VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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NO INJURIES IN
HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS
Four highway traffic accidents
were investigated by the Terri
torial Police in this area during
the holiday week-end. Although
several hundred dollars damage
resulted from the accidents, there
were no personal injuries report
ed.
Sunday evening Kenneth Hum
phrey of Mt. View rolled his 1951
Plymouth sedan over on the
Glenn highway at Mile 42%. The
vehicle was headed west at an
excessive rate of speed when the
driver lost control, skidded and
over turned, landing at the bot
tom of an eight foot bank. There
was approximately $500 damage
to the vehicle.
While the Plymouth was being
removed by a wrecker, a 1951
Mercury sedan driven by Pas
quale Piccardi of Anchorage
struck the rear of a vehicle stop
ped on the highway for traffic,
causing about $50 damage to his
own vehicle and $100 to the other,
driven by Sylvia Massey of An
chorage.
Monday a 1950 Lincoln sedan,
traveling at an excessive speed
and operated by Robert Rue left
the road near Mile 47 on the
Glenn highway causing approxi
I
mately $150 damage to the ve
hicle.
An accident on the Granite
i Creek bridge on the same day
jwas blamed on faulty brakes. A
! 1948 Plymouth sedan driven by
Donald Caulkins of Palmer and a
1948 Packard driven by Wanda
Stipp of Anchorage collided on
the one-lane bridge when the
brakes on the Caulkins car failed
to operate. Damages to each
vehicle amounted to approximate
ly $100.
COUNCIL SETS NEW
RATE FOR FIREMEN
Members of the city council
authorized an hourly pay rate
for City volunteer firemen while i
on a wet run at the regu- 1
lar meeting held September
8. A base rate of $2.50 for i
a dry run and $5.00 for a wet \
run was established some time i
ago. However, the question of e
how long a fireman should be ex- j j
pected to work for the $5.00 flat <
rate on a wet run was brought ^
about when some volunteers .
worked as long as eight hours on
a recent fire. Council members
voted to pay an hourly rate of
$3.00 per hour for each hour after
the initial two-hour period on
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he same.
Fire Chief Ray Lancaster re
oinded council members that it
vill be necessary to find immedi
ite housing for the fire trucks and
quipment. Cold weather will
eopardize the efficiency of our
quipment, he said. We have got
o get the trucks inside where
water in the tanks and pumps
will not freeze, he added. Mem
bers of the fire committee report
ed they have not yet received
any bids on space for housing the
trucks and with other council
members voted to again advertise
for storage space. At the same
time it was pointed out that no
jail space has been secured to
date and that also will be adver
tised. Anyone who has space they
would care to rent to the city
is asked to submit a bid to the
City Clerk in the Wright build
ing.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
FAIR GROSS TO BE
REPORTED NEXT WEEK
Gross receipt figures were not
complete in time for this week’s
publication. However, Gene Kir
sch, fair manager, said they will
be ready next week. Attendance
figures are expected to break the
record.
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