New Printer,
New Deadlines,
Hooray!
The first full 8-page issue of the
Valley Frontiersman ever to be
produced in a Palmer shop—that’s
this issue. We re happy to be able
to announce that, after two-plus
years, your Palmer newspaper is
being printed in Palmer.
Most important change brought
about by this switch to a home
town plant, the Anchorage Shop
ping Guide, Inc., is the pushed
back deadlines for news and ad
vertising. Advertising deadline has
been advanced to noon on Tues
day, and the news deadline has
been set up to 9 a.m. Wednesday
In the case of emergency news
needs, short stories may be in
serted as late as 9 a.m. Thursday,
if it is absolutely necessary.
We ask youc co-operation, how
ever, in these later deadlines. Don’t
hold club announcements and
small news items until the eleventh
hour and then label them “emer
gency.” It won’t work. We’ll be
working every day. and we’ll need
material to work on every day, so
we’ll be happy to receive your
articles, classified ads, and news
tips the week around.
The Valley Frontiersman office
is now located in the reception
room leading to the M. D. Snod
grass Real Estate office. Since the
editor is also part-time secretary
for the Valley Fair Association,
the newspaper will continue to
share Fair quarters, in order to
make one typewriter work for
both jobs. ,
NORMA JEAN WEDS
Mrs, Norma Jean Loyer of Palm
er became the bride of Richard
Benson at a quiet ceremony held
at the home of Mrs. A. D. Saxton
on Sunday, Sept. 18. Mrs. Saxton
read the marriage service. The
ceremony was witnessed by Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Benbow.
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Ladies Steal
Fair Honors
The ninth annual Matanuska Val
ley Fair was a woman's fair in
every sense of the word, a check
of the records revealed this week,
hibits and won more ribbons and
More women brought more ex
more prize money than did the
men of the Valley. They even
branched out into the masculine
fields of gardening and livestock
husbandry, and they won prizes
there, too.
There was a total of 192 exhib
itors in all, at this recent fair,
lowever, one exhibitor rarely
limited himself to only one dis
play, so there were several times
that number of individual ex
hibits.
Top money winner of the fair
was Mrs. John McDonald, who
took home a prize check of $57.75
as her share in premiums. Second
place in the money-running was
Max Sherrod, who got $45.25 in
prizes. Mrs. Paul Martin was a
close third behind Mr. Sherrod,
with a premium check of $44.00.
Top 4-H Club winner was Gene
vieve DeLand, who won a total of
$9.90 in premiums. She chose the
twin projects of canning and
dairying for her Fair exhibits this
year.
The Fair Association has issued
premium checks in the approx
imate amount of $1400, according
to Mrs. Maud Hosier, treasurer.
MARSHALL, PATROLMAN
HAVE COOL HIKE
Deputy Marshall Bill Bouwens
and Highway Patrolman Stanley
Laird spent a cold three hours
patrolling Knik bridge early last
Monday morning. The pair were
called out when Anchorage report
ed that four Fort Richardson sol
diers, charged with armed robbery,
had escaped from Federal jail
there. Three of the four later were
captured in Anchorage, and the
fourth gave himself up shortly
afterward .
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CHARTER AND SCENIC FLIGHTS — PASSENGER RIDES
Two- and Four-Place Planes Available
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7 DAYS A WEEK
Gym Leased
bo School
The Palmer Gymnasium has been
leased to the Palmer school dis
trict for the coming year, it was
announced this week by James
Wilson, general manager of the
Matanuska Valley Farmer's Co
Operating Association. Final de
tails of the lease agreement were
worked ouc in a joint session of
the school board and the Co-op
board, held last Saturday evening.
The lease agreement is retro
active to Sept. 1, Mr. Wilson ex
plained. He added that the Co-op
board had requested that the
school honor all reservations
booked by the Co-op for the com
ing few days.
Future bookings for the gym
nasium must be made through the
school. William T. Zahradnicek,
superintendent, was uncertain to
day whether the school office
would be in charge, or whether
the school board would handle
reservations. It is understood the
school board met in special ses
sion last night to draft regulations
for community use of the building.
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ARMY SURPLUS
NOTIONS — BOOKS
CALLED HOME
BY FATHER’S DEATH
Mrs. Ernest Roetman of Palmer
was called Outside by the illness
and subsequent death of her father
last week. Mrs. Roetman returned
to Badger, Minn., where she ex
pects to remain for a month or six
weeks.
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