Thought of the Week:
Our prediction for 1962:
Taxes will be HIGHER than
you think.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
WILLOW
WINTER CARNIVAL
FEBRUARY 3 & 4
VOLUME 16. NUMBER 49
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1962
TEN PAGES
PRICE !5 CENTS
Reporters—
Notebook.
Keith and Kitty Johnson of
Wasilla have returned follow
ing a vacation trip Outside, j
Kitty reopened her coffee shop
in Palmer on Tuesday of this
week.
* * *
Omitted from the list of those
attending the William Bouwens
family reunion held in Janu-!
ary, were Bill and Alice Bou- j
wens and four sons of Anchor
age.
* * *
Mrs. Glen Schroeder of Pal
mer has been a patient in Pro
vidence Hospital.
* * #
Cynthia Ann Miller, daugh
ter of Mayor Bill Miller, arriv
ed in Palmer this week from j
Langley, S. C., and will be mak- 1
ing her home with Mayor and !
Mrs. Miller. This is Miss Mil-!
lePs first trip to Alaska. She !
will enroll in junior high |
school.
* * *
The Student Council confer-:
ence which was to be held
January 29 and 30 in Anchor
age has been cancelled and it
has not yet been determined
when, or if, the convention will
be held.
* * *
Members of Xi Eta Beta
Sigma Phi Chapter will meet
at the home of Amy Irwin
February 5. Judy Buzby will
present the cultural program.
The communicable disease
report for the Palmer area for
the week ending January 26
includes one case each of in
fluenza, Rubeola measles, sal
monella. and six cases of upper
respiratory infection.
• * *
A church family dinner is
being planned by the parish of
the United Protestant Church
for Sunday noon, February 18.
The program will be on Latin
America and a film, “White
Condor” will be shown.
Valley 4-H Baker
Wins $50 Bond
If you’re in search of a but
cher, baker, or candlestick ma
ker, you’ll find the baker in the
person of Fred Barnes of Pal
mer, the 17-year-old son of Mr. i
and Mrs. Glen Barnes, it was
announced this week by the1;
National 4-H Service commit
tee.
A 4-H'er for eight years,
Barnes was named Alaska’s
4-H bread demonstration award j
winner for 1961 by the Coop- |
erative Extension Service. He
has received a $50 U. S. sav
ings bond from the program •
sponsor, Standard Brands, Inc.
of New York City, to add to his
assets.
Barnes has been a high
calibre bread baker and dem
onstrator for the past two
years, and a cook and baker
before that. Since his moth- j
er works outside their home,
he is an old hand at cooking
family meals and turning out :
home baked breads of all
kinds.
He and his father work to
gether raising and merchand
ising potatoes.
A very active 4-H’er, Barnes
is a junior leader and past
president of his local Rock and
Roll 4-H Club.
TAX PAYMENTS
DUE BY FRIDAY
Taxpayers of the Palmer In- j
dependent School District are !
for the final time reminded of
the deadline February 1 for
making second half payments
of their 1961 property taxes and
for sending self-assessment
forms for 1962.
John Marshall, tax assessor,
announced payments become
delinquent if not paid by 5
p.m., February 1. Payments
postmarked by that time will
not be considered late, he said.
Mothers March
Nets Over $400
Members of Palmer’s two
Beta Sigma Phi chapters on
Tuesday night of this week col
lected $414.00 during their
Mother’s March for the March
of Dimes campaign.
Assisting the women in their
house-to-house canvass were
members of the Future Nurses
of America.
In spite of icy roads in
some parts of the valley,
which prevented as many
personal contacts as last
year, it is hoped that the
sum total will surpass that
of last year. Several persons
plan to mail their contribu
tions to the March of Dimes
chairman, Charles W. Wilson
of Palmer.
After the women and theii
assistants completed their call;
Tuesday night they assembler
at the Frontier Cafe for fina
accounting, where they were
treated to welcome cups of ho‘
coffee by Mr. and Mrs. How
I ard Campbell, restaurant own
j ers.
Tickets Available Here For Coming
U of A vs. Peru Basketball Game
A $2,000 scholarship will be
presented to the University of
Alaska by the Anchorage Ath
letic Round Table next week,
it was announced today by
Jeff Barry, president of the
Round Table.
Presentation of the money
will be made to University
President Dr. William R.
Wood during halftime cere
monies of the Alaska-Peru
National Olympic team bas
ketball game February 6.
The Athletic Round Table, a
non-profit, non-partisan organ
ization dedicated to fostering
and promoting all types of
sports, is sponsor of the inter
national basketball series be
tween the University of Alaska
Polar Bears and the Peruvian
Olympic team.
The first game will be played
Monday night, February 5.
Both contests will be played
in the Anchorage West High
School gymnasium on Romig
Hill.
Tickets may be purchased
in Palmer at the Elks Club,
Palmer Bar, Four-Aces.
Thrifty Variety and The
Frontiersman office.
Palmer High School var
sity and junior varsity bas
ketball players, as well as the
Wasilla varsity team, high
school principals and coach
es and members of the Pep
Clubs are to be guests of the
Round Table at Tuesday
night's games.
High school seniors and their
parents will have an opportun
ity to meet with the president
of the University of Alaska and
members of the university fac
ulty for a special counseling
session February 6.
The session will be held from
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the main
lobby of the Anchorage West
ward Hotel.
The students and their par
ents also are invited to attend
a public reception honoring Dr.
Fred W. Barnes
Is West Point
First Alternate
Designated first alternate to
Courtney B. Starbird of Ko
diak, who has been nominated
to the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y., is Fred W.
Barnes of Star Route, Palmer.
Barnes is son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen W. Barnes and is pres
ently attending Palmer High
School, where he is a member
of the Student Council, Pion
eer Band and track team, in
addition to being president of
the 4-H Council Junior Lead
ers.
Starbird is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip D. Starbird and
graduated from Kodiak High
School in 1961 and currently is
attending the University of
Washington.
Upon passing the Academy’s
physical and scholastic en
trance examinations, one of the
nominees will be admitted to
the Class of 1966. He will pur
sue a four-year course of
study and training leading to a
Bachelor of Science degree and
a commission as a second lieu
tenant in the U. S. Army.
and Mrs. Wood from 5:00 tc
; 6:30 p.m. in tire hotel’s Pori
'■ and Starboard rooms.
Comm. College
Registration
Continues Tonight
Interested persons may stil'
I register tonight for classes ii
the Palmer Community Col
lege, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. al
the high school, according tr
Alvin Okeson, college director
Tlie adult methods course
which will consist of the use
and operation of audio visua
machines, has been set up foi
10 classes.
Other courses open for reg
istration include typing, ac
counting and physical educa
tion.
First semester instructioi
Will be offered in public speak
ing, U. S. history, elementary
surveying and a foreign lan
guage (either French or Span
ish), if sufficient interest i.‘
shown.
ANNUAL MINT SALE
OPENS SATURDAY
!
Campfire Girls and Blue
Birds of the valley area will
begin their annual mint candj
sale at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb
ruary 3, it was announced this
week.
The popular chocolate cover
ed mints, manufactured bj
Miss Saylor’s candy firm, wil
be sold by the Campfire Girl;
at $1 a box. Money derived
from sales will be used to fur
ther the Campfire Girls anc
Blue Birds programs, includ
ing camp expenses at King':
Lake Camp.
It was pointed out that these
candies freeze very nicely anc
several boxes may be purchas
ed and stored.
The candy sale will continue
| until the supply is exhausted, il
| was announced.
AKtfl lUt rloHINU
CLARIFIED BY
FISH BIOLOGIST I
Dan McGinnis, sport research
! biologist with the Alaska De
; partment of Fish and Game,
said this week it is indicated
j that some confusion exists as
: to whether local lakes are open
j to ice fishing.
McGinnis pointed out that
the 1961 angling regulations
will apply until 1962 regula
tions are distributed, which
means lakes in the area are
open to fishing through
March 31. The 1961 bag and
possession limits also apply,
he added.
In addition, he said, former
sport research biologist Rupert
I Andrews was successful in his
! request for an early 1962 open
ing of six local lakes. These
lakes have been stocked with
trout or silver salmon from
Fire Lake Hatchery in recent
years. The lakes, which will
open to fishing May 19, are
Meiers, Echo. Keppler-Bradley,
Lucille, Rocky, and Knik. The
• general open season for lakes
and streams of the area is
tentatively set for May 26.
"I will be happy to answer
i questions concerning locations
or fish species of the lakes at
j my office. Room 7, Severns
building,” McGinnis said.
Slate Income Tax
Refunds Begin
Revenue Commissioner Peter
' Gatz said today the first 250
: refunds for overpayment of the
Alaska 19G1 net income tax
went into trie mail to as many
. i Alaskans today.
: In making tne announce
i' ment. Gatz noted that it would
■ he to tiie advantage of any
" taxpayer entitled to a refund to
file his return as promptly as
possible.
“At the moment,” he said,
‘The Department is able to pro
cess returns rather rapidly. As
we approach the April 15 dead
line and filings increase, the
i processing time will increase
accordingly.”
Wasilla Church
Names Officers
I Officers of the First Presby
terian Church in Wasilla were
: elected at the annual church
meeting held recently.
Warren Jones was elected to
the position of elder; Darell
| Smith, trustee; Mrs. Walter
I Teeland, re-elected trustee;
Mrs. Peter Nelson, re-elected
treasurer; Mrs. Darell Smith.
Sunday school superintendent,
and Harold Dinkel. Sunday
; school secretary. The officers
! were installed and Mr. Jones
ordained as an elder, at serv
ices held this past Sunday.
Alaska Vehicle
Registration Rises
To Record Number
Motor vehicle registrations in
Alaska climbed to a record
86,640 during 1961. Revenue
Commissioner Peter Gat7. has
| advised Governor William A.
Egan in a year-end report.
The figure was 4.716 higher
| than in 1960, more than seven
[times the 12.101 registrations
| recorded in 1947 and more than
1 double the 27,03.8 vehicles on
f Alaska’s highways in 1951.
By license categories, the
[breakdown showed 71,965 pri
vate vehicles, 304 for hire, 13,
012 commercial, 1,030 motor
cycles and 329 dealer licenses.
New Landing Aid
To Be Tested
At Juneau Airport
A new type navigational aid
for aircraft, the only one of its
.kind in existance. will he dem
onstrated at Juneau February
6 by the Federal Aviation
Agency The new radio aid per
mits aircraft to land at Ju
1 neau under lower weather min
iimums than previously .
An open house demonstra
, tion of the facility will lie con
1 ducted for federal, state, mu
1 nicipal, airlines and other offi
jcials by FAA which will show
j its newly commissioned V e r y
i High Frequency Monocour.se
,Aid (VMA) m a special pro
grant beginning at the Juneau
I airport terminal building at
: 3:30 p.m. on that date.
; Airline service to Juneau
| was halted for three days this
1 w'eek due to bad weather and
icy runways. According to the
| report all Pacific Northern and
J Pan American World Airways
j flights by-passed the state cap
j ital Saturday, Sunday and
Monday'.
TEX NOEY CHAMBER
SPEAKER FEBRUARY 7
Tex Noey of Anchorage will
be the guest speaker at the
February 7 meeting of the Mat
anuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce, it was announced
this week. His topic will be
based on a historical museum.
All interested persons are
invited to attend the lunch
eon meeting which will be
held at noon in t h e Sour
dough Room of the Frontier
Cate.
Barney Fish, Chamber presi
dent, this week announced the
folio w i n g appointments as
committee heads: Eva Camp
bell, program; Betty Mears.
valley produce; Richard Jones
and Fish, membership: Harry
Evans, retail merchants; c i t y
beautiful, Maud Hosier; and
street signs, A1 Brooks.
Planned City Charter
Provides IO Officers
Ed. note: The following in
formation is the second of a
series of articles being pre
pared by members of the
City Charter Commission
*hich points out some provi
sions of the Charter which is
now being readied for pub
lication for the City of Pal
mer.
Officials
The Charter provides for
seven elective officers: Six
councilmen and a mayor, each
to be elected for a term of three
years; three appointive offi
cers are the city manager, city
clerk, and city attorney. The
mayor will be the presiding of
ficer of the council, shall vote,
but have no veto power.
Meetings
All regular and special meet
ings of the Council shall be
public meetings, and the
agenda for regular meetings
shall be published or posted
five days prior to the regular
council meeting.
Committees
There shall be no standing
committees of the Council and
the Council shall not direct the
appointment or removal of any
administrative officer or em
ployee of the city and shall
deal with the administrative
service of the city through the
city manager only.
Code Provision
A code provision adapted by
the initiative procedure may
not be amended or repealed by
the council for a period of two
years after the date of the elec
tion at which it was adopted.
The intent of the Commis
sion in drafting the charter
was that provisions should be
liberally construed to afford a
maximum of local self govern
ment in compliance with the
intent of Section 1 of Article X,
Constitution of the State of Al
aska.
iProspectors Course
I Opens Here Feb. 19
The University of Alaska’s
mining extension course in
prospecting will start in Pal
mer on February 19, it was
announced this week.
Instruction will be offered in
mineral identification, geology,
prospecting techniques, small
scale mining methods, claim
staking, mining law, and the
use of prospecting and minnig
equipment.
This is a tuition-free course
open to anyone interested in 1
prospecting. Classes will he
held every week-day evening I
for four weeks.
Public Health Nurses
To Attend Conference
The Matanuska Valley pub
lic health nurses will attend a i
nursing conference to be held :
in Anchorage on February 5,
t>. and 7, it was announced this
week by Mrs. Priscilla Bacon.
PHN. Neither Mrs. Bacon or
Margaret Clarke. PHN will be
at the health center on those ;
dates and there will he no im- .
munization or well-child clinic
in Palmer next Tuesday, nor in
Sutton on Wednesday. Regular
schedules will resume the fol
lowing week.
Registration will be held at
l the Palmer Community Col
; lege at 7 p.m. the first night of
the course.
SPOTLIGHT FUND
NOW TOTALS $220
The Valley Hospital Auxil
iary has announced that to date
$220 has been donated toward
the purchase of a spotlight for
use in surgery room at the Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital.
Donors to date include Butte
Homemakers, $25: Alaska Nur
ses Association, $50: Sourdough
Homemakers, $5: Palmer Em
blem Club, $20; Mrs. Oscar
Johnson, $10; Phyllis Wyman,
$10; and Matanuska Electric
Association. $100.
The light, which auxiliary
member's point out is urgent
ly needed, will cost about $600.
No personal contacts are be
ing made in seeking the funds
and all persons, organizations,
and firms of the area who are
willing to donate toward the
purchase of the light are asked
to send their contribution to
Mrs. Frank Clark, auxiliary
president, or to the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital. Checks
should be identified by the
donor as a contribution to the
spotlight fund.
Gruening Praises
MEA for Project
Senator Ernest Gruening re
cently congratulated the Matu
, nuska Electric Association on
! the assistance given the Unal
, akleet Valley Electric Cooper
[ ative.
In a letter received by Mason
LaZelle, MEA manager. Sena
tor Gruening said, in part, "I
believe the Matanuska Electric
Association is to be warmly
congratulated on your generous
and effective action in assist
ing the Unalakleet Valley Elec
tric Cooperative in establishing
an electric power system. I
hope you will keep me inform
ed of all further development
with respect to this.*'
Senator Gruening informed
LaZelle that the request of Phil
O’Neill, chairman of a com
mittee representing utilities in
this section of Alaska, for a vis
Nenana Ice Classic
Interest Beginning;
The question in Alaska, and
especially in Nenana for t h e
past 44 years has been. “If win
ter comes, can spring be far
behind?” And in Alaska, in the
spring, men and women’s fancy
turns toward guessing the time
the ice will move at Nenana.
This year the townspeople of
Nenana experienced one of the
coldest mid-winter holiday sea
sons in many a year. Tempera
tures hung around -50 for
about 10 days and set a record
low of below TO degrees below
zero. Now. about a month lat
er, the first breath of spring ar
rived with more record break
ing weather, almost 40 above
zero, and about 110 degrees
warmer in one short month’s
time!
Measurementwise, the past
two warm winters have show
ed these contrasts in the thick- 1
ness of the ice. January 1, 1960
the ice was 28 inches thick, and
had cine feet, eight inches of
water running under it. This
January 15, the ice is a thick
42 inches, with only three feet
of water running under it. The
eternal question r emai n s,
“When will the ice move?” It
has moved as early as April 20
and as late as May 16.
it by an REA official to discuss
various aspects of the Alaska
power supply situation, will be
granted following further re
views of the Parsons report and
reports expected to be made by
the Kuljian Corporation and
the feasibility study in process
by the Parsons Company.
URGE TRAVELLERS
TO OBTAIN NEEDED
IMMUNIZATIONS
Alaskans whose thoughts are
turning to vacation travel in
other lands are reminded by
the state Division of Public
Health that their plans should
include arrangements for im
munizations against communi
cable diseases.
Early immunizations will
prevent last minute frustra
tions, Dr. Edwin Wicks, Health
division director pointed out,
aspectially for diseases which
require a series of successive
vaccinations.
Dr. Vincent Hume, city
health officer, pointed out that
those travelers who have not
received their necessary im
munizations will find it diffi
cult to return to this country,
without delay by quarantine
officers. Those planning to tra
vel in foreign countries are es
pecially urged to check for im
munizations against communi
cable diseases before depart
ure.
The U. S. Public Health Ser
vice recommends that travel
lers observe, for their own pro
tection as well as that of the
people they meet, the Interna
tional Sanitary Regulations of
the World Health Organization
nd have immunizations against
communicable diseases known
to exist in areas they plan to
visit.
"Travellers should protect
themselves against the maxi
mum, rather than the mini
mum, number of diseases,” Dr.
Wicks said, “for they can never
know what epidemics may
arise during their travels and
they could be quarantined and
(Continued on page 8)
THE GEJ&SS BJ&R
PRESENTING
Ray Koiiz
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
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