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PALMER ELK’S
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JANUARY 16, 9 P.M.
ELK’S HOME
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PUBLIC MEETING ON
DEPUTY MARSHAL OFFICE
REOPENING. JANUARY 15
MOOSE HALL, 8 P. M.
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 17
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 19S4
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hospital Receives
$112,000 in Funds
The new Valley Presbyterian
Hospital this week received a sec
ond payment of Hill-Burton
funds amounting to nearly $112,
000. This is the second payment
received from the funds, the first,
which was received this past fall,
amounted to $117,000. Jack New
comb, acting administrator for the
hospital said this week that in
addition to the government funds,
unexpected assistance has come
in from organizations, in both
money and gift form.
Kitchen equipment to be instal
led by the contractor has arrived
and is expected to be installed
soon. Much of the hospital con
struction work is from 90-95%
complete, Newcomb stated. The
plumbers are ready to set fix
tures; the painters will be on the
job just as soon as the final tap
ing is completed; ’ electrical in
stallations are keeping up with
other construction, and interior
decorator, Mel Kohler of Anch
orage, announced this week that
drapery material has arrived and
the firm plans to begin making
drapes this week. There will be
around $4,000 worth of materials
used in the draperies.
The C. R. Foss Company of An
chorage, contractors for the new
hospital, have stated they believe
the hospital will be completed
U. S. MARSHAL
TO HEAR REQUESTS
FOR DEPUTY OFFICE
Representatives of various
local organizations and busi
ness firms plan to attend a
meeting to be held this even
ing in Moose Hall when U. S.
Marshal Fred Williamson will
discuss the reopening of a dep
uty marshal’s ofifce in this
area. \
The meeting will begin at
3:00 p.m. and will be follow
ed by a buffet lunch to be
served by members of the Ma
tanuska Valley Republican
Club.
I See Pages 4 and 5
FOR KOSLGSKYS
GIGANTIC
Clearance
Sale
around the first of March. Pro
gress on the hospital is more evi
dent now construction is in final
stages. Many interested residents
have been visiting the hospital,
Newcomb said this week. “We
welcome visitors at any time dur
ing the day,” he added and ex
tended an invitation to the public
to inspect the construction.
Public Invited to
Attend Community
Chest Hearing
There will be a public meeting
of the Community Chest board
Wednesday evening, January 21
at the Valley Real Estate office
at 8:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held for e
public discussion on the feasibil
ity of continuing the local Com
munity Chest. Interested persons
are invited to attend and offei
suggestions as to how the Chesl
campaign held each year can be
successfully continued or to offer
suggestions for other means ol
fund raising in the valley, neces
sary each year for support of sev
eral agencies. The 1953 campaigr
fell way short of its goal of $4,000
Consequently, participating or
ganizations will not receive expec
ted funds for support this year
They include the Health Center
Palmer Library and Palmer Gir
Scouts.
Fertilizer Specialist
To Meet With Farmers
Lee Fryer, fertilizer specialis
with the Charles H. Lilly com
pany of Seattle, will be in Palmei
Tuesday, January 19 and wil
meet with all interested farmer;
and gardeners, Fred Zieke, Co-Oj
general manager announced thi:
week.
Fryer will offer the latest in
formation of the use and prac
tibility of fertilizers for farming
in this area at a public meeting
to be held in the Co-Op clul
room January 19 at 8:00 p.m
Supporting his talk will be fou:
educational films, prepared fo:
easy viewing and comprehensive
study. All farmers, gardeners anc
any others interested are invitee
to attend the meeting.
Refreshments of ice cream anc
coffee will be served at the close
of the meeting.
DID SANTA GET LOST?
Anyone who is short a couple
of items on their Christmas or
ders is asked to call at the Pal
mer Post Office where Postmis
tress Bea Huntley has a little sur
plus.
GRAZING DISTRICT
CREATED IN AREA
SOUTH OF TOWN
A grazing district has been es
tablished south of town, it was
announced this week. Following
the public posting of notices de
claring the intention to create the
grazing district, a routine court
hearing was held on January 4 in
Achorage. Because there were no
objections voiced, the request was
granted.
The area is located from the
north side of the Thuma farm to
the Matanuska river and to the
slaughter house on the south side.
In a grazing district it is illegal
for livestock to run without one
or more herders attending, it was
pointed out. Because of this rul
ing, livestock running on the
highway, on the railroad proper
ty, and such other public doman,
are in violation of the regulation.
Local Garden Club
May De Organized
All flower lovers and garden
enthusiasts interested in the for
mation of a Garden Club in the
valley are invited to drop-in at
Maud Hosier’s flower shop and
, register for a meeting to be held
in the near future.
An attempt to organize a clut
L in the valley will be made il
enough interest is shown, Mrs.
Hosier said this week. Dr. Richard
Washburn of the Alaska Experi
ment Station has offered his as
sistance in the project and mem
bers of the Anchorage Garden
Club will be invited to attend
the organizational meeting.
It is getting toward the time
to consider planting seeds, Mrs
Hosier pointed out, and it is hop
ed that a club can be started in
the Valley during this time.
; At the 1953 Valley Fair several
• flower exhibitors asked why their
• plant or flower was not chosen
by the judges as a winning exhib
; it. Many of the exhibits themsel
i ves were beautiful, Mrs. Hosier
; pointed out, but failure to abide
by established rules for exhibi
tion automatically took them out
of the prize winning class. It is
r hoped that if a club is started that
I they may affiliate with the Na
\ tional Garden Club and through
them receive pamphlets and other
! publications pertaining to the
. growth and care of gardens and
, their exhibition.
[ All interested persons are in
[ vited to register at the flower
shop located in the Co-Op build
I ing in the site formerly occupied
, by the barber shop.
Alaska Metal Building an
nounced this week that the Ma
> tanuska Valley Farmers Coop
• erating Association has been ap
• pointed authorized representative
• for the valley area. Alaska Metal
■ Buildings are distributors of the
Butler hut.
STEAMSHIP HEAD
TO EXPLAIN RATE
JUMP AT LOCAL MEET
Local business firms, and in
dividuals, who will be effected
by the announced 10 percent
fvoicrhl innrpacp will hp invifprl
Local March of Dimes
Coin Collections Begin
I to attend a meeting to be held
in Palmer January 30 when
D. E. Skinner, president of the
Alaska Steamship Company
will be in the Valley to confer
with those interested, Fred
Zieke, Co-Op general manager
announced this week. Zieke
received the information dur
ing a telephone conversation
with Skinner early this week,
after Skinner had received a
clipping taken from The Fron
tiersman announcing the
freight rate jump. The an
nouncement had been made at
the regular Chamber of Com
merce meeting held last week
by Chamber president Zieke on
information he had received
from the Alaska Line and
Coastwise steamship com
panys.
Place and time of the meet
ing will be announced, Zieke
stated.
Members of the Palmer Ki
wanis club this week assum
ed the responsibility of distribut
ing the 1954 March of Dimes col
lection tubes. Replacing the fam
iliar miniature iron lungs are
large test tube replicas attached
to the March of Dimes posters.
The Kiwanis Club is coperating
with the local Beta Sigma Phi
sorority in the 1954 campaign to
raise funds.
This year America has open
ed the “Fourth Front” in the long
war against the tough and elusive
Log Shipments to
Japan to Be
Discussed Tomorrow
William C. Bittner, manager of
Alaska Company of Anchorage
and George Hutton, of the Coast
wise SteamshiD Anchorage office
COUNCIL NOTES
At the regular City Council
meeting, held January 12, J. C.
Land, local contractor, presented
the City with a bulletin board to
be used for posting city notices.
The boai'd will be erected at the
City Clerk’s office for the con
venience of the public.
* * *
All workable city telephones
are now in operation, Council
man Parker Lester told the coun
cil while making a routine tele
phone committee report. There is
one phone out at the Experiment
Station lab and a few of the in
struments will need different
ringers, he added. Mayor Don
McKechnie was given authority
to sign the joint pole use agree
ment between the City and the
Matanuska Electric Association
when the agreement is accepted
by the city attorney and city
council.
Following a motion it was voted
that the City police chief, the
telephone operator supervisor,
and telephone trouble shooters
will be granted a 50 percent con
cession on telephone service. They
will be exempt from deposits but
on the termination of their ser
vices with the city, they will be
subject to deposit and the regu
lar rate will be charged.
Additional head sets are need
ed for telephone operators, Les
ter reported. Three public pay
phones are expected to be avail
able soon; one each at Bert’s Drug
store, the Frontier Bar, and the
Matanuska Hotel. This will elim
inate the necessity of keeping the
telephone office open to the pub
lic all night. Additional field wire
is still needed to complete the
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will be in Palmer tomorrow after
noon to confer with sawmill own
ers and others interested in sell
ing cottcnwood logs to Japan.
The meeting will be held in the
Co-Op club room, beginning at
3:00 p.m. The meeting is being
held by the Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce in an at
tempt to assist loggers in work
ing out details on local potential.
Mr. Bittner plans to leave for
Japan shortly and will carry such
information as he obtains on the
local logging industry. All inter
ested persons are urged to attend
the meeting.
Leroy V. Good, director of An
chorage Community College left
Pullman, Wash, this week enroute
to his new position in Anchorage.
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Attention!
By City of Palmer Ordinances 14, 31, and
41 BUSINESS LICENCES FOR THE YEAR 1954 |l
WERE DUE JANUARY 1, 1954. ANYONE
OPERATING WITHOUT A BUSINESS LICENSE
AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1954 WILL BE SUBJECT |
TO PROSECUTION. APPLY FOR YOUR LI
CENSE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.
CITY OF PALMER
enemy—polio, with the launch
ing of a Polio Prevention Pro
gram.
A polio vaccine and gamma glo
bulin are the two weapons devel
oped by March of Dimes scientists
that are opening a new and costly
battle front in the fight.
John J. O’Shea, Alaska chair*
man for the 1954 March of Dimes
said this week that wide scale
validity tests of a polio vaccine
are now planned before the next
polio season. At the same time,
he went on, there will be no let
up in the production and distribu
tion of gamma globulin which
continue to be the stop-gap mea
sure employed through 1954.
Combining the two, gamma glo
bulin and the potential vaccine,
we now add to patient aid, scien
tific research and professional ed
ucation. a new and the most ex
citing of all programs,—polio pre
vention which will cost $26,500,
000, O Shea pointed out.
“I urge the cooperation and
support of your March of Dimes
campaign in eve >- way oossibte,
so that Alaska wftl continue its
record of generosity in this great
fight against polio,” Chairman O'
Shea concluded.
Collection units have been plac
ed in business firms and other
public places throughout the city.
Members of the two sponsoring
organizations have joined in urg
ing Palmer residents to partici
pate in the campaign, and other
organizations have been invited
to conduct fund raising activities
to help increase the final total.
The annual March of Dimes
dance is scheduled for Saturday
evening, January 30 in the Pal
1 mer School gymnasium.
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