4-H TO PUT BIG PART
IN 1955 VALLEY FAIR EXHIBITS
Every youngster in the Terri
tory of Alaska who is a member
of a 4-H club in his town, city,
or village, has been invited to
enter exhibits in Alaska’s larg
est Fair, the Matanuska Valley
Fair which will be held Septem
ber 3, 4, and 5. Hundreds of cash
awards will be made during the
Fair in over 25 clases.
Classes in which 4-H members
may enter include gardening, po
tatoes, largest vegetables, gar
den, handicraft, dairy heifer,
poultry, turkeys, rabbits, swine,
sheep, milch goats, colts, sewing
and clothing, knitting weaving,
foods, canning, meal planning,
wild flower preservation, photo
graphy, 4-H club booths, 4-H
club record book, and 4-H dem
onstrations.
At least one entire building
will be devoted to the exhibition
of 4-H entries, A1 Hagen, Fair
manager, said this week. “We
expect this to be our biggest year
in 4-H participation”, he said.
With such a wide choice of
classes, a 4-H member will have
an opportunity to pick up a size
able amount of money and rib
bons by entering several exhibits
in the various classes, he pointed
out
To eficourage exhibits flrom
distant areas, the Matanuska Val
ley Fair Association has offered
free transportation of exhibits
from the point of origin to Pal
mer. The exhibit building, along
with all buildings on the Fair
NOTICE OF GENERAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1955
IN THE CITY OF
PALMER. ALASKA
Notice is hereby given that in
accordance with the laws of Alas
ka and the election ordinances of
the City of Palmer, the annual
general election will be held in
the City of Palmer, Alaska on
Tuesday, the 4th day of October,
1955, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on said day,
the polling place for which shall
be the Co-Op Rec Hall in said
City of Palmer,. The purpose of
the said general election is to
elect two councilmen for three
year terms, to fill the vacancies
which will be created on the 10th
day of October, 1955, when the
present terms of Betty Mears and
William Zahradnicek expire, and
the election of a Mayor for a
three year term, to fill the vacan
cy which will be created on the
10th day of October, 1955, the
present incumbent thereof being
Charles Wilson who heretofore
was appointed to fill the unexpir
ed term of Don McKechnie until
time of said general election.
The polls will be open during
the hours, above stated and the
following persons, to-wit shall be
entiled to vote at said election:
All persons who are qualified
electors of the City of Palmer in
accordance with the laws of the
Territory of Alaska and the Or
dinances of the City of Palmer,
such electors being herein defin
ed as any person who is a citizen
©f the United States, twenty-one
years of age and over, who is a
bonafide resident of the Terri
tory of Alaska for a period of
more than one year and who has
resided in the City of Palmer for
m period of one year or more and
who is able to read the English
language as prescribed and pro
vided by Section 38-1-2 of the
Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1949.
For the purpose of said elec
tion, the entire City of Palmer
shall constitute a single voting
precinct. Regisration of voters
shall be done at the polling place
above named at the time of vot
ing and such registration shall be
supervised by the election judges
who shall maintain a registra
tion book for such registration.
Nominations for candidates to
the above stated positions of
councilmen and mayor shall be
by petition only, in accordance
with requirements for such nom
ination as is provided in the elec
tion ordinance of the City of
Palmer, which was passed and
approved on the 31st day of
March 1953, said ordinance re
quiring a petition signed by
twenty-five qualified electors of
the City of Palmer, said petition
to be filed with the City Clerk
not earlier than 20 days nor lat
er than 10 days before said elec
tion. Forms for such nominating
petitions are available at the Of
fice of the City Clerk and will
be furnished to interested elec
tors upon request.
WITNESS my hand and offi
cial seal of the City of Palmer,
Alaska, this 1st day of Septem
FRANK R. CONNALLY
City Clerk
City of Palmer
Published September 1, 8, 15, 22,
29. 1955
grounds, will be policed through
out the three-day Fair. Care will
be taken to give all exhibits the
best of showing and handling.
Special Prizes
As an added incentive, the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers Coop
erating Association, through their
various suppliers, are giving ex
tra “bonus” prizes to the most
outstanding 4-H entries in this
year’s Fair. For the most out
standing boy and girl there is a
Good-Year bicycle apiece; a calf,
of excellent stock, will be given
to the 4-H youngster having the
most outstanding exhibit in live
stock; a certificate for 100 chicks
will go to the most outstanding
poultry exhibit; and another cer
tificate good for either 25 baby
turkeys or chicks. Also two pigs
will be awarded in the swine
class of exhibits. Other extra
prizes are coming in, Hagen said,
making this one of the most de
sireable years for 4-H participa
tion in the Territory’s largest
Fair.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
MAKE PALMER VISIT
Part of a group of Iowa Moun
taineers from Iowa City were
Palmer visitors this week. Their
stop in the Valley was made on
their return from Kenai, Homer
and Seward where they had
made hikes and climbs in the
mountain regions.
The party of climbers, 32 in
all, mgde their trip to Alaska
over the Alaska Highway, trav
eling in a specially built bus, a
truck, and a Volkswagon. Each
year the organized group under
the leadership of John Ebert of
Iowa City spends their free time
climbing mountains and taking
hikes through National parks.
The month of August is set aside
for a trip during which they
tackle peaks in more far-away
places. During the summer of
1954 the group toured Europe,
climbing 14 peaks, including the
famed Matterhorn. The previous
year they climbed the lofty peaks
of Mexico.
Eighteen members of the group
making the Alaskan trip remain
ed in the Castner Glacier region
where they planned to climb
peaks of that area, packing in all
but their food which was being
air-dropped. The group visiting
in Palmer were escorted through
the M.V.F.Co-Op Association de
partments by Stuart Durrant, Co
Op general manager.
This is the second Alaskan trip
for the Mountaineers. In 1951 the
group spent some time at Mt.
McKinley Park, climbing peaks
and hiking through the region. A
great variation in ages was no
ticed in the group. The eldest
active member on the trip to Pal
mer was Albert Teske, of Moline,
111. who will be 68 years old in
October. Loren Lloyd of West
Branch, Iowa is 66. Youngest
members of the group were eight
and 11 year old sons of group
leader, John Ebert and his wife.
Mr. Ebert was with the group of
climbers at Castner; Mrs. Ebert,
is a climber herself.
From Palmer they planned to
journey to Castner Creek in the
Big Delta area where they will
join the party of climbers go on
to the Fairbanks area for a short
time and then leave for the
States, planning to be back in
Iowa around September 11.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
In and out at Valley Presby
terian Hospital in Palmer during
the past week were: Mrs. Ber
nard E. Bouwens, Mrs. William
Hale of Sutton, Terry Lee Sock
man of Healey, Fritz Low, Mrs.
Mann Leiser, Michael Chawanic,
and Roxanne Axtell of Wasilla.
Still hospitalized are: Stan
ley Justad, James Cottrell, Mrs.
Frank Morton, Chesley McGriff,
Arthur H. Marsh, and Master
Jack Kogele.
Many 4-H'ers from the Matanuska Valley are busy grooming
their prize stock which will be exhibited in the 15th annual
Matanuska Valley Fair. Rosann Branion, one of last year's
participants, is pictured above with her 4-H calf.
BUGLARS RETURN LOOT
Chicago—Harold Hartzlett was
glad to pay postage on a pack
age he recently received. The
package contained thirteen $25
savings bonds and som^ insur
B™™1
ance policies which had been
stolen from his apartment. The
burglars who took them kept
$250 in cash, a silverware set
and an alarm clock valued at
$120.
Douglas Bixby, PHS gradu
ate 1955, and son of Mrs. and
Mrs. Lany Bixby of Palmer,
left last week for Michigan
State where he will enroll as a
' freshman.
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