Interlocutor Named
For Minstrel Show
Jim Hurley, popular end man
in past Kiwarns ivnnstrei Shows,
will this year be featured as “Mr.
Interlocutor”. Supporting him in
his role will be the lively end
men, Wayne Eby, Jim Wilson,
Paul Martin, and George Small.
These names sound familiar, es
pecially when mentioned with the
Minstrel show, but that’s all that
will be the same. Snappy jokes,
lots of fun and many antics have
been written into script.
Members of the chorus will be
wearing new costumes this year,
Lloyd Morley, show manager an
nounced. The material has arriv
ed, he said, and we are going into
production. New scenery and
props will be added to the pres
ent supply. Mr. and Mrs. Ricnard
Andrews are in charge of cos
tumes and make up for the show.
With rehearsals going into full
swing, Minstrel Show members
will be meeting twice a week,
Morley said. Chorus members will
meet Tuesday and Friday even
ings at the new high school build
ing. End men and those having
specialty parts will continue re
hearsing at Central School.
Bob Pippel, advertising chair
man, is beginning contacts for
advertising in the program book.
Anyone who wishes to have ad
vertising space reserved in the
book is asked to contact Pippel
as early as possible.
Advance sale of tickets will
begin within a short time, accord
ing to Ed Smith, chairman. Re
served seats have always sold
out and those planning to pur
chase that type admission are
Urged to get tneir tickets early,
to avoid disappointment. Gen
eral admission tickets will also
be available at the same time.
The show will be presented at 8
p.m. on. Friday and Saturday
nights, March 25 and 26.
Marie Britton, who operated
Marie’s Dress Shop in the Thea
tre Building, this week moved her
business to Ml. View.
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Council Notes—
care the balance in workman’s
compensation.
An expiration notice on fire and
extended coverage on telephone
equipment in. the Severn building
was read. Council members vot
ed to renew the insurance for one
year.
Kirk's Sales and Service re
quested by letter that penalties
not be applied to delinquent pay
ment of property tax, because of
an oversight in their bookkeeping.
A decision was postponed until
a conference with the tax asses
sor may be held.
• * *
Members of the street com
mittee reported that the City of
Palmer has been enjoying the
loan of a bulldozer. The loan has
enabled the city street depart
ment to keep open Fairview Ave
nue along the fairgrounds, and
widen the main streets in the city.
It was pointed out that Palmer
has been fortunate, this year,
compared to other Alaska cities
I who have had to increase their
snow removal over and again. It
was also brought out that Dave
Bryant has been opening the Air
port Road at no cost to the city.
Six hundred feet of the road are
in the city limits.
* * *
A meeting of the Health and
, Safety committee was announced
for Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in (
the office of the city clerk.
# # *
Ordinance 60, adopting fire
prevention code, and Ordinance
62, adopting electrical and plumb
ing code were read for the sec
ond time. Ordinance 61, amend
ing ordinance 38, and changing
parking limits on certain streets
in the City of Palmer, was read
in full and again by its title and
passed as an emergency. The or
dinance provides for one hour
parking limit from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. on any day except Sun
days and holidays from the alley
at the back of Bert’s Drug store,
around in front of the drug store,
post office and up to the comer
of Colony Street and Wasilla
Highway.
* * *
A report on proposed legisla
tion pertaining to cities in the
territory was made by Council
PALMER SNOWFALL :>
NOW AT 78.43 IN.
A total snowfall in the val- ;! j
ley this season of 78.43 inches ;j j
was reported by A1 Dickow, ;j
weather observer in the valley. jj
The first snowfall was on Oc- ||
tober 11 and the total includes ;j
snowfall through February 28. jj
At the present time there are >
19 inches on the ground, he !;
said. !;
This total is better than 25 !;
inches less than the recorded
fall in the Anchorage area !;
where a total of 105.8 has been
recorded to date.
EVENING MASS PLANNED
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
Evening mass at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, March 4, will be offered
by Rev. James P. Snead at St.
Michael’s Catholic Church.
Lenten devotions of the sta
tions of the cross and benediction
of the most blessed sacrament
will immediately follow the eve
ning mass.
Lenten devotions of the stations
of the cross and benediction of
the most blessed sacrament will
immediately follow the evening
mass.
The regular morning mass will
not be said on Friday, March- 4.
A special offering will be taken,
on Sunday, March 6, for the In- .
dian and Colored Missions of the
United States and Territories.
woman Lucille Mick. Council ap
proval was given to proposed leg
islation that would allow voters
to increase sales tax to three
cents; a Bill creating a power and
water commission; the Planning
bill; and the gas tax refund bill.
* * *
Although the money is not
available at this time, council
members approved amending the
budget to include $500 for Pal
mer Civil Defense activities.
* * *
Elizabeth Barry, former city
clerk, was released from bond up
on the passage of a motion to that
effect.
* * *
The next regular meeting is
scheduled for March 8 at 7;30
p.m. in the office of the city clerk.
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Notebook
Darrel Frank, 17, son of Darrel
Frank of Palmer, recently enlist
ed in the U. S. Navy and is un
dergoing training at San Diego.
He sends word he’d like to hear
from his friends and his address
is: Darrel N. Frank, 3892548; Co.
116 U. S. N. T. C., San Diego 3,
Calif.
Mrs. Cioyce Parks of Chugiak,
and R. B. Graham of Palmer were
Washington visitors last week
after attending in Atlantic City
the meeting of the National Rural
Electric Cooperatives Association.
Mrs. Parks is a member of the
national board.
Russ and Rusty Dow are thor
oughly enjoying their Stateside
vacation. Prior to leaving for New
Mexico, they attended the Mardi
Gras in New Orelans, according
to word received this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Plano and
son have returned to their home
at Mile 37 from several weeks in
the States. They returned over
the Alaska highway .
Don Irwin, chairman of the lo
cal Heart Association campaign,
was interviewed on the Valley
Hour radio program this morn
ing. Other programs coming up
nclude a report on the Sunday
School program in the United
Protestant Church on Friday Miss
Lenore Amerman, program editor,
will interview Dr. Winston
Laughlin on this topic. The Val
ley Hour is sponsored by local
merchants and heard on Radio
Station KFQD at 11:45 a.m.
Edward Ueeck, long-time valley
resident, is out and about, fol
lowing a ten-day stay at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital.
L. W. Hartley and Lee Hartley
are spending a few days in the
States. They plan to return over
the highway, with new cars, one
of which will be the new Ford
Thunderbird.
In a letter received this week
Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Rasmussen,
former residents, send their best
regards to their many area friends
from their new home in Los An
geles. “. . . . we enjoy reading The
Frontiersman and try to keep in
formed about Alaska, especially
the Matanuska Valley . . . most of
our Congressmen from California
are favorable to the Statehood
proposition . . . reading about the
difficulty in the City government
in Palmer in the matter of select
ing a Mayor . . . reminds us Lake
wood, California, a new city near
Long Beach with 50,000 people re
cently decided to incorporate, but
also decided to let the Los An
geles county government handle
the usual city services, including
fire department, police and other
services ... as we consider our
selves permanently located at our
new address, we would like to
have our friends from Alaska visit
us at tis address when they are in
Los Angeles . . . 7849 Denker Ave.,
Los Angeles, Calif. Ph. PL83788.”
William C. Cox of the U. S.
Marine Corps is spending a 23
lay leave in Palmer. He has been
in the Corps the past 10 months
and will return to duty at El
roro, Calif. He has been stationed
n Memphis, Tenn.
THE ARRIVAL OF MARCH
With rushing winds and gloomy
skies
The dark and stubborn Winter
dies;
Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly
cries,
Bidding her earliest child arise;
March!
—Bayard Taylor
March is a turning-point month,
when Winter begins to give way
to warmer weather and the first
signs of Spring appear. In early
colonial days, the year began in
March. The name of the month
comes from the name Mars, which
in ancient Italian meaning was
the name for the God of War.
Spring officially begins oni the
21st of March, this year, and Good
Friday and Easter sometimes fall
in this month, although neither
does this year. St. Patrick’s Day
comes on the 17th of this month
and the month is a notable one
for New York, Texasr Maryland
and Massachusetts. Maryland Day
falls on March 25th. Albany be
came the capital of New York on
March 10, 1797, and the United
States Military Academy was es
tablished at West Point on March
ibtn, i8uz.
In Massachusetts Evacuation
Day in Boston is commemorated
on March 17th. The evacuation
took place in 1776, being made
by the British, which event
still celebrated. The Boston Mass
acre is also remembered and took
place in March of 1770.
For Texas March is an histori
ical month because on March 2nd,
1836, even while Santa Anna was
beseiging the Alamo, Texas was
declared to be independent of
Mexico. March 6th is also Alamo
Day in Texas, the anniversary of
the fall of the Alamo, which came
about on March 6th, 1836.
Several major birthday anni
versaries occur in March. March
3rd is the birthday anniversary of
Alexander Graham Bell; March
7 th that of Luther Burbank;
March 8th that of Simon Camer
on, who founded a political dy
nasty in Pennsylvania which last
ed for decades;- March f6th that
of President James Madison;
March 17th that of Roger B.
Tanney, fifteenth justice of the
United States Supreme Court;
March 18th that of Grover Cleve
land, the only American President
to serve two non-consecutive
terms as President; March i9th
that of William Jennings Bryan^
and March 29th that of President
John Tyler, the tenth President
of the United States.
TICKETS ON SALE
FOR HAM DINNER
Tickets for the ham dinner to
be held in the basemer.t of St.
Michale’s Catholic Church on
March 17 went on sale this week
and may be purchased from mem
bers of the Altar and Rosary So
ciety or at Bert’s drug store or
the North Palmer Store. Adult
tickets will be $2 each, children,
$1. Tickets for children will be
sold at the door, only.
The menu for the St. Patrick’s
day dinner will include home
baked ham, scalloped potatoes,
buttered mexi-corn, hot rolls,
cole slaw, and topped off with
home made pies. Beverage will
Teachers Hear
Credit Union Officers
Members of the Palmer Educa
tion Association heard H. P.
Gazaway and Dexter Bacon of the
Matanuska Valley Federal Credit
Union speak on the functions of
the local credit union during their
March 1 meeting.
During the meeting Mrs. Alma
Blunck, chairman of the legisla
tive committee, reported that the
committee substitute for House
Bill No. 92 which increases the
annual increments of teachers, 's
now in the Ways and Means com
mittee and that Senate Bill No.
112, which is a revision of the
Teachers’ Retirement Law, has
been introduced in the Senate.
She asked that letters be sent to
the Representatives and Senators
I in support of these Bills. Mrs.
Blunck expressed the associa
tion’s appreciation to all local or
ganizations and individuals for
their support in these bills.
Palmer Man Gets
Army Commission
Stanley A. Hoffman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence C. Hoffman of
Palmer, recently was promoted to
first lieutenant while serving with
the 74th Engineer Battalion of I
Corps in Korea.
An intensive post-truce train
ing program is supervised by I
Corps for the UN units under its
control.
Lieutenant Hoffman? a platoon
leader in the battalion’s Company
A, entered the Army in July 1953.
He arrived in the Far East in
April 1954.
The lieutenant is a 1953 gradu
ate of the University of Alaska.
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SS Nadina, Tues., Mar.
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