Thought of the Week:
Wifey to Hubby: "I wish
you had the spunk the Gov
ernment has—they don't let
a little debt keep them from
spending."
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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
MTA ANNUAL MEETING
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
DOOR PRIZES REPORTS
August 4 7:30 P.M.
REFRESHMENTS
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 45
PALMER, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1S62
TEN PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
i Reporters—
f\late.lxaah
Sergeant Paul McGibboney
ot the U. S. Army, now station
ed in Korea with the First Cav
alry Division, was winner of a
45-ealiber service match held
July 28 and 29. His wife, the
former Hildegarde Kalwies,
lives in Palmer.
* * *
Miss Edna M. Davis of St.
Stephen, New Brunswick, Can
ada, is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Rodney L. Johnson of Sut
ton. She is accompanied by
her ten-year old nephew, Ken
neth Boone of Brockway, New
Brunswick.
Miss Davis is renewing
friendships in the Valley. She
will be remembered as man
ager of the Valley Presbyteri
an Hospital in 1949 and i950.
A coffee hour was held at
Mrs. Johnson's home on July
24, giving friends an opportun
ity to drop in and chat with
Miss Davis. She plans to leave
here on August 11.
* * *
Dick Jones returned from a
vacation in Seattle on Monday.
July 8. Mrs. Jones and son
Brian, together with Mrs. Dick
Albers, are driving home over
the highway.
* * *
After a year’s absence, John
ny Orlando has returned to
Palmer from the Kenai penin
sula, and is now operating a
barber shop in the Neal Wright
building, with the assistance of
Bob Mumford.
Mrs. Robert Pippel (Kay)
left Palmer on Sunday for Seat
tle, where she was joined on
Tuesday by her husband. Bob
will also visit Juneau before
returning to Palmer.
* * *
MM3 Henry Wright has been
named sailor of the month for
July for his ship, the USS Sel
lers, which is stationed on the
East Coast, out of Boston, hav
ing returned from Guatanamo
Bay in the past month. He is
the son of Donald Wright oi
Sutton.
Hunters Register
For Special Hunt
At Local Office
Antlerless moose may be
hunted in the Matanuska Val
ley area from August 20 to
September 30, Dan McGinnis,
of the department of fish and
game today reminded hunters.
Closing date for registration
for this special hunt will be
August 13 at the Anchorage of
fice and August 11 at the Pal
mer office, McGinnis said. The
Palmer office in the Severns
building will be open for regis
tration from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Wednesday and Saturday
only. Applicants are asked to
bring their hunting licenses
with them.
Voting Procedures
To Be Discussed
A class for the instruction of
election judges and clerks will
be held at the Extension Ser
vice office at 2 p.m. on August
7. according to Ruth Dodds,
district election supervisor.
Voting procedures will be dis
cussed.
Mrs. Dodds and a member of
the attorney general’s office
will preside. All judges and
clerks in District 7 precincts
are urged to attend.
NOTICE BUTTE ELECTION PRECINCT
The former Palmer Precinct No. 2 is now
divided by Matanuska River. The New Butte
precinct is bounded by Knik River on south
and east and Matanuska River on north and
west — this includes all of Lazy Mountain.
All Republican voters in Butte Precinct
are requested to attend meeting to elect
precinct officers and delegates to South
Central District Convention. 8 delegates and
8 alternate delegates are to be elected.
WHERE: BUTTE FIREHALL
WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 8:00 P.M.
STATE FAIR PLANS
KIDS’ DAY EVENTS
All youngsters of the valley
between the ages of five and
twelve, inclusive, are invited
to register for “Kids’ Day’’ at
the fair, Bill Miller, fair man
ager, announced this week.
Kids’ Day is scheduled for
Friday, August 31, and a full
program of events has already
been set up. A1 Metz and Lloyd
Plumly are co-chairmen of the
program, which will be divided
into separate events for boys
and girls of segregated age
groups. There will be foot rac
es, sack races, three legged rac
es, a ball throw, wheel barrow
races, an egg roll, a hoola hoop
contest and others. Cash prizes
will be awarded the winners of
each event.
A special event for 12-year
old boys only will be climbing
a greased pole. The pole will
have a $10 bill at the top await
ing the lucky winner.
To be eligible to participate
in the program all children
must register on or before Aug
ust 24 by calling Mr. Metz at
PI 5-2536 or Mr. Plumbly at
PI 5-3971, giving their name,
age, and the event in which
they would like to enter.
PARK PROJECT
GIVEN BOOST
BY LOCAL WOMEN
I hree Palmer women, Mrs
Whitey Pullen, Mrs. Pat Wells
and Gladys Swift, interested
in seeing the development ol
the Palmer city park, started
a fund for that purpose Iasi
week by placing a collection
jar in the Matanuska Hotel.
The results — a total ol
$160.62—were turned in to the
Kiwanis Club at their regular
luncheon meeting on Monday.
July 30. The collection includ
ed a $100 gift from an anony
mous donor.
The success of their project
resulted in the appointment of
Bob Pippel and Ted Schmidtke
to a committee to place more
jars in business places in Pal
mer and to handle the collec
tions.
Special guests at the Monday
meeting included Mrs. Pullen,
Mrs. Wells, and Winston Gil
christ, Palmer’s new city man
ager.
Harold Dunn Gets
Elks Appointment
Lee A. Donaldson, Grand
Exalted Ruler of the Benevol
ent and Protective Order of
Elks, recently announced the
appointment of Harold J. Dunn
as District Deputy Grand Ex
alted Ruler for the Alaska West
District.
The Alaska West District has
jurisdiction over lodges in An
chorage, Cordova, Fairbanks,
Kodiak, Seward, Homer, and
Palmer.
Dunn will leave August 2,
for Salt Lake City, Utah,
to attend a regional conference
of district deputies called by
Grand Exalted Ruler Donald
son to discuss affairs of the Or
der and activities for the com
ing year.
Dunn is a Past Exalted Ruler
of Palmer Lodge No. 1842.
Palmer Is Host to ARECA
Annual Meet Aug. 9-11
Palmer and the Matanuska
Electric Association will be
host to the Alaska Rural Elec
tric Cooperative Association
annual meeting next week,
August 9, 10, and 11, Mason
LaZelle, MEA manager, has
announced. Delegates and util
ity managers from throughout
the state will be present, and
the tentative program includes
several authoritative speakers
in various fields, including
Hugh O’Hara, an REA author
ity on Rural Areas Develop
ment.
Business meetings will be
held in the Elks hall, begin
ning Thursday morning at 9
a.m. The morning session will
include reports from the offi
cers of the association, commit
tees, and managers. A report
from the National Rural Elec
tric Cooperative Association
will be given by Richard Smith
of CEA, Alaska representative
to the national organization.
On Thursday afternoon,
Clyde Sherwood, certified pub
lic accountant of Anchorage,
will discuss capital credits.
Other afternoon speakers will
be Harold Moats of the Corps
of Engineers, and M. S. Umben
hauer of the Parsons Company.
A panel discussion on long
range planning will follow,
with Robert Retherford, Anch
orage engineering consultant,
Ralph Mills, REA official, and
Herbert Purcell, manager of
Golden Valley Electric Asso
ciation, taking part. Moderator
will be Leon Johnson, man
ager of Kodiak Electric Asso
ciation.
Friday morning will feature
the address by Mr. O’Hara, who
will be followed by Ed Green,
of the Oregon Agricultural
Chemical Company, talking
on brush and weed control.
The afternoon session will
Martha Linnebur, Victoria Johnson
Enter Contest For State Fair Queen
Martha Louise Linnebur,
of the Houston-Willow Road,
: and Victoria Fae Johnson, Mile
17, Glenn Highway, are the lat
| est entrants in the Alaska State
Fair queen contest, according
to Billy R. Miller, lair manager.
They join four other young
| women, Linda Cope, sponsored
by MVFCA, Colleen Kendall,
j backed by Bert’s Drug. Inc. of
Anchorage, Terry Niemann,
sponsored by MEA. and Joyce
Patterson, whose sponsors are
Kitty’s Koffee Mill and Gus
Scheele’s Excavating. Miss
Johnson will be sponsored by
MTA.
“Marty” Linnebur. who was
born October 12, 1944, in An
chorage. Alaska, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Linne
bur. This green-eyed brunette
is a sportsminded' girl wrho en
joyed Wasilla High School ath
letics as well as chorus, pep
club, and dramatics before her
graduation in 1962.
Five feet, five inches tall, she
weighs 120 pounds. Her vital
statistics are 36-24-36. Marty
likes swimming, sewing, and
dancing. She plans to attend
IBM school and hopes to be
come a statistician.
Victoria, the daughter of Mrs.
Sallye Johnson, hails from
Evanston. Wyoming, where she
was born June 12, 1945. She
combines light brown hair,
blue eyes and a fair complexion
with 37-22-37 measurements.
She is five feet, seven inches
tall and weighs 130 pounds.
She will graduate from East
Anchorage High School in 1963,
where she is a member of the
National Honor Society, Girls’
Athletic Association, and Pep
Club. Her favorite subject is
history. She is employed by
the Sears store in Mountair
View.
Victoria’s hobbies are mam
—dancing, hunting, fishing
skiing, sewing and cooking.
She plans to enter college
after graduation from rbiil
school.
One of many events honoring
the girls will be the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce
banquet, to be held August 16
at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks hall.
Catered by the Frontier Cafe,
the dinner will feature roast
beef and Matanuska Valley
vegetables, and will emphasize
p fair and harvest time theme.
; The public is invited to the af
fair, and reservations may be
made by calling the Frontier
Cafe or Marie Van Auken at
PI 5-4911.
The girls will attend the
Reward Salmon Derby, will
make several TV appearances,
and will be guests at various
other functions.
New Eagle Rjver
Bridge Opened
The new Eagle River bridge
was opened to traffic yester
day and four miles of new
highway were opened at the
same time.
The bridge, constructed at a
cost of $960,000 replaces the old
bridge which will be taken
down.
Taking part in the dedication
was Gov. William Egan and re
presentatives of the Chugiak
and Eagle River areas.
A State Department of High
ways official said a public hear
ing has been set for Aug. 17 in
Palmer, to consider a route pro
posal for a new bridge over the
Knik River.
Free telephone service and
color telephones await several
lucky Matanuska Telephone
Association members as door
prizes at the annual meeting to
be held Saturday, August 4, in
Central School gymnasium, ac
cording to Max Clements, man
ager. Registration begins at
7:30 p.m., with the business
meeting opening at 8 p.m.
An election will be held to
fill two vacancies on the board
of directors. The two-year term
of Harold Newcomb and the
three-year term of John Zi
mowski are expiring. Nominees
for the positions are ^aurel
Hayes, James Hurley, and Ho
mer Reppart of the Butte area;
Harvey Hiber of Sutton; John
Linnebur of the Houston-Big
Lake area; and Harold New
comb (incumbent) of Wasiila.
The manager and the officers
of the board will make their
annual reports, and the annual
audit of the association’s rec
ords will be read.
Manager Clements pointed
out that, under new state law,
voting by proxy is no longer
legal, and members must be
present in order to vote.
be devoted to committee re
commendations and election of
officers.
Delegates will be guests at
a banquet at Williwaw Lodge
on Friday evening, for which
the electrical suppliers of the j
area will be hosts. The 7:30
p.m. banquet will be preceded
by a no-host cocktail hour at
6:30 p.m.
On Saturday morning, dele
gates will be taken on a tour
of the Sutton area mines, with
a luncheon to be served at nocn
at the Sutton Community club.
If weather permits, the Co
op representatives will witness
a spraying demonstration by
Ed Green on Saturday atfer
noon.
A tentative program for
wives of the delegates includes
a cruise on Big Lake for Thurs
day and a tour of the Valley on
Friday.
Officers of ARECA include
Burton Carver of Soldotna,
president: C. Ivan Branton of
Palmer, vice president; Larry
Farnen, Homer, secretary; and
! Eldon Gallear, Dillingham,
treasurer.
MISS MATANUSKA
VISITS CENTURY 21
! Erika Kalwies, Miss Mata
j nuska Valley for 1962, left this
| morning for three days of fun
| and sight-seeing at Century 21
I in Seattle. The trip was Erika’s
award for placing first in the
i 1961 Alaska State Fair queen
contest. She is accompanied by
her sister Mrs. Anni Knueppel
of Palmer.
Erika will spend some time
at the Alaska Exhibit, and
plans to see Seattle from the
top of the Space Needle.
In a letter to Bill Miller. Al
aska State Fair maanger, writ
ten by W. J. Wallenstein, pres
ident of Greater Anchorage,
Inc., appreciation was express
ed for the assistance given in
the Miss Alaska Pageant, held
in Anchorage on July 12.
“Miss Kalwies was a won
derful and gracious contestant
and was an outstanding repre
sentative of your community,”
Wallenstein said.
—
FAIRBANKS MILK
PROCESSED HERE
The MVFCA milk processing
operation at Fairbanks has
been shut down, with all milk
produced in that area now be
ing trucked to the Palmer
plant for processing, Stewart
A. Durrant, MVFCA general
manager, announced this week
The Fairbanks plant is now a
distributing unit only, he said.
The decision to close the
Fairbanks plant was made at
the July 7 meeting of the Co
op board of directors. Durrant
said.
dill UV.II\ c cu c iim;
door prizes, Clements said,
with the top award being a j
year’s free local residential '
service. Six months and three
months of local residential ser
vice will also be awarded, and
several fortunate members will
carry away color telephones.
Refreshments will be served
by the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital Auxiliary.
MTA’s candidate in the Al
aska State Fair queen contest,
Miss Victoria Johnson of Mile
17, Glenn Highway, will be in
troduced to the membership.
Marling Salary
Set at $10,500
Winston Gilchrist, of Phoe
nix, Arizona, has accepted the
position of first city manager
of Palmer, offered to him at a
special session of the Palmer
City Council held July 31. His i
starting salary has been set at
$10,500.
Gilchrist. 51, has a back
ground of eight years in city
managership, having served
two and a half years in Rose
burg, Oregon, one and a half
years in Needles, California
and four years in Glendale,
Arizona. He stated that he is j
not a registered professional
engineer, but that he is a
draftsman and can do his own i
mapping and planning.
He has a bachelor of science i
and master of science degree
from the University of Oregon,
and has a law degree from
the Detroit College of Law. A
former teacher, he also has a
master's degree in public
school administration.
The new manager said he
could assume his duties within
twelve days, and that his wife,
Elizabeth, and eight-year-old
| son, George, will come to Pal
mer as soon as their affairs
I can be settled in Phoenix.
Gilchrist said he saw no rea
son why the city tax rate
should have to be raised in or
der to meet his salary, although
some shifts and changes may
have to be made. Asked if he
had examined the city audit
he stated that, although Palm
er has a high bonded indebted
ness, the city appears to be in
pretty good shape financially.
When asked how long he in
i tends to stay, he replied, “I do
I not anticipate this position as
| a training place for another
job. I hope to settle down
j here.” He added that he enjoys
Crash Results in
Injury to Five
A head-on crash on the Pal
mer Highway at Mile 36 last
Sunday morning resulted in
the injury of five persons, four
of whom were hospitalized at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
in Palmer. One has since been
released, and the others are
reported in satisfactory condi- I
tion at the hospital.
The collision occured when
a car driven by Ronald F. Wa
ters of Anchorage crossed the
center line, striking a vehicle
driven by Adolph H. Hoepfner
of Glennallen. Besides the dri
vers, injured included Arlyn D.
Bohner of Anchorage, who was
taken to Providence Hospital
in Anchorage for treatment:
Mrs. Hoepfner, and James
Hoepfner, 18. who has been
released from the hospital.
Frances Hawk or Anchorage,
a nurse at Providence Hospital,
one of the first arrivals at the
scene of the accident, assisted
in caring for the injured.
life in a small town. Warned of
the long, cold winters, he drew
a laugh by saying, “I’ve lived
in Montana,”
Other business conducted by
the council included approval
of the supplemental budget,
with the stipulation that the
fire department allotment first
be clarified. The total revised
budget figure is $157,847.20,
$13,941.30 over the original
budget estimate of $143,905.90.
The upward revision was ne
cessary to meet extra expenses
accrued before the close of the
fiscal year, which ends Sep
tember 30.
The police department was
instructed to arrange for in
formational signs at the inter
section of of Valley Street and
Wasilla Highway, as a service
to tourists and others traveling
to Wasilla, Big Lake, Houston
and Willow. The police depart
ment was also asked to desig
nate the alley behind the Sev
erns building for one-way traf
fic only.
AREA SALMON
FISHING REPORTED
FAIR TO GOOD
I
Local salmon streams are
now producing fair to good
fishing for red and silver sal
mon. Palmer fishing biologist
Dan McGinnis said yesterday.
Many limit catches of reds
and silvers are coming from
Cottonwood Creek. The popu
lar method for silvers is fresh
‘cluster eggs, while the major
ity of red suimon are taken by
snag gear, the game depart
ment official stated.
Fish Creek, which opened
i yesterday, contains moderate
numbers of silvers and large
numbers of pink salmon in
good, bright condition. Fishing
is anticipated to be very good
for pinks, primarily on snag
equipment, McGinnis said.
Wasilla Creek fishermen are
having fair but spotty success
in angling for silver salmon, he
added. Popular bait is again
fresh cluster eggs.
The department of fish and
game requests the public to ob
serve closed areas. Fish Creek
is open from the mouth to Big
Lake; Cottonwood Creek is
open from the mouth upstream
two miles to the Cottonwood
Road bridge; and Wasilla
Creek is open between the
mouth and the Alaska Railroad
trestle. The daily sport fishing
bag limit for salmon is three
per person.
McGinnis again emphasized
that the recent rumor that the
department of fish and game
had blocked the mouth of Cot
tonwood Creek with nets is un
true. The area has been exam
ined closely by protection offi
cers, and no nets of any type
were found.
POLLING PLAGES, BOUNDARIES CHANGE
FOR SOME MATANUSKA VALLEY VOTERS
Some residents of the Mata
nuska Valley area will go to
new polling places on Tuesday.
August 14. to vote in the state
primary election, according to
information released this week
by election officials.
Voters of Palmer Precinct 1,
which includes all the area
within the corporate limits of j
the City of Palmer, will vote
in the Ehrhart building, in the
section formerly occupied by
the Lookwell barber shop.
Polling place for the Mata
nuska precinct will be Sher
rod’s vegetable stand at Mile
48, Palmer Highway. This pre
cinct includes all the area ly
ing east of the Seward Meri
dian, bounded on the south by
Kmk Arm, on the east by the
Matanuska River and Moose
Creek and on the north by an
east-west line drawn through
Montana Creek, excepting the
incorporated limits of the city
of Palmer.
Butte voters will go to the
Butte Fire Hall. The Butte
precinct includes all the area
bounded by the Matanuska
River on the north and west,
and the boundary of the elec
tion district on the south and
east.
Wasilla residents will vote at
the Wasilla library, as usual.
At press time, no information
was available in the Frontiers
man office on polling places
for the Big Lake, Eska-Sutton.
Talkeetna and Willow pre
cincts.
If space permits, a summary
of the boundaries of these pre
cincts will be published in next
week’s Frontiersman.
Polling places will be open
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.