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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 44
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST. 25 1955
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ALASKA FARM WEEK OBSERVED LOCALLY
PUBLIC INVITED TO
EKLUTNA PROJECT
iEDICATION AUG. 29
Secretary of Alaska Waino
Hendrickson is expected to at
tend dedication ceremonies at the
Bureau of Reclamation Eklutna
hydroelectric plant Monday,
August 29.
Alaska’s Secretary will repre
sent Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman
Who will be unable to attend the
ceremonies. The public is invited
to attend dedication ceremonies
which will begin at 2:00 p.m. at
the power plant site.
More than 200 invitations have
been mailed out by the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce to
federal, territorial ard municipal
officials and others for the
luncheon which will be held at
noon. Cobb’s Resturant of Pal
mer will serve a buffet lunch.
Those invited from the Valley
include Mayor Charles W. Wil
son, Council members Betty
Mears, A1 DeJulio, Robert Pet
erson, A1 V. Hagen, and William
Zahradnicek; ME A officials Jus
tine Parks, Bruce Graham, Phil
O’Neill, Aaron Combs, and Cy
Brewer; and Everett Adams,
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce president, and Jan
Ttoslosky, John L. Sullivan, Rich
ard Jones, William Roark, Chet
Sandvik, Simon Newcomb. V. G.
Balk, L. M. DePriest, Walter Tee
kmd, Pat Carter, George E.
Smith, Don Irwin, Max Sherrdd,
Dew Hanks, Robert Baker, Rex
Kibbe, Stuart Durrant, Neil
Wright, Clifton Grover, Rev.
James P. Snead, Rev. Brian Cle
worth, A. L. Carson, M. D. Snod
grass and Gerritt Snider.
ueixiualiuu is. ueing nailtl
led by the Anchorage and Ma
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce. Speakers of the dedication
program include Mayor Charles
W. Wilson; Mayor Maynard L.
Taylor, Jr., of Anchorage; A. M.
Coker, representing project con
tractors; Mrs. Justine Parks,
president, Alaska Rural Electric
Co-Operative Association, and
Larry A. Moore, Alaska manager,
Associated General Contractors,
who wiU act as master of cere
monies. Principal speaker will
be Wilbur A. Dexheimer, com
missioner of reclamation. Donald
Campbell, power director for the
bureau also will give a talk..
Local Kiwanian
To Attend! Convention
The Kiwanis Club of Palmer
will be represented at the 1955
convention of the Pacific North
west District of Kiwanis Inter
national at Bellingham, Washing
ton, August 28-30, club president,1
George Crowthers announced to
day.
Local delegate to the conven
tion will be Mann Leiser.
Delegates from 230 clubs, re
presenting more than 13,000
business and professional lead
er*, will participate in the vari
ous sessions. Committee confer
ences, a discussion of plans for
the coming year, and election of
officers will highlight the con
vention program, Crowthers
said.
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Queen Candidates
Make Second Radio,
TV Appearances
The Matanuska Valley Fair’s
five Queen candidates are ap
pearing on radio and television
shows in Anchorage this morn
ing, afternoon and evening. Ac
companied by Fair Manager A1
Hagen, the girls will appear on
Ruth Briggs morning show on
Radio Station KENI. They will
make two appearances on KENI
TV, Channel 2, and will have a
disc jockey program dedicated in
their honor on Radio Station
KBYR tonight. The girls will
name their five favorite hit tunes
and these selected numbers will
be played on the program.
The girls and their sponsors
are working hard, winding up
the last few days of ticket sales
before the big night, September
3, when one of them will be nam
ed Queen of the 1955 Matanuska
Valley Fair. Judging will, be per
formed prior to their appearance
at the Coronation Ball which will
be held in the Central School
gymnasium. They will be judged
by three selected judges (none
from the Matanuska Valley) on
various points.
As soon as the winner is an
nounced the beautiful velvet robe
and crown will be placed on her
shoulders and head and she will
reign over the ball and subse
quent Valley Fair activities.
Premiums to be awarded to
lucky queen candidate supporters
will be given out as the climax
to the three-day Fair activities.
Awards will be made on the Fair
grounds, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
and will include the many
awards to be given by participat
ing exhibitors.
Palmer Schcols Open
Day After the Fair
Next week the 15th annual
Matanuska Valley Fair will open
in Palmer on September 3. This
date will mark the beginning of
the end for vacationing Palmer
students. The first school bell
will sound at 9 a.m. on Tuesday
morning, September 6. However,
the short school day will close
at noon, giving students and
teachers an opportunity to com
plete. i;oom ar\d class assign
ments. Wednesday will begin the
full-day school program for the
1955-56 year.
Students at Swanson and High
School will have to carry their
lunches, at least for the present
time, superinendent of schools,
William T. Zahradnicek said
this week. “We are trying to
work out a hot lunch program
that will include students in
these two new schools”, he said.
Students attending Central
School will be able to take ad
vantage of the hot lunch pro
gram.
Students returning to their
classes will find many favorite
teachers back at their posts in the
various grades. There will also
be many new faces. Among the
new teachers joining the Palmer
School system staff this year are:
Agnes Isley, Katherine Steele,
Elizabeth D. Gaines, and Helen
Davalos. Other openings on the
teaching staff are yet to be filled.
Among well-liked teachers
who will not be returning this
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VALLEY REAL ESTATE has taken on
a new service for the peope of the Valley,
The Valley Insurance Agency
A complete line of Insurance
FIRE-AUTO-CASUALTY
A. L SMITH, owner -- Phone 2071
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ALASKA FARM WEEK
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Agriculture is of the utmost importance in the
economy and well-being of all civilized nations and in all parts
of this nation; and,
WHEREAS, there is need for greater recognition of both the
present importance of Agriculture in Alaska and of the need for
its rapid expansion in order that this Territory may become more
self-sustaining; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that there be created
a greater awareness of the availability and diversity of Alaskan
agricultural products and to expand the home market for these
products:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, B. Frank Heintzleman, Governor of
the Territory of Alaska, do hereby proclaim the week of August
28 through September 3 as—
ALASKA FARM WEEK
and urge that all possible effort be given to promote the sale of
vegetables, dairy products, livestock and grain produced by the
hard working, pioneering farms in Alaska.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the Territory of Alaska to be affixed. Done at
Juneau, the capital, this 19th day of August in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
B. FRANK HEINTZLEMAN
Governor of Alaska
GREENHOUSE TOUR
SET FOR FRIDAY
A tour through tne greenhouse
of the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station will give green
house gardeners a look at re
search into their special needs.
Horticulturalists will show visit
ors through the Station green
house here in Palmer tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
Members of the Station staff
will display their tomato and cu
cumber variety trails and discuss
cultural methods from 1 to 5 in
the afternoon and from 6:30 to
8 in the evening. Extensive tests
of varieties have been underway
at the Station and the plant
scientists will recommend those
found to be best adapted to Al
askan growing conditions.
Tomato and cucumber culture
will be discussed, including such
problems as training and prun
ing, pollinating, fertilizing, and
combatting plant diseases. There
will be opportunity for questions
from visitors about other green
house crops and individual prob
lems.
ALASKA 4-H FAIR
OPENS AUGUST 26
Entries for the All-Alaska 4-H .
Fair are due in Anchorage by
tomorrow afternoon, Chairman
W. F. Meek of the Kiwanis club
said today.
Out-of-town exhibits may be
sent to Mrs. Homer Hansen, 603
Manor Avenue, Anchorage. If
they wish Mrs. Hansen to col
lect the exhibit and mail it after
the Fair, they are to send her
return postage. Anchorage 4-H
leaders and the University of Al
aska Extension Service are work
ing with Anchorage Kiwanis
members to complete final de
tails.
The 4-H Fair will be held Aug
ust 26 through August 28, with
displays and exhibits expected
from all Alaska. Tentative pro
gram is registration and entires
from 1 to 5 p.m. August 26. Sat
urday morning, August 27, judges
rate exhibits. At 1 p.m. that day,
the 4-H Fair opens to the public.
Exhibits will be under canvas at
Mulcahy Park. The ring show
starts at 2 p.m. with exhibitors
showing their animals before
poultry and dairy judging con
test start. Photography judging
and tractor driving contest end
the day.
Sunday, afternoon, August 28,
4-fl members will give bread
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To help create interest in
4-H exhibits in the Matanuska
Valley Fair, several valuable
prizes which will be awarded
to outstanding 4-H boys and
girls will be exhibited at the
All-Alaska 4-H Fair being held
in Anchorage this week-end,
The prizes are being award
ed at the local Fair through
the cooperation of suppliers of
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association, and
the association. Stuart Dur
rant, Co-Op general manager
announced this week that the
prizes include a six to eight
month old calf to the out
standing Valley Fair 4-H ex
hibit in that class; two pigs in
the swine division; a certifi
cate for 100 chicks in the poul
try division; a certificate for
25 turkeys or 50 chicks; and a
grand prize to each boy and
each girl named for the most
outstanding 4-H exhibit. The
grand prize will be a bicycle
to each.
LOCAL PEOPLE PLAN
ATTENDANCE AT
LEGJON CONVENTION
Seveft members of the Matan
uska Valley American Legion
Post and Auxiliary unit are
planning to attend the American
Legion and Auxiliary conven
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Alaska September 1, 2, 3, 4, and
5.
Attending from Palmer will be
Mrs. Izola Sims, department first
vice-president; Mary B. Steel
man, unit president; Minnie
Clark, Molly Barrett, and Bessie
Dugas, all members of the local
Auxiliary unit. Also Ray Lancas
ter, commander local post, and
E. G. Dugas. 1
The Department American Le
gion is observing their 35th an
nual convention and Auxiliary
members are observing their 31st.
Those attending from Palmer
will fly down from Anchorage.
Valley Insurance Co.
Now Writing Policies
A. L. Smith of Valley Insurance
Co., a branch of Valley Real Es
tate, announced this week they
are now in a position to write
any type insurance through near
ly any company desired. The in
surance line includes life, fire,
auto, liability—-any type, he said.
COURT NEWS
VWVVVS,
Billy Jack Smith, 24, Spenard,
was fined $20 in U. S. Commis-,
sioner's Court on Aug. 10 wnen
found guilty on a Territorial
Police charge of excessive speed
ing on Aug. 5. He entered a plea
of guilty to the charge.
Stuart H. Dreghorn, 20, Pal
mer, was fined a similar amount
on a like charge when he ap
peared before U. S. Commission
er Dorothy Saxton on August 12.
He was charged with excessive
speeding on Aug. 5 by Territor
ial Police and entered a plea of
guilty and was found guilty.
FAIR EXHIBITS
SHOULD BE READY
BY SEPTEMBER 2
All persons planning to enter
exhibits in the 15th annual Ma
tanuska Valley Fair were re
minded this week by A1 Hagen,
fair manager, thaf entries must
be entered in proper form, with
the proper superintendent of the
department, prior to 8 p.m. on
Friday, September 2. Exceptions
to this will be entries in livestock
or perishable food entries. These
must be entered before 9 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3.
Exhibitors will be permitted to
prepare and arrange their ex
hibits up to 9 a.m. of the first
day of the Fair. The first respon
sibility of the exhibitor will be
to register with the Fair clerk,
receive a number, and inform
the clerk what departments he
wishes to exhibit in.
Official judging will take place
at 9 a.m. of the opening day of
the Fair and will continue until
all awards are made.
Each exhibitor will be allowed
only one specimen in each res
pective class open for compe
titive judging. Only one number
vrill be given any exhibitor, and
his exhibits will be known by
number only, and no names,
numbers or other identifying
features will be permitted to be
displayed at time of judging.
The Fair Association will fur
nish feed for all animals exhib
ited for premiums, and stable
quarters for all heavy animals
exhibited . for ..premiums. Ani
mals participating in other ac
tivities on the Fairgrounds such
as performances in front of the
grandstand where owners are
paid a fee, percentage, or cash
remuneration, shall not be elig
ible to compete for prizes or pre
miums. _ __
All exhibits used in group,
club, community, or other collec
tive exhibit, may be entered in
the open class, and eligible for
competitive judging, providing it
is properly entered with the pro
per department, and presented to
the judge at time of judging.
Further details may be found
in the 1955 premium list and di
rectory which may be obtained
from the fair manager, or in the
Fair office in the basement of
the Valley Theatre.
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SOIL SCIENTIST,
FERTILIZER SPECIALIST
VISITING IN VALLEY
The future possibly belongs to”1
cool countries, Dr. George Scar
seth, nationally-known soil scien
tist, said in his recent talk with
Tanana Valley farmers and gard
eners.
Scarseth spent two weeks in
the Tanana Valley to hunt for
undiagnosed soil difficiencies. He
plans to spend his third week of
his stay as visiting Extension
Service specialist, in the Terri
tory in the Matanuska Valley
and Kenai Peninsula. Dr. Scar
seth will be accompanied by his
wife.
Also visiting in the Valley at
the same time will be Lee Pryor,
fertilizer specialist with the Lilly
Company. He also is accompan
ied by his wife. Associate Direc
tor Arthur S. Buswell of the Uni
versity of Alaska Extension Ser
l vice will join them.
The men will confer with agri
culture specialists at the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Station,
visit testing plots at the Experi
ment Farm, and confer with area
farmers during their visits.
VALLEY PRODUCE
WILL BE FEATURED
DURING NEXT WEEK
Merchants throughout the
greater Anchorage and Palmer
areas are making plans to par
ticipate in the first annual Alas
ka Farm Week which will be ob
served throughout Alaska August
28 through September 5.
Attractive posters are being
prepared which will be distribut
ed among the merchants to iden
tify Alaskan-grown or produced
items. The observance has been
timed to climax with the huge
vegetable display that will be ex
hibited at the Matanuska Valley
Fair.
Members of the Matanuska
Vahey Chamber of Commerce,
under the chairmanship of Stu
art Durrant, have enlisted the
support of the Anchorage Cham
ber in the venture to promote
the sale of Alaskan produced it
ems. Special attention of the pur
chaser will be drawn to the local
produce by the posters. “We are
hoping that this is but a stepping
stone to a much larger scale pro
motion of Alaskan grown and
produced items”, Durrant said
this week.
Everett Adams, manager of the
Piggly-Wiggly store, said this
week that all Piggly-Wiggly
stores in the Anchorage, Spenard
and Palmer areas will feature Al
askan-grown produce during this
special observance. “Nugget Buy”
signs will indicate all local and
Alaskan produced items through
out the stores. Koslosky’s Depart
ment store will participate with
displays of Alaskan-grown pro
duce, identified by the attractive
posters. North Palmer Store, Val
ley Grocery, the Co-Op Trading
Post all will be participating in
the week-long observance. House
wives are urged to purchase
items designated as “Grown in
Alaska—Sold in Alaska” pro
Carr’s Food Center in Anchor
age and many additional food
stores in the neighboring city
plan extensive displays and pro
motion sales of Alaska-grown
produce and products during Al*
aska Farm Week.
Many Hunters Report
Big Game Kills
Nimrods of both sexes and var
ious ages took to the woods this
past week. Many have returned
with caribou, moose, goat, and
sheep. One of the first kills re
ported in the area was that of
young Charles Felzien, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Russ Felzien of Palmer
who “shot himself a moose when
he was only 10” but a few hours
after the season opened on Aug
ust 20. Many caribou have been
brought into the Piggly-Wiggly
store for processing and storage,
along with moose, goat and
sheep.
Hunters report that the moose
are still pretty high in the hills.
Favorite hunting spots don’t
seem to change much with the
years. Moose hunters swarmed to
the Willow area—are hunting
around the Buffalo section—up
Jim Creek way—Lazy Mountain
and many other favorite spots.
So far no hunter has “shot
himself a hunter”.
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for your
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