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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
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Frederick A. Mason, Jr. arriv
ed in Palmer on Wednesday and
has taken up temporary residence
at the Co-Op Dorm. Mason will
act as X-ray and lab technician at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, be
ginning November 8, and comes
to the valley from the Los Angel
es County General Hospital. His
training was received in the hos
pital’s School of X-ray and the
School of Nursing, from which
he received his RN degree.
Mary Ann Mears, now in her i
second year at the University of |
Nevada, is advertising manager |
of the university’s newspaper, 1
“Sagebrush”. This is her second
year on the college paper.
Nutrition films were shown
last week and again this week
in Palmer schools, grades one
through six, by Dolores Mattila
and Jeanne Shavei, public health
nurses. The films are being shown,
as part of the scheduled health
program.
Dr. Foster R. Sims is in Albu
querque, New Mexico, w'here he
is attending the Area E. Child
Welfare Conference of the Am
erican Legion. Dr. Sims is Depart
ment of Alaska chairman of Child
Welfare. He expects to be gone
about two weeks. During his ab
sence Mrs. Sims will be in the
office during the day.
Mrs. Dorothy Schuller was
elected president of the Lutheran
Ladies Aid at the group’s last
regular meeting. Elected to serve
with her were Mrs. Audrey
Sweeney, vice-president; Mrs.
Eleanor Brooks, secretary and
Mrs. Dorothy Onkka, treasursr.
The new officers were installed
in their respective offices on
Tuesday night by Rev. Edward
Imme.
Stuart Dreghorn is working in
the parts department of the Co-Op
garage.
Gust Scheible is back at work
at the Co-Op Warehouse, follow
ing a vacation spent in the States.
This is Gust’s first trip Outside
since 1935.
Lew Hanks of the Soil Conser
vation Service office plans to re
turn to Palmer November 8 from
the Operation Management Con
ference being held in Oakland,
California.
Mary-Ann Hakes, information
assistant with the University of
Alaska Extension Service was a
Valley visitor this week. Miss
Hakes plans to spend a week in
the Anchorage-Palmer areas
where she will attend 4-H Ach
ievement Day programs, return
ing to the University on Sunday.
TO AWARD LOT
DURING DANCE
The lot, to have been awarded
at the Hallowe’en Dance on Sat
urday, will now be given away
on Nov. 13 at the Legion dance,
it was announced this week. A1
King’s Taxi is giving the lot, with
the proceeds to be turned over
to the polio fund. The awarding
was not held this past week be
cause not all the ticket stubs had
been turned in.
Council Nofes
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their opinion on being able to
maintain an airport built in or
for a city of 600 residents or
more, and stated that for the next |
biennium the department is ask
ing for $700,000. Of this amount,
providing it is granted, $10,000
will be used in grading and er
osion control on the Palmer Air
port.
A letter from Anchorage City j
Attorney John Rader, in regard
to the filling of a vacancy in the
office of mayor. Referring to vari
ous sections of Alaska legislature,
Attorney Rader stated he believ
ed that it would be relatively
“safe” to elect a person outside
the City Council to the office of
Mayor; relatively “safe” to elect
a mayor by city election, and
positive that the mayor’s office
could be filled by a member of
the council.
* * *
Committee reports heard a
slight discussion about moving
buildings within the city, as well
as from outside the limits into
the city. Building plans for the
Ed Christensen apartment house
were presented, with a discussion
following. It was pointed out
that all building plans should be
submitted to the council for ap
proval before construction is
started. A letter will be sent to
Mr. Christensen outlining the
council’s findings.
* * *
Council members instructed
Fire Chief Joseph Gallant to see
that the fire siren is moved from
its former location on the Hagen
Building to the new fire hall.
Members of the street and water
department were named to do
the actual moving, with electrical j
work to be hired outside city I
departments.
* * *
It was pointed out that the
City of Palmer has no ordinance
prohibiting the parking of house
trailers in place other than licen
sed trailer parks. The matter
was tabled following a short dis
cussion, during which time it was
pointed out that the health or
dinance would probably cover
many of the necessities governing
the placement of trailers.
Council members announced a
“quiet weekend” in Palmer, with
no serious Hallowe’en pranks or
destruction reported.
* • •
Permission for free use of city
water for flooding the ice skat
ing rink was granted by mem
bers of the council to the Pal
mer Area Recreation Council
Permission to flood must be ob
tained from the water and fire
departments before actual work
is done. The skating area has been
fenced and boarded and is ready
for flooding as soon as freezing
weather arrives, it was announc
; ed.
* * *
The new ditto machine, ordered
by the city several weeks ago,
has arrived and was used for the
first time to print the agendas for
Tuesday night’s meeting.
* # +
A temporary committee was
named at the November 2
meeting. That was the telephone
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Legion Hall Basement
committee to which Acting May
or Betty Mears named A1 V. Hag
en, (chairman), A1 J. DeJulio and
Lucille Mick.
* + *
Temporary heating for the new
fire hall was discussed. Second
hand heaters are available, it was
pointed out. Councilman Zahrad
nicek was asked to see just what
is available that will serve as a
temporary measure and report
back to council.
* * *
A contract was received from
the Alaska Railroad and approv
ed for the mayor’s signature,
granting the City of Palmer per
missin to lay telephone cable un
der the railroad crossing at the
depot. A cost estimate of laying
cable and stringing lines in the
general Co-Op area was present
ed. Council members approved
the 101 pair cable installation
with the stipulation that the cost
estimate as presented be made a
part of the minutes and a work
cost- accounting be made and re
ported to the council upon the
completion of the job.
* * *
With the installation of the new
cable, it was estimated that main
tenance costs would be cut at
least in half, and if this proved
to be true, the expansion would
pay for itself within a month.
* * *
Council members instructed
that a letter be written to the
ARRC asking a reconsideration
of the purchase price of the wat
er line in the AHA housing area
The wood stave pipe is in poor
condition, some has been replac
ed, and the annual water depart
ment report showed that addi
tional feet will have to be replac
ed next year, with a recommend
ation that the entire line be re
placed as soon as possible. The
purchase price of the line was
$12,000, of which a down pay
ment of $2,000 has been paid by
i the city to date.
» * *
Acting Mayor Mears appoint
ed City Clerk Frank Connely as
city magistrate. Members of the
council voted 5-1 in favor of the
; appointment, with Councilman
Hagen voting in the negative be
cause he said he felt the appoin
tee was not well enough acquaint
: ed in the city.
* * *
Just prior to the completion of
. the meeting Councilman Hagen
opened a lengthy discussion on
the reclassification of city employ
ees and the adjustment of salaries.
Among suggestions made by
Councilman Hagen was that the
■ council look Into the idea of
cutting down on help during the
winter months. He suggested that
street work would be limited
after freeze up; water department
personnel would have little work;
that telephone maintenance work
could be cut in half, and suggest
ed. the various department per
sonnel be shifed around in what
ever department needed. He also
suggested the water department
employe also act as fire chief, and
that all department personnel'
serve as part time police when
necessary. He also stated that he
felt the salary scale should be
reclassified ar.d that the $600 sal
ar paid be scaled down to the
$500 level paid to some employes.
In addition to these suggestions
he also stated he felt the city
was paying too much for legal
service and suggested a cut from
$300 a month to $100 for legal
service.
* * *
During the discussion several
council members disagreed with
some of Councilman Hagen’s sug
gestions and Councilwoman Mick
pointed out that the duties of all
city employees have steadily in
creased since the city was first
incorporated, at which time the
$600 wage scale was set for the
street department employe. The
water department employe’s scale
was patterned after that of the
street department.
Hagen pointed out that the city
should economize somew'here and
that in private business when
business was slow the employees
were laid off, and asked for an
i alternative to the money situation
if this is not done.
It was brought out that the sale
of the city telephone system is
expected to be consumated around
April 1 and that at that time the
city will receive over $30,000 for
the system.
The discussion was ended with
no action taken.
• * *
Acting Mayor Mears presented
the name of George Whetstone to
serve on the citizen’s committee
which is making a water rate
study and received approval from
the council.
* * *
William T. Zahradnicek w’ill re
present the city and extend words
of welcome to visiting Elks dur
ing the convention this week end,
in the absence of Acting Mayor
Mears who, with Councilwoman
Mick, will be attending the Lea
gue of Alaska Cities convention
in Fairbanks.
* * *
Members of the city council,
and their wives or husbands, were
invited to attend the Territorial
WELFARE FUND
TO BENEFIT FROM
P.UMMA6E SALE
A mammoth two-day rummage
sale of used clothirg will be Held
at Moose Hall on Thursday and
Friday of next week. Women of
the Moose, who are sponsoring j
the sale, have announced that j
the clothing to be sold is that ]
which the Matanuska Valley Wei- j
fare and Disaster Council has had !
stored in the basement of Bettys’ j
shop. All proceeds from the sale |
will be turned over to the Wel
fare and Disaster Council.
“We are making everything ;
way down in price, and there are j
some fine pieces of clothing that j
will be offered for sale”, Kathleen
Moore of the WOM said this week.
The sale will serve a two-fold
purpose. That is, reduce the sur- ‘
plus of used clothing now on
hand and help replenish the
Council treasury. All the cloth
ing has been cleaned and mended
and in good, useable condition.
The sale will be held each day
from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and
coffee and cookies will be served
throughout both days. An invita
tion to everyone in the valley to
“drop in . . . for a cup of coffee,
anyway”.
SCHOOL BOARD MEET
TO OPEN WEDNESDAY
School board members from
throughout Alaska will meet in
Palmer Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week for the first
territory-wide meeting of school
boards.
All school board members have
been invited to attend and assist
in the formation of a Territorial
School Board Association, through
which an exchange of views,
prblems and experiences may be
I possible. The Association would
also foster a closer relationship
with the Territorial Department
of Education.
The first session will open
Wednesday morning in the Cen
tral School library and will be
followed by other sessions at des
ignated points. On Wednesday
evening the Palmer School Board
will host a dinner party for the
visiting school officials.
Donald M. DaFoe, territorial
commissioner of education, plans
to be in attendance during the
convention.
School Board convention dinner
to be held next Wednesday night.
* * *
The parade route to be used
on Saturday by the Elks will be
cleared of large rocks and debris.
* * *
Labor bills approved for pay
ment were as follows: Keith
Lovejoy, $141.14; Jack Land,
$318.25; Charles Almquest, $147.
60; Henry Wallace, $191.88; Al
bert Harrison, $50-56, Bill Fogg,
I $155.16, and Jack O’Malley, $100.
| The next regular meeting will
] be held in the city clerk’s office
on Tuesday night, November 9 at
7:30 p.m.
Experiment Station
Personnel to Attend
Various Conferences
Staff members of the Agricul
ture Experiment Station are tak
ing off by the plane load this
month, most of them headed for
points East.
Dr. Allan Mick will leave next
week for Washington, D- C. where
he will attend the annual meet
ing of the Association of Land
Grant College Presidents. He also
will meet with officials of the
U, S. Department of Interior and
the LT. S. Department of Agri
culture. Dr. Ernest N. Patty, Uni
versity of Alaska president, is also
attending the Washington meet
ing.
H. J. Hodgson, agronomist at
the station, left yesterday with
his family, for several months
in the States, planning to i-etum
February 15. Hodgson will attend
a meeting of the American So
ciety of Agronomists at St. Paul,
Minn, where he will present a
paper. He will also attend the
North Central forage crop tech
nical committee meeting at East
Lansing, Michigan; the office of
Experiment Stations in Washing
ton, D. C. and confer with scien
tists at Beltsville, Maryland
While in the states Hodgson will
take annual leave and attend
school for a short time.
Arthur Brundage, dairy hus
bandman at the Experiment Sta
tion farm, leaves November 24th
for Chicago, Illinois, where he
will attend the American Society
Animals Production meeting
where he will present a paper
on “The Comparison of the feed
ing value of brome grass, hay
and silage, determined by feed
ing trials and digestive studies."
His family will accompany him
During his absence Gene Kirsch
will fill in for him at the farm.
He plans to return around Apri!
3.
H. P. Gazaway, agricultural
economist at the station, leaves
the 7th of November for Seattle,
Tacoma, and Portland where he
will obtain information from
firms shipping milk to Alaska.
On his way Outside he will stop
at Juneau for information from.
merchants. He plans to return
November 19.
Neil Michaelson took his fam
ily out with him when he left
November 3. He will attend the
agronomists meeting at St. Paul
and the Soil Science Society of
America meeting. He plans to
return to Palmer around Novem
ber 29.
Dr. Raymond J. Bula also left
on Wednesday of this week and
is going to St. Paul where he will
present a paper at the agrono
mists meeting; confer with the
agronomy department at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and attend
the North Central Weed Control
conference at Fargo, North Da
kota. He will present papers at
both meetings. His family accom
panied him on the trip and the
family plans to return around
December 10.
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