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Vol. 1, No. 6
Palmer, Alaska, October 4, 1947
Ten Cents
VALLEY PAIR WIN AWARD IN 4-H WORK
Chamber To Study
Incorporation Plans
Some type of long-range plan*
for the organization of a formal
city government in Palmer was
the principal topic of discussion
at Wednesday’s Chamber of
Commerce luncheon.
W. C. Mau, president, told the
members it had been suggested
that the organization make a
study of types of incorporation,
with the view toward future in
corporation of Palmer.
Both Walter E. Huntley and
Dr. R. E. Garret urged the need
for some type of organized city
government. Mr. Huntley told
the Chamber that it will be
'only a matter of time before the
territory refuses to carry the
entire burden of the Palmer
school, as it is now doing.
Dr. Garret spoke of the need
for a larger hospital and im
proved facilities here. He said
a greater number of hospital
beds, plus more equipment and
quarters for hospital nurses,
would make for a better health
program. He added that there
could be no hope for added med
ical service here, which he said
is sorely needed, until addition
al hospital facilities are provid
ed.
The group discussed types of
incorporation and requested in
formation on several suggested
plans.
Dr. Garret was asked to ob
tain information on a plan for
incorporation as a hospital dis
trict.
.. Upon the motion of Rev. Vic
tor Alfsen, it was decided that
a committee be appointed to in
vestigate all types of incorpora
< tion. When its study is complete,
the information will be present
ed to Valley residents. A series
of debates, public meetings,
round-table discussions, or lec
tures by authorities may be
scheduled.
No committee appointments
were made at the Wednesday
meeting.
Rev. W. A. Zeile told of the
need for a Community Chest
* plan in Palmer. He said he felt
the plan, which solicits funds
for all types of charity in one
annual drive, would meet with
the whole-hearted approval of
residents.
< Mr. Huntley disagreed, saying
he- felt it easier to give a small
sum of money to various - or
ganizations than to give a lump
sum to Community Chest.
The Chamber unanimously
endorsed Mr. Zeile’s plan. The
group will begin organization
soon. Mr. Mau asked for a vol
unteer chairman. No one offered
to head the effort, so it was de
cided that the chairman will be
appointed at a later meeting.
Dr. E. F. Sims spoke of the
•urgent need of more labor for
work on nurses’ quarters at the
hospital.
Mr. Huntley, William Casler
and Leon Esslinger offered to
help.
HOSPITALIZED
•* Harry Rice of the Shamrock
Bakery in Palmer has been hos
pitalized in Anchorage during
the past week.
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Music School
To Open Soon
A music conservatory whose
wide appeal will promote appre
ciation of music throughout the
territory, and particularly in An
chorage and the Matanuska Val
ley, will open soon in Anchorage.
The conservatory called the
Aleutian Conservatory and Music
Store, hopes to attract music lov
ers and students from the entire
area. Staffed by about ten teach
ers, the conservatory will offer
skilled instruction on all types
of instruments.
Interest in band and orchestra
instruments has mounted in Alas
ka during the past year and par
ents show they realize the im
portance of music in rounding
out the education of their chil
dren
Mrs. Caroline Moody heads the
piano staff. Modern studios will
be available and students will
acquire professional facility in
performance by taking part in
programs over Keith Capper’s
new station KBYR.
The music store will be man
aged by William G. Lofflin and
will offer the largest and finest
stock in Alaska. World-famous
name brands, including Ham
mond organ and Solovox, will
be handled. The store will also
be exclusive dealers for Kimball,
Sohmer, Cable-Nelson, and Ivers
Pond pianos. It will also handle
Kay, Martin, Buescher, Olds,
Bundy and Reynolds band and
orchestra instruments. Estey ped
dal and motor-driven organs will
be available.
Enrollments in the conserva
tory will be accepted after this
Sunday.
Timely Payment
Gets Mrs. Larson
Four for One
Because Mrs. Fred Larson
walked into th<j Valley Frontiers
man office just a moment or
two before 11 o’clock last Mon
day morning, her 75-cent sub
scription to the paper bought 32
Frontiersman issues instead of
eight.
Mrs. Larson was subscriber
No. 100, and was awarded a
three-month’s gift subscription
to the paper. Because she’d
“never won anything before,”
Mrs. Larson asked for a re-count
“just to be sure.” The re-count
verified subscription bookkeep
ing, however, and Mrs. Larson
accepted her gift gratefully.
The final gift offered by the
Valley Frontiersman to its read
ers is a six-month’s subscription
to subscriber No. 500.
Forest fires last year burned
enough lumber to build 200,000
five-room homes.
Workers Wanted
Apply Oct. 11
The long-postponed work on
the nurses’ quarters at the Val
ley hospital will get under way
again on Saturday, Oct. 11, Dr.
F. R. Sims, chairman of the
hospital board, announced this
week.
Dr. Sims hoped that plumbing
would be installed before that
time. It is necessary to complete
plumbing, floor the building, in
sulate it, partition it and do all
outdoor finishing before freeze
up.
Work on the quarters was
first begun almost a year ago.
Volunteer workers are ur
gently needed for the Saturday
job. It is requested that men of
the community who have even
an hour to spare register with
Dr. Sims.
Travel Office
Is Opened
In Anchorage
The Anchorage Travel Office,
managed by Lloyd C. Olsen,
former Valley resident, opened
its doors in the lobby of the An
chorage hotel this week. The
new office is designed to give
a complete travel service to all
Alaskans.
In addition to making travel re
servations to all parts of the
world, the Anchorage Travel Of
fice will make reservations at
any resort or hotel, upon re
quest. This service is without
charge.
The new office is alll«4 with
Pan-Pacific Good Neighbovfours
Inc. Mr. Olsen has been conduct
gin Alaskan tours for this latter
organization for the past two
years. He made two trips to Al
aska with touring groups this
year. The first unit made a 60
day locality tour which took
them to all part of the territory.
The second group toured the ter
ritory by way of the Alaskan
Highway and other roads.
Pan-Pacific also conducts tours
to New Zealand, Hawaii, Mexico
and Central America, as well as
to Alaska.
Mr. Olsen, who first came to
the Matanuska Valley in 1939,
expressed his pleasure at again
returning to the territory to
live. He will make his home in
Anchorage.
THEY'LL STILL FLY |
Alaska's bush pilots won
their right to continue in the
air last week. As the outcome
of hearings held before the
Civil Aeronautics Board in
Washington, D. C.. an order
has been issued legalising
bush pilot flights
The Washington account of
the order reported that the
flyers had been granted every
thing for which they asked
SATURDAY DANCE
The junior class of Palmer
high school will sponsor the
second dance of the fall term,
James Gray, Jr., said today. The
dance will be held Saturday in
the school cafeteria between 8
p.m. and midnight.
FLO ALICE DINKEL
AND LYNN SANDVIK
EARN TRIP TO CHICAGO
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' FLO ALICE DINKEL
(Photo by Palmer
Photographic Center)
Herd Improvement
Will Be Discussed
Dr. O. E. Reed, chief of the
bureau of dairy industry of the
United States Department of
Agriculture, will meet with all
Valley dairymen and other in
terested farmers next Wednes
day evening. The meeting will
be held in the Extension Office
at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Reed plan's to discuss with
Valley milk producers the pos
sibility of a herd improvement
program here. There are pedi
greed bulls at the Beltsville Ag
ricultural Research Station
which may be available to Val
ley dairymen, if a co-operative
program of 'herd improvement
can be set up.
Dr. Reed has been in the Val
ley for the past several weeks
in connection with the establish
ment of a dairy research pro
gram here.
Wasilla Invites
Valley 4-H Clubs
Achievement Day of the Val
ley Four-H Clubs may be cel
ebrated in Wasilla this year, it
was reported yesterday. Mrs.
Bernice Johnson of the local Ex
tension Office said an invitation
liad been given by James Pen
dleton of the Wasilla school as
well as by the Wasilla Home
maker’s club.
Decision on when and where
to hold the Achievement Day
will be made at the Four-H
Council meeting next Monday
evening. That meeting is to be
lield in the Extension office at
B o’clock.
A good job of preventing fires
will go a long way toward re
moving the need to fight them.
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standing records, three Alaskan
youths—including Lynn Sand
vik of Palmer and Flo Alice
Dinkel of Wasilla—will repre
sent 4-H Clubs at the National
4-H Club Congress in Chicago
November 30 to December 4—
This is the first year that
Alaskan 4-H Cluhs of the Ex
tension Service have been rep
resented at the nationl meeting.
The awards will cover expenses
for the trip from Alaska to Chi
cago. The trips were sponsored
by the following companies:
Spool Cotton Co.. Allis-Chal
mers Manufacturing Co., Swift
and Co., Bank of Alaska, First
National Bank of Anchorage,
Bank of Fairbanks, First Na
tional Bank of Fairbanks, Roy
B. Earling, Lomen Commercial
Co., and the Fairbanks Rotary
Club.
Flo Alice was honored for
her achievement in clothing;
Lynn for his work in garden
ing; and Richard Dangler of
Seward for his record in poul
try raising.
Following is a complete re
cording of the work of each of
these 4-H Club members whose
abilities have brought recogni
tion to Alaska for the first time:
FLO ALICE'S WORK
Flo Alice Dinkel, 17, came to
Alaska with her parents who
were among the first of the
group of colonists to arrive in
the Matanuska Valley in 1935.
In 1940. she began her 4-H
work and joined the Baking
Club for which she worked for
three years. During 1941, Flo
Alice’s mother was in the hos
pital and the girl planned and
prepared all the meals for sev
en persons. She found time to
take part in baking exhibits and
captured prizes for her entries
at the fair. Then for four years
she took part in a garden pro
ject. She started with a 10 by
20-foot plot and built it up till
it covered almost an acre. Her
produce captured prizes at the
Fair and in her fourth year she
made $100 on her potato crop.
Knowing that she could grow
such fine crops led the young
girl to undertake canning as her
next project. She carried this
on for four years, canning 150
jars the first year, 175 the sec
ond, 200 the third, and 283 the
fourth. The first year she car
ried 11 of her best jars to the
Fair and captured 10 blue rib
bons and one red one. Her en
try in the Sears Roebuck Can
ning Contest won her a red rib
bon the first year and a blue
one the second year.
20 Varieties
This past ye^r she canned
over 20 varieties, including veg
etables, fruits, and meat, and
exhibited 21 jars at the Fair.
Clothing, her fourth project,
has now won her the trip to
Chicago, as the first girl rep
resentative of the 4-H in Alaska
to attend the Congress. She has
been working on the project
for two years. In completing
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