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DECEMBER 30 — 7 P.M.
Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLET
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 10
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. DEC. 29, 1955
PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SET FOR TONIGHT
HEAVY SNOW FALL
SLOWS TRAFFIC
THROUGHOUT AREA
Snowfall in the valley in the
past 24 hours varies from 15 to
20 inches, according to reports
made this noon. All pieces of city
and Alaska Hoad Commission
snow removal equipment are in
use clearing at least one-lane
strips on all valley roads.
The valley is not alone in the
heavy snowfall. At noon Anch
orage had two feet of snow, with
a five-mile wind blowing, making
snow removal a bit more difficult
in that section. The toad to Kenai
reported closed to 10 a.m., is open
to traffic, but only one lane.
Kenai reported calm and snowy
weather. Thirty inches of snow
had fallen at Tok early this mor
mng and the Glenn Highway was
open as far as Glen Allen—closed
beyond. Fairbanks reported snow,
Seward reported snow that turn
ed to rain and brought their tem
perature up to 40 degrees. Cor
dova is having rain and Homer
reported snow and an eight-mile
wind. Talkeetna reported snow.
Residents living in the rural
areas reported “opening” roads
this morning with their cars.
Hospital Membership
Campaign Under Way
The 1956 membership campaign
for the Valley Hospital Associa
tion has gotten under way in the
valley, it was announced this
week.
All Palmer Kiwanis members
are selling memberships, as well
as members of the hospital board
of directors. Anyone wishing to
purchase a membership may con
tact any of the mentioned groups.
Organization representatives who
are interested in helping promote
the campaign in their club or or
ganization may obtain member
ships to be sold to their fellow
members by contacting Allan
Miok at the Experiment Station.
Membership is $2.50 per year and
funds collected through the mem
berships are used to retire bonds
purchased by area individuals
several years ago. As soon as
these bonds are paid off, the
membership money will be made
available for some other hospital
expense.
If any organization or group
would like to hear first hand
about their hospital, a board
member will attend a meeting
and discuss the current opera
tions and facilities of the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital, it was an
nounced. Interested groups
should contact John Weisenber
geor, beard president, or Mr. Mick,
membership chairman.
AVA President
To Speak at
Chamber Meeting
All persons interested in the
Alaska Visitors Association
are invited to attend the Janu
ary 4 Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce meeting at
which time Ben Crawford, as
sociation president, of Anchor
age, will be in attendance and
speak on the association’s
plans for the coming tourist
season.
Ed Smith, new Chamber
president, will preside at the
meeting.
FORD FOUNDATION
SENDS FORMS FOR
PROPOSED GRANT
The Valley [Presbyterian Hos
pital has received terms v., he
proposed Ford Foundation grant,
it was announced this week by
John Weisenberger, president of
the Hospital Association. Forms
have ben received by the Board
which will be filled out and sent
back to the Foundation.
“While final determination of
' those hospitals which are eligible
and the estimation of the exact
amount of each grant must be
made by the Foundation at it’s
descretion, we believe that your
hospital may be eligible for a
grant of $10,000 under this pro
gram”, H. Rowan Gaither, Jr.,
president of the Ford Foundation,
wrote the hospital board last
week .
The Ford Foundation has un
dertaken a program of one-time
grants to assist voluntary, non
profit hospitals in the United
States, its territories and posses
sions in the improvement and ex
tention of their services to their
respecti Te communities, Gaither
said.
The Foundation recognizes that
hospital services must vary from
community to community in ac
cordance with local needs. In ac
cordance, a grant is being offer
ed to each voluntary non-profit
hospital in the United States ac
cepted for listing by the Ameri
' can Hospital Association as of
December 12, 1955, providing the
hospital satisfies other terms and
conditions set up in the terms of
the grant.
The grants will be for use by
each hospital for improving or
extending services. Grant funds
may NOT be used to pay the re-"
curring operating expenses of
services presently being perform
ed by the hospital or to liquidate
existing indebtedness.
The amount of each grant will
be established in relation to the
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MANY ATTEND
CITY OPEN HOUSE
A number of interested city
residents visited the new city
hall, fire hall, and city jail dur
ing open house held last Friday.
For some it was the first time
they had seen just where their
sales tax money has gone and
several expressed their surprise
at the fine office section; fire hall
and jail facilities. -
The larger section of the first
floor is devoted to storage space
for fire fighting equipment and
other pieces of city equipment, as
well as the community ambul
ance. On the west side of the first
floor are located the offices of the
city clerk and police department.
The police office is used jointly
by city and territorial police. A
two-way territorial police radio
is located in this office.
Jail facilities are located in the
basement. Two single-type cells
and a large “bull pen” provide
ample room for those requiring
“overnight lodging”.
Anyone interested in seeing the
city property who was unable to
attend the open house, is welcome
to visit city hall anytime during
office hours.
Refreshments of coffee and
cookies were served during the
afternoon. The coffee was fur
nished by Koslosky’s Depart
ment store and the cookies by the
Palmer Baking company.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OFFICE OPEN JAN. 4
Because of the holiday person
nel of the Territorial Employ
ment Service will not be in Pal
mer on Tuesday, January 3 as
formerly scheduled. Instead they
will be at Carpenters’ Hall on
Wednesday, January 4, from 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All persons
wishing, to contact the Service
are requested to do so on Janu
ary 4.
WILL MAIL AREA
: TAX FORMS FRIDAY ];
! Personal property tax as- !;
| sessment forms will go out to !;
! all city and Palmer School !;
I District residents this week, !;
! according to an announcement !;
! made this week.
; The self-assessment type jj
; forms will be mailed on Fri- jj
; day and are due back in the !;
; tax assessor’s office by Feb- I;
; ruary 1. All residents are urg- I;
; ed to fill in the forms as soon !;
! as possible and return them !;
| at an early date, to be sure !;
! of correct assessments, !;
MOOSE TO PLAY
AIRMEN FRI. NIGHT
A basketball game will be
played at Central School gym
nasium tomorrow night between
the Palmer High School Moose
and a unit from the 5005th AFB
Hospital, acording to an announ
cement made today by Chip Chat
terton, Moose coach.
The preliminary game will be
gin at 7 p.m., followed by the
varsity game at 8 p.m.
JIM HURLEY
SPEAKER AT
KIWANIS LUNCHEON
Jim Hurley, area delegate to
the Constitutional Convention
being held at College, spoke to
fellow Kiwanians during the De
cember 27 meeting at Palmer Ki
wanis. Ha spoke on convention
procedures. •
Guests at the meeting includ
ed Lloyd Morley, Cal Winey, and
B. McNeese, all representatives
of the Territorial Department of
Health.
Club officers and directors will
hold a meeting Friday evening,
December 30 in the office of
James Wilson at 7:30 p.m.
LOCAL RIFLE CLUB
TAKES 3 MORE WINS
Members of Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen Rifle club are the
“shootingest” group around —
and their records substatiate this
statement. To date they have tak
en five out of six matches with
the Tanana Valley Sportsmen
Rifle club. On December 9 they
took a match from the far-noiti
shooters, 1933 to 1920, with K.
Westenbarger of the high man
for the local team with a total of
389. On December 12 Westenbar
ger was again high with a 394
total out of a possible 400. Team
scores in that shoot were M. Val
ley 1935 — T. Valley 1929.
Shooting against the LaBrea
Rifle Club of Culver City, the to
tal nimrods have won three out
of four shoots. The past two mat
ches have had the following scor
es: LaBrea, 1562—M. Valley,
1550: M. Valley, 1553—La Brea,
1536. High man on the local teams
were N. Woods, 389 and A. Rich
ie, 391.
On December 13 the local club
shot against the Laurel Rifle club
of Billings, Montana, and lost the
match by five points, 1939-1944.
A Richie’s 391 was high for his
team.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
OVERLOOKED IN RUSH
Inadvertently five area busi
| nesses were omitted Trom our
I Christmas issue of The Frontiers
! man. They were Motor-in Service,
; Palmer Baking Company, Palmer
Transfer, Alaska Rural Rehabil
itation Corporation and Teeland’s
Shopping Center. These merch
ants, along with the many others,
extended their best holiday
greetings to residents of the Ma
1 tanuska Valley.
CONSTITUTION;
GAME LAWS
TO BE DISCUSSED
. Area residents are urged to at
tend the public hearings which
wilt .be held tonight in the cafe
teria at, the new high school.
The first hearing, beginning at
7:30 p.m., will find James Hurley,
area delegate to the Constitution
al Convention, on the receiving
end of questions from interested
persons. Delegate Hurley, along
with many other delegates, is
home on recess and' is spending
nlost of his spare time meeting
with groups in order to bring to
them a clearer picture of what
is going on at the Convention
and to take back pertinent
thoughts of the people of his
area on the Constitution. Hurley
has met with the Wasilla people,
in that town, spoke with Grange
members at their meeting last
. Thursday, and with Kiwanians
oh ‘Monday of this week. Inter
est in how Alaska’s Constitution
is being framed has been shown’
ai .all the meetings.
1 This hearing will immediately
..be followed by the Fish and
Wildlife’s annual game hearing.
These' hearings are held once
e^ch' year in all sections of Alas
ka and offer sportsmen an oppor
tunity to say what they would
like to have in regards to game
regulations for the coming sea
sons'. Desires expressed by sports
men • throughout sections of Al
aska - are correlated and many
changes in game regulations may
be directly traced back to these
annual hearings. Holger Larson,
enforcement agent for Fish and"
Wildlife, will conduct the hear
ing, assisted by other FWS of
ficers. Among subjects expected
to get a going over in the dis
cussions is the cow moose season
that has ben proposed by some
sportsmen.
All interested persons are urg
ed to attend both hearings.
Explorers’ Tree
Sale Grosses $131
“We wish to express our
thanks to the public who helped
make our Christmas tree sales
a success”, members of Explorer
Troop 754 said this week. The ,
local Scouts sold $131 worth of
trees during their sale and the
money will be used for a plan
ned program of Explorer scout
ing throughout the year.
The trees were sold at Ketchi
kap Spruce Mills in Palmer and
the S>cOutfc added their thanks
tq the management for the assis
tance and space given them for
their project.
Explorers are reminded of a
meeting which will be held in
the United Protestant Church as
sembly hall on Monday evening,
January 2, at 8 p.m. Bill Adams,
Explorer advisor, has urged all
members to attend the meeting.
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