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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
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BOROUGH MEETING
Feb. 26 — 8 p.m.
Wasilla School
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 52
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1962
Eight Pages
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BIG TURNOUT ANTICIPATED AT AUCTION
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Mrs. Charles Hodsdon has re
turned from a trip Outside dur
ing which she visited her son,
Charles, Jr. who now makes
his home in San Jose, Califor
nia, visited her twin sister in
Maple Valley, Washington and
accompanied her mother, who
is 89 years old, to her home in
Montana, then went on to
North Dakota for visits with
her husband’s family.
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Communicable diseases re
ported in the Matanuska Val
ley area for the week ending
February 16 included four cases
of upper respiratory infections,
two of otitis media and one
each of measles and diarrhea.
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Robert W. Gershmel, airman,
USN, son of Harold Gershmel
of Wasilla is attending the
Parachute Rigger School at the
Naval Air Technical Training
Unit, Lakehurst. N. J.
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Ed Ueeck, early-day trapper
and ARC trails and road build
er, who trapped and prospected
throughout the Talkeetnas, left
Palmer to take in a few days
of the Anchorage Fur Rendez
vous. Last year, Ueeck, who is
known as the man from Sheep
Mountain, took the title of Mr.
Furface, 1961, at the Rendez
vous and he will be defending
his title.
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Mrs. Charlotte Alderman of
Haines is in the valley for a
few' days visit with her mother
Mrs. John Horning. Buzz and
the youngsters are keeping the
home fires burning.
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Edna Wehking and Mrs.
Charles Welling were the reci
pients of gifts offered at
Brown’s Shop during their
Grand tte-opening observance
this past Saturday. Mrs. Brown
said there was a very good
turn-out for the open house
and many floral congratula
tions were received.
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Mrs. Jackie Vaneck, her sis
ter Mrs. Lucille Frey and their
brother Henry Towner, all of
the valley area, recently re- j
turned from a month’s trip'
Outside during which they vis
ited relatives in Texas, New
Mexico, and attended the wed
ding of a cousin held in Fort
Worth.
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Area Women Voters
Begin Campaign
The annual finance drive of
the League of Women Voters
will run from Febuary 26 to
March 12, under the direction
of Mrs. Merrit Long, finance
chairman, it was announced
this week.
The League, a non-partisan
national organization, whose
purpose is to promote political
responsibility through inform
ed and active government, dep
ends' on contributions, plus
members dues, to carry out
their program.
A busy year is anticipated
with Congressional and legis
lative elections this fall. The
League plans to support their
position regarding the proposed
city charter and local borough.
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Dairy industry heads were
called together Febuary 13 bv
James Wilson, State director of
agriculture, to discuss the fut
ure of the dairy industry in Al
aska. Attending the meetings
were representatives of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
I operating Association, North
Star Dairy, American Dairy
Association of Palmer, and the
University of Alaska Agrieul
! tural Experiment Station.
In his opening remarks to
the dairymen, Wilson expressed
a desire to discuss methods of
making the industry more effi
cient, stable, and more success
ful. He mentioned the problem
of ever-increasing costs of pro
! udction and the never-ending
invasion of the market by new
products and new channels of
supply that have made compe
tition from other areas more
and more practical.
The dairymen agreed that
local production should be en
couraged to cover as closely as
possible, the basic market and
that the most efficient and ec
onomical method of importing
milk be used to complete the
fluctuating requirements be
yond the basic need.
It was generally agreed
that a milk-pooling plan,
whereby an exchange of milk
supply between processors at
an equitable price for the
producer, should be estab
lished to make the fullest ut
ilization of the available pro
duct at all times.
“The dairy industry is sick
throughout the nation,” Wilson
said, “and because of our ex
tremely vulnerable situation in
Alaska, we can not afford to
FALLOUT FOLLIES
READIES FOR
MARCH SHOWIMG
SPRING is coming! How do
we know? Cause the Kiwanis
minstrel show is in production
and scheduled for presentation
March 30 and 31.
Direction of the show this
year is in the hands of H. J.
Hodgson and Janies Wilson as
co-directors. Ray Holt2 handles
the all-male chorus, as well as
other musical chores and Les
Klebesadel has written the hil
arious script.
Part of the action-packed
variety show takes place in a
fallout shelter where end-men
Harold Stephan, Ed Smith,
Charles Marsh and Charles
Walling give the shelter its ul
timate test. Bart Oliver will be
interlocutor and Emil Gans
chow will handle stage man-I
agement.
Rehearsals are underway,!
with the chorus meeting at 7:30 j
p.m. at Central School each
Tuesday and Thursday. Direc
tor Holtz has called for all men
who would like to sing with the
chorus to show up at rehear
sals.
There will be eight or nine (
specialty acts, including a flea i
circus, as \scll as some repeats j
from former years, without |
which a minstrel show would
not be complete.
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'catch the disease’. We must
anticipate our needs carefully,
i streamline our production and
j processing procedures, and do j
■ a master job of selling if we are ’
j to continue the sound rate of!
j growth of the past few years,’’
! he added.
TEX NOEY NAMED
TO FAIR BOARD
Tex Noev of Anchorage was
| appointed to the board of direc- j
| tors of Alaska State Fair, Inc. j
at a recent meeting of the j
board. He will fill the vacancy
created when Bob Webb of Pal
mer resigned. Noey, a long- j
time resident of Alaska, has al- j
ways shown a particular inter
est in the Matanuska Valley j
and board members expressed
their pleasure when informed;
of his acceptance of the office.
He has not yet been assigned to :
any particular committees.
Future Farmers
Will Be Guests
At Grange Meeting
The week of February 19-22
j is National Future Farmer
! Week and the Palmer Chapter
j of Future Farmers of America
; will celebrate the occasion with
i a program on FFA projects and
j activities at the February 22
; meeting of Northland Pioneer
: Grange and in a window dis
play portraying FFA activities.
The Future farmers of Am
erica, or FFA as it is common
ly known, is a national organ
ization of high school boys,
studying vocational agriculture
in the public schools. It is an
educational, non-profit, non
political organization of near
ly 400,00 volunteer members.
The foundation upon which it
is built includes leadership and
character development, sports
manship, cooperation, commun
ity service, thrift, scholarship,
improved agriculture, organiz
ed recreation, citizenship and i
patriotism.
JAMES WILSON
NAMED TO
BANK POSITION
Robert A. Baker, president of
the Matanuska Valley Bank,
has announced that James W.:
Wilson of Palmer has been en-1
gaged in the hank's loan de- ‘
partment, Palmer office, as an '
assistant vice president.
The resignation of Wilson as!
state director of the Division of!
Agriculture was announced on ,
Monday of this week by Phil!
Holdsworth, commissioner of,
Natural Resources. The resig
nation is effective April 1, at i
which time he will assume his !
posit ion in the local bank.
Wilson first came to Alaska
in 1948 as manager of the Ma- !
tanuska Valley Farmers Coop-1
crating Association, from White
Salmon. Washington where he
had held a similar job. He
worked for the cooperative for
two years and then moved to
Anchorage where he worked
for The Alaska Railroad for
two years.
In 1953, Wilson, who is a
graduate of Utah State Univer
sity, was named territorial
commissioner of agriculture, ■
and was later appointed direc
tor of the division of agricul- j
ture when Alaska became a
state. During his period with !
the agriculture department and j
division, the state’s agrieulaur-i
al loan program was set up and ’
conducted under his jurisdic-i
tion.
In making the announcement;
Baker said he feels Wilson’s;
business and agricultural back
ground will tie in very well
with the objectives of ‘he Ma
tanuska Valley Bank, largest
farm-financing bank in the J
state.
SPECIAL MEETING
PLANNED SUNDAY
A meeting of all officers and j
committee members of Alaska j
Pioneer Igloo 31 will be held j
at 2 p.m., February 25 at the |
Frontier Cafe, it was announc-1:
ed by Don Ingalls, secretary.;:
It is hoped that all officers and
committee personnel will be "
able to attend the meeting as *
important business is to be dis
cussed. ' <
Proceeds Will Establish Funds
For Valley Museum In Palmer
What is expected to be the
biggest auction of its kind
ever held in Palmer will be
staged at Moose hall, 1 p.m,,
Saturday, February 24, as a
fund-raising activity.
All new items will be offer
ed to the public. The auction,
which is being sponsored by
the Matanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce is cooperating
with the Matanuska Historical
Society, is being held to raise
at least $1,000 toward the es-:
tablishment of the Matanuska !
Valley Museum.
Jim Uutt, an experienced:
auctioneer, will conduct the!
sales, starting at 1 p.m. and
continuing until all merchan
dise is sold.
All the items to be sold are
being donated by Palmer area
merchants. All items are new.
Some items, already turned
over to the Chamber are as
follows:
Electric rotisserie, donated by
the Co-Op Warehouse; lire (or
battery) Paul’s Chevron; three
cakes. Frontier Cafe; S50 steak
knives. Brooks’ Equipment;
two Zenith radios and $50 in
trade. Thrifty Variety: decorat
ed cake, Dutch Mill Bakery;
framed illustration, Fred Mach
entatiz; autographed book, Sara
Machetanz; $20 permanent,
Bessie’s Beauty Bar; box of
groceries, D & A Grocery; hair
cut, shampoo, and wave. Valley
Beauty Shop; merchandise cer
UNIVERSITY DEAN ENCOURAGES
ESTABLISHMENT OF MUSEUM
Members of the Matanuskf
Valley Chamber of Commerce
listened to sage advise on Wed
nesday of this week when Dr
Herbert Heller, dean of A! ask?
Methodist College spoke to th<
group on the subject of estab
lishing a museum.
Dr. Heller has had rnanj
years of association in mhs^uri
work and offered many sugges
tions for the start of a loca
museum.
In his many years of expori
ence, Dr. Heller said he ha:
found three things of great im
POVtance. "Historical docu
ments .md artifacts are los
through the ages through fire
flood—and local historical soc
ities,” he said. ‘‘I recently as
sumed the presidency of the
Cook Inlet Historical Societj
and find that every record kept
the past seven years has been
lost . . . cases of artifacts have
been vandalized, there has been
pilfering to the extent that the
society now uses double locks,
rhis is something that you will
lave to face. Materials must be
itored in a manner to provide
:afety from moisture and fire.
Sveryone will be offering you
omething, and you must decide
'our policy on acceptance,” he
idded.
The speaker pointed out that
ome knowledge is necessary to
Hospital Auxiliary Appeals
To Community tor Abidance
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Two incumbents and three
members of the Valley Hospital
Association were named to the
board of directors at the annual
membership meeting of the as
sociation February 15.
Named to the three-year
terms were Neal Browne of
Wasilla, incumbent; Rev. Paul
Moyer, and Betty Jo Riddle,
both of Palmer. Mrs. Lee Gohr,
incument, also of Palmer, was
named to the two-year term
and Larry Leveen, Palmer, was
elected to serve a one-year
term.
At a board of directors
meeting held later Merritt
Long and Robert Vroman
were elected persident, and
vice-president, respectively.
Browne was named secretary
and Mrs. Gohr, treasurer.
Members voted to lower the
legal association voting age to
19 years.
Annual reports were made
by board members, the doctors’
staff. Valley Health Council,
and the Hospital Association.
The Valley Hospital Auxili
ary report was presented by
Mrs. Frank Clark, auxiliary
president.
i During the past year the ac
tive members of the auxiliary,
I which are few in number, sew
ed curtains and drapes for the
nursery; 41 nursery pads, 57
green surgical towels, 18 pairs
childrens pajamas, draw sheets
and donated 25 pair ready
made pajamas, three dozen bath
robes and two dozen wash
cloths. Other work done for
the hospital included assembl
ing work sheets and records;
mending, and served refresh
ments at the annual hospital
meeting.
Money for their projects
was obtained by serving re
freshments at the annual
meetings of the Matanuska
Telephone Association and
Matanuska Electric Associa
tion; operating a cigarette
machine in the hospital, sell
ing hospital picture post
cards, auxiliary membership
dues, and from donations
made by individuals and or
ganizations.
A total of $493.33 was spent
by the auxiliary in their pro
ject, which included the pur
chase of a new resuscitator for
the OB ward and emergency
room. The auxiliary is current
ly working on the purchase of
a new spotlight for use in the
surgery room.
Mrs. Clark pointed out that
the hospital's annual report in
dicates a very low supply of
linens. She suggested that let
ters be sent to women of vari
ous church organizations, ask
ing the hospital be remembered
when they make donations to
hospitals and missions of other
areas. “We feel this is your
hospital and when there is sick
ness or need of hospital care,
the staff is always ready to j
help. We should all feel the re- 1
sponsibility of this hospital,"
she said. “The Auxiliary will do 1
all we can but it is impossible i
for us to buy the equipment
that is so badly needed, and
also the linens . . . we need this ]
hospital, so let's all work to
gether and try to get the things ;
that are so badly needed at the
hospital.” she urged.
The Health Council and Doc
tors reports will be outlined in
next week’s issue of The Fron
tiersman.
prevent loss of the materials
from human neglect and ignor
ance of care.
He suggested that the muse
um be tied into the public
school system in some man
ner. This would offer youths in
formation of unlasting value
| and education of their local his
| tory and the trained personnel
| such as art teachers, would
'have the preservation know
j 'edge needed. He suggested mi
i cro-filming valuable docu
, | ments. N
' i There is a great need in the
j State for an archives in. which
( these valuable documents may
( ' be stored. Dr. Heller stated. He
’ I said he feels there is a great
j need to develop and expand the
i State library. However, he ad
ded, at the present time it does
not appear the State library in
.Juneau plans any such expan
!sion of their program. He said
i he feels the only logical place
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“The Crucifixion”
To Be Presented By
Nigh School Chorus
' Plans are complete for the i
presentation of Sir John Star
ner’s well-known choral work, )
"The Crucifixion” by the Pai- 1
mer high school chorus and
soloist on Friday, March 9 at 8 }
8 p.m. in the high school.
Soloists from the chorus in- 1
elude David Martin, Fred Dun
das. Grace Hurt, and Edward
Hanks. Special guest soloist
will be Marvin J. Hurt. Accom
panist fur the program is Mrs. i
Walter Covieh. Mrs. John Gor- I
anda is director of the program, j
and the art work, being done by ;
the students, is under the di- I
rection of Betty Jo Riddle.
"This is an especially beauti
ful and inspiring cantata,” Mrs. j
Koranda states, “and many
church choir members are no !
doubt familiar with a num- i
her of the selections.” The pre
sentation will include "God So
Loved the World”.
The chorus is presenting the '
work as a special Lenten se
son program and proceeds will
help defray expenses of the
Honor Choir and Music Festi
val.
tificate, Piggly- Wiggly store;
Firestone 500 tire, Russ’ Tex
aco Station; installation of two
colored telephones, MatanuSka
Telephone Association; eight
2Vj gallon containers of Ke
cream, Co-Op Creamery; bath
room accessories, Mac's Plunab
ing and Heating; fiberglass TV
trays, Co-Op Trading Post dry
: goods department; eight gal
lons of paint. Reed’s Hardware;
box of groceries, one survival
kit. Co-Op Trading Post food
center; office supplies. The
Frontiersman, and many other
firms have promised donations.
Anyone who has not yet con
; tacted Harry Evans, auction
j chairman, is asked to get in
! touch with him as soon as pos
; sible to identfy their donation’.
Howard Campbell has donated
he services of his pick-up truck
; and Bill Hoskins has donated
1 time and will pick up donations
1 if the merchants will let either
i Evans or Campbell know when
i the items are ready for delivr
! fry
Evans said today that he can
! use some extra help on Friday
j and Saturday to drive the pick
| up truck. Volunteers are asked
to contact him at Piggly-Wig- f
' gly store.
Dairymen Support
Slate Market Bill >
! Members of the American
i Dairy Association of Alaska are
endorsing Senate Bin IPS in
the belief that Market Orders
may be very helpful in correct
ing some of the present market
[ problems, it was announced
this week.
Prior to making the deci
sion. members of the associa
tion made a study of market
; trends during the past 10
years. From 1951 through
1957 farm price of millr was
on a steady upgrade, however
in 1958 there was a marked .
drop and although a rise was
indicated the following year,
the past two years have again
shown a drop. During this'
same 10-year period, the
consumer price index ha^
shown a steady rise. These
trends, association members
feel, are one reason for seri
ous consideration of the pr<y
posed marketing orders.
A second reason for consid
ering the proposcal is the be
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Hospital Seeking *
More Blood Donors ;
The Valley Presbyterian
Hospital needs to build up its
standing list of volunteer blood »
donors. To further this project, f
Mary Ann Johnson, lab techni- *
ban, will be available each 1
Wednesday from 8 a m, to 4 f
p.m. at the hospital and will f
make blood type tests free of f
.■barge for all persons interest- j
-■d in voluteering for the don
or's list. Especially needed are ’
those persons having Type A ;
Negative. Those who have al
ready been typed, may call the'.,
lospital and register in that l»
nanner, without going directly 1!
:o the hospital. I'
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