BENEFIT SHOW
TO FEATURE
MANY STARS
A benefit musical extravaganza
is planned for Tuesday evening,
February 3, by the parish of St.
Michael’s Catholic Church. To be
held at the Valley Theater, pro
ceeds will go toward th purchase
of a Consonnata electric organ for
the church.
Artists to Appear
Among participants in the eve
ning’s program will be Mary Lou
and Jimmie, billed as the Golden
West Duo who have made several
waxings and starred in television
shows in the states. They are cur
rently playing at the Fireside
Lounge in Anchorage.
J. Winifred Curry, who has ap
peared as soloist with leading
bands and orchestras throughout
the states, will present an organ
program of Dixie-land, popular
and semi-classic selections, along
with requests from the audience.
Master-of-ceremonies will be
Bob Hoffman, formerly with Hor
ace Heidt’s orchestra. Special
dance numbers will be introduced
jy Hoffman and Sue McNelis.
Evelyn Stevens, Alaskan song
tress, and other outstanding acts
irom Anchorage and Ft. Richard
son will furnish a full evening of
entertainment.
A 15-jewel ladies Benrus wrist
watch will be awarded as door
prize during the evening. Tickets
will be on sale at the theater or
may be purchased in advance at
Bert’s Drug store.
RETURNS FROM
LUMBERMEN'S MEET
Ed Smith, manager of the Pal
mer branch of Ketchikan Spruce
returned to the Valley this week
following his attendance at a
three-day convention held by the
Western Lumbermen’s Associa
tion in Portland. Between 1100
and 1300 members, representing
seven western states and Alaska
attended the meeting, when re
tail selling, distribution of mer
■chandise and extention of collec
tion of accounts were discussed by
the group.
The meeting was brought to a
close with a banquet and semi
formal dance on January 24.
Spokane, Washington will be
guest city when the group meets
•again next year.
Those attending from Alaska
jn addition to Smith were: John
Halm of Ketchikan, Lyle Ander
son and Bill Lyman of Anchorage,
Nick Nussbaumer of Fairbanks
and Floyd Volk, vice-president of
Ketchikan Spruce and general
manager of retail sales from Seat
tle and Leonora Wartes of Seattle,
in charge of purchasing office.
NEW OWNER AT
PALMER FOUNTAIN
Sale of the proprietorship of the
Palmer Fountain and Cafe was
announced this week. Jalmer Ker
ttula, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Kerttula local dairy farmer pur
chased the business from Clair
Stock and took over operations
Monday, January 26. The business
was formerly operated by Stock
and Roy Brock who recently be
came manager of the Anchorage
Dairy.
The popular restaurant was not
open for business on Monday,
however. The Valley’s extreme
weather had raised havoc with the
heating units and several water
pipes w'ere frozen. Back in condi
tion by Tuesday morning. Kert
tula announced the restaurant and
fountain would be operated along
the fine standards set by his pre
decesor. Plans for some renova
tions include changes in the club
room.
The restaurant will be open
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays
in addition to all day and evening
six days a week. Club meetings
will still be catered when desired,
Kerttula said .
Kodiak Water Supply
Termed “Serious"
Water users in Kodiak have
been asked to conserve water, in
what a member of the Kodiak
street and water department term
ed “a critical water situation.”
The condition came about more
than a week ago when a section
of the reservoir was washed out
and thousands of gallons of water
poured down the hm. Kodiak’s
Carpenters Plan
Spaghetti Dinner;
Social Evening
Members and their families of
Carpenters' Local No. 2251 will
stage a spaghetti and chicken din
ner at Carpenters’ Hall Wednes
day evening, February 11 at 7
' p.m., Ray Lancaster, local busi
ness agent announced this week, j
j A social evening will follow the i
dinner. All members and their I
families are invited to attend. This |
Is the first social get-together the
local organization has held and
members are looking forward to
an evening of good food and fun. ;
i 2U Local juniors
i Start Ski Lessons
Undaunted by very cold weath-!
er, 20 junior ski students were on
hand to participate in the first
of six lessons being sponsored by |
the Palmer P-TA under the teach
ing of Richard Mekkelsen.
Starting the juniors off with
elementary skiing, Mekkelsen in
structed them in the proper ad
justment of equipment followed
by instructions in proper stance in
walking and climbing. Next Sun
day he plans to start them in
snow-plow skiing. The six-week
course has been designed to give
the youngsters the fundamentals
necessary for safe and proper ski
ing.
The class is being conducted
on the slope just beyond the Little
Susitna Lodge, convening at 2
p.m. and continuing until 4 pm..
Any youngster who was unable
to start his lessons this past Sun
day is urged to attend February 1.
Extensive Damage—
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Wind velocity was estimated at
from a steady 75 mile wind to
! gusts that went over 100 miles
I an hour. One small plane at the
j airport was damaged. A call for
a big dozer to hold the "Flying
Bull" down prevented extensive
damage to the big plane. Illustrat
ing the driving power of the wind
however, was the fact that the;
propellors were turning in the J
wind. The pilot had been unable
to turn the props with the motor
for several days because it had
been so cold. The wind was able
to do what the plane motor could
not.
Unestimated damages were
done to all neon signs from the
Glenn Highway down through the
entire business section.
Below zero temperatures pre
vailed during much of the storm
and many homes were without
heal, lights or water. Some famil
ies sought refuge with friends,
others spent the lime in the hotel.
The Fairgrounds seemed to be
a collection pool for rubbish cans.
Monday morning more than a
dozen were visible, blown up
against the fence and others roll
ng around the ball field. Several
dozen large sheets of aluminum
roofing were picket up from the
Co-Op area and soared around
like kites, finally coming to rest
, at the further end of the Fair
grounds.
Two Fair booths owned by
Theta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi,
and the Dorcus Club of Sutton1
were completely demolished and
: now rest in a pile of scrap lum
ber half way down the fair
grounds. Very few supplies stored
in the booths were recovered.
More than 30 per cent of the
telephones in the city system are
out of order, Melvin Haugen, of
the maintenance department re
ported. Many lines are so badly
damaged they can not be repaired
and will have to be replaced as
soon as wire is obtained, he said.
The telephone department and
MEA offered their thanks to the
public for cooperation shown dur
ing the storm and assured users
that repairs would be made as
fast as possible.
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newly constructed reservoir is not
City employees have been re
pairing the break and are contem
plating running a line from a
creek that fills the old reservoir
to the equalization tank to pro
vide water for the city. The pres
ent water situation was described
as similar to that existing three
years ago when the water depart
ment pumped water from ponds
to the tank continuously during
the 24 hours of each day.
FRONTIERSMAN GETS
OLD NEWSPAPER COPY
A conv of the “Matanuska ;
Valley Pioneer” was received ;
at the office of The Frontiers-;
man this week from an uniden
tified Anchorage sender. Dat-;
ed August 6. 1936 the mimeo- !
graphed paper reveals some in-'
teresting Palmer history. !
There was a move unaer foot;
at that time to send the Palmer ;!
baseball team to Dawson for ;
tneir Discovery Day Celebra-;
tion. At the time of publica-;
tion. Elmer Waugh had collect
ed enough money for half!;
needed sum. !;
Work was progressing on St.!
Michael’s Catholic Church. The !;
foundation was up to the level j;
of floor joists and parishoners ;!
were asked to be on hand the ;!
following Sunday prepared to ;!
handle shovels, axes and ham-;!
mers. The Community Protes- !
tant Church had begun con-;!
struction operations and an old
dormitory at Eska was being !;
wrecked to be used as rough !;
construction material in build-!
ing the Lutheran Church. !
The C. L. Cadwallader and!;
Heinie Snider cars had collided j;
near Wasilla, according to a
short item and Dr. C. A. Pol- ;!
lard, ARRC dentist was busy;
at the local hospital. !;
Very interesting was a dis
play advertisement of The Pal-!;
mer Cafe, then located next to !;
Bert’s Drug Store. Regular !;
board at $10 per week with !;
special booth service was of-!;
fered. ;!
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nee make it illegal to subdivide
ny lot or group of lots in such
manner as to result in less than
0 foot street frontage on a recog
ized street and area of less than
,000 square feet. Further, that
ew subdivisions shall have 60
Dot lot frontage on a recognized
treet and contain not less than
000 square feet in area. Miscel
meous irregular areas shall be
ibject to special consideration by
le City Engineer and Planning
ommission. (5) Zoning Commis
on: The Planning Commission
?commends the immediate ap
aintment of a Zoning Commis
on with duties as indicated by
erritorial Law.
Mayor Alfred Hagen immedi
:ely appointed the present plan
ing commission members to act
> a zoning committee. Other rec
nmendations from the planning
jmmission were turned over to
Dmmittees for further study.
Client Show—
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ose with several vocal selections.
Members of the Palmer Kiwan
; Club and Beta Sigma Phi, co
ponsors of the show, offered
rieir thanks to the many partici
ants and to those who helped
i so many ways to make the pro
ram such a success. Several free
fferings were made during the
vening at the ticket-sales table,
mong them was a full bottle of
imes.
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MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
STARTED IN VALLEY
BY HOSPITAL ASSN.
1963 membership dues in the
Valley Hospital Association, Inc.,
are now due and may be paid to
any member of the Board of Di
rectors, it was announced today.
Membership in the association
is $5.00 a year. Board members
said this week they anticipate a
larger-than-ever membership dur
ing 1953. ‘This is an opportunity
for everyone in the community
to participate in the local hos
pital association,” a board mem
ber said this week. With the
building program going along so
well, and the assurance from the
Presbyterian National Board of
Missions that the Valley is soon
to have their new hospital, every
person who helps in any way, con
tributes toward the long anticipa
ted building of the Valley Presby
terian Hospital.”
Memberships may be purchased
from any of the following board
members: George E. Smith, Har
low J. Hodgson, Jack Newcomb,
Rev. Brian Cleworth, Hugh John
son, Max Sherrod, Mrs. Dexter
Bacon all of Palmer; Mrs. Lee
McKinley in the Butte area; Mrs.
Rivera Hiber at Eska or Mrs. Roy
Morrison of Wasilla.
TEACHERS CONVENTION
SET FOR ANCHORAGE
Among approximately 100 Al
aska schools to be represented at
the teachers’ conference to be
held in Anchorage tomorrow will
be the Palmer Public School.
In addition to Palmer teachers
invitations to the conference,
sponsored by the Anchorage Ed
ucation Association, were accept
ed by teachers from Chugiak,
Elmendorf, Fort Richardson, Gird
wood, Glennallen, Hope, Lazy
i Mountain, Moose Pass, Nenana,
Ninilchik. Talkeetna, Valley
Christian and Wasilla schools.
The association expects approx
imately 275 teachers and admin
istrators at the conference. Pal
SPECIAL MEETING
There will be a special meeting
of the Alaska Certified Seed
Growers Association February 5,
at the Co-Op club room. Schedul
to to start at 7:30 p.m., the meet
ing is being called to discuss the
distribution of the new Knik
variety seed potato. Lloyd Short,
president of the association will
conduct the meeting. All associa
tion members and potato grow
ers are invited to attend.
mer schools will be closed all day.
The principal address will be
presented by Charles L. Ander
son, chief of the mental health
section of the Alaska Department
of Health. His topic will be “The
Emotional Adjustment of the
School Child.”
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DONATE $112.90
The generosity of the Palmer
School children was illustrated
last week when in less than a
week’s time, $112.90 was con
tributed to the school’s March
of Dimes iron lung collection.
The Boy Scouts of America was
incorporated in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 8, 1910. ’•
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