THE FRONTIERSMAN
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Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brauchli
of Anchorage are parents of a
son, born on September 25 at
Providence Hospital. Mr. Brauch
li is a former Palmer resident.
Harriett Bell. Trading Post em
ployee, returned to Palmer this
past week-end following a visit
to her former home in Tennessee.
Mrs. Isabelle Woolcock has re
turned to her duties in Dr. C. C.
Bailey’s office, following an ab
sence of several weeks. Mrs. Mary
Steelman substituted for her dur
ing that time.
Mrs. Ida Foley’s daughter. Mrs.
LaVonne Johnson and children,
has arrived in the valley and are
making their home in the Pioneer
Apartments. Mrs. Johnson is a
trained hairdresser and will work
for Bess Dugas at the Valley
Beauty Shop. Mrs. Foley, whose
home is at Ida Lake, Glenn High
way, is living in town for the
winter.
New pharmacist at Bert’s Drug
store is L. G. McDonald who be
gan his duties this week.
TV ANTENNA
PLANNED FOR HOSPITAL
Soon after the Valley Presby
terian Hospital was opened this
past spring, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Teeland of Wasilla gave a tele
vision set to the hospital. Now a
movement is afoot in the valley to
obtain an antenna so that patients
may use the set. To date $25 has
been given by the Primer Women
of the Moose; $10 by the Valley
Theatre. $5 by Grasser’s Hard
ware and $10 by Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi. Other groups in
terested in donating money for
the antenna are asked to contact
either Imogene Hagen, chairman,
or Dorothy B. Saxton. Money may
be left at Mrs. Saxton’s office in
the Theatre building. Bill Bou
wens and Bob Burkhardt have
offered to donate their time and
service to erect the antenna.
Residents Hear
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homes, larger gas tax for road use,
weights and measures responsib
ility to territorial police and the
building of National Guard ar
mories in Alaska.
Senate candidate, Sally Gor
such, strongly stressed the need
to increase the motor fuel tax,
with a proposal that all the money
raised be returned to that divi
sion in which it was collected.
Municipalities would receive one
cent return as their share for
municipal street improvements.
Gerrit “Heinie” Snider, Senate
candidate, told his listeners that
he will work with anyone that is
for the good of Alaska. He as
serted his belief that the motor
fuel gas tax must be raised; dif
fered with Miss Prior’s statement
on the need for juvenile homes
by saying he feels the parents
should be locked up; and endor
sed the need for additional aid
to agriculture.
Barbara Dimock, candidate to
the office of Delegate to Congress,
gave a resume of work accom
plished the past two years by
Republicans. “I feel that we are
on the threshhold of the greatest
development Alaska has ever
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I PALMER YOUTH
ENLISTS IN NAVY
Monte Larsh, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emile Larsh of Palmer
enlisted in the U. S. Navy on
September 24 and is taking
his basic training at San Diego,
California. His enlistment
period is for four years. He
writes home that he sure likes
it, but misses his Palmer
“gang”. His mailing address
is; SR Monte Larsh, 4570806,
lo. 300, USNTC. San Diego,
California.
K5WANIANS SEE
FARM SAFETY FILM
A farm petroleum safety film
was shown to members of the
Palmer Kiwanis club this week,
through the courtesy of the Pa
cific Supply Cooperative.
The film presented methods of
petroleum fire control that are
recommended practices for all
. farm operators.
Guests at the Monday meeting
were Bob Buswell, assistant to
Dr. Allan Mick at the University
of Alaska, and Ray Winegarner,
senior student at the Palmer High
School who was chosen as an out
standing student. He will be guest
of the local club for the month.
LOCAL MAN INJURED
IN CAR WRECK SUNDAY
Andrew Melby, 28, was sever
ly injured early Sunday morning
when his 1954 Ford Victoria
coupe overturned, pinning him in
the wreckage.
According to territorial police,
who were called to the accident
by passing motorists, the car was
headed toward Palmer, evidently
traveling at an excessive rate of
speed when the accident occurred
at Mile 58Vi. Cause of the accident
was undetermined. Failing to
make the curve, the car went to
the left side of the road, traveled
about 300 feet at an 80 degree
pitch, rolled over twice and down
a 15-foot embankment.
Territorial police had to unbolt
the car seats to remove Melby
who received a serious neck in
jury. Brought into the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital, he was im
mediately transferred to the
5005th Air Force Base hospital at
Elmendorf.
Only a short time prior to Mel
by’s accident territorial police
were called to the Matanuska
Bridge where Daniel Paulk, 28,
driving a 1950 Buick sedan,
side-swiped a 1952 Chevrolet se
dan.1 driven by Steve Bay of An
chorage. Cause of the accident
was believed to have been exces
sive speed. The Paulk car was on
the wrong side of the road when
it struck the Chevrolet. Damages
to the vehicle amounted to about
$500, there were no personal in
juries. Paulk was cited on a reck
less driving charge.
known. Traveling around the ter
ritory these past weeks, I have
felt it everywhere. For the first
time in 20 years we are getting
something done, not by federal i
spending, but by private enter- '
prise”, she stated.
Following the addresses those
attending discussed various is- |
sues with the candidates and an
informal coffee hour was held.
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RE-ELECT
LLOYD C. OLSEN
REPUBLICAN
to
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
An Experienced. Progressive
Sincere Legislator
World War Veteran
Civic Leader
Long Time Resident
Knows Needs of All of Alaska
Be Sure to Vote
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1954
Paid Adv.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
U. S. MINERAL PATENT
M. A. Serial No. Anchorage
027772, U. S. Bureau of Land
Management, Regional Land Dis
trict Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
July 7, 1954.
Notice is hereu.y given that Wil
low Creek Mines, a State of Wash
ington corporation, whose address
is 1001-85 Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada, and whose At
torney in Fact, whose name and
address is below stated, is about
to make Application for a min
ing patent to 21 contiguous lode
claims and 2 contiguous mill sites,
generally known as the Willow
Creek Mines, lying within the
Wasilla Precinct, Third Judicial
District, in the Territory of Alas
ka, about 80 miles north of the
city of Anchorage, on unsurveyed
| United States public lands. These
i claims and mill sites are includ
! ed in three United States mineral
! Surveys Nos. 1487, 2186 A and B,
and 2187 A and B, and the loca
tion notices are recorded as fol
lows: 14 lode claims in Survey
No. 1437 named “Brassel Frac
tion Lode Claim”, “War Baby No.
One Lode Claim”, “War Baby No.
Two Lode Claim”, “War Baby
; No. 3 Lode Claim”, “War Baby
No. 4 Lode Claim”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim”, "War Eagle No. I”,
“War Eagle No. 2”, War Eagle
Fraction”, “War Eagle No. 3”,
“Lucky Shot No 5”, "Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 3”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 1”, recorded res
I pectively in the Anchorage Pre
j cinct (formerly Knik Precinct) of
; said Third Judicial District, Al
| aska, in Book 7 at pages 211, 194,
i 195, 195, 196, and Book 8 at pages
■ 53, 107, 107, 333, 108, 89, 54, 54, and
88; also six lode claims and one
mill site in Survey 2186 A and B
named “Taylor Claim”, “Madison
Claim”, “War Eagle No. 4”, “War
Eagle No. 5 Claim”, “Wilson Lode
Claim”, “Coolidge Lode Claim”,
! ar.d “Lucky Shot Mill Site”, re
| corded respectively in the Wasilla
Precinct of said Third Judicial
District, in Book 3 at pages 343,
| 343, 344, 344, Book 4 at pages 180,
t 180, the Mill Site in Book 3 page
18, amended in Book 10 at page
’132; also one lode claim and one
mill site in Survey No. 2187 A and
B, named “War Eagle No. 6
Claim”, and “War Eagle Mill
Site”, respectively in Book 3 page
345 and Book 3 page 19, Wasilla
Precinct, an amended notice of
this mill site being recorded in
Book 10 at page 131, Wasilla Pre
cinct.
The exterior boundary of said
21 contiguous lode claims is as
described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wilson lode Claim, Sur. No. 2186
A identical with Cor. No. 4 Tay
lor Claim, Sur. No. 2186 A and
also Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5, Sur. No. 1487 from
which U. o. L. M. No. 1487 bears
S. 59° 39’ 30" E., 1278.07 ft. dist.
Thence N. 56° 12' E. 1288.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5;
Thence S. 29° 41' E. 370.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5 identical with Cor.
No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode No. 1, Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot No. 1, S. 29° 41' E. 127.35 ft.,
identical with Cor. No. 4 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 55° 40' E., 1460.46 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim S. 29° 41' E.,
334.63 ft. to a point on 1-4 line
of War Babv No. 1 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 53° 35' E., 244.13 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Baby No. 1
Lode identical with Cor. No. 1
Brassel Fraction Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 61° 45' E., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 27° 20' E., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 61° 45' W„ 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 Brassel Fraction
Lode; identical with Cor. No. 3
War Baby No. 1 Lode;
Thence S. 56° 57' W., 1438.24 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3 War
Baby No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence S. 49° 29' W., 1145.34 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 52° 11' W„ 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 74° 14' W„ 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 4 i
Lode;
Thence N. 27° 20' W, 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence along 2-1 line of War
Baby No. 4 Lode ty. 74° 15' E.
406.53 ft., to a point on 3-4 line '
'■of War Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 88' 29' W„ 661.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. I
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 78° 01' W., 1351.94 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
War Eagle No. 6 Claim Sur. No.
2187 A;
Thence N. 84° 51'W.. 1374.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 6
Claim;
Thence North 29° 41' W., 600.11
ft. to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No.
6 Claim, identical with Cor. No.
4 War Eagle Fraction Lode Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence N. 29' 41' W.. 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle Fraction
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 5 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A;
Thence N. 29' 41' W., 600.02 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 5
Claim;
Thence S. 84° 52' E.. 1373.19 ft
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 5
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
War Eagle No. 4 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A:
Thence N. 78° 00' E., 1351.68 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 4
Claim, identical with Cor. No.
3 Madison Claim Sur No. 2186
A and Cor. No. 2 Coolidge Lode
Claim Sur. No. 2186A;
Thence N. 29° 41’ W„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Coolidge Lode
Claim;
Thence N. 88° 27' E., 1476.37 ft
to Cor. No. 4 Coolidge Lode
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence N. 75° 11' E., 1454.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence S. 29° 41' E, 600-00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Wilson Lode Claim,
and place of beginning, which
closed traverse includes 2 un
| claimed tracts lying within, which
j unclaimed tracts are described as
j follows:
i Tract 1
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 2 War
Baby No. 3 Sur. No. 1487, from
which United States Location
Monument No. 1487 bears N.. 53°
40' 29" E., 1712.74 ft. dist.
Thence S. 74° 15' W, 353.35 ft.
! to a point on 1-4 line of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 394.08 ft.
I to Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
: Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Lucky Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No.
1487 and Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 73° 28' E., 1436.93
ft. to a point on 1-2 line of War
Baby No. 3 Lode;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1067-68
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No.
3 Lode, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Baby No. 4 Lode, and the
place of beginning.
Tract 2.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of Lucky
Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No. 1487 and
also Cor. No. 4 of Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487
from which
U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
N. 68° 07' 08" E., 2063.41 ft. dist.
Thence S. 88° 26' W„ 1476.50
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487, Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 1
Lode Sur. No. 1487, and also Cor.
No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode No. 3
Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 75° 04' E., 533.74 ft.
to Cor. No. 5 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3;
Thence S. 84° 13' E., 965.16 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3, identical with Cor. No. 4
Lucky Shot Lode Claim No. 2
and Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, and the place of beginning.
The exterior boundary of said
two contiguous mill sites is des
cribed as follows:
B- 0mning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Lucky Shot Mill Site, Sur. No.
2186 B, from which U.S.L.M. No
1487 bears N. 12“ 25' W„ 1713.46
ft. dist.
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 465.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site;
Ther.ce S. 64° 00' W., 489.80 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, a point on the 1-2 line of
Sur. No. 2187 B. War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence S. 7° 39’ E„ 333.90 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of War Eagle Mill Site;
Thence S. 58° 02' W., 287.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 6° 57’ W., 885.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 75° 08' E., 253.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of War Eagle Mill
Site, identical with Cor. No. 4 of
Lucky Shot Mill Site;
Thence N. 64° 00' E., 490.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, and the place of beginning.
(Containing 9.911 acres)
Signed, July 7, 1954, at Seattle,
Washington.
Published September 16, 23, 30;
October 7, 14, 21, 28; Novem- •
ber 4, 11, 1954. j
Lorene Uzelac Bride
In Pretty Ceremony
In a pretty home wedding on
October 2, Miss Lorene M. Uze
lac, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
i Nick Uzelac of the Butte became
the bride of Joseph Lentz, Jr.,
sen of original Matanuska Valley
colonists. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Lentz. The double ring ceremony
was performed by Clifton Grover,
branch president of the Latter
Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ.
| Traditional wedding music was
| furnished by pianist Hanna Bur
ke.
The bride, who was given in
j marriage by her father chose a
beautifully styled white aler.con
lace and tulle gown. A hip length
! peplum extended from a front
! panel around the skirt, ending
i in a point at the back. The bodice
| of the gown had short sleeves
and a scalloped tulle yoke with
j small lace dutch collar. Her iul
i ice shoulder length veil was
I caught to a pearl trimmed fluted
I crown. The bride carried a white
Bible and an old fashioned bou
auet in which a white orchid was
the center flower surrounded by
i miniature orchids.
Matron-of-honor was Mrs. Jane
j Peterkin, sister-in-law of the
bride. Bridesmaids were Roberta
j Uzelac, sister of the bride, and
Jean Burke. The matron-of-honor
1 wore a feather blue floor length
gown fashioned of net over a
I full taffeta skirt. The bridesmaids
wore floor length gowns of fea
ther blue lace and net, and peach
net. All attendants carried bou
j quets of white spider mums, with
pink ribbon trim, fashioned in
the style of the bride’s bouquet.
For her daughter’s wedding the
| bride’s mother chose a turquoise
: twilite street length dress with
'! which she wore black accessories.
Her small black hat was trimmed
with sequins. She wore a shoul
der corsage of white and pink
carnations as did the bride
groom’s mother who wore a street
length dress of gray lace over
rose taffeta and black accessor
ies.
The bridegroom’s best man was
Stuart Dreghorn, former class
mate.
Following the wedding cere
mony a dinner was held in the
Co-Op club room in Palmer for
the immediate wedding party. At
eight o’clock 150 guests were
present from Anchorage and Pal
: mer at a reception held in the
: couple’s honor at Moose Hall,
where the bride and groom cut
the beautifully decorated tiered
weddihg cake, made by Fritz
Lowe. Those serving at the re
freshment table were Mariam Jo
hansen, Harriett Cottrell, Lou
ella Shook, Bonnie Grover, and
! Dorothy Saxton. Assisting at the
i gift table were Charlene Smith
I and Grace Dreghom.
| The bride came to the valley
with her parents in 1951 from
. Helper, Utah where she attended
| school. She completed her high
! school education in Palmer, grad
uating in May of this year. Her
father is employed at the Evan
Jones Coal mine, her mother at
; the Valley Presbyterian Hospital
i and the family have made their
home at the Butte. 1
The bridegroom came from Wis
consin to the valley with his par
ents in 1935 as an infant and
was educated in the Palmer
schools, also graduating this past
May. The Lentz’ operated a dairy
farm in the Butte area until
last year, when they sold thefr
property and opened the Midway
: Market on the Palmer Highway.
The couple work at Harold’s
Hardware in Mt. View. Both will
continue their work.
The bride’s gifts to her atten
dants were cologne sets. For her
going away outfit she chose a
grey suit with which she wore
One Polio Case
Reported This Week
One new case of polio was
reported in the Palmer area
during the past week, accord
ing to Dr. C. C. Bailey, city
health officer. The patient is a
high school boy. He was re
moved to Providence Hospital
on Tuesday of this week. Sev
eral persons, considered con
tacts, were given innoculations
of gamma globulin.
According to Dr. Jack B.
Eason, regional health officer,
gamma globulin being distri
buted through the health ser
vices has been allocated for
preventative purposes only
and rot for the treatment of
active poliomyelitis
HOMEOWNERS URGED
TO CHECK PROPERTY
FOR FIRE HAZARDS
Home owners were asked this
week bv Fire Chief Joseph Gal
lant to check their flues, furnaces
and oil burners, in preparation
for winter use.
Fire prevention week is being
observed nation-wide this week.
[ During this time home owners
are urged to take the time to pre
vent costly fires.
Clear rubbish out of the base
ment, garage, attics, and other
storage rooms. Check electrical
wiring, fuses and appliance cords
for overloads, frayed spots or
faulty connections. Rubbish burn
ed or* the premises should be con
! fined to a rubbish burner, locat
! ed away from all buildings and
j other combustible materials.
One of the greatest causes of
fire calls in Palmer last year was
from flooded oil burners, Chief
Gallant reported. In addition to
! clearing the burners, Chief Gal
| lant urged that oil users make
1 any repairs, however minor, that
| are necessary. “Do not light your
| burner if you have flooded it
! until excess oil is removed,” he
j urged.
FIRST SCHOOL BOARD
CONVENTSON SLATED
FOR PALMER IN NOV.
In early November Palmer will
be the site of the first convention
of territorial school boards. Board
members from all cities and towns
in Alaska will be invited to at
tend and participate in the for
mation of a Territorial School
Board Association, with the local
board to act as hosts during the
convention.
Credit for the territory-wide
association formation goes to the
local Palmer Independent School
District board members , who
with William Zahradnicek, school
superintendent, outlined potential
plans for the beginning of such
an association.
Several weeks ago letters were
sent to school boards in the ter
ritory by Lew Hanks, board mem
ber outlining the program of such
an association which could permit
the exchange of school problems,
views and experiences. Among
its aims would be the promotion
of closer contact with the Terri
torial Department of Education
and the betterment of all schools.
Favorable responses have been
received from school boards in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Valdez,
Nome, Cordova, Craig, Nenana,
and Seward.
black accessories.
Following a wedding trip to the
Kenai area the couple will be at
home at 111 Bragaw Street. Mt.
View after October 13.
Vote for Snider and Snodgrass
For Valley Representation
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