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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
ACCA
KING'S LAKE CAMP
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For Handicapped Children
VOLUME 15. NUMBER 43
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1962
PRICE 15 CENT*
EIGHT PAGES
Reporters—
Noleltoaiz
Matanuska Valley Garden
Club will have Mark Davis as
guest speaker at the meeting
Tuesday. July 24, 8 p.m. The
meeting will be at the home
of Helen Palmer on the Scott
road. Davis will discuss the
Garden club’s participation in
development of the new Pal
mer Park.
* * *
L/Cpl. Joe Want is home on
leave from Marine Corps Sup
ply Center at Barstow, Calif.
He is visiting his grandfather,
Pete Walker.
* * *
Word was received by Mrs.
Ed Barrett, Bailey hill, of the
death of her brother, Edward
Gundersen. He died at the age
of 80 in Tromso, Norway, af
ter a long illness.
* * *
Rose A. Goodman and
Annetta F. Sawby of Palmer
are listed on the spring term
honor roll released by Oregon
State University. To be named
to the honor roll, students j
must make at least a B plus
grade average for the term.
Both will be seniors next fall
at OSU, Miss Goodman in
home economics and Miss Saw
by in humanities and social
sciences.
* * *
Four girls, daughters of ori
ginal Colonist families, got to
gether for a dinner at Willi
waw lodge Thursday to talk
over old times here in Palmer
and in their previous home, as
all four had come with their
families from Carlton County,
Minn., in 1935. The occasion
was inspired by the arrival of
Mrs. E. Barton from Rapid
City, S. Dak. This is the first
visit Mrs. Barton, the former
Jean Mae Sandvik, has made
to her old home since she and
her family left several years
ago. The other three friends are
still Palmer residents. They are
Mrs. Lee Hartley, Maralyn
Vasanoja; Mrs. Fritz Hermon,
Lorraine McKechnie; and Mrs.
John Weisenberger, Patty
Hemmer. They “visited, talked
over old times and counted our
children and grand children.”
Valley Cancer Fund
Nears Half way Mark
Of $1200 Goal
The 1962 Cancer Crusade of
the Matanuska Valley Unit of
the American Cancer Society is
well on its way toward its goal
of $1200, Mrs. George Brew
ster, chairman, said this week.
Over $500, including a $100
gift from an anonymous donor,
have been contributed thus far.
Mrs. Brewster stated that, al
though July is officially Cru
sade month for the Matanuska
Valley, all contributions receiv
ed before September 1 will be
included in this year’s total.
Cancer dollars go for re
search, education, and patient
aid. Memorial contributions
may be designated for research
if desired, the chairman pointed
out.
Contributions may be ad
dressed to Cancer, Palmer, Al
aska.
PIONEER PASSES
Word has been received of
the death of Carl F. Erickson,
formerly of Palmer. He died
Sunday afternoon in San Diego,
Calif, after a long illness. Erick
son was 72 years of age and
one of the original colonists in
the Matanuska Valley.
1
BESSIE’S
BEAUTY BAR
WILL BE CLOSED
July 15th thru
August 5
Barbara Lacher Will
Attend a Clairol Tech
nical Training Course
in New York City to
serve you better.
Red Salmon Start
Run, Trout Plentiful
With salmon running slight
ly earlier than usual this year,
fishing fever has hit the Mat
anuska valley area this week.
Reports of fair to good fishing
for salmon, as well as rainbow
and Dolly Varden trout and
grayling are coming in from the
popular streams and lakes of
the Matanuska area.
Local anglers have reported
some good catches in the
streams. Lake fishing generally
is not too good, the surface
water is warm. If the fish aren't
biting, the swimming is fine.
The early salmon run has
also evoked requests for the
Fish and Game department to
change the opening date for
the home-use fishing in the
upper Cook Inlet area.
Red salmon are now begin
ning their run into Cottonwood
creek, according to Dan Mc
Ginnis, Alaska Dept, of Fish
and Game. The run is not
strong yet, he reports, but
some fish are being taken by
snagging, as red salmon rarely
strike lures in this stream.
Heavy test line is recommend
ed as the tidal area of the
creek contains much debris.
The public is reminded that
the multiple hook size is lim
ited to one-fourth inch from
point to shank when not at
tached to a lure, and is limit
ed to one-half inch from point
to shank when attached to a
lure. Also, a weight may not
be attached to, or follow a mul
tiple hook.
Angling is allowed between
! the mouth of the creek and its
intersection with Cottonwood
road.
The date for home-use fish
ing with nets in Knik arm had
Bipartisan Political
Rally Scheduled
Next Wednesday
Plans for holding a bi-par
tisan political rally next Wed
nesday have been announced
by the Palmer League of Wo
men Voters.
The rally is scheduled for 8
p.m., July 25. at Central school
gymnasium.
Republican and Democratic
headquarters in Anchorage
have been notified of the plans.
Both headquarters replied that
they would have state-wide
and national candidates here
for the rally.
All interested citizens of both
parties are urged to attend and
discuss with the candidates the
issues of the coming election.
been set by the State Fish and !
Game board to begin this year j
on Aug. 11. The date previously
has been Aug. 1.
Local fishermen state that
past experience has shown that i
the Aug. 1 date has been too ,
late for the red salmon run,
and that very few silvers can (
be netted at any time in Knik ]
arm. The setting of the date up
to Aug. 11 is expected to elim
inate home-use fishing for all
practical purposes.
It is estimated there are 25
to 30 families in this area who
depend upon netting fish for
their winter supply. Much in
dignation has been expressed
over the change of date. It is
felt that the few fish taken for
home-use effects very little the
total population of fish and is
infinitesimal compared to the
number taken each day by
commercial fishermen.
All interested in home-use
fishing may get in touch with
State Rep. Jalmar Kerttula or
(Continued on page 5)
International Head
Attends Meeting
Of Palmer Kiwanis
Palmer Kiwanis Club was
honored hv the visit of I. R.
“Whitey” Whittune, Milwaukee;
business executive, who has
been nresident of Kiwanis In
ternational since last July. Mrs.
Whittune and the ladies of the
local Kiwanians also attended
the meeting of the local club
Monday noon. Other guests in
cluded three Kiwanians from
Anchorage.
Whittune, in his 25 years of
Kiwanis service, has been
nresident of his home club, i
lieutenant governor and gover
nor of Wisconsin-Upper Michi
gan district, and served on in
ternational committees and on
the international board com
mittee. While on the latter
committee he supervised the
design and construction of the
million-dollar Kiwanis Inter
national building in Chicago,
and is also the current chair
man of the International
Board's executive committee.
He is active in several other
professional, civic, church and
service organizations.
The Whittunes have one
daughter and two grandchild
ren.
Sigmund H. Reslad Named Director
Of State Agriculture Division
The appointment of Sigmund
j H. Restad of College as direc
; tor of the state Division of
Agriculture, with headquarters
at Palmer, was announced by
Gov. William A. Egan Tuesday.
Restad, 34, has been manager1
\ and husbandryman of the Agri
cultural Experiment station at
i College for four years. He came
to Alaska from Minnesota
| where he was county agent of j
! Carlton county. He ht Ids de
grees in dairy husbandry trom
the University of Minnesota
with special education in econ
omics and agronomy. He is a
member of the American Assn,
of Dairy Science and the Am
erican Assn, for the Advance
ment of science.
Restad. with his wife Carol,
and three children, plans to
move to Palmer by the middle
of August. He expects to report
to the Palmer office August 15.
NEW SERVICE STATION
COMPANY ORGANIZED
The state Department of
Commerce reports that, among
the domestic corporations or
ganized in Alaska last month,
S & S Mechanical, Inc. was in
corporated June 19 to operate
a gasoline service station and
mechanical shop in Palmer.
OUTSTANDING DAIRY LINE FOR ALASKA
w§8
Alaska Genlin Clothilde
(4010312), a purebred Matanus
ka Farm Holstein dam, will
make the National Honors list
this year. Although her 280th
day of lactation has passed she
is still giving over 50 pounds a
day.
Her fifth lactation will ex
ced 19,000 pounds of milk and
725 pounds of butterfat in 10
months. Delayed calving will
permit her to give over 21,000
pounds of milk before she is
scheduled to dry off. Her total
production for five lactations
will exceed 80,000 pounds.
This dam was sired by the
first proved bull made avail
able to Alaska by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture in
ihe new research program
started in 1948 under PI 266.
There is an excellent chance
that Alaska Genlin Clothilde
will furnish production proof
for a second Alaska born three
generation line of cows from
this sire with lifetime produc
tion of over 100,000 pounds. All
records have been made chief
ly on oat-pea and grass silage
at the Matanuska Experiment
station farm.
Both lines are part of the
breeding effort conducted by
the Alaska joint research pro
gram designed to up-grade Al
aska’s dairy industry. In 1948
average production in Alaska’s
Matanuska Valley-Anchorage
milkshed was 6,500 pounds per
year. This year’s average pro
duction is expected to approach
10,000 pounds, despite rapid in
creases in herd size that have
caused some dairymen to retain
many relatively low producing
animals.
James W. Wilson, former
head of the Agriculture divi
sion, resigned earlier this year
to enter private business.
ELDERLY MAN DROPS
DEAD ON HIGHWAY
An elderly man, who collaps
ed and died while walking
along the Glenn highway thr
ough Palmer Saturday morn
ing, was identified as John
McKinnon. His address as giv-1
en by his identification papers j
was 302 Eighth Ave., Anchor-1
age, the address of the Salva- j
tion Army.
Dwaine Helton, who was'
driving past when the man fell, j
notified the authorities, but
McKinnon apparently died be
fore the ambulance arrived.
Though death was presumed
due to a heart ailment, an
autopsy was ordered by Dep
uty District Magistrate Dorothy
Saxton.
The only known relative lo
cated so far is Miss K. McKin
non, formerly at St. Joseph's
hospital in Fairbanks, and now
at a hospital in the Lower
States.
Governor’s Lady To
Be Honored Guest
At Valley Socials
Mrs. William A. Egan, wife
of Alaska’s governor, will be
visiting the Valley this week
and will be honored at two
coffee parties.
One gathering will be this
evening at the Bert Curry
home in Palmer from 7:30 to
9:30. The second coffee will be
at the Jim Hurley farm in the
Butte area Friday morning
from 10 until noon.
A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the women of the
Valley to attend either coffee
party and visit with Mrs. Egan.
ESCAPES SERIOUS
INJURY IN SMASHUP
John Smart escaped with
only a slight cut on his hand
and a charge of negligent driv
ing when his car went careen
ing off the road and along the
side of the road near the Knik
bridge July 10.
State Trooper Howard C.
Luther investigated the acci
dent which occurred about 2
p.m. near Mile 46, Glenn High
way. He reported that Smart
ran off the road for about 159
feet, came back across the road
and ran another 150 feet on
that side, traveled another 300
feet of the road, broke off an
ACS telephone pole, and final
ly ended upside down in the
ditch a few feet beyond the
pole.
Palmer City Council Holds
Special Meeting Tuesday
At the special meeting of the !
Palmer City Council Tuesday
evening purchase of a new
street maintenance vehicle,
wiring of the city's warehouse
and garage building, and hir
ing of a new patrolman were
discussed.
Councilman James Pazaruski
as acting mayor in the absence
of Bill Miller called the meet- j
ing to order at 7 p.m. with all
other members of the council
present. The meeting was ad
journed at 8:45 to an executive
meeting to discuss further the
electrical wiring of the metal
building used as a garage and
warehouse for City equipment.
The wiring problems were dis- j
cussed during the meeting with
Ben Hudgins.
Other visitors to the special •
session were Russ Felzien, Art
Melikian. Noel Woods and Bill
Hermann.
No action was taken on the
Additional Tracts
Opened By State
To Oil, Gas Leases
Notice of lands declared open
for filing of conditional non
competitive oil and gas lease
applications was published
Tuesday by the Alaska Depart
ment of Natural Resources.
Some of th« tracts are in the
palmer ana MatanusKa valley
area.
This offering consists of lands
within State selected areas
over which the State of Alaska
has management responsibil
ities as a result of tentative ap
proval by the Bureau of Land
Management. Applications will
first be received at 10 a.m. Aug.
8. All applications filed on or
after 10 a.m. Aug. 8 until 3 p m.
Sept. 6 will be considered as
simultaneously filed and prior
ities will be determined by a
drawing which will be held
Oct. 5. Applications must be
filed on prescribed Form DL
2_
Other details of filing appli
cations and of locations of the
tracts are contained in the no
tice. Additional information is
available at the Division of
Lands, 344 Sixth Ave., Anch
orage.
ASCS Committee
To Be Elected
The Palmer Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation
committee has announced that
an election will be held in the
near future. Slates of nomi
nees will be established by pe
tition. Petitions signed by ten
or more eligible voters will be
received in the Palmer ASCS
office, Box 1736, Palmer, until
July 31.
An eligible voter is any per
son who has an interest in a
farm as owner, tenant or
sharecropper. The persons so
nominated by petition will be
included on the slate of nom
inees if found willing to serve
and are eligible. Incumbent
committeemen are Roland
Snodgrass, chairman, A. R.
Carson, vice chairman, and
Raymond DePriest.
VOTERS REMINDED TIME IS LIMITED
FOR RETURNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Alaskan voters who are go- !
ing to be away from their vot
ing precincts on election day
may find it more convenient
to %'ote, prior to departure,
before a local magistrate, Hugh
J. Wade, Secretary of State,
said today.
A number of prospective ab
sentee voters are applying for
ballots by mail, although the
voters are still at their place
of residence. While absentee
balloting material will be sent
to such persons, it is some
times more simple to vote in
person before a magistrate,
Secretary Wade stated.
There must be attesting wit
nesses or a notary present in
order that an absentee voter
may have his balloting cer
tified. Magistrates perform this
function without charge to the
voter. These officials also pro
vide ballots on the spot, thus
making it unnecessary rbr the
the voter to apply by mail,
wait for the return of the bal
lot. then to find proper witnes
ses.
Secretary Wade explained
that this information applies
only to voters who live in or
near communities where there
are magistrates. Other absen
tee voters should continue to
apply by mail.
Dorothy Saxton. district
magistrate in Palmer, has her
office in the American Legion
building, across from the Ex
tension Service office.
bids for furnishing a rubber
tired front-end loader. A decis
ion was postponed until the
next council meeting.
A motion was made that Joe
Griffin, now working as a pa
trolman on a probationary ap- j
pointment, be hired as relief i
patrolman at the rate of $600
per month and that when
Police Chief Louis Bencardino
re-assumes full-time duties,
after attending police school in
Anchorage, Patrolman Griffin
will assume the relief duties of
Patrolman Joe Loyer. The mo
tion carried with two dissent
ing votes.
The next regular meeting of
the City Council will be Tues
day. July 24, 8 p.m. at the City
Hall.
Two More Queen Candidates Enter
Race for “Miss Alaska State Fair”
Colleen Sharon Kendall, 18,
of Anchorage, and Terry Lucil
le Niemann, 18. of Palmer,
have returned application
blanks to the fair office, bring
ing to a total of four the num
ber of queen candidates now
selling tickets to qualify in
the race for the title of “Miss
Alaska State Fair of 1962,”
Linda Cope, sponsored by the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association, and Joy
ce Patterson, whose sponsors
are Kitty's Koffee Mill and
Gus Scheele's Excavating, en
tered the contest last week.
Miss Kendall’s sponsor is Bert's
Drug Inc., of Anchorage, and
sponsorship is now being ar
ranged for Miss Niemann, Bill
Miller, fair manager, said this
week.
Colleen, a brown-eyed
blonde, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Kendall of An
chorage. She attended Anchor
j age schools and is now a sopho- ;
more at the University of Ore
gon, where she was a member
of Angel Flight, freshman wo
men’s honorary, and was eleet
i ed Delta Zeta sorority’s out
j standing freshman in activities.
| She is public relations chair
; man for the Women's Recrea
j tion Association at the univer
sity, and has been appointed to
Kwama, the sophomore wo
‘ men’s honorary.
Miss Kendall is Grand Re
corder for the Grand Assembly ;
1 of Alaska. Order of Rainbow
for Girls. An active young wo
man, she enjoys water skiing
and bowling.
Five feet, seven inches tall,
Colleen’s measurements are 36- j
24-36. She weighs 125 pounds.
Terry, whose parents are |
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard N. Nie
mann of Palmer, was born in I
Palmer on August 31, 1944 and
attended Palmer schools. She
is a 1962 graduate of Palmer
High School, and will attend
Seattle Pacific College this fall,
where she plans to major in
history and psychology. She is
TICKET PRICES
FOR 4-DAY FAIR
ANNOUNCED
Alaska State Fair Inc. has
announced admission prices to
the 1962 Fair at the Fair
grounds in Palmer, August 31
to September 3.
Admission for adults will be
$ 1.50, for military personnel in
uniform, $1.25, and for children
75c. Preschool children will be
admitted free when accompan
ied by parents.
Season tickets are $3.50 for
adults, S3 for military in uni
form and $2 for children. These
may be purchased at any time
and are good throughout the
four days of the fair.
looking forward to a career
in either high school education
or guidance counseling.
Terry held class offices dur
ing her sophomore and junior
years in high school, and has
also been a pep club officer.
She was a member of the drum
corps for four years. She played
the leading role of “Gidget” in
the 1962 senior class play and
took supporting roles in the
operetta. She was the 1962-63
Sweetheart of the Lettermen’s
junior class play and the 1961
Ball.
Terry’s hobbies are collect
ing bells, reading, collecting,
records, and listening to music.
She enjoys working with small
children.
A brunette with green eyes
and medium complexion. Miss
Niemann is five feet, two in
ches tall and weighs 105
pounds. Her measurements are
34-22 i-z -34.
Miller urged that young wo
men who are interested in the
1962 queen contest come into
the fair office to apply as soon
| as possible, emphasizing the
i advantage of getting an early
I start in ticket sales. All con
testants must sell 350 tickets to
qualify as a candidate. The
queen's prize is a trip to several
European countries, or, if she
prefers, she may choose a $1,
000 scholarship to the college
of her choice.
The holder of the lucky raf
fle ticket will win a boat out
fit, or may accept $500 in cash.
MTA Awards
Equipment Bid
Matanuska Telephone Asso
ciation has awarded a contract
to the General Dynamics Cor
poration for inside plant equip
ment of the phone company.
General Dynamics total bid
price was $129,386.78 as com
pared to $156,249.80 bid by
the Kellogg company.
Bids were not opened on the
outside plant proposals. The
REA requires three bid propos
als. and the board of directors
postponed the opening until
July 25.
The outside plant improve
ments will be made in Eagle
River. Palmer, Big Lake. Was
illa, Chugiak and Sutton.
RENT-fl-TOOL
TOOL DAILY RATE
Floor Sander _$8.00
Floor Edger _ 4.00
Floor Scrubber &
Polisher_3.50
Rug Shampooer &
Vacuum_ 6.00
Hvy. Duty Vacuum_ 3.00
Chain Saw _ 8.00
Brush Cutter_8.00
Skill Saw _ 4.00
Belt Sander _ 4.00
Rotary & Vibrating
Sanders _ea. 2.00
Vi & V2 in. Drills SI.50 - 3.50
3 4 H.P. Paint Sprayer 8.00
Concrete Mixer _ 8.CO
Ladder 5 - 40 ft. SI.00 - 2.00
Roto-Tiller _12.00
Gas Lawn Mower_12.00
Elec. Lawn Mower _ 5.00
Lawn Seeder _ 2.00
Wheel Barrow _1.00
Paint Rollers_50c • 3.00
Sabre Saw _ 4.00
Metal Engraver_1.00
Bolt Clippers. Hoists. Ladder
Jacks, etc., etc., etc., all at
very reasonable rates with
MINIMUM DEPOSIT
REQUIRED ON ALL
ARTICLES.
Palmer Paint Co.
8-6 Mon. thru Sat.
PI 5-4848