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SAFETY IS A HABIT . .
WITH MT. McKINLEY
Mt. McKinley Airways assumes a High re
sponsibility for passengers and cargo carried
in its planes. So much so that Mt. McKinley
Airways provides the same standard of main
tenance required by CAA for scheduled Air
line operation.
AIRFREIGHT SERVICE
To and From Seattle and Any Point in the Territory
Mt. McKinley Airways
251 E St., Anchorage Phone Main 746
Agent at Dow Freight Lines, Palmer Phone 8
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Almanac Tells
Of Alaska Life
A comprehensive almanac ol
Alaska business, travel, entertain
ment, farming, fishing and living
has been published by Tewkesbury
Publishers of Anchorage and Seat
tle. The J20 pages of the paper
bound book leave little uncovered
m Alaska life.
The book contains information
for prospective settlers, historical
and geographical information
about all parts of the territory,
penses that travelers may exp
hotel, resort and night club accoi
modations, hunting and fir
lodges, cost of living, employ
prospects, housing and edu<
air, water, rail and highway t
portation systems, rates and
ties; defense measures, populatioi
statistics. .
Featured in the hook are many
pages of pictures of business estah
iishments in the principal citi>
and towns.
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poll taxei and
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4-H, HOMEMAKER'S COUNCILS
PLAN ACHIEVEMENT DAYS
A YEAR AGO
THIS WEEK...
Student activities were making
headlines in the Valley Frontiers
man just a year ago this week.
Palmer students had completed
work on a new basketball floor
in the gymnasium, and school
heads were busy framing rules
for the community use of that
gym.
Palmer men and women were
planning basketball teams, too.
The Shamrocks were organizing
under the sponsorship of Matt
Perkins. Palmer High squads
were getting their initial prac
tice sessions in the great Alaskan
out-of-doors.
Torrential fall rains had wash
ed out roads at Moose Creek and
had slowed traffic at Chugiak on
the Palmer-Anchorage Highway.
Robbers attempted a break-in
at Hartley’s Garage, but were
frightened away before they
could investigate the cash box.
Rusty Dow again opened a
trucking line with headquarters
in Palmer and the West Side Ga
rage announced that it would
soon be ready for business.
Mrs. Walter Zeile was named
temporary public health nurse,
pending the appointment of a
new nurse.
Palmer’s airport was reported
nearly finished, with the east
west strip nearing the point
where it would be usable. The
Matanuska Hotel was roofed
during the last week of October,
and workmen rushed the job of
getting the siding up.
Palmer students planned the
first school dance of the year
and Valley Granges at Palmer
and Wasilla scheduled a joint
social evening. Guests listened to
two hours of music at the first
fall meeting of the Music Appre
ciation Club in the rectory of St.
Michael’s Church.
Ronnie Meehan and Freddie
Cook took their place on the
Frontiersman staff as Palmer
newsboys.
Parker Lester, local Extension
Service agent, is taking a holi
day this week. Mr. Lester’s vaca
tion will be short and he does
not plan to leave the Valley.
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Anchorage — Main 504
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Achievement Day plans for 4-H
and Homemakers’ clubs were dis
cussed at last week’s Council
meetings. No definite date has
yet been set for the 4-H Achieve
ment Day, which is tentatively
planned for some time in No
vember.
Lynn Sandvik, Mrs. Harold
Dinkel, Mrs. Lou Sandvik and
Miss Marilyn Johnson were nam
ed to a central committee to or
ganize plans for the day. They
expect to announce time, place
and date in the near future.
In the meantime, 4-H Club
members were reminded that
record books are due on this
year’s work no later than Oct. 15.
Any club member who turns in
his record book after that date
is not eligible for a pin. accord
ing to Miss Johnson.
Homemakers’ Council mem
bers tentatively selected Oct. 27
as the date for Homemaker’s
Achievement Day. It will be held
in the Grange Hall, following a
potluck luncheon at noon. Each
club will be responsible for a
number on the day’s program.
Final plans for the day will be
outlined at the next Council
meeting, to be held on Oct. 18.
At that time new officers will be
elected and installed.
Program plans for the coming
year were discussed last week.
Further and more definite plans
will be brought before the Coun
cil at the October meeting.
Student Paper
To Be Out Friday
This year’s staff of the Banana
Belt Breeze, student publication
of Palmer High School, was burn
ing the midnight oil this week to
meet a Friday deadline. The
year’s first issue is scheduled to
be on the streets by after-school
hours on Friday.
Staff positions were still not
definite at the Frontiersman’s
press deadline. However it is cer
tain George Hermon will be over
seeing the efforts of Breezes re
porters as editor. Roberta Hem
mer is to be his right-hand man.
All future issues of the Banana
Belt Breeze are scheduled for
publication on the last Friday of
each month.
EKLUTNA HOUSECLEANING
SLOWS VALLEY DINNERS
The power dimout experienced
in the Valley last week was caus
ed by the annual housecleaning
at Eklutna dam. Each year the
city of Anchorage shuts down the
Eklutna .sub-station for several
days while a clean-up crew works
on the dam gates.
During the shut-down all of
the Valley’s power is brought
from Anchorage over a small
transmission line, with a result
ing high loss of voltage. The
MVFCA Diesel plant was operat
ed during the four-day period, in
order to pick up the voltage
needed for Valley use.