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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 14
PALMER, ALASKA Thursday, January 23, 1958
PRICE TEN CENTS
PUBLIC INVITED
TO JOHN DEERE DAY
PROGRAM TUESDAY
Another big “John Deere Day”
program will be presented in Pal
mer this year by A1 Brooks, area
representative of Northern Com
mercial Company. The program
will be held in the high school
cafeteria next Tuesday evening,
January 28, starting at 7:30 p m.
Farmers and their families will
see many equipment advances
during the program, including
planters, bedders, cultivators,“and
■others. Brooks stated the forth
coming program is more colorful,
more informative, and more en
tertaining than ever before.
A new film, “Oddities in Farm
ing will be shown in technicolor.
The film is reported as a “rib
tickling” western musical comedy.
No admission charge is made
for this annual program and the
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
CREDIT UNION VOTES
41% DIVIDENDS
Thirty-three members of the
Matanuska Valley Federal Credit
Union and their friends heard
James Wilson, territorial com- ‘
missioner of agriculture,, speak '
on the founding of the local cred- I
it union during the annual mem- !
bership meeting held January 16.
Sam Woolcock, president of I
the board of directors, and Dex- j
ter Bacon, treasurer, gave excel- I
lent reports on the growth and
development of the organization j
during the past year. Mrs. Carol i
Stephan, reporting for the credit
committee, said that 154 loans
were approved during the year,
averaging $950 in value
The membership voted to pay
a four and one half per cent div
idend on members’ shares and
to credit four and one half per
cent of interest paid on loans dur
ing the year to the borrower’s
Share holdings in the credit union. !
It was emphasized that the credit;
*.nion is a service organization ■
and that it had responsibilities
to both the share holder and the
borrower.
The membership elected Harriet
Bell, H. P. Gazaway, Sam Wool
cock and Roscoe Taylor to the
board of directors. Robert War
ner and John Weisenberger were
named to the credit committee
and Howard McCallister and Car
ol Stephan were selected for' the
supervisory committee. McCallis
ter and Arthur Brundage volun
teered for the education commit
tee.
The meeting closed with the
showing of an interesting film on
the importance of the credit un
ion to its members. Refreshments
were served at the close of the
meeting.
SAVE!
ON YOUR
CLEANING
LIKE GARMENTS
for the
price of
Cash and Garry
BROWN’S CLEANERS
WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
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Moose Vs. Eagles
Friday Night
At Anchorage
Palmer high school basketball
players and fans take off for An
chorage tomorrow evening for a
game with the Anchorage Eagles
in their gym.
Moose players are ready to
tackle their neighboring rivals,
having had two “extra” games
this week. On Tuesday and Wed
nesday the local cagers played
against the visiting Cordova
High School team, taking both
games, in similar scores.
On Tuesday evening Mickey
Leek was high man for th6 Moose
with a total of 12 points, follow
ed by McKechnie who accounted
for 11. Pearson and Boulter each
accounted for six points, Verrall
for three, and Compton and Knut
sen, two each for the total score
of 42-34.
Wednesday night Bert Verr ail
was tops on his team with 17
points. Boulter and Leek racked
up eight points, McKechnie six,
Pearson 5 and Wilson 2. Final
score was 46-31.
Coach Chip Chatterton said
that his opening squad will con
sist of Verrall, Leek, Pearson,
Boulter and McKechnie with
Compton and Bledsoe to see quite
a bit of play.
FREE WILDLIFE FILM
TO BE SHOWN WED.
A very interesting wildlife film,
“Cheechako” will be shown with
out charge in Palmer next Wed
nesday under the sponsorship of
the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen.
The film will be first shown at
Central School during the after
noon. An evening showing, at 8
p m., will be held at the Valley
Theatre. The use of the theatre is
being donated by A1 V. Hagen.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this showing.
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LAST REMINDER:
TAXES DUE FEB. 1
Area taxpayers are reminded !
that only about one week %e
mains in which to pay the;
second half of 1957 real and ;
personal property taxes in;!
both the City and School Dis- ;
trict. Penalties increase to 15 ;
per cent on bills unpaid on or;
before February 1, William;
Wakeland, tax assessor-collec- ;
tor, pointed out. The office of >
the assessor will not be open !;
on February 1 as that date !;
falls on a Saturday. Wakeland !;
added that the deadline date !;
would automatically >be ex
tended to the following work i;
day, Monday. ■!
Original Fire
Association Makes
Final Gesture
Shortly after the City of Pal
mer was incorporated the Matan
uska Valley Fire Association
turned over to the city, at no
cost, fire fighting equipment con
sisting of the three fire trucks,
lengths of hose and miscellaneous
equipment. The old fire depart
ment then went out of business.
Since that time the association ,
has had a small bank balance ;
and many times ideas came up 1
regarding the disposal of the j
money. The president of the or
ganization, Al V. Hagen and the
secretary-treasurer, Marty Sher
man, have now cleared the slate. |
A check in the amount of $38.43 j
has been issued to the Butte Fire i
Association and another in the!
amount of $38.50 to the Palmer j
Volunteer Fire Department, thus !
completely ending the old Matan- |
uska Valley Fire Association. The :
money will be used by the vol- J
unteer fire fighters for the bet- |
terment of their organizations and j
(Continued on page 5)
Famed Flyer Coming
Here for Airmens’
Meeting January 30
The public is invited to attend
the January 30 meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Airmens As
sociation at which lime Lou Lea
veitl will be a special guest and
will speak and show movies._
Mr. Leavitt, a licensed pilot
since 1923, is noted for having
flown the U.S. Army's number
one helicopter, as well as the
Navy's first 'copter. He was the
first pilot to .make a roof-top
landing on a post office. The
flyer has movies of these and
other historical events which he
will show during the meeting.
The meeting will be held in
the Co-Op club room at 8 p.m,._
C.A.P. CADETS
PLAN OPEN HOUSE
Open house next Tuesday eve
ning is being planned by the Pal
mer Civil Air Patrol Cadet
Squadron at the high school.
All persons interested in the
C.A.P. cadet program are cordial
ly invited to attend the meeting
which begins at 7:30 p.m. Parents
of young people are especially
urged to attend the open house.
Following the meeting refresh
ments will be served by the Ca
dets.
INCOME TAX FORMS
HAVE ARRIVED
Federal ana Territorial in
come tax forms have been receiv
ed and may be picked up in the
office of U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy B. Saxton.
John Triber, traffic manager
with the Alaska Railroad, was a
Palmer visitor this week. During
his visit he called on a number of
local business houses with which
the Railroad does business.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE GETS BIG RESPONSE FROM VALLEY AREA
Enrollment in the Palmer Com
munity College will continue
through Friday, it was announced
today by Leslie Klebesadel, col
lege director. Enrollment in the
various courses being offered is
exceeding expectations. At the
present time 97 class enrollments
have been made by 85 persons,
which means that some of the 85
students are carrying more than
one subject.
Some classes are nearing cap
acity, Dr. Klebesadel said, others
could accept additional students,
including French, psychology, in
troduction to agriculture, history
of Alaska, business law and busi
"ness English.
Courses being offered include:
Principles of Accounting which
Clayton Esslinger, M.V.F.C.A.
comptroller, is instructing. This
course offers principles and
techniques of accounts and fin
ancial statements in business
management and control. Classes
are held Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Introduction to Agri
culture; with Charles Allen, high
school ag teacher as instructor.
The course is an analysis of the
many facts embodying this
ANNOUNCEMENT
VALLEY CLEANERS
Will not be accepting
articles for cleaning
while shop is being re
decorated. Persons
may pick up articles
now in the shop during
this period.
Re-opening date will
be announced in this
paper.
VALLEY CLEANERS
science in Alaska and elsewhere
and is a course found in few in
stitutions. It includes survey of
care and breeding of livestock,
field and horticultural crops, soil
management and fertilizers, con
servation, farm management, and
farm mechanics and structures.
Classes are held Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
Elementary Bookkeeping is be
ing taught by . „_Rankin of
the Palmer teaching staff. Classes
are held Tuesday and Thursday
evenings and a certificate of sat
isfactory completion will be is
sued to those completing the
course. Business English, a basic
grammar review, vocabulary
building, spelling, punctuation,
and fundamentals of business
writing, is being taught by Paula
, Maine, Palmer school teacher,
Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Business Law, offered on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings will be
taught by Herbert Lang of the
Department of Agriculture. At
the present time James Hurley,
A.R.R.C- manager, is substituting
for Lang. The course offers a sur
vey of the legal aspects of busi
ness problems; basic principles,
institutions and administration of
the law.
First-year French, Tuesday anc;
Thursday evening classes desig
ned to develop rapid acquisition
of a knowledge of French. The
course is being taught by Paul
Martin who is a graduate of Clark
University, Worchester. Mass,
where he received his B.A. and
M.A. He taught at Oklahoma
A & M for five years.
Cooperatives, this course is de
scribed in a separate article ap
pearing elsewhere in this paper.
Driver Training, John Schreib
er is giving instruction in this
course in groups of four in a dual
controlled automobile. Schreiber
is an A.A.A-. certified instructor.
Instruction is given in all of the
normal operations of the car in
cluding traffic operation on Tues
.day, Wednesday, and Thursday
evenings. A certificate is issued
for satisfactory completion of the
course. History of Alaska, being
taught by Robert Crites, high
school history teacher. The course
is based on the Russian back
ground, followed by exploration
and settlement of Alaska as an
American territory. Classes are
held Tuesday and Thursday even
ings.
x'UDiic opeaKing. inis course,
being taught by Mi's. James Hul
bert, Extension home agent, is
based on the development of fun
damental skill in direct public
address, with emphasis on pur
pose, audience, occasion and
types of speeches. Psychology,
general. Fundamental general
psychology and human behavior;
various schools in the field of
psychology; experimentation and
the practical application of psy
chology. The course is being
taught Wednesday evenings by
Mrs. Charles Marsh who received
her master’s degree in psychology
with a minor in socialogy from
Kansas State College, where she
taught general psychology for
two semesters.
Shorthand, Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday evenings is
being taught by Mrs. Margaret
Cope, high school teacher. The
course offers beginning Gregg
shorthand for secretarial students,
with emphasis on theory, reading
(Continued on page b)
| LOCAL CO-OPS TO
SPONSOR COURSES
Fees for the three-credit course
in Cooperatives at the Palmer
Community College are reduced
to the nominal sum of $10 it was
announced today by L. J. Klebes
adel, director of the college.
Directors of the major local
cooperatives, M.E.A., M.T.A.,
M.V.F.C.A, and the Credit Union
have indicated they will assume
the major portion of the expen
ses. Text books will be furnished.
The unique course is taugh't in
very few Universities in the Un
ited States and has not yet been.
offered at the University of Al
aska. The course will consist of a
survey of cooperative principals
including a study of such diverse ,
cooperative organizations as the
Associated Press, Chicago Board
of Trade, mutual life insurance
companies, as well as farmers’
buying and selling cooperatives.
The course will be of particular
value to people of this area as
practically every resident is a
member of one or more co-opera
tives.
H. P. Gazaway, economist at
the Experiment Station, will in
struct this course. Gazaway re
ceived his B. S. and M. S. ffom
Oklahoma State College. His mas
ter’s thesis was a work study of
cooperatives. He did advanced
! work at Michigan State and
| taught courses in agricultural ec
! onomics, including cooperative
I courses at Oklahoma and Colora
do State Universities. He has six
years of research and teaching
experience in marketing of food
products and the principals of
marketing. In September 1953 he
became marketing specialist with
the Experiment Station and in
April, 1955, was named head of
the agricultural economics de
partment at the Station.
Dr. Kiebesariel added that
there are favorable indications
that M.E.A. and the M.V.F.C.A.
will join another agency in spon
soring a series of five-week cour
ses in Electric Welding. Those in
terested should sign up at the
Community College.
Minstrel Show
Going in Rehearsal
The Palmer Kiwanis Club’s
minstrel show, which goes into
cast rehearsal very soon, is pro
gressing well, according to Jim
Wilson, show director. Chorus re
hearsals are being held and cast
ing has started.
Wilson said more voices are
needed for the chorus and al
though a number of specialty acts
have been lined up, the producer,
Chuck Logsdon, and the director
and still interested in knowing of
other acts. Either of the men may
be contacted regarding specialty
numbers.
HOSPITAL BOARD
ASKS ADVICE ON
$6,000 ESC DEBT
A resolution asking guidance
on Employment Security tax pay
ments toy Palmer’s hospital will
be presented to the Valley Hos
pital Association members at
their annual meeting February
15, according to A. H. Mick, as
sociation president.
The Association’s board points
Out that of the $19,600 owed by
he hospital at the end of 1957,
nearly $6,000 was in claims by
the Employment Security Com
mission. It was hoped that relief
might be granted by the 1957
Legislature. The labor lobby ef
fectively blocked this relief, the
Board pointed out. The question
now is, who should be paid first,
Palmer’s businesses or ESC?
Other major hospital creditors
are the Matanuska Electric Asso
ciation ($6,262), which last March
granted rate reductions in the
hope of easing the hospital’s op
erational problems, and the City
of Palmer (water bill, $2,781).
The City Council has exercised
great understanding and patience
in not “ pressing its claims, the
board said. The remaining indebt
edness, which amounts to about
$4,600 is owed to some 28 sup
pliers, 10 of whom are Palmer
businesses.
DONATIONS CONTINUE
FOR HOSPITAL TABLE
Donations continue to be turn
ed in toward the new obstetrics
table purchased for the Valley
hospital, members of the Hospit
al Auxiliary reported this week.
Recent contributions were re
ceived from the Suttonette Home
makers Club. $10; Palmer As
sembly Rainbow for Girls, $32;
Hospital medical staff, $75; XI
Eta Chapter BSP, $10; V.F.W.
Auxiliary, Wasilla, $25; and an
additional $88.18 from a combin
ed contribution from the Palmer
Library, Palmer P-TA and Mat
anuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce.
The latter amount of money
was donated by the mentioned
groups as their share of the net
profit made at holiday time when
the Anchorage Community Chor
us and Anchorage Community
College Workshop presented a
program under the sponsorship of
local organizations and busine&s
The community ambulance was
used twice this past week on em
ergency transfers to the valley
hospital. On Saturday Andy
Nicholi was transferred from the
home of a friend, on Tuesday
.gvening Ray Ferrin was trans
ferred from his home.
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