THE FRONTIERSMAN
Sfetfared as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a*
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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LOCAL AIR fORCE
CADET NEEDS HELP
TO "SELL" ALASKA
“All these (Air Force) cadets
and. many of the officers think
Alaska is just a land of Eskimos
and igloos”, Cadet Hay Wine
gamer complained in a letter to
the family recently, “And 'they
would like very much to see
what it is really like.”
Bay has asked his mother to
send all their slides, “and if you
can find some other people who
would be willing to send any
they might have to me as soon
as possible.
“We begin using our Cadet
Club about 17 September, and I
have an Okay to use the club and
Air Force projectors to show the
slides as soon as I get them—
and maybe a movie of the Lake
George break-up if I could get it.
“I would really appreciate it
and would take the best of care
of everything so it would not be
harmed in any way. I will have
very good equipment to show
them and will send them back
promptly after I am finished.
“Boy, I’ve decided to do every
thing I can to make Alaska
known as an important asset to
this country, and if we all work
at it, we will get Palmer put on
Ahe map yet.
'‘Tell everyone ‘Hello’ for me
and tell them I sure wish I was
back there enjoying things like
Legion Auxiliary
Preparing Annual
Christmas Boxes
Matanuska Valley American
Legion Unit No 15 is preparing a
Christmas box for their Child
Welfare project. Childrens toys,
clothes and everything dear to
the hearts of little ones are being
accepted. The entire year is the
time for Child Welfare, unit of
ficers pointed out, but especially
important at Christmas time.
The boxes go to a veterans hos
pital in the States where hospit
alized veterans are given the op
portunity to do his own Christ
mas shopping, choosing from the
many articles made and sent to
the gift shops. Auxiliary mem
bers then gift wrap and mail the
Christmas packages for the vet
erans. This makes a long line of
happiness, they pointed out, from
the original giver to the final re
cipient Matanuska Valley Unit
No. 15 is hoping to add substan
tially to this chain this year.
hunting, fishing, etc.”, Ray con
cludes.
Anyone wishing to help Cadet
Winegarner in his attempt to
‘‘sell” Alaska may contact Mrs.
Lois Winegarner or mail slides
direct to Cadet Ray Winegarner,
Squadron 4, United States Air
Force Academy, Denver, Colo.
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
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By Cliff Marcus
Your local Palmer Conserva
tion Subdistrict is now seven
years old. It was organized on
August 9, 1948 by vote of the
farmers. An election was held
and five Supervisors were elect
ed to handle the affairs of the
Subdistrict. The Supervisors ask
ed for technical and engineering
assistance to farmers from the
Soil Conservation Service and
have been receiving this assis
tance.
Your Subdistrict comprises
774,000 acres which essentially
includes all of the Matanuska
watershed east of the Seward
•Meridian.
The present Supervisors of
the Subdistrict are: Leonard Ky
ger, Vic Falk, Jr., William Lentz,
Bob Nichols and Allen Linn.
These men are running your Sub
district to help farmers individu
ally and in groups to conserve
soil and water resources and plan
the best use of the land.
During the past sev4n years
the Subdistrict has made great
strides to get conservation on the
land. A total of 105 farm plans
have been drawn up for farmer
cooperators, who desire to put
conservation practices on their
land. The Soil Conservation Ser
vice is here to assist farmers and
homesteaders plan their farms
and will give technical assistance
to you on your farm.
A complete soil conservation
survey is necssery for farm plan
ning. These surveys are being
carried out and to date over 138,
000 acres of land have been soil
surveyed—-which is the basis for
proper land use and farm plan
ning. Most of the agricultural
land has been soil surveyed.
Seeding of grasses and legumes,
pasture seeding and manage
ment, crop residue utilization,
proper land clearing methods,
strip cropping, windbreaks, crop
rotations, sprinkler irrigation
system and many other conserva
tion practices have been put in
by farmers using Sjoil Conserva
tion Service trained personnel
for technical and engineering as
sistance.
Your Palmer Subdistrict Sup
ervisors hold meetings on con
servation activities and invite
any and all farmers and home
steaders to attend their meetings.
CD QUONSET HUTS
MAY BE USED FOR „
NON-PROFIT PURPOSES
A total of 62 surplus military
buildings have been transferred
to the Territory of Alaska thro
ugh the Anchorage Region Civil
Defense office since April, it was
announced this week by Territor
ial CD Director Harold E. Pome
roy.
In his report to the Governor,
Pomeroy stated that 57 buildings
have been moved by Territorial
agencies and five in remote areas
have been transferred on site.
Total building space acquired by
the territory as a result of the
Anchorage operations to date is
‘ approximately 35,000 square feet.
Agencies receiving the surplus
buildings were: Greater Palmer
Civil Defense, 4; four CD areas
in Greater Anchorage CD, 26;
Anchorage region CD, 1; Greater
Chugiak CD, 5; Greater Glen
allen CD, 2; Greater Portage CD,
4; Greater Homer CD, 2; St.
Lawrence Island BOC, 4; Alaska
Air National Guard, 6; Alaska
National Guard, 4; Departments
of Education, Aviation, Police
and Agriculture each received
one building.
“Those buildings acquired for
Civil Defense purposes in the lo
cal regions will serve to put a
foundation under the new pro
gram required by H-bomb devel
opments”, Pomeroy said. He re
ported that in both the urban
Anchorage area and support
areas, the quonsets would fill a
need for CD operations and com
munications centers, fire halls,
first aid posts, and storage, train
ing and meeting centers.
“Buildings assigned to CD must
remain unde^ the jurisdiction
and control of the local CD direc
tor,” Pomeroy stated. “There will
be no objection, however, if the
units are used for worthy non
profit community purposes in re-,
turn for assistance in repairs and
maintenance.
“Under Department of Civil
Defense policy, the newly acquir
ed CD buildings will be some
what like a school house in their
use for community meetings,”
said the Territorial Director.
ST. JOHN'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
REV. EINAR BACH,
pastor
Sunday School..10:00 a.m.
Worship Service .—11:00 a.m.
Christian Doctrine for Teen
Agers — Saturday 9:30 to
11:30 a.m.
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EXEMPLAR DEGREES
Beta Sigma Phi members re
ceiving their Exemplar degree
into XI Eta Chapter on Septem
ber 23 were Betty Adams, Doro
thy Hurley, Vivian Shaver, Claire
Kopperud, Marylou Rideout and
Rivera Hiber.
A short business meeting was
conducted, during which the
meeting dates were changed to
the first and third Mondays of
each month, The next meeting
will be held jointly with Theta
Chapter for their Ritual of Jewels
initiation October 3.
A social evening was in charge
of Helen Maze, Betty Adams, and
Claire Kopperud,
MAKE MONEY IN JAIL
Washington — A prison is cer
tainly one of the last places you
would expect to find a counter
feiting plant, but Secret Service
officials have turned up two of
them — one in a New Jersey
l
cot. MARSTON GIVES
$1,000 TO FILM CIRCUIT
CoL M, R. Marston of Spenard,
has contributed $ls000 to the
University of Alaska Educational
Film Circuit. The former com
mander of the Alaska Territorial
Guard during World Wr II in
formed Dr. Ernest N. Patty, uni
versity president, that he gave
the money “because I love the
Eskimo people and I want to
help them. Education and these
films will do it.’r
The films cover a wide range
of subjects and are avaijable to
organizations throughout Alaska.
The only expense to users is pos
tage. Various sponsors pay the
rental costs. Organizations desir
ing to use the films should write
Box 2079, Anchorage.
State prisor, where six counter
feit $1 plates were found, and in
Mexico City, where a notorious
bogus-money maker was caught
printing money on a portable
press in his cell.
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There's no getting around the fact that you take a
terrific risk when you fail to winterize your car in
time. In spite of freeze-plugs and other devices to help
forgetful car owners, a frozen engine block is a very
serious thing. Drive in, let us winterize your car.
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PALMER, ALASKA