THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class, matter on Oct 21. 1947, at the post office
__ at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
Puolisher News Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES': $6 a yea* irt Matanuska Valley TreaT™™"1
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States $7.00 per year
National Advertising Rep—WEEKLY NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATIVES
404 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York
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Capital Move Issue
— QUESTIONS ail ANSWERS —
wise to llrvTareo^ '£^lo“^popula.ion
lace? 9 e4,er po,,'or> °f Alaska's popu.
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A N„ J. .dr,ve fo Juneau?
rounded by water* 0Cn,>»hrf “ *"r
Sl.ci.rat telSLEUI" *'d" Wi,h *
*>y ;o*d or r.flro.d!rm",”rt>' ^
wived in t'ralel'^'per^ much money is in
officials traveling from th* m expenses state
A uV [he Present capital?
•Mar. '{$2,000 «OOn,d,**',#V*r lw4 milli«n
-i7i'CCt2rssar‘
paving the capitaTjn a^more a<ccessible “'*d by
conservative estimate Vki .m * mo,f
*1.000,000 fc* -bo
wooW have to <£/ *** th# t«R«y«r
•n office in Anchortge?°Vern0r °f Alaska open
V ** m*ior'
^off^^-^ocan^elec,.
rh* right to rhrithj mh_should have
bo n>o Stoto ca«if.J*!7 *T should
but ,b. JSUrjTl"0* belong to
»nd it i« their r(„l„ , p*yori of Alaska
who*-* u • r •• move it. or loav*
n u " Pr—"rtf ‘ihietod. *
w- Has any other
capital? sfat^ ever moved a
^n-QjlECOKTlKUED,
■KN Raeonb fans* If NEA
Records maintained by Ruth
'“Molly” Pierson, recently re
tired MEA office manager,
were praised in the official
audit report made by Forrest
E. Long, REA field accountant,
according to Mason LaXelle,
MEA manager. Long audited
the MEA accounts early in
August.
MEA records were among the
*best he had examined in Al
aska, said the auditor, who also
complimented the personnel
on the cooperation he receiv
ed while reviewing the MEA
accounts.
The MEA manager said that
Mrs. Pierson has had the assist
ance of an excellent staff,„jn
cluding Mrs. Roland Snodgrass,
Mrs. C. B. Wood, Mrs. George
•McClure, and Mrs. Thomas
Keenan, and that the office will
'undoubtedly maintain the same
ihigh quality under the direc
tion of the new office manager,
Motor-In
Service
Standard Oil Products
OUR SPECIALTY
Aitoantire
Electrical Service
• Generators • Starters
• Lights • Wiring
• Ignition O Car Radios
Also General Repair
On trucks and Cars
NATE SMITH. Mechanic
MITSW-II
SERVICE
PI 5-2400 Palmer
Ben Dansie. Mrs. Paul Camp
bell is the latest addition to the
staff.
!)!!)£]] DAYS
IN THE
yjjufy
Thursday. September 24, 1947
All highway traffic stopped
eight miles .beyond Palmer at
Moose Creek this week, when
heavy rains last Tuesday and
Wednesday diverted the flow
of the creek from beneath the
Moose Creek bridge and sent it
down the highway. The rain
swollen waters carried out at
least a hundred feet of fill this
side Of the Moose Creek bridge
according to the Alaska Road
Commission.
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Theca'll be caws, chickens,
ducks and rabbits walking
through Valley fields with
the Mavy swagger of an old
salt within the next few
weeks, according to recent
press reports from Seattle.
A whole dairy farm's raw
materials were sent north on
the Baranof which left Seat
tle on last Sept. 13. The ani
mals had earlier been ship
ped to the coast city from
Juneau, Wisconsin. Owner
Art Holbrook said he planned
to start a dairy farm in Mat
anuska Valey with the 12
cows and young bull which
were sailing north.
• • •
New officers were elected by
members of the American Le
gion at the club’s regular busi
ness meeting last Thursday
evening. Those elected were:
Jack Maze, commander; Bud
Campbell, adjutant; Dr. F. R.
Sims, first vice-commander;
Robert Johns, second vice-com
mander; Robert Mielke, fi
nance officer; Matt Perkins,
chaplain; Robert Stewart, ser
geant-at-arms; Leonard Lamp,
executive committeeman; Bert
Stewart, post historian.
• • •
Two new members of the
staff of the Valley Frontiers
man are Freddie Cook and
Ronnie Meehan, paper boys
who deliver the publication to
Palmer homes each Tuesday
and Friday afternoon.
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Two would-b* robbers war*
frightened away from the
cash drawer* at Hartley Mo
tors last Saturday evening.
Two shots wero fired at their
car. but the men were not
apprehended.
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Work on the “Banana Belt
Breezes", student publication
of the Palmer school, was be
gun this week, and the first
issue of the current year will
be off the press soon, it was
announced yesterday.
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Miss Ethel Dale, hospital
manager for the Matanuska
Valley Hospital, this week is
sued an urgent plea for
more nurses to augment the
present hospital staff. Miss
Dale said that while perman
ent nurses were the most
urgent need, the hospital
would welcome the help of
any trained nurse on either a
part-time or temporary basis
until the staff is increased.
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Boys and girls of Palmer
High School today are busy
with paint brush and mop in a
concerted effort to tidy up the
school gymnasium and locker
rooms, which are being admin
[ istered under school control for
the first time this year. Stu
dents already have sanded on
the old softwood floor. Still a
third coat is to go on, before
the job on the old gym floor
will be complete. Although stu
dents have worked willingly
and well, the gym floor, is still
far from an excellent playing
surface.
BELOW PAR
Influence is something a man
thinks he has plenty of until he
tries to make use of it.
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Singspiration
Plenty of group singing and special
numbers!
PALMER CHURCH OP GOD
THIS SUNDAY NIGHT-7:30
Sponsored bv the Matanuska Valley Ministers'
and Laymen's Association
A DEAD
WRINGER !
Could this be you—just absolutely "dead" at the end of washday? It very
well could be if you haven’t yet switched over from the old hand laundry methods
to modern, automatic* electric laundering.
Now, we’ll admit that most everybody has gotten past the washboard and hand
Wringing stage. But even if you have a conventional Washing machine, you’re
doing a lot more work than you really have to. You can. still knock yourself out
in the course of the day if you have-to lift heavy wet clothes from
washing machine to rinse tub to another rinse tub'to a wringer to a basket—then
lug the basket outside and hang up. each article separately.
If you are "dead” from washday work; a modern electric automatic laundry,
w asher and dryer, is just the thing to put new life into you. An electric washer and
dryer will turn out your clothes cleaner and faster—and with a minimum effort
on your part. Both you and your clothes will look fresher and brighter at the
end of the day. See. your local electric appliance dealer today about a new, work*
and time saving automatic electric washer, arid dryer, and really look alive.
Malanuska Electric Assn.
EMBLEM CLUB HOLDS FASHION SNOW i
SATURDAY EVENING AT ELKS NALL
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With an “Autumn Fantasy”
theme. The Palmer Emblem
Club will present its annual
fashion show on Saturday,
Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. in. Elks hall.
Stvles will be shown from
Koslosky’s Department Store,
Betty’s Dress Shop, Lea’s Dress
Shop, the dry goods department
at Matanuska Maid, Inc., and
from the Hat Box in Anchor
age. Hair stylings from Bon
ita’s Beauty Shop and Bessie’s
Beauty Bar will also be shown.
The show will include lin
gerie, sports and casual wear,
afternon and cocktail dresses,
and evening gowns. Mrs. L. F.
(Joe) Martin will be commen
tator, and Mrs. Dick Branton
at the organ will provide a
musical background.
Door prizes will be awarded,
and a drawing for a hamper of
linens will be held. Tickets,
$1.50 each, may be purchased
at Lea’s, from any Emblem
Club member, or at the door.
Modeling styles from Matan
uska Maid will be Joyce Pat
terson, Jan Fritz, Sharon Harp.
cXPcKlMcrM I TAKIVI
COW SETS RECORD
Alaska Double Bess Inka
4530291, a four-year-old regis
tered Holstein cow owned by
Alaska Agricultural Experi
ment Station, Palmer, has com
pleted an official 305-day rec
ord of 17,610 pounds of milk
and 606 pounds of butterfat.
In announcing the new rec
ord, a spokesman for the na
tional Holstein organization
compared it to the average
cow’s annual output of 7,211
pounds of milk containing 270
pounds of bvitterfat.
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I Hot Paul E. Riley.
* Pastor
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WasHIa
Amiably sf
*Sun. School-—!• non.*
| Morn. Church Senr. 11 ajn-j;
♦Evan. Sara.---7:30 P-**-;;
♦ Prayer and Bible
| Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.j j
* Phono FR-l-3131
Connie Herman, and Mary Es
tep. Lila Ann Woods* Carol
Wilson, and Bernice Kuoppola
will show Koslosky fashions,
while clothing from Betty’s
will be modeled by Charlene
Kockritz, Jackie Cabo, Nell
Zaborac, Betty Moffitt, and
Nancy Stirieburg.
Riveria Hiber, Joanne Koeg
le, Carol Hartung, and Erika
Kalweis will, model fashions
from Lea’s. Hat Box styles will
be shown by Myrtle Hume,
Joanne Koegle, Lila Ann
Woods, and Marilyn McRae.
Pionaars of Alaska
Igloo No. 31
Mooting Monday
October 1—8 p.m.
Moose Nall Palmer
Utgm Swfitp
Won Lost
Moose---—-—® '■*
Evan Jones -- 8 4
Creamery .--—--? 5
Ru-Bob Room --—-6 6
MTA -----6
Wasilla Lockers -—0 12
High team series, creamery,
2,939; high team game, MTA,
1,032; high individual seriest
Lloyd Plumley, 673.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
real and imaginary,
prosper you"
"> am so happy to know that
the Christ-like Gospel of
good will is growing
throughout the world. You
hold in your organization
(Baha'i) the key that will
settle all of our difficulties,
May God bless, keep and
Dr. George Washington carver.
! NICK W AY
CHURCH OF OOB
GmH
SiaginC
Phona
PI 5-3824
OM ThM
ISuadiy School—10 aon.
Sunday Worship—11 a.m.
Sunday Evangelistic
Service — 0 p.m.
Wad. Prayar. Praiaa ft
Bibla Study — I pja.
Sunday t — S:30 a.aa. ’
LUtan ta KFQD
"MARCH OF FAITH"
I NOWHERE
The road pictured here
bears the time-worn marks
of many travellers. Appar
ently it leads to some dis
tant village or serves per
haps as a link between more
vital thoroughfares.
But in reality this road
■ does neither. Once, no doubt,
1 it had a destination, but to
day it fades away into the
woods a few miles beyond—•
a “dead end.”
How many lives are like
, this road ? They have prom
ising beginnings, but instead
of continuing to worthwhile
goals, they wander aimless
ly to final dead ends.
The Church teaches us to
build useful lives and guides
us toward noble achieve^
ments and ambitions. Regu
lar attendance at church
services gives greater assur
ance that our pathway of
life will not lead us astray.
On the contrary, it leads
straight to the house of the
peaceful mind and the con
tented heart.
The ChuvcK it the greatest factor
«l earth for the building of. ehar
acier and good citizenship. It it a
•torehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong' Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can sur
vive. There arc four sound reasons
why every person should attend
-servicer regularly and support ifte
. Church. They are: (I) For his
own sake. (2) For his childrens
sake. (3) Fob the sal|e of his com- .
munity atod natigti. (4) For the
•like of die Church itself, which
needs his moral aad material sup
port. Platt to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
Sunday M»k
Monday Isaiah
Tuesday Matthew
Wednesday Psalms
Thursday Hebrews
Friday Ads
Saturday Psalms
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40 1^
7 13-23
5 1-S
12 7-13
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THE FRONTIERSMAN
EVAN JONES COAL CQ.
A LOCAL CITIZEN t
MATANUSKA TE1EPHONI ASSN.
MATANtlSKA VAUfY SANK '
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