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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 48
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. SEPT. 15, 1955
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PRICE TEN CENTS
James J. Hurley
Wins Delegate Post
Voter# failed to turn out in any
forest number for the special elec
tion held throughout the Terri
tory September 13. In the two
Pabner precincts only 311 per
sons voted; 129 in the city pre
cinct «nd 182 in the country pre
cinct.
iiames J. Hurley, ARKC man
<&£«r, received top votes in Elec
tion District No. 16, the Palmer,
Wa-silla and Talkeetna recording
districts. He received a total of
1€2 votes and will go to College,
Alaska and the district’s dele
gate to the Constitutional Con
vention in November. Other can
didates for the local delegate seat
were Ben Hitchcock, of Caribou
Creek, with a total vote of 102
and M. D. Snodgrass of Palmer,
72.
Palmer voters picked the fol
lowing as their choice in District
No. 22, the Territory of Alaska
at Large: Ralph J. Rivers, 141; R.
Holland Armstrong, 133; Mildred
R. Herrmann, 121; Edward D.
Coffey, 118; Steve McCutcheon,
96; Eben Gordon Bailey, 90, and
Katherine D. Nordale, 90.
In Election District No. 18, the
Third Judicial Division, Palmer
voters picked the following 12
persons as their top favorite can
didates: Betty Mears, 147; Wil
liam A. Egan, 121; Victor Fisch-;
er, 120; Victor C. Rivers, 119;
Arthur L. Angebreth, 109; M. R.
Marston, 103; James D. Frey, 102;
Frank Sorensen, 98; Reese Tatro,
96; John S. Hellenthal, 95; Geor
ge W. McLaughlin, 95; and Ed
wiard V. Davis, 93.
Final tabulations are not yet in
the two at-large divisions. How
ever, last night McLaughlin, Riv
ers, Marston, Hellenthal, Davis,
Victor Fischer, Mrs. E. A. Fis
cher, Buckalew and Boyko were
leading in the Third Division
race.
UiHMnpioymsnt Office
WiH Open in Palmer
Jack Isadore, manager of the
Federal Unemployment office in
Anchorage, announced this week,
that unemployment service will
begin in Palmer within the next
two weeks when an office will
be opened in this city to service
residents of the Palmer, Wasilla
and Sutton areas. Unemployment
claims will then be taken in Pal
mer, instead of by mail or by
going to the Anchorage office as
in the past. The location of the
office will be announced as soon
as possible, Isadore stated.
The office will be open one
dsay every two weeks he said,
and will be staffed by person
nel from the Anchorage office
who will service claims in this
area. “This new method will
gieatly expedite payments of
benefits to claimants'’, Isadore
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7:30 p.m.
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IM. D. SNODGRASS
NAMED TO NEW
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ;
M. D. Snodgrass, long time !;
Alaskan and well-known pion- !;
eer in many fields, was this «|
week named to the new five- ;!
member Board of Trustees of j!
the Alaska Pioneer’s Home by j!
Governor B. Frank Heintzle- j!
man. The board was created \\
by the 1955 Legislature. ]!
Mr. Snodgrass received the
request to serve as a board ]j
member in a personal letter jj
from the governor this week. I;
City Council
Proceedings
During the September 14 meet
ing of the City Council, members
were told that the City Planning
Commission will hold a public
hearing for the Felton Addition
property owners request on am
endment of the plat of the Felton
Addition to Palmer Townsite. The
hearing will be held before the
City Planning Commission on
October 3 at 8 p.m. in the office
of the City Clerk.
* * *
Drawings of the Matanuska
Telephone Association central of
fice building were submitted for
inspection. Council members will
request submission of blue prints
for further study before a build
ing permit is issued.
* * *
By motion Council members
voted to amend the budget to add
to estimated revenues $30,288.03
from the sale of the city tele
phone system; to transfer from
the fire department to adminis
tration all capital expenditures
on the fire hall; to add; the fol
lowing estimated expenditures
for departments as indicated: Ad
ministration: $500 Civil Defense
(previously voted); $3,000 for
finishing the jail and basement
of firehall. Street Department:
$1,426.89 part time street labor;
$7,988.92 Equipment (capital 2/3
tractor shovel); $19,076.63 in
crease in estimate for street grav
el and equipment rental. Water:
$4,318.33 equipment (1/3 tractor
shovel); $5,417.59 repairs on eight
inch well (capital).
* * *
The City of Palmer will call for
bids for a complete heating sys
tem for the fire hall building.
Specifications may be obtained
from the City Clerk. Bids must
be in the City Clerk’s office by
10 A.M. September 26.
* * *
A special committee consisting
of Council members Robert Pet
erson, Betty Mears and William
Zahradnicek will supervise instal
lation of petitions creating office
space for the city clerk and po
lice chief in the fire hall build
ing.
* * *
Bills approved for payment
came to a total of $3,031.65.
The next regular meeting has
been set for September 27 at
7:30 p.m. in the office of the
city clerk.
BRING YOUR BEST GIRL TO THE
Denting!
FOR DANCING TO THE PACOS TRIO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
No Minors
COCKTAILS AND DINNERS
Mile 35 — Palmer Hiway
Va
MTA TO CONSTRUCT
CENTRAL OFFICE
BUILDING SOON
Officials of the Matanuska
Telephone Association expect
that the bid calls will go out
within the month for construc
tion of the associaion’s central of
fice building and equipment, ac
cording to Robert Partridge, MTA
manager.
The central office will be lo
cated at the corner of Valley
Street and Independence Avenue
in the ARRC subdivision; Block
5, Lot 1, 2, 3, and 4. The cement
block building will measure ap
proximately 70 by 80 feet and
will be of a one-floor plan. Lo
cal merchants will have an op
portuntiy to bid along with con
tractors, Partridge stated.
Rehabilitation work on the
present system is progressing, he
reported. A cable was set in a
trench from Tost’s Service, under
the railroad tracks and along one
section of the fairgrounds, about
800 feet in all, he said. Telephone
users on that line report excel
lent reception. Many' inquiries
from the rural areas are still com
ing into the office, Partridge said,
concerning rehabilitation work in
the country. “Plans are, and will
be completed sometime this win
ter, to re-wire the Wasilla road
area, Matanuska road area and
North Palmer area for those sub
scribers who now have service
or who have had service”, he
said.
Equity payments are still lag
ging way behind, the MTA man
ager reported. A requirement of
about $10,000 remains to be paid
by members of the association.
“There will come a time when
we will have to cut this off. Those
who do not have their equity and
membership payments made at
that time will not receive tele
phone service”, he stated. About
one year was provided for pay
ment of the membership and
equity costs, he pointed out. “I
have been trying to encourage
members to make installment
payment if they can not pay the
full amount at one time”, he said.
No one will be cut in on the new
dial system unless the payments
are made in full at the time of
the change over from the pres
ent system to the new one.
Services for
L. Z. Scott
Set for Friday
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the
Church of God on Matanuska
Street for Lannah Zole (Jack)
Scott who passed away sudden
ly at his home on September 13.
Services will be conducted by the
Rev. Wesley Lancaster, assisted
by members of the Palmer Moose
Lodge and Palmer B. P. O. Elks.
Interment will take place at the
Palmer cemetery.
Mr. Scott, who was born April
27, 1902 came to Palmer in 1934
and homesteaded a few miles
north of the city. He worked for
the Alaska Road Commission for
about eight years before going
to work for the Alaska Rural Re
habilitation Corporation. The
past four years he had been af
filiated with Ralph Goodrich in
the Palmer Machinery Company.
He is survived by his wife Hel
en, a sister, Mrs. Russell Dow of
Palmer, two brothers, Homer
Scott and Jack Scott, both of
California, and five stepchildren,
Don DeLand, Ted DeLand, and
Mrs. David Rush all of Palmer
and Mrs. Evon Meier of Westmin
ister, Colorado, and Mrs. Mack
Adams of Anchorage. Also a
nephew Jim Scott of Palmer.
Friends may pay their last re
spects from 7 to 9 p.m. this eve
ning at the Palmer Funeral Cha
pel which is handling arrange
ments.
Ben Hudgins, well-known Pal
mer electrician, is a patient at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
where he was taken following an
accident which occurred while he
was working in the Sutton area.
A pole on which he was working
broke, sending him to the ground.
POTATO HARVEST
NOW UNDER WAY
THROUGHOUT VALLEY
The potato harvest in the Ma
anuska Valley is expected to be
in full swing by next week, ac
cording to George Crowthers of
the Department of Agriculture.
Several farmers have begun their
annual harvests and from all in
dications most of them will be
digging by next week, he said.
Weather has held up some of the
harvesting, he added.
The potato crop is not expected
to run much less than previous
years, although some farmers
have indicated their yields may
not be quite as big this year as
in some previous harvests. Late
plantings and early frosts may
have indicated this speculation,
i* was stated.
All type vegetables have been
short this year. Cabbage, lettuce,
celery, and carrots have all been
short of market demand. The
combination of a poor growing
season and competition might ac
count for this, Crowthers said.
Farmers plant only what they
feel will sell, when the demand
increases there is a shortage.
However, he added, the aver*
age farmer will be able to ful
fill his army contracts.
Plans Formulating
For Kid’s Day
Celebration Sept. 24
Progress is being made in the
development of plans for the
celebration on Saturday, Sep
tember 24, of Kids’ Day. The
local Kiwanis club is joining with
hundreds of other communities
throughout the United States,
Canada, Alaska and Hawaii in
developing a program with com
plete local flavor which will fit
the theme of the day, which is
“Boys and Girls—Our Greatest
Resource.”
George Crowther, president of
the Palmer club, has announced
that Ed Smith will be general
chairman of the local Kids’ Day
observance. He will be assisted
by men who have been assigned
to the general committee, includ
ing: William Zahradnicek, Ray
Bula, Cy Brewer and Tatso Gos
ho, all members of the Youth
Services committee; and Jim
Hurley, who will work with the
committee on the celebration.
Tentative plans for the Sep
tember 24h observance of Kids’
Day in Palmer call for the fol
lowing activities: Pet Parade,
Hobby Show, and Talent Show.
Youngsters of Valley are urged
to begin their plans for entry in
the pet parade and participation
in the hobby and talent shows.
Funds to operate the valley-wide
program will be raised by local
Kiwanians through a pancake
breakfast which will be held the
morning of Kids’ Day on the
street in front of the Piggly-Wig
gly store. The public is invited to
participate.
Mayor Charles W. Wilson
leaves Friday to attend a confer
ence in Lincoln, Nebraska. This
is an annual meeting of State and
Territorial conservationists with
the Soil Conservation Service.
Mayor Wilson is Alaska’s conser
vationist. At the completion of
the conference Mayor Wilson
will go to Portland, Oregon
where he will later be joined by
his wife who is at present attend
ing an Eastern Star convention
in Washington, D. C. They plan
to return to Palmer together.
PERMANENTS
HAIR STYLING
SCALP TREATMENTS
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Pbone 3301
LAVONNE JOHNSON
Owner-Operator
I Just Arrived !;
TULIPS and DAFFODILS jj
for outside planting !;
HYACINTHS & NARCISSUS !;
for forcing >
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP lj
Theatre Building !;
School Enrollment
Nearly 800 in Palmer
MERCHANTS WARNED
TO KNOW IDENTITY ;
OF CHECK CASHERS
![ Richard Jones of the Matan- ;!
!; uska Valley Bank this week j!
cautioned merchants to know jl
j; the identity of persons for ]j
j! whom they are cashing checks. ;j
jt During the past few weeks
;! at least three bad checks have jj
j! been passed in the Valley, jj
;! most recent of which was a !;
;! $75 check cashed last Thurs- !;
jl day br/ a local grocer which Jj
j! proved to be worthless upon !;
deposit. <;
!» Territorial and local police j;
are cooperating with officials j;
!; to apprehend the writers of <|
!; these checks. ;I
Two School Board
Vacancies to Be
Filled October 4
Two vacancies on the Palmer
Independent School Board will
be filled at the October 4 elec
tion. Voting will take place in
Palmer at the Co-Op club room
between the hours of 8 a.m. and
7 p.m. Terms to be filled are one
for a regular term of five years
and one for an unexpired term
of one year.
Any qualified elector may have
his name placed on the printed
ballots as a candidate for the
Palmer Board of Education by
filing a declaration of intention
to run and leaving it at Central
School office on or before 5 p.m.
Friday, September 30. Declara
tions of intention to run may be
secured at the Central School of
fice. It is not necessary for a
candidate to circulate a petition
in order to have his name placed
on the ballot, however, his in
tention to run must be declared
before the September 30 deadline.
MISSING ITEMS
RETURNED BY MAIL
Rusty Dow, Matanuska Valley
Fair Association secretary, re
ported this week that she has
received her wool blanket and
large piece of velvet used on the
queen's throne during the Fair.
The items turned up missing
after the Fair. They were mailed
from Anchorage. An accompany
ing note stated they had been
taken by mistake. Mrs. Dow ex
pressed her thanks for their re
turn.
PREMIUM LIST
NOT YET READY
Premium lists of winners in
ibe 1955 Matanuska Valley Fair
are not yet complete, according
to A1 Hagen, fair manager. He
said he expected they will be
completed in time for publication
in next week's issue of The
Frontiersman.
To date 791 students have reg
istered for classes fn the Palmer
Independent School District, ac
cording to William T. Zahrad
nicek, school superintendent.
Central School, having the larg
est enrollment, has 480 registered
students in grades one through
seven. Swanson School primary
grades one through six, totals
126 pupils, and the new high
school has total enrollment of
185 students.
Lee Plumbley, band master,
said this week he has a very large
enrollment in the band program
with 45 in the senior band pro
gram; 60 in the junior section,
and at least another 60 students
in the grades.
Some vacancies still exist in
the teaching staff, according to
Zahradnicek. John Aper, high
school librarian, is doubling in
math until a teacher is secured.
Robert Chatterton, recent arrival
and teaching in the seventh grade
at Central School, will coach
basketball and track this year.
Chatterton is a graduate of the
University of Oregon, attended
Washington State College and
the University of Washington. He
has his major in physical educa
tion, and comes to Palmer from
the Mt. Vernon High School in
Washington where he coached
for a number of years. He has
about 18 years background in
coaching. In addition to his work
in basketball and track he is as
sisting Coach Norman Rousey
with the football program.
155 CHILDREN GET
SECOND SALK
VACCINE INJECTIONS
A total number of 155 area
children received their second
Salk vaccine injections at a clinic
held in Chugiak, Wasilla, and
Palmer on September 8. Of these,
104 were given to Palmer chil
dren at Central School, with Drs.
Arthur J. Colberg, C. C. Bailey,
and John Burnett administrating
the injections.
At Chugiak 28 pupils were in
jected with the vaccine, with Dr.
Bailey administrating, and at
Wasilla, 23 pupils received the
vaccine at Wasilla with Dr. Col
berg administering.
Assisting in the Palmer pro
gram were Public Health Nurse
Jeanne Clough, Bernice Traphag
en, school nurse, and volunteers,
Mrs. Oliver Onkka, Mrs. Robert
Johns and RN Elizabeth Camp
bell.
Dr. C. C. Bailey, health of
ficer, announced today, that a
make-up clinic will be held at
the Health Center in the Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital Fri
day morning at nine o’clock.
School personnel will see that
the children who are eligible
to attend the make-up clinic
get to the Health Center for
their innoculations.
Close Oul Sale
MUST CLOSE OUT ALL GREENHOUSE
PLANTS BY OCTOBER 1ST
50% off
ON ALL
PLANTS IN GREENHOUSE
PERENNIALS AND BERRY PLANTS
25% off
BRING YOUR OWN BOXES
Palmer Nursery