VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Altered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1047, At the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio . . Publisher, Manager
Utter.. Virginia Gallant
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
LEW E. HANKS
The 1954 Agricultural Conser
vation Program is now starting.
Application for payment for con
servation work may now be made
at the Extension Service office
in the Rec Hall at Palmer.
Final approval of the payment
schedule has not yet been receiv
ed from Washington. The pay
ment schedule and practice spec
ifications as submitted for ap
proval contain some changes from
last year. Payments for fertilizer
applications are discontinued.
Payments for grass seedings are
limited to 50 per cent of the grass
seed cost.
The “land clearing” practice
name has been changed to “land
development.” Payments will be
made separately for clearing and
also for picking roots and break
ing. The total payments on both
operations shall not exceed 50
per cent of the cost, or $40.00
per acre, whichever is the least.
The rest of the Agricultural
Conservation Program practice
specifications are about the same
as last year.
It is assumed that the schedule
will be approved essentially as
submitted.
If you intend to participate in
the program, it is time to do some
planning ahead. It pays to sit
down for a few hours this time of
the year with a map of your
farm. Then plan out your next
year’s farming program to your'
advantage. Mr. Woodruff or I at
the Soil Conservation Service of
fice, or Mr. Blue at the Extension
Service, will be glad to help you
in this work. If you do not have
a conservation plan and map of
your farm we can readily assist
you in preparing one. A conser
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COMMUNICATIONS
Editor's note: The following
appeal from a worried mother
was received at the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation Corporation office
this week and is reprinted be
low in the event someone in the
Valley knows of the family. The
letter is self-explanitory.
Bretagnolles
October 16, 1953
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp.
Dear Mr. Director:
By the order of the French
Consul of Paris (France) can you
have the chance of found our
daughter, Mrs. Helen Jimmie
Shank; she was gone to the Al
aska State town the April first
with her husband, so, we don’t
hear nothing no more since that.
Please, if you can hear some
about and let us know some
about. I hope you understand the
hard time it is for us—we had
three in the United States, two |
are dead and we like to get a
chance to see and meet her again,
also fell the children, she had
five.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Maniez Gustave
Bretagnolles par St Andre de
L’Eure, France
The last letter we had from
her is of March 7, 1953.
A new hammermill has arrived
at the Co-Op and will be put in
use as soon as a 16 by 24-foot
Butler Hut, now on order, arrives
and is erected. Fred Zieke, Co
Op general manager said this
week that farmers will be able
to grind their own feed in the
new quarters, to be located di
rectly behind the water tower.
vation map that shows the cap
abilities of your farm is a valu
able asset to you. Drop in and see
use—we are always glad to see
you.
Reporters—
Notebook.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barry, Palme:
city clerk, is back in her offici
this week following two week’:
absence because of illness.
William T. Zahradnicek, schoo
superintendent is in Juneau thi:
week where he is attending th<
Northwest High School Associa
tion meeting.
George Schultz, federal audi
tor for Federal Credit Unions wa:
in Palmer this past week, makinj
an annual audit of the Matanusk:
Valley Credit Union books.
Keith Walker, Co-Op cream
ery manager, returned to Pal
mer Saturday from Longview,
Washington where he was call
ed at the death of his mother,
Mrs. Ethel Walker.
William Zahradnicek, schoo
superintendent and Robert Crit
es, Palmer High School coach
attended the coach’s conventior
this past weekend at Mt. McKin
ley Park.
A movie on Korean fighting
will be shown at the Novem
ber 4 meeting of the local
Army Reserve unit, beginning
at 7:30 p.m. at the armory. The
public is invited. Drill period
will be conducted from 8:00 to
10:00 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Liebing oi
Palmer who are Outside on a
cattle-purchase trip were recent
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Kucherry of Moyie
Springs, Idaho. The Kucherrys
are former Palmer residents and
their daughter and family, Mr,
and Mrs. Bill Barry and their
nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Kucera all make their home
in Palmer. The Liebings are
trucking a herd of Brown Swiss
cattle over the Alaska highway,
enroute to their valley farm.
Mrs. Richard Jones has re
turned to her home from a
short stay at Valley hospital.
Among recent moves in hte Co
Op housing annex were the
Campbell family who purchased
the Irv Plitt AHA home; the Gal
lants who moved into the house
vacated by the Campbells; the
A1 Metz family who moved from
the apartments to a house and
the Lee Hendershots who moved
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OUR HEARTIEST
TO THE PALMER INDEPEHDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
On its opening of the Hew Swanson Grade School
We are proud to have been of Service on the
Construction Job
Ketchikan Spruce Mills
I into the apartment.
The Bill Kucera family movec
this week end to their recentlj
purchased home on Springe]
Road. They formerly lived ir
the Co-Op housing annex.
Leo Nuimley of Wasilla took
over duties this week as man
ager of Koslosky's grocery de
I partment, replacing Everett
Adams who has taken a posi
1 lion in Anchorage.
Palmer has three new nurses
the Misses Jane LaGiar who ii
working in Dr. C. C. Bailey’s
. office; and Francis Lynn anc
’ Irene Burgess who are working
| at Valley Hospital. The girls re
cently drove up over the Alaskc
highway from Connecticut anc
Pennsylvania.
Wesley Eckert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Eckert of Pal
mer is one of four returning
lellermen at the University
who turned out for basketball
practice October 12. University
coach. Strait will have two
; teams this year; the University
of Alaska Polar Bears and the
Junior Varsity Kittens.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Walter Gran
1 ath plan to move from Palmer
| to Spenard this week end. Mrs.
Granath has been employed at
Bert’s Drug store.
Mrs. Bobby Jo McCrae start
ed new work this week in the
1 office of Emil Ganschow at the
Experiment Station. She was
formerly employed by the Soil
Conservation Service office.
New bookkeeper at Valley
Hospital is Mrs. Gene Beny
ish, formerly of Pennsylvania.
She and her husband arrived
in Alaska September 15. Mr.
Benyish is employed at the
Eklutna Project.
Andy Brauchli returned to
Palmer last week following the
completion of his summer work
with Erickson Placers, Inc. of
Nome.
Matanuska Maid produce, in
cluding the Valley's famed po
tatoes, are being boosted on
the Mary Margaret McBride
program four times a week
over Station KENI by the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers Co
peraling Association, sponsors.
The national program has one
of the highest listener ratings
of any woman's program in the
States.
JOHN BOWERS TO
WED MINNESOTA GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Danielson
of Bemidji, Minnesota have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Shirley Jane, to John
Bowers of Palmer, son of Mrs.
Bessie Bowers and the late Dr.
'J. T. Bowers of Bemidji.
Miss Danielson is a graduate of
the Deaconess Hospital school of
nursing in Grand Forks, North
Dakota.
Her finance is a graduate of
forestry, Colorado A & M, Fort
Collins, Colorado and is employ
ed by the Division of Forestry at
the Palmer Fire Guard station.
A December wedding will be
held in Bemidji, following which
i the couple plan to leave for Pal
mer.
SUTTON CHURCH PLANS
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
Members of the Sutton Com
munty Church will hold their
annual Hallowe’en party tonight
at the church, starting at 6:00
o.m.
There will be fun for every
one with games, stunts, prizes
and refreshments on the pro
gram. Youngsters and their par
ents are invited to wear costum
es. All church members are invit
ed to attend the party and enjoy
an evening of fun.
Looking for Christmas pres
ents? You can find a wonder
ful display of gifts from the
Alaska Crippled Children's
Association at my home. Start
ing Nov. 2 every day from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MRS. IDA STADLER
Palmer
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