P. A. R. C.
SUMMER PLAYGROUND
OPENS JUNE 14
AT FAIRGROUNDS
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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 33,
PALMER. ALASKA, THURSDAY. JUNE 10. 1954
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OIL TREATMENT
PLAYGROUND OPENS
MONDAY MORNING;
ADULT HELP NEEDED
The planned daily program for
the Palmer Recreation Area
Council sponsored summer play
ground includes activities for all
age groups from pre-school
youngsters on through to the high
school and adult ages. The play
ground, which will be supervised
by Betty Jo Riddle, beings June
14 and continues until July 30,
Mondays through Fridays.
Morning sessions, from 9:30
am. to 11:30 a.m. will be for
pre-school youngsters and those
ir. the first through third grade
age group. Their programs will
include a story hour, various
crafts and games.
Beginning at 1:00 p.m. and con
tinuing until 4:00 p m. intermedi
ate grades, four through six, and
junior high ages will participate
ir. crafts, organized games, speci
al events, and active sports, such
as team and tournament play.
Evening sessions will be de
voted to tlje youths in grades
seven through nine, high school
and adults. Planned programs in
clude softball, volley ball, ping
pong, table games, Horseshoes,
and probably archery. The latter
recreation may also be particip
ated in during the afternoon ses
sion providing proper supervision
is available, Miss Riddle said.
Suggestions for other type ac
tivities are w'elcome, she said,
and added that adult assistance
would probably be needed dur
mg evening sessions, nnyunc
willing to offer their time is ask
ed to contact Miss Riddle or other
members of the PARC board of
directors.
Although qualified swimming
instructors have been located,
there is still a need for adults who
would supervise this important
part of the playground program.
If an adult, or adults, can be
located who would supervise the
swimming program, there will be
•about three lessons a week.
'Transportation will be provided
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MAKE CLEAR
FIRE REPORTS;
OPERATORS ASK
Once again the city tele
phone operators are requesting
■Hie to please make clear
he pu_. • --one reporting
ire reports. f\uj - *■ <->nce
l fire is asked to state at
.VHERE the fire is located. If
he name of the street is not
mown, some recognizeable
andmark usually will be suf
ieient. On several occasions a
’ire report has gone as fol
ows: “Operator, there’s a fire.
Send the fire trucks”, and then
he party has hung up. To lo
:ate the source of the call tak
:s valuable time and some re
ports necessitate the operator
ailing back for clearer infor
nation.
In making a fire report it
s recommended that the mes
;age be somewhat as follows:
There is a house (chimney,
mass, barn, etc.) fire at.—
street, near . house (or
other identifying point), we
need firemen and equipment.
The brief message gives the
perator enough information
o alert the fire fighters.
$28,000 BUDGET
APPROVED BY
VALLEY FAIR BOARD
A budget of $28,000 was ap
proved by the Matanuska Valley
Fair Association board of direc
tors at their June 7 meeting. The
major expenditures In the budget
include $8,000 which will be set
aside for the new building, the
balance of cost to be taken care
of out of next year’s operations;
premiums expenses will run to
$3,000; queen contest, $1,500,
fireworks, $700; revamping of
electrical system, $1,000, manag
er’s salary, $1,200; new comfort
stations $500, and meals and trav
el expenses for Fair judges, $200. 1
The balance includes such other
miscellaneous items as necessary j
for the successful operation of
the Fair. To date no manager
for the 1954 Fair has been nam-'
ed.
Pacific hut No. 2 was named
for exclusive use by 4-H clubs,
as requested by members of the
Homemakers’ Council. The Divi
sion of Forestry has been given
permission to erect a permanent
type display building, about
twice the size of their present
structure, and built of logs.
Kiddie Rides
This year there will be no dis
pointed youngsters (and oldsters)
for board members have been
assured that Joe Brodbent, who
has requested 100 feet of con
cession space, will be bringing
a merry-go-round, a ferris wheel
and three kiddie rides to the 1954
Fair. All of the equipment is now
enroute and should arrive in Al- !
aska soon. None of the equipment
has ever been used in Alaska be
fore and two or three of the rid
es are brand new, he told board
members.
Display Building
All firms, individuals or agen
cies interested in locating in the
new building to be constructed
within the next three months,
are urged to contact the Fair
Board. In addition to those firms
named last week, others who
1 have indicated an interest in per
| manent display space in the
1 building are Alaska concrete Pro
ducts, Anchorage Sand and Grav
el, Weiner Block, Pfaff Sewing
Machine, Clark Paint, Paddock’s
■ Paint, Yukon Equipment, Bieg
ler’s Vaccum Sales, and Nation
al Cash Register,
Vacation School
To Conclude With
Evening Program
The grand finale of the daily
Vacation Bible school, sponsored
by several Palmer churches, will
be presented Friday evening,
June 12 in the high school gym
nasium, beginning at 8 p.m. The
program will be open to the pub
lic and all parents and friends
of the children who have attend
ed the school are especially in
vited to see the children perform,
according to Jesse Mark, general
secretary.
Offerings which the children
gave will go toward the purchase
of CARE plows. The audience
may participate in the general ex
penditures of the school, Mark
announced. The cost per child is
approximately $1-25. Over 225
children attended the school,
with all teachers and workers do
nating their time.
IFYE DELEGATE
LEAVES FRIDAY
ENROUTE TO ITALY
ROSALIND MILLER
International Farm Youth
Exchange Delegate
who leaves for Italy June 26
Rosalind Miller plans to leave
Anchorage by plane Friday or
Saturday of this week for Wash
ington, D. C. where she will re
main for a two-week orientation
period prior to her sailing aboard
the Italian Lines ship Conte Bian
camano from New York on June
26.
Miss Miller, first Alaskan-born
International Farm Youth Ex
change delegate, will spend ap
proximately six months in the
country of Italy, living at farms
in various communities where
she will observe their means of
agricultural work During her
visit abroad she will have the
opportunity to visit many famous
regiorp.
Upon her return in late Novem
ber Miss Miller will make guest
appearances before several
groups throughout the territory,
sharing her experiences with the
audiences through color slides
and notes taken during her stay
in Italy.
As a going-away gift, several
merchants presented Miss Miller
with a complete camera outfit,
i i *r\ i rt o cdu AumAra with
flash attachment; a light meter,
and carrying cases for both cam
era and meter. Participating mer
chants were Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association,
A1p«Vt Rural Rehabilitation Ad
ministration, Palmer Fountain,
Peai-1 White Laundry, Palmer
continued on page 5
MO ACTIVE PART
TO BE TAKEN BY
PALMER IN CD TEST
The Crater Palmer area is
participating in nation
wide civil defense exeTf-lSfi June
14-15 on paper only, Area Direc
tor Edward Imme said this week.
There will be no actual partic
ipating exercises in the Great
er Palmer area.
The test, to be conducted
throughout the United States and
its possessions, has been ordered
by the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration. Two Alaska cities,
Anchorage and Juneau will suf
fer hypothetical saturation bomb
attack with H- and incendiary
bombs. The purpose of the test
will be to promote increased
operational capability, testing of
communications facilities and
training in civil defense.
COUNCIL NOTES
Several communications to the
Acting Mayor and members of
the City Council were read at
the regular council meeting held
June 8. Among them was a let
ter-copy form the Matanuska
Valley Armens Association which
they have sent to the director of
aviation recommending that de
tailed information concerning the
property the Palmer Airport is
located on is forthcoming from
the Territorial Department of Av
iation the City take no immediate
action to acquire the airport.
* * *
Pending the approval of the
city attorney, a contract received
from the Alaska Railroad will be
signed, pertaining to the serving
of city water to the railroad de
pot and living quarters.
* * *
A letter from Mrs. Rosina Tost
informed council members that
survey stakes on her property
were removed during the water
line installation. She requested
council action on the return of
the stakes. The problem is one
for the contractor, council mem
bers said and Mrs. Tost will be
asked to notify the contratcor and
Alaska Public Works of the situ
ation.
* * *
A sketch of the Smith sub-di
vision was turned over to City
Attorney John Shaw for study.
If found acceptable from a legal
stand point, it will be accepted.
* * *
Beatrice and Walter B. Hunt
ley were given permission to di
vide lot four, block one, into two
lots not less than 50 tt. by 120 tt.
The division is to be recorded in
the office of the U. S. Commis
sioner.
* * *
A lengthy discussion of the
acute dust problem in the city
came up during the reading of
comunications when a letter from
the Matanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce ar.d one from the
city planning commission were
read. The Chamber letter stated
that several movements are afoot
in the city to rectify the dust
problem. Their recommendation
to the city was that a permanent
type dust control program be
worked out, not only for this
year, but one that can, be used
continuously.
, appearing as a VOpt'esentatlve
I of the planning commission was
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Mary Robinson is conducting
an Extension Service wol‘k shop
in the Chugiak area this week.
She plans to go to Anchorage for
j a similar program Hekt week,
j While in Palmer Monday she was
, a guest at the Beta Sigma Phi
j meeting.
HAM DINNER
and
Alaska’s Favorite
Game
SAT., JUNE 12 — 6 P.M.
BUTTE HALL
Adults $1.00
Children under 10 — 50c
ALL YOU CAN EAT!
PRIZES - PRIZES
LEGION AUXILIARY
HONORS NATIONAL
PRESIDENT AT TEA
Mrs. Harold S. Burdett of
Brooklyn, N. Y., national presi
dent of The American Legion
Auxiliary, will be guest of honor
at a tea to be held this after
noon from 3 to 5 p.m. at Tooth
Acres, home of Dr. and Mrs.
Foster Sims- Mrs. Sims will be
official hostess and Mrs. Ed Johns
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Mrs. Harold S. Burdelt
National President of the
American Legion Auxiliary
and Mrs. Minnie Clark will pour
for the first hour, followed by
Mrs. L. P. Rorrison and Mrs.
Charlie Waller, a visitor from the
Kent Unit No. 15 in Kent, Wash
ington.
Mrs. Burdett was elected to
her post last September at the
national convention in St. Louis,
and following her Territorial
tour will leave New York June
28 by Air for Western Germany
to dedicate the first of the wood
en churches now being erected
in the war-devastated areas.
Accompanying Mrs. Burdett to
Palmer are Janet Reagge, nation
al secretary of the Auxiliary, and
several members of the Jack
Henry Unit No. 1 of Anchorage.
All members of the Matanuska
Valley unit of the Auxiliary are
invited to attend the tea being
held in Mrs. Burdett’s honor to
day.
COOPERATING UNITS
HOPE TO ALLEVIATE
DUST PROBLEM
In the neighborhood of $3,000
will be spent on specific city
streets within the next few days
in an effort to combat the dust
problem. This announcement
was made following a joint meet
ing last night of the City Council
and members of a committee of
citizens, and following prelimin
ary w’ork by the committee in
making the program possible.
Members of the city council
approved expenditure by the city
up to $2,000 for the dust control
problem. Members of the citizen’s
committee reported various in
dividuals have indicated their
willingness to participate in the
program to the approxiate total
of $1,000. The city sum will be
determined as an amount to sup
pliment that raised by the citiz
en’s committee and may not re
quire the full $2,000 expenditure.
Main artery streets to be in
clued in the program are Val
ley St., from the Glenn highway
to the railroad crossing south of
town; from the highway at Hart
leys to the Fairgrounds; from
the Co-Op garage past the old
hospital to Snodgrass street;
from thq Hyland Hotel across the
tracks to Railroal Street, and
from Ketchikan Spruce Mills in
to the o:*v to Wasilla Road.
The cost of oiling these few
streets alone, will run close to the
$3,000 figure, members said. The
program will be initiated as soon
possible and will be terminated
within one week.
The city is cooperating in the
program with the appropriation
of money and the use of city
owned equipment and city em
ployed personnel. Grading work
will have to be done on the
streets before the oiling can com
mence.
The entire program will be pos
sible through the cooperation of
the citizens committee, business
and home owners, the City Plan
ning Commission, City Council,
and the Alaska Railroad. The lat
ter agency is today working with
the committee on a plan to get
the oil to Palmer at a minimum
cost. Only through the coopera
tion of all concerned is such a
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Notice to Taxpayers
f
Tax assessment notices are being mailed
j ; to property owners within the City of Palmer.
; All assessment notices will be mailed on or
before Friday, June 18, 1954.
The Common Council of Palmer will sit as
a Beard of Equalization starting at 8:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, June 23, 1954 at the office of the
: City Cleric for the purpose of equalizing the
| taxes and hearing protests, if any, of taxpay
: ers who wish to protest their assessment.
Protests may be filed with Tax Assessor
Ray Byham at his office in the Neil Wright
Bldg, at anytime prior to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
/ June 2, 1954. Forms for filing protests are
;j available at the said Tax Assessor's office.
ELIZABETH BARRY, City Clerk
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