Harold IV. Winegarner
Graveside funeral services for
Harold W. Winegarner of Palmer
are tentatively sheduled for Fri
day afternoon, January 28 at 2
p.m. Buriel will take place in
the Palmer Cemetery where Rev.
Edward Imme of St. John’s Lu
theran Church will conduct
, graveside services. The Wine
garner family has requested no
flowers be sent to the service.
Instead they request that tribute
be offered through donations to
the March of Dimes.
Pall bearers will be Glen
Woods, Clare Patton, Ray Rebar
chek, Bill Hoskins, Frank Gag
non, and Merle Miller, all of the
Palmer area.
The late Harold Winegarner
was born in Benton, Kansas May
10, 1905 and with his family came
to the Territory in 1946 from
Wichita, Kansas. In 1947 the fam
ily moved to Palmer from Flat,
Alaska and have made their home
in the valley since -that time
where Mr. Winegarner was em
ployed as an electrician and
where he operated a dairy farm
on the Wasilla Road. Mr. Wine
garner died January 25 from an
apparently self-inflicted bullet
wound. * ,
Surviving are his wife, Lois,
two sons, Ray and Bob, all of
Palmer, a daughter, Mrs. Janet
.uoweii ana two grandsons, all of
Sacramento, California, a foster
daughter Rosalind Miller of An
chorage, a brother Ralph Wine
garner of Benton, Kansas, and
two sisters Mrs. Edith Middleton
of Reno, Nevada and Mrs. Irene
Buchannen of Fort Scott, Kan
sas.
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Fair Association Seeks
'Amendment to
Agriculture Loan Act
Members of the Matanuska Val
j ley Fair Association this week
proposed an amendment to the
Alaska Agricultural Loan Act,
which would include loans to
agricultural fairs.
The Act, passed March 30, 1953
created the Alaska Agricultural
Loan Act; provided for the Alaska
Agricultural Loan Board, and pre
scribed its powers and duties.
Powers provided were to make
loans to individual resident Al
aska farmers, homesteaders, and
partnerships or corporations com
posed of farmers and homestead
ers, with the exception of mem
bers of the Agricultural Loan
Board, for development of farms,
storage and processing of farm
produce, livestock and machinery.
To make loans to individuals,
partnerships or corporations, for
storage and processing plants for
agricultural products.
Members of the local fair board
of directors propose the following
amendment to the above: AND
bonified non-profit, incorporated
agripultural fairs that have had
a continuous five year operational
history.
Section four of the Act now
reads that farm development
loans snail not exceed $io,UUU nor
raise the total real estate indebt
edness above $20,000. Such loans
shall not run longer than 20 years
nor bear interest in excess of four
and one-half percent, and shall
be secured by a first real estate
mortgage.
The Valley Fair Association’s
proposed amendment to this sec
tion reads as follows: Loans to
agricultural fairs—not to exceed
an average of the last five years
gross earnings. Said loans to be
used for ground improvements
and for permanent building on
land owned by the agricultural
fair associations. Loans to agri
cultural fairs to be paid back
under the same conditions, etc.,
set forth in this Act for farms,
homesteaders or processing plants.
The proposed amendments have
been sent to Juneau where the
1955 session of Alaska Legisla
tures are now meeting.
I Reporters— * j
Notebook
Lee Fryer, specialist with the
fertilizer division of the Charles
H. Lily Company of Seattle, was
a Palmer visitor this week, prior
to visiting Fairbanks and other
points in the territory. Mr. Fryer
will be among featured speakers
during the Farm Forum to be
held in Palmer February 1, 2, and
3.
Among those nominated #or
•‘meanest man of the year’ title,*
is the individual who stole the
.March of Dimes collection tube
from the counter in the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital. The tube
was reported missing last week
by Lloyd Morley, hospital admin- I
istrator, who said the tube con
tained quite a bit of money.
V. Louise Kellogg of Spring
Creek Dairy Farm plans to leave
the Valley on February 5 for
California where she will attend
the Breeder’s Association conven
tion.
Also going Outside on business
next month will be Ed Smith,
manager of the Palmer branch of
Ketchikan Spruce Mills. He will
go to California on company busi
ness.
Visitors to the Valley Presby
terian Hospital will notice several *
i knitted item* on display. These
items may be purchased by any
one interested. They are articles
that have been given to the hos
pital, but which are not practical
, for hospital use. Proceeds will go
| into a special fund.
inis. naiiivu ijcsiw oi rainier
is planning a trip Outside, expect
ing to leave sometime next week.
Her journey will take her to Seat
tle, Corvallis, Oakland, and Comp
ton, California. She plans visits
with a sister and daughter of her
late husband, Parker Lester, for
mer Palmer city councilman.
Robert Dale, climatologist of
the U. S. Weather Bureau, spoke i
on the subject “Climate of the ;
Matanuska Valley” at a meeting
of the Alaskan Prospectors So
ciety this week in Anchorage. *
Marilyn Macek and William
Ashland, both of Anchorage, were
Palmer visitors this past week
end. Miss Macek is a former Pal
mer resident and will be married
to Mr. Ashland on February 5 in
a ceremony to be performed in
Anchorage.
Sven Johansson, Palmer resi
dent this past summer, won the
Pacific Northwest Ski Association
cross country championship at
Walla Walla, Wash, on January
23. He will next compete for the
North American championship at
St. Paul, Minn, next Sunday. His
wins practically assure him a
berth on the Olympic team next
year. Johansson worked on the
new high school construction
while living in Palmer. *
Laurence E. Larsen, employee
of the Matanuska Dairy, received
credit last week from Territorial
Police for his quick-thinking
when he deliberately drove his
truck over a 60-foot embankment
to avoid hitting a stalled car and
persons standing near it.
The Alaska Sportsmen’s Coun
cil, of which the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen organization is a
member, recently became the 49th
affiliate of the National Wildlife
Federation. The Federation is the
nation’s largest conservative or
ganization and represents more
than three million people in 47
states, Alaska and the District
of Columbia.
Judy Bryant, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Bryant of Palmer,
is a patient in Valley Presbyteri
an Hospital. Another Palmer
school student hospitalized is
: Larry Lucas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Lucas, also of Palmer.
Mrs. Ivan Frederickson and
daughter of Fairbanks are visit
ors at the Matanuska Hotel this
week. They are in Palmer for
dental work.
TO SUBSTITUTE FILM
FOR ACT SHOWING
The film showing, “Brothers of
Karamazoo”, which was sched
uled for a local showing by Pal
mer ACT, was cancelled because
of a poor sound track.
ACT members and friends will
be given, an opportunity to see
the outstanding French film,
“Diary of a Country Priest” on
Saturday, February 12.
FIRST HOME NURSING
CLASS SET FOR MONDAY
Valley women who have regis
tered for the Home Nursing
Course are reminded that the
first class is scheduled to begin at
8 p.m. on Monday evening, Janu
ary 31 at the home of Mrs. Dexter
Bacon on Bailey Hill. Mrs. Bacon,
a tegistered nurse, will be in
structor for the weekly classes.
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Pork Loin
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Roast 59c
Pork Shoulder
Roast 49c
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Short Ribs 39c
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