PIONEERS TO MEET
MONDAY EVENING
Pioneers of Alaska Igloo 31
will meet at 8 p.m. Monday,
April 2 in the American Legion
hall, it was announced by Don
Ingalls, Igloo secretary. At a
meeting hold this past Sunday
Igloo members voted to hold
regular meetings the first Mon
day evening of each month ex
cept during June, July and
August when no regular meet
ings will be held. Anyone not
.yet initiated in the Igloo who
plans to be a charter member
is reminded the time limit is
nearly expired and such per
sons should attend the April 2
meeting. Refreshments will be
served.
Good habits are servants—
bad habits creep in and be
come masters.
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1962 FAIR PREMIUM BOOK IN FINAL
STAGES OF PREPARATION SAYS MANAGER
The premium book for the
1P62 Fair is now in the final
stages of preparation, it was
announced this week. Depart
ment superintendents requir
ing changes in their respective
departments are urged to sub
mit recommendations to the
board of directors so that such
changes may be considered.
The fair board of directors
meets the first and third Mon
day at 8 p.m. in the library at
the Experiment Station, with
the next meeting slated for
April 2.
Advertising in the premium
book is for the third consecu
tive year, being handled on a
commission basis by members
of the Palmer Emblem Club,
with Ida Stadler as general |
chairman. Contacts in the val- j
ley area are under the super-1
vision of Vera Hayes and lo-1
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cal organizations and firms |
who are not contacted regard
ing advertising space are in
vitea to contact Mrs. Hayes.
Police Activities
Violations handled by mem
bers of the Palmer City police
department during the past
week included: No operator’s
license, 2; minors in possession
of intoxicating liquor, 2; li
quor to minors. 3; drunk in
public, 2; speeding, 2; reckless
driving, driving while intoxi
cated, disorderly conduct and
assault with dangerous wea
pon, one each.
DO WELL
Observation shows that a
good many men do very well
by doing their best friends.
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Homemaker of Tomorrow is
Susan Neal of Juneau
Douglas high school, Doug
las. She will receive a $1,
500 scholarship from General
Mills for gaining the highest
score in the state in a writ
ten homemaking examina
tion.
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Wasilla
Walkie-Talkie
By Kitty Johnson
There will be a meeting of
the Willow Area Advisory
Committee of the Dept, of Fish
and Game at the Willow school
at 8 p.m., April 2.
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Glen Allen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Vickaryous is in the
hospital recupperating after a
mistake he made of drinking
some clorox.
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The Matanuska Valley Crip
pled Children Assn’, invites
resident of the Wasilla area to
participate in the association
every fifth Tuesday at the
| Wasilla Presbyterian church at
I 8 p.m. Their last meeting was
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held March 27, so if you will
advance with me on the calen
dar we can note that the next
meeting day will be May first
at 8 p.m. Currently they are
working at the Easter Seal
Drive.
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Members of the cast of the
Wasilla PTA Variety Show
who have been contacted by
Mrs. Helen Willburn are urged
to be at the dress rehearsal at
the school on April 5 at 7:30
p.m. if they wish to be a part
of the show. If you can not be
there please call Kitty John
son at PI 5-3065, days not later
than 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale
now by members of the execu
tive committee and queen con
testants. In Palmer they may
be purchased at Kitty’s Koffee
Mill.
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Your reporter wishes to cor
rect a bit of information print
ed in error about a moose be
ing hit in front of the P.O. in
Wasilla. It wasn’t hit and the
authorities were in charge of
the poor thing.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Friday, March 30
Wasilla Lions, Hallea Lodge,
8 p.m.
Saturday. March 31
Willow Civic Organ., Comm,
hall, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Aprii 2
Willow F and G Ad. Comm..
Willow school, 8 p.m.
PTA Exec. Comm., Wasilla
School, 8 p.m.
VFW, VFW Hall, 8 p.m.
VFW Auxiliary, Jane Brown
Home, 8 p.m.
Big Lake Ad. Sc Bd., Big Lake
School, 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 5
PTA V Show dress rehearsal,
Wasilla school, 7:30 p.m.
Comm. Club, Comm, hall, 8
p.m.
Credit Union
Announces
New Location
The Matanuska Valley Fed
eral Credit Union will be in
new and larger quarters be
ginning April 2, it was an
nounced this week. New quar
ters will be located in the Neil
Wright building across from
the tax assessor’s office.
New office hours, from 2:00
6:00 p.m. will be observed, it
was announced. Roscoe Taylor,
appointed membership officer
by the board of directors, will
be available to process appli
cations for membership prior to
the monthly board of directors
meeting. The latter meetings
are scheduled for the second
Tuesday of each month, but
have had to be re-scheduled at
times, to avoid confliction with
other activities, and interested
persons are ad vised they may
contact Mrs. Merle Peterson at
the Credit Union office for ad
ditional information.
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FRONTIERSMAN
LETTERS
-to
THE EDITOR
Anchorage, Alaska
March 27, 1962
Dear Editor:
As a former resident of the
area proposed as the “Matan
uska-Susitna" Borough and
still a land-owner there, I hon
estly feel that the people of the
Valley are making a mistake
in attempting to set up an in
dependent borough. They are
luckier than any other part of
the state in their proximity to
the largest concentrated source
of tax revenue in Alaska—An
chorage. By drawing an artifi
cial line through Knik Arm
they are cutting themselves off
forever from this bonanza. The
Matanuska Valley could get a
tremendous jump on the Kenai
Peninsula by tying itself to An
chorage rather than attempting
to keep out of the Anchorage
borough.
I am not affiliated with any
borough movement in Anchor
age and don’t even know any
one who is, but I have seen
| in the States “poverty” coun
ties adjacent to heavily-popu
lated prosperous counties, and
the former just did not have
the money for even basic im
provements. Let’s face it—An
chorage has 83,000 people and
the entire Matanuska-Susitna
district has slightly over 5,000.
i The Matanuska Valley is the
! playground for the residents of
Anchorage, who have hundreds
of week-end cabins at Big
Lake, Lake Wasilla, Lake Lu
cille. Nancy Lake and many
others. These Anchorageites
are anxious for improved high
ways into and throughout the
Valley, and they can provide
the tax money that can make
these and other improvements
a reality.
It is understandable that
there is a feeling of “why pay
taxes to Anchorage” but be
lieve me it would more than
balance out in development of
the valley area. Undoubtedly
there are individuals involved
who are looking for plush jobs
in the “Matanuska-Susitna”
borough government, but for
the bulk of the residents I feel
it would provide sounder and
greater development to go in
with Anchorage and tap their
coffers for these improvements.
Instead of quibbling over whe
ther McKenzie Point should be
in one or the other boroughs,
I would think seriously about
a “Knik Arm Borough” includ
ing both Anchorage and the
Palmer area. It could make
both Anchorage and Palmer
the most prosperous and im
proved area in the state if de
veloped as an integrated unit.
I would think very carefully
before cutting the Valley off
permanently and ask 5.000
people to pay for the develop
ment of 23,000 square miles.
Why not 88,000 people develop
ing 25,000 square miles — it
makes more sense. I repeat, I
have no affiliation with any
borough movement, including
the “Cook Inlet Empire” move
ment. Let the Kenai Peninsula
form its own borough if it
likes, but let Anchorage help
improve the Matanuska-Susit
na area. Don’t fight ’em—join
’em! They’re the best source of
revenue the Valley could pos
sibly have.
Yotirs truly
KEITH H. MILLER
Anchorage, Alaska
WASILLA GROUP
WILL PRESENT
VARIETY SHOW.
Here it comes — Cheechakos
and Sourdoughs — not from
Broadway, not from Holly
wood, but straight from the
Matanuska Valley is the Wasil
la Variety Show to be held at
8 p.m. April 6 and 7 at the
Wasilla high school auditor
ium.
Tickets may be purchased
from any of the queen candi
dates, members of the Wasil
la P.T.A. executive committee,
or at the door.
The show will consist of a
variety of recitations, monolo
gues, vocals, instrumentals,
and a queen contest. Crown
ing of the queen will be held
the night of the last perform
ance.
“If you have spring fever
and feel like a night out, re
serve April 6 or 7 to attend the
Wasilla Variety Show,” urges
committee members.
You place your own reputa
tion in jeopardy every time you
attack that of another.