City Council
Proceedings
Announcement of tentative
dates for the League of Alaska
Cities annual meeting was read
at the August 24 city council
meeting. Palmer is a member of
the league which will be meet
ing in Fairbanks in mid-Septem
ber. No action was taken upon
attendance to the convention by
city officials.
A letter from the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital was read in
which a check for $50 was ac
cepted as partial payment for
services rendered by the hospital
for the health center rooms. The
letter further stated that a sum
of $25 per month, as offered by
the city, would be accepted “as
partial payment” for the month
ly services. The City of Palmer
offered $300 a year to the hospit
al to help defray the costs of the
.health center space.
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Congested parking problems in
the vicinity of the United Protes
tant Church was brought to the
attention of council members
through a letter from the church’s
board of trustees. The group sug
gested the widening of an un
earned alley running between
Co-Op and Fairview Avenues.
Along with the parking problem,
the group asked that the street be
named by the city and suggested
it be called Bingle street in honor
of the first Palmer minister in
tbe early Colony days, Rev. Bert
.Bmgle. The matter was tabled for
further discussion at the next
meeting.
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A building permit was granted
This week to Max Sherrod,.it was
-reported, for the re-building of
pan of the old hospital which he
r.as purchased and plans to move
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MONEY COMING IN
FOR EMERGENCY
MARCH OF DIMES
Local Emergency March of
Dimes funds were increased this
week when the Palmer Kiwanis
Club voted a $200 donation to
the fund. In addition several or
ganizations and individuals have
.made sizeable contributions. The
Women of the Moose this week
donated a $25 check and will give
all income from refreshments
sold at Friday night’s public Al
aska’s Favorite Game program
being sponsored by the Moose
.Lodge to raise money for the
emergency.
Mrs. Jim Frye turned over a
sum of money this week which
she had collected in the Butte
area, as did V. Louise Kellogg
.from the Farm Loop area; Mrs.
William Kellaigh from Pioneer
Apartments, and individuals in
cluding Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Krause
of the Palmer depot, Louis Pink
ham for the Faith Hill Home for
Children, Fred’s Service, The
Frontiersman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard H. Tunicliff. Mary Jane
Clark, one of the Fair Queen
contestants, announced this week
that all bonuses and money earn
ed on commission of her ticket
sales, will be given to the emer
gency fund.
Mrs. Gary LaRose, herself and
daughter victims of poliomyelitis
this past spring, volunteered in
formation this week that during
their brief stay in the hospital the
cost of special nurses alone ran
around $1800. Because the La
Roses had a hospital insurance
policy, half of the costs was borne
by the insurance company. How
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CLASSIFIEDS ALWAYS
BRING RESULTS
LOST
FLOOR JACK, between ARR
track and Thuma's farm on
Matanuska Rd. REWARD
Tost’s Service. C-8-19-lt.
This ad paid off—the jack
was found and returned to
owner by Jack Cope of Palmer
while on his mail route. The
only reward he would accept
was continued friendship with
the family.
THE FRONTIERSMAN
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
TRY A FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIED AD for that
item you may have for sale,
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VOLUME 7. NUMBER 44
PALMER. ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954
PRICE TEN CENT®
FOUR QUALIFY IN QUEEN CONTEST
Pat Chandler
Annie Havemeisier
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND
ANNUAL VALLEY FAIR
!; Sunday, September 5, has j;
j; been declared Governor’s Day j;
j; at the 1954 Matanuska Valley j;
!; Fair. Governor B. Frank Hein- ;
j; tzleman this week accepted ;
;! the fair association’s invitation ;
;i to attend the fair. Gov. Heint- ;
;! zleman will deliver a short ad- ;
I dress at 1 p.m. Sunday after- ;
noon. Appropriate program ;
plans are beng made, fair of- ;
ficials said, and added the
services of an Army band are ;
being sought for the program. ;
Among other visiting digni- ;
taries will be mayors from all !;
over the territory; Democratic !
and Republican candidates !;
from the Third Division and !;
additional political figures !;
from throughout the territory,
all of whom have been invited
to attend the fair on Gover- ;
nor’s Day.
A competed program will be ;
available after Tuesday of !
next wedk. \\
ARRIVE IN PALMER
Dr. John Burnett, wife and
three children, have arrived in
Palmer and are making their
home in the Albrecht house on
Bailey Hill. Dr. Burnett will be
associated with Dr. C. C. Bailey
with offices in the Wright build
ing. The family have come to the
. valley from Seattle.
To Elect Three
To City Council
8n October 5
Three vacancies which will
exist on the Palmer city coun
dty this fall, will be filled by the
voters on October 5 when the
general city election will be held.
There will be two three-year
terms, and one unexpired term
of two remaining years to be
filled.
Qualifications for municipal of
fice state that no person shall
hold any elective office, or be
eligible to seek election thereto,
unless he be a qualified elector
of the city. Nominations for elec
tive officers shall be by petition
only.
Any qualified elector of the
city may be nominated for elec
tive office by petition of any 25
such electors, who shall be de
signated as his sponsors. Nomin
' ating petitions shall be signed
! and filed with the City Clerk not
earlier than 20 days (September
16) nor later than 10 days (Sep
tember 25, otherwise they shall
be unacceptable. Suggested text
to appear substantially as recom
mended, may be obtained from
the city ordinance governing elec
tions.
Sue Hill returned to Palmer
Thursday following a tour in sev
eral States, and a visit in Oaks
dale, Washington.
Verna Adams ■y*
Mary Jane Clark
FOUR GIRLS QUALIFY
FOR QUEEN CONTEST
Four of the seven Valley Fair
queen candidates have qualified
to date, Gene Kirsch, fair man
ager announced this week. They
are, in the order of qualification,
Pat Chandler, who is being spon
sored by Knik Drive Inn: Annie
Havemeister, Palmer Fountain
and Cafe candidate; Verna Adams,
sponsored by Frontier Cafe and
Palmer Baking Company, and
Mary Jane Clark, Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation candidate.
Matanuska Valley Fair queen
candidates and their sponsors
were entertained at a round
table coffee hour on Friday night
of last week. The informal affair
was held in the home of Mrs. Al
va Saxton and was sponsored by
members of Theta Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi of Palmer. This was
the first get-together for the
queen candidates.
Mrs. Frances Hulbert of the
sorority spoke to the girls on poise
and offered suggestions to the
girls to aid them during their
round of activities, including
radio and television appearances.
Others who spoke during the eve
ning included Gene Kirsch, fair
manager, Jim Wilson, fair host,
Rust Dow, fair association secre
tary, and two former Matanuska
Valley Fair queens, Mrs. Joyce
(Hardage) Billott and Mrs. Lillian
(Loberg) Hale. The former queens
spoke briefly on their experiences
as queen candidates.
A round-table discussion period
followed in which the 1954 can
didates for the queen crown par
ticipated.
Refreshments of coffee and
j cookies were served by members
! of the sorority, with Mrs. Rivera
Hiber pouring.
Others present included Mrs.
Jim Wilson, fair hostess, Mrs.
Gene Kirsch, and the following
| candidates and their sponsors:
Pat Chandler, with Mrs. Cynthia
Plano of Knik Drive Inn; Annie
Havemeister; Judy James; Bar
bara Dees, and Mrs. Sehm and
Clyce Parks of the Chugiak Bene
fit Association; and Verna Ad
ams, with sponsors Howarc
Campbell and Glen Persinger oi
Frontier Cafe and the Palmei
Baking Company. Several sororitj
members were also in attendance
A television appearance ha:
been scheduled for the candidates
j on Thursday evening at TV Sta
tion KTVA. The girls will appeal
on a panel-type program.
In order to qualify each candi
date must sell 250 tickets, a'
i which time she is given her firs:
I S25 bonus. Other bonus payment:
1 follow upon the sale of addition
1 al 250-lots of tickets.
Meinie Snider
Challenges
Or. Lee McKinley
Gerritt (Heinie) Snider, popular
Wasilla resident and senior Sen- l
ator. this week challenged Dr.
L.ee McKinley, Butte farmer, An
chorage dentist, and fellow politi
cian, to a milking contest to be
held at the Matanuska Valley
Fair on September 5. An immedi
ate reply indicates that Senator
Snider will be taken up on the
challenge.
Participating in the milking
contest will be the Third Divi
sion’s largest milk suppliers, the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association and the Al
aska Dairy. Each will furnish a
cow from one of the Valley’s
Grade A farms for the contest
and properly attired attendants.
Judges for the contest will be
impartial (?) political opponents,
one each from the Democratic
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HEALTH OFFICERS
STRESS SANITATION
TO PREVENT POLIO
“We do r.ot feel it necessary to
recommend the Valley Fair be
called off L-cause of poliomyelit
is". Dr. Jack B. Eason, public
health officer of the southcentral
region stated last Monday dur
ing a meeting with local medical
personnel, city counc-ilmen, and
fair officials. “We do r.ot feel it
is fair to say that the fair should
not be held. We can not say it
would be saving anyone from
contracting polio. Such a thing
would be hard to prove. Every
thing considered on. an equal
basis we feel the fair should go
on per schedule,” he said.
However, Dr. Eason stressed
the importance of proper sewage
disposal at the fair. Provisions
must be made to prevent flies
from reaching disposal and barns
to prevent any possible food con
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