ALASKAN TOTEMS
DESCRIBED IN
NEW PNA BOOKLET
A colorful, well-illustrated
booklet, “Much About Totems,”
which tells the story of Alaska's
fabulous totem poles, is now
being distributed by Pacific
Northern Airlines.
The booklet gives the history
of Alaska's totems, describes
their locations, and tells how
to get there. Written by the
PNA public relations staff, the
up-to-date publication contains
more than 30 photographs,
maps and drawings.
Copies of the booklet may be
obtained from the nearest PNA
office, or by writing to the
Public Relations Dept., Pacific
Northern Airlines, 400 Norton
Bldg., Seattle 4, Washington.
4 ROOM and HOARD
' HYLAND HOTEL
- PALMER PI 5-2585
^*******-fr-K-************->i
14 Piano Students To Participate
In Third Annual Public Recital
The third annual public pia
no recital will be given this
evening (May 17) by Mrs. John
Christensen, member of the
National Piano Playing Guild.
Mrs. Christensen will be
programming 19 of her stu
dents in the recital, which
will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the Swanson school all-pur
pose room.
Fourteen of the students re
cently were adjudicated by
Mrs. Marguerite Hughes-Jones,
judge from Spokane. Each of
them passed with high scores.
Mrs. Hughes-Jones commented
on some of the real talent
shown among the students and
of their high degree of accur
acy in playing performance.
Among guild winners, those
taking highest honors were
Grace Hurt, Cheri Lou Chris
tensen, Charlie Schaefer and
Sheryl Sullivan. They and most
of the other students are aim
ing to h i t top-bracket critic
circle rating this coming year.
At the close of tonight's re
cital certificates and pins will
be awarded the 14 audition
*********************
I didn't know that Wright travel service has
a private escalator in the Alps for clients!
WRIGHT
TRAVEL AGENCY
Wright Building }
PI 5-4500 - PI 5-4515 Palmer
*********************************#******f
i
! winners. Mrs. Christensen said
these will include three nation
! al winners, having played from
10 to 13 pieces each. There are
| also state, district and local
I winners, according to the num
ber of pieces played. These
students will receive bronze,
brass, silver or gold pins, ac
cording to their category.
Those who will be perform
ing this evening are Chuck
Sandvik, Ruby Peck, Jackie
Leek, Laurie and Ellen Laugh
lin. Marlys, Sheryl and Ronnie
Sullivan, Kurt Sandvik, Bren
da Watts, Linda and Kathy De
Julio, Angela Hecker, Sherry
Roberts, Charlie Schaefer, San
and Cheri Lou Christensen,
and Kathleen and Grace Hurt.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
4-2 LEADERS PLAN PARTY
All Four-H members of the
valley area are invited to at
tend a party which will be held
at 8 p.m.. Friday, May 18 in the
high school cafeteria. The
party is being sponsored by the
4-H junior leaders and an in
teresting program is planned.
PAINTED
SIGNS
IVI LdsUR^k U/RiGWT
*4*—‘•♦dm*
ft\ Caaipa"**. S*attl«.Wo*n
0 Advertising Art, Layout, Copy
P. O. Box 1959
511 Barrow St.
Anchorage, Alaska
1 Protests FAA Changes
In International
Airport Landings
Public Works Commissioner
Richard A. Downing said today
the State has protested propos
ed increases in minimum land
ing requirements resulting
from Defense Department
plans for construction of radar
supporting towers adjacent to
Anchorage International Air
port.
He said he was advised the
highest of the three towers
planted would extend some 94
feet into the airport clear zone.
As a result, he added, the Fed
eral Aviation Agency has pro
posed increasing minimum in
strument landing system clear
ances at the airport from the
present 200 foot ceiling and one
half mile visibility to 300 feet
ceiling and three-quarter miles
visibility.
Downing said the State’s
protest is based on the fact that
the increased minimum clear
ances constitute too great a
change and will result in a loss
of traffic and revenues neces
sary to operation and mainten
ance of the field.
_
Commencement Plans
Announced by
Methodist University
Second annual commence
ment ceremonies of Alaska
Methodist University will be
held in Grant Hall Auditorium
on the University campus at 3
! p.m. on Sunday, May 20. Bacca
laureate services will be held
} at 11 a.m. at the First Methodist
Church at 9th and G streets on
the same date.
C
' 4 4
e®
r
WELCOME TO THE
KOBUK
• COCKTAIL LOUNGE
• DINING ROOM
TRAVELERS m of Anchorage
"Where the best costs no more"
720 Gambell St. Anchorage BR-5-0201
■> > > »■> > ■> > > »->■> •» > > > £
. 44&U CG4t
REGISTER CHECKS
The personal money order ...
at several convenient locations
You can now purchase Register Checks at Palmer,
Wasilla. & Sutton establishments. Wherever you buy
Register Checks, you get all these advantages:
Available at:
Teeland's
Wasilla
Alpine Inn
Sutton
Bert’s Drug
Palmsr
PERSONALIZED. You make out and
sign your own check. Yet you do not
need to have a checking account.
FAST . . . CONVENIENT. No applica
tion form to complete ... no identifi
cation required. Stub serves as a re
ceipt of purchase and handy record.
SAFE! The Matanuska Valley Sank is
back of every transaction. Registered
checks have the same standing as
any other personal checks.
INEXPENSIVE. Only 25c for any
amount up to $250.00 . . . much less
than you pay for most money orders.
Available at:
Iceland's
Wasilla
Alpine Inn
Sutton I
Bert’s Drug
Palmer
DAILY 10 AM. -3 PM. - OPEN THURSDAY EVENINGS 6 - 8 P.M.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PALMER, ALASKA
More News From
Century 21
A few more highlights from
Century 21, Seattle’s World
Fair, have arrived at The
Frontiersman from Gerritt
(Heinie) Snider of Wasilla, one
of Alaska’s information aides
participating in the Alaska ex
hibit.
Heinie writes that the wea
ther has not been too good.
Each of the Alaskan aides
wears a fur parka during work
ing tours. He says that many of
the visitors would like to have
the parka to keep warm—he
tells them all that he is “going
back to Alaska to get warm.”
In describing an automat
which is located directly op
posite the Alaska exhibit,
where warm and cold bever
ages and food are dispensed
by machines. Heinie says,
"... the darn thing works
more accurate than the best
waiters I've ever seen."
“ . . . went to see a fashion
show. What do I know about
dresses, but I can tell when a
girl is good looking and to me
the more a girl takes off, the
more she puts on . . . last Sat
urday there were over 70,000
visitors. The Alaska exhibit
was crowded all day long ... a
large warship, “The Belfast”
from Great Britain is in port,
thousands of English sailors
and marines are at the fair . . .
the greatest attraction is the
space needle.
A few days ago, while
walking in Seattle, Heinie
found a gold bracelet, with
17 gold nuggets attached.
Word went arcund and Hein
ie that night was interviewed
on a Seattle television show.
Among remarks made by the
commentator was that" . . .
old Sourdough Heinie Snider,
former Senator of the Terri
tory, has been prospecting in
Alaska many years for gold
. . . today he found a bracelet
with 17 gold nuggets on the
street of Seattle ... in Alas
ka they say gold is where you
find it!" At date of the letter
no one had claimed the
bracelet.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis (pro
bably Bill and Nan) were vis
itors at the fair, enroute to Pal
SPORT GOODS
POPULAR ITEM
FOR THEFT
SUMMER-TIME IS
HAZARD-TIME
INSURE
Insure your sports and
hobby equipment against
damage and theft. We've
coverage for loss while at
home or away. Come in!
Pippel Insurance
Agency
PI 5-3260
mer. Heinie said they were dis
appointed because there is no
exhibit of the famous Matanus
ka Valley. “Whenever any vis
itor asks me for information
on seeing Alaska I never for
get to put in a plug for the val
ley, for Valdez the Switzerland
of Alaska, and other places of
interest to the visitors. When I
tell them about our cabbage of
63 pounds, they usually say,
‘Are you from Texas?’ . . . the
Anchorage Shrine Club is go
ing to visit the Fair June 2. I
would like to see the brothers
and sisters of the Elks lodge at
the Fair,” Heinie said.
HOMEMAKERS
NEWS
Cheechako Club
The Cheechako Tasting Tea
was a success and the Chee
chako Homemakers wish to
thank the public who so gen
erously helped to make it so.
The funds so derived are to be
used for a 4-H Camp Scholar
ship and also to help purchase
linens for the hospital.
At the May 2nd meeting held
at Jean Farmer’s with Arleta
O'Connor cohostess, plans were
made for the annual July din
ner, this year to be held at the
Rice Bowl in Anchorage, with
Esther McNeese in charge.
Pat Lawton and Lois Kepler
led a discussion on etiquette
which was most informative as
well as amusing at times.
The June meeting which will
feature Rev. Paul Moyer speak
ing on a phase of family life
will be held on the 5th at My
ron Tunnicliff’s.
$38,000 PA5D HERE
iN UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IN MARCH
Gil Johnson, state labor com
missioner, has announced that
$1,051,782 in unemployment in
surance benefits was paid to
claimants in Alaska during
March. He said figures showed
$947,986 of the total was paid
out under the State-financed
unemployment insurance pro
cram. Uneirmloved former Fed
eral government workers drew
$87,456 in jobless benefits from
a wholly Federal program and
unemployed ex - servicemen
drew $16,340 from a special
Federal program.
A breakdown of the money
returned to the economies of
Alaska’s major cities showed a
total of $38,167 paid in the Pal
mer area, including $32,535 un
der the State program.
OFFICERS NAMED
IN WILLOW PTA
The annual meeting of the
Willow Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation was held May 10, fol
lowing a postponement from
April due to road conditions.
Officers elected for the com
ing year were: Mrs. V. Lee
Fowler, secretary and Mrs. Ira
Bryant of Houston, treasurer.
Mrs. Verna L. Stout and Mrs.
Edward Bouwens continue as
president and vice-president,
respectively.
Plans were made for the
school picnic May 16, marking
the end of the school year. Lee
Fowler gave a report of the
PTA district conference held in
Palmer in March which he and
Mrs. Fowler attended as dele
gates.
JOIN YOUR FRIENDS AT
YOUR FAVORITE COCKTAILS
© Hear RAY HOLTZ. Organist
Pianist on Fridays,
Saturdays & Sundays
LETTERS
-to the—
EDITOR
May 10, 1962
Editor, Valley Frontiersman
Box D
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Sir:
During the income tax filing
season that has just passed, we
were faced with the task of
providing the taxpayers of Al
aska with enough information
and educational material to en
able them to properly file their
income tax returns. One of the
most important means of ac
complishing this goal was thr
ough your excellent co-opera
tion in the program. Your re
sponse in disseminating the
large number of news releases
issued was very gratifying. The
tax information program would
not have been nearly as suc
cessful without your fine ef
forts.
I am sure that your readers
would want to join us in thank
ing you for this very fine co
operation.
If we can be of any assistance
to you, please feel free to con
tact us.
Very truly yours,
LEWIS J. CONRAD
District Director
May 14, 1962
Dear Editor:
The following was submitted
to the Area Redevelopment
Committee.
A survey of the Matanuska
Valley for light weight aggre
ate production was made by
Basic Building Products, an
Anchorage company a few
years ago. A report was pub
lished by one of the govern
ment agencies which embodied
their findings as well as lab
work done by Basic Building
Products.
The shale that crops out in
the King River area also a little
of it on the west side of the
Matanuska bridge was found to
expand beautifully — however
there are some difficulties to
overcome.
This shale has a very high
melting point and also a very
narrow heat range between the
point where it begins to expand
and the point where it becomes
sticky and clings to the walls
of the kiln. For these reasons
* mv.v v. n jo jui^i av.uv.ai uoc
this particular shale in a rotary
kiln. Prospecting for other
shales with a lower melting
point and better habits have
proven fruitless. In overcom
ing the bad habits of the King
River shale I would suggest
trying to expand it, using coal
as a fuel on a traveling grate.
This is actually being done
on a commercial basis state
side.
JIM FREY
Music Festival
Ticket Sales Open
Subscription and general ad
mission tickets for the seventh
annual Alaska Festival of
Music are now on sale at the
Anchor Book ShoD and Cari
bou’s in the Northern Lights
Shopping Center, it was an
nounced this week by Max Ho
del, ticket committee chair
man for the 1962 Festival.
A $20 subscription will en
title music-lovers to attend five
recitals and three concerts dur
ing the Festival, which opens
June 11 and continues through
June 28. Subscriptions may
now be redeemed for tickets at
the Anchor Book Shop.
“Reserved seats will be avail
able only through subscrip
tions,” said Hodel. “One addi
tional reserved ticket to any
performance will be offered as
a subscription bonus.”
The former patron, sponsor,
and donor categories of Festi
val supporters have been re
placed by contributions and
special gifts classes, it was re
ported by Charles Barnes and
William Quinn, co-chairmen of
Festival money-raising activ
ities.
i*-*******************#
i: NEW METHODl
* CLEANERS I
*House Cleaning Time*
* Is Here *
! HOST !
| RUG CLEANING *
* Will do a SPICK & SPAN*
JOB for YOU |
* , *
Inquire *
BROWN'S
| CLEANERS %
* Phone PI 5-2520