NEW BABIES
Hale
Mr. and Mrs. William Hale
of Sutton are receiving congra
tulations on the birth of their
first child, a daughter, who was
bom at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital August 26. She weighed
seven pounds, eight ounces at
birth and has been named Susan
Darlene. Mr. Hale is employed
by Miner-Roop.
We Regret
We regret that time and space
does not permit the publishing
of two fine articles written for
this special edition by Charles
W. Wilson, territorial conserva
tionist and Marvin J. Slaughter
of the U. S. Geological Survey.
We will print them in our next
issue. We extend our thanks to
these men and may others who
contributed material for the fair
issue.
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE,
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
Max H. Sherrod has made appli
cation for a headquarters site
under the act of March 3, 1937
(44 Stat. 1364) Anchorage Serial
No. 017565 for a tract of land
described as U. S. Survey No.
2988, situated on the Easterly
side of the Glenn Highway at
mile 121.2 and westerly shore
Leila Lake. Lat. 61°52'52“. Long.
147°19'45u W. (Approx) at Cor.
No. 1 and establishment of U. S.
location Mon, No. 2968, contain-,
ing 5,00 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office,
chorage, Alaska*
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above men
tioned land should file their ad
verse claims in the Land Office
within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, or they
will be barred by the provisions
of the statutes.
Virgil O. Seiser, Manage]
Published July 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4
11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8.
Fair Opens
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will attract the attention of all
fair-goers; huge vegetables; sel
ected valley crop samples; art;
photography; handcrafts; stamp
collections; valuable livestock;
needlework; and numerous addi
tional exhibits will be on display.
The U. S. Army, U. S. Air Force,
Department of Agriculture, So
cial Security, Federal Prison,
Territorial Police, Alaska Com
munication System, Alaska Agri
culture Experiment Station, Pal
mer Schools, Department of
Mines, University of Alaska, and
many other territorial and feder
al agencies will have informative
and interesting displays.
Numerous merchants will have
displays of the latest and most
efficient home and farm appli
ances, finishings and equipment.
Many merchants and organiza
tions are planning valuable
awards for visitors to their
booths. Among them is the local
Co-Op, who through their num
erous suppliers, will make valu
able awards to lucky fair-goers.
Controlled Parking
Ample parking space will be
provided for the housands of /ve
hicles expected in Palmer over
the Labor Day week end, A1
Hagen, fair manager said today.
The Kiwanis Club of Palmer,
through the cooperation of the
City of Palmer, and the Fair As
sociation, will operate a parking
lot on the city lot opposite from
the fairgrounds, and the Fair As
sociation will operate a parking
area along the west side of the
fairgrounds,
Livestock and Poultry
The largest, and most varied
display of livestock will be ex
hibited at the Fair. Henning
Blunck, Grade A dairyman of the
Matanuska Valley will be super
intendent in this division. Valu
able cash awards, ribbons and
championship ribbons are plan
ned for the winners.
Poultry and rabbit division
will be the location for the ex
hibiting of some of the Valley’s
finest poultry and rabbit sock.
An unusual feature in the poul
try show will be the chicken
style show. The best dressed male
and female birds will draw cash
awards and ribbons for their
owners. In past Fairs this part
of the show has been a favorite
stopping place for camera fans.
Big Prizes for Farm Displays
Four prizes will be given to
winners of the individual farm
display at the Fair. First prize
of $100 will be followed by three
additional prizes of $75, $50, and
$25, in second, third and fourth
places.
In addition to individual farm
displays, a special division has
been added this year for organ
izational displays. The first prize
of $25 and a second of $10 will
be given to organizations taking
the top two places.
Fireworks Display
One of the most brilliant as
sortment of fireworks is schedul
ed for the second night of the
1955 Valley Fair.
The gigantic fireworks display
will be handled by the Loyal Or
der of Moose of Palmer. This year
board members of the Fair As
sociation have purchased a spe
cial assortment of fireworks
which includes opening detona
tion salutes that can be heard
eight miles away. These will an
nounce the opening of the pro
gram.
Board Thanks Public
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Fair board of directors
this week expressed their ap
preciation to the many individu
al organizations, and advertisers
who have contributed time, mon
ey and labor toward the success
of the 1955 Matanuska Valley
Fair. “Without the help of the
entire community the work could
not have been possible”, they
pointed out.
There’s sort of a family re
union going on at the Jim Har
rison home. Mrs. Roy Darnell,
mother of Mrs. Harrison, has
been visiting the family since
June. This past week she was
joined by her husband, her son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Anders, and Mrs. Frank
Anders, mother of Don. They are
all from Los Angeles. Mr. and
Mrs. Darnall plan to remain in
Palmer a bit longer, but the
others will be returning to Cali
fornia within a few days.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Storm Damages
Power, Telephone
Services in Valley .
Several areas of the Matanuska
Valley were without lights or
telephones Friday night and Sat
urday morning as an aftermath
of one of the severest wind
storms to hit the Valley in many
year#. Hundreds of trees were
blown down; others lost a good
share of their branches. Tele
phone and electric lines were
broken by falling trees and limbs
and some damage was experienc
ed by homeowners whose house
roofs took the brunt of the fall-,
ing trees.
Cy Brewer, MEA manager, re
ported Monday mat the local
electric association had approxi
mately 60 outages; the last of
which was put back in service
at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Only two of
the repairs were of the tempor
ary type. Service was disrupted
in sections from Chugiak to
Jonesville.
Breakers along the lines pre
vented any greater outage, Brew
er said. “We were fortunate in
having an extra work crew on at
the time which made our repair
work that much faster”, he ad
ded. “I figure we saved from
40 to 60 work hours through the
constant use of our truck radios”,
he stated. Probably one of the
hardest hit areas was that at and
near the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Foster Sims where falling trees
landed on the wires. Some of the
glass in their greenhouse was
broken and one tree landed on
the house, although no severe
damage was done.
Robert Partridge, Matanuska
Telephone Association manager
estimated that 25 percent line
damage and outages resulted
from the storm. During the elec
tric outage the switchboard was
cut over to the batteries, he re
ported. “We had but about two
hours left on them when the
power came back on”, he added.
Six MTA poles were snapped
off at the ground. Wires snapped
and tangles of “spaghetti” could
be seen in many places through
out the city. One section of the
wooden fence at the fairgrounds
tipped over, snapping wires.
Scout Campaign
Nets $155 to Date
The current Boy Scout cam
paign in the Palmer vicinity is
progressing well, according to
Kyle Turner, campaign chair
man. “We have collected $155 to
date, and many organizations and
individuals have indicated their
intentions of giving during this
annual campaign”, he said this
week.
The first donation received
was from the Kiwanis Club of
Palmer, in the amount of $75.
Additional donations have been
made by Grasser’s Hardware,
Frontier Bar, Matanuska Valley
Bank, Valley Concrete Products,
Palmer Body and Paint, Piggly
Wiggly, Automotive Parts and
Equipment, and the Palmer Drug
store.
Other contributions have been
received' by the campaign com
mittee but are not yet turned
over to Turner. These contribu
tions will be acknowledged in
next week’s issue of The Fron
tiersman.
All organizations, business
firms and individuals who are
planning to contribute to the an
nual campaign are ivited to con
tact Mr. Turner at the Matanuska
Valley Bank, or any of the fol
lowing committee members: Ed
Smith at Ketchikan Spruce; Jim
Hurley, ARRC office; Marvin
Slaughter, USGS office; Emil
Ganschow, Experiment Station;
and William Zahradnicek, Cen
tral School.
' “It will be several days be
fore service is restored through
out the city,” Partridge said.
However, he added, nearly all
vital lines are back in working
condition.
“We have applied to REA in
Washington for emergency funds
to get the system back in work
ing condition,” he said. Approxi
mately 50 percent of the entire
system was damaged to some
degree. The rehabilitation work
being done by MTA prior to the
storm was not far enough along
to make immediate restoration
of the damaged lines possible,
. Partridge stated.
Every Day
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music of a modern dance band.
The highlight of the evening wait
come at midnight when the
Queen of the 1955 Matanuska
Valley Fair will be crowned.
Among guests at the Ball will
be "Miss Alaska,” Lorna McLeod
of Fairbanks.
Armed Services Day
The Fairgrounds will open at
10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Septem
ber 4, which has been designated
as Armed Services Day. Com
manding officers of the military
installations and their families
have been invited as guests of
the Fair on that day. One of the
biggest military displays ever
shown at a Valley Fair will be
offered by the U. S. Army and
U. S. Air Force.
Labor Day at the Fair
Monday, September 5, (final
day of the Fair) will honor Labor
and Agriculture. Labor leaders
will be present for a program
opening at 12:30 p.m.
At 2 p.m. the Copper River
Indians will offer a startling
program of ancient tribal dances,
complete with authentic costumes
and their own callers and sing
ers.
The Indian dances will be fol
lowed by another presentation by
the junior rodeo riders at 3:30.
Drawing the 1955 Fair to a
close with a lasting climax will
be the awarding of prizes to the
lucky ones. Included will be over
$1,350 in prizes for supporters of
the Queen contest. Also many
valuable prizes will be given
away at that time by various
merchants and organizations who
will have conducted demonstra
tions and displays on the grounds
throughout the Fair.
ALASKA AGRICULTURE—
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yields to remain competitive.
Alaska’s agriculture is progres
sing as fast as finances and mar
ket outlets allow. The mistakes
of the past will be a guide for
the future. I am proud to be as
sociated with the farmers of Al
aska in their effort. We invite
you all to join us in making Alas
ka more self-sufficient and in
building a strong farm program.
First to the Fair, Then to Piggly Wiggly
SPECIALS FOR
THURSDAY THRU MOHDAY
SCHOOL DAYS
ARE HEINZ SOUP DAYS
Beef Veg.102 °* 2for 39c
HEINZ 4* ^ fly
Tomato ^ ~ 2** 27c
Mushroom 2 - 39c
HEINZ — —
Ketchupu °z bome 2 f°r 33c
NABISCO SODA
Crackers
NABISCO
Rifz
2 L57c
8 oz. box 23C
M
NOTICE
New Fall Slore Hours Starling Sept. 6
Week Days 10:00 *8:00
Sunday and Holidays 10:00 - 6:00
LIBBY’S NEW FROZEN PIES
TURKEY
CHICKEN
CHERRY
APPLE
PRODUCE
GREEN
Peppers
lb,
NEW RED
Potatoes
YAKIMA
Cant's
10 lb. bag
lb,
19c
69c
19c
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MEAT DEPARTMENT
FRESH
Perry Fryers ,b.79c
CHOICE
Prime Rib Roastsn,. 89c
SHANK OR BUTT HALF
Ham Roasts ,b. 69c
Fish Sticks pbE. 59c
PURE
Ground Beef 3 lb,„r98c
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