THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office a*
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. Be Julio --Owner-Manager
Editor ---Virginia Gallant
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Sportsmen to Show
Free Movie March 22
A film, depicting an outboard
motor boat trip along the coast
of Southeast Alaska will be pre
sented at a free public showing
©n March 22 at 8 p.m. in the cafe
teria at Palmer High School.
The picture will be shown by
members of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen and was made by
the Mercury Outboard Motor Co.
and dedicated to the Fish and
Wildlife Service of the territory
of Alaska.
The film is being shown
throughout the territory; will be
shown at Wasilla on Monday
night, and at Fairbanks later in
the month.
The public is invited to attend.
There will be no admission
charge.
RIFLE CLUB URGES
ATTENDANCE AT
GUN SAFETY CLASSES
Attendance at the Saturday
night gun safety classes being
sponsored by the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen has been falling
off, it was reported this week.
Some of those who have regis-:
tered for the classes do not at-1
tend regularly, the Sportsmen re
port. The course has been design
ed as a six-week instruction
course in? gun safety, proper
handling of firearms and ammu
nition and target shooting.
The program is open to the
public and especially to the youth
of the valley. Competent instruc
tion is being furnished by volun
teer members of the organiza
tion’s rifle club. Members of the
club are working out plans
whereby those attending will
have an opportunity to earn
awards for advancements and ac
complishments. All youngsters of
the valley who began the course,
and any others who are interest
ed, are urged to attend each Sat
urday evening.
THURSDAY. MARCH 1*0
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
MAT. AIRMENS’ ASSOCIA
TION, Co-Op club room, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. MARCH 11
SENIOR CLASS PLAY, School
gym, 8 p.m.
SQUARE DANCE GROUP, Moose
Hall, 8:30 p.m.
KIWANIS MINSTREL PRAC
TICE, New high school.
MONDAY, MARCH 14
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASSOCI
ATION, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church basement, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
KIWANIS MINSTREL PRAC
TICE, High School
CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
Clerk’s office, 7:30 p.m.
PALMER P-TA, Palmer School,
8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church
basement, 7 p>m.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, An
chorage Day, Co-Op club room,
12:05 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY O. E. STAR, Car
penters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health Center, 2-4 p.m.
PALMER B. P. O. ELKS, Elks
lodge, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. MARCH 17
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
BARGAIN PRICE
The man who cheapens himself
in public is sure to be marked
down by his neighbors.
FULL TIME JOB
Success in religion, like any
other endeavor, has to be worked
at seven days a week.
now fcr Olympia!
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Its good taste makes the meal
Sez Willie Wiredhandf:
LET
POWER
DO IT
FOR YOU!
there's an easier way to get your work
done . . . it's electric power! You can get
your work done faster, more efficiently
and more economically with electrically
powered tools. The saving in "man hours"
alone will pay for the cost of operation.
Let electricity be your "hired man"!
ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP!
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COURT NEWS
Clarence R. Mathis vnsfs^^mecl
$10 in U. S. Commissioner’s
Court on March 8 when found
guilty of a charge of driving
without valid Alaskan driver’s
license. The charge was brought
by Territorial Police. Mathis en
tered a plea of guilty to the
charge.
NEW AUXILIARY UNIT
TO BE INITIATED
AT GLENALLEN
Seven members of the Matan
uska Valley Unit No. 15 American
Legion Auxiliary will travel to
Glenallen on March 12 where
they will initiate and install mem
bers and officers of the new Glen
allen) Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary.
All members of the local unit
are planning to make the trip are
requested to contact Mrs. Izola
Sims, Deparment vice-president,
who will be among those partic
ipating in the ceremony. Members
will remain over-night, return
ing to Palmer on Sunday.
Courtery is a coin that will pass
at par in any nation.
Birthday Dinner
Planned by Legion
And Auxiliary
Members of the American Le
gion and American Legion Auxil
iary will celebrate their birthday
on March 17 with a planned pot
luck dinner which will be held
at Legion hall, beginning at 6:30
p.m.
Members are requested to take
hot dishes or salads, and are re
minded that no sandwiches or
deserts will be needed. The or
ganization will furnish the bal
ance of the dinner.
The evening will be rounded
out with planned entertainment.
MRS. ELMA O'CONNOR
Mrs. Elma O’Connor, 43, wife
of Richard O’Connor, died in An
chorage on Saturday, March 5,
following a heart attack. The
O’Connors, operators of The Butte
dining room since 1953, came to
the territory six years ago.
Mrs. O’Connor is survived by
her mother, Mrs. Susanna Hend
rickson of Crosly, Minnesota, and
a brother, Captain Hugo Hend
rickson, who is with the U. S.
Army in Germany. Interment will
take place in Crosly.
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MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS
COOPERATING ASSOCIATION
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ALASKA METAL RUILDINGS
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ANCHORAGE I SO GETS
PATENT ON 30 ACRES
UNDER NEW ACT
A patent for 30 acres of land
located near the junction of Lake
Otis road and Fireweed Lane has
been issued to the Anchorage In
dependent School District, it was
announced last week by Virgil
Seiser, manager of MLM’s Anch
orage Land Office. The unusual
part of the receipt of this docu
ment is that it is the first patent
issued for land anywhere in the
1 "■ ''ITT "^TTIT
, United States under provision of
an Act passed by the 83rd Con
gress, Seiser said. This law auth
orizes sale of land for public
purposes and recreation to States,
Territories, Municipalities, politi
cal subdivisions, and non-profit
corporations.
This law permits the sale price
to be set lower than the actual
market value, the Land Office
manager said. The 30 acres cost
the school district $7,200.
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