MTA Manager
Answer* Questions
On Policies, Rians
There have been so many ques
tions asked of the Matanuska
Telephone Association plans and
policies, stated Robert D. Part
ridge, manager, that to combine
and clarify the answers, the fol
lowing has been prepared:
Question: What is the reason for
equity stock?
Answer: The government (REA
is willing to loan up to $650,000
for improved telephone service if
the community will put up $40,000
in the form of security. There
fore, this is the reason for sell
ing equity stock for a requested
dial telephons system.
Q. Will this equity stock pay
dividends?
A. Not dividends in that sense
of the word. Dividends will be
paid to subscribers in time
through reduced rates. Eventual
ly, over a period of years, the in
itial $40 equity investment will
have been returned to the mem
bers.
Q. Is the price of equity the
same for town as for rural areas?
A. Yes.
Q. Why do I have to pay $10
membership?
A. The MTA is a cooperative.
It is standard policy and practice
that in order to receive of any na
ture, such as electricity or tele
phones, one must be a member of
the cooperative serving them.
Q. If I move, will I get my
money back?
A. If you move out of the sys
tem, your membership fee of $10
is returnable. The equity money
is also returnable, however, until
such time as the Association rea
ches its required quota of $40,
000, it is not returnable. To date,
only one half of the $40,000 quota
has been reached.
Q. How -nuch more does an ex
tension cost?
A. An equity stock is not re
quired for an extension ,however,
there will be a small installation
charge and small monthly rental
rate comparable to the present
rate.
Q. Is it true that after a cer
tain time or certain amount of
money has been paid in on equity,
it will not be necessary to pay
$40 equity for phone installations?
A. This is absolutely not true
To begin with, no one will receive
service when the new dial system
is placed in operation unless both
the membership and equity
monies are paid in full. This sys
tem has been designed for mem
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Alasks
Road Commission proposes to abandor
those certain and particular roads in the
Matanuska Valley area and contiguous
areas more particularly described as fol
lows:
1.
That certain road, generally known and
described as the Collier Road, 0.2 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located ir
Section 16 of Township 18 North, Range 5
East of the Seward Meridian.
2.
That certain road, generally known and
described as the Rue Road. 0.2 of a mile
in extent, more or less, located in Section
9 of Township 18 North, Range 2 East of
the Seward Meridian.
3.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Lossing Road, 0.5 of a
mile in extent, more or less located in
Section 17 of Township 18 North. Range
2 East of the Seward Meridian.
A
That certain road generally known and
described as the Rebarcheck Road. 0.2
of a mile in extent, more or less located
in Section 8 of Township 17 North, Range
2 East of the Seward Meridian.
5.
That certain road generally known and
described as the LaWalters Road. 0.2
of a mile in extent, more or less, located
in Section 10 of Township 17 North.
Range 2 East of the Seward Meridian.
6.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Martin Road. 0.2 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located in
Section 15 of Township 17 North Range
2 East of the Seward Meridian.
7.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Brooks Road. 0.3 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located in
Section 16 of Township 17 North, Range
2 East of the Seward Meridian.
8.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Hermon Road, 0.2 of a
mile in extent more or less located in
Section 38 of Township 17 North. Range
2 East of the Seward Meridian.
That certain road generally known and
described as the S;hiole Road. 0.1 of a mile
in extent, more or less, located in Section
18 of Township 17 North, Range 2 East of
the Seward Meridian.
10.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Lynn Road, 0.7 of a mile
in extent, more or less located in Section
15 and 22 of Township 17 North, Range 1
East of the Seward Meridian.
11.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Church Road, 0.2 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located in
Section 16 of Township 17 North, Range 1
East of the Seward Meridian.
12.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Walton Road, 0.5 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located in
Section 17 of Township 17 North, Range
1 East of the Seward Meridian.
13.
That certain road generally known and
described as the Griffith Road. 0.6 of a
mile in extent, more or less, located in
Section 26 of Township 18 North, Range
1 East of the Seward Meridian.
Interested persons or parties having ob
jections to the abandonment as pro
posed should submit their objections,
in writing, to the District Engineer Alaska
Road Commrssion, P O. Box 160, Anchor
age. Alaska within 30 days of the first
publication of this notice.
M. C. Zimmerman
District Engineer
Alaska Road Commission
Anchorage, Alaska
Published October 20, and November 17,
1955
bers and equity purchasers only.
For sometime after the new dial
system is in operation ,a $40
equity will still be required be
fore a connection is made.
Q. Do we have to pay the $50
all at o,nce?
A. No, it may be paid on the
installment plan by making ar
rangements at the MTA office.
Q. What would happen if the
present members did not pay
their equity in full?
A. When the new dial system
I is placed in operation, they will
have a choice of making immedi
| ate payment in full or going with
I out a telephone.
Q. What about temporary resi
dents.
A. They will have to pay $10
membership, which is refund
able upon leaving the area, an
installation charge, which is not
| refundable, and a deposit in suf
ficient amount to insure payment
! of any toll calls.
Q. If I sell my home or busi
ness, what happens to my mem
bership and equity?
A. It may be sold and trans
ferred to the buyer.
Q. If I 'move from one location
to another within the MTA sys
tem, will I have to pay another
S40 equity?
Q. After paying the equity and
membership, how long do I have
to wait for an out of city limits
phone?
A. When the new dial system
is placed in operation, no one
area will receive dial service first,
but rather the new service will
be cut in overnight or within a
few days of each other.
Q. How long before I get a dial
phone?
A. That depends on construe
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Troop 71
Girl Scout Troop 71, under the
leadership of Mrs. Mary Steel
man and assistant leader, Mrs.
Theo Campbell, held its regular
meeting October 15 in the Ameri
can Legion building. This Troop
is sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary Unit No. 15.
Ten girls were present and we
worked on get-well cards to be
placed on hospital trays. Each
month a different design is made
and we made “Halloween” cards
for October.
Patrol One, of which Dorothy
Campbell is leader, are planning
a cooking project at which Patrol
Two will be guests. Patrol Two,
with Janie Hanks as leader, is
planning on Christmas ideas.
Some of these projects help us
earn our Second Class badges.
Karen McKinley’s mother visit- j
ed us and we played games and j
also had refreshments.
Dorothy Campbell, scribe
tion progress.
C. Docs a member with paid
up equity have io pay an instal
lation charge and a deposit be
fore or when receiving dial ser
vice?
A. No, the good faith shown j
by the paid up member is suf
ficient to insure reliability.
It anyone has other questions,
Partridge reported he will be
glad to answer them if they will
‘ contact the MTA business office
in the Servern building.
Anv one cf the aircraft carrier
USS FORRESTAL’s four elevat
ors is the size of two average (
suburban lots.
Gibson-Kaiser Wedding
Performed October 15
In a candlelight ceremony per
formed at United Protestant
Church the evening of October
15, Doris Kaiser, daughter of Wil
libald Kaiser of Ludwigshafen a.
Rh., Germany, and Edwin H.
Gibson, son of Glenn E. Gibson
of Merlin, Oregon, were united
in marriage by the Rev. Brian
Cleworth who Derformed the
double ring ceremony. Mrs. Max
Sherrod, organist, played tradi
tional wedding music.
The bride was given in marri
age by Guy John, a friend. For
her wedding she chose a two
piece gown of blue-green lustrous
rayon-satin, with which she wore
a pink helment hat frosted with
sweet shem pearls and bugle
beads with a tie-back rayon veil.
She wore a shoulder corsage of
red roses.
The bride’s attendant was
Mrs. Clarice Isacson who wore a
semi-formal gown of pink pastel
and a shoulder corsage of orchid
mums.
Faulkner Walling of Palmer
was best man.
Following the ceremony a re
ception has held at Moose Hall
with Mrs. Isaacson as hostess. Re
freshments of punch and cake
were served to guests present
from Palmer and Anchorage.
The bnde received her school
ing in Germany and came to Al
aska from her homeland the first
of October, 1955. The bridegroom
is employed by the Alaska Road
Commission as a highway engin
eer, having transferred from the
Bureau of Reclamation at Coulee
Dam in 1952.
Following a short wedding trip
the couple are now at home in
Anchorage.
UNIVERSITY TEAM
TO PLAY IN
MILITARY LEAGUE
Ten returning lettermen were
among the 22 Polar Bear basket
ball prospects who turned out
this week for their first practice
of the season.
Returning Polar Bear letter
men are James Moore, Theodore
Wallace, David Watson, Bill Fast,
Larry Hitchcock, Joe Tremarello,
Ray Keturi, Robert Seaborn,
Charles Milles and Jude Henzler.
Milles, now an Anchorage resi
dent, is a former Palmer High
School basketball player.
Richard Strait, director of ath
letics, said the Polar Bears will
play in the six-team Military
League. Last year the university
quintet finished fifth in the lea
gue.
Palmerite Wed
In Reno, Nevada
Announcements have been re
ceived in Palmer of the marriage
of Bernice Ross, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Harbin of
Schools, Indiana and PFC Harry
L. (Pete) Bouwens, son of Police
Chief and Mrs. Bernard Bouwens
of Palmer. The wedding took
place September 17 in the Unity
Chapel, Reno, Nevada. Attend
ants at the wedding were Ann
Huntington and Don Reeo,
f-; nds of the couple.
The bridegroom came to Pal
mer from Webeno, Wisconsin In
1941 with his parents and receiv
ed his schooling in the Palmer
schools. He is a member of the
U. S. Marine Corps, stationed in
Nevada.
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