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Students Have
Busy Calendar
Palmer students have a busy
•calendar ahead of them from now
until the end of school, May 26.
On March 27 the Senior’s an
nual play will be presented to
the public. On Friday. April 2
members of the Palmer School
band will present a concert in the
school gymnasium in the evening.
School will recess for the Easter
holidays on April 14, reconvening
on April 19. On April 23 and
24 members of the band and
school chorus will travel to An
chorage where they will partic
ipate in the annual music festi
val.
On Saturday, May 1, the Juni
or-Senior prom will be held in
the school gymnasium and on
May 7 the high school operetta
will be presented. On May 8 the
Western Alaska Track Meet will
be held in Palmer. May 23 has
been set as the date for baccal
aureate services and commence
ment will be held May 25. Final
day of school will be May 26.
VARIED PLATFORM
ADOPTED BY GOP'S
The 3rd Division Republican
Convention wound up early Sun
day morning following a more
nr-less stormy two-day session,
pitted with controversial factions,
among which was the failure of
the convention to endorse Gov
ernor Heintzleman’s administra
tion, and the noticable party-split
brought to light several times be
fore harmony set in as the con
vention drew to a close.
A 26-plank platform was un
animously adopted by the Re
publicans and included endorse
ment of Senator Hugh Butler for
"his efforts toward seeking enact
ment of legislation On statehood.
The failure to include the en
dorsement of the Governor's ad
ministration was reported by Jack
Anderson of Anchorage, chair
man of the resolutions committee,
as having been tabled by the com
mittee. “The action of the com
mittee was not on the theory of
being for or against the gover- ;
WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY
MARCH 24 — 25
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FRIDAY — SATURDAY
MARCH 26 — 27
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.*n.
Saturday Matinee 2=00 P. M.
°UNDAY — MONDAY
MARCH 28 — 29 ,
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Council Notes—
(Continued from page 1)
for an undetermined time, bu
available to the city on demand
Council /nembers were invitee
to attend the next regular Asso
ciation meeting to be held Apr!
3 at which time members of the
Department of Aviation are ex
pected to be present to discuss the
naintenance of the airport with
issociation members.
* * *
Ray Mathews and William
Tweet, Alaska Public Works con
struction engineers, were present
at the council meeting and pre
sented an agreement to purchase
the water system when it is
turned over to the city. Following
a study of the agreement and a
discussion council members pas
sed a resolution authorizing the
signatures of the mayor and city
clerk, to the agreement. Among
changes in the agreement from
the original, was one which stat
ed there would be no monetary
transaction when the system is
turned over to the city. The orig
inal agreement called for a pay
ment of $37,500. Instead, payments
have been spread out over a peri
od of 20 years, with the first pay
ment of $16,000 plus $6,700 in
terest due one year from the date
of acceptance by the city. The
same amount would be due the
following year and then $17,000
j annually plus simple interest of
! two percent per annum.
• • •
Members of the telephone com
mittee announced that the joint
pole use agreement between the
City of Palmer and the Matan
uska Electric Association has been
executed and is now in force.
The tentative budget for 1953
54. as presented by Mayor Don
McKechnie, was accepted by
council members.
• • •
The new health ordinance was
read for the third and final time,
approved by motion and the may
or authorized to sign.
• * *
Election judges for primaries to
oe held April 27 were appointed
ay Mayor McKechnie and approv
:d by countil members.
* * *
The next regular city council
neeting will be held April 13 in
he office of the city clerk at 7:30
i.m.
ior,” he said. “The committee
iidn’t feel the governor should be
aut to test on the floor to satisfy
oersonal motives of someone.”
Among other endorsements
vere the abolition of fish traps;
hd to homesteaders; further study
af the Copper River highway;
control of fisheries; more funds
nr Territorial roads; revision of
uvenile codes and the establish
nent of a juvenile home and
school; increase of one cent in the
:ax on aviation fuel; equalization
)f payments under the Workmen’s
Compensation Act; increased ap
propriation for Territorial Po
ke; revision of Child Labor
-aws; revision of Territorial Li
juor Laws; establishment of fish
:ries experimental station in con
lection with the University of
Vlaska. Also the establishment of
in Alaska Development Board in
he Third Division; the advoca
ion that the office of the Com
nissioner of Insurance be divorc
'd from the office Territory Audi
or; equal opportunity for all,
egardless of creed, race or color;
evision of the Fiscal Indepen
Lence Act; increase in funds un
ler the Farm Loan Act; appro
bation for study of insect and
>est control; revision of Dental
Jractice Act and more funds for
he construction and mainten
ance of roads in the Territory.
Astoria, Oregon, has a sliding
till that has caused evacuation of
wenty families.
COURT NEWS
I
Sheldon Cholst was found guil
ty and fined $10 when he appear
ed in U. S. Commissioner’s Court
on a charge of driving without a
valid Alaska license, brought by
Territorial Police. He entered a
plea of guilty to the charge.
Also fined $10 was Harry O.
Lambert on the same type charge,
also brought by the Territorial
Police. He pleaded guilty to the
charge and was found the same
! in Commissioner’s Court on
| March 23.
Valley Delegates
Serve On Several
Convention Committees
Valley delegates to the Third
Division Republican convention
held in this city March 19 and
20, were represented on various
committees, beginning the open
ing day when acting chairman
Herald Stringer appointed M. D.
Snodgrass temporary sergeant-at
arms and L. C. Stock to the rules
committee. Snodgrass was later
elected permanent sergeant-at
arms.
Permanent convention commit
tee appointments were later made
by Victor C. Gill of Anchorage
who was elected convention chair
man over Emil Knudsen of Ko
diak who was also nominated for
the chair. Appointed to the com
mittee on resolutions was Don In
I gaUs of Palmer and Heinie Snid
er of Wasilla. Phil O’Neill of Eska
was appointed to the platform
committee; Melvin Burgan and A1
Hagen, both of Palmer, on the
permanent organization commit
tee. Phil O’Neill was also appoint- j
ed to the credentials committee
and L. C. Stock received a per- j
manent appointment to the rules
IT-—-- — -
Republicans Create
Division Committee
; During the final piece of con
vention business, the Republicans
attending the Third Division con
vention apparently found the
“harmony” they had been striv
ing for, for two days, when James
i Hawkins of Clam Gulch was suc
| cessful in getting a change in the
rule for the election of divisional
committee members on a geogra
phical basis.
A 21-member committee was
created to assist in party affairs,
rather than leaving primary au
thoriy in the hands of a divisional
committeeman and committee
woman. Lengthy discussions by
j both factors ended when dele
gates finally agreed on the meth
od of electing the 21 members.
One each, from eight geographi
cal areas were elected by cau
cuses of each area. The balance
of 13 were elected members-at
large, following nominations from
the floor.
Elected area members are:
William O’Neill, greater Anch
! orage area: Thormad Bie, Seward;
Margaret Pate, Kenai-Seldovia;
Marshall Cruther, Kodiak-Aleu
tians; Gordon McCormick, Bris
tol Bay area; Melvin Burgan,
Chugiak-Palmer-Wasilla; Thomas
Harris, Valdez, and Bruce Ken
dall, Cordova.
Elected members-at-large were:
Keith Lesh, Victor Gill, Neil Mac
kay, Ruth Akay, Tillie Reeve,
Olga Doheny, Ralph Cottis, Kel
ly Foss, and Harold Strandberg,
all of the greater Anchorage area;
Jack Hinkle, Kodiak; Leo Rhode,
Homer; and V. Louise Kellogg
and Alfred V. Hagen of the Pal
mer area.
committee. Mrs. Evelyn Sehm of
Chugiak, acting convention secre
tary was elected permanent con
vention secretary.
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DELEGATES HEAR—
(Continued from page 1)
delegates at a dinner gathering
Friday night that “It is no secret
that the canned salmon industry
together with Portland interests
used the'r large donation to the
National GOP to secure the gov
ernors appointment.
“Now the question is how are
we going to win the coming elec
tion in the Territory with all this
canned salmon decked-stacked
against us?”—“The way, and the
only way that we can hope to win
is by making sure that not one
canned salmon backed and fi
nanced candidate on our ticket
survives the coming primary, and
by making our party truly the
people’s party in Alaska”.
The crux of Mr. Morris’ talk
prompted Mrs. Margaret Rutledge,
[-Third Division committeewoman
' to denounce his remarks the fol
| lowing morning with this an
nouncement: “As your Republican
committeewoman from this divi
: sion, I wish to humbly and sin
cerely apologize to the delegates,
the alternates and the visitors to
the convention for having had
any part in the selection of J. C.
Morris as one of the speakers on
the ' program.”
Several other speeches were
made throughout the convention,
including words of welcome from
Richard Jones, Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce president;
Mrs. Amy Irwin, president Wo
men’s Republican club; keynote
| speech by Harold Pomeroy, Al
i aska Civil Defense administrator;
j E. E. Rasmuson, and Dr. Willa
! Chase of Cordova.
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