VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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Entered as second class matter on Oc* 21, 1947. at the nost office at
Palme*, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio
Editor.
Publisher, Manager
Virginia Gallant
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The Valley Apleniy Gees on Display
By A.J.D.
It's Fair Time Again! "Displays from all of
Alaska" will be on exhibit at the Fair Grounds during
the 13th annual Matanuska Valley Fair, scheduled
for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, September 5, 6
and 7.
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The diligent and enthusiastic efforts being ex
erted by the present Fair Board and Manager Gene
Kirsch for the '53 event augurs well for what might be
the greatest of its kind ever held in Palmer, provided
rainy weather does not interfere.
For the thrill seeker there will be a Fairway with
a variety of concessions, kiddie rides, lunch stands
also horse racing, baseball and arena events, all of
which can be viewed from the new grandstand. Besides
the display by business firms of their various lines of
machinery, automotive and sundry other products
there will be exhibits from 4-H clubs, Home
makers clubs, handicrafts workers, poultry and live
stock owners and of course the most important ex
hibits of all (in our estimation), farm and dairy pro
ducts.
The previously mentioned endeavors have their
place in a successful Fair event, but we believe that
the produce and products of our agricultural and
Dairy industries will prove to most "outsiders" and
local non-believers of the tremendous potentialities
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LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1953
By Marlin P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor
Labor Day is an expression of American freedom
and American progress.
It was created 71 years ago by a group of trade unionists
seeking to give labor its true dignity. There efforts suc
ceeded. Labor Day has become a holiday of all the people,
and an accepted symbol of the spirit of free working men
and women.
American free labor has grown along with the American
nation and its people, and it has used its strength to help
the cause of freedom around the world.
On this first Monday in September, 1953’s Labor Day,
it is fitting and proper that American working people, those
in white collars as well as those in overalls, extend again
their thoughts and their greetings and well-wishes, to their
brother workers in foreign lands.
Our message to the workers in free lands is one of
fellowship. We are joined to oppose the ugly specters of
dictatorship and communism. Through our government,
our churches, our labor unions, and other organizations,
we have offered our help in the cold war that is being
waged over the world for the minds and souls of men and
women.
We are firm in the knowledge and belief that if men
and women are free they will work unceasingly to improve
their lives and their homes, and to create a better future
for their children. We will make these prayers for ourselves
and our children, and for the workers and the children of
the free world and the slave world, in the firm conviction
that the good in man is bound to triumph over evil.
of agricultural and dairy development in Alaska.
Since the inception of mankind, tilling of the
soil has been and still remains the most stable industry
known to man.
Coal and metaliferous mining industries usually
fold up when their veins are stripped out. The same
can be said of lumbering and other manufacturing'
industries when their basic materials are depleted.
It's only the soft, warm loam which remains for
ever through the years giving stability to those areas
rich in soil with all its agricultural possibilities.
In this last respect the good Lord has been gen
erous to the Matanuska Valley.
Cheechakos and Stateside visitors are going to
be amazed when they glimpse the King sized vege
tables produced in this God-Blessed Valley of ours.
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SPORTSMEN PLAN
TURKEY DINNER
Another turkey dinner, with
all the “fixin’s” is planned by
members of the Matanuska
Sportsmens’ club.
A tentative date of Thursday,
Ocotber 1, has been set by the
committee and tickets will go
on sale soon. The dinner will be
served family style, as was their
first, and very successful, din
ner held a few months ago.
Tickets will be available from
members and central spots thro
ughout Palmer.
NEW TRUCK DAMAGED
IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
A 1953 Ford pickup truck,
driven by Roger Ellisworth, 24,
of Palmer, received approximate
ly $500 in damage when it missed
the curve at Mile 42V24and went
off the shoulder, landing in the
ditch. The vehicle apparently
traveled a distance of about 150
feet before it left the shoulder,
pivoted around and skidded
backwards another 150 feet be
fore coming to rest against a
rock. The driver was uninjured.
The accident was investigated by
the territorial police.
PARTY PLANNED FOR
QUEEN CANDIDATES
AND TANANA QUEEN
The Moose-sponsored teen
agers are planning a special party
for all Valley Fair queen candi
dates and the visiting Tanana
Valley Queen and Princess. The
pany will be held at Moose Hall
Friday evening, starting at 9:00
p.m.
All Valley teen agers are in
vited to attend: there will be
dancing and refreshments dur
in gthe evening. The party is be
ing held to enable queen candi
dates and the visiting “royalty”
to get acquainted with one an
oer andith ovkbqjg 78.-88
another and other young Valjey
residents. Mrs. George Plumly,
assisted by Mrs. Ralph Moore will
be in charge of arrangements.
The Tanana queen. Miss Ann
Koonz, her princess, Miss Connie
Miller and their chaperones are
expected to arrive by train in
Wasilla Friday evening at 6:30.
They will be met by Valley Fair
representatives and escorted to
Palmer.
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Attention Hunters!! j
Anyone desiring to go Caribou hunting in |
Eureka area contact Frank Brown or Clair ^
Stock for EASIER HUNTING!
We haul you in and haul your game out.
Camp and entrance point at Mile 131,
Glenn Hiway
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BOX 779 — PALMER OR PHONE 15-J21 OR 81-Y11
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