ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY
CHORUS
School Gym, — 8:30 P.M.
Tuesday, June 8
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VOLUME 7. NUMBER 32
PALMER, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954
PRICE TEN CENT®
JUNE 8 CONCERT
WILL FEATURE
1'om in.. t Palmer next Tues
■ will be member? of the An
il rage Commurity Chorus
t: - velteg ensemble who have
p. osenteci very successful con
te.ts in Anchorage and Ninilchik
. . ing the past two weeks. The
. ..cert is to be sponsored in Pai
- r by the Northland Pioneer
Grange and will be held in the
P: Imer High School gymnasium,
w Arming at 8:30 p.m. Tickets
. . v be obtained before the con
i'- : from various Grange mem
. or may be purchased at the
d r. prior to the 8:30 curtain
time.
This past Satu.day those who
-sed the spring concert pre
-tr.ted in Anchorage had the op
o . tunity of hearing a tape re
. . ding which was broadcast
:: m Station KENI. A wide selec
ts n of American music was of
:e.ed.
A large and appreciative audi
ts. :e attended the presentation at
Ninilchik last Saturday where a
royal welcome was extended to
the visiting chorus members.
Pe :>ple who had formerly at
tended concerts in the States but
who have been too busy building
tc travel far to hear a concert,
heard their first "live” musical
program in years.
Some of America’s outstanding
r .isic will be presented on June
3 when the Chorus, under the
direction of Mary Hale, offers a
program of works by American
c mposers. Tlw chorus has been
organized since 1947 an is lim
ited to 90 persons. 40 of whom
are members of the traveling en
re nble which will appear in Pal
LEGION CEBSM0KK8
MARK MEMORIAL DAY
John Weisenberger, command
Matanuska Valley Legion
F:-t. reported very good attend
. e at Memorial Day services
•-.Vo at the Palmer Cemetery
5. nday, May 30.
Sponsored by the American
Ltgion. the memorial services
were supported by members of
tr.e local Legion, the American
Legion Auxiliary, U. S. Army
Reserve, Matanuska Valley Air
men's Association and other par
ticipating groups.
Department Commander Fos
:e. Sims delivered the Memorial
Day address, pointing to the ob
servation of the day throughout
Alaska and the States. The Am
s..can Legion, through its efforts,
is keeping Memorial Day as a
rational holiday, a time when
the American dead of all wars
are honored by the placing of
wreaths and flags, and by mem
orial services.
For the first time in local ser
vices. memorial taps were sound
er during the ceremonies, with
the answering echo coming back
trim the distance. Taps were
sounded by Sgt. Campbell of the
Reserves and Claude Harter of
the Legion.
The ceremonies were conducted
ov John Weisenberger. com
mander. and Roscoe Taylor, post
chaplain.
A flight of three planes were
flown by Rene Neilsen, Eari
Brown and Jack Lee. while Dave
Kepler and Ralph Farnsworth
ire pped memorial wreaths at the
Palmer Cemetery and over the
Matanuska River, the latter ir
honor of those men who lost theii
lives at sea.
Participating members of the
1 of ‘h Eng. Bn. (C Army) USAF
were: M Sgt. Howard E. Camp
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Pictured above are members of the Anchorag e Community Chorus who will present a
concert in the Palmer High School gymnasium Tuesday, June 8 at 8:30 p.m. The group is
making a tour of Alaskan communities, having presented a concert at Ninlchik last Saturday,
and planning a presentation at Seward June 6- The concert will be sponsored locally by the
Northland Pioneer Grange.
CO-OP PURCHASE
SUPS MUST BE
IN BY JUNE 20
!; All members of the Matan
!; aska Valley Farmers Cooper
!j ating Association are remind
■ ; ed to turn in their 1953-54
\ purchase slips before June 20.
jl These are the pink purchase
! dips given to Co-Op member
an cash purchases.
;! Slips for the 1954-55 season
j! are blue and departments be
ll gan their distribution on June
|! 1, the end of the fiscal year.
|l If the pink slips are not turn
?d in before June 20, there
is no way for the association
!> to give credit to the member,
t was pointed out this week.
Palmar Youth
Stricken On
Fishing Trip
Laddie Huntley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Huntley, is reported
. resting comfortably at 5005th A::
. Force Hospital, where an emer
gency append iectomy was per
formed last night by Dr. Robert
McParland.
Young Hartley and his brother
Duane and a group of friends
were at Wolverine Lake on a
fishing trip when he was taken
11. Unable to return to his home,
the 10th Air Rescue was notified
and they sent a plane from Sea
Aeromotive to evacuate him. The
plane landed at Wasilla Lake and
was met by a car and police es
cort. He was brought into the lo
cal hospital for examination and
transferred to 5005th.
PRODUCE INSPECTOR
TO ATTEND WESTERN
STATES CONFERENCE
George Crowther of the Alaska
; Department of Agriculture leaves
Saturday for Salt Lake City
where he will attend the western
standardization conference. The
conference is held annually by
marketing and inspection per
sonnel of the western states to
work out problems of interstate
movement of produce. Arrange
ments have been made for him
to spend several days with state
federal egg inspectors while in
Salt Lake City.
i Crowther will spend several
lays at Santa Maria. Cal. with
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MF:£>. xvi ARY HALE
Anchorage Community Chorus
Director
COUNCIL NOTES
Correspondence read at the
June 1 meeting of the City Coun
:il included a request from the
/alley Fair Association for the
ase of the city property located
opposite from the Fairgrounds as
marking area during the annual
Fair to be held September 4, 5,
ind 6. In as much as the location
■jf the fire house has not yet been
lecided. council members voted
:o grant permission for the use
>f the city property, providing
t does not interfere with city
| planning for the use of the lot.
* * *
: A communication from Colonel
' vVilliam G. Crocker indicated
hat the stationing of permanent
\ir Police personnel in Palmer
s not possible at this time be
cause of a manpower shortage in
his field. However, he did state
hat personnel would be station
i id in the valley on week-ends
| and other special occasions.
* * *
The condition of the present
! sewer outfall was reported to be
I good by members who aceomp
'< anied Charles Tryck, engineer, on
! an inspection tour of the outfall
j system. Mr. Tryck was to meet
with council members some
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PICTURES OF VALLEY
NEEDED FOR FOLDER
Anyone having black and
white prints of Valley scenes
that would be suitable for use
n the Chamber of Commerce
brochure on the Matanuska
Valley, and which they would
be willing to loan, is asked to
leave them at the office of The
Frontiersman. The prints
should be labeled as to local
ity, owners name and address.
They will be returned to own
er after use.
Rssslmd Miller
First Alaskas-Bsiis
1FY€ Repressrtaiive
Rosalind Miller of Palmer is
the first Alaskan-born resident
to represent the territory over
seas under the International
Farm Youth Exchange program,
Director Allan H. Mick of the
University of Alaska Extension
Service, announced this week.
The young stenographer will
leave the Matanuska Valley soon
for a 10-day orientation in Wash
ington, D. C , before boarding the
Italian Lines ship Conte Bian
cameno in New York on June 26.
She will spend six months in
Italy.
When she returns to Alaska,
Miss Miller will show slides ar.d
| talk about her experiences in
Italy. Since 1951 the University
of Alaska Extension Service has
participated in the IFYE pro
! gram which is established to pro
mote understanding between Am
erican rural families and their
counterparts in the rest of the
world. IFYE delegates from Al
aska and the states may be sent
to Europe, Australia, the Middle
East or South America. Roger
; Woods, the 1953 Alaska delegate
was among the first three ex
change youths to visit Ecuador
He is now serving in the Army
at Fort Richardson.
Miss Miller was born in the
l gold mining community of Flat
Her father emigrated from Lux
I embourg and married her mother
I in her native village of Anvik
With her six sisters and five bro
thers. Miss Miller attended a one
room grade school.
At the end of her eighth grade
; at Flat. Miss Miller’s teacher
| Mrs. Harold Winegarner, offeree
| her a high school education. The
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Ghambsr Hears
Washington Rernsri
Justice Park.', president M the
Matanuska Electric Association
nd member of the Xational
Rural Electrification Assoc;atii n
lonrd. spoke to members of the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce on June 2. relating
ter recent experience- in Wash
ington. D. C. where in .ddition
to attendance at REA meetings,
he attended hearings and meet
, ;r.gs with members . >f the State
iood group from Anchorage.
Mrs. Parks was official represen
tative of the local chamber-at
! the Statehood meetings.
Mrs. Parks told of souvenirs
j consisting of ceramic forget-me
! r.ot pins, bouquets of the same
l flower and "phony” gold nug
I gets. These were distributed by
I .Alaskans among members of both
houses, and key officials in the
:apitol, as reminders that Alas
■cans do not want to be forgotten
and that citizenship without
statehood is as phony as the gold
nuggets they were distributing.
Many house members were
visited by part of the Statehood
, group and Mrs. Parks reported
that even though the bill is still
n the hands of the rules commit
tee. the group felt they ha<l ac
complished much by their efforts.
The only way now the bill can
be taken out of committee is by
oetition. Mrs. Parks reported in
answer to a question by a Cham
ber member. The petition would
require the signature of two
:hirds of the representatives. Ob
jections to statehood for Alaska
eemi-d very obscure, she stated.
When questioned closely as to
:'nei: objections to statehood, re
plies were evasive and generally
| orefaced with the statement that
"for security reasons” they could
not give publicity to their ob
jections.
While in Washington Mrs.
Parks made an attempt to get
! funds for the Bureau of Reclama
i tion hydroelectric study in the
I territory. At the present time
| there are no funds available for
I such studies in Alaska. In the
\ past funds for this work came
| from a general fund used in sev
; en western states, however, none
• jf this money is now available
for territorial work. In addition
Mrs. Parks talked with various
members of the interior depart
ment in getting funds slashed
from the Eklutna Project rein
stated so that work may be com
oleted this year.
The Matanuska Telephone As
sociation application for an REA
loan is expected to be released
June 25, J. K. O’Shaunhessy of
the REA told Mrs. Parks on an
inquiry as to its present status.
| To date no official notice has
been given the local MTA group
rue ui unut’it'iimiifu ungm.
completely destroyed the service
station owned by Jack and Lor
1 ,-tta Siskw. located at the top of
B .'•• Hill on May 31. City fire
ruois and fire fighters respond
d t th.e fire siren and were suc
cessful in savirg a dwelling close
y but were unable to save any
oar: >f the service station strue
uri Included in the loss, esti
mate 1 at approximately S40.000 by
Sisley, were mechanic tools and
nachinerv valued at many hun
dred dollars.
At the time the fire was dis
•overed there was ro one in the
service station. Sisley and neigh
bors managed to save the com
pany's records and the gasoline
pumps, but little else before
flames had enveloped the entire
structure. Vehicles parked near
the station were moved to pre
vent damage.
The loss was covered by only
$5,000 insurance. Sisley said this
week he does not plan to rebuild
out will build a booth for his
own use.
FARMER’S MARKET
PREPARING FOR
JUNE 19 OPENING
-Mrs. Charles Shaefer was el
ected president of the local Farm
ers Market during a directors
meeting. Mrs. Robert Nelson will
serve as vice-president, and
Thomas A. Moyer will act as
secretary-treasurer ■ • f the organ
nation.
Two new directors were elect
'd to tfee bear 1 during the an
| nual meeting held May 27. They
Aire Mrs. Joe Curt:- and Mrs.
Walter Callis< n. Mr. Moyer was
•e-elected market master for the
; hird consecutive year.
To Open June 19
A working bee, which was
staged last Saturday, perpared
i the booths for summer sales
which are scheduled to com
i mence Saturday. June 19. The
i Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
| Operating Association donated
paint for refinishing the booths
j and workers were successful in
putting the roof back on the
structure. It had blown off dur
| ing a winter wind storm. A little
: more improvement is planned,
and everything will be ready for
what members believe will be
their biggest and best year.
PARC BOARD MEETING
TONIGHT MOOSE HALL
There will be a meeting for
all board members of the Pal
| mer Area Recreation Council
tonight at Moose Hall, begin
ning at 8 p.m. All members
are requested to take a teen
age youth to the meeting.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank the City of Palmer fire
department, Matanuska Electric Association,
Territorial Police and others who helped us
during our recent devastating fire.
SISLEY SERVICE
JACK AND LORETTA