VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Cntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act oi March 3, 1879._
A1 J. DeJulio
Idttor
Publisher, Manager
Virginia Gallant
Subecription Rates
Mailed to all points in
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Alaska and the United States
Bigger and Belter
Annual Bazaar,
Committee Says
A bigger and better annua)
Bazaar with more attractions
than ever before was promised
this week by the committee plan
ning the event for St. Michael’s
Catholic Church which will be
held this Saturday, October 10
in the Palmer School gym, start
ing at 8 p.m.
Many gaily decorated booths
filled with varied types of mer
chandise, will line the walls of
the gym. In addition to Alaska’s
Favorite Game there will be a
fish pond and other novelties for
the youngsters. Coffee and home
made cakes will be served by
women of the parish.
Four valuable prizes will be
awarded at the close of the even
ing. First prize is a round-trip,
by air to New York City; second,
a silver tea service; third, an
automatic toaster and fourth, a
100 percent wool blanket.
A cordial invitation to all
parishoners and their friends to
attend this annual parish event
has been extended by Rev. Ray
mond Mosey.
Midnight Mass
Following the bazaar, which
has become a community wide
Palmer affair, Rev. Mosey has
announced he will hold a Mid
night Mass, starting at 12:30 a.m.
The regular Sunday morning
Mass will be said at the usual
hour of 10 a.m. Rev. Mosey of
Juneau is substituting for Rev.
James P. Snead who is now in
States for medical treatment. He
expects to be here the first part
of December.
PHYSICAL EXAMS START
AT SCHOOL; ALSO
TUBERCULIN TESTING
Physical examinations in the
Palmer Independent School sys
tem have started, Miss Dolores
Mattila, Public Health Nurse an
nounced this week.
Letters, announcing examina
tion dates, will be sent to ah
parents. Those wishing to be
present during the examinations
are invited. Selected grades foi
this year are grades 1, 4, 7, anc
11. Local physicians will do the
examinations.
Tuberculin testing and chesi
x-raying of positive reactors is
to be done as part of the school
health program this ear. Here
too, selected grades will be done
They are grades 1, 7, 9, 11
Prompt return of consent letters
sent to parents will be apprecia
ted. Miss Mattila said.
The tuberculin test is a minute
injection of fluid given under the
skin of the forearm. If there is
no reaction at the site of the in
jection within th#ree days i
shows that apparently tuberculo
sis germs have not entered the
body and there is no special neec
for an X-ray.
However if there is a certaii
degree of redness and swellin;
at the site of the injection, thi
is called a “positive reaction’
showing that at some time or an
other, tuberculosis germs have
entered the body. The X-ray i
then taken to see if the germ
have done any damage, and i
there is any activity in the in
fection. This positive reactioi
usually persists throughout life
Miss Matilla pointed, out.
Those children who were vac
cinated against tuberculosis wit!
BCG should receive the tuber
culin test to see if the vaccina
tion “took.” Parents will receiv
a report of both the skin test am
the X-ray. --'1®
Palmer Man
Commissioned in
U. S. Air Force
Don Irwin, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Irwin of Palmer, was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the U. S. Air Force September
23 at Mather Air Force Base in
California where he has been
stationed the past six months.
He received his commission as a
triple observer which includes
radar, bombardier and navigator
work.
A graduate of Palmer High
School, class of 1948, Irwin en
tered the service in June of 1952
following his graduation from
Williamette University. He will
continue his training at Mather
AFB and expects to receive his
wings January 27.
Irwin is one of three members
of the Palmer 1948 class who
have received commissions in the
service. The other two are Stan
ley Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Hoffman and a University
of Alaska graduate and Robert
Graham, son of Bruce Graham
and a University of Washington
graduate.
HIGH SCHOOLERS TO
SEE ANCHORAGE DANCERS
Members of the Meigs-Bristow
School of Dance and Arts of
Anchorage will present an as
i sembly Friday morning at ten
o’clock for Palmer High School
i students. Mrs. Glen Woods of
Palmer is in charge of arrange
j ments. _
COURT NEWS
James Goodman was fined $20
on a speeding charge brought by
the city police chief when he ap
peared before Acting City Magis
trate Elizabeth Barry on October
5. He entered a plea of guilty
and was found guilty of speed
ing within the city limits.
Gordon Manning was fined $15
when found guilty of passing a
school bus at Mile 41% following
; a guilty plea in U. S. Commis
j sioner’s Court on October 7. The
complaint was brought by the
i U. S. Marshal’s office through the
| Territorial Police.
I
4-H NEWS
Projects Books Due
All 4-H members were remind
ed this week that October 15 is
the deadline date for all project
books. At that time they must
be turned in at the Extension
i Service office. Several have been
j completed and turned in but
there are several more to come,
it was announced.
Grange pinochle parties will start
at Grange Hall Wednesday,
October 21 and will be held each
l third Wednesday of the month.
The Grange Home Ec will meet
i October 12 at Wanda Wilson’s
; home.
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; Reporters—
Notebook ij
Word was received last week
that Geraldine Kindgren, 1953
graduate of Palmer High School,
was among 158 students during
1952-53 to be given scholarships
hv the Regents of Washington
State College. Miss Kindgren is
at present attending the Univer
sity of Alaska.
John Bouwens and Darwin
Guard Station, were recently
Heinie, members of the local Fire
appointed Valley representatives
of the Siookey Glass Co. of An
chorage, exclusive distributors of
FyrFighter fire equipment. They
plan to keep busy during the
winter season selling all type
home and business fire extingui
shers.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson
are leaving this week for a win
ter outside. They will visit in
Minnesota, Wisconsin and at their
former home in Flint, Michigan.
Maryann Hakes. information
specialist with the Extension Ser
vice, University of Alaska, is
spending this week in Palmer
getting acquainted with the Ex
perient Station Staff and Valley
work.
Miss Edith Eggleston, X-ray
technician at Valley Hospital is
enjoying a two-week vacation in
Juneau. During her absence Mrs.
Helen Maze, superintendent of
nurses is substituting for her.
WANDA LINDSEY TO
MARRY ON OCTOBER 9
Miss Wanda Linds y of Pal
mer will become the bride of
John Summerville, son of Mr.
John Summerville of New York
Friday evening October 9 at 8
p.m. in St. Michael’s Catholic
Church.
Following the ceremony, the
couple will be honored at a re
ception at the Palmer Cocktail
Lounge to be given by Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Peterson with whom
Miss Lindsey has made her
home. All friends of the couple
are invited to attend the cere
mony and reception.
LUTHERAN LADIES MEET
St. John’s Lutheran Ladies Aid
hold their annual meeting Tues
day, October 6 in the church
basement. Final plans were made
for the turkey dinner which is
to be held Thursday, October 29.
A new slate of officers were
elected to serve during the en
suing year. Those elected were:
Mrs. Wayne Eby, president; Mrs.
A1 Brooks, vice president; Miss
Edna Wehking, secretary and
Mrs. Oliver Onkka, treasurer.
Elks Home -
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room at the back of the room
will take care of lodge parapher
i nalia.
Just off the lodge room, and
joining the members club room
will be a modern efficient kit
! chen. A service bar will facilitate
| food handling.
Comfort and room to relax will
be featured in the club room
where admission will be resfcict
ed to members only on a card
key system. Visiting Elks may
gain admittance via an inter-com
system.
The club bar will be located
in this section as well as pool
and card tables, reading facilities
and lounge chairs. Modern res1
rooms and a small office com
plete the first floor.
An oil fired furnace will pro
vide heat through hot water uni
heaters. Although only the fur
nace room area was excavated
the balance of the building is se
on cement piers that are dowi
to gravel.
When completed the ground
will be landscaped and a' largi
graveled parking area provided
The entire building, designei
by club members, was planne<
and constructed with the ide;
that many dances will be hel<
in the lodge room, and bracini
and timbering was added. Roo
The Trailsmen
APPEARING NIGHTLY AT
YOUR FAVORITE SPOT
Sourdough Mar
WASILLA SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT 142
Wasilla School Superintendent
Ernest E. Line stated today that
school enrollment at the end of
the first week totaled 142 pupils.
Hov/ever, he added, the com
plete list will not be determined
until the end of the present re
port period.
There are seven teachers on
the Wasilla faculty this year.
Mrs. Syble Woody is teaching
first and second grades; Mrs.
Anna Borden has a second and
third grade group; Mrs. Clara
Slumberger, fourth; Mrs. Dorothy
Nelson, fifth and sixth; Ernest
Woody, seventh and eighth; Miss
Louise Potter, high school and
Ernest E. Line, high school.
Mrs. Woody taught last year
at the Valley Christian Childrens
Home. Miss Potter formerly was
at the University of Alaska.
A hot lunch program was re
sumed at the school October 1
with Mrs. Bill Senski in charge.
Parent-Teachers Association
meetings will be held regularly
on the second Friday of each
month, Superintendent Line said.
Parents and all those interested
in the school are cordially in
vited to attend. This year’s P-TA
president is Mrs. Earl Combs.
Halloween Dance
Planned at Wasilla
Plans have been started for
the annual Wasilla Community
Club Halloween masquerade
dance to be held Saturday even
ing. October 31 in the community
hall in Wasilla.
The popular event will begin
at 10 p.m. and continue until
2 a.m. Music for dancing will be
provided by Schaefer’s Orchestra
and refreshments will be sold at
the hall.
3 DAYS OF FUN
SCHEDULED AT
MT. McKINLEY PARK
McKinley Park Hotel’s annual
Alaska Day celebration is set for
October 16, 17, and 18, according
to E. W. Lauesen, operator of
the national park resort hotel.
“The program this year will be
the most extensive ever staged
at the hotel," Lauesen reported,
“with the Gay Nineties ball being
the main event.”
Entertainment, tours of the
park and the Denali highway;
cocktail parties, dances, the show
ing of slides and movies and win
ter sports are other events being
planned now for the three day
program.
A number of improvements to
the hotel and the immediate area
are being completed for the pro
gram. The famous Sourdough
Sam saloon has been redecorated
in an Alaskan motif, Lauesen
said. In addition, work is being
pushed on the construction of a
new and longer ski run and other
outdoor facilities. For the first
time tours from McKinley Park
hotel down the Denali highway
will be possible. Lausen said tours
are planned as far as Cantwell, £
picturesque Indian village.
Reservations for the annua'
NOTICE •
! Starting Oct. 1st the rent for
! the Grange Hall will be as
! follows:
> Non profit purposes without
; kitchen, $5.00 per night;
!; with kitchen, $15.00 per
night.
! Profit making purposes
> without kitchen, 15.00; with
; kitchen $25.00 per night.
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A long list of attractive prizes
has been arranged for the best
costumes. Winners will be selec
ted in several classes, from the!
most comical on to the most ori-1
ginal. Former dances have seen j
some rather amazing costumes
and members this week extended
an invitation to the entire Valley
j to attend and enjoy an evening
of guaranteed fun.
! construction consists of four by j
six rafters, set on 16 inch centers.
Glass block windows throughout
add a touch of modernity to the
attractive building. In addition to
other members of the building
committee are Frank Brown and
; Harold Dunn. Officers of the
I lodge have been assisting when
ever needed.
1 RESULTS
Ceremony can be made by writ
ing McKinley Park Services, Inc.
fREQUENT
SAILINGS
,Bl|VVASKA««‘
PASSENGER SERVICE
FROM SEWARD
S.S. DENALI S.S. BARANOF
Thurs., Oct. 15 Thurs- Oct. 22
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHT SERVICE
From Seattle
S. S. NADINA
Scheduled from Seattle Tues.r
Oct. 20, calling at Seward,
Valdez and Cordova.
S. S. ILIAMNA
Scheduled from Seattle Tues.,
Oct. 27. calling at Seward
and Valdez.
FOR INFORMATION
My Cracky!
It's Cheaper than Stayin' in Town!
That's why Everyone's Goin' to the
‘ALASKA DAY’ CELEBRATION
at McKinley park hotel!
OCT. 16-17-18
Write for a reservation or see your Travel Agt.
* Sightseeing * Dancing
* Movies * Winter Spts.
* Gay Nineties Costume
Ball
* Cocktail Parties
* Entertainment
McKinley park services
Winter Rates
Room with Bath,
including meals $12.50
Room without bath.
including meals 11.50
Special weekly rate,
including meals . $75
REVIVAL
HEAR
DR. ALBERT L. CARNETT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
PALMER, ALASKA
October 11-25 at 7:45 p.m.
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A Welcome for All
DR. ALBERT L. CARNETT
Pastor - Evangelist
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Jacksonville, Florida