VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
■ntered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_ _ Owner-Manager
"Editor _ __Virginia Gallant
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Notebook *
Jim Wilson, commissioner of <
agriculture, and Dr. Fred Hun- 1
-singer, territorial veterinarian, \
expect to be in the Kenai area (
-next week making livestock tests
<or Bangs disease and tubercul- ]
osis. Their trip will include stops i
at Seward, Seldovia, Homer, j
*Kenai and points in between. l
Hugh Johnson of the Experi- <
' —tnent Station is als® in the Kenai
area this week. He is on station ]
•‘•■business. 1
Bert’s Drug Store has been ]
-named agents for the Trail'.vays ;
-<>ation-wide bus service. Bus trips i
—•may now be arranged at the drug ]
store for anywhere in the States. ;
Vacation tours to historical and ]
-other famous spots are included ]
*n the service. \
Cy Brewer, MEA manager, is (
in Washington, D. C. where he is
attending a REA manager’s con
ference. He left February 27 and ,
is expected back in Palmer the
iatter part of this week or early
—oext week.
Sergeant Stanley Laird of the
'Territorial Police has received
word that he will not be going :
—Outside to the FBI School at this
■•time. No definite reason was giv- ,
en for the change order and he
will remain eligible for the cour
-ee at a later date, Captain Wes
ley Gilman said this week.
Three carloads of Anchorage
skiers were disappointed this
•■past Sunday when they found a
-snowfall in the Little Susitna area
^■prevented them from reaching
the ski area.
New employe in the Depart
ment of Agriculture office this
week is Mrs. Nancy Paulson who
is replacing Lorraine Dorsett
'^YilO resigned the position pre
vious’to her marriage to James
Oiebhardt, and her subsequent re
moval to the Anchorage area. Mrs.
Paulson and her husband arrived
In the Valley from Seattle about
"'three weeks ago. Mr. Paulson is
with the ACS.
Bill Eldridge, Jr. of Palmer and
Harry M. Campbell, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Campbell
of Palmer were sworn into the
Army Reserve at Fort Richardson
last week by Lt. Col. John J. La
vin, senior Army advisor. As re- .
servists, assigned to the 208th En
">gineer Battalion in Palmer, both
will engage in the annual two
weeks of field training to be con
ducted at Ft. Richardson next
month.
Stan Lowe of Palmer was .
awarded a set of steak knives at
the March 3 meeting of the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen.
“Mac” McNarry is a patient at
Valley Hospital where he has
been confined by illness the past
Hwo weeks.
Don Moyer this week i-eceived
a winter broadcast schedule from
I. Petrov of Radio Moscow’s let
ter department. Included with the'
program was a post-card picture
of the Moscow City Council build
ing.
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JAPANESE TEACHER '
EAGER TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT ALASKA
MR. BILLIKEN, grinning mas
cot of the Alaska Visitors Associa
tion has invaded Japan, and cap
tured the heart of a school tea
cher whose only knowledge of
the Territory dates back to Para
mount’s “Road to Utopia” picture
comedy.
Attracted by the happy little
•man who smiled up at her from
an ad in Holiday magazine, Hazy
mae Watanabe wrote the AVA
telling of her desire to learn more
of Alaska. Her only previous
knowledge was that which was
portrayed by Crosby, Hope and
-Lamour in the old and slightly
misleading Paramount comedy.
Alaska Visitors Association
plans to send a compilation of
Alaskan literature and informa
tion to Miss Watanabe, a teacher
of geography in a Japanese ele
mentary school.
18 Palmerites
Rake Cordova Trip
Forty-eight basketball players
md fans returned to Palmer Sun
lay following a week-end of bas
ketball games and endless enter -
ainment provided by people of
Cordova.
From the time the Palmerites
anded at the airport in Cordova
mtil take-off time on. Sunday,
>arties and “feeds” were offered
>y the friendly residents of Cor
lova.
Among those attending from
’aimer were the following: Mr and
drs. Miles France, Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight Pullen, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bar
dn, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bettine,
dr. and Mrs. Phil O’Neill, Mr.
md Mrs. Art Stenberg. Mr .and
drs. Everett Petersen, Mr. and
drs. Phil McRae, Mr. and Mrs.
Sweeney Ross, Mr. and Mrs.
Dlaire Stock, and Mr. and Mrs.
\rt Stacy.
Also attending were: Fritz, Geo
>rge, and Ben Herman, Harold
Dunn, Esther Pederson, Barbara
deiers, Rose Miller, A1 Saxton,
Virgil Meehdn, Edna Wehking,
Hosina Tost, A1 Miller, Matt On
tka, Norman Rousey, Don Parks,
Shirley Haire, Alice Motte, John
Crocker, Bob Saxton, Bill An
ierson, Dick and Don Bentz. The
latter four are Army personnel
who made the trip.
Although scores of the games
played by the local Moose team
were not available, they lost both
games to the Cordova players.
However, the women’s team, the
Rockets came home victors of
both games played against the
Cordova Imperials. The follow
ing score is from the Saturday
light game.
BOX SCORE "
Rockets (23)
g f tp
L. Stenberg, f .4 1 9
E. Pederson, f .2 0 4
S. Haire, f .1 0 2
B. Bettine, f .2 0 4
R. Miller, g Oil
B. McRae, g .Oil
A. Motte, g .0 0 0
D. France, g .0 2 2
Total ...... 23
Imperials (20) g f *F
V. Nichols .. 7 1 15
K. hSerman .0 2 2
L. Nickloett .. 0 11
J. Dinneen ..1 0 2
B. McElhaney
B. McKee
F. Statinberg
M. Elston
P. Albers
Total . 2(
Arctic Explorer
Is Valley Visitor
Sir Hubert Wilkins, famed
Arctic explorer and consultant to
the U. S. Army Quartermaster on
matters of food and other sup
plies, was a Valley visitor Friday
of last week.
Wilkins, who had not visited
the Valley since 1945, was pleas
ad with the development of agri
culture since that time. With
Colonel Joseph Shanks and Major
Thomas Burkhart of Fort Rich
ardson who accompanied Sir
Wilkins, farms of Harold Thuma
and Glen Woods were visited.
Processing facilities of the Co
Op produce department were also
inspected by the party, under the
guidance of Jim Wilson, Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
Sir Hubert, an Australian, was
knighted in 1928 following the
completion of a flight with Ben
Eielson from Point Barrow over
the North Pole to Spitzbergen,
still regarded as one of the out
standing feats of aviation. He
also worked with Stephanson and
Byrd on several expeditions and
led one himself in which he at
tempted to reach the North Pole
by submarine.
During recent years he has been
adviser to the U. S. Quartermaster
Corps on clothing, food, and sup
ply problems of Arctic regions.
He has assisted in designing
much of the cold weather gear
now being used by the Armed
Forces.
Palmer Expected
To Be 1954
Convention City
The Republican Divisional Con
vention to be held in Palmer
March 19 and 20 makes a total
of four conventions to be held
in Palmer during 1954 and appar
ently earns the locale the title
of Convention City for 1954.
First large gathering will be
held this week, March 4 through
March 7 when one minister and
one layman from each Presby
terian Church in the territory
will attend the Yukon Presbytery
and Presbyterial, being held at
the United Protestant Church.
Estimated attendance for this
event has been set at 50 persons.
They will also participate in dedi
cation ceremonies for the new Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital which
will take place March 6, an event
which is expected to draw sever
al hundred visitors.
The Republican Convention is
expected to draw an estimated
crowd of 300.
Early in June the American Le
gion Territorial Convention will
be held in Palmer when another
300 person are expected to attend.
The fourth large convention
will be that of the Elks. Their
Territorial Convention will be
held in Palmer early in November
with approximately 300 Elks and
their families expected to visit
the Valley.
Rifle Club Shoots
Final Match With
Salt Lake City
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen Rifle club
high five won one and lost one
in their final matches with the
Salt Lake Small Arms Club.
In Match No. 7, Palmer high
five out-shot their competition by
1461 to 1453, with Ken Westen
barger shooting a 297 out of a
possible 300. Other Palmer scores
were: Contini, 292; Dodge, 291;
Donaldson 291; and Harris, 290.
Palmer’s second high five lost
by four points, 1422-1428.
Continuing their winning tot
als, Palmer’s women and juniors
beat Salt Lake’s third high five by
58 points, 1394 to 1336. W. Woods
was high junior with a total of
287.
Westenbarger was high man,
with the same total, 297, in
Match No. 8. The Salt Lake
shooters out-pointed the Palmer
riflemen by three points, 1459 to
1462. The Palmer high five won
and lost three in the match.
Palmer’s second high five drop
ped eighth match by only five
points, giving them an even split
in the match with four wins and
four losses.
Completing their final match
by defeating Salt Lake’s third
high five by 71 points, the women
and juniors tallied eight wins and
no losses in the eight matches
with the Salt Lake City team.
The club is now in line for sev
eral prizes and medals which will
be announced as soon as the club
is notified.
FREE SOIL TESTS
OFFERED BY
EXTENSION SERVICE
Soil testing is the latest of the
services offered to farmers and
home gardeners through the Uni
versity of Alaska’s Agricultural
Extension Service.
All samples wiil be tested free
by the Extension Service. Farm
ers or gardeners may take their
samples, properly labeled, to
their nearest district agricultural
agent or mail it directly to the
Agricultural Experiment Station
located here in Palmer, where
tests will be made.
Separate oil samples should be
taken from fields or areas in one
field which differ in productivity,
crops or fertilization during the
past three years, the announce
ment stated. From each of these
areas or gardens, an equal amount
of soil should be taken from six
to eight places, well distributed
over the area. These slices should
then be mixed well in a clean
pail and a pint taken to be sent
for testing. The pint of soil should
iry without the help of oven or
furnace, put in a clean contain
er and labeled with sample num
ber, farmer's name and address.
TO LEASE BLOCKS IN
NENANA COAL FIELDS
The manager of the Fairbanks
Land Office, Bui’eau of Land
Management, announces receipt
from Washington of advice auth
orizing the offering at public
auction of coal leasing blocks in
the Nenana Coal Fields.
The auction of coal blocks 7,
8, and 9, containing a total of 2,
440 acres, will be held at the land
office, Fairbanks, at 10 a.m., April
2.
The leasing blocks comprise all
of Section 26 and Section 25, and
portions of Sections 23, 35, 24, and
| 36, in Township 11 South, Range
17 West, Fairbanks Meridian. The
lands lie along Lignite Creek in
the Nenana Coal fields and are
situated approximately four to
five miles east of the Alaska Rail
road.
Known coal lands, such as those
concerned, are classified by the
government as coal leasing blocks,
and are opened to the public
through competitive bidding,
j Considerable interest has been
shown during the past few years
in the Nenana Coal fields, as well
as the Jarvis Creek Coal fields
and Point Lay coal fields, all of
which lie in the Fairbanks land
district.
Sealed bids may be submitted.
Such bids will be opened and read
at the auction before bidding is
commenced by those present. The
envelope used by the bidder must
be plainly marked that it is not
to be opened before the hour and
date of auction, and should show
that the bid is for coal lease. Cer
tified check, cashier’s check, or
money order, made payable to the
Treasurer of the United States,
for one-fifth of the amount of the
Persons desiring further infor
bid should be enclosed.
mation regarding these lands may
contact the manager, Land Of
fice, Fairbanks.
Home Demonstration
News and Notes j
By Marylou Rideout
One month from now we will
begin our Furniture Repair Work
shop so this is the “last call” to
sign-up, and to send NOW for
material. A Workshop if this kind
won’t be offered again real soon.
Mary Robinson, specialist, will be
with us. A few years ago, at the
Fair, the Sourdough Club, had in
their booth, a living room arran
ged with furniture which had
been reupholstered, wood refin
ished by various members of the
club. Right near the booth, the
Home Agent had a “stand” dish
ing out catsup, made from cran
berries) so as the people viewed
the room arrangement, it wasn’t
difficult to hear the various com
ments. That reupholstered furni
ture and finished wood, was of
such a high perfection that the
furniture looked new. The people
thought it was the arrangement
of new pieces not rejuvenated
ones! So if you want your furni
ture to be lifted out of its present
state of forlornness, sign-up now.
During the Lenten season you
probably will use the popular
Extension bulletin “Alaska Sea
food Recipes”. Recipes are super.
There are many recipes for the
use of tuna, but have you tried
this one:
Tuna Casserole
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 7 oz. can tuna, coarsely flaked
1 cup crushed cheese crackers
Vs cup milk or % cup milk and 14
cup liquid from peas
1 cup cooked green peas, drained
Empty soup into casserole, add
liquid. Mix. Add tuna, peas and
% crackers. Stir well. Sprinkle
top with remaining crackers, bake
350° 30 minutes. Soda crackers
may be substituted and add 1/3
cup grated cheese.
Time was, when bones of can
ned salmon were not eaten. But
why remove these soft bone6
which contain valuable minerals?
Mash into salmon for added nu
trients.
A jar or can of salmon becomes
giant size when made into pat
ties or croquettes by adding an
egg yolk and all the mashed po
atoes the juice will absorb. Pan
fry; put croquette on buttered
toast and cover with white sauce
Any croquettes left over may be
covered with catsup and used for
sandwich filling.
To vary your salmon loaf, you
may find this idea helpful. To the
greased loaf pan add salmon loaf
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LAWRENCE CLARK
TAKES ROTC HONORS
The University of Alaska learn
?d this week it had the highest
percentage of students in the
top grade bracket of. Reserve
Officers Training Corps college
level general knowledge examina
tions given at summer camps last
Juliv.
Among ROTC students from
the University of Alaska who'
took the examination at Fort
Lewis, Washington was Laurence
S. Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Steelman of Palmer. Clarke
took added honors when he fin
ished in number one position in
the leadership course at Fort
Lewis.
A total of 15,529 ROTC students
from all Army areas and over
seas commands and eligible for
commissioning in 1954 took the
examination. Its purpose was to
evaluate the type of men the
Army is getting from the ROTC
program.
EDWARD F. BITTNER
Funeral services for Edward F.
Bittner, 60, long-time resident of
the territory, were held this after
noon at 2 p.m. in the Elks Hall
in Anchorage. Father Albert Say
ers officiated at the services and
interment was in the Elks section
of the Anchorage cemetery.
Mr. Bittner was born in Port
land, Oregon and came to the
territory in 1897. He had lived in
Anchorage many years, and re
cently moved to Palmer. He is
survived by his wife, Katherine,
and one son, William, of Anch
orage.
mixture to a depth of an inch,
then arrange hard-cooked eggs,
end to end, lengthwise of loaf.
Cover with remaining salmon.
Bake as your recipe requires. Un
mold loaf, and see surprised faces
when each slice contains an egg
slice. Top of loaf can be decor
ated with slices of pimiento or
stuffed olives.
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MARCH 10—11
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MARCH 12 — 13
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Saturday Matinee 2:00 P. M.
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