VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as sacond class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio .Publisher, Manager
Editor . Virginia Gallant
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Palmer Hosts at Annual
Track Meet May 9
Track teams from Wasilla, An
chorage and Fairbanks will come
to Palmer Saturday, May 9 to
compete with Palmer in the Pal
mer Invitational WAHSAA track
meet, scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
in the fairgrounds.
Scheduled track events and Pal
mer High School participants in
clude 100-yard dash: Ben Ross
and Riley Curtis. 220-yard dash:
Jerry Hemmer and Robert Smith.
100-yard low hurdles: Curtis and
Monte Larsh. 60-yard high hurd
les: Dan Wolfe and others not
decided yet. 440-yard run; Ross,
Jack Smith, Bill Harris and Larry
Woods. 880-yard run: Ross, Robert
Barry and Eugene Combs. Mile
run: Barry and Combs.
Field events include: Shot put:
Curtis, Ray Winegarner and Jim
Goodman. Dicuss: Curtis, Wine
gamer and Hemmer. Pole Vault:
Jack McKechnie, Don Ingalls and
Dan Wolf. Broad jump: Wolf,
Smith, Larsh and Ross. High
jump: R. Smith McKechnie,
Larsh, Hemmer and Wolf. 440
yard relay: (Team 1) Curtis, J.
Smith, R. Smith and Hemmer.
(Team 2) McKechnie, Woods, In
galls and Winegarner. 800-yard
relay: (Team 1) J. Smith, R.
Smith, Hemmer and McKechnie.
(Team 2) Pete Bouwens, Larry
Wood, Winegarner and Ingalls.
Although the Palmer team has
won the combined events the
past three years, Track Coach
Robert Crites said this week that
this year’s team will definitely
miss Klem, Caulkins and Hitch
cock.
The fast spring break-up has
left a wet field, he pointed out,
and therefore fewer time trials
4-H NEWS
Happy Hooligan Club
We met April 10 with five of
our six members of last year’s
club present. Joseph Ohmstad is
in the states and plans to join a
club there.
Vice president Lewis McDonald
called our meeting to order and
we voted in three new members,
David Henry, Vadney Poisal, and
Allan Gershmel. Then we dis
cussed what projects we would
take this year so our leader could
get projcet books for us. After
which we adjourned to play ball.
Since it was Lewis’s birthday,
all members were invited to stay
for supper.
We met again on the 29th to
have election of officers but we
voted to keep the old ones in
office. We voted in two more
members, Gus Knutson and Ed
ward Wilkes. We received our
project books and then weighed
and helped each other measure
our height so we could enter it
in our books.
Reporter, Elmer McDonald
“BUY AN AMERICAN LEGION
POPPY ON MAY 23"
LEGAL NOTICE
March 20, 1953
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
Everett James Couture, Pittman
entryman, together with his wit
nesses John Charles Zak, Pitt
man and William R. Bush, Fort
Richardson, Alaska, has submit
ted final proof on his homestead
entry, Anchorage Serial No. 0208
57 for the SM>NE!4SW!4, SE!4
NE14 S W !4, S V2 S W !4, NWV4 SW
3i, WtaNEHSWti Sec. 12 T. 17
North R. 3 West Seward M., con
taining 155 acres, and it is now
in the Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed
in the Land Office within the
period of publication or thirty
days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted and final certifi
Pflfp i ecu pH
VIRGIL O. SEISER, Manager
Published April 9, 16, 23, 30, May
7, 1953.
were possible. Fairbanks will be
in the Valley with their Frank
Morrison on weights and Jim
Growden on distance running,
while Anchorage is bringing
down a group of 42 boys. The
past two years Palmer has far
out-pointed the larger neighbor
ing team.
“We’ll be in there fighting for
every event,” Crites said, al
though our squad is not in as
good condition as last year. Riley
Curtis developed a sore arm and
Ben Ross sore legs this spring.
I However, past records have
j shown that Palmer has always
i made a fine showing in the track
meets and fans are hoping for a
! repeat performance.
630 TAKE "BOOSTER"
SHOTS THROUGH CLINIC
Very good response to the re
cently conducted typhoid im
munization clinic was evidenced
by figures released this week by
Public Health Nurse Dolores Mat
tila.
In Palmer, 630 persons receiv
ed "booster” shots while 228 per
sons received the full series of
three shots.
Wasilla residents received 80
“boosters” and 11 full series.
Chugiak dwellers took 87 “boost
ers” and 58 series.
Miss Mattila said this week
there are still a few stragglers
coming in, that for one reason or
another were unable to attend
on the designated dates. She also
added that anyone who did not
complete their series, could con
tact the Health Center for an ap
pointment or go to her office in
the Health Center on Saturday
mornings.
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
Lloyd C. Olsen. Owner. Mgr.
Authorized Agent for all
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services
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Scheduled from Seattle Tues
day, May 19, calling at Val
dez, Seward, Seldovia, Hom
er and Portlock.
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Scheduled from Seattle Tues
day, May 26, calling at Sew
ard and Valdez
FOR INFORMATION
|T. J. MALONEY. ADENT
OFFICE: WESTWARD HOTEL
[ANCHORAOC. mlaka
Phone 22001
NEW BABIES
Pinkham
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pinkham,
directors of the Faith Hill Home
for Children are proud parents
of their first child, a girl, born
at Valley Hospital May 4.
The young miss weighed seven
pounds, eight ounes and has been
named Christine Ruth.
Mrs. Fred Struening, maternal
grandmother, has assumed Mrs.
Pinkham’s duties at the home
during her confinement.
Bailey
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Bailey are
parents of their second son and
third child. Born May 3 at Val
ley Hospital, the young man tip
ped the scales at nine pounds,
15 ounces. He has been named
Joel Griffith.
O'Brien
Irene June is the name chosen
by Mr. and Mrs. Dewain O’Brien
for their new daughter, born at
Valley Hospital April 30. She
weighed five pounds, six ounces
and is their second child. Mr. O’
Brien works at the Evans-Jones
Mine.
“BUY AN AMERICAN LEGION
POPPY ON MAY 23"
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
John Thomas Henderson has
made application for a homesite
under the Act of May 26, 1934
(48 Statute 809) Anchorage Serial
No. 016293 for a tract of land
described as lands embraced in
Plat of IJ. S.. Survey No. 3068,
situated approximately mile
uptream from the Stuart Creek
Bridge, Mile 47 Richardson High
way, on the easterly side of
Stuart Creek and establishment
of U. S. Location Monument No.
3068 in Latitude 61° 15' 53.796" N.
and Longitude 145° 18' 03.854" W.
at Corner No. 1, containing 5
acres, and it is now in the files of
the Land Office, Anchorage, Al
aska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above-men
tioned land should file their ad
verse claim in the Land Office
within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, or they
will be barred by the provisions
of the Statutes.
VIRGIL O. SEISER, manager
Published April 30, Mav 7, 14, 21,
28, June 4, 11, 18, 25 *
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WEDNESDAY —THURSDAY
MAY 6 — 7
SHOWS 7:15 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY SATURDAY
MAY 8 — 9
Show 7:15 and 9 P.M.
Sal. Mai: 2:00 p.m.
SUNDAY — MONDAY
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
MAY 10—11
Sun. Mai. 2:00 p.m..
ST. MICHAEL'S OBSERVE
ASCENSION THURSDAY
Ascension Thursday, May 14,
will be observed at St. Michael’s
Catholic Church with special
Mass at 8 a.m. to be offered by
Rev. James P. Snead.
Ascension Thursday is a holy
day of obligation on which all
Catholics are required to hear
Mass to commemorate the Ascen
sion of Christ into Heaven.
May 11, 12 and 13 are Rogation
days and will be observed at St.
Michael’s as days of prayer for
blessings upon the spring plant
ing.
Another group of Alaskans this
week revealed plans for drilling
for oil in the Susitna Flats area
this summer. Alaska Gulf Oil
and Gas Development, • Inc. has
a $90,000 rotary type drill sche
duled to arrive in Anchorage j
around July 1. The drill site is
just north of an emergency land- !
ing strip at Goose Bay.
FOR YOU
Most of us carry an umbrella ;
or wear a raincoat when it;
rains but we are often "uncov- j
ered" when it comes to the!;
really important 'storms'. You
can be prepared against loss i
by adequate insurance. Come;
in and establish a coverage ;
plan for you.
Kay Pippel Insurance;
Box 221
Now Wright Building
ELKS PLAN ANNUAL
MOTHERS DAY PROGRAM
The public is cordially invited
to attend the Palmer Elks annual
Mother’s Day program to be held
at the Elks Lodge, Sunday after
noon at 3 p.m.
Floral decorations for the af
fair will be handled by the Ma
tanuska Valley Gardens, and in,
addition there will be traditional
white and red carnations for all
persons in attendance.
The program, to be conducted
by lodge officials, will include
choral group singing by students
of Palmer High School and solo
selections.
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"BUY AN AMERICAN LEGION
POPPY ON MAY 23"
*‘E. Gordon Thomas, represen
tative of the Northern Roofing
and Sheet Metal Co. of Anch
orage. will be in Palmer May '
11th and 12th at the Matanuska 1;
Hotel to arrange for business
license and delivery of materi
als to apply the roof on the 1;
new Presbyterian Hospital of j|
Palmer, and will be available ]!
to Palmerites for estimates on !|
new roofs or repairs." 'I
TOURS
CHARTERS
REASONABLE RATES
Valley Taxi Service
Located in Matanuska Hotel
Telephone 4 Palmer, Alaska
HALLEA LODGE will be closed
UNTIL MAY 20th
To Be Reopened by
Herb and Mae Fredrick
Alaska Oil & Gas Development Co.
Offers to the General Public
300,000 SHARES
Of Common Stock —- Non-Assessable
at
SI PER SHARE
This money is to be used for drilling operations near Eureka
on the Glenn Highway where 66,520 acres of very favorable
oil structures are held under government lease and are beinq
utilized.
An Excellent Opportunity
For the small investor who has faith in Alaska and who would
like to become associated with a purely Alaskan venture. Once
oil is discovered, opportunity for investment will beyond the
small investor
We Are Not Associated With Any Other Group In Or Out of Alaska
For Full Information Write. Call or See . . .
WM. A. O'NEILL or C. F. SHIELD
STOCK SOLD IN LOTS OF 100 SHARES OR MORE
ALASKA OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT GO.
Box 2000 Room 206. Central Bldg. Phone 34451
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Cut Out and Mail
ALASKA OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
P. O. Box 2000 * Anchorage. Alaska
Gentlemen:
I, We, .
wish to purchase ..shares of stock in the
Alaska Oil Sc Gas Development Company, at par value $1.00
per share, non assessable.
My check is enclosed in the amount of $
Signature .
Address .