VOL. II, No. 8
PALMER, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 4, 1948
TEN CENTS
Gang of Illegal1 Hunters Are Arrested
CHEST DRIVE
OPENED HERE
ON MONDAY
With drive details planned
down to the tiniest detail, the
board of directors of Palmer’s
Community Chest began the
1948 campaign, which opened on
Monday, confident that the $3,
000 goal will be reached long be
fore the Nov. 21st closing date.
Receipts were inspected and
allotted to the district captains
at last Friday’s last pre-drive
board meeting. Each solicitor has
been given a list of every family
to be visited, and has been sup
plied with receipts enough for a
contribution from every family
on his list. The receipts were dis
tributed by chairman Les Ray
and secretary Mrs. F. R. Sims
early last Sunday morning.
Red feathers, the Community
Chest symbol of giving, will be
distributed to every resident who
pledges $10 or more in the cur
rent campaign. On Red Feather
day, to be Nov. 20 in the Valley,
all contributors who have earned
a feather are asked to wear it.
It was reported that Wasilla
prefers not to join with Palmer
in the Community Chest drive.
That community will shoulder a
portion of the fund promised the
Territorial Department of Health
for public health nurse services,
but feels that other Chest bene
ficiaries will not assist Wasilla
materially.
Drive chairman Les Ray re
ported that a thermometer, re
cording progress toward the
$3,000 goal, again will be mount
ed on the freight dock opposite
the Palmer station.
WORKERS, OWNERS
ASK ARBITRATION
Representatives of labor and
management of the Jonesville
mine sat down with U. S. Com
missioner Walter E. Huntley last
week to arbitrate three matters
of dispute between mine workers
and mine owners. One point was
an alleged violation of contract
and the other two were matters
of policy in need of clarification.
Tom MacFarland, mine super
intendent, and James Stevens,
mine worker, made up the board
of arbitration with Mr. Huntley.
There was no question of a
strike concerning the points of
difference, Mr. Huntley pointed
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Open Letter to Palmer-ites
Our annual Community Chest
campaign against want, frustra
tion and fear is now under way
in the Valley.
Armed with the slogan “It’s the
Best Thing To Do,” many peo
ple of our community have vol
unteered to set out on a mission
through Palmer and the sur
rounding area to collect funds
for our Community Chest, so that
we may reach our goal this year.
Our goal is a minimum. Its
attainment is made necessary
for the fulfillment of our obliga
tion to the health and welfare
agencies of our community.
We are going to do the job
right. In one big concentrated
drive we will reach our goal.
The funds you give may go to
aid a child which is the helpless
victim of misery and fear. Only
through contentment and hap
piness in the home can we have
a strong America.
Stop to think of your respon
sibilities as a citizen, and you will
understand why a contribution
to this campaign is the “best
thing” for you to do.
Giving to the Community Chest
is voluntary. Let your heart be
your guide.
In behalf of all that is good
for our community,
I am,
Sincerely yours,
LES RAY
Chairman, Community Chest
Drive.
Achievement Day
For 4-H Clubbers
Is Saturday
Although place and date still
are only tentative, the 4-H Club
Achievement Day is scheduled to
take place sometime next week,
according to announcement from
the Extension Office. The date,
at press-time, was fixed for Nov.
6, but there is a possibility that
it will be changed.
This year’s Achievement Day
program is to be a banquet, at
which 56 Wasilla and Palmer 4
H’ers will be jointly honored.
Pins and awards will be distri
buted at the banquet, to the eli
gible club members who com
pleted their projects and turned
in their record books.
The evening’s program in
cludes short talks by club mem
bers on the following subjects.
My responsibility to my home
by Margie Huntley; my responsi
bility to my club by Tim Miller;
my responsibility to my church
by Margie Huntley; m responsi
bilit to my community by Gene
vieve DeLand; my responsibility
to my country by Lynn Sandvik;
my responsibility to my world by
Alice Dinkel.
Adults who will participate in
the program include Mrs. Lou
Sandvik, Rev. Kenneth Hughes
and Neil Miller.
The evening’s banquet will be
served by members of the Home
maker’s Council. Guests will in
clude Miss Marilyn Johnson,
Parker Lester, school and com
munity representatives and par
ents of all club members.
Wosillo Boy
Wins Trip
One Valley youth, Donald Din
kel of Wasilla, will make up one
third of Alaska’s delegation to
the national 4-H Club conven
tion in Chicago this year. The
convention trip begins on
Thanksgiving Day for the three
Alaskan winners, and for Miss
Marilyn Johnson, home demon
stration agent, who will accom
pany them.
Other winners are Jack Brad
way of Fairbanks and Phyllis
Dangler of Seward. Phyllis’ bro
ther Richard was one of the ter
ritorial delegates last year, as
was Donald’s sister Flo Alice of
Wasilla.
Donald’s trip was awarded for
his poultry project. He has been
in 4-H work for eight years, most
of which he has spent in garden
ing projects. He switched to
poultry this year, when he won
second prize for his exhibit at
the Matanuska Valley Fair. Don
ald is a junior in Wasilla High
School.
Jack Bradway’s project was
gardening, the contest which was
won by the Valley’s Lynn Sand
vik last year. The Fairbanks
youth made a daily diary to re
cord his garden’s progress from
the time of his May 24th plant
ing to his first sale on June 25th.
That sale paid him $1.80, the
price brought by 12 bunches of
radishes. Jack’s total income
from his half-acre plot was
$114.90.
Phyllis Dangler of Seward
made an outstanding record in
several fields of 4-H work this
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TWO FINED,
THIRD ASKS
JURY TRIAL
Several game law violators
were paying the penalty last
week and this, as the result of
illegal shooting and possession
of moose and sheep. Two men,
John Shoganoff and Jack Corey,
were sentenced by U. S. Commis
sioner Walter Huntley last week.
Shoganoff was fined $300 and
given 90 days in jail upon con
viction of charges of illegal
transportation and possession of
a cow moose.
Jack Corey of Chickaloon was
given a fine of $175 for illegal
transportation and possession of
game.
A third man, Ray Grasser of
Chickaloon, requested a jury trial
which was calendared for late
Monday afternoon. He is charged
with the allaged transportation
with the alleged transportation
and possession of illegal moose.
It is reported that there is a
gang of game law violators oper
ating in this area, which was at
tempting to fill an order for four
tons of moose meat. It is believ
ed that this gang is allied with
the men who were apprehended
at the gates of Fort Richardson
last year, and found to be trans
porting 16 quarters of illegal
moose.
FIRE DESTROYS
MARSH HOME
A fire of unknown origin broke
out in the Arthur Marsh home
during the early morning hours
last Friday, totally destroying
the house. Mr. Marsh, who was
sleeping, awoke in time only to
save clothes and some bedding.
He said the entire basement
was in flames when he awaken
ed, and that he was uncertain
how it started. He feels that an
oil water neater may have been
the origin of the fire.
Mr. Marsh was alone, and was
unable to report the fire, or even
attempt to fight the blaze. The
home is about a mile and a half
from Palmer, and the telephone
exchange was closed for the
night when the fire was dis
covered.
Mr. Marsh said his loss was
covered by insurance, and that
he planned to rebuild in the
spring. His family is spending
the winter Outside.