VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
fintered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1379.
A. J. DeJulio __ Owner-Manager
Editor ___Virginia Gallant
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Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
THE PLIGHT OF MEA
MEA has urgent business for all its members to decide
at a special meeting sei for Saturday, February 20, from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the School Gym.
Members will be asked to vote and approve an amend
ment to articles of incorporation and a revision of the
by-laws.
The amendment calls for setting a debt limit a "small"
compulsory clause, according to Territorial law, which was
overlooked when incorporation papers were filed.
Revision of the by-laws will permit staggered terms for
7 directors.
Members will be asked to vote for a 10 million dollar
debt limit.
Some MEA members have expressed the opinion that
SI0,000.000 is too high.
According to MEA manager Cy Brewer, “This limit
does not imly that we intend to borrow that sum. It is merely
set high enough to permit speedier borrowing in the future
if we find it imperative to obtain additional money for
expanding generating facilities or other necessary expendi
iures."
The Frontiersman sees nothing harmful regarding this
sum. We cannot see however that this is too important so
long as MEA members can help control expenditures. We are
rather concerned with what might well be too much apathy
shown the MEA cause by its members.
MEA meetings of the past have shown poor attendance
when members have been asked to decide an issue. This
attitude of nonchalance has induced MEA to offer door
prizes to encourage more attendance. This year they are
going all out by offering TV sets as valuable prizes to lure
its members to the meeting. It is indeed a sad commentary
when members must be enticed to meetings to settle
problems which concern their own cause and welfare.
Anyway, the valuable prizes will be worth while if they
bring out a large group for the February 20 meeting.
Remember it requires the approval of at least two-thirds
the MEA membership to set the $10,000,000 debt limit and
revise the By-laws to stagger terms for the directors. So we
urge all concerned to make an effort to attend this meeting.
If you can't make it give your proxy to someone who plans
to be there.
Tribute to a Red Tape Gutter v
Fro-n the Juneau Indepenenl
Although he is out of office as a result of action by
the new Aeronautics and Communications Commission,
Tony Schwamm has left a mark on the Territory of Alaska
as its first Director of Aviation which will not be erased by
either men or time.
Tony was one of those public servants who through
out his four years tenure of office conceived his mission
to be one of getting results. He hadn’t heard, or didn’t care,
that the safe and sane way to perpetuate oneself in a public
job was to keep out of sight, avoid controversies and remain
inconspicuous.
An old Hollywood stunt flyer, Tony flew right at the
job in sometimes spectacular fashion. That he was a doer
was probably his undoing. But somehow we think Tony
would rather have it that way.
He had a lot to overcome right from the beginning. A
Territorial Department of Aviation should have been es
tablished in 1947. . . We were left at the end of that session,
-because of Legislative fumbling, with no enabling act which
would permit Alaska to take advantage of the Federal Air
port Aid act passed in 1946. i
So we had already lost two years when the 1949 Leg
islature established a Department of Aviation. The only
mistake that session’s legislation had made, it turned out
afterwards, was that salary of the Directors, who had to
have all sorts of special qualifications, was left too low, at
$7,000 a year. When the Commission met it could find no
qualified man to take the job. Joe Crosson said he would
take it at $10,000 though not at $7,000, but the law was
Specific.
Tony Schwamm, Alaska bush pilot who had been in
valided out of service with lead poisoning from octane gas,
was persuaded in the summer of 1949 to take the position.
He proved to be a credit to the Commission and to the
Territory of Alaska from that time forward.
Times change and and old order passes. New members
are appointed by new administrations, and commissions re
spond to the political geeing and hawing of the day.
Tony Schwamm’s record, though, has been written in
the more than one hundred airports and seaplane facilities
constructed or enlarged and improved during his four years
in office. As his coming was a great gain to Alaska, his going
is a great loss. His reward is the satisfaction of substantial
accomplishment. May Alaska be blessed with other able
publfc servants like Tony Schwamm. -
ANCHORAGE MASON
RECEIVES HIGH HONOR
August A. Johnson of Anch
orage is the first Mason to receive
the distinguished service medal
’in Royal Arch Masonry in Alaska,
it was announced last week. The
medal is issued once a year by
the General Grand Chapter Royal
Arch Masons for distinguished
services rendered in Masonry.
NEW FEDERAL JAIL
TO OPEN MARCH 1
The new federal jail in Anch
orage is scheduled to begin oper
ation March 1, according to Roy
Casey, superintendent of the Al
aska Jail System. The opening
will follow a public inspection ox
the jail the latter part of Febru
ary.
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Home Demonstration
Notes
By Marylou Rideout
Even though the temperature
registers sub-zero and you are
staying close, in your warm house,
you may be planning new interior
decorations come Spring. If it is
new interior colors you are plan
ning, oiir bulletin “Color in Your
Hands” can be of great help to
you.
As stated in the bulletin, “Color
is a tool we use to create beauty.”
But we do not make beauty by
merely combining colors—any
colors. We must know how to use
our tool, which colors go together,
and in what amounts. For those
poorly used can irritate and de
press, just as pleasing combina
tions can soothe and satisfy. Most
everyone is born with a color
sense, but it needs to be develop
ed. We may not know why we
like or dislike certain colors un
less we know something about
them . . . even though the good
results we get are accidental, we
can use more skill if we know
what the different colors suggests
and means.” Further help may
be found in a bulletin just re
ceived, “Make It With Sheets”.
Once was when a sheet was a
plain household textile but now,
due to the luscious colors found
in sheets, they are not hidden in
bedmaking, but used in various
ways in home decoration and
even in clothing. Many colorful
pictures are shown and patterns
for various room furnishings are
found in “Make It With Sheets”
—all bulletins are free.
On the 22nd you may want to
make a stars and stripes cherry
pie. Use your pastry recipe for a
double crust pie; and as you roll
it out keep it square as possible.
Place in an 8 inch square baking
dish, allowing pastry to extend
V2 inch beyond the edge of the
dish. Use your cherry pie filling,
or here is a good one.
4 cups drained pie cherries
3/4 cup cherry juice
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons quick cooking
tapioca
1 tablespoon lemon juice or xk
teaspoon almond flavoring.
Put juice, sugar and tapioca in
a saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil.
Remove from heat; add cherries,
and lemon juice. Let cool. As fill
ing is cooling, roll out and cut
| top crust. From a rectangle of
pastry, approximately 3 in. x 2 in.
cut out star. Cut at least four
strips of pastry 1 in. wide ■ 9 in.
! long. When top crust is cut and
ready, put filling in lined baking
dish. Place rectangle in upper left
hand corner and arrange the
stripes. Moisten with water, under
side of rectangle and strips so
they will stick to lower crust,
then fold lower crust pastry
which you cut V2 in. larger than
the pan over ends of strips and
rectangle of pastry. Flute edge.
Bake in hot oven 425°F for 10
minutes, lower temperature to
350CF and continue baking 30
minutes. If you make a star and
stripe pie for Washington’s birth
day, because of its unusual form
and design it should be cut and
served at the table so all can see.
Really, all pies should be cut at
the table.
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
3:30 p.m.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
LIBRARY CLUB, Wasilla library,
8 p.m.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23
WASILLA GRANGE, Grange
Hut, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Rpad
house, 3:30 p.m.
BROWNIES, Mrs. John Polis
home, 3:30 p.m.
All Sizes VENETIAN BLINDS Reg. $4.95 io $6.35 $2.95
Plastic ICE CUBE TRAYS .... Reg. 98c 69c
FOLDING PORCH GATES ....Reg. $3.50 $1-79
ALL POTTERY DISHES _______Vt price
PLASTIC TOILET SEATS _ Reg. $8.95 $3.95
THREE RANGES — 2 gas, one electric—reduced from January
sale price $2.00 per day until sold
One Large Lot of TRAPS and SNARES — Make us an offer
ALL CONSOLE TV SETS REDUCED $75.00 for 10 days only
ADMIRAL — MOTOROLA — HALLICR AFTERS
TABLE LAMPS 1/
MAPLE WALL NICK NACK SHELVES /2
OLYMPIC OIL RANGE ....Reg. $289.95 143-97
FRIGIDAIRE CLOTHES DRYERS Reg. $274.75 $199.50
SAMSON FOLDING CHAIRS AND TABLES REDUCED 25%
Twin Size BOX SPRING & MATTRESS SETS $39.50 & $49.50
TWIN SIZE U.S. RUBBER KAYLON FOAM MATTRESS and
BOX SPRING ...Reg. $159.50 $99.50
ALL MIRRORS REDUCED 1/3
39 INCH ROLLAWAY BEDS ..._. $39.50
COSCO CHROME HI CHAIRS _ $14.95
Even Temp. 55000 BTU Automatic FLOOR FURNACE
Reg. $224.50 $149.50
UNFINISHED COFFEE TABLES Vi PRICE
OIL HEATERS 25% OFF
All of our Furniture Musi Go. Every liens in
the Furniture Department has a Sale Price.
If You Don’t See It, Ask Us.
Koslosky's Dept. Store
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Shooters “Pay Off”
With Chicken Dinner
Fifteen shooters of the Mat
anuska Valley Sportsmens rifle
club, their wives, and friends en
joyed a fried chicken dinner at
the Palmer Fountain and Cafe
this past Saturday. Following the
dinner the group met at the
American Legion building for re
freshments and an evening of
dancing.
The dinner was sponsored by a
group of shooters who lost a re
cent “dinner match.” The match
was started January 29 when the
club was divided into two teams,
with the team members deter
mined from this year’s average
shooting scores.
One team (the winners) was
headed by Ken Westenbarger and
included the following: Harris,
Richie, Contini, Dickow, McRae,
Bellringer, Gibson, Smith, Norma
Richie, Leona Burton, Virginia
Reid, Warren Woods, and Sheila
Hagen. The second team (the
losers) consisted of Murray Ath
earn, Dodge, Fleming, White, Lee,
Driggars, Lowe, Shook, Dana Nie
mann, Roselyn Miller, Mary Lou
Johns, Larrie Woods, Skip Sch
Youth for Christ
! Presents:
RECREATION
SATURDAY FEB. 20
j: 7:30— 10:30 P.M.
GRANGE HALL
offering
' For Seventh Grade on Up
roeder, Lou Wagoner, and Karma
Baker.
The first match ended in a tie,
with a total of 3768 points apiece.
The subsequent four matches
were won by the f’rst team, with
a total margin of 256 points.
VALLEY
'TTteaTr'ff
PALMER, ALASKA
WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 17 — 18
SHOWS 7:15 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 19 — 20
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee 2:00 P. M.
Jack McCall
DESPERADO
with
I GEORGE MONTGOMERY
His lightning guns put Dead
wood on the map!
''UNDAY — MONDAY
FEBRUARY 21 — 22
SHOWS 7:15 and 9:00 P.M.
Sunday Matinee — 2:00 P.M.
Sack al the Front
with TOM ELWELL
HARVEY LEMBECK &nd
MARI BLANCHARD
The all new adventures' of
those lovable, laughable
Dog Faces!
PTO SPREADER !
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another good idea
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• Power take-off drive sup
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• Telescoping shaft and
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compensate for turns and
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i
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4-wheel horse or tractor
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Tractor Spreader. For
small or medium-sixed
stock farms. 65 bushel
capacity.
BROOKS EQUIP. CO.
Palmer, Alaska
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