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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETING JANUARY 8
PALMER HIGH SCHOOL
VOLUME 16. NUMBER 45
PALMER, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1962
EIGHT PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
Area Development
Meeting Planned
An over-all area meeting
for all interested persons of
Election District 7 (formerly
District 9) has tentatively been
set for January 13 in Palmer
tit which time an over-all econ
omic development plan for the
entire District will be discus
sed.
The annuoncement w a s
made this week by Attorney
John Shaw who stated details
of the coming meeting will be
announced next week. In the
meantime, each of the areas in
the District will be contacted
for representation at the meet
ing. All persons interested in
the program are strongly urged
to plan attendance. A working
committee will be elected at j
VALLEY BANK
ANNOUNCES
INTEREST RATE UP
Robert A. Baker, president of
the Matanuska Valley Bank,!
this week announced an in-j
crease in the interest rate paid
on savings accounts.
Beginnig January 1, 1962 the !
Matanuska Valley Bank in Pal
mer and it’s Anchorage branch
bank will be paying three and
one-half per cent interest on
savings accounts and four per
cent on time certificates. This
is the first time that an increase
in interest percentage has been
made in the local bank.
The Matanuska Valley Bank j
was established in 1946 when!
Jan Koslosky incorporated the i
firm and doors were opened for!
business in July, 1947. In. 1952 ■
the bank was purchased by!
Robert A. Baker and in 1954;
became a member of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corpor
ation.
Deposits received by the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank by the
10th of the month draw inter
est from the first.
To Hold Workshop
For Speech and
Hearing Therapy
A speech and hearing work
shop for all interested parents
will be sponsored by the Pal
mer Parent-Teacher Associa
tion at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan
uary 9 in the high school cafe
teria. Mrs. Ann Westerman j
Corcoran, speech therapist, \
will conduct the workshop dur
ing which adults will be in
structed in the construction of
materials for therapy use.
Persons attending are ask
ed to take old magazines, sis
sors, paste, egg cartons, Christ
mas cards, and other similar,
construction items that may be ■
used in constructing therapeu- i
Reminds Taxpayers;
Of Location of
Income Tax Office
District Director of Internal
Revenue Service, Lewis J.
Conrad, again reminds all tax*
payers that effective January
2, 19fi2. all Federal tax returns
for Alaskans will be filed with
the Anchorage District office at
540 Fifth Avenue. Anchorage.
Conrad further stated forms for
all Federal taxes are obtainable
in the Fairbanks, Juneau, and
Ketchikan offices. However,
large orders for forms should
be directed to the Anchorage!
office. ‘ J
the meeting to prepare an over
all plan and with a project of
such magnitude coming up, it
is evident that considerable
help, and the over-all coopera
tion of residents of the entire
District will be needed, it was
pointed out.
STATE TO GET
OVER $37 MILLION
IN HIGHWAY AID
Alaska will receive $37,042.
303 in Federal highway aid for
the 1063 fiscal year, which be
gins next Julv 1, according to
T. D. Shorard, director of the
Alaska Division of Highways.
The funds, which must be
used for the construction of
Alaska highways, are a part of
the $3,325 billion authorized by
Congress as highway aid to the
states.
Sherard said that Alaska
has been allocated $22,074,816
for primary highways; $14,315,
307 for secondary highways and
$151,740 for urban highways.
He said that these funds must
be matched by $2,118,608 in
state funds in order to receive
the maximum federal aid and
to maintain the state's con
struction program.
Firemen Selling
Fire Extinguishers
The Palmer Volunteer Fire
men have been named dealers
of a dry chemical fire extin
guisher which they are offer
ing for sale to the public as an
ambulance fund benefit.
Noel Woods, fire chief, said
this week the extinguishers are
especially good for use in elec
trical, gas, and other type fuel
fires. They may be used with
some success on wood and
paper fires, he added. “They
will knock the flame down im
mediately, in all type fires.”
he said. The extinguishers
weigh two and one-half pounds
and sell for $13 each. One
great advantage in the use of
this particular extinguisher,
Woods added, is that it may be
refilled in Palmer. The firemen
will have facilities at the fire
hall for refilling the extinguish
ers after use. A small fee will
be charged for this service.
The extinguishers may be
purchased through any of the
firemen, or at city hall. They
come equipped with brackets
for easy attachment to walls.
Ail proceeds from the sales
will go into the community am
bulance fund.
FIRST AID CLASS
PLANNED IN PALMER
James Messick, safety offi
cer for the Division of High
ways, will be in Palmer Janu
ary 10, 11, and 12 to conduct
first aid classes, according to
word received from Don Low
ell, state CD director by Ed
Smith, area CD director.
There will be one class held
in the afternoon and one in the
evening on standard first aid,
a 10-hour course. Anyone in
the area interested in taking
the first aid course is asked to
contact Ed Smith at Ketchikan
Spruce Mills. There will be
room for only 10, additional
persons, he said.
MR. aid MRS. DAVID SMITH
PAREMTS OF AREA’S NEW YEAR RADY
Mr. and Mrs. David Floyd
Smith of Wasilla are the proud
parents of the valley area’s
first baby of 1962. Bom at Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital in
Palmer at 2:12 a.m. January 2,
Master Smith was the first
baby to greet the New Year in
Palmer, and as such, he and his
parents will receive an abund
ance of gifts from area mer
chants. . ,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have net
yet chosen a name for their
new son who tipped the scales
at only three pounds. He is the
third child for the couple who
make their home at the Y of
the Fishhook and Bogard Rds.
Mr. Smith is affiliated with
Smith Automotive Garage in
Wasilla.
The gifts, which number 30
in all, include cash, merchan
dise, gif* certificates.
SHELTER SURVEY
WORK IS STARTED
Representatives of the arch
itect and engineering joint
venture firm of Tryck, Nyman
and Associates and Edwin Crit
tenden, Associates of Anchor
age made the first building in
spection in Alaska for the
Public Fallout Shelter Survey
on Wednesday, December 27,
when the basement of the An
chorage City Hall was inspect
ed.
The Fallout Shelter Survey
is a part of the state and
national Civil Defense pro
gram. Contracts for making
the survey of existing struc
tures in Alaska will be ad- )
ministered by the U. S. Ar
my Engineer District, Alas
ka.
The survey will be done by i
private architectural and engi- ■
neering firms which have pro
fessional employees who have
been qualified by special stud
ies in the techniques of muk- i
ing the survey.
The purpose of the survey is
to locate and mark existing;
facilities, either publicly or
privately owned, with the per-1
mission of owners, for use as i
public shelters from radioacti-1
vity resulting from a nuclear
weapon attack on Alaska in
case of an emergency. The sur- :
vey will cover all populated:
areas of Alaska as well as the
rest of the nation.
According to word received
here by Ed Smith. Area Civil
Defense director, the survey
team will be in the valley with
in a short time to make such a
survey. A report on their find
ings will be presented at a
[general meeting to be announ
! ced, Smith stated.
TAX INFORMATION
i AVAILABLE IN
ANCHORAGE OFFICE
The latest information on
Federal taxes is now available.
Lewis J. Conrad, District Di
rector of the Internal Revenue
Service announced this week.
“Your Federal Income Tax”
can be purchased from your
local Internal Revenue office
for 40 cents a copy.
This booklet, Conrad added,
covers in detail the Federal in
come tax laws relating to indi
vidual taxpayers. It is written
in non-technical language md
i contains many examples .o il
lustrate the application of tax
laws to real situations.
One interesting facet of the
I booklet is the sample filled in
Form 1040. If you have a prob
I !em in preparing a particular
part of your income tax return
for 1961, just turn to the sam
ple. This sample return is
keyed to pages in the booklet
where the items on the return
are explained in detail.
To obtain quick and accurate
Federal tax information just
pick up the telephone. Conrad
said he has expanded his of
fices’ telephone service this
year.
Telephone lines are open
from 8:15 a.m., to 4:45 p.m..
Monday through Friday.
Just pick up the phone and
call BR 7-2151 or BR 7-0301.
There’s little waiting except
perhaps during lunch hour
when most calls come in.
“Use of our telephone ser
vice helps both the taxpayer
: and the Revenue Service,” Con
rad added. It’s free from inter
ruption and distraction and
best of all the taxpayer doesn't
have to wait in line to get his
tax information.
DEMOCRATS SLATE
MEETING FOR TALK
WITH REP. KERTTULA
Bertram Curry, Democratic
chairman Palmer Precinct 1,
this week invited all interested
Democrats of Election District
7 (former District 9) to attend
a no-host luncheon to be held
at noon, Tuesday, January 9 in
the Sourdough Room at the
Frontier Cafe.
Interested Democrats and all
others interested in talking
with District Representative
Jalmar Kerttula prior to his de
parture for the Legislative Ses
sion at Juneau are invited to
attend. Rep. kerttula will .be
in attendance, Curry announc
ed
Rep. Kerttula Eyes
BPW Office Move
District Representative Jal
mar Kerttula leaves for Juneau
January 13 where he will
meet with other members of
the Legislative Finance Com
mittee, 10 days prior to the
opening of the Legislative ses
sion.
There are seevral pieces of
legislation that will be deter
mined during the coming ses
sion, Kerttula said, and sug
gested that in particular, the
proposed commercial code be
studied by persons, particular
ly those in business, who will
be affected by its passage.
Kerttula said that he is in
favor of the Bureau of Public
Works moving its office to the
New Sport Fish
Regulations Set
Walter Kirkness, commis
sioner of Alaska Department
of Fish and Game, today an
nounced the Sport Fish Reg
ulations adopted at the an
nual meeting of the Board of
Fish and Game held recently
in Anchorage. The regulations
adopted, in part, are as fol
lows:
ALL ALASKA: Sport fish
ing is now permitted for all
species where a total fish
passage obstruction exists.
Smelt may now be taken in
fresh water by both dip net
and hook and line. Smelt may
be taken year round.
COOK INLET AREA: The
following six lakes in the
Matanuska Valley will be
open to sport fishing trom
January 1 to March 31 and
May 13 to December 31;
Echo Lake. Rocky Lake.
Lucille Lake, Knik Lake.
Keppler-Bradley Lake and
Meiers Lake.
In all fresh and salt water
drainages of Turnagain Arm,
the daily bag and possession
limit on smelt (hooligan) is
20 pounds or 200 fish, which
ever is less restrictive. The
razor clam bag limit is in
creased to GO clams daily, ex
cept in small areas adjacent
to the access roads. These
areas will be posted a n d
closed.
The following streams have
been closed to sport fishing
for salmon: Fritz Creek near
Homer; Hidden Lake Creek
; and Jean Lake Creek on the
Kenai; and Bodenburg Creek
near Butte on the Palmer
Highway.
The king salmon sport
fishing season in the Anchor
River, Ninilchik River, Deep
Creek and the Susitna River
is from May 7 to July 8. The
remainder of the Kenai Pe
ninsula drainages are open to
king salmon sport fishing
from Mav 7 to July 31.
KENAI PENINSULA: The
general open season on Ke
Anchorage Slates
Borough Meeting
' A borough mooting in An
chorage on Saturday, Janu
ary 6. will bo held to discuss
possible formation of an or
ganized borough in that area.
All interested persons, in
the largest possible area from
i Palmer, Wasilla and the Val
1 ley throungh the Kenai pen
i insula are urged to attend so
; that it may be known what
! ideas are developing, ac
! cording to John D. Riley of
! Spenard who has announced
| the coming meeting.
It is very important that all
people interested in borough
development attend the meet
ing, Riley said. Even though
various areas may not be in
terested in the Anchorage area
borough, it would be well to
have representatives present
so that boundaries can be dis
cussed, he added.
The meeting will be held in
the Sydney Lawrence Auditor
ium at 6th and E Street, start
ing at 10 a.m. and continuing
throughout the day. It is an
ticipated that a general area
ior a borough will be decided
upon and that working com
mittees will be determined.
nai Peninsula streams is
from January 1 to March
31 and from May 26 to De
cember 31. A 600 yard clo
sure on the Russian river
at its junction with the Ke
nai River is in effect from
March 31 to September 30.
COPPER RIVER DRAIN
AGE: The Gulkana River and
1 its tributaries above its con
fluence with the Middle Fofl
are closed to all salrnor
i sport fishing.
These regulations will be ir
effect for the 19G2 season. /
new sport fishing pamphlet
. which details the new regu
j iations, is presently bein;
; printed and will shortly b
I available to the public.
Harbor Projects
Being Planned
Two more harbor project
i for Southeastern communi
| ties were placed on the draw
ing boards of the Alaska Divi
1 sion of Water and Harbor
\ this week, according to Cor
1 Howard, division director
Howard said that he ex
pects projects at Skagway
and Klawak should be ad
vertised for construction bids
within the next 30 to 60
days.
Howard said that the Skag
way projects calls for the in
! stallation of approximately 25(
linear feet of loam plastic float
At Klawak, he said, the divi
sion hopes to replace the Kla
wak Community Cannery dock
with a new public dock.
The director also noted thai
the U. S. Army Corps of En
gineers already has advertised
for construction bids for main
tenance dredging in three
Southcentral Alaska ports, Se
ward, Cordova and Valdez
Howard noted that his divisior
will work with the Corps or
j these projects.
He said that at Cordov a and
; Valdez the State will work
, with the communities to re
| move the existing facilities pri
or to the dredging. At Sewf
1 ard, he said, the state will re
i move the existing facility, and
| after the dredging the state
i wi 11 replace the old fingei
1 floats with new plastic floats.
Reporters—
Nat&booJz
Ann Joiner of Anchorage
spent the holidays visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Archie Moffitt of Palmer. She
is employed by the City Na
tional Bank in Anchorage.
* * *
Charmaine Sawby. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Sawbj
of Palmer, has been home visit
ing during the holidays. She
and her sister Ann are both
students at the University ol
Oregon.
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Sara Moffitt, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Tom Moffitt has beer
spending the holiday season at
home. Miss Moffitt recentlj
completed her course of studj
at the Mary Stone Beauty Sch
ool in Seattle and will take her
State Board examination upoi
her return to that city.
valley area. "There are many
sound and practical reasons
why such a move would be i
beneficial to the entire state," i
he said. “This area, geographi-'
c.illy, is located in an ideal sec-1
tion of the state—the center ;
of all state highways and roads. ■
Our District is represented by
myself and three Senators, all
from the Anchorage area. Vot
ers of the district should make
their wants known to their re
presentatives now and during
the coming session," Kerttula
stated.
Representative Kerttula will
i be a guest at a meeting being
i held by Democrats of District
7 on Tuesday, January 9 at the
Frontier Cafe at which time he
! will discuss subjects of inter
j est to District voters who at
tend the meeting.
FINED FOR
IVORY SALE
WITHOUT PERMIT
Sale of raw walrus ivory
without a permit authorizing
, the sale resulted in a fine of
k i $500 and a 60-day jail sentence
for a Fairbanks man on his
conviction in court there. The
r' jail sentence and part, of the
’ fine were suspended on condi
tion of good behavior for ont
1 year. The court also orderec
| confiscation of the ivory invol
: ved.
The regulation prohibiting
purchase or sale of raw ivory
without a permit was written
,• to remove the incentive for e.x
- 1 cessive harvest of walrus for
their tusks alone. Before this
. i regulation was adopted by the
: Board of Fish and Game at it’s
first rule making session, large
numbers of walrus tusks were
; sold to tourists at a fraction of
the value the ivory attains
when fashioned by skilled Al
' askan ivory carvers. The per
mit requirement not only re
duced the incentive for taking
: far more walrus than are need
ed for food and carving pur
poses, hut also assured that the
ivory would fall only in to the
hands of carvers so that maxi
mum value would be realized
from all tusks taken. This is
] expected to have a significant
effect on the economies of such
i villages as Wales, Savoonga,
Gumbell, Shishmaref, Little
i Diomede. Barrow, 1’oint Hope
land Wainright.
Area Robberies
Continue; More
Breaks Reported
Three Palmer establishments
were broken into again this
week. According to Police Chief
j Bernard Bouwens forced entry
: was made sometime after clos
ing hours at the Co-Op Ware
house, Co-Op Trading Post and
the Palmer Moose lodge on
January 2. From evidence at
the establishments, it is be
lieved that entry was made by
forcing doors with a pinch bar.
No money was taken in either
Co-Op department and only
about $10 was realized at the
Moose lodge; part of this
amount was taken from a pin
ball machine and the balance
from a Christmas jar.
Chief Bouwens stated he and
two city patrolmen plus two
State Police officers are work
ing on these latest break-ins.
The total now stands at 10
break-ins since November 29,
when the Palmer Bowling Cen
ter was entered and over $700
was taken. On December 2
Teeland’s Country Store in
Wasilla was entered, some $18
Capital Move
Sponsors Urged to
Complete Petitions
The Capita] Information
Committee this week requests
all sponsors to get together in
a concentrated effort for addi
tional signatures to reach the
goal of 8,000 signatures im
mediately.
"Sincere efforts will b*
greatly appreciated at 1 h i *
time," said Dr. C. C. Bailey
of Palmer, one of the three
original initiators of the
move.
The final drive is now under
way in Fairbanks. Palmer, An
chorage, Kenai, Seldovia, Cor
dova. Kodiak, Naknek, Bethel
and McGrath. Sponsors from
these areas are also getting
signatures in most of the oth
er districts of Alaska.
"During this campaign for
signatures there seems to be
a strong positive and optimis
tic trend toward the moving
of the capital of Alaska to a
more accessible location,” Dr.
Bailey said.
‘‘This move for progress is
particularly noticeable in
communities, towns and cities
outside the Anchorage area
: and seems to be equally pop
ular among labor people, busi
ness men and state employ
ees,” he added.
“The proposal to r elocate
the capital of Alaska seems
certain to be o'n the ballot and
, it appears equally certain that
if voters of Alaska have the*
; opportunity to do so the ma
jority will vote yes for the
relocation," Dr. Bailey said.
Dr. Bailey. Dr. Merritt
Starr and James Fisher of
Anchorage were the three
men who initiated this latest
move to place the proposed
capital move on the ballot to
enable voters of the entire
state to make the decision.
Several booths have been
set up by the committee in
Anchorage. Palmer and Eagle
River where all sponsors may
participate. Sponsors interest
ed in using these booths in an
effoi t to complete their peti
tions are asked to contact their
local committee representative
■ so that time may be allocated
; lor them.
“We would like to close this
campaign for signatures with
in the next two weeks,” Dr.
Bailey stated.
Charles Wilson Heads
Area March of Dimes
Charles Wilson of Palmer
has been named chairman of
the 1962 March of Dimes in the
Palmer area of the Southcen
tral Alaska area, it was an
nounced this week. Mrs. Bruce
Kendall of Anchorage has been
named area campaign director
for Southcentral Alaska.
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Equipment in Palmer was en
; tered and chain saws valued at
S800 were taken; bn December
15 the Palmer high school was
j entered and $758 was taken
from the school safe. Kirk’s
Sales was entered December 21.
| with nothing taken. On the
| same night, however, the Co
[ Op Trading Post was entered
! and nearly $300 w^s taken from
' a small safe in the grocery de
partment. That same night en
j try was made at the Wasilla
Launder Center where money
was taken. In this latter case
State Police arrested Spencer
D. Burt of Wasilla and charg
ed him with breaking, entry,
and larceny.
None of the cases, with the
exception of the Wasilla break
in December 21, have yet been
1 solved. However, police this
week said they are hoping for
a break in this rash of break
ins and are seeding the coop
eration of residents in report
ing any suspicious observations
they may have made.