Campbell of Pal
mer who came upon the accident
shortly after it had occurred.
The youths were later transfer
red to the 5040th Air Force Hos
pital.
-The accident is being investi
gated by Territorial Police.
FOB FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Chamber Planning
(CoHtinued from page 1)
travel agencies have scheduled
bus tours into the Matanuska
Valley this coming summer sea
son. These tourists will refnain
overnight in Palmer three and
four times each week. Unless the
valley residents take hold of this
program and help make the tour
ists’ visit one they will enjoy,
remember, and advertise to their
friends, it is possible that the
tour agencies will not again
schedule these trips into the val
ley. It was pointed out that tour
ists will be coming here, not only
on these scheduled tours, but by
private cars, by plane, and many
will come with house trailers and
campers. Facilities must be found
for camping, trailer parking, and
entertainment, in addition to
many other provisions the tour
agencies are hoping will be pro
vided by the community which
will directly benefit from the
tourists dollars.
According to statistics compil
ed by the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation, every dollar spent in a
community, changes hands from
five to seven times. That means
that from every fifth to seventh
dollar will go into the pocket of
some local merchant, service sta
tion, , beauty parlor, restaurant
hotel, resort, and many others on
back to the farmer who raised
the potatoes that were served at
the tourists’ meal.
A proposal that the local Cham
ber of Commerce employ a part
time manager will be discussed
at the next meeting of the Cham
ber directors and taken to the
general membership for decision.
During the past year the local
Chamber was active in many
ways, among whitfi was the erec
tion of Palmer snopping center
signs at the approaches to the
city; support in needed legisla
ture; and considerable work in an
attempt to have the mental health
hospital located in the valley.
Through the Chamber a VA bro
chure was distributed advertising
NEW YEAR'S EVE
CELEBRATED BY
MANY IN VALLEY
Only one minor accident was
reported by territorial police and
no arrests were made by either
the territorial or city police over
the New Year holiday. Although
hundreds of area celebrants were
marking the change of years,
New Year’s eve was reported as
one of the quietest in many years.
Private parties in many homes,
special entertainment in the bars
and lodges, and a public dance
provided varied entertainment
for valley folk.
the Matanuska Valley and sur
rounding areas.
To Support Resolution
The local Chamber is on record
in support of a resolution pre
pared by the Gerater Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce in which
they petition the Housing and
Home Finance Agency for recom
mendation to the Federal Nation
al Mortgage Association for a new
allocation of special assistance
funds in the amount of $10 mil
lion. The Anchorage Chamber
pointed out the need for long
term mortgage money, reorganiz
ed by previous Housing and
Home Acts. Present funds will be
depleted in 1958.
Xmas Party Out ^
Members of the Chamber voted
to dispense with future Commun
ity Christmas Parties for area
children. Attendance this year,
for various reasons, was not up
to what had been expected. It
was pointed out that the need
for the Community Party is no
longer as acute as when it was
first started. Many organizations
and churches have parties for the
childrai and it was felt by Cham
ber membership that the spon
sorship of this event was a dupli
cation of effort and money.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
[Public to Judge
Art Show at
1958 Rendezvous
John Q. Public has been chosen
to judge talent for the 1958 An
chorage Fur Rendezvous Art
Show to be held February 18
through 23, according to George
Sharrock, president of Greater
Anchorage, Inc.
Prizes will be awarded by
popular vote, said Sharrock, with
a special prize of $35 to be award
ed the picture best illustrating
the Fur Rendezvous.
In the senior show (profession
al or advanced), slated for the
Loussac Library basement, prizes
will be $75, $35, and $25. The
junior show (amateur or hobby
ist, adults), in KENI studio, will
feature $40, $20 and $15 in prizes.
Hanging fees are $1 for the
senior show and 50 cents for the
junior, fees to accompany each
entry. Entries will be accepted
February 14 and 15, 5:00 to 9:00
p m. at either the library or stu
dio. Deadline for receipt of parcel
post entries is Feb. 16, entries to
be mailed to either senior or
junior art show, c/o Greater An
chorage, Inc., 304 G Street, An
chorage. Pickup date for .entries
will be February 24.
Scotty McDaniel, coordinator
of the art show committee, asks
that all entries be framed and in
clude wire for hanging. Water
colors and drawings are to be
mounted on 16 x 20 exhibit on
mats. A slip attached to the rea^
upper left-hand corner should
contain the artist’s name, address,
title of picture and price. Entries
must have been done within the
past year and must not have been
previously shown. Work will be
limited to one picture in each
medium: oil, water, pastel, ink
And pencil. All adults in the Ter
ritory are invited to show.
A commission of 10 percent
will be charged on pictures sold
at the show. Neither Greater An
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OBITUARY
WILHCLM H. ISING
Funeral services for Wilhelm
Herman Ising, 62, will be held
at St. John’s Lutheran Church in
Palmer on Friday, January 3, at
1:30 p.m. The Rev. Joseph Frent
of Anchorage will conduct the
services and interment will take
place in the Palmer Cemetery.
Mr. Ising, a member of the
original Matanuska Valley col
ony, was bom in Pommeranien,
Germany on October 7, 1895, and
came to Alaska in 1935 from Du
luth, Minnesota where he first
settled after his move to the Un
ited States. At the time of his
death, December 29, he was liv
ing in Chugiak where he operat
ed a school bus line.
He is survived by his wife Mrs.
Siama Ising; a son, Herbert Ising
of Burbank, California; a daugh
ter Mrs. Gertrude Ader of Sole
dad, California: and three step
daughters, Mrs. Jean Prewitt and
Mi's. Barbara Brown of Palmer
and Mrs. Geraldine Lampard of
Zelieonopal, Pennsylvania; and
two grand children. Also surviv
ing are two brothers, Carl and
Herman, and four sisters, Else,
Anna, Hulda, and Meta, all of
Germany.
Bearers will be Joe Kircher,
Walter Minck, Ed Christensen,
Emil Kircher, and Ed Ueeck, all
of Palmer, and Dick Hammon of
Chugiak.
The Palmer Funeral Chapel is
in charge of arrangements,
chorage, Inc., nor the committee
in direct charge of the shows will
be responsible for work shown,
other than for reasonable and
careful handling.
The committee reserves the
right to refuse to hang work
which, in the commitee’s opinion,
is too large, unsuitable, or which
is not accompanied by a hanging
fee.
We wish to thank all who have
shown so much kindness since
Ben’s death. We can’t begin to
name everyone.
We are grateful to the Sheep
Mountain ACS for help in getting
to the hospital, and to the doc
tors and staff of the hospital who
did everything possible for Ben.
We thank all who had a part
in the burial. The services were
exactly as he wanted, and we are
grateful that his desire for sim
plicity was respected.
We regret that we were unable
to get word in time \o many
friends who wanted to pay re
spects.
Nels and I expect to be away
for a few months, after about Feb
ruary 1, but Palmer and the Val
ley will be our home.
Kay, Jim and Nels Hitchcock
Vivian Spurgin, Gakona, and
daughters Arlene and Pamela
"SPARKY" TO VISIT
CUB SCOUTS MEETING
Cub Scouts of the Palmer area
will hold their regular Pack
meeting on Friday, January 10.
it was announced this week. Spe
cial visitor at the meeting will
be “Sparky”, mascot of the An
chorage Fire Department. The
program theme will be based on
fire prevention and a member
of the Anchorage Fire Depart
ment will be a guest speaker and
show a fire prevention film.
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