There are so many organiza
tions in the United States that
somebody will soon organize
the organizations.
ALASKA HISTORICAL
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JUNEAU ALASKA
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 27
PALMER, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962
TEN PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
Reporters—
Notzboah
Councilmen James Pazarus
ki, Rex Ehrhart and Ed Blom
were recent visitors at a pub
lic meeting held in Chugiak.
The men conducted a question
problems involved in forming
and answer program regarding
and running a small first class
city.
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Harry M. Cottrell, seaman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Cottrell, Jr. of Palmer,
is serving abroad the dock
landing ship USS Thomaston, a
unit taking part in the South
east Asia Treaty Organization’s
Exercise Tulungan. sponsored
jointly by the Republic of the
Philippines and the United
States.
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Communicable diseases re
ported in the Palmer area for
the weekending March 23 in
cluded 21 cases of upper res
piratory infection; five influ
enza; four otitis media; two
chickenpox; and one each of
conjunctivitis and infectuous
hepatitis.
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Mrs. Neal (Marie) Wright and
Mrs. Robert (Kay) Pippel are
now in Europe where they plan
to spend a vacation visiting
various points of interest in
several countries. The women
made the trip via the Pole
route, leaving Anchorage last
Friday.
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Charles W. Wilson, Grand
High Priest, Royal Arch Ma
sons, Alaska is in Fairbanks
this week where he is making
an official visit to Fairbanks
No. 1 Chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons. He was accompanied by
Charles Marcott, junior past
high priest and Harry Thorp,
member of the Anchorage
chapter, Royal Arch Masons. |
Charlotte Allen will be hos
tess for the April 2 meeting of
Xi Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi. Lea Ehrhart will present
the cultural program.
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Dexter Bacon of Palmer has
accepted a position as full time
real estate salesman on the
staff of Totem Land Realty. He
begins his new work on April
1.
Mrs. Ada Boyd, Swanson
School teacher, is at Virginia I
Mason Hospital in Seattle j
where she is receiving medical'
treatment.
Future Nurses
Plan Benefit
AGGA Bake Sale
A public bake sale will be
conducted at Koslosky’s De
partment Store on Saturday,
March 31, by members of the
Future Nurses of America,
Palmer chapter, as a benefit
for the Matanuska Valley Crip
pled Children Association cur
rent Easter Seal campaign.
Mrs. Helen Maze, RN, will
supervise. , the sale. All persons
interested in assisting the fu
ture nurses with their project
are invited to take baked items
to the store for re-sale.
The sale will be conducted
during regular store hours.
The public is reminded of the
rummage sale the Rebekah
lodge is going to hold as a
MVCCA benefit April 14 at
the Palmer Laundry Center.
Clothing and other rummage
items are needed.
State YAA Will House Prisoners Here
Colorful Minstrel Show
Ready for Two Presentations
The 1962 Kiwanis-sponsored
minstrel show will be present
ed here Friday and Saturday.
March 30 and 31 at 8:30 p.m.
in Central gymnasium. This
year’s show entitled “Fallout
Follies” is a parody on the cur
rent issue of fallout shelters.
The hilarious script was writ
ten by Les Klebesadel and the
show is being directed by H.
J. Hodgson and James Wilson.
As usual, the show will be
very colorful. The producers
have spared no effort to
make this the best show ever.
The chorus will again be in
blackface and this year will
be attired in top hats and
dark suits with lapels cov
ered with luminous satin.
Brilliant new suits for the
end men and the interlocutor
have been ordered and should
be here by show time, the di
rector said. Those expect
ing a very colorful show will
not be disappointed.
The setting for the first act
is a dress rehearsal for a typi
cal minstrel show. Members of
the all-male chorus will open
and close this act with rous
ing numbers. Also in this act
will appear four specialty num
bers—The Susitna Saints, Bill
MILK CONSUMPTION
SURVEY PLANNED
IN FOUR SCHOOLS
During the month of April
a research project will be con
ducted in one of the Palmer
schools and four in the Anch
orage area, to determine the
affect of price change on the
sale of fresh milk under the
special “School Milk Program.”
The study will be conducted
by the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station with the aid
of the Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association,
North Star Dairy and school
officials.
Information gained will en
able a more objective evalua
tion of the special school milk
program, Station personnel an
nounced.
Combs, Carmen Splettstoezer,
and Thelma Riley. Also includ
ed in the first act are several'
interludes of endmen play.
Following the opening chor
us the interlocutor, taken by
Bart Oliver, will interview
the endmen. In order of their
appearance they are: Fire
ball James (Charles Marsh).
Sambo O'Reilley (Charles
Welling), Halleluyah Smif
(Ed Smith), and Moonbeam
McTavish (Harold Stephan).
Appearing in the 16-voice
male chorus, directed by Ray
Holtz, will be Bob Pippel. Paul
Martin, Norm Rousey. Harold
Hughes, Lynn Sandvik, Cliff
Salisbury, Dick Demming,
Jack Riley, Cliff Marcus, Harry
Evans, Pete Kokes, Lew Hanks,
Don McGinnis, Jim Schubin,
Mark Davis and Jim Cottrell.
Act Two opens with the
chorus signing a parody on
the well-known "Home on
the Range", billed as "Home
Out of Range". This sets the
scene for a fast and very fun
ny endmen interplay while
testing out their fallout shel
ter (Any similarity between
this and a properly equipped
shelter is purely uninten
tional the directors state).
During their stay "under
ground the endmen receive
several visitors.
First of these is Cliff Salis
bury, who gives them a dem
onstration of his flea circus. A
second visitor is Fireball’s girl
friend, Liza, played by Kitty
Johnson, who sings and dances
in addition to trading patter
Power Interim
Meetings Staled
Three Rural Electrification
Administration technicians ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday
to investigate all phases of the
generation and transmission
systems of the Kenai Peninsu
la-Alaska Railbelt area, it was
announced today.
On April 4 and 5, four REA
officials will be in Anchorage
to conduct meetings with re
presentatives of the utilities.
Information gathered by the
technical staff will be cor
related with results of vari
ous studies which have been
submitted to REA by the util
ities.
REA officials will meet with
cooperative representatives on
April 10 and 11 and on April
12 will meet with the coopera
tives and the municipals. The
announced goal of the meet
ings is to be a statement from
REA concerning action which
can be taken, using REA fin
ancing, to solve the interim
Alaska on Parade
Is '62 Fair Theme
Following the theme, “Al
aska on Parade”, exhibits and
programs being planned for the
1962 Alaska State Fair, Inc.
four-day event will offer an
opportunity for not only Alas
kan visitors, but Alaskans as
well, to become better acquain
ted with the wide variety of
industry and trade being con
ducted throughout the State.
According to Bill Miller, gen
eral manager of the 1962 fair,
invitations will be extended
throughout the State encourag
ing active participation in this
year’s fair. For instance, he
pointed out, we plan to invite
the Kodiak area to send dis
YOU ARE INVITED
TO JOIN THE CAST OF THE
KIWANIS MINSTREL SHOW
AT THE
GLASS BAR
SATURDAY NIGHT
MARCH 31
plays of their King crab and
shrimp industries, as well as
livestock and any other indus
ry they have operating on their
island. Seward, will be invited
to publicize their industries, as
well as their Silver Salmon
Derby. Ketchikan, Juneau,
Douglas and other Southeast
areas will be invited to exhibit
their outstanding industries
and trades.
Eskimo and Native crafts and
arts from the far north; wood
pulp displays, oil industry ex
hibits . .• . “we want every in
dustry in Alaska represented
at our fair this year,” Miller
added.
To further carry out the fair’s
theme, Miller said plywood
symbols will be cut and paint
ed representing giant crabs, oil
derricks, fish, horn-of-plenty,
and many others. These sym
bols will be attached to the
fencing along the long front of
the fairgrounds.
Another project Miller is cur
rently working on is a model
of the proposed new fair
grounds which he hopes to have
completed for display during
the 1962 fair.
generation problem on the
broadest possible scale.
Mason LaZelle. MEA mana
ger. pointed out that the visil
by REA officials is the culmin
ation of two years of activitj
on the part of the utilities tc
provide the best solution to the
interim generation problem.
"We can say with some
justification, that MEA has
been in the forefront of the
movement to accomplish an
area approach to the pro
blem. We have felt that this
was the only approach which
would at the same time util
ize existing fuel sources and
provide energy at lower
rates than we have enjoyed
through use of larger gen
erating units," LaZelle stat
ed.
The MEA manager added
that any approach must stand
on it's own feet economically.
MEA feels the concept of ther
mal plants, using available
fuels, provided by existing in
dustries. will prove the most
economical.
“Solution of our interim
problem,” LaZelle said, “will
clear the decks for an all-out
frontal assault on Rampart,
which is the only project which
appears to be capable of gen
erating industrial type low
cost power.”
GEORGE GROWTHER
NAMED HEAD OF
AGRICULTURE DIV.
George Crowther of Palmer
was this week named acting
director of the State Division of
Agriculture. The announce
ment was made this week by
Phil Holdsworth, commission
er of the Department of Natur
al Resources. Crowther will
serve in this new capacity un
til a permanent appointment
is made to fill the post vacated
April 1 by James W. Wilson
who recently resigned to ac
cept a position with the Mat
anuska Valley Bank.
Crowther has been with the
Alaska Department of Agricul
ture since 1951. His first seven
years with the department
were as agricultural inspector.
Since 1958 he has been in the
agricultural loan department.
He will assume his new dut
ies as acting director on April
1.
with her hosts. A surprise vis
itor concludes the second act
The third act reverts to the
theme of a final dress rehear
sal. The chorus sings three
| more numbers and specialty
t acts include a vibra-harp solo
| by Ray Holtz and a second vo
| cal number by Thelma Riley.
Featured also in the final act
is a style show which is mod
erated by Fran Hulbert and
which features four of Pal
mer's most stunning models,
exhibiting some of the latest
apparel from local millinery
shops.
The show closes with the ap
| pearance of a messenger (Ted
! Schmidtke) who delivers two
j mysterious messages to the in
terlocutor. and a final number
; by the chorus.
As an added feature of en
terainmenl, before the show
and between acts, the Pal
mer high school dance band,
under the direction of Lee
Plumbley, will present musi
cal entertainment.
The cast is in top shape for
the show, the directors state,
and a polished performance
will be seen both Friday and
Saturday nights, they added.
(Impartial opinions rate this
year's script among the best
'ever. The sound system for
this year’s show will make
| every seat in the house a good
! one.
"Anyone who can appreciate
j an evening of good music.
I colorful costuming, and dovvn
; right sidesplitting humor, will
! not want to miss this show,
i the directors said . . . we’ll see
I you there!
FARMERS URGED
TO REPORT
MOOSE DAMAGE
Area farmers, or other indi
viduals, who have suffered ap
preciable crop damage from
moose this winter are asked to
submit an estimate of such
damage by Tuesday evening
for presentation at the April
4 meeting of the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Such information may be left
with Stewart Durrant at the
Co-Op general office: office of
The Frontiersman, with Jim
Wilson in the Division of
Agriculture office, with Bob
Clark or Tony Vickaryous
in the Wasilla areas, or De
partment of Fish and Game.
All persons who have suffer
ed property damage as men
tioned are urged to turn in a
report.
Moose have been more pre
valent in the valley area this
past winter than at any pre
vious time and in one field
south of town upwards of 100
moose at one time have been
counted.
MTA EXPANSION
PROGRESS TO BE
CHAMBER TOPIC
Guest speaker at the April
4 meeting of the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce
will be Max Clements, man
ager of the Matanuska Tele
phone Association. Clements
will speak on the progress be
ing made in the association’s
current expansion program.
POSTPONED
'Till Further Notice
MOOSE
| Talent Show & Dance
To Lease Space
In City Building
In cooperation with the State
I Youth and Adult Authority,
members of the Palmer City
' Council Tuesday night voted to
I grant YAA permission to use
i the basement of the Palmer
| City Hull for housing 10 to 12
: inmates for a period of three
! months.
Lowell Russell, representing ■
j YAA, made the request at the
! March 27 meeting of the Coun
cil. He pointed out the State
I is in acute need of housing
space while the adult prison
farm is being constructed north '
I of Palmer. The inmates will be
kept under 24-hour surveillan
ce and will eat and sleep in the i
basement quarters. Russell told
Council members the YAA .
would have no need to use the i
jail cells. Necessary furnishing .
to permit housing the inmates ,
would be furnished by YAA. j
he added.
Members of the Council ap
proved request, pending satis- .
factory arrangements regard
ing rates.
The basement has been used
by the Council for regular and
j special meetings: by the city
| planning commission, the vol
unteer fire department training
sessions: and on occasions, by
other groups.
It is anticipated that Council
meetings will be held in the
office of the city clerk during
the months the basement is
occupied by the State YAA.
In the absence of Mayor Bill
Biller, who was ill. Council
man Rex Ehrhart presided at
the Council meeting. Also ab
sent was Councilman James
Pazaruski.
M. D. Snodgrass appeared be
! fore the Council requesting im
mediate action to alleviate a
thawing condition which caus
es water to run into his home.
It was reported that street de
parment personnel would work
on the culvert near his proper
ty the following day.
Mrs. James Smith asked the
Council for a status report re
garding a sewer system for the
-ity of Palmer. Emilie St. Pie
"re, city clerk, read a letter
rrom the Juneau engineering
'irm of Wyler, Van Doren and
Hazard in which the writer re
ported their initial work, need
id to permit the city to apply
or advanced planning funds,
s nearly ready. Mrs. Smith
dated to the Council that
'something has got to be done
. . half of the people in town
vill end up with dyptheria . . .
ve need sewers more than we
:!o street signs . . the town has
seen surveyed and surveyed
. . the city has got to do some
hing to get the sewer project
Joing.”
Council members told Mrs.
5mith, it appears doubtful
hat a sewer system could be
nstalled during this coming
;eason. They pointed out the
lecessary preliminary work
hat will have to be done be
ore actual construction could
dart.
(Continued on page 7)
Ben Gabo To Head
Local Elks Lodge
At the April 4 meeting of
Palmer B.P.O. Elks Lodge 1482,
new officers will be installed in
ceremonies to be conducted by
Louis Odsather of Anchorage,
grand exalted ruler. He will
be assisted by past exalted rul
ers of the Palmer lodge.
Elected exalted ruler for the
coming year is Ben Cabo. Other
officers who will serve during
the coming year include Stan
Zaborac, Jr., exalted leading
knight: Keith Melendy, exalt
ed loyal knight: Ed Bergman,
exalted lecturing knight; Wil
lard Cook, secretary: Rex Ehr
hart, treasurer; John Weisen
berger, tiller; Appointed offic
ers include Duant Quilette. es
quire; Bill Miller, organist;
Lee Allen, inner guard, and
Emil Stadler, chaplain.
Following the installation a
:1 inner will be served for all
members.
LEW HANKS IS HONOREO
FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE
Three district agents of the
j University of Alaska Coopera
tive Extension Service were
honored at a dinner during the
Extension Conference on the
University of Alaska campus
March 19-23.
Dean Arthur S. Buswell. di
vision of statewide services,
; and director of the Extension
Service, presented a pin and
certificate marking 20 years of
government service to Lew
Hanks, district agricultural ag
ent in the Palmer office.
Hanks began his career with
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture in 1941 with the Soil
Conservation Service in Cali
fornia. after graduation from
the University of Idaho. He
came to Alaska and the Matan
uska Valley while still with the
SCS in 1949. He joined the Ex
tension Service in his present
position in 1955. He is a mem
I her of the National County
Agents Association and is now
president of the Alaska branch
of the association.
Dr. Buswell presented 10
year certificates and pins to
both the Homer district agents,
Mrs. Gladys Musgrove and Ed
ward Liebenthal.
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