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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 35
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOCAL FIRM LOW BIDDER ON OYER $500,000 JOB
APPROVE 21 FOR
LOCAL HOSPITAL
MEDICAL STAFF
Applications from 21 doctors,
recommended for acceptance by
the Hospital medical staff, were
recently approved for acceptance
by members of the Valley Hos
pital Association board of direc
tors and have been put on the
staff of the hospital. The list in
cludes general practitioners, as
well as specialists in many fields.
The active medical staff con
sists of Dr. C. C. Bailey, presi
dent; Dr. Arthur J. Colberg, vice
president, and Dr. John Burnett,
secretary, all of Palmer.
Staff doctors listed in the cour
tsy catagory include Dr. James
S. Pinneo and Dr. Chester L.
Schneider, both of Glenallen, Dr.
"William O. Raboum, Spenard,
and Dr. Charles F. St. John of
Anchorage.
On the consulting staff are the
following doctors and their field
of practice: Dr. Mario H, Fritz,
Anchorage, eye, ear, nose and
throat; Dr. C. E. Chenoweth and
Dr. J. H. Shelton, both of Anch
orage, eye surgery; Dr. Robert
E. Wilkins, Ancnorage ana nr. i
James A. Jemigan, 5005th AFB"
Hospital, internal medicine; Dr.
Francis J. Phillips, Bartlett, thor
acic surgery; Dr. Jack B. Jay,
5005th AFB Hospital, and Dr.
George E. Hale, Anchorage, gen
eral surgery; Dr. Richard Y.
Card, 5005th AFB Hospital, radio
logy; Dr. John C. Tower, Anch
orage, pediatrics; Dr. Robert R.
Kessler, 5005th AFB Hospital and
Dr. William J. Mills, Jr., Anch
orage, orthopedics; Dr. Peter J.
Koeniger, Anchorage, obsteterics
and gynecology; and Dr. John
H. DeTar, Anchorage, urology.
The medical staff represents a
group who will meet to study and
discuss cases at the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital. The study will
ascertain that standards of medi
cal care are high and that medi
cal ethics are unquestionable,
thereby maintaining the high
standards of the hospital.
The consulting staff of special
ists will assist in any difficult
cases that come up within their
line of specialization. The board
pointed out the advantages of
having such a consulting staff
here in Palmer where the small
papulation does not warrant full
time practice of these specialists.
Tickets are Available for
Anchorage Shrine
CIRCUS
At Bob Rehard's Barber Shop,
Wright Bldg, or at Alpine Inn
No need to stand in line for
tickets when available here at
same prices.
4-H GAMP OPENS
JULY 6; CAMPERS
URGED TO REGISTER
All 4-H’ers planning on attend
ing 4-H Camp at King’s Lake are
reminded they must sign up at
the Extension Service office
prior to July 1.
Camp date for this year are
July 6 at 2 p.m. to July 9 at 2
p.m. Any 4-H’er in good club
standing may attend. Lot of ac
tivities have been planned to
make camp this year the best
ever. Swimming, boating, canoe
ing, crafts, games, archery, camp
fires, cookout, stunt night, square
dancing, and movies are on the
list of fun.
Campers planning to attend
must return parent’s signed slip
and the camp fee of $11.50 to
the Extension Office by July 1.
A health check up by the family
doctor is required of all camp
ers. This slip must be taken to
camp along with a bed roll or
sleeping bag, pillow, robe, paja
mas, toilet articles, bathing suit,
clothing, and additional camping
necessities. Campers are urged to
wear rough clothing and be pre
pared for mosquitoes.
Four-H leaders attending camp
include Lew Hanks of Palmer,.
Carol Winey and Kay McDonald
of Anchorage, Peggy Goodfellow,
Fairbanks and Mary Robison,
Homer.
Mrs. Stewart Durrant
Heads Cancer Program
Mrs. Stewart Durrant of Pal
mer has accepted the chairman
ship of the 1955 American Can
cer Society in the valley area,
according to Mrs. Helen Sheahan,
territorial chairman of Juneau.
Mrs. Durrant said this week that
envelopes will soon be mailed
to residents throughout the Ma
tanuska Valley.
In a recent survey of the past
ten years progress, it was found
that doctors are saving lives from
cancer but not fast enough, the
American Cancer Society disclos
ed. ACA statistics show that with
one alarming execption cancer
in the major body areas where
that disease develops is no long
er increasing substantially as a
cause of death. The exception,
however, is lung cancer, which
claimed about 24,000 lives last
year, 20,000 among men.
The problem of lung cancer
probably is the greatest challenge
facing cancer control efforts. A
relatively rare disease 40 years
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Jackie Hoffman has joined the
KUT ’N KURL BEAUTY SHOP
She specializes in hair tinting, shaping, and
permanent waving
The hair pinning as appeared in last weeks issue
was an error.
Jackie is offering a complimentary manicure
with each permanent wave from now until the
1st of July.
EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE
Legion Service
Officer is
Valley Visitor
Walter W. Smith, American
Legion department officer, of
Juneau was a valley visitor this
past week. Smith who holds of
fices of service officer, adjutant,
and finance officer, stated his
trip was primarily in the role
of service officer and while in
the valley worked with veterans
and veterans’ families throughout
the area.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley and Glenallen American
Legion Posts held a joint meet
ing in Palmer on June 18 at
which time Smith adjutant and
service officer reports. Also in
attendance at the meeting were
Perry McClain, national execu
tive-committee man; William
Saunders, commander of the Jack
Henry Post and department ad
vocate, and Joseph Briones, de
partment junior baseball commit
teeman, all of Anchorage.
This is the first official tour
of Posts in the western Alaska
district, Smith stated. He said
he plans to reach all Legion
groups in the western section oi
the Terrtiory, going +o Adak and
Kodiak from here. His visit to
* Adak will mark the first official
visit to that Post since 1950.
FAIR BOOK TO GO
TO PRINTERS SOON
Advertising in the 1955 Mat
anuska Valley Fair premium
book is progressing well, accord
ing to a report made June 20 by
Clair Stock, advertising manager
It is expected the book will be
ready for the printers early nexl
month. Department supervisors
were present at the June 2(
meeting and made suggestions
for changes in their respective
departments in regards to awards
displays and space.
A1 Hagen, board secretary, an
nounced that dozer work on the
grounds was done this past weel
and that gravel will be hauled ir
for the midway and inside the
new exposition building. Twc
hundred pounds of white lead
have been acquired by the fai]
board and will be used in paint
ing parts of the buildings, fence
posts and grandstand. Plans are
going forth for moving the ole
log cabin from the back of the
grounds to a spot at the fronl
where it will be restored as £
‘commemorative building.
Several organizations and , in
terested persons have contacted
the board in regard to the dining
room concessions at the 1955 Fair
Concession inquiries are continu
ing to come in and board mem
bers are anticipating the largest
display and most successful fail
in Matanuska Valley Fan* history
Plans for the popular and annual
queen contest will be discussed
at the next board meeting, sched
uled for June 27 in the basement
of the theater building.
UNIVERSITY SUMMER
SCHOOL BEGINS TUES.
Registration for the University
of Alaska’s summer school will
commence Monday, June 27 and
instruction will begin the follow
ing day. The school will extend
until August 5. The university
also will again offer an intensive
five-day workshop on Alas
ka, August 8-12, covering anthro
pology, education, history, liter
ature and art, and wildlife ol
Alaska.
Kiwanians Purchase
Therapy Table
A special table to be used
in therapy treatment of polio
patients and others needing
special attention, has arrived
in Palmer and has been set up
in the nurses quarters at the
new high school. The table was
purchased by the Kiwanis
Club of Palmer and will be
available for free use by all
persons needing the special
therapy care.
Elks Benefit
Film Features
Arctic Life
Jimmy Snowshoe and His
Great Show of the Arctic will
be presented at the Palmer Elks
lodge open house at Palmer on
June 30 at 8 p.m. Proceeds from
the showing of the great show of
life and reality in the Arctic,
will go toward the lodge’s char
ity project. This will be the last
showing before going stateside,
A1 Metz, chairman of the pro
gram, stated this week.
Tickets are available at vari
ous business spots in Palmer and
may be purchased at the door on
Thursday night, at the price of
$1 each.
The film has outstanding scen
es of an exciting polar bear hunt;
a river voyage filmed in South
east Alaska—scenes of some of
the great totem poles—salt and
fresh water fishing—a complete
history of the great sea lions and
seals, their mating and raising of
their young. An interesting fea
ture is the hunt for brown and
grizzly bears and other wild life.
In addition there will be a short
on “Mr. Bear Goes Fishing at
Naha Falls”.
Part of the film covers life
from the early days of climbing
the Chilkoot Pass back in the
98’s for gold, to the present, in
cluding industries and fishing,
wild life, Arctic Eskimos, and
scores of other items.
The public is invited to attend
the showing.
RE-SCHEDULES
GREAT BOOKS MEETING
The June 22 meeting schedul
ed for the Great Books discus
i sion group was postponed and
will now be held Monday night,
l June 27 at 8 p.m. in the Exten
sion Service office, it was an
nounced this week. All interested
persons are invited to attend the
meeting. The discussion will cen
ter around “Wealth of Nations”
by Adam Smith.
June 30 Closing Date
For Some ACP Work
—June 30 is the closing date
for some Agriculture Conser
vation Program practises, it
was announced this week. All
farmers have been notified to
turn in Form 245 and report
whether or not they have com
pleted their ACP work, or if
not, if they plan to complete
the work.
The June 21 meeting of the
Common Council was not held
because of a quorum lack. Coun
cilman present were Acting May
or Betty Mears. Lucille Mick and
William Zahradn:cek. The next
regular meeting is scheduled for
Tuesdayt June 28, clerk’s office,
7:30 p.m.
HOSPITAL SURVEYOR
PRAISES LOCAL
HOSPITAL, BOARD
“The Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital in Palmer has a wonderful
plant and a good, hard-working
board of directors”, Dr. Harry
Nevel, hospital surveyor, stated
on Saturday following his attend
ance at the Friday night meeting
of the board of directors and a
plant inspection tour on Satur
day.
Dr. Nevel, Chicagoan, is sur
veyor of hospitals for the joint
commission on accrediation of
hospitals, sponsored by the Am
erican Medical Association, the
American College of Surgeons,
and the American College of
Physicians. Dr. Nevel survey in
cludes the quality of hospital
service and is being made at the
request of the Alaska Hospital
Association, of which the Valley
Prebyterian Hospital is a mem
ber.
“This hospital in Palmer is
new. It’s not very often that a
new hospital can receive accredi
tation overnight. You people
have the youngest board of direc
tors I’ve worked with—they are
live wires and will overcome
problems as they come up”, he
said. “They are sincere in their
intentions, not being reluctant to
ask questions”.
Accreditation for hospitals
means that standards are set up
for the growth, development and
control of their staffs to provide
better care for patients. All hos
pitals in Alaska who will come
under this survey will benefit
in many ways, it was pointed out.
Only nine hospitals in Alaska
had requested the survey, Dr.
Nevel reported.
Because a hospital does not re
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PLAN CONSTRUCTION
OF L D. S. CHURCH
Ground . breaking ceremonies
were held on June 15 at the site
of the Palmer branch Church of
Jesus Christ of L&tter Day
Saints on Springer Road. Elder
Adam S. Bennion, member of
the Twelve Apostles Off the
Church officiated at the cere
mony assisted by Clifton Grover,
branch president and Don Boul
er and Dee Johansen, councilors.
The church will be of stucco
finish, with basement work ex
pected to begin soon and build
ing construction to follow as soon
as possible. The group hope to
have the structure roofed over
by winter with interior finishing
to be done during the winter
months. Jack Land of Palmer is
in charge of construction.
The Palmer branch, Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints held meetings in the Co
Op club room until the growth of
their group forced a move to
larger quarters. Meetings are
now held at Carpenters’ Hall.
With a total membership of 110,
more space is needed and the
completion of the new church
is looked forward to by the en
tire membership.
Accompanying Elder Bennion
on his Palmer visit were Mrs.
Bennion and Mr. and Mrs. James
A. McMurrin. Mr. McMurrin is
president of the North Western
States Mission. Prior to the
ground breaking ceremony, a
conference was held at Grange
Hall. A large attendance was not
ed, with several persons attend
ing from Anchorage and Fair
banks, as well as the valley area.
SANDV1K AND ROARK
APPARENTLY LOW ON
KENAI HOUSING JOB
Apparent low bidder for con
struction of family housing to
get underway ths summer at
Kenai was Sandvik and Roark
of Palmer, according to the Al
aska District Corps of Engineers
who made the annoucement yes
terday.
Bid were offered on five sched
ules for 1A, 1 bedroom 8-family
quarers; 2A; 4-bedroom 2-family
housing; and 3A, 4-bedroom 8
family quarters; B, for commun
ity center and PX building, and
C, for improvements to existing
housing. Three firms submitted
bids. Low bidder for the com
munity center and PX was May
nard R. Smith of Anchorage who
was second low on three of the
four housing schedules. Sand
vik and Roark did not bid on the
community center and PX.
As much as possible of the Ke
nai construction will be complet
ed during the present construc
tion season. Improvements to ex
isting family housing are to be
finished by October. The com
munity center and PX are to be
ready for Christmas holidays,
and the new family quarters are
to be completed by June, 1956.
CO-OP CREAMERY
GETS NEW ICE CREAM
PACKAGING MACHINE
The public will very soon be
offered Matanuska Maid ice
cream in a new type packaging.
Joe Cavataio of Lockford, 111.,
this week completed the insalla
ton of an Anderson Extra-Wrap
machine which will permit the
creamery department of the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers Cooper
ating Association to offer ready
sliced and individually wrapped
ice cream along with their regu
lar packaging of pints, quarts,
half and full gallons. The ma
chine may be set to cut six, eight
or ten slices to the quart and is
the first of its kind in operation
in the Territory. At the present
time onl-w the military is receiv
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‘ ln£ shipment of the new pack.
» However, as sooii as the *petfial
packages now on order arrive
they will be offered on the mar
ket, according to Jack Flint,
creamery manager.
Another new product of the
creamery department is now on
the market, Flint announced.
Known as Half and Half, it is a
milk and cream product ideally
suited for berries, cereals, in milk
drinks and coffee. It is being dis
pensed in pint containers and is
now on sale in grocery stores.
SMART HAIR STYLINGS
by LaVonne
Evening Appointments
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
PboiM 3301
VALLEY GROCERY
Religious Supplies
Or Bibles
Groceries
Or Meats
☆ Drug Sundries
WATCH FOR GRAND
OPENING COMING SOON!!
FRANCIS HENRY, Prop.
Jimmy Snowshoe
AND HIS GREAT SHOW OF THE ARCTIC
Benefit Charily Fund
ELKS HALL-JUNE 30, 8 P.M.
Public Invited Admission $1.00