Thought of the Week:
Labor is never a burden to
the man who loves to work, but
has anybody seen the guy?
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JUiiEAu A L A S ' A
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
CITY ELECTION
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
CENTRAL SCHOOL
OCT. 2 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
VOTE VOTE VOTE
VOLUME 15. NUMBER 1
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 27. 1962
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Moose Lodge Plans
For State Session
MAY RRMRAM
SET FOR MEN’S,
WOMEN’S GROUPS
The fourth state convention
of the Alaska Moose Associa
tion will open next Wednesday
in Palmer, with members of
Moose lodges throughout Alas
ka attending. An honored
guest will be R. Maurice Coop
er of Spokane, Washington,
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Forum. The lodge auxiliary,
the Women of the Moose, will
also convene, holding inde
pendent sessions as well as
joint meetings with the men’s
group.
Registration for both groups
begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday,
followed by an executive meet
ing for the men at 10 a.m. Both
groups will join in the official
opening at 1:30 p.m. Afternoon
committee meetings will be
followed by a smorgasbord at 7
p.m.
Thursday morning includes a
business session for the men
and a general session for the
women’s group, and the after
noon will be taken up with
committee meetings, ritual
competition, and sightseeing
for the men and a general ses
sion and coronation practice
for the women.
Friday will see a fellowship
breakfast, more business and
committee sessions, and a crab
dinner in the evening, sponsor
ed by Mt. McKinley Legion.
The women’s schedule includes
a ritualistic ceremony Thurs
day evening and the coronation
pageant Friday evening.
Election of officers will be
held Saturday. The day’s
schedule includes an executive
board meeting, sightseeing and
bowling. The auxiliary group
will hold its College of Regents
breakfast Saturday morning.
The convention will be cli
maxed with a banquet at 8
p.m. Saturday, followed by the
President’s Ball.
There will be dancing to live
music every evening at the
lodge, with Tom Moffitt and
his Moose orchestra playing
Wednesday and Friday, and
Dick Baker at the piano Thurs
day evening.
I Reporters—
Notebook
Dick Braucht, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Braucht of Sut
ton, has returned to the Alame
da, California naval air station
after three weeks’ leave spent
with his parents.
• • •
Clarence J. Vickaryous, avia
tion electronics technician air
man, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Vickaryous of Palmer
is serving with Patrol Squad
ron 24 at the Naval Air Station,
Norfolk, Virginia. Vickaryous
entered the service in June,
1961. He attended the Univer
sity of Alaska at Fairbanks.
* * •
Kay Kennedy, travel editor
for the Alaska Sportsman and
the Milepost, stopped briefly
in Palmer on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
At present she is also working
on the Progress edition of the
Fairbanks News-Miner. Miss
Kennedy worked on the Mata
nuska Valley Pioneer jin 1936,
a mimeographed publication
put out by Jack Allman.
* * *
Bert E. Stewart, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George R. Stewart of
Everett, Washington, has en
rolled as a freshman at the
New Mexico Institute of Mi
ning and Technology in Socor
ro, New Mexico. He is married
to the former Georgia Small,
daughter of the late George
Small of Palmer. They have
five children, Memory, Melody,
Witey, Tyke and Troy.
LOCAL ELKS INVITED
A reception honoring the
Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Elks lodge will be held in An
chorage on Oct. 4 from 9 to 11
p.m. Local Elks are urged to
attend.
CHIEF JUSTICE TO ATTEND STATE MEET
R. Maurice Cooper
R. Maurice Cooper, who will
be the Supreme Lodge repre
sentative at the Alaska Moose
Association Convention in Pal
mer next week, is a Spokane
attorney who was elected Chief
Justice at the recent national
convention. He was also award
ed the Pilgrim Degree, which
is the highest degree of merit
bestowed upon a Moose mem
ber, in Mooseheart, Illinois
on June 10, 1962.
Mr. Cooper has been active
in the Loyal Order of Moose
programs for the past 13 years,
having served as governor of
the Spokane Lodge during the
years 1958 and 1959. He is now
serving his second term as a
trustee of the Spokane lodge.
The Chief Justice has been
a resident of Spokane all of his
life with the exception of a
short period in which he lived
in England and in eastern Un
ited States. He received his law
degree from Gonzaga Univer
sity, Spokane, in 1940. When he
received his CPA license in
1944, he was the youngest man
in the state of Washington to
have both a law degree and a
CPA license.
Mr. Cooper has been active
in many civic affairs in the city
of Spokane. He was chairman
of the comittee that arranged
for the financing and construc
tion of the Spokane Stadium,
and was an active member of
the comittee that served in
having the Spokane Coliseum
built.
Mr. Cooper has three child
ren, two sons and one daughter.
Udall Makes Brief
Visit Here, Sutton
In the brief time allotted in
Stewart Udall’s busy schedule
for his visit to the Matanuska
Valley yesterday, the Secre
tary of the Interior heard
a rapid-fire review of the ad
vantages of coal-fired steam
generation of power as opposed
to other area sources, outlined
by power, coal and Chamber of
Commerce oficials.
The secretary’s original itin
erary did not include the Mat
anuska Valley. Last-minute ar
rangements were made to bring
the cabinet official here by
Barney Fish, president of t h e
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce, and Hugh Mathe
son, mine manager at the Evan
Jones Coal Company.
Udall was accompanied here
by Governor William Egan.
Original plans included a tour
of the mines, which had to be
abandoned because of lack of
time. A crowd of about thirty
persons met the officials’ plane
Farmers Can Gel
Gas Tax Refend
Farmers may receive a fed
eral gas tax refund of four
cents per gallon of gasoline us
ed on the farm for farming
purposes, according to James
G. Schubin, agricultural econ
omist at the University of Al
aska Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Schubin urged farmers to
get Government Form 2240
turned in by the Sept. 30 dead
line. The refund applies to gas
oline used from July 1 of last
year to June 30, 1962.
You can claim a refund on
gasoline used on your farm or
a farm you are operating. You
cannot get a refund for gasoline
used by custom operators, for
sawing logs for market, or for
your personal, nonfarm use, the
economist said.
at the Palmer airport, then
drove in a caravan to the Al
pine Inn for a luncheon.
In a brief address before the
group. Secretary Udall said
that he was greatly interested
and excited by the tourist pos
sibilities of Alaska.
‘The great American out-of
doors has all but disappeared in
the Lower 48,” he said. “We of
the Department of the Interior
want to help in developing
your great playground.”
He is here primarily to see
Alaska, to talk with Alaskans,
and to find out first-hand what
Alaska’s problems are, Udall
said.
TRIO ARRESTED ON
BAD CHECK CHARGES
Anchorage city police have
arrested three persons for for
ging and cashing a total of
$1,100 in checks drawn on the
account of Mrs. Ruth Callison
of Sutton, officials reported
this morning.
Two checks were cashed at
Spenard Piglgy Wiggly, one at
the Matanuska Valley Bank,
one at Matanuska Maid, Inc.,
and one at Westside Service in
Palmer, all last weekend.
Arrested were Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Carter, who formerly
worked for the Callisons, and
Pvt. Gardner Hale of Fort
Richardson.
Some of the money was used
to buy pistols, police said.
COLLIDE WITH MOOSE
Gary May, 16, and William
Erickson, 17, both of Palmer,
were involved in an accident
at Mile 15V4, Palmer Highway,
last night when a moose jump
ed in front of the station wagon
May was driving. Erickson lost
two front teeth and suffered
face cuts, and May was unin
jured. The moose, not so lucky,
was killed.
Seven File For Council Posts
CORBIN, SMITH
SEEK SCHOOL POST
Two candidates, George Ed
Smith and Henry Corbin, have
filed for the five-year term on
the Palmer Independent School
District board of directors,
William T. Zahradnicek, super
intendent of schools, said this
week. The election will be held
jointly with the city election
on Oct. 2 in Central school,
with voting hours between 8
a m. and 8 p.m.
George Ed Smith, incumbent,
is completing his second term
on the school board, on which
he has served as president for
five years. He is also president
of the state board of education,
on which he is serving his sec
ond term. He was recently ap
pointed to the national commit
tee for support of schools and
teachers, to which nine mem
bers are appointed from Alas
ka. He is very active in com
munity affairs.
Smith, who has lived in Al
aska for 16 years and in the
Valley for 12, is manager of
Ketchikan Spruce Mills in Pal
mer. He and wife Elouise
make their home in the Butte
area with their three children,
all in Palmer schools.
Henry Corbin, a carpenter by
trade, lives at the Butte with
his wife Edythe and their
eight children, six of whom
are in Palmer schools. A resi
dent of the valley for two
years, he has lived in Alaska
for 14. Corbin is a senior mem
ber of the Civil A i r Patrol,
Palmer Squadron.
Flint to Take
Anchorage Pest
Jack Flint, Matanuska Maid,
Inc. dairy production and crea
mery manager here since 1954,
has accepted the position of
distributing and sales manager
for the Anchorage area, Stew
art A. Durrant, general man
ager at Matanuska Maid, said
this week. Flint, who will work
out of the Anchorage distribu
tion plant, plans to move his
family to Anchorage in the
near future.
Ed Haynes, present distribu
tion and sales manager at the
Anchorage plant, will assume
Flint's former position here,
Durrant stated.
Haynes holds a degree in
dairy manufacturing from a
midwest university. He plans to
move his family to Palmer.
Election b Tuesday
At Central School
Four candidates filed for the
two three-year vacancies and
three' for the two one-year
terms now open on the Palmer
City Council before the closing
deadline at 5 p.m. Sept. 21, ac
cording to Mrs. Emilie St,
Pierre, city cierk William Her
mann, E. J. Blom, Bernard
Bouwens, and Willard Johnson
are running for the three year
terms, while Jack Maze, M. C.
“Doc” Puddicombe, and Dar
rell Frank have filed for the
one-year terms. The election
will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2,
in Central School gymnasium
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
William Hermann, an Alaska
resident for 28 years, has lived
in the Matanuska Valley since
1943. Educated in West Virginia
and Pennsylvania schools and
colleges, Hermann’s first posi
tion in Alaska was with the
Cooper River and Northwest
ern Railroad at McCarthy. He
has prospected and mined
throughout Alaska. At present j
he is resident manager of the
Belvedere Apartments in Pal
mer.
Active in civic affairs, Her
mann is a member of the Pal
mer Volunteer fire department,
the planning commission, and
the platting board. He is a di
rector and vice president of the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce, and was a fair
board director in 1961. For the
past several months he has as
sisted the present city council
in an investigation regarding
the expansion and financing of
a city sewer system. He states
that lack of an adequate sew
er system is a major stumbl
ing block and deterrent to fu
ture development. Hermann's
major interest in seeking a
council seat is to continue work
on the sewer problem and see
it through to a successful con
clusion.
E. J. Blom, now completing
a one-year term on the Palmer
City Council, is a carpenter by
trade and makes his home in
Palmer with his wife, Margar
et. “We can and must work
within our present tax level,”
he states. “The individual has
to live within his means or suf
fer the consequences. We as a
collective group must do the
same thing.”
Bernard Bouwens makes his
home in North Palmer with
wife Myrtle. They are the par
ents of three children, two in
Palmer schools. Boudens, a
resident of the city for 22 years,
plans to continue to make his
home here. He is a property
owner and a taxpayer. Bou
wens says he is seeking the
past of city councilman because
he feels that his background of
city employment would be of
value to the people pf Palmer.
He added that he would like to
see the sewer system establish
ed and w'ould like to see better
relations between the city
council and the people employ^
ed by the city He plans to
work for continued develop
ment of the city park.
Willard Jonnson, a resident
of Alaska for three and a half
years and the city of Palmer
for two, is a graduate electrical
engineer who holds licenses in
both the state of Alaska and
Washington state. He lives on
Matanuska Street with wife
Mildred and two children. An
older daughter is away at col
lege.
“Developments such as the
capital move, the new highway
across the Knik and Matanus
ka rivers, projected military in
stallations, and a fantastically
rich oil field in the lower Su
sitna Valley will have an en
ormous effect on the economy
of the whole area surrounding
and extending out from Painter
into the Matanuska, Susitna
and Copper Valleys,” he said
“The impending borough for
mation is going to present
problems for Palmer. These
and other fast-moving events
j are going to mean that Palmer
■ must plan and work hard to
keep pace or be by-passed.
“The new form of govern
ment, just recently inaugurat
ed, appears basically sound
and the people charged with
its administration are working
hard to make it a success An
active, well-informed and pru
dent council to set the policy
for the city government is
needed to help Palmer realize
its share of impending area de
velopment. As chief engineer at
MEA, I have daily opportuni
ties to. see a broad cross-section
of the people of the valley as
well as in Palmer,, and thus
keep informed of events affect
ing our city.”
Merle “Doc” Puddicombe,
candidate for a one-year term
on the city council, lives on
Wolverine Avenue in Pi o r t h
(Continued on page ISj
1962 COUNCIL HOLDS FINAL
MEETING BEFORE ELECTION
The filial meeting of the Pal
mer City Council prior to the
1962 city election on Oct. 2 was
called to order Tuesday eve
ning with city manager Wins
ton Gilchrist, Mayor Billy R.
Miller, and councilman Loyd
Watts absent. Members ap
pointed Councilman Pazaruski
acting mayor.
A letter from the division
of aviation, state department
of public works, stated that the
$4,500 allotment for Palmer
airport improvements is to be
used at the discretion of the
City of Palmer, with the stipu
lation that an accounting of ex
penditures be made.
A request from the Moose
lodge was read, asking that a
street light pole now located on
the lodge property be moved
to the property line before the
week of Oct. 1. The council ap
proved a motion to ask MEA
to move the pole to a more ad
vantageous location as soon as
possible.
A letter from the tax assessor
asked council approval of a
procedure to collect delinquent
personal property taxes which
would include a warning let
ter sent Oct 1 and April 1 to
property owners delinquent on
Aug. 2 and Feb 2, asking them
to pay the tax bill in full or to
make other satisfactory ar
rangements with the collect
or’s office. If no response is re
ceived by Oct. 20 or April 20,
suit for the delinquent, amount
would- be filed in small claims
court. The council approved a
motion to adopt the procedure
outlined in the tax assessor’s
letter.
Discussion on plans for re
modeling the basement of the
city hall was postponed until
the next council meeting.
The bid of Automotive Parts
for anti-freeze in one-gallon
containers at $1.92 per gallon
was accepted by the council,
as was the Joe Lentz bid for
Heet at $9.83 a case.
Council approved payment
of the $2,570 interest payment
due Oct. 1 from water depart
ment funds.
Appointment of a United Na
tions Day chairman was post
poned until the next meeting
of the council.
A request for a liquor license
transfer from William and
Eleanor Mrak to Mrs. Walter
Granus and Mrs. Eleanor Mrak
was tabled until a full report
can be made by the Palmer
police department.
A motion to employ the ser
vices of the accounting firm of
Hedla and Sherwood of An
chorage for the audit of the
City of Palmer books for the
fiscal year ending Sept. 30,
1062, was approved.
Time cards and payment of
bills were approved.
Final business before ad
journment took the form of a
motion to instruct the city cferk
to write a letter to. the depart
ment of highways, stating that <
the present council is in favor
of the proposed rerouting of
the Glenn Highway through
Palmer, also the proposed
Springer Road paving improve
ments.
CELESTIE
GOMES KOMI
She was a charming, yellow
eyed, long-haired white pussy
cat, and her name was Celes
ta She wore a yellow collar
with a bell attached. She was
the pampered pet of Max and
Maxine McClellan. She was out
for a drive one afternoon in
late August when her mistress
stopped for a stop sign on »
downtown, corner and Celestie
decided to travel—unchaper
oned. Nothing can vanish fast
er than a cat on the loose.
The McClellans searched.
They advertised in the Fron
tiersman. Nobody had seen
Celestie. Weeks went by. But
stories, even real-life ones, still
have hapoy endings:
YestercTay afternoon, Fron
tiersman personnel heard un
happy, sounds from the base
ment Stairway of the theatre
building. There, thin, bedrag
gled, no longer white, no long
er wearing a collar, was a yel
low-eyed pussy cat.
Rescued by bookkeeper Bob
bi Ricker, she took over the*
Frontiersman office for the af
ternoon. Refreshed by emer
gency rations of Pream mixed
with warm water, she tried thw
typewriters and made frienda
With the customers until her
owner turned up to take her
home to hamburger and a hoi
bath.
The news editor lost a long
haired black male cat about
the same time Celestie disap
peared. Celestie said she*
hadn’t seen him anywhere. Ha*
anyone else?
State Haas
Paving Prejact
Far Spriagtr loop
Now in the planning stage at
the state department of high
ways is a project to surface the
inner and outer Springer Loop
Road, Roy W. Jenkins, dis
trict highway engineer, said
yesterday.
The Springer Loop, which
takes off from the MatanUska
Road, enters the city limits
just south of the Palmer High
School and continues past the
fair grounds to a junction with
Fairview Avenue. Plans are
for a bituminous surface treat
ment, similar to the surfacing
used on Mataniiska Road, Jen
kins said.
The survey has been com
pleted, and highway engineer
ing personnel are now working
on design, according to the
district engineer,
The highway department ex
pects the project to be under
construction by late spring in
1963, Jenkins added.
Although the plans include
surfacing within the city limits
along Springer Road with a
right angle turn around the fair
grounds, continuing along Fair
view Avenue to the railroad
tracks, details are still tentative
and must be worked out with
the Palmer City Council and
the city manager, the highway
engineers stated.
The surfacing within the city
limits would conform to high
way department standards,
they said, and would include?
paved shoulders, providing a
better walkway for high school
students.
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