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VOLUME 8, NUMBER* 13
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JAN. 27, 1955
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NEW PALMER HIGH TAKEN OVER BY P.I.S.D.
Alaska Farm Forum Opens Here> Feb. I
FARMERS TO HEAR
AGRICULTURAL
SPECIALISTS
Farmers from each of Alaska’s
farming regions will begin arriv
ing next Monday, January 31, Tor
the Alaska Farm Forum which
will be held in this city on Feb
ruary 1, 2, and 3. Heading the
delegation from the Tanana Val
ley will be George Gasser, agri
cultural pioneer in the territory.
Also expected from the Fairbanks
area are Bert Stimple, Clyde
Sherman, John Holm and Paul
Elbert. All meetings are scheduled
for the cafeteria in the 'new Pal
mer High School on Springer
Road.
L. H. Lancashire of Kenai and
a group from Homer will repre
sent the Kenai Peninsula. Driv
ing to the Valley with District
Agricultural Agent Ed Liebenthal
will be John Clabo, Leslie Salee,
Cecil Wyant, Rudy Ogren, Yule
Kilcher, and Norman Nelson, all
farmers in the Homer area.
The program will open at 10
a.m. i^Wbrursry 1, with Everett
Adams, president of the Matan
uska Valley Chamber of Com
merce offering introductions and
announcements.
The afternoon session will begin
at 1:30 and continue until 3 p.m.
Clarance C. Hoffman of Palmer
will preside. From 8 to 9:30 p m.
two panel discussions will be held
on pasture, r urage cum v^cicai
Production and Management”,
with Grayson Murphy, district
agricultural agent of Palmer pre
siding. The second discussion
will center on “Better Farm Liv
ing” with Mrs. Joe Kendler, Sr. of
Juneau presiding.
In addition to Mrs. Kendler,
Roger Hurlock of the Hurlock and
Sons Poultry Farms is expected
from Juneau. Denton Moore of
Iliamna has also indicated that
he hopes to attend. Moore is the
U. S. Commissioner who, in co
operation with Experiment Sta
tion economists, instituted the ex
port of lingonberries from the
Iliamna area to give the stricken
fishermen of that section a mea
sure of economic relief.
In addition Alaskan farmers,
Dr. George D. Scarseth and Dr.
W. M. Beason, stateside agricul
tural scientists will arrive in the
Valley on Monday for a tour of
Valley farms, followed by con
ferences with farmers and agri
cultural agency personnel. The
two scientists, and their wives,
plan* to fly to Palmer from Laf
ayette, Indiana.
Lee Fryer, manager of the fer
tilizer division of the Charles H.
(Continued on page 8)
Hospital Members
Notified of
Annual Meeting
Directors of the Valley Hospital
Association this week announced
the annual membership meeting
will be held Tuesday night, Feb
ruary 15 at 8 p.m. The meeting
place has not yet been decided
upon but will be announced in
next week’s issue of The Front
iersman.
Membership in the association
is available at $2-50 per person, or
$5 per couple. Anyone wishing to
pay up their membership dues or
purchase a new membership in
the association is requested to
contact Jasper Skok, membership
chairman; other board members,
as anyone on the staff at the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
At last week’s board of direc
tors meeting Lloyd Morley, hos
pital administrator announced
that if had become necessary for
thp hospital to write-off a total
of $5,484.77 in what is termed
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Dr. Frank Pauls
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. Frank Pauls, regional labor
atory director for Alaska Depart
ment of Health was guest speak
er at the local Kiwanis luncheon
r a • _ i i _l_n/r_3_
meeting nciu in uct naix inunuaj
of this week.
Dr. Pauls spoke briefly about
blood typing in the Territory. He
reported a blood typing contin
gent consisting of four local typ
ists, two nurses, and two laywork
ers in the lab and one technician,
equipped with portable para
phernalia is capable of typing 60
persons an hour. The total cost
is 25c a person plus an additional
11c for individual dog tags.
According to the doctor, 10,000
persons have been typed under
the Territorial blood typing pro
gram since its institution.
To date this figure represents
100% accuracy, as no errors have
been detected.
A treatise, "Community Blood
Typing in Alaska,” was presented
by Dr. Pauls at the International
Science Conference held in Paris,
France last year.
Kiwanian Ed Smith reported
nearly $80.00 had been taken in
from the Kiwanis sponsored
March of Dimes basketball game
held last Saturday night between
Palmer Kiwanians and the Elks
girls’ team.
George Allen, Palmer area Boy
Scouts commissioner was also a
guest.
Notice
1954 TAXES BECOME DELINQUENT FEBRUARY
1, 1955, CITY OF PALMER AND PALMER INDE- \
PENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
REX EHRHART
Tax Assessor \
City Council
A short business meeting plan
ned for the January 25 City Coun
cil meeting ran until 10 p.m.
when unexpected discussions
stretched the meeting beyond the
expected hour. A communication
from a group of Valley citizens,
in the form of a resolution, called
on Council members to enact
legislature that would curb the
sale and distribution in the City
of Palmer of horror and sex com
ic books. Following a lengthy dis
cussion council members instruct
ed the City Attorney to draw up
a resolution commending the
group for their efforts and indicat
ing the Council’s sympathy with
the group’s resolution. The Coun
cil stated that they would look
into possible legislature that
might be enacted.
Ralph Moore, member of the
City Planning Commission was
present at the business meeting
and requested that additional
members be appointed to the
Commission to fill existing va
cancies. Acting Mayor Mears ap
pointed Stanley Lowe and Char
les Wilson to three-year terms..
Her appointment met with the
approval of the City Council.
Moore pointed out that if the
Commission is to properly func
tion there must be a full quorum
at meetings, and that all recom
mendations coming from the
Commission to the City Council
should have some kind of action
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MARCH OF DIMES
NOW TOTALS $657
Money collected to date in the
local March of Dimes campaign
totals $557.89, according to Ed
Smith, campaign chairman.
Money already turned in in
cludes $78.50 which members of
the Palmer Kiwanis and Elks
girls’ basketball team raised last
Saturday night in a basketball
game staged between the two
groups.
Another very successful pub
lic event staged last Saturday
netted the March of Dimes the
sum of $104.14 from members of
the Kitchen Band who donated all
the proceeds from their “kitty”
during a program presented at
Green Acres.
Homemakers Give
Additional donations that were
received this week, included $50
from the Golddusters Homemak
ers’ Club and $15 from the Qhee
chako Homemakers Club. Other
donors include Mr. and Mrs. H.
Gershmel, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Jade, V. Louise Kellogg, Dr. and
Mrs. W. McLaughlin, Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Taylor, H. A. Stein
burg, and Clara’s Variety. Checks
or cash may be left with Richard
Jones at the Matanuska Valley
Bank, or Smith, at Ketchikan
Spruce Mills.
In addition to the above men
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TAG DAY; DANCE
TO FINALIZE LOCAL
MARCH OF DIMES
Fund raising activities by Val
ley organizations for the March
of Dimes will be brought to a
climax this Saturday when mem
bers of Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi stage an all-day tag sale and
Saturday evening when members
of Palmer B. P. O. Elks will hold
a benefit smorgasbord, dance and
entertainment.
Headquarters for the Sorority’s
sale will be in Clara’s Variety.
Members of the local organization
will be selling minature crutches
upon which will be affixed a real
dime. The March of Dimes em
blems will be sold for the sum
of $1 each. For each crutch sold,
the sorority will donate a match
ing sum. The girls say they have
set their sights on selling at least
250 crutches as their contribution
to the annual March of Dimes
campaign.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. smor
gasbord will be served at the
Elks home on the corner of Ma
tanuska Street and Wasilla Road.
Admission will be by ticket, at
$3.00 per person. Tickets are now
on sale from Elk members, Pal
mer Kiwanians and Beta Sigma
Phi members, or they may be
purchased at the door Saturday
night. Tickets will not only ad
mit the holder to the smorgas
bord, but to the varied entertain
ment which is scheduled to fol
low. There will be dancing to
the music of an Anchorage dance
band, a big floor show featuring
instrumental numbers, singing,
tap dancing and specialty num
bers. The floor show is not
SL'iieuuieu tu uii uiiui u p.m.
so that anyone wishing to attend
the Palmer-Seward game at the
gym may do so without missing
some of the evening’s highlights.
Special entertainment and events
will be featured at various times
during the evening.
Attendance at the dance will
be limited to persons over 21
years of age. No minors will be
admitted, committee members
stressed this week.
All proceeds of the evening’s
March of Dimes event will go to
ward the local campaign funds.
Seek Acquisition
Of Large Buildings
Several Palmer business men
plan an Anchorage trip on Friday
of this week where they will con
fer with Ed Fortier, Civil Defense
assistant director, Thomas Smith,
RE directors for the District En
gineers and others on the pos-'
sible acquisition of two large
buildings, for the local commun
ity.
Those planning to attend are
A1 Hagen, Ed Smith, A1 DeJulio,
John Gore, and Richard Jones.
Their first stop will be at the of
fice of the Civil Defense director
where they will seek information
on available buildings. From!
there they will go to the Dis
trict Engineers for additional in-!
formation and will inspect the;
two proposed buddings, measur- j
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Seahawks and Moose
To Meet in Two-Game
Set This Week End
The Seward Seahawks invade
Palmer this week end, when bas
ketball games between the sea
port city and the Palmer High
School teams will be played in
the school gymnasium. Although
the Moose are low men on the
Railbelt totem pole, the Seahawks
will have to be prepared to scram
ble if they hope to take victory
back home. The games are sched
uled for Friday and Saturday
nights ,with preliminary games
to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Members of the Palmer Band
Booster club will be in charge of
the concession during both games.
The Anchorage Eagles are
leading in the Railbelt Basketball
Conference with four wins and
one loss to their credit, having de
feated the Palmer Moose, 61-43
last Friday night on their home
court. Although Palmer Moose
tied the score during the first
period and were tagging only one
point behind at half time, the
Eagles barrage of shots during
the third period put a wide gap
between the scores, one that Pal
mer was not able to close before
the final horn.
Shiv Rehearsals
Te Regia Seea
Rehearsal of catchy, toe-tingl
ing tunes for the 1955 Kiwanis
Minstrels begins next week—that
is the latest word from show
chairman, Lloyd Morley.
Singers from previous shows
in the chorus will meet in the
Music Room of Central School on
Tuesday evening, February 1 at
8 p.m. A schedule of rehearsal
dates will be developed for con
venience of the singers.
The Minstrel Show committee
is working on a new plot this
year, Morley said. It involves
several favorites minstrel num
bers and provides opportunity for
some real good partsinging. Any
one knowing of likely candidates
for the chorus or specialty num
bers may call Morley, James Hur
ley, or James Wilson.
Deep, detailed, and possibly
even devious plans for the show
are developing. Leaks in the cur
tain of silence surrounding this
year’s plans includes new gowns
for the women and possibly new
jackets for the men. Scenery will
be changed twice during the per
formance. Specialty acts by Val
ley favorites will be mingled
with new talent and acts.
The 1955 Minstrel Show is
scheduled for Friday and Satur
day, March 25 and March 26.
BAND BOOSTER
MEETiNG PLANNED
A meeting of the Palmer Band
Booster club is scheduled for 8
p.m. Monday night, January 31 in
the cafeteria of the Central
School, according to an announce
ment made this week by Jim Wil
son, club president. All members
of the club and interested persons
are urged to attend the meeting.
PLAN OPEN HOUSE
FOR VIEWING MILLION
DOLLAR SCHOOL
A momentous date in the Pal
mer Independent School District
was observed on Wednesday of
this week when the keys to the
new Palmer High School were
turned over to the District by the
Alaska Public Works Administra
tion. The million dollar school
passed its final APW inspection
last week and is now the proper
ty of the Palmer Independent
School District.
Plans for a public open house
are being formulated, according
to William T. Zahradnicek, school
superintendent, with the date io
be announced as soon as plans
are finalized.
The completely modern 16
classroom school includes special
rooms, such a$ a band room, li
brary, shop and physics room.
The band section includes sound
proof practice rooms, instrument
and uniform storage room, a re
cording room, office room for the
band master, and a spacious band
room, complete with wide tiered
platforms.
The business office section in
cludes offices for the school su
perintendent, principal, and sec
retary. Vertical grain fir is used
in the attractive office counter.
IBM regulating clocks are locat
ed in each room, with the master
timer located in the office; mod
ern folding doors; complete inter
com system throughout the sch
ool; modern lavatories; lockers;
storage rooms; recessed waste re
cepticals and many, many more
modern innovations will be found
in uie uew M.UUU1.
Quarters for the school nurse
are as modern and complete as a
little hospital, with two large
rooms being devoted to this sec
tion of the building.
Attractive colors in varied
shades of yellow, green, rose and
blue are used throughout the
building. Glass blocks, acoustic
tile, cement block, asphalt tile
and finished cement are profuse
ly used in the construction.
The large multi-purpose cafe
teria room contains 11 folding
tables with matching benches that
fold flush into the walls, leaving
more-than-ample room space.
Stainless steel top kitchen count
ers—quick-freeze and cold stor
age rooms, electric stoves and
other fine features will be found
in the kitchen.
Two connecting rooms will pro
j vide for the spacious library.
A complete description of the
new scohol is impossible in one
issue of the paper. The public is
urged to attend the open house
and see the latest addition to the
Palmer education system.
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