Twelve Attend
Music Meeting
A dozen guests, some of them
new to the group and others
former members, met at the
rectory of St. Michael’s church
last Thursday evening for the
first fall meeting of the Music
Appreciation Club.
The featured music of the
evening was the recently-releas
ed ‘Airborne Symphony,” a
musical history of man’s will to
fly
Guests also enjoyed selections
from Bach and Cesar Franck, as
well as a radio transcription of
several popular Amos ’N Andy
hours
The next meeting of the Mus
ic Appreciation Club, to which
everyone interested in music is
invited, will be in mid-October.
Regisfer Now
Potential grove-maxerj and
leather-workers in the Valley
are reminded that registration
for those classes is now going on,
Any member of a Homemaker’s
club interested in either course
is asked to sign up immediately.
Registration lists are in the
hands oi Mrs. Bernice Johnson
of the Extension office.
VALLEY
THEATRE
WEDNESDAY at 7:15, 9
THURSDAY el 8 ONLY
FRIDAY al 7:15, 9
SATURDAY al 2. 7:15, 9
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Saturday 2 o'ciock_malinee_
NEWS CARTOONS
SUNDAY at 7:15. 9
MONDAY el 8 ONLY
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EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
SPRING BYINGTON
HARRY DAVENPORT
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THEATRE
Planes Can Always Fly in Palmer
(Pholo by Palmer Photographic Center)
This is a bird's-eye view of the 2,610 foot length of north
south runway at the Palmer airport. It's the photographer's
idea of what the strip would look like, if an airplane could be
flown eight feet above the ground there. He had to use both
imagination and tree-climbing ability to get the picture, since
all the airplanes were higher up during the photography.
Note the windsock mounted before the home of pilot Leslie
Green who lives at the airport. Mr. Green's home is barely
visible through the birch trees.
Airport Is
Nearly Finished
(Continued trom page 1)
ing to use their wings.
Mr. Green finds both field and
location excellent for the plan
ned purpose. He said that since
he came to live at the edge of the
airport last March, there had not
been one day when the Palmer
port was closed in by weather.
However the pilot does not be
lieve the present strip would
make the most advantageous site
for the much-discussed interna
tional airport. He explained that
the present field is just a little
too close to the mountains to al
low enough maneuvering air
space for the huge ships engaged
in international travel. “They
travel so fast,” he said, “that
only a slight error on the part of
a pilot would pile them up
against the face of a mountain.”
Go To Wasilla
The flyer suggested the best
location for such a field would be
farther up the Valley toward
Wasilla, where the weather is
just as consistent and where the
mountains aren’t so close. He
feels that Palmer and the whole
Valley will gain as much, and it
will make for safer flying for in
ternational air travellers.
But whether or not the inter
national field does find a home
site in the Valley (and Mr. Green
doesn’t think it will. He says
i there just “aren’t enough politi
cians up here to compete with
j Anchorage”), Palmer is assured
I of a first-rate airstrip from which
lit can start Matanuska products
to market.
Although managed now by a
non-profit organization, the Air
port Association, actual begin
nings on the present strip were
financed by Valley residents
themselves.
I
vjji. anyc giaua iuuvt'
The local Grange made the
first move toward securing the
long-awaited port just 18 months
ago. Grangers drafted a peti
tion to the Alaska Rural Rehab
ilitation Corp., asking that some
action be taken to bring the
Valley into line with government
map-makers plans.
When it was learned that ad
ditional land must be purchased,
a fund of $1,500 was raised by
popular subscription. Original
plans had placed the airport too
close to Palmer for CAA approv
al. T he donated fund was used
to purchase 56 additional acres
from the Egtvet estate in order
to move the port farther out.
Later an extra 26 acres were
added, and although present con
struction at the field is complete,
still another parcel of land hat
been purchased in the event oi
future need.
ARC Funds Used
The work of clearing, dozing
stripping and filling has beer
carried on with funds secured
from the Alaska Road Commis
sion. An estimated $18,000 ha:
been spent to date in condition
ing the field.
The project carries CAA ap
proval, and when it is finally
completed according to standards
set for a Class Three field, it will
have cost $378,000. Money has
been appropriated rrom Federal
funds, but is at present tied up
because of lack of action in the
territorial legislature.
When the field is finally com
plete, it is expected the runways
will be finished with asphalt sur
facing.
CAA Interested
CAA authorities have already
expressed interest in emergency
use of the field. Its possibilities
for use when Anchorage weather
is bad are being considered.
Present members of the Air
port Association, who have plan
ned and carried through the sea
son’s work program at the field,
include Rex Monahan, president;
Roland Snodgrass, secretary; Leo
Lucas, treasurer.
Many Valley residents have
worked tirelessly to see Palmer
airport an accomplished fact. A
five-minute drive from town to
day will show them a 10-year
dream on a government map
being ’dozed and smoothed into
actuality.
Community
Calendar
TUESDAY
SEN IGF G11L SCOUTS meet
at 7:3) p.:n. Miss Peggy Elf
sen, speaks:’.
Wednesday
ALTAI! SOCIETY of St. Mich
ael’s Catholic Church meets in
rectory. 7 :30 p. m.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
meets in basement of St.
John’s Lutheran church. 12
o’clock.
LADIES AID of St. John’s Luth
eran Church meets at home oi
Mrs. Robert Wendt. 8 p. m.
FRIDAY
INTERMEDIATE GIRL SCOUTS
meet in school at 3:30 p.m.
Buy The Frontiersman
HOSIERY
REPAIR
NYLON MENDING
Prompt Service
AT
CECELE'S
433 G Street
Around Corner from
First National Bank
Anchorage
Matanuska Hotel
Wears a Roof Now
Workmen busy wielding ham
mers on the framework of the
Matanuska hotel won’t have to
wear slickers on the job any
more. The roof on the structure
was completed last Friday, when
two roofing experts from the
Anchorage Hoofing Co., assisted
in the finishing touches.
Siding on the building is now
being rapidly nailed into place,
and it seems definite that the
work will continue through the
winter. The only barrier that
could set back the completion of
the job by spring is a possible
FLIES HOME
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember —Adv.
Hecker Funeral
Services Held
(Continued from page
Several brothers and sisters
of the deceased still liver in
North Dakota and Illinois. One
surviving sister, Mrs. Archie
Moffitt, resides in Palmer.
Mr. Hecker first came to the
Valley in 1938 He farmed until
January of last year, when he
opened his barber shop here.
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable farms
City lots acreage
PALMER BODY AND PAINT
Welding, Radiator Repair
Phone 7Y-11
There’s an O’HARRA bus leaving...
PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
(Except Sunday)
Sunday bus at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
PALMER FOR WASILLA
Daily at 1 and 8 p.m.
Connections for Valdez, Gulkana, Fairbanks
and Whitehorse
On Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.
O’Harra Bus Lines ,
Drop in and See Us
at the
Alpine Inn
at Mile 61 Sutton Township
Cabins, meals, cocktail bar, liquor store for your convenience.
A cozy place with a friendly atmosphere.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gulbranson, proprietors,
assisted by Mr. and Mrs. A1 Brager
Remember, the Alpine Inn—3 miles from Jonesville. >
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