Grand Officers
Of Rainbow to
Visit in Valley
Grand officers Rainbow for
Girls will arrive in Anchorage
Sunday, April 22 where a tea,
Grand Cross and Majority service
will be held. All grand officers,
with the exception of one, will be
coming from Washington state.
Coleen Teeland of WasiUa, grand
representative to Nevada, will
accompany the other grand offi
cers to Anchorage, Kodiak, and
Palmer during their visit.
On Monday night the visiting
officers will meet with the And#
orage Rainbow Assembly and
will spend the following day in
Palmer and the valley where they
will meet with the local Chapter
that night in the high school
cafeteria. Members of the local
Order of Eastern Star will serve
a dinner preceeding the meeting
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Eight officers are planning to
make the trip from the States,
including: Karla Miller, grand
chaplain, from ChehaliS' Markay
Hendricks, grand immortality,
Puyalkip; Lorraine Bayless, past
worthy advisor, Mansfield: Kris
Vel'ber from Colfax: Gloria Ber
nier, past worthy advisor, Seat
tle: Victor a Nordland, majority
member. & attle; Margaret Smith,
line office*, Seattle and Grace
Keesling, grand worthy advisor
from Seattle.
Important Meeting
Slated by PARC
Sunday afternoon, April 22 at
2 p.m. the Palmer Area Recrea
tion Council, (PARC) will meet
to consider some very important
issues, it was announced today
by Irene Cleworth, PARC presi
dent. The meeting will be held
in the United Protestant Church
assembly hall.
“I personally want to urge
everyone who is interested in the
welfare of the young people of
our community to be present”,
Mrs. Cleworth said.
“We all know that we have a
number of very fine young peo
ple in the Palmer area, and we
also realize there are some young
people who manage to get into
trouble of one kind or another.
All of them are our responsibil
ity.” Mrs. Cleworth pointed out,
“and some of us are seriously try
ing to find what action on our
part would be the answer to the
needs of our teeh-Sgers.”
Several subjects will be covered
at the meeting, including: Should
we, as a community promote the
hiring of a part-time recreational
director for Palmer through the
school board? Will we as a com
munity full of organizations spon
sor a recreational center and
equipment for such a Drogram?
. . and how do YOU feel about
any coordinated effort on behalf
of young people?
“I urge everyone to attend this
meeting” Mrs. Cleworth conclud
ed.
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TELEPHONE SYSTEM
REPORT MADE BY
MTA MANAGER
Robert Partridge, MTA man
ager, gave a brief run-down on
the status of the Matanuska
Telephone Associaton system at
the April 13 meeting of the Ma
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce.
He reported the inside plant
equipment contract has been
awarded the Kellogg Switchboard
Company; the outside plan equip
ment to the Bonneville Construc
tion Company; and that bids on
the building construction will be
opened on May 9- He stated that
the Palmer building will be com
pleted first, because it will be
the central office; then the Chu
giak, Wasilla, and Sutton sub
stations, in that order. Cut over
date has been set for November
15 ... ” and we hope to have
dial phones working in every
home by Christmas”, he said.
A short question and answer
period followed during which
Partridge announced a telephone
directory will be printed and
readiv when the system is cut
over.
Primary Election—
(Continued from page 11
cation at Caribou Creek. He is
married and has two children.
Hitchcock’s experience include
mining, homesteading, guiding,
and at present, the building of
pre-cut cabins. In his political ex
perience, he placed second in the
District as candidate for Delegate
to the Constitutional Convention.
This is his first try for the Legis
lature. Answering the question of
why an Independent, Hitchcock
said he can agree partially with
both parties but not fully with
either. He believes the Independ
ent, non-partisan viewpoint
should be expressed in govern
ment. He is opposed to the pro
posed Alaskan Constitution.
Six names appear on the list
for Territorial Senate, including
one Valley candidate, Dr. Lee
McKinley (R); Barbara Dimock
(R) from Anchorage and Demo
cratic candidates E. G. Bailey,
John H. E. Johnson, Ralph E.
Moodiy, and Victor C. Rivers.
William H. Sauders (R) and
Gerald J. Williams (D) are can
didates for the Attorney General
seat. Running for Highway En
| gineer are Democrats Charles
Davis, Donald Eyinck, and Frank
A. Metcalf. Irving Reed (R) also
seeks election to this post.
One Republican and two demo
cratic names appear on the ballot
for Delegate to Congress: E. L.
(Bob) Bartlett, incumbent, and
Peter Wood, and Byron A. Gil
lam (R).
One ballot contains the three
propositions which Alaskans will
be asked to vote upon. These are:
Ratification of the Constitution;
the acceptance or rejection of the
Alaska-Tennessee Plan; and the
abolition of fish traps.
For one of the ballots voters
must declare their party prefer
ence, These will be for the Na
tional Committeewoman and
presidential preference. On the
Republican ballot Henry Benson
and Walter Hickle are running
for the Committeeman position;
Mrs. Janice Reeve and Sylvia
-tingstad for the Committeew'*
man position and the names of
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Students Turn Down
Constitution in
Non-Partisan Poll
A poll conducted in the Palmer
High School yesterday provided
several interesting results. Stu
dents voted sample ballots for
the primary election to be "held
April 24, through the cooperation
of the school officials and mem
bers of the Palmer group, Alas
kans for Eisenhower. The voting
was conducted on an non-partis
an basis and students voted their
own preferences, with the follow
ing results:
Proposition No. 1—RATIFICA
TION OF CONSTITUTION: No.
69; Yes, 65, Proposition No. 2—
ALASKA-TENNESSEE PLAN:
Yes, 74; No, 60. Proposition No. 3
—ABOLITION OF FISH TRAPS,
Yes, 97; No, 34.
E. L. Bartlett (D), received 95
votes for Delegate to Congress
against 29 for Byron A. Gillam
(R), and 11 for Peter Wood (D).
HIGHWAY ENGINEER: Irving
Reed, (R), 51; Frank A. Metcalf,
(D), 35; Charles Davis (D), 31;
Donald Eyinck, (D), 14.
ATTORNEY GENERAL: Wil
liam Sanders, (R) 70; Gerald Wil
liams (D), 54.
For the Territorial Senate Lee
L. McKinley (R) drew the largest
number oi votes, 74. Second was
Barbara Dimock (R) with 40 vo
tes.
For Territorial House of Repre
sentatives the ten high candida
tes selected by the students were
as follows: M- D. Snodgrass (R),
85; Benjamin Culber (R) 65; Geo
rge Anderson (R), 62; Richard
Alvord (R), 59; Neil MacKay (R),
58, Ralph Cottis (R) 55; Ben
Hitchcock (I) 55; Harry B. Pal
mer (D) 55; Thomas Wharton (R)
50; and Mrs. E. A. Fischer (D)
49.
On the Republican ticket Henry
Benson polled 38 votes against
28 for Walter Hickel for Nation
al Committeeman. Mrs. Janice
Reeve polled 29 votes against 11
for Sylvia Ringstad for National
Committeewoman.
Presidential preference by the
Republican student voters gave
Dwight Eisenhower 75 votes to
four for William Knowland.
Adlai E. Stevenson received 34
votes compared to 22 for Estes
Kefauver in the Democratic pres
idential preference poll.
It will be interesting to see
how the adults in the valley vote
an April 24, compared to the
above results of the student poll.
I Dwight D. Eisenhower and Wil
liam F. Knowdand appear for
presidential preference voting
No contest is listed for either
the Committeeman or Commit
teewoman position on the Demo
cratic ballot. Alexander Miller
and- Mrs. E. A. Fischer are seek-'
ing these respective offices. Estes
Kefauver and Adelai Stevenson
have been entered in the presi
dential preference race.
Voters throughout the valley
are urged to exercise their right
by going to the polls on April
24 and voting for their own pre
ferences.
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Notebook
Approximately 50 pounds of tur
key and ham, along with relish
snacks, were served Sunday af
ternoon at the Palmer Bar in
celebration of owners, Bob and
Ruth Peterson’s wedding anni
versary and the birthdays of
Dave Bryant and John Somer
ville. A large number of friends
turned out for the joint celebra
tion.
All Valley women are invited
to attend the free showing of
Cancer films which the Home
makers Council will sponsor Mon
day evening in the craft room at
the Extension Service office. Two
informative films will be shown.
Arriving back in Palmer this
week were Dick and Barbara
Hamilton, former Palmerites,
who have spent the past couple
of years in Florida and Colorado
where they have attended
schools. The Hamiltons reported
they are happy to be back in the
Valley and are planning to stay.
A congregational meeting has
been called at the United Pro
testant Church Sunday, April 29,
immediately following the wor
ship, service for the purpose of
voting to extend a call to the
church to the Rev. Bertrum H
Rutan. The meeting will be held
immediately following the wor
ship service a week from this
Sunday.
The Westminster Fellowship
groups of the United Protestant
Church will have a swimming
party at the SPA in Anchorage
Friday night, April 27. Details
will be announced Sunday eve
ning at the W. F. meeting.
Two candidates were initiated
in the Order of Eastern Star dur
ing the April 18 meeting. A large
attendance at the meeting witnes
sed the initiation which was con
ducted by Mrs. Katheryn Wilson,
worthy matron. Refreshments
were served following the meet
ing.
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Bay, Wallgreen Coast, Edsel Ford
Range, Rockefeller Mountains,
Wrigley Gulf, Beaumont Bay,
Cape Washington, and of course,
Little America.
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School Band,
Chorus Leave for
Music Festival
In weather that must have been
a special order, members of the
Palmer High School band and
chorus departments took off from
Palmer at 8 a.m. for the first leg
of their trip to Fairbanks where
they will participate in the an
nual Music Festival. Two busses,
and a truck loaded down, with
suitcases and large instruments
transported close to 70 students
and their supervisors to Wasilla
where they will join groups from
Seward and Anchorage aboard a
special Alaska Railroad train
headed for the far-north city.
The Palmer students were ac
companied by Mrs. Lois Weldon,
chorus director; Mrs. Margaret
Cope, high school staff member;
Harry Wimmer, high school prin
cipal: and Lee Plumbley, band
master. The group will return to
Wasilla Sunday morning and will
be transported from there to the
high school by school bus; par
ents have been asked to provide
transportation from the school to
the student’s home.
Thanks to the many projects
in which the public participated,
the travel expenses of the entire
group were cut to practically nil.
Early estimates had placed the
fare at $18.50 per student. Tag
day, dinner, concerts, candy and
cookie sales, and organizational
and individual donations all help
ed raise the necessary money.
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