VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
bitered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio_Owner-Manager
Editor _Virginia Gallant
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Spring Carnival
Draws Over
25,000 Attendance
Over 25,000 persons attended
the Chugiak Spring Carnival
held during the holiday week
end, breaking the estimated at
tenance record by more than
5,000. Plans are now under way
to make the carnival grounds a
permanent recreation area to be
use throughout the year. Gloria
Cross was elected queen of the
carnival and reigned over the fi
lial activities Tuesday.
Proceeds from the carnival will
go toward the support of the Vol
unteer Fire Company, Parent
Teachers Association, Boy and
Girl Scouts, Homemakers, Civil
Defense, and the Chugiak Com
munity Club.
The carnival was made pos
sible through the combined work
of the entire Chugiak commun
ity who pitched in and cleared
land, cut brush, built concession
stands and arranged for various
rides, games, stunts and pro
grams to provide continuous en
tertainment from opening day
iast Saturday until Tuesday night
.at midnight.
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Kiwanians Hear
Economist's Report
On Six-Week Tour
Hugh Johnson, economist with
the Agricultural Experiment
Station, -spoke to fellow members
of Palmer Kiwanis at the June
f meeting on his recent six-week
Stateside trip. His tour included
stops at Portland, San Francisco,
Texas, and Washington, D. C. He
attended the Northwest Trade
Association convention, conferred
with Soil Conservation Service
officials and the National Park
Service. While in Washington he
attended various conferences.
Members of Palmer Kiwanis
will be hosts to members of the
1954 Minstrel Show cast at Lad
Night dinner to be held this
'Triday evening in the school
cafeteria. The dinner will begin
at 8 p.m. and will be served cafe
teria style, with turkey and ham
on the menu.
-Grange Planning
“Pot Luck Suppers
At Regular Meetings
The Northland Pioneer Grange
.plans regular pot luck suppers,
following a very successful one
held family style last Thursday
evening. Members hope addition
al members will turn out foi
future suppers.
' An impressive memorial ser
vice was held for the deceasec
■Grange members.
The Grange Home Ec group
“will hold their regular meetinf
June 14 at 8 p.m. at Grange Hal
with Mrs. Newville as hostess.
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Reporters—
Notebook
Mrs. Elsie Mayer, the former
Elsie Lowe, recently became a
member of the Pioneers of Alas
ka, Igloo No. 6 in Juneau. To
qualify for membership a person
must have lived in the Territory
at least 30 years.
Ruth Ann Moore, 11-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Moore left by plane Monday for
a visit with her grandmother
Mrs. Arnold Edlund of Port An
geles, Washington. This is her
first trip Outside since 1948.
Theta chapter, Beta Sigma Phi
members are reminded of the
regular meeting to be held Mon
day evening, June 7 at the home
of Dorothy Saxton at 8 p.m.
Izola Sims returned to Palmer
last week following several days
in Juneau on American Legion
and Auxiliary business. Mrs.
Sims is department second vice
president.
Russ and Rusty Dow spent the
holiday week-end at Paxson
Lodge on the Richardson High
way.
Governor Crosby of Seward,
Nebraska, was presented ice
cream from the Matanuska Val
ley Co-Op creamery plant by
, residents of Seward, Alaska this
week. The group took the ice
j cream out with them by air.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eldridge, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hoffman, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dick McAllister
spent the holiday week-end on
and around the Knik Glacier.
They made their trip into the
'lacier country by weasel.
The offices of the Soil Con
servation Service and the Agri
cultural Extension Service have
moved to the Legion Building.
June 14 marks the 100th
anniversary of professional en
tomology. During the week
of June 14 to 18, the public
is invited to visit the entomology
aboratory in Palmer at the ex
periment station and or the Pub
ic Health Service laboratories in
Anchorage to see what is being
'me about the insect problem at
the present time.
Kelly Foss called on Delegate
Bartlett while in Washington
rhis week. Mr. Foss is head of the
company which constructed the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
Mary Steelman is working at
the Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
Marjorie Myren, Public Health
Nurse stationed at Tok, was a
Palmer visitor over the week
^n. Marge was PHN in the Valley
area for over two years.
There will be a picnic at Duffs
Lake June 6 for Elks and their
families. There will be a barbe
cue and games for all with the
Lodge furnishing the meats and
i families to bring the balance of
i thdir dinner, including silver
. ware and cups. The picnic will
begin at 1:00 p.m. and the Elks
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Home will be closed all day.
The highway lodge of Frank
and Jerry’s at Mile 149 on the
Glenn Highway was destroyed
by fire May 29. No cause for the
was determined, as the lodge had
been closed for some time.
TWO ACCIDENTS
MAR HOLIDAY
Although the highways were
thick with traffic during the past
holiday week, only two major j
accidents were reported in the
Anchorage-Palmer area. One of ;
the two was a fatal accident
when Frank Fisher, 40, construe- :
tion worker on the Knik bridge,
was killed Saturday night when
a pickup truck he was driving
overturned at Mile 25. The sec
ond accident occured when Jer
ome LeBlanc, 25 rammed the
guard rail at Knik bridge with
his car. He suffered cuts on his
forehead and thumb.
Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
day of this week for a more de
tailed report on his findings.
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A six-week leave of absence
was granted Joseph Gallant, fire
chief, by council members. Dur
ing his absence John Gore, mem
| ber of the volunteer fire fight
| ers, will be acting chief.
* * *
As soon as all assessment
notices are mailed the Council
: will sit as a board of equalization,
formerly adjourned to June 9.
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Mrs. Minnie Clark and Bill
Roark were appointed by the act
ing mayor to the city health
board and were approved by
council members. A health offi
cer is expected to be named next
week.
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Council members authorized
the purchase of an additional 25
hand set telephones which the
.committee reported will be need
ed immediately.
* * *
Permission to carry fire arms
was voted to Gerald Flander, fire
control aid with the Bureau of
; Land and Management, Forestry
i Division. The permit would be in
I effect from June 1 up to and in
| eluding October 31, 1954. The city
clerk was authorized to impose
i an attested certificate to that ef
I feet. Flanders in making the re
I quest told city council members
the carrying of fire arms is neces
sary in his fire control work. A
j city ordinance prohibits the
j carrying of fire arms in public
j places within the city which
j prompted the request.
A decision on the purchase of
comprehensive liability insur
ance by the city was referred
to the budget and finance com
mittee for further study.
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The Matanuska Electric Assoc
iation was granted a change of
date for reporting sales tax col
lections from the 10th of each
month to the 20th of each month
to conform with their new billing
system.
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A letter of inquiry concerning
the curfew ordinance was read.
i during May 25 City Council meet
l ing. The writer inquired whether
: or not organized youth groups
would have to close meetings
l early to comply with the ten
; o’clock curfew. Members of the
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Community Auction
BRING WHAT YOU HAVC! BUY WHAT YOU WANT!
EVERY OTHER SUNDAY BEGINNING JUNE 6—1:30 P.M.
USED FURNITURE-WE BUY, SELL OR TRADE
SELL ON CONSIGNMENT
A. L. SMITH
Furniture and Salvage Co. i
Mile 45 (Formerly Hiway Service) Palmer Hiway \
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Council were in accord that that
is not the intent of the curfew
and that youths attending such
fuctions will not be stopped
while enroute- to their homes.
The curfew ordinance was adopt
ed to control loitering after the
ten o’clock hour.
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An. ordinance increasing the
magistrate’s power to increase
fines from $100 to a maximum of
$300 in conformance with Ter
ritorial law was read as an em
ergency ordinance and approved
by council members an the sig
nature of Acting Mayor Mears
authorized.
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The Health and Safety commit
tee requested that that space
west of the Co-Op dorm, orig
inally scooped out to form a skat
ing rink be filled in with dirt
as soon as possible. The rink
proved unsatisfactory because of
soot from the powerhouse chim
ney and was not used this year,
and during the break up filled
with water, creating a hazard.
Members of the Palmer Kiwanis
Club reportedly have offered to
seed the area when it is filled.
The street committee will do the
work as soon as the ground has
dried out sufficiently enough. An
effort will also be made to fill or
have filled, the corner on the
Horton property that has dropped
away.
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Charles Tryck, engineer, is ex
pected in town the latter part of
the week and at that time will
inspect the sewer outfall own
ed by the Co-Op and ARRC. Fol
lowing his inspection, he will
i meet with council members to
discuss his findings. The Co-Op
has indicated their willingness to
sell the outfall to the city, and
has asked for an offer.
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Visitors at the May 25 meet
ing included Jack Newcomb and
H. J. Hodgson of the Valley Hos
pital Association who proposed a
trade between the city and the
hospital for services rendered.
The men proposed the City of
Palmer trade water and tele
phone service to the hospital in
return for space rent, heat and
janitor service in the health cen
ter, now located in the new hos
pital. Newcomb told council
members the hospital is faced
with the immediate problem ol
water expenses and that any as
sistance that can be given the
hospital to help relieve the bur
den would be appreciated. A1
though the men received th«
sympathy and agreement of th<
council in their evident burden
councilmembers pointed out tha
'.he City is faced with a simila
problem in raising adequati
money to pay off the $700,00i
water system. At the presen
time the income from the wate
system is not sufficient to mee
this need and an immediate re
duction in water rates is. no
feasible. However, members o
the budget and finance commit
tee have had the water rat
under study for quite some tim
and if any way can be found t
reduce the rate, or increase the
minimum allowance, the commit
tee will make the recommenda
tion to the council. Under the
new contract signed between the
city, the school district and the
1 Alaska Department of Health the
i City of Palmer will pay expen
! ses of the Health Center, up to
$600 per year.
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Members of the engineering
committee furthered the discus
sion of building housing for the
| fire fighting equipment and pos
! sibly other city-owned equip
ment, following the announce
■ ment that $9,039.00 was received
this week as refunds from terri
torial license refunds. The need
is immediate, it was pointed out,
and council members were of the
opinion that construction should
go ahead as soon as possible on
housing for the fire equipment
and a later determination by the
council on how much additional
space can be provided for other
equipment. Estimates on con
struction cost will be presented
at the June 1 meeting, as will
suggested location.
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A discussion centered around
; subdivisions in the city limits, re
1 ferring to the present city ordin
, ance requiring council approval,
I and the territorial law governing
I subdivisions was brought forth
! during a discussin of property
recently subdivided within the
limits without council approval.
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The next regular meeting will
be held June 8 in the city clerk’s
office at 7:30 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY
JUNE 2 — 3
SHOWS 7:15 and 9 P.M.
CAUSE FOR ALARM
Loretta Young
Barry Sullivan
“A House Wife Has a Day at
Home She Will Never Forget"
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
JUNE 4 — 5
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
No Saturday Matinee
I’LL GET YOU
George Raft
Sally Gray
Clifford Evans
FBI Man Brings Espionage
Agent To Bay
"UNDAY — MONDAY
Nites 7:15 — 9:00 P.M.
JUNE 6 — 7
Sunday Matinee 2:00
SANGAREE
Arlene Dahl
Fernando Lamas
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