THE FRONTIERSMAN
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
Editor ---Virginia Gallant
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Notebook
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Betty Roth, Donna Lynn, and
Ralph Horton are working at the
Piggly Wiggly store, cutting
wrapping and preparing moose,
caribou and other game for the
lockers.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde King, Sr,
plan to leave Palmer Labor Day
by plane for Seattle where they
will pick up their car ar.d jour
ney to Portland and Pendleton,
Oregon. While in Pendleton they
plan to take in the famous Pen
dleton Round-up. From there they
go to Boise, Idaho to visit Mrs.
King’s hometown, then to Salt
Lake City, south through the
Grand Canyon in Arizona and
over to their home in Santa Bar
bara, California. Before leaving,
the Kings extended a welcome to
all Alaskan friends who may be
visiting in the Santa Barbara vic
inity.
Judy James, Matanuska Valley
Fair queen contestant, will be en
tertained at Sheep Mountain
lodge on Thursday, September 2
at a dinner being held in her hon
or by members of the Velveteen
4-H club, of which she is a mem
ber. Following the dinner the
girls will attend a slumber party
at Miss James’ home. Ten mem
bers of the club and club lead
ers Mrs. Rodney Johnson and the
contestant’s mother, Mrs. Marie
James plan to attend.
Charles Waller left for his
home in Kent, Washington this
week, following the major com
pletion of his building which is
being leased to Piggly Wiggly.
REV. CLEWORTH IS
"SURPRISE PACKAGE"
Rev. and Mrs. Brian Cleworth
of the United Protestant Church,
Palmer, left for New York City
Monday of this week, where
they were guests August 25 on
The television program, “Strike
It Rich”.
Rev. Cleworth’s trip came as
a surprise to him and was a fur
ther surprise to nine men with
whom Rev. Cleworth was shot
down over Austria during World
War II.
The ten men, members of the
15th Air Force Italy, were shot
down September 12, 1944 while
on a B-29 bombing mission and
taken prisoners by the Germans.
They have never had a reunion
since their release and planned
their first one this year, on their
tenth anniversary. To raise en
ough money to enable Rev. Cle
worth’s attendance the men
planned to appear on the TV pro
gram with the hopes of earning
enough money for his flight to
New York and back to Alaska.
Officials of the radio program
contacted Rev. Cleworth and
made arrangements for him and
his wife to fly to New York as
their guests. Their appearance on
the television program Wednes
day night was a complete surprise
to the other members of the B-29
crew.
While Outside Rev. and Mrs
Cleworth will visit Rev. Cle
worth’s former church in New
Jersey and stop off for a visit
with his parents in Minneapolis.
They plan to return to Palmer
in about four weeks.
HUNTER APPARENT
DROWNING VICTIM
Jack Wessman of Anchorage
apparently lost his life August 21
when the rubber raft in which he
was riding overturned in the Ma
tanuska River, about Mile 7%
on the Glenn Highway.
The victim and Wilfred Ken
neth Williams, fellow worker at
the 5025the Maintenance Group,
Elmendorf Air Force Base, had
made a successful crossing to
King Mountain the previous day
for a sheep hunt and were at
tempting a return crossing when
the raft upset, throwing both
men into the swift icy waters.
Williams told territorial police
that he hung onto a rope on the
7-man raft and that when he sur
faced he saw Wassman struggling
in the water about 30 feet behind.
Meanwhile the plight of the men
was witnessed by two men pass
ing on the highway. One of the 1
men, Roland Osborn, reported to
territorial police that he and his
companion made an attempt to
rescue Wassman when he floated |
Piggly Wiggly
Expected to Open
Around Sept, is
Inside finishing work is in pro
cess this week at Palmer’s new
Piggly Wiggly store on Colony
street. Work is expected to be
completed by September 15, store
manager Kenneth Lynn said this
week.
The new section which was ad
ded to the former Palmer Cold
Storage space is 60 feet wide and
120 feet long. A complete line of
meat, staples, and fresh produce
will be handled in the modern
super market. Two fast check
stands are now on order and will
be installed along with addition
al features being planned for the
ease and comfort of customers.
Full length thermo-pane win
dows have been installed and be
fore completion the new store
will have store-wide asphalt tiling
! on the floor.
! Thirty-five wheeled baskets
! will be provided for customer’s
convenience in self-service de
j partments.
This is the seventh Piggly-Wig
gly store in the territory. Owners,
Jack Barrett and Keith Lesh of
Anchorage, operate five Piggly
Wiggly stores in the Anchorage
area, one in Kenai and also the
Food Center in Anchorage.
Local help has been used in
the building and sidewalk con
struction by contractors Sandvik
and Roark.
To Operate Bakery
Fresh bakery products will be
available in the new store fol
lowing its opening around Sep
tember 15. They will be baked
by Harry Rice of Palmer in a
bakery to be installed in the base
ment section of Ihe store. The
Droducts will be sold exclusively
| in the Palmer Piggly Wiggly store.
M. T. A. EQUITY
STOCK SET AT $40
As was previously anticipated
by the Matanuska Telephone As
sociaton, equity stock in the as
sociation will cost $40 per mem
bership. This amount was an
nounced following a board of di
rectors meeting last Thursday
night.
Since that time correlation
work has been started by a hired
secretary who is compiling a list
of area residents which will be
added to those individuals who
paid $10 and joined the associa
tion several months ago.
An office will be set up this
coming week in one section of
Attorney John Shaw’s office,
• next door to the American Le
gion building. Applications for
memberships and equity pay
ments may be made at the office,
according to Lew Hanks, associa
tion chairman.
Papers were received this week
from Washington with instruc- j
tions regarding the ngcessary |
steps the association mutet take i
before construction of the mod- j
ern dial telephone system can be- j
gin.
A total of $16,650 must be col- '
lected from members through the
sale of equity stock before the
existing city telephone system
may be purchased. The City of
Palmer has passed an ordinance
permitting the sale of the sys
tem. The ordinance will be pre
sented to city voters for ratifica
tion at the October 5 election.
Membership drives are being
planned and will be conducted in
the Palmer, Wasilla Sutton, Chu
giak and Butte areas. House-to
house canvasses will be used in
the more widely spaced areas.
within three feet of the bank but
were unsuccessful in their try.
However, they did succeed in get
ting a rope out to Williams and
assisted him to shore.
A two-hour hunt along the sand
bars and shore of the river failed
to locate the body of the victim.
Although Williams has made
seven crossings of the Matanuska
River, and all in the spot, he told
territorial police that this was his
last one.
It has been estimated that as
much as 60 tons of silt roll down
the Matanuska in the course of a
24-hour period, and that the aver
age summer temperature of the
water is 40 degrees. Several per
sons have lost their lives while
attempting crossings in that gen
eral vicinity.
PALMER MEN TO PRESENT
PAPERS AT SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Approximately 500 persons are
expected to attend the fifth Al
aska Science Conference to be
held in Anchorage from Septem
ber 7 through the tenth. During
the conference over 150 papers
will be presented by leaders in a
various number of fields, accord
ing to Hugh Johnson, president
of the Alaska Division of the Am
erican Association for the Ad
vancement of Science. Approxi
mately 170 active participants are
scheduled.
The first general session will
be held Tuesday, September 7 at
which time Dr. Warren Weaver
of the Rockefeller Foundation
and national president of the
AAAS will be the featured speak
er.
Conference sections are to be
j as follows: Agriculture and for
| estry, Curtis H. Dearborn of Pal
! mer organizing chairman: Engin
| eering, William B. Page; Biolo
gical sciences, Miss Brina Kessel;
I Medicine and public health, Ed
ward Blomquist; Social sciences,
Mrs. Willetta Matsen; Physical
sciences, Robert Knecht. Others
from Palmer who will be partici
pating are Neil Michaelson who
will present Agricultural Soils of
the Upper Cook Inlet Region;
Paul Martin, Can Plant Growth
be Predicted by Chemical Soil
Tests; Robert Burkholder, Coy
otes in Alaska; S. J. Newcomb,
Anthropology, subsection, who
will present Notes on Physical
Reaction of Indian, Eskimo and
Aleut to Army Environment; Dr.
Allan Mick, will give a review' of
land-grant college concept and its
local relation to social patterns
:n Alaska during a symposium
following social sciences.
This is the first time Anchorage
has been host to the conference
and because of its,, central loca
tion over 500 persons from the
territory, Canada, and the States
are expected to attend. Require
ment for membership in AAAS
is only an interest in science.
Everyone interested in attending
First-Graaers Need
Birth Certificates
| Parents of all children who will
! be registered for the first grade
I of school on August 26 and 27
were reminded this week by
William T. Zahradnicek, school
superintendent, that a birth cer
tificate is necessary. Registration
will be held at Central School
only.
Dolores Mattila, and Jeanne
Shaver, public health nurses,
will be in attendance at Central
School during registration peri
ods to discuss the immunization
program with parents, and ob
tain’ permission from them for
their children’s immunizations to
be given at a later date.
The means some people use in
getting ahead in this world prob
ably means they are getting be
hind in the next.
| any or all sessions of the confer
| ences is invited to attend. All
j papers to be presented pertain to
I northern latitude problems, ac
I cording to Charles B. Wilson of
the Arctic Health Research Cen
: ter.
CHAIN-DRIVE CARS
ENTERED IN
VALLEY FAIR RACE
Although Palmer has its share
of shiny 1954 model cars, it is
believed that the area has the
| greatest number of old vehicles,
! still in operating condition, of
any city in Alaska.
For the amusement of all gen
erations, A1 “Speed” Hagen, driv
ing his old 1914 chain-drive Am
erican LaFrance fire truck, will
race against Clint “Jet” DeWitt,
driving his 1917 chain-drive Over
land truck. This race will be open
to all contestants owning a chain
drive vehicle of any vintage. The
race will be held on Labor Day
and will consist of at least one
lap around the track.
Not to be outdone, Owen "Hy
po” Moffitt has issued a challenge
to any owner of a vehicle of the
1925 or older class. He will be
driving his 1923 Model T Ford
glamour wagon.
Anyone in the territory having
a vehicle in either class who
wants in on the races may con
tact Gene Kirsch, fair manager at
his office on the fairgrounds.
LEGAL NOTICE
The Palmer School Board will
sit as a Board of Equalization for
the Palmer Independent School
District Sept. 8, 1954, at the school
office at 8 p.m.
Signed,
Mary R. Washburn, Clerk.
Published August 5, 12, 19, 26,
1954
WELL DRILLING
Test hole ond develop
nt work $7.00 per
foot, 1 st 100 feet—plus
casing.
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Phone or write SAM COTTEN
Box 185 — Palmer
Or H. K. HAMILTON
Mile 45 — Glenn Hiway
General Drilling Contractors
G. R. LEWIS GO.
Plumbing & Heating
PUMPS
525 East 4th Ave.
Phone 27701 or 54014
Anchorage
Sheet Metal Work
Furnaces Stokers Pre-fab Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
— Free Estimates —
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Box 1797 John Weisenberger Palmer
Phone: 62J3
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MANY ATTEND
AUTOGRAPH PARTY
A complete sell-out of the new
book, "Where Else But Alaska”,
was reported following the auto
graph party held for the author
ard artist, Sara and Fred Machet
anz, last Friday afternoon at the
Treasure Chest.
The popular writer-artist team
greeted friends and autographed
copies of their latest edition
throughout the afternoon. Those
attending also saw a showing of
lithographs and paintings by Fred
Machetanz, many of which are
j used in the new book.
A new shipment of the book
is now on the way and will be
(available at the Treasure Chest
for those who were unable to
purchase a copy on the publica
tion date.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS B^ING RESULTS
TIRED OF THE WIND
AND DUST?
It’s time to come out to
Woodland Park and get that
home or homesite where its
a pleasure to live and prices
are reasonable.
2Vz miles from Palmer on
Anchorage Hi way
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Dining room and snack bar in conjunction
Have You Tried Rosie’s Pastry and Pie?
They are out of this world!
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Mile 61 — Glenn Highway
Phone l-J-31
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ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS
COOPERATING ASSOCIATION
PALMER. ALASKA
Agent for
ALASKA METAL BUILDINGS
Box 509 Fairbanks, Alaska