GLEN ALLEN NEWS
by MARTHA PRATER
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Corbly of
Spenard formerly of Copper
Center were visitors in the Val
ley over the past weekend.
Mrs. Mary Lee Feldman and
her two sons4 of St. Louis, Mo.,
who have been staying with the
McCrary’s at Copper Center
have left for a visit with rela
tives in Cordova.
Mrs. Dona Lind of Glenallen
had a Hostess Party given by
the Stanley Home Demonstrator
agent from Palmer at her home
Thursday July 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bren
wiek of Glenallen left for a
trip to Dawson City July 25 and
plan on a round trip of a few
days time.
George Miller with his wife
and daughter from Texas are at
Glenallen visiting with the En
gerbretsons and the Miller fam
ily from Kenny Lake on the
Chitina Road.
Patients at the Faith Hospital
in Glenallen for last week were
Ena Albert of Northway and
Doris Bell daughter of Emma
and Adam Bell of Kenny Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lind of
Glenallen have returned home
after a trip to Bellingham,
Washington where they visited
with friends and relatives for a
few weeks.
Lssie Mitchel who operates the
Glen Allen Lodge at Glenallen
has left for Fairbanks for a few
days on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Deickmil
ler of Anchorage were visitors at
Glenallen and surrounding com
munity over the past weekend.
Mr. Deickmiller is a Past Com
mander of the Glenallen Ameri
can Legion Post.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Flem
ing of GlenaLlen spent a weeks
vacation in Valdez with their two
daughters Helen and Linda.
Yours truly Martha Prater is
selling a complete line of Christ
mas and Greeting Cards also
stationary at her home, the pro
ceeds to go to the American Le
gion Auxiliary for Flay project
now under way. All members of
the Unit are urged to do some
thing towards this project to
raise money. All Christmas card
orders must be in before the
deadline October 1.
The Copper River is so high
that fishing for salmon is pres
ently very poor and several fish
wheels are at a standstill.
Bill Cameron, Alaska Road
Commission superintendent, and
his family from Fairbanks were
in Chitina, Glenallen and Cop
per Center for a few days vaca
tion. The Camerons are former
residents of Chitina and Glen
allen and still own a home of
their own in Chitina.
Red DeSpain of the ARC flew
on Cordova Airlines to McCar
thy a few days ago to examine
the washout of the Nazina Bridge
and repair the road to May
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Henshaw
made a special trip to Chitina
from Glenallen to eat at the new
cafe owned and operated there
by Wes Kennedy. Guess the food
must be good and heard they
serve family style and all you
can eat three times a day.
Mr .and Mrs. Stebbins of the
C.A.A. at Gulkana have gone in
to Anchorage to meet their
niece from Seattle who is a stew
ardess with the United Airlines.
Mrs. Georgia Rogers has re
turned home to Glenallen after
visiting in Anchorage for a few
weeks.
Terr. Police Ask
For Land Withdrawal
The Department of Territorial
Police has requested the with
drawal of approximately two and
one-half acres in the vicinity of
Big Delta, it has been revealed
by the Bureau of Land Manage
ment. The land will be used as
a police station to include quar
ters, office, and radio facilities.
The Department of territorial
police has occupied this tract of
land during the past year and
one half and has invested a lit
tle over $12,000 for the perman
ent building facilities now situa
ted on this property. The build
ing is approximately 33 by 40
feet with a full concrete base
ment. A 165-foot six-inch well
has been installed, and also a
radio antenna.
Permanent withdrawal has
been requested in order to facil
itate the public with law enforce
ment and order in the Big Delta
area.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
CUB SCOUT OUTING
TERMED BIG SUCCESS
Fifteen Cub Scouts, one Eagle
Scout, and 11 adults attended
the Cub Scout overnight out
ing held last Saturday by the lo
cal Cub Scout organization.
Camp was set up by the group
and followed by an evening pro
gram that included a tug-of-war,
won by Den 3, songs, stories,
games, and a campfire. Ed Smith
and Eagle Scout Tom Williams
were in charge of the entertain
ment programs. Scout knives
were awarded to Martin Buzby
as overall outstanding camper
and Stanley Smith of Den 3 and
Douglas Maze of Den 5. The lat
ter two were selected by a coin
toss between D. Woods of Den
3 and Phil Daughtery of Den 5.
The four were selected as out
standing campers. Tim Gallagher
won a knife awarded to the Cub
Scout group for their participa
tion in the Scout Exposition tick
et sales this summer. Light re
freshments were served at the
close of the evening program.
Sunday rmoming an outdoor
breakfast was prepared and serv
ed to the 27 campers and camp
was broken about 10 a.m.
Adults participating in the out
ing included Smith, Blake Mc
Kinley, Jack Zimoske, Miles
France, Wilson Woods, Cubmas
ter Jack Maze, Dick Foley, Ted
Bjizby, Harry Neff, H. P. Gaza
way and Vic Daughtery.
They reported the outing well
organized and the boys well be
haved throughout the program.
MARILYN DRAGSETH
TO WED ON AUGUST 11
Mrs. Velma Dragseth has an
nounced the coming marriage of
her daughter, Marilyn who will
become the bride of Philip Mc
Rae, son of Mrs. Harriett Bell
of Palmer, on August 11 at 8
p.m. The ceremony will be per
formed in the United Protestant
Church and will be followed by
a reception at Elks hall. All
friends of both families are in
vited to attend the ceremony and
reception.
Rev. Victor Urban
Ordained in Service
At Wasilla Church
The Rev. Victor C. Urban was
introduced as pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Wasilla
on July 20, following his ordina
tion to the holy ministry.
Ceremonies were conducted
by members of the Yukon Pres
bytery, with the Rev. Winthrop
Ware, pastor of the Hillcrest
Presbyterian Church of Anchor
age presiding. The Rev. Neil
Munro, service pastor from Big
Delta, read the scripture lesson
and the Rev. Frank J. Walkup,
First Presbyterian Church, An
chorage, delivered the sermon.
The ordination prayer was offer
ed by the Rev. Bert J. Bingle,
pastor of the Railbelt Presbyter
ian Church and the Rev. John F.
Seibert, pastor of the Faith
Presbyterian Church, Anchorage,
gave the charge to the minister.
The Rev. Victor I. Alfsen, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Fairbanks, gave the
charge to the people and the lay
ing on of hands was done by the
Presbyters.
At the conclusion of the ser
vice the women of the church
held a reception in honor of
Rev. and Mrs. Urban.
Rev. Urban is not new to Alas
ka, having served in the U. S.
Army at Fort Richardson. Thr
ough the ministry of the First
Presbyterian Church of Anchor
age he was converted and went
Outside to complete his educa
tion, which included high school,
college and seminary. He is a
graduate of Whitworth College
in Spokane and the San Francis
co Theological Seminary at San
Anselmo, California.
Rev. Urban is serving as mis
sionary-pastor under the Board
of National Missions of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States of America. In addition to
his work as pastor of the Wasil
la church, he will have charge of
church work along the south end
of the Alaska Railroad as far
LEAVING FOR OUT OF TOWN WORK
WILL BE GONE 3 OR 4 MONTHS
BOB FANCHER
"W"
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP, 9
a m. - 3 p.m.. Hartley ranch
LITTLE LEAGUE, Co-Op ball
park, 6:15 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5
PALMER GARDEN CLUB
FLOWER SHOW, High School,
1 p.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 6
PALMER, KIWANIS, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
LITTLE LEAGUE, Co-Op ball
park, 6:15 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7
GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP,
Hartley ranch, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters’
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE, Moose Hall,
8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8
CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP,
Hartley ranch, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
LITTLE LEAGUE, Co-Op ball
park.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
north as Broad Pass.
The Urbans, who are making
their home in Wasilla, have one
child, a two-year-old son, Scott.
AT THE END OF LIFE’S
ROAD, HOME AWAITS
THE SPIRIT
We so conduct each funer
al as to express the
spiritual inspiration im
plicit in life everlasting.
PALMER.
FUNERAL CHAPEL
WM. BOUWENS. Mgr,
LOCAL "HAMS" ATTEND
CONVENTION BANQUET
Four members of the Palmer
Amateur Radio club attended
the first Northwest Division Al-1
aska Amateur Radio convention
held in Anchorage last week.
They were Philip and Grace i
Edleman, John Mears, and Rob
ert Estelle. Approximately 150
“hams” from the territory and
a few from the States, attended !
the dinner held at Olivera's Sat-1
urday evening. Among awards
given during the evening were
door prizes. Edleman was award
ed a 45 rpm record player and
Estelle received a B and W
switch used for antenna change
over. Chairman of arrangements
was Del Bailey. Charles Sappah,
Anchorage, was named “amateur
of the year”.
At present, the ACS is financ
ing the training of 169 young
doctors in diagnosis and treat
ment of cancer. 707 young phy
sicians have been so trained
since 1948.
Last year, more men than wo
men died of cancer.
Last year, cancer took the
lives of some 3,500 children (un
der 15 years of age).
COURT NEWS
Commissioner’s Court
Norman Gottsehalk was found
guilty on a reckless driving
charge and driving without an
Alaskan driving license brought
by Territorial Police following
an accident in which three per
sons were injured. He entered
a plea of guilty when he appear
ed in court July 28. He was fined
$100 with a 30-day stay of ex
ecution .received a three-month
suspended sentence, and had his
driver’s license revoked until
January 1, 1957.
Richard Hodsdon was fined
$10 when found guilty July 28
of driving without an Alaskan
driving license.
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