VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office a>
_Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio - Owner-Manager
Editor ____Virginia Gallant
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Notebook.
A letter received last week
from Mrs. Carl H. Seemann of
Lake Zurich, 111. tells of the
wrecking June 20 and 22 by two
bears of the new log cabin own
ed by John L. Seemann in the
Valley. Included in the damage
was a large picture window. Both
bears were killed, one by See
mann, the other by a friend.
Charles A. Gimblett, Seattle
division manager of Zellerback
Paper Compay was a Valley vis
itor last week. He was accom
panied by Clark Andresen, ter
ritorial representative of the
company. They made contact calls
on local customers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Morgan
were Washington, D. C. visitors
following their marriage on July
10 in Virginia. Mrs. Morgan is
the former Mrs. Carolyne Ritchie
who taught in the Palmer School
in 1952. Mr. Morgan has been
superintendent of schools at An
chorage since 1951.
Members of the Alaska Nurses’
Association are planning to award
four all-expenses-paid trips to
some lucky territorial people on
October 9. The trips include a
round-trip to the Whitehorse re
gion and a two-day trip to the
Katmai National Monument. The
awards will be good for one year
if the winner does not wish to
take immediate advantage of
their good fortune. Tickets are
available from several local nurs
es.
New employes at the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital number
three—two full time nurses and
one relief nurse. The three wo
men, Ammie Scharmen, Margar
et Ann Thompson, and Margaret
Swayze drove over the Alaska
Highway on a trip to Alaska—
saw Palmer and decided they
wanted to stay for a while. They
are all graduates of the Edward
W. Sparrow Hospital at Lansing,
and had been working together
in Kalamazoo prior to their Al
askan jaunt. Miss Thompson is
neice of George Campbell, of
Palmer.
Charles Wilson. C. C. Hoffman,
Howard Estelle and Jim Wilson
of Palmer are attending the semi
annual Alaska Soil Conservation
District Board meeting, together
with the Agricultural Advisory
Committee this week. The meeting
is being held at the Kenai Lake
KIWANIANS SEE
FILM ON
ALASKAN FISHING
Members of the Palmer Ki
! wanis Club enjoyed a showing of
the Yukon Equipment’s film,
‘Portage to Alaska” at their July
19 meeting. The film was shown
by courtesy of the Anchorage firm
and featured fishing along the
Alaska highway and in the Kenai
region.
Guest at the meeting was Henry
Gettinger, Department of Agri
culture employe from Fairbanks,
who accompanied George Crow
thers, department inspector.
Ranger Station at Lawing. The
group left by car and plan to re
turn around Friday. Mr. Hoff
man’s family accompanied him on
the trip.
Lorraine Aklestad, who has
been baking cakes for the Teen j
Age Roundup parties, gets g re
preive. Doughnuts, left over from
the coffee hour held for Secre
tary McKay this week, were
frozen and will be given to the
youths for this week’s refresh
ments.
Kay O’Shield, DuBarry beauty
expert from the Richard" Hudnut
New York salon, is in Palmer this
week. She is located at Bert’s
Drug store where she is giving
free DuBarry make-up lessons.
This is Miss O’Shield’s second
trip to the Valley, having visited
here last year about this time.
Among Alaska’s top marksmen
who returned to Fort Richardson
recently from Ladd Air Force
Base was PFC Noel Woods, of
Palmer who is high .45 caliber
pistol marksman. The three-man
team won every event they en
tered in the Armed Forces tourna
ment held at Ladd. Private Woods
is son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Woods
of Palmer.
Approximately 50 persons, con
sisting of employees and their
families, enjoyed the annual Kos
losky Department Store picnic on
July 13. The picnic was held at
Green Acres and those attending -
reported “a fine time was had by
all”. Chili, weiners, baked ham,
and various salads were on the
menu. Many enjoyed an evening
of boating..
Virginia ' Brown of Manchest,
N. H. is spending the summer
with her sister’s family, the Rob
ert Nichols, at Spring Creek Farm.
Vicki Graves of Anchorage has
returned to her home after spend
ing a month with the George
Brewsters at Spring Creek Farm.
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First All-Alaska Shoot July 30
More than 300 shooting enthus
iasts, including military personnel
and civilians, both men and wo
men, as well as junior contestants,
are expected to attend the first
All-Alaska rifle and pistol tour
nament to be held at Fort Rich
ardson beginning July 30. The
four-day tournament will be
open to competition with pistol,
small bore, and high-powered
rifles, including sporting rifles
with scopes.
Registration will open at Camp
Denali on the Glenn Highway,
Fort Richardson, July 27 and con
tinue throughout the contest.
Facilities for sleeping and meals
will be available at Denali for
contestants who desire them.
Tent accommodations are $1.00
per night for adults, and meals
will not cost over $2.50 per day.
Out-of-town shooters desiring tc5
attend may secure information
from their local rifle clubs.
The matches will be conduct
ed under current NRA rules. The
matches will be held at#Pedneau
and Statler ranges, Fort Rich
ardson. Winning teams and indi
viduals will be recognized with
suitable trophies. The All-Alaska
champion will receive a gold med
al and trophy miniature. Other
presentations will be gold and
silver medals and silver awards.
In the Alaska Command individu
al services pistol and rifle match
es, shooters will be trying for a
“leg” on the distinguished marks
man medal.
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NEW BABIES
Smith
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Smith
Sr., of Palmer are parents of
their third child, and second
daughter. She was born at Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital on July
19 and weighed five pounds. She
has been named Sharon Ann. Mr.
Smith is employed as a mechanic
with the Alaska Road Commis
sion.
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