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PALMER, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955
PRICE TEN CENTS
City Council
Proceedings
Prior to the October 11 meet
ing of the Common Council, new
ly elected Mayor Charles W. Wil
son and Councilmen William T.
Zahradrpcek and Jan Koslosky
were administered to the oath of
office by City Magistrate Frank
Connally. /
Communications read at the
meeting included a letter from
the Palmer Public School report
ing board action at a meeting held
October 5. They requested the
City consider a joint tax prob
lem; the revaluation and reassess
ment needs in the city area. Such
a project would involve many
expenses. The letter requested
City consideration of sharing
costs. A later discussion by coun
cil members pointed out the need
foT equalized taxation, brought
about by such assessment work.
Last year physical assessment
work was done on all properties
outside city limits, in the school
district. The proposed physical
assessment work would aid in
equalizing assessments within the
city.
Other communications were re
ceived from the Attorney Gen
eral in Juneau requesting cooper
ation from the city in tax sale
properties against which the Ter
ritory might have a lien, and a
letter from Pippel Insurance for
bond renewal for the city clerk.
Ray Mathews, APW inspector,
appeared at the Council meeting
to answer questions Councilmem
bers might wish clarified. He re
ported APW has requested a full
“report on the City’s eight-inch
well—a report that Mathews is
in the process of making. In re
gards to the status of the City
against the bonding company,
Mathews reported there is no way
AflPW can force the company to
pay bills. “We can only tell the
company to do so, we can not
force them”, he stated. He was
referring to bills incurred by the
City of Palmer when the contrac
tor failed to complete his street
work and the City was forced to
do the work at the cost of ap
proximately $1500. In addition,
the city now has put oyer $6,000
into repair of the eight-inch well.
Referring to this subject Mathews
pointed out that the contractor
has fulfilled his contract; had put
down the well—that the well
worked for the required year—
and that the company can no
longer be held responsible for the
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DON INGALLS
NAMED PRESIDENT
TERR. MOOSE ASS’N.
Don Ingalls of Palmer and a
member of the Palmer Moose
lodge, was elected president of
the Alaska Moose Association
four-day convention held in Jun
eau last week. He was installed
in office Saturday evening, along
with Pat Welsh of Ketchikan,
vice-president; E. C. Wallace of
Fairbanks, second vice-president;
George El'iason of Sitkan, third
vice-president; Eske Eskeson of
Anchorage fourth vice-president,
and Dan McGraw of Sitka, secre
tary-treasurer. Charles Hanson
of Ketchikan was named to head
the Moose association civil affairs
committee and Joe Appling of
Sitka named chairman of the rit
ualistic committee.
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man and Delegate E. L. Bartlett
praised the Alaska Moose Asso
ciation for its accomplishments in
the territory, at Mooseheart in
Illinois and at Moosehaven in
Florida.
Next year’s convention will be
held in Palmer.
MAY GANGEL TWO
FOOTBALL GAMES
The two extra football games
scheduled between the Palmer
and Anchorage teams will pro
bably be cancelled, William T.
Zahradnicek, school superintend
ent said today. A check with An
chorage school officials to deter
mine field conditions in that city
will be the determining factor,
Zahradnicek said. The local field
could not be put in suitable play
ing condition before the Friday
game. However, should the An
chorage field be usable, the game
will be played as planned at 1:45
at Mulcahy Park.
Anchorage Eagles defeated the
Palmer players at the game play
ed in their home city October 8
by a score of 13-6. Anchorage took
the lead early in the game but
were unable to build up their
score until the final quarter when
they recovered a Palmer fumble
which eventually meant the ad
ditional points.
M-K Rents Storage
Space at Fairgrounds
Members of the Valley Fair
Association board of directors
this week signed a rental con
tract with Morrison-Knutson
construction company for rent
al of fair buildings in Palmer.
The space rented wall be used
for storage, board members
said.
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RELIGIOUS CHRISTMAS CARDS
SCRIPTURE TEXTS
Religious Supplies
Groceries & Meats Magazines
VALLEY GROCERY
FRANCIS HENRY, Prop.
PHONE 2551
You Are Invited to the
PREACHING MISSION
WITH
Dr. Victor B. Nelson
OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
October 16 - 23
Services on Sunday at 11:00 and 7:30
DEMOCRATS PLAN
CAUCUS OCTOBER 19
A caucus for all Democrats
of this area will be held Wed
nesday night, October 19, it
was announced this week by
Betty Mears, committee wo
man for the Palmer precincts.
The meeting will be held in the
MEA building beginning at 8
p.m. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Among business to be con
ducted will be the naming of
15 delegates from Palmer Pre
cincts one and two to the
Third Division Democratic
convention to be held in An
chorage at the end of the
month, and the preparation of
resolutions for presentation at
the convention.
POLICE WARN OF
BAD CHECK PASSER
Police officials this week warn
ed merchants of a bad-check
passer who to date has cashed
over $1,000 in bad checks. This
man is descirbed as a neat ap
pearing, young man although in
one case a check was passed by a
woman. The checks are written
on Curran Construction Company
checks and have been in large
denominations from over $100 to
$200. Reported checks have been
cashed in Anchorage and Seward.
VALLEY GROCERY
ROBBED OF $145
IN MERCHANDISE
Approximately $145 worth of
meat, candy, and canned goods
were stolen from the Valley
Grocery store on Valley Street
Monday morning about 5 a.m.
Entry was made from the rear of
the store through a window. City
and Territorial police are work
ing on the break-in.
Police are still seeking the per
son or persons who took four
wheels and tires from a vehicle
parked near the Palmer Body and
Paint company a week ago.
VALLEY RESIDENTS ASKED TO ASSIST IN
PLAYING HOSTS TO LEAGUE GONVENTIGN
The Matanuska Valley, and
Palmer in particular, will once
again play host and hostess to a
convention. The League of Al
askan Cities will meet in Palmer
October 31, November 1 and 2.
Representatives of nearly every
major city in the territory, and
their wives, will be in attend
ance during the three-day meet
ing.
A few of these visitors will be
making their first trip to Palmer
and the Matanuska Valley. Many
of them have expressed their an
xiousness to visit the “Valley of
Plenty” and although they will
be visiting at a time when much
of the green landscape will be
turned to shades of yellows and
browns (and perhaps a light touch
of white) they nevertheless will
have an opportunity to tour the
farm areas and visit various spots
of interest.
As a part of the valley-wide
welcome being planned, the Ma
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor an all-valley
dinner for the visitors. Commit
tee members, in formulating the
menu, believe it will be possible
to serve only items raised or pro
duced in the Matanuska Valley,
promoting the “Valley of Plenty”
theme that is becoming more and
more the by-line of this agricul
tural area. The only exception
would be sugar and coffee.
Residents will have an oppor
tunity to help the Chamber in ob
Pleniy of Ripe and Green
Tomatoes at the
Green House
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Building
School Officials
To Attend Education
Conferences Next Week
A three-day season of meetings
for Alaskan educators will be
held in Anchorage October 17, 18,
and 19. On the 17th, school ad
ministrators will meet; the fol
lowing day a meeting of Alaska
School Boards will be held, and
on the 19th, the Alaska White
House education committee will
convene.
School superintendents attend
ing the Monday meeting will the
following day attend a joint ses
sion with the school board asso
ciation and attend the White
House conference on Wednesday.
The Northwest Association for
Alaska accrediting committee will
meet during the October 17 meet
ing to review school standings.
William T. ZahracLnicek, Palmer
school superintendent, is a mem
ber of this committee, along with
Superintendents Winegart of
Petersburg, Sears of Juneau and
Commissioner of Education Da
foe. Members of the Palmer Sch
ool Board plan to attend as many
of the meetings as possible.
The Alaska White House com
mittee on education will review
reports from the field on educa
tional problems, Lew Hanks,
committee chairman said this
week. The meeting is open to the
public and is the second meeting
of the group. Their initial meet
ing was held in Anchorage May
11 at which time the program
and procedures were outlined.
Reports to be presented will in
clude results of expressions on
educational problems solicited
from Alaskans. The phases used
in the study included: “What Our
Schools Should Accomplish”;
“School Organization”, “School
Building Needs”, “Teacher Sup
ply”; “School Finance”, and “Con
tinuing Public Interest in Educa
tion”. These topics were discussed
at the September 20 meeting of
the Palmer P-TA and findings of
the local group will be included
in those reports to be given at
the conference.
baining the necessary foodstuffs
for the dinner. Committee mem
bers this week asked that anyone
who can furnish any of the fol
lowing items (for which they may
charge a price) leave their names
and items they will furnish at
the office of The Frontiersman.
The committee is planning on
about 70 diners.
Needed will be: Cranberry (or
other berry) juice,*rhubarb, a re
cipe for making a delectable ap
petizer (or other berry) juice,
rhubarb, a recipe for making a
delectable appetizer of the juice
and rhubarb; local grains for
making rolls; home-made butter;
valley-grown potatoes, broccoli,
peas, carrots, home-made relishes,
and local beef.
Fresh raspberries to be used as
bopping for locally produced ice
cream, have been frozen and are
being held in a locker at the
Piggly Wiggly store. Other locally
manufactured milk products will
be listed on the menu.
The public is not only invited
to participate in the convention
by helping the Chamber round up
the necessary foods for the din
ner, but by attending any or all
of the scheduled meetings. A full
program will be published prior
to the convention.
Among speakers which are now
scheduled are Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman who will present the
keynote address at the opening
session; Delegate E. L. Bartlett,
Irving Reed, Territorial Highway
Engineer; A. F. Ghiglione, Com
missioner of Roads, ARC; Jack j
F. McKay, director, Alaska Legis- !
lative Council M. Justin Herman,
acting regional administrator, |
Housing and Home Finance Agen- j
cy; James W. Huston, director,:
Alaska Public Works; and Rich- j
ard Ives, Urban Renewal Director. |
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Preaching Mission
Opens Next Sunday
Dr. Victor B. Nelson, pastor of
the Aldrich Avenue Presbyteri
an Church in Minneapolis since
1930, will be the speaker at the
eight-day Preaching Mission to
be held at United Protestant
Church in Palmer October 16-23.
The program for the week will
begin on Sunday witn ad
vices, the first at 11 a.m. and the
Dr. Victor B. Nelson.
Mission Speaker
second at 7:30 p.m. Monday night
will be men’s night, “A Religion
that Satisfies”. Tuesday, young
adult’s night the topic will be
“Real Success and How to Attain '
It”. Wednesday, ladies’ night, the
topic will be “Seven Blunders of
the World”. Family night will be
observed on Thursday with a pot
luck supper at 6 p.m. and the
topic, “My Witness’ at 7:30 p.m. [
Business Associate’s night will be
held on Friday with the topic
“Your Nickname and Mine” to be
presented. The program will be
concluded on October 23 with two '
services, one at 11 a.m. and the '
second at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Nelson has held many posi- (
tions in the Presbyterian Church
on Presbytery and Synod levels, j
He is past president of the Min
nesota Christian Endeavor Union, j
and former chaplain of the Fifth
District, American Legion. Born .
at Underwood North Dakota, Dr. (
Nelson graduated from Minnea
polis Business College in 1923; <
MacAlister College in 1927 and ,
from the Auburn Theological <
Seminary in 1930. In 1935 he serv- i
ed as moderator of the Presbytery ■
of Minneapolis and in 1948 was j
moderator of the Synod of Min
nesota. He was given a Doctor of
Divinity degree by the North
western Schools in 1941 and an
other DD by MacAlister College
.in 1953.
During the years 1943 to 1945
he served as chaplain in the US
Navy, serving most of the time
at Yorktown, Va. At the close of
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MAYOR’S STATEMENT
PRESENTED AT
COUNCIL MEETING
Charles W. Wilson, mayor of
Palmer, spoke to members of the
Common Council on his proposed
policies for his term of office -
during the October 11 meeting of
the Common Council. The text of
his; statements appear in part,
below.
“I propose to leave appoint
ments continue as is for the im
mediate future for two reasons..1
First, I want to inquire fully into'
how well present city employee!?
are* doing the job. Second, will
the City income stand a $42,000
payroll in addition to other costs?
“Speaking to the first point—
those of you who have been on
the, Council for a year or more •
ire better acquainted with this
than I am. Therefore, I am ask- *
ng that each of you present in
writing your judgment on each
if them, including: City Clerk,
2ity Attorney, Health Officer,
Zthief of Police, Patrolmen, Water
Employee, Street Department
Employee, and Fire Department. • •
[n making inquiries on what is
?xpected of these employees, I
‘ind several answers.
“I am convinced that a job
lescription should be written for
each job so that the employee will
know what is expected of him
and his supervisor will also know
what t6 expect. A part of super
vision is to be sure the employee
kncjws what bis job is and that
lie is qualified to do the job. He
should have one, and only one,
supervisor and he should know
who that supervisor is. The su
pervisor should know what the
job is and should be able to recog
nize satisfactory accomplishment.
“Speaking to the second point—
xm the City’s income stand a
M2,000 payroll? If it cannot, we
nave two choices to consider: one,
'educe the number of employee*;
;wo, reduce salaries. I believe we
should consider both of these
possibilities serious1 j and in-do
ng so we should carefully weigh
he possibilities endangering the
overall structure of government
f cuts in quantity or quality of
nty employees are too severe.
“Present city employees have
leen on their job for a year or
onger and I propose to leave *
hem on the job for at least an
>ther two weeks.
-..“Planning Commission: As -■
;ome of you know, I have been a
nember of the Planning Commis
iion since it was first appointed
ly our first Mayor, Carl Meier.
: know first hand the feeling of
futility which came with work
ng up plans and recommenda
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PERMANENTS
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SCALP TREATMENTS
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Pbone 3301
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Owner-Operator
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Annual Bazaar
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Valuable Prizes to be awarded at midnight
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Free Admission
BIG FEED
Sun., Oct. 16
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