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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 1955 FAIR
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Box 1797 John Weisenberger Palmer
Phone: 62J3
SGHOOL TIME AGAIN!
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OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES_
• Costume Jewelry
j • Kitchenware
• Notions-Toys
• Souvenirs
We Wish the Matanuska
Vailey Fair Success
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CONGRATULATIONS
to the
1955 FAIR BOARD MEMBERS
for their
Fine Performance
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FULL UNE
STAPLE GROCERIES
AND LUNCHEON MEATS
Valley Grocery
I VALLEY MUSEUM
OPENS SEPT. 3
The Matanuska Valley Museum
will officially open for the first
time on September 3 when the
Matanuska Valley Fair begins its
three-day run.
The museum is being hpused
in a log cabin which just recent
ly was moved to a prominent lo
cation at the front of the fair
grounds. T. A. Moyer, Fair board
president, has been named muse
um curator and has accumilated
many valued and interesting ar
tifacts which will be on display
throughout the Fair.
The log cabin itself is of his
torical value. According to Don
L. Irwin, director of the Alaska
Experiment Station, and a key
figure during the colonization of
the Matanuska Valley back in
1935, the eabin is the first log
cabin built in the Valley at the
time of the colony. It was con
structed as a model building by
the transient workers who were
in the Valley to build the colon
ists’ homes and located where the
Claire Patton farm now is situ
ated.
It’s first use v/as as an office
for camp officials. Many parties
and even a wedding were held
in the building. Madelyn DePor,
colonist nurse, was married in I
the building, back in the early
days.
The building was moved sev
eral years later when it was no
longer used to a spot between the
present PARC skating rink and
the corner, where it remained
for a year or tv^o before being
moved to the Fairgrounds. At
that time the cabin was turned
over to the local Boy Scouts for
their use. Lack of funds to do
necessary work prevented the
Scouts from developing the
building into a meeting or play
place and except during subse
quent Fairs, the building stood
idle many years. The Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen have used the
building for their attractive dis-.
plays each year during the Fair.
However, they have now out
grown the limits of the cabin
and for the first time will be lo
cated in the former administra
.. tive building on the fairgrounds.
Members of this year’s Fair
board have spent much time and
| thought on how the log building j
! could best be used. Their ulti
! ms;e aim is to restore the build
ing to its original beauty, erect
a typical Alaskan food cache
nearby, and use the cabin as a
year-round Valley Museum.
Many interested valley residents
have loaned their valued artifacts
for this year’s Fair and have in
dicated that when the building
becomes a permanent museum,
they will donate items that will
be displayed year-round, for the
pleasure of tourists and residents
alike.
The cabin will be photograph
ed in time to «eome and souvenir
; cards will be made, the Fair
board has announced.
BRIDE SEPTEMBER 4
Miss Geraldine Kindgren, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Ising of Palmer will become the
bride of Peter S. Lampard, son of
Mrs. Frank S. Lampard of Zel
ienpole, Pa., Sunday evening,
September 4. The ceremony will
be performed by the Rev. Einar
Bach at St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Palmer. All friends
of the families are invited to at
tend the ceremony and reception
which will follow in the church
social hall.
The couple attended the Uni
versity of Alaska last year and
are well-known in the Fairbanks
area, as well as the Matanuska
Valley. The bride-to-be is em
ployed in the office of the U. S.
Geological Survey and the pros
pective bridegroom is employed
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Economist Leaves
For Harvard Studies
HUGH A. JOHNSON
Leaving Palmer this week are
Hugh A. Johnson and has son
Everett. They are driving to i
Cambridge, Massachusetts where '
Johnson will attend Harvard
University under a Ldttauer Fel
lowship in Economics and Public
Administration. Mrs. Johnson
and daughters Margaret and
Barbara already are in the East.
The Johnson’s have lived in
Palmer for the past six years
while Johnson was in charge of
the Department of Agricultural
Economics for the Experiment
Station and Extension Service of
the University of Alaska. In ad
dition to his regular duties he
was Experiment Station editor
for one year and also was active
in civic and scientific organiza
tions. He joined the Kiwanis Club
in 1950, was active in club affairs
particularly in management of
the annual Minstrel Shows, and
was president of the local club
in 1952. He has been a trustee of
the Palmer Library Association
and on the board of the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital since 1953
being elected treasurer of the
Hospital Board in 1955. Also in
195§ he was appointed by the
Governor to be agricultural re
presentative from Alaska to the
Pacific Northwest Trade Associa
tion and has acted as consultant
on agriculture to the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce.
Professionally,' Johnson has
written many reports on Alaskan
conditions. His latest publication, .
Matanuska Valley Memoir, writ
ten with Keith Stanton, describ
ing how the Matanuska Valley
community developed, has just
been published by the Experi
ment Station. Johnson was active
in organizing Alaska’s only or
ganization of scientists, the Al
aska Division, American Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Science. Beginning with the or
ganizational meetings at Anchor
age when he was appointed a
councilor, he also helped estab
lish branch organizations at
Fairbanks and Juneau. He was
president of the Cook Inlet
Branch, AAAS, in 1953 and presi
dent of the Alaska Division in
1954. Recognition of his research,
and organizational activities was
acknowledged in 1953 when the
national board elected him a
Fellow of the AAAS.
Johnson has completed 15
years of government service. He
studied at the University of Wis
consin and took courses at Pur
due University. His plans after
study at Harvard are indefinite.
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I5TH ANNUAL
MATANUSKA VALLEY FAR
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