Thought of the Week:
The government is now look
ing for those who put "lie" in
relief.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
Tonight
High School Cafe. 7:30 p.m.
VOLUME 1G,
NUMBER 51
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1952
TEN PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
School Budget
Reporters—
Noie.lao-h.
David L. Vaukhn, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Hamon,
of Palmer, has enlisted in the
U. S. Navy. Vaughn formerly
attended the University of Al
aska at Fairbanks. He will un
dergo recruit training at San
Diego, California.
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Marie Guffey has returned
from a nine-week trip Outside
during which she visited
friends and relatives in Tennes
see, Ohio and Kentucky, as well
as Baha'i Communities in the
latter two states. Mrs. Guffey
was guest speaker January 21 I
at the World Religion Day pro
gram sponsored by the Baha’i
Community in Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. Guffey said she had found
the Outside weather cold . . . j
while in Tennessee the tern- j
perature dropped to four above
zero. Schools were closed and
busses did not run because of
the “extreme” cold weather.
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Communicable diseases re-1
ported in the Matanuska Valley ■
area for the week ending Feb-1
ruary 9 includes: Thirty-four
cases of upper respiratory in- \
fection; 27 cases of Rubeola!
measles; four of otitis medial
and one each of conjunctivitis
and pneumonia.
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Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gassa
way of Gallion, Ohio are par
ents of their second child, a
daughter, who weighed seven
pounds, six and one half ounces
at birth February 7. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Brager of Palmer.
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Charles W. Wilson, grand
high priest of Royal Arch Ma
sons of Alaska, made his offic
ial visit to St. Paul's Harbor
Chapter at Kodiak where he in
stalled officers for 1962. He re
ported a cloudless sky in Ko
diak last Wednesday when the
Anchorage airport was fog- ,
bound.
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Life insurance man, Wilson •
R. Woods of Palmer, qualified j J
for Mutual Of New York’s 1961 '
National Field Club. Member- ‘
ship in the annual group is bas- J
ed on high standards of life
and health insurance sales and \
service to policyholders. Woods c
had qualified four times pre- r
viously. I t
Hospital Reports
To Be Given Tonight
A good number of 1962 mem
bership tickets have been sole
in the Valley Hospital Associa
tion, indicating interest in the
annual membership meeting tc
be held at seven-thirty tonight
in the high school cafeteria
Current membership is re
quired for voting privileges.
Memberships may be purchas
ed at the meeting.
Notices of the meeting, which
were mailed several days ago.
, advised the membership of an
nual reports which will be
made by the board of directors,
hospital administrator, medical
staff and the Valley Hospital
Auxiliary. It is through these
annual reports that the mem
bership and other residents of
the valley, become aware of the
operating condition of the hos
pital.
j In addition to annual reports,
! and any old or new business
P-TA CAREER DAY PROGRAM TO AID
STUDENTS IN SELECTING WORK FIELDS
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Palmer and Wasilla high
school students will have an
opportunity on Wednesday,
February 21, to get a real in
sight of careers they may be
interested in following.
"Career Day” will be observ
ed at the Palmer high school
under the sponsorship of the
Palmer PTA and will be open
open to all Palmer high school
students and junior and senior
class members of the Wasilla
high school.
Dr. Herbert Heller, dean of
Alaska Methodist University,
will open the program with an
assembly, following which stu
dents will disperse to class
rooms where leaders of various
fields will hold discussions per
taining to their career fields.
Students will have an oppor
Borough Meetings
Slated for Area
Two area borough meetings
lave been slated for this month,
t was announced today by Ro
>ert Vroman, committee chair
nan. On Tuesday, February 20
md again on Monday, Febru
iry 26, meetings will be held
t 8 p.m. in the Wasilla School.
Committee reports will be
nade at the meetings, as well
s progress reports. All valley
esidents are urged to attend
he meetings.
DIVISION OF LANDS TIMBER SALE
SCHEDULED HERE FEBRUARY 23
The Division of Lands will j
offer for sale, at a public auc- j
tion scheduled for 2:00 p.m.;
February 23, at the Palmer Fire
Station, approximately 892,000
board feet of birch sawtimber.
The minimum bid per thousand
board feet is $2.75 (total con
sideration $2,453); no bids will
be accepted for less. The pur
chaser will have the option to
cut approximately 256,000
board feet, at the appraised
$2.75 price.
All the timber designated for
cutting is located on approxi
8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and
17 in T18N.R3W, SM The sale
is designated as Sale A-24.
Sealed bids, accompanied by
a deposit of 10 per cent of the
total amount, will be accepted
at the Division’s Area Forestry
Office, 424 Fifth Avenue, An
chorage, prior to 5:00 p.m.,
February 21, or may be pre
sented to the selling agent prior
to 2:00 p.m., February 23 at the
Palmer Fire Station.
Further information on the
sale can be obtained from the j
Area Forester, 424 Fifth Ave
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Sunday, February 18-11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
GRANGE HALL
"Go to Church —Come to Breakfast
Feed Your Soul — Feed Your Face"
Benefit Grange Building Fund
PUBLIC INVITED
Singles $1.50
Children—75c—Cost not to extend over $4 per family
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tunity to learn of qualifications,
opportunities, and training:
needed in particular career I
fields. Both students and inter- j
ested parents will have an op- i
| portunity to discuss require- !
ments with the speakers in a j
special session to be set aside i
for this purpose.
Although similar career day
programs have been held in
many other States, this is the
first time such a program has
been offered in the Palmer
school.
MARCH OF DIMES
NETS OVER $1,000
IN CAMPAIGN
Residents of the Matanuska
Valley contributed $1011.66 to
date toward the 1962 March of
Dimes, according to Charles
W. Wilson, campaign chairman.
There were no single sizeable
contributions this year, he said;
the total represents more than
600 individual contributions.
Much of the work of the cam
paign and credit for it's suc
cess, is to the credit of the
Mother’s March held January
30 by members of the Theta
and Xi Eta chapters of Beta
Sigma Phi, Wilson said. He ex
pressed the thanks of the com
mittee to the women for a good
job done and to members of the
Cheechako Homemakers Club
and Mrs. H. D. Estep who ad
dressed campaign envelopes.
“It would be too difficult to
try and thank each one person
ally, so we wish to take this
means of saying we are so glad
so many people where we live
really care,” the chairman stat
ed.
Special thanks went to the
children of Central and Swan
son schools, and their teachers,
for their contributions of $137.
81. "Thanks kids, we love you
too,” he added.
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that comes up, members will Le
asked to name five persons tc
the board of directors. An ap
pointed nominating committee
has named the following per
sons, all who have agreed to
serve if elected:
Mrs. Norman France, Mrs.
Robert Mielke, Rev. Paul Moy
er. all of Palmer; Dorothy
Kuhn of Sutton and Neil
Browne of Wasilla. Browne is
an incumlxmt.
Directors whose terms will be
expiring are Dexter Bacon, sec
retary; Mrs. Lee Gohr, treasur
er; and Browne. Mrs. Ada
Boyd and Mrs. Jean O’Neill,
whose terms were to expire in
19114, have resigned from the
l>oard and will be replaced in
the election.
Other members of the board
include Merritt Long, who has
been serving as president this
past year; Robert Vroman,
vice-president; Robert Tucker, i
Ethan Peay, Frank Smith and
Albert Tanner.
School Board
News and Notes
j Members of the Palmer
Board of Education this week
went on record in support of
HB321 pertaining to the Com
missioner of Education’s re
sponsibility to the State Board
of Education.
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Bids for an insurance pro
gram have been referred to
teachers in the Palmer schools
for their study before definite
action is taken.
Teachers contracts for the
coming year will be considered
at the March meeting.
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Superintendent of Schools j
William Zahradnicek was auth
orized to attend the Class B
basketball tournament to be I
held at Eielsen AEB February v
15, 16, and 17. t
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Alvin Okeson. director of the c
Palmer Community College,
was authorized attendance at e
the Community College Direc- j.
tors meeting to be held in Fair- g
banks February 21 and 22.
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An invitation will be extend
ed to advisory school boards
of the Wasilla, Big Lake, Wil
low, Mahoneyville areas, as
well as the Palmer City Coun
cil, to meet with members of
the Board of Education for a
general discussion on boroughs
relative to school service areas.
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Free Mining Gourse
Begins Monday in
Gcmmonify College
The University of Alaska’s\
mining extension course in I
prospecting will be offered, tui-!
•■on free, at the Palmer Com-1
| munity College, beginning Feb
ruary 19. Leo Mark Anthony,!
I instructor, reminded interested j
I persons this week.
Registration for the four-'
! week course will begin at 7 '
; p nt. at the high school. The '■
I course will include instruction|
| in exploration techniques, min
j eral identification, economic
geology and claim staking.
Police Investigate
Break-In at
Local High School J
City and State police are in
vestigating a break-in at the
Palmer High School which oc
cured sometime in the early
moruing hours of February 13.
and netted the robbers about '
S200 in cash.
The money was taken from I
two safes, located in the busi
ness office. Entry to the build- i
ing was made through a base- 1
ment door which had been fore- !
ed. After breaking glass in the I
office door it was a simple feat!
for the intruders to open this I
door One safe was punched
and the other peeled. (These
are terms used to describe the
method of entry.) Apparently
the intruders used their own •
tools this time, as they did not j
enter the manual training room ;
where previously tools hud,
been taken for use in executing I
other forced entries.
The last previous forced en- •
try at the high school happened
December 15 when the sum of i
$758 was stolen.
Dr Herbert HeUer
Chamber Speaker
At Feb. 2f Meeting
I Dr. Herbert Heller, Alaska j
Methodist College dean, will
he the guest speaker at the
February 21 meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce.
Dr. Heller’s topic will be bas
ed on Alaskan artifacts and jt
is anticipated that his talk will \
greatly aid valley residents in
obtaining information regard
ing collection of historical
items for the new Valley ‘
Museum.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend the luncheon
meeting which will be held at 1
noon in the Sourdough Room '
of the Frontier Cafe.
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Mayor Miller Urges Merchants
{Participation in Benefit Auction
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k all businesses in the valley area
^ in helping make the forthcom
>. ing Merchants’ Auction a big
^ success.
k The auction, under the spon
^ sorship of the Matanuska Val
' ley Chamber of Commerce and
i Matanuska Valley Historical
w Society, will be held in Moose
' hall on Saturday, February 24
in an effort to raise a needed
$1,000 for the establishment of
the Matanuska Valley Museum.
"This is another first for
our community," Mayor Mil
ler pointed out. "The museum
will offer the tourist some
thing of interest to see and
will attract more visitors to
our area.
“The main goal is $3,000.
However, with the donation of
space in which to house the |
museum in the Frontier Cafe I
building equivalent to $1,000.
we have really already reached
one third of the goal.
‘Businessmen of the area are
being asked to do*. : merchan
dise for the coming auction.
This is a means for each and
everyone of us to help the com
munity. I feel this is a small j
price to ask for something that
will result in an upswing of j
our economy. If Anchorage can !
do it, I know that we also can. j
Any attraction that will bring
more visitors to our area is an
asset to all businesses and I feel
we should all take part in this
project, so let’s get on the ‘band
wagon’ and give.” *
Harry Evans, manager at the '
Palmer Piggly Wiggly store, is 1
chairman of the auction. Mer- 1
chants are asked to contact 1
Evans as soon as possible to id- 1
entity donations planned. If de
sired, the donation will be pick
ed up at the merchant’s place of
business. Howard Campbell of
the Frontier Cafe has offered ,
the use of a truck for this pur- |
pose and Bill Hoskins of the 1
Historical Society has volun- J
teered his time for this phase j
of the auction.
To date Evans reports con- I
siderable interest is being i
shown, not only among the
merchants but among the pub- !
lie in general. A big turn-out,
is anticipated.
Assessment Hearing
To Be Held March 6
The Palmer Independen
School District's proposed bud
get for the coming year was ap
proved by motion by mem
hers of the Paimer City Coun
cil at a meeting held February
12. The budget had previously
been revised and approved by
members of the Palmer Board
of Education at a meeting held
January 8 and will now be sub
mitted to the State Department
of Education for approval.
The proposed budget totals
$858,295.73, an increase of sonu
$43,000 over that of last year,
however, no increase in the
tax rate over that of last year
is anticipated. Of the total.
$234,979.23 will have to be rais
ed in the school district, which
includes the City of Palmer,
with the balance to be realized
from Federal and State funds.
It was announced earlier this
year that anticipated enroll
ment next year will run about
1,078 students. Forty-seven
seniors will graduate this
ipring, but it is expected that
ipproximately 120 students will
~>e enrolled over this year’s fig
ure, next year.
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A request for exemption from
;ales tax payments by Alaska
State Fair, Inc. was discussed
it the meeting and following
i review of the city sales tax
ordinance, it was pointed out
hat there is no provision made
[or such exemption.
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No objections were voiced on
an application for permission
lo operate games of skill and
thance which was made by the
winter Independent School
District.
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A discussion regarding signs
or the city streets was referred
o the Planning Commission
v’hich will be asked to make
(‘commendations on the type
igns to be used, as well as ac
ion on certain unnamed streets
.■ithin the city.
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A sum of money, not to ex- j
?ed $25 was voted for the pur- ■
iase of a sign for the city hall.
During committee reports it
was brought out that the metal
building, purchased by the city
early this past fall, is now in
stages of erection. Also dis
cussed were pending legislative
bills, including the over-time
bill. City sewer system propos
' als were again brought up at
the meeting and the city clerk
was instructed to contact the
1 engineering firm in Juneau
which is doing work prepara
■ tory for preliminary planning
! requirements.
Public hearings for property
I owners of Assessment Districts
One and Two were set for 8
; p.m., March 6, at city hall.
! These disrticts involve proper -
I ties located on Railroad Street,
1 part of the Co-Op Avenue, and
: Colony Street from the Wasil
; la highway corner to Test's
| Service.
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Mayor Bill Miller presided at
the meeting which was attend
ed by all members of the City
Council.
Salvation Army
Campaign Reaches »
Half-Way Mark £
| The 19G2 Salvation Army
.campaign in the valley area has
reached about half way to
i ward the goal of the sum col
' lected last year, according to
! Lieutenant Lawrence Holmes.
Lt. Holmes said the campaign
will continue for about another"
two weeks. Persons wishing US
(jnake contributions may send
them to Kyle Turner, at the
Matanuska Valley Bank, of£d
Smith at Ketchikan Spruce
Mills, both members of the
Matanuska Valley Salvation
Army extension unit commit
tee. In Sutton contributions
may be made to Phil O’Neill
and in Wasilla to Mrs. Thomas
Carter, also committee mem
bers.
Proceeds from the annual
campaign are used by the local
committee in local emergencies.
KERTTULA SEES NEED TO REDUCE
DUDGET; APPROVES WADE INCREASE
Representative Jalmar Kert
tula writes from the Alaska
State Legislature that he has
devoted considerable time tc
the budget during this session
| He mentions the general atti
i tude of lbs associates is thal
they will have to try and re
duce the State budget. How
ever, he adds, there are suppli
mentals such as the University
of Alaska heating plant ($3.5
million) that must be consider
ed.
“I voted for increased min
imum wage as it's hard to vis
ualize anyone making a living
on less than $1.05 per hour
but 1 voted against the over
time act because I know the
very existance of many infant
industries and service units on
the frontier are based on 48
hours and longer. To add to
their labor costs will just re
move them from the scene and
throw people out of work. We
need a broader more stable ec
I onomic base first,” he said. In
| either ease, agriculture is ex
; empt, as are many other areas
: of endeavor, he added.
State Fair Bill
"The State Fair for Palmer
bill was on the calendar pre
i maturely in the Senate but I
| believe I’ll get it through the
House. The bill was reportoA
j out of State Affairs but is now
! in Finance committee (the
j chairman is from Fairbanks)
1 and will no doubt have to be
j voted out by myself and those
I who support me in committee.
| The Speaker, being from Fair
| banks, isn’t going to make this
1 easy, of course, as he can keep
I re-assigning the bill—for a
while at least,” the Represen
tative wrote.
Pioneer Roads
“I’ve worked on increasing
the pioneer road program in
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ELKS BIRTHDAY DINNER PARTY
Fri., Feb. 16 - 6:30 p.m. - Elks Hone
OCEAN-FRESH OYSTERS
Flown Here From Ketchikan Bay
ALL ELKS AND THEIR LADIES
ELSIE BROWN SAYS
"Come See Our New Shop"
12 noon-4 p.m.
SATURDAY. FEB. 11