T. A. Meyer
Namttf Grange Master
T. A. Moyer of Palmer was re
cently named master of the
Northland Pioneer Grange No. 1
of Palmer. Elected to serve with
Moyer during the coming year
were the following officers:
Ed Christiansen, oversees:
Wanda Wilson ,lecturer: L. P.
Korrison, steward, Bruce Graham,
assistant steward; Karla Duff,
lady assistant site ward. Lulabelie
Bouwens, chaplain; Lila New
ville, treasurer; Nina Stock, sec
retary; Henning Blunck, gate
keeper; Ida Hoskins, Ceres; Ar
ieta Goodrich, Pamona; Louise
Loberg, Flora. Members of the
executive committee are James
Wilson, immediate past master,
Bill Hoskins and Toivo Bentti.
Vera Eorrison was named to head
the home economics committee,
and Carol Stephan was named
pianist.
During the meeting special tri
bute was paid to Mrs. M. D.
Snodgrass and Grange Master
Moyer who both recently observ
ed their 50th year in Grange
work.
Tickets are now available for
the hamper the women of the
Grange have been filling with
useful household items the past
year. Harriet Bell at the Trad
ing Post and Lila Newville and
Marge Hoskins will have tickets.
Other Grange members will have
them to sell as soon as they ob
tain them.
During the meeting it was bro
ught out that through arrange
ments with the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation / Corporation the
Northland Pioneer Grange now
owns the lot in front of Grange
HaH. Leo Lucas has completed
clearing and leveling the lot and
James Wilson and L. P. Rorrison
have been busy building a cover
ed outside entrance to Grange
Hall. A new sign identifying the
Grange location has arrived and
will be erected on the Fairview
Avenue side of Grange Hall. The
sign will carry meeting dates for
information of visiting Grang
ers.
The next home economics
meeting will be held in Grange
Hall November 14.
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ONE OF 17 MODELS—Advanced front end and side styling of the new 1956 Ford is emphasized in;
this view of the Stmliner convertible, one of 17 new body styles which Ford dealers will place on display!
next Friday, September 23. The grille has been widened and lengthened, and parking lamps have beenj
worked into chrome housings which extend around the sides of the fenders. A new-style hood ornament
is recessed above the special Fairlane Ford crest. On the fender is the new ornament indicating ‘‘Thunder*
bird power”, which is standard in Fairlane models with the Y-8 engine.
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALASKA
FOR FISCAL ’56 TOP FISURES FOR ’§5
1956 Appropriations for Alaska
Appropriations made available
for the 1956 fiscal year for expen
diture in Alaska amounted to
$146,127,155, as contrasted with
the final figure for the 1955 fis
cal year of $103,770,691. •
The largest share of the Alas
ka program for the fiscal year
which began on July 1 is ear
marked for the Defense Depart
ment in the amount of $64,816,
100, with the Interior Depart
ment coming second in the sum
of $28,355,747, followed by $23,
398,904 for the Commerce De
partment, $11,982,067 for Health,
Education and Welfare, $5,456,527
for Agriculture, $5,409,710 for
Treasury, $3,754,000 for the Post
Office Department, $1,495,000 for
Justice, $1,100,000 lor General
Services Administration and
$359,100 for the Judiciary.
Defense Department
The largest bulk for the appro
priations made available in the
amount of $64,816,100 to the De
fense Department for its Alaska
activities was set aside for mil
itary public works in the sum of
$17,356,000 for the Army, $28,
829,00 for the Air Force and $12,
528,100 for the Navy.
The Alaska Communications
System will have $5 million for
operation and maintenance,
while the remainder of the De
fense Department money will go
for floow control and river and
harbor work in the Territory.
The President’s budget had $50,
000 for maintenance work at
Nome, $30,000 for navigation and
flood control studies, $35,000 for
planning Gold Creek flood con
trol work and $111,000 for the
Seward Harbor of Refuge. The
Congress allowed these funds
and in addition appropriated
$274,000 for navigation work at
Petersburg, $383,000 at Metlakat
la and $220,000 at Wrangell.
Interior Department
The Interior Department total
of $28,355,7^7 includes $6,300,000
of $23,355,7-7 includes $6,300,000
tor road construction, $4,100,000
for The Alaska Railroad for com
pletion of rerabilitation work be
tween Seward and Portage, $3
million for the Alaska Public
Works'program, $3 xk million for
road maintenance, $770,000 for
the care of Alaska’s mentally ill,
and $94,650 for the Governor’s
office, all under the jurisdiction
of the Office of Territories, for a
total of $17,764,650.
In addition, $1,060,000 was al
lotted to the Bureau of Land
Management, $100,000 to the Bur
eau of Reclamation ior surveys,
$1,833,500 for the Geological Sur
vey, $330,589 for the Bureau of
Mines, $2,188,020 for the Fish and
Wildlife Service, $702,929 for the
National Park Service and $4,
376,059 for the Bureau of Indian
Afiliairs Alaska Native Service).
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
f VA ADVISERS STRESSING
| NATION'S MANPOWER NEEDS
Veterans who undergo advise
| merit and guidance at eVterans
! Administration offices are given
j up-to-date information on em
ployment prcpects in the light of
the nation’s manpower needs,
based on studies made by VA and
The list includes more than 100
department of Labor,
essential occupational fields. In
case the United States launches a
full-scale mobilization of man
power, these fields either would
need large numbers of new work
ers or additional trained person
nel just to maintain effective em
ployment levels, VA said.
The list is of great value, VA
said, in helping a veteran choose
between an objective that best
serves to fit him for full, produc
tive employment prospects, tnan
one that does not, when his cap
abilities would be equally suit
able to less stable employment.
VA vocational counsellers are
cartful not to rely merely on
check lists, but to consider its
application together with other
job outlook information.
Right now, VA said, the de
mand for engineers, machinists
and related mechanical skills is a
prer-hng one. Also, there has been
an increase in the need for high
school teachers and instructors,
catching up with the increasing
age of the school population since
World War II.
Another fertile field for em
ployment, the VA-Labor Depart
ment study revealed is in the :
field for employment, the VA-La
bor Department study revealed
MUTT AND JEFF
By Bud Fisher
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By Arthur Pointer
I Reporters—
Notebook
Mrs. Dorothy Cook, employee
of the local Post Office, plans to
leave this week-end for a three
month visit with her daughter
and family in Port Arthur, Texas.
She will visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Sam. Youngblood. Mrs. Young
blood is the former Gloria Rust
of Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Taylor
and children will bo leaving Pal
mer October 28 for the States.
Mr. Taylor, of the agronomy de
partment with the Alaska Agri
cultural Experiment Station,
will attend to business in the
States and attend Ames. Iowa
where he will work toward his
doctor’s degree in agronomy.
The Taylors plan to return to the
valley in April.
Mrs. Glen Hardage of Palmer
is a patient at Valley Presbyteri
an Hospital where she will con
valesce from an operation per
formed at Providence Hospital.
She was transferred from the
Anchorage hospital in the Com
munity Ambulance. Lloyd Law
ton was the volunteer driver.
Mrs. Judy Aarestad recently re
signed her position as secretary
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clerical pursuits.
Any veteran eligible for edu
cation and training under Korean
GI Bill or Vocational Rehabilita
tion Act may receive vocational
guidance and counselling from
VA, prior to enrolling in school
under the Bill.
Question of the Week:
Q. I ma a disabled World War
II veteran, and I have just come
home after several years in a
VA hospital. I want to take Pub
lic Law 1 training, but I under
stand I will have to complete it
by July, 1956, less than a year
from now. Could an exception
be made in my case, since I was
not able to begin training before
this time?
A. You possibly could have un
til July, 1960, to complete your
training. The law allows disabled
veterans an additional four years,
if they were not able to start on
time because of their disabilities.
Since VA decides each case in
dividually, you should get in
touch with iyour nearest VA of
fice to learn whether the extfa
time applies to you.
There were 76 treaties, from
1790 to 1871, entered into be
tween Indian tribes and the Un
ited States Government designed
to aid and abet western removel.
The first treaty on record which
suggested settlement west of the
Mississippi River is that with the
Cherokee, of July 8, 1817. The
first treaty embodying steps to
ward removal west and the actu
al assignment of lands in Indian
Territory is that of October 18,
1820. with the Choctaws.
receptionist at Valley Presbyter
ian Hospital and plans to leave
for Anchorage where her hus
band has been employed for some
time.
Funds for the annual Cancer
campaign in the valley are still
coming in, according to Stuart
Durrani. A total of $110 has re
cently been turned in. This in
oltides one collection box from
the Hide-A-Way tavern that tot
alled $76.95. The campaign is ex
pected to more than top collec
tions made last year.
Small pox vaccinations; dipth
cria, whoop ng cough and tetanus
series and boosters will be giv
en to first grade students of the
Wasilla and Chugiak schools, ac
cording to PHN Jeanne Clough.
Routine school health exams are
expected to be given in the Was
illa schools very soon, she added
James Parsons, clinical psych
iatrist with the Alaska Mental
Health team in Anchorage, plans,
to .spend a day in Palmer next
week. He will be at the Health
Center part of the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zimowske
left Palmer on Wednesday of this
week for the Virginia Mason
Clinic in Seattle where Mrs. Zim
oske will receive further medical
treatment.
After October First
Due to increased costs
of operating under
cold weather condi
tions the price of Ready
Mix Concrete will ad
vance $5 per yard at
Valley Concrete Pro
ducts Plant after Octo
ber 1st.
CLYDE, JIM & AL
fik
in time
of sorrow..
Memory is precious
... it brings beauty
to our life and
eases the pain of
the passing of a
loved one. A rev
erently symbolic
memorial service is
f a fitting tribute
PALMER FUNERAL
CHAPEL
William Bouwens, manager
MOOSE LODGE
is planning a
Halloween Party
OCTOBER 29-9 P.M. TO ??
Members and guests
BEFORE WINTER
Specials at
Kirks Sales & Service
PHONE 2541
TUNE UP ALL SIX CYLINDERS $12.50
Includes — clean, re-gap and test plugs;
adjust points, set distributor, dwell and tim
ing; clean fuel pump sediment bowl; check
fuel pump pressure and vacuum; check bat
tery gravity; clean terminals and adjust
valves on all engines with overhead valves
not equipped with hydraulic lifters
V-8 or STRAIGHT 8 $1750
Time to Winterize