MARCH OF DIMES
CAMPAIGN OPENS
Plans for the New March of
Dimes have been under way
for some time and this week
the slightly changed, but still
familiar coin collectors may be
seen in many places in Palmer
as well as in every city, town
and village in the 50 states, it
was announced by Charles W.
Wilson, area March of Dimes
chairman.
Accomplishments of the
dimes of the American peo
ple have rarely, if ever, been
equalled in the history of
science and medicine, Wilson
pointed out. The break
through to the discovery of
the causes and a cure for po
lio is a direct contribution by
millions of people who care
and the benefits are world
wide, he added.
The research phase of the
program has received wide
publicity but there are other
parts of the program which
are not so well known. They in
clude first, care of those who
have been crippled by the di
sease and second, professional
■education; that is, getting re
search information into the
hands of the family doctors.
Past programs of research on
polio and the care of its victims
has led to valuable discoveries
applicable to other crippling
diseases.
The nefr March of Dimes for
1962 will make funds available
to continue the care and reha
bilitation of those polio pa
tients Still in need of it and
then go on to research and care
of those sufferers of other crip
pling diseases and from birth
defects.
To the oft-asked question.
"Why are you back again.
Didn't they get a cure for
polio?" the answer is "Yes,"
a vaccine has been develop
ed for polio and we are back
again because there are oth
er crippling diseases and
birth defects needing the
help that your dimes can
give me in.
“The new March of Dimes
campaign in the Palmer area is
to be directed, not as a pres
sure campaign, but rather to
provide the opportunity for
•everyone to help. Help those
who need help now and help
find cause and cure for those
conditions that make cripples.
Some have said we should give
until it hurts. Could we change
that a bit and say—‘Give until
it quits hurting,” (meaning
your conscience.)”
Several means are avail
able for making your contri
bution, 'Wilson pointed out.
Coin collectors are available
in most public places in
Palmer; mailing envelopes
are being sent out. These
latter tnay be mailed to the
New March of Dimes. Palm
er, or may be left at the tem
porary March of Dimes head
quarters at the Look-Well
Barber Shop on Wasilla
highway.
The local Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority has again this year
volunteered to conduct the
Mothers’ March. The march
will be conducted on January
31 during the afternoon and
evening. Mothers will be able
to identify themselves and
will also give receipts upon
request.
The New March of Dimes
campaign will also give school
children in the Palmer schools
an opportunity to participate.
To Discuss School
Survey Report
At PTA Meeting
At the regular meeting of the
Palmer Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, which will be held al
fi p.m. January 16 in the high
school cafeteria. William T
Zahradnicek, superintendent o!
schools, and Keith Smith, high
school principal, will speak or
the Ford Foundation Report, z
survey of schools in Alaska
prepared for the State Board 01
Education. The report review:
current schools and offer:
recommendations for futun
consideration.
The meeting is under th<
joint sponsorship of the Palme:
P-TA and The Palmer Leagui
of Women Voters.
The discussion will be fol
lowed by a business meetini
during which there will b<
nominations made for the offici
of vice-president in the PTt
District 3. The election will bi
held at the District PTA meet
ing to be held in Palmer some
time in March.
STEPPING STONE
Self-confidence must be buil
up from the past to give a ma
faith to face the future.
PROTEST POLICE
(Continued from page 1)
Brooks stated he does n o t
feel the police have the proper
training or ability to do a prop
er job. He volunteered, and
stated there are many others
who also will volunteer, to
take an eight-hour shift of
duty every week, with no cost
to the city. He said he feels all
business doors should be check
ed every night, front and back.
"Then we wouldn’t have to
call the police at eight o'clock
in the morning to tell them a
place had been broken into,
they would know it if they
were properly checking doors.”
Other business brought up at
the Council meeting included
a letter from the Bureau of
Land Management regarding
the Moose Creek watershed on
which the City had requested a
withdrawal July 29, 1957. The
letter pointed out that under
present laws the Division of
Lands could request the with
drawal for the City and the su
pervision of the land would
then be under the Division of
Lands. Such a request will be
made by the City.
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A request from Alaska
State Fair, Inc. for authorisa
tion for games of chance was
approved
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The water committee report
i ed that some thought should be
given to the future drilling of
12-inch well at the same site as
the present city wells. A mo
I tion was approved for the pur
chase of a meter to be attached
to the city water line to the
Co-Op. The line was installed
sometime ago for fire protec
tion reasons. Councilmen Gei
witz and Watts were named by
Mayor Miller to discuss future
water use plans with the Co
Op.
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Following a discussion of his
qualifications, Lewis Bencardi
no of Fairbanks was hired as
regular patrolman in the po
lice department. He is to start
at the salary of $600 per
month for a 90-day probation
ary period, following which his
salary will be increased to $625
oer month.
John Joslyn of Palmer was
hired as city surveyor.
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Ordinance 103. pertaining to
payment and collection of de
linquent taxes was read for
the third and final time; ap
proved and passed.
Insurance bids were open
ed. Only one local insurance
firm submitted a bid. Pippel
Insurance Co. was awarded
comprehensive general lia
bility insurance with a $1,
515.58 annual premium and
i the false arrest coverage, on
! a three-year plan, costing a
1 total of $700. Pippel pointed
i out the rates are low because
; of the city's good rating.
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Mayor Bill Miller appointed
| Max Clements and Sam Rieger
| as members of the City Plan
ning Commission.
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Capital Move
Petitions Now Due
All area sponsors of petitions |
for moving the capital of the
State of Alaska are asked to
complete their petition books
and turn them in by Friday,
January 12. it was announced
this week by Dr. C. C. Bailey.
Sponsors are reminded that
the petition book must be no
torized prior to turning them
in. Several area residents who
are comissioned as Notary Pub
i lies have volunteered to help
in this phase. These include
Mrs. Dorothy Saxton (Legion
Building); Mrs. Pat Weisenber
ger (John Shaw law office);
Mrs. Ruth Peterson (Bert’s
Drug Store); Mrs. Annie Dem
nnng (Valley Hospital); and
Mrs. Bobbi Ricker (Frontiers
man office).
After petitions have been no
tarized, sponsors are asked to
turn them in at the business
j office of Dr. Bailey or The
CREDIT UNION
MEET BATE IS
JANUARY 18
Members of the Matanuska
"Valley Federal Credit Union
1 will hold their annual member
ship meeting at 8 p.m., Thurs
day. January 18 in Grange
hall in Palmer.
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting, exchange
ideas and shape plans for the
coming year.
The agenda will include re
ports from the board of direc
tors, treasurer and various i
committees. There will be time 1
allowed for a full discussion of j
| the reports and recommenda
I tions. The annual dividend will
! be announced and nominations
i and the election of new mem
I hers to vacancies on the board
' of directors.
1 A short program is planned,
j followed by the serving or re
| freshments.
Three Speakers
Planned for Next
Chamber Meeting
There will be three speakers
at the January 17 meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce.
Two speakers, Mrs. Lucy
Mick and Robert Vroman, will
report on a Local Affairs Com
mittee meeting which they at
tended in Anchorage January
6. regarding borough boundar
ies.
Gerrit (Keinie) Snider will
be the third speaker and his
remarks will be concerned with
Seattle’s forthcoming Century
21 World’s Fair.
The meeting will be held at
noon in the Sourdough Room
of the Frontier Cafe. All in
terested persons are invited to
attend the no-host luncheon
meeting.
Frontiersman All petition arj
to be turned in prior to 5 p.m
tomorrow.
PALMER MAN TO
MANAGE ALASKA
DAIRY ASSOCIATION
Don Irwin of Palmer. Ion?
associated with the agricultur
al field in Alaska, has beer
named state manager of th<
American Dairy Association o
Alaska, it was announced thi:
week.
Irwin, who first came to Al
aska in 1934 os superin tendon
of the Matanuska Experimen
Station, retired as director o
the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station in 1956. Dur
ing the intervening years h(
had served twice as manager o
the Alaska Rural Rehabilita
tion Corporation, once in 1931
and again in 1945. In 1947 hi
assumed the directorship of th>
Experiment Station, a positioi
he held until his retirement
nine years later.
Phone Book Listing
Deadline January 17
The deadline for acceptinj
listings in the classified sectioi
(yellow pages) of the MT/
telephone directory is Wednes
day, January l/.
All commercial telephone us
ers who have not yet been cor
taeted, or who have not cor
tacted the office of The Fror
tiersman, are requested to ot
serve the announced deadline
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I Reporters—
No-t&hoo-h
Don Irwin, Mrs. Jessie De
Vries and Mrs Gayle Rowland
have been named to a commit
tee to make plans for a 25-year
observance of the United Prot
estant Church. The observance
will be held the first Sunday
in May.
A report on the recent bor
ough meeting held in Anchor
age was made to members of
the Palmer Kiwanis Club at
iheir noon luncheon meeting
January 8 by Robert Vroman
of Wasilla.
Communicable diseases re
ported for the week ending
January 5 in the Matanuska
Valley area included five cases
of upper respirtory infection,
, four measles, three otitis media
and two cases of chickenpox.
Roller skaters at Palmer
. Skateland last Saturday were
treated to some exhibition
’ skating when two couples from
' the Anchorage area were here.
They plan to return, possibly
this week-end and will again
1 appear at Skateland.
Stationed in Germany
Army Pvt. Darrell K. Van
Ness Jr., 18, whose parents live
at Mile 41Palmer highway,
; recently arrived in Germany
l and is now assigned to the 8th
. Infantry Division.
A clerk in Combat Support
Company of the division’s 16th
- Infantry in Baumholder, Van
- Ness entered the Army Iasi
- June and completed basic
- training at Fort Ord, Calif. He
- was stationed at Fort Benjamir
:. Harrison, Ind.
STATE’S 6-MONTH GROSS REVENUE
NEARS $15 MILLION FIGURE
Alaska’s gross revenue col
lections from licenses and taxes
totaled $14,967,717.51 during
the last six months of calendar
1961, Governor William A.
Egan announced this week.
The half-year figure, follow
ing closely the pattern of esti
mates to last year’s Legislature,
was up $1,380,556.98 from the
$13,587,160.62 collected during
the same period in I960
The figure does not include
revenues to the Slate from
land sales or leases, mineral
lease revenues and other simi
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lar sources.
Largest single source of rev
! enue reflected in the six-month
: report was the net income tax
from which collections totaled
$6,540,034.72 as compared with
$6,037,605.12 in the same period
of i960.
The greatest percentage of
: increase, came in the oil and
| ga- production tax where the
! six-month collections totaled
$60,158.14—more than 40 times
i greater than the $1,960.03 col
I lected during the last six
I months of the previous year.
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FOR YOU
Something New
for 1962
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET RECORD
APPOINTMENT BOOKS
FARM FACTS
Many Other Bookkeeping Systems
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