THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a»
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Among students leaving for the
States this week was Gus Klem
who flew out to Seattle on Wed
nesday. He enters his third year
at the University of Washington
this fall.
Visiting in Palmer last Thurs
day were Republicans Bruce
Kendall of Cordova, Ed Holt of
Anchorage and candidate for Ter
ritorial Commissioner of Labor,
Henry Benson.
Mrs. Rae Ryan of Camas,
Washington is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Klem. This is her
first visit to the territory and
Palmer.
Word has been received of the
death on August 8 of Miss Jen
Skule, member of the Executive
Committee of the Alaska Educa
tion Association and a former
Palmer school teacher. Miss
Skule’s sister, Miss Julie Skule,
is a teacher in the Anchorage
school system.
Grace Edleman is enjoying a
week’s vacation from her duties
at the Co-Op office. Annie Have
meister is replacing Willie Peter
sen who recently resigned and
Mary Jane Clark, who leaves for
college today has also resigned.
Rev. Brian Cleworth, pastor of
United Protestant Church, return
ed to the Valley last Thursday
following a three-week Stateside
trip. While Outside Rev. Cle
worth appeared on "Strike It
Rich” radio program, visited his
parents in Minnesota and with
his sister made a trip to Califor
nia.
JEAN BURKE HEADS
GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOC.
Jean Burke was elected presi
dent of the Palmer High School
Girls Athletic Association at the
groups first meeting, Monday,
September 20. Others elected to
hold office are: Barbara Hudgins,
vice-president; Carol Woods, sec
retary; and Wilda Harris, treas
urer. Miss Anita Higgins is spon
sor.
Various activities are being
planned for the coming year and
all girls, grade nine through 12
are urged to attend the meetings.
ALASKA LiNt
SAILINGS
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PASSENGER SERVICE
FROM
S. S. DENALI
Thursday, September 30
Cordova Juneau
Petersburg Wrangell
Ketchikan Seattle
FREIGHT SERVICE
FROM SEATTLE
SAILING EVERY TUES
DAY TO VALDEZ AND
SEWARD
SAILING EVERY FRIDAY
TO SEWARD
M. V. Coastal Monarch
Sailing from Seattle Friday.,
October 1, calling at Ketchi
kan, Juneau and Seward
(ARR and San Juan dock)
S. S. Tonsina
Sailing from Seattle Tues.,
Oct. 5, calling at Valdez and
Seward (ARR dock only)
FOR INFORMATION
*
Italian Film
To Open Palmer
ACT Season Sat.
The second season for the Pal
mer chapter Alaska Community
Theatre will open Saturday eve
ning, September 25, when the
Italian film, "Open City” will be
shown, Dan Fleming, chairman,
announced this week.
The picture will be shown in
the United Protestant Church
social hall at 8 p.m.
The famous film was directed
by Roberto Rossellini and stars
Anna Magnani. The film was
planned before the Germans had
left Rome and was shot under the
most exacting conditions without
the usual technical luxuries of
normal location or studio produc
tion.
All persons interested in view
ing this film and four additional
chosen films is invited to join
the ACT. Membership in the
theatre group is $5 per year, and
may be purchased from any mem
ber or at the film showing Sat
urday night.
Single admissions will be per
mitted at any of the showings,
Demming said, as long as seat
ing space is available.
PARADE TO OPEN
KIDS DAY EVENTS
Homeroom teachers have re
ported many entrants registered
for the Kiwanis Club’s annua:
Kids Day program slated for this
Saturday afternoon.
The first event, a parade oi
Kids ’N Pets will begin at 1 p.m.,
sharp, at the school gymnasium
Youngsters planning to partici
pate are requested to be on hand
prior to the starting time to allow
for parade formation. Members
of the Palmer School Band are
expected to furnish music for the
parade.
Three awards will be given foi
each of the following parade en
tries: Kids in costume. Bicycle en
tries (bicycles may be decorated),
Pets (Pets may be dressed up or
decorated.) and miscellaneous en
tries.
The second event, the talen'
show which will be presented in
the school gym after the parade,
offers three awards in eight class
ifications which are: Singing,
solo. Singing, group. Dancing, solo.
Dancing, group routine. Musical,
instrumental. Reading. Skit
Stunts or variety acts. Talent
show entries were to be regis
ered by Wednesday night.
Paricipants in the hobby show
are requested to have exhibits in
place in the school gym by 1”:00
noon on Saturday. Special treats
will be given in hobby (collec
ions, scrapbooks, etc.); handi
crafts (woodwork, metal, leather
craft, etc.); art (drawing, paint
ing, etc.); sewing or needlework
and others.
Every youngster taking pari
in the program will receive rec
j ognition, along with a special
treat for all children attending.
RALLY DAY PLANNED
AT UNITED PROTESTAN1
CHURCH THIS SUNDAY
This Sunday will be Rally Daj
in the Sunday School of the Un
ited Protestant Church. A special
hour-long program has beer
planned for the school hour ai
10:00 a.m. Special musical num
bers will be brought by member:
of the Sunday School; an objec
talk by Rev. Brian Cleworth, anc
students will be promoted to high
er classes. Promotional certifi
cates will be presented student:
going from one class to another
Parents are urged to enrol
their children in Sunday Schoo
at this time. Classes are held foi
children three years of age on up
The new year’s work commence:
after Rally Day and it is a fine
time to start new students ir
the school.
All parents and students are
urged to attend the Rally Daj
program at 10:00 a.m. and remain
for the morning worship at 11
a.m. when Rev. Cleworth will
preach on the topic, “The Crime
of Being Young”.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
U. S. MINERAL PATENT
M. A. Serial No. Anchorage
027772, U. S. Bureau of Land j
Management, Regional Land Dis- j
trict Office, Anchorage, Alaska, j
July 7, 1954.
Notice is herehy given that Wil
low Creek Mines, a State of Wash
ington corporation, whose address
is 1001-85 Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada, and whose At
torney in Fact, whose name and
address is below stated, is about
to make Application for a min
| ing patent to 21 contiguous lode
! claims and 2 contiguous mill sites,
j generally known as the Willow
j Creek Mines, lying within the
j Wasilla Precinct, Third Judicial
District, in the Territory of Alas
ka, about 80 miles north of the
| city of Anchorage, on unsurveyed
United States public lands. These
j claims and mill sites are includ
ed in three United States mineral
Surveys Nos. 1487, 2186 A and B,
and 2187 A and B, and the loca
tion notices are recorded as fol
lows: 14 lode claims in Survey
No. 1487 named "Brassel Frac
tion Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Baby No.
One Lode Claim”, “War Baby No.
Two Lode Claim”, “War Baby
No. 3 Lode Claim”, “War Baby
No. 4 Lode Claim”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim”, "War Eagle No. I”,
‘War Eagle No. 2”, War Eagle
Fraction”, “War Eagle No. 3”,
‘Lucky Shot No 5”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 3”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 1”, recorded res
pectively in the Anchorage Pre
cinct (formerly Knik Precinct) of
said Third Judicial District, Al
aska, in Book 7 at pages 211, 194,
195, 195, 196, and Book 8 at pages
53, 107, 107, 333, 108, 89, 54, 54, and
88; also six lode claims and one
mill site in Survey 2186 A and B
named “Taylor Claim”, “Madison
Claim”, “War Eagle No. 4”, “War
Eagle No. 5 Claim”, “Wilson Lode
Claim”, “Coolidge Lode Claim”,
and “Lucky Shot Mill Site”, re
corded respectively in the Wasilla
Precinct of said Third Judicial
District, in Book 3 at pages 343,
343, 344, 344, Book 4 at pages 180,
180, the Mill Site in Book 3 page
18, amended in Book 10 at page
132; also one lode claim and one
mill site in Survey No. 2187 A and
B, named “War Eagle No. 6
Claim”, and “War Eagle Mill
Site”, respectively in Book 3 page
345 and Book 3 page 19, Wasilla
Precinct, an amended notice of
this mill site being recorded in
Book 10 at page 131, Wasilla Pre
cinct.
rP L n Avt nri
knimr] nnr nf l
21 contiguous lode claims is as
described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wilson lode Claim, Sur. No. 2186
A identical with Cor. No. 4 Tay
lor Claim, Sur. No. 2186 A and
also Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5, Sur. No. 1487 from
which U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
S. 59° 39' 30" E., 1278.07 ft. dist.
Thence N. 56° 12' E. 1288.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5;
Thence S. 29° 41' E. 370.00 rt. to
Cor. No. 2 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5 identical with Cor.
No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode No. 1, Sur.
No. 1487:
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot No. 1, S. 29° 41' E. 127.35 ft.,
identical with Cor. No. 4 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 55° 40' E., 1460.46 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim S. 29° 41' E.,
334.63 ft. to a point on 1-4 line
of War Baby No. 1 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 53° 35' E., 244.13 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Baby No. 1
Lode identical with Cor. No. 1
Brassel Fraction Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 61° 45' E., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 27° 20' E., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 61° 45' W„ 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 Brassel Fraction
iLode; identical with Cor. No. 3
War Baby No. 1 Lode;
Thence S. 56° 57’ W„ 1438.24 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3 War
Baby No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence S. 49° 29' W., 1145.34 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
11487;
Thence S. 52° 11' W„ 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 74° 14' W., 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence N. 27° 20' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence along 2-1 line of War
Baby No. 4 Lode N. 74° 15' E.
i 406.53 ft., to a point on 3-4 line
of War Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 88" 29' W., 661.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No; 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. I
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 78° 01' W-, 1351.94 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
War Eagle No. 6 Claim Sur. No.
2187 A;
Thence N. 84° 51'W„ 1374.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 6
Claim;
Thence North 29° 41' W., 600.11
ft. to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No.
6 Claim, identical with Cor. No.
4 War Eagle %Fraction Lode Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle Fraction
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 5 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A;
Thence N. 29° 41' W„ 600.02 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 5
Claim;
Thence S. 84° 52' E., 1373.19 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 5
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
War Eagle No. 4 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A:
Thence N. 78° 00' E., 1351.68 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 4
Claim, identical with Cor. No.
3 Madison Claim Sur No. 2186
A and Cor. No. 2 Coolidge Lode
Claim Sur. No. 2186A;
Thence N. 29° 41' W„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Coolidge Lode
Claim;
Thence N. 88° 27' E., 1476.37 ft
to Cor. No. 4 Coolidge Lode
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence N. 75° 11' E., 1454.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence S. 29° 41' E., 600-00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Wilson Lode Claim,
and place of beginning, which
closed traverse includes 2 un
claimed tracts lying within, which
unclaimed tracts are described as
follows:
Tract 1
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 2 War
Baby No. 3 Sur. No. 1487, from
which United States Location
Monument No. 1487 bears N-. 53°
40' 29" E., 1712.74 ft. dist.
Thence S. 74° 15' W., 353.35 ft.
to a point on 1-4 line of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W.,.394.08 ft
to Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Lucky Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No.
1487 and Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 73° 28' E., 1436.93
ft. to a point on 1-2 line of War
Baby No. 3 Lode;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1067-68
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No.
3 Lode, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Baby No. 4 Lode, and the
place of beginning.
Tract 2.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of Lucky
Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No. 1487 and
also Cor. No. 4 of Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487
from which
U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
N. 68° 07' 08" E., 2063.41 ft. dist.
Thence S. 88° 26' W., 1476.50
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487, Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 1
Lode Sur. No. 1487, and also Cor.
No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode No. 3
Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 75° 04' E., 533.74 ft.
to Cor. No. 5 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3;
Thence S. 84° 13' E., 965.16 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3, identical with Con No. 4
Lucky Shot Lode Claim No. 2
and Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, and the place of beginning.
The exterior boundary of said
two contiguous mill sites is des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Lucky Shot Mill Site, Sur. No.
2186 B, from which U.S.L.M. No.
1487 bears N. 12° 25' W., 1713.46
ft. dist.
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 465.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site;
Ther.ce S. 64° 00' W., 489.80 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, a point on the 1-2 line of
Sur. No. 2187 B. War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 333.90 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of War Eagle Mill Site;
Thence S. 58° 02' W„ 287.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 6° 57' W„ 885.05 ft
to Cor. No. 4 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 75° 08' E., 253.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of War Eagle Mill
Site, identical with Cor. No. 4 of
Lucky Shot Mill Site;
Thence N- 64° 00' E., 490.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, and the place of beginning.
(Containing 9.911 acres)
Signed, July 7, 1954, at Seattle,
Washington.
Published September 16, 23, 30;
October 7, 14, 21, 28; Novem
ber 4, 11, 1954.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN '
that a special election will be
held in the City of Palmer,
Alaska on Tuesday, October 5,
1954, between the hours of 8
o’clock c.m. and 7 o’clock p.m.
on said day the polling place for
which shall be the Co-Op Rec
reation Hall, located near the
main offices of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers' Cooperating As
sociation, near the Palmer High
School, near the main office of
the Matanuska Electric Associa
tion and more particularly locat
I ed on the East side of the railroad
; tracks approximately 150 yards
from the Alaska Railroad depot
I in the City ef Palmer. At said
! election will be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City of
Palmer, and to those electors
whose names appear on the last
tax assessment roll for said City,
j the following propositions:
Shall the City of Palmer incur
indebtedness in a sum not to ex
ceed $200,000.00 for the purpose
of acquiring the following public
work of a permanent nature: A
sewage collection and disposal
system, to be constructed by the
United States of America and to
be sold to the City of Palmer at
a price approximately one-half
the cost of said public works, the
purchase price which the City of
Palmer pays in no event to ex
ceed the sum of $200,000.00 said
indebtedness to bear interest at a
rate not exceeding 2% per an
num, to be evidenced by a pro
ject construction and sales agree
ment between the City of Palmer
and the United States and by gen
eral obligation bonds, with inter
est thereon at a rate not to ex
ceed 2% per annum, payable semi
annually if the United States so
requires, and secured primarily
by a pledge of the revenues of the
system from service charges or
by pledge of the revenues from
special assessments to be made
for such purpose, and by a pledge
of the full faith and credit of
the City of Palmer, all as provid
ed or to be provided by ordinance
, of the City Council of the City
of Palmer, Alaska,
Shall the City of Palmer incur
additional indebtedness in a sum
not to exceed $30,000-00 for the
purchase and improvement, if im
provement is required, of that
certain outfall sewer system from
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association, which
the said association heretofore
constructed and acquired, the
same extending from within the
City of Palmer to the Matanuska
River, south of town, a distance
of approximately 2.4 miles, gen
eral obligation bonds to be issued
for said sum with interest there
on at a rate not to exceed 5% per
annum, payable semi-annually,
and secured primarily by a pledge
of the revenues of the said sew
age collection and disposal sys
tem from service charges or by
pledge of the revenues from
special assessments to be made for
such purpose over and above the
revenues required to be paid for
the purchase ot the said sewage
collection and disposal system
from the United States as set
forth hereinabove, and by a
pledge of the full faith and credit
of the City of Palmer, all as pro
vided or to be provided by ordin
ance of the City Council of the
City of Palmer, Alaska.
The polls will be open at the
time and place above stated, and
all persons who are qualified el
"ectors and also those whose nam
es appear on the last tax assess
ment roll of the City of Palmei;
who are otherwise qualified elec
tors of said city, shall be entitled
to vote at said special election.
This notice is given, in accor
dance with the Act of Congress
of May 28, 1936, an Act of Con
gress of Mai'ch 6, 1946, and an Act
of Congress of August 24, 1949
(48 U. S. C. 486-486J) and in ac
j eordance with the laws of the
! Territory of Alaska and the or
dinances of the City of Palmer.
Witness my hand and official
AUXILARY PLANS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
One million members enrolled"
for service to America and Am
erica’s war veterans in 1954. ac
cording to Mrs. H. T. Steelman.
“The goal of the American Le
gion Auxiliary in 1955 is to add
to this, the largest membership
in the history of the Auxiliary,”
said Mrs. Steelman, membership
chairman of the Matanuska Val
ley unit, as she completed plans
for the local participation in the
national membership effort.
The local campaign will begin
October 1 and continue until No
vember 30. During this time eli
' gible women of the community
will be invited to enter the or
ganization and be ready to take
part in the activities of 1955.
“Eligible for membership”. Mrs.
Steelman explained, “are wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters of
members of the American Legion
and of persons who gave their
lives in the World Wars, or the
Korean conflict, or who have
died since honorable discharge
from war service. Women who
were themselves regularly enrol
led in the armed forces during
wartime are eligible to member
i ship in both the Legion and Aux
iliary.
“The Auxiliary otrers womerf
an opportunity to carry on the
type of patriotic service given by
I their families in time of war, and
to aid the disabled veterans and
j veterans families. Working side
! by side with the men of the Am
' erican Legion, our women have
rolled up an impressive record of
achievements and we are looking
forward to doing even more tn
the future”, Mrs. Steelman stated.
Marvin Rupp of Lazy Moun
\ tain Childrens Home is substitut
| ing in one of the Central School
j seventh grades. Because of in
‘ creased enrollment in the seventh
1 grade a third class was made nec
' essary this term.
seal of the City of Palmer. Alas
ka this first day of July, 1954.
(City Seal)
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
REQUIRED. A favorable vote of
65% of a special class of voters,
namely, taxpayers whose names
appear on the last tax assessment
roll or record and who have pre
viously registered for this elec
tion, is required, for the City to
incur bonded indebtedness as pro
vided in the propositions set forth
hereinabove.
Accordingly, registration books
will be kept open at the City
Clerk’s Office from September 2,
1954, to and including October 1,.
1954, wherein all taxpayers of
the City of Palmer, whose names
appear on the last tax assessment
roll or record must previously
register in order to be elegible to
vote on said propositions at said
election as taxpayers of the City
of Palmer.
The polls will be open at the
time and place above stated, and
all persons who are qualified elec
j tors and also those who have reg
istered as hereinabove provided,
and whose names appear on the
last tax assessment roll of the
City of Palmer, who are other
wise qualified electors of said
city, shall be entitled to vote at
said special election.
This notice is given, in accor
dance with the Act of Congress of
May 28, 1936, an Act of Congress
of March 6, 1946. and an Act of
Congress of August 24, 1949 (48
| U.S.C. 486-486J) and in accord
ance with the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska and the ordinances
j of the City of Palmer.
Witness my hand and official
seal of the City of Palmer. Alaska,
this 2nd day of September, 1954.
(City Seal)
LENORE AMERMAN
Acting City Clei'k
! Published September 2, 9, 16, 23,
| 30, 1954.
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