The Frontiersman Page
Thursday. June 24, 1954
FEW TURN OUT
FOR P. A. R. G.
WEINER ROAST
Although only a few familie
turned out for the public weine
roast held last Thursday by th
Palmer Area Recreation Coun
cil, those who did attend reporte*
an enjoyable evening.
The outing was held on th<
lot recently cleared of brush nea:
the Palmer School. It is the hop<
of the PARC that a lot can b<
improved and a permanent rec
reation area created. A specia
committee of Cv Fahnstock, Guj
Woodings. Jack Leek, Don In
galls, Oliver Onkka, and Charle:
Wilson was appointed to investi
gate possible uses of the lot
Their recommendations will bf
considered at a later meeting ol
the 15-man board of directors.
The playground program be
ing conducted daily except Satur
day and Sunday, is getting very
good response from the morning
and afternoon age groups. How
ever, there is still a lack of in
terest in the evening programs,
which have been designed pri
-arily for the high school age
youth and for adults. There’s fun
a’waitir.g for those interested in
soft ball, volley ball, archery, or
many other types of recreation.
NEW VETERAN'S BOARD
APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED
The appointment of George M.
Sullivan to the Alaska World
War II veterans board was an
nounced this week by Governor
B. Frank Heintzleman. Sullivan
will replace Wallace Cathcart,
Jr., also of Fairbanks, whose
term has expired.
Other members of the board
are James G. Taylor of Peters
burg, recently, appointed to re
present the First Division; Fath
er Thomas Cunningham of Kot
zebue, Second Division; William
H. Olsen, Third Division member
who is now living in Juneau,
Klawock member at large. .
FIRE CONTROL AID
ARRIVES FROM STATES
Mr. and Mrs. William Adams
and two children arrived in Pal
mer June 10 from Kosciusko,
Mississippi where Mr. Adams
was affiliated with the National
Park Service.
Adams assumed duties as Fire
Control Aid and will be in charge
of the local Bureau of Land Man
agement, Division of Forestry fire
guard station. Fred Rungee" who
has been stationed at the Palmer
station this season has been
transferred to the station at
Glenaller..
The Adams’ two children are
two and one half years and three
months old. They will be making
their home in Palmer, in as much
as the local station will now be
maintained cn a year round basis,
rather than through the fire
season only as in the past. Adams
home was in Whitefish, Montana.
His wife Betty comes from Plains,
Montana. They both agree they
are sure they will like living in
Alaska.
6 [ LOCAL AUXILIARY
HAS BUSY YEAR
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Members of the Matanuskc
Valley Unit No. 15 have beer
busy this past year with local
activities and national projects
On June 18,1953 they were hon
ored by a visit from Department
I President Esther Clithero, and on
! June 22, 1953 a luncheon was
j held at the Butte for National
| president, Mrs. Rae Ashton.
Mrs. Izola Sims has been sec
! ond vice- president for the past
• year of The American Legion
; Auxiliary of the Department of
| Alaska.
In September 1953, the women
[ had a booth at the Valley Fair
and sold over 100 donated home
pies, coffee and ice cream. A pub
lic baked ham dinner in October,
and in December they put on a
Christmas dinner for Beta Sigma
Phi at Legion Hall. In November
they assisted the Post with their
Armistice Day dance by having
a hat check stand.
A Girl Scout Brownie troop
was formed in December, spon
sored by the Auxiliary. Mrs.
I Steelman is now leader.
A Christmas party was held for
j members of the post and their
families. The Auxiliary assisted
the Post in preparing baskets for
several needy families at Christ
' mas time and throughout the
! year. They donated to the Com
i mun;ty Christmas party at the
j Valley Theatre — prepared and
; packed clothing, which was sent
to Korea ar.d the Phillipines—
J donated to the Crusade of Wood
en Churches—gave a number of
: bath blankets, to the new Valley
Hospital and donated to the
Community Chest.
March 18, 1954 the Post and
Auxiliary celebrated the 35th
! American Legion Birthday with
a dinner. A total of S325 was used
for needy hospitalized veterans
and their families. The Legion
and Auxiliary made annual school
! awards, toward the close of the
school year, to essay winners and
the poppy poster winner. There
| were 1500 poppies sold Poppy
Day by the Auxiliary, Girl and
Brownie Scouts, grossing
$293. Eighteen crosses were dec
orated with poppies for the ceme
tery and eight wreathes for
the churches, helping the Legion
with their back to God move
; ment. They assisted the Legion
with Memorial Day services.
A tea was held at the home of
Mrs. Izola Sims. June 10, 1954
in honor of Mrs. Harold Burdett,
National Auxiliary President.
The hard-working officers and
committee members have a year
of progress to look back on of
which they may be justly proud.
TOST'S SERVICE
ADDS NEW FRONT
Tost’s Service had a face lift
i ing this past week. Following
minor changes in the exterior,
white stucco was added, new win
! dows were put in ar.d new coats
j of bright red and blue paint were
l added to the trim, brightening
the entire building. In addition
! to the work on the service sta
!
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MATAKUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Evening banking hours will be changed as of Thursday,
July 8, 1954. On this date and each Thursday thereafter we
will remain open 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. CLOSED FRIDAY EVEN
INGS. Regular banking hours of 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Monday
through Friday will remain the same.
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Notes
By Marylou Rideoul
June is dairy month—yet to all
of us every meal should be in a
sense a dairy meal- Milk should
be provided in one form or an
other, not only for growing chil
dren but for parents and grand
parents. There’s no age that can
exclude milk. You might believe
now that you are full grown in
height and breadth, that milk
isn’t your food—but you must be
aware that milk in. its various
forms provides three-fourths of
the calcium in the nation’s food
supply, and this mineral is need
ed for strong bone and teeth, and
yet, calcium is most often short
in family food.
Nutritionists tell us that some
calcium is regularly lost from the
body. Unless this loss is made up
by taking enough each day, bon
es will gradually lose minerals—
with serious consequences. Low
vitality and poor health may be
caused by chronic calcium defic
iency.
Milk and cheese are best sour
ces of calcium. When you drink
milk you are getting in addition
to calcium, vitamins, minerals,
and high quality protein. Milk is
always a “good buy’’ for the mon
ey it costs, no matter in what
form you buy it—pasteurized,
homogenized, evaporated, dried, !
canned sterilized milk, sweetened
condensed, flavored with choco
late or buttermilk.
For children, a quart of milk
a day is recommended, for grow
ing bodies strong teeth and
bones. Adults may well use from
two to three cups a day.
The Extension Service office
has some good bulletins on milk
facts and uses. For a camping trip
you will possibly take dry milk
—so you will need bulletin “How
to Choose and Use Non-fat Dry
Milk”.
tior.1, Rosina Tost and her son
John Gore, owners, have planned
the same type alterations on the
Tost Apartment building which
they built a year ago this month.
Tost Service has been ir. busi
ness in Palmer since November cf
1947.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
RELEASE 3,605 ACRES
AT TOK JUNCTION
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior Ormen Lewis has signed a
public lar.d order releasing 3,605
acres of land at Tok Junction for
disposal under the public land
laws, Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman
was advised this-week. The order
partially revokes a land order of
1947 which set aside 3,840 acres
to promote orderly development
of a settlement at Tok Junction
on the Alaska Highway.
The new order still reserves
231 acres as an administrative
site by the Alaska Road Commis
sion and 3.8 acres for use by the
Alaska Communications System.
The order also provides that 410
acres of the land released will be
made available under applicable
townsite laws and 390 acres will
be classified by the area adminis
trator of the Bureau of Land
Management, pursuant to the
small tract act.
The remaining 2,800 acres will
be made available under exist
ing homesite and homestead laws
with veterans having a 90-dav
preference right of application.
The land being held for town
site and small tract classifica
tion will also be made available
just as quickly as administrative
details are worked out. All in
quiries should be directed to tn^
manager of the land office at
Fairbanks.
GOVERNOR PLANS
OPEN HOUSE IN
JUNEAU JUNE 26
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man announced this week that he
will hold open house in the Gov
ernor’s mansion in Juneau be
tween eight and ten o’clock Sat
urday evening, Jure 26.
This will be the first public af
fair in the mansion, recently ex
tensively repaired and redecor
ated, since Gov. Heintzleman took
office.
The governor said he is ex
tending a general invitation
through the newspapers to all
Alaskans and their friends. No
individual invitations are being
issued and the affair will be
strictly informal.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
LIBERAL TRADE-IN
On Your Old Tires for;
NEW ONES
AT
FRED'S
SERVICE
RIGHT NEXT TO
CO-OP GARAGE
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
SODALITY HONORS
FATHERS AT BREAKFAST
The senior sodality of St. Mi
chael’s Catholic Church held a
father’s day breakfash Sunday.
June 20.
The father’s enjoyed a break
fast of sausage and hot cakes,
juice and coffee, served by the
girls. The tables were decorated
with summer flowers, attractive
napkins and table cloths.
Mrs. Henning Blunck assisted
sodality members Pat Chandler,
Barbara Hudgins, Bridgie Wright,
Mary Ada Lee, and Donna Hor
ton, in the program.
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