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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 32
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Last Call Issued
For MIA Listings
Robert Partridge, Matanuska
Telephone Association coordin
ator, this week urged all persons
within the MTA telephone sys
tem who have not yet purchased
membership and equity stock in
the association to do so as soon
as possible.
'‘There remains but one more
month during which those per
sons who wish to have telephone
service in the new system can
get on our area map,” he said.
The map will have to be com
pletely spotted before construc
tion bids go out to the contrac
tor*, he explained. ‘‘We will not
be able to add more users once
the map is completed,” he said.
The entire equity stock payment
need not be paid at once, he
pointed out, but we must know
how many persons intend to use
the telephone system before we
can call for bids on the construc
tion. Recent communications
frwm Washington, D. C. indicate
that money for the system’s con
struction will probably be re
leased around the first or second
week in July, dependant upon a
planned visit of an REA account
ant from Washington who will
flfpend about a month in the val
ley.
Joseph W. Bauler, engineer,
recently completed his contract
for a complete area wide design
and has now signed a contract
for engineering work on the con
struction of the Matanuska Tele
phone Association’s dial system.
The contract will be ratified at
a naeeting of the board of direc
tor* to be held Friday evening.
ifivM New Site for
WasiHa Grange Hall
Members of Wasilla Grange
No. 2 are making plans to move
their building from its present
site to a new location at the fork
of Bogard and Mine roads. Fred
Nelson of Wasilla recently do
nated the land for the new loca
tion.
Granger Nelson is one of the
original settlers of Wasilla and
-fellow members have expressed
their appreciation of his gener
osity in donating the land which
is suitable for both the Grange
building and picnic grounds.
A work party will be held at
the next regular meeting on June
21 at which time members will
c ut brush and clean up the land
in the Wasilla park for a school
playground.
HERBERT JL. GRANTHAN
Funeral services were held
June 4 in the Anchorage Funeral
Chapel for Herbert Lloyd Gran
than, 74, retired farmer and long
time resident of the Matanuska
Valley, who died June 3 in An
chorage. The Rev. Frank J. Walk
up officiated at the service. In
terment took place in Evergreen
Memorial Park in Anchorage.
TEAR BOOKS ARRIVE
Mrs. Margaret Cope an
nounced today the year books,
Class of ’55, have arrived and
may be picked up at Central
School on Monday morning,
June 13. Those who have not
yet paid the balance of $2
will be expected to do so when
they pick up their books.
SMART HAIR STYLINGS
by LaVonne
Evening Appointments
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 3301
FLOWERS FOR THE
JUNE BRIDE
Maud's Flower Shop
Theatre Building
City Council
Proceedings
No official business was con
ducted at the June 7 meeting of
the Palmer City Council because
af a lack of quorum. Informal
discussions were conducted on
the condition of the City dump
and street improvement work.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the Clerk’s office on
Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.
A recent report from the plan
ing Commission zoning board
to the City Council included
recommendations for zoning
in the City of Palmer, as fol
lows: All areas north of Glenn
Highway be zones as residential,
except those properties adjoin
ing the railroad right-of-way on
either side which should be zoru
ed as industrial; West of the
railroad tracks and north of Set
tlers Avenue be zoned as resi
dential, except those lots adjoin
ing the railroad tracks; All lots
facing Colony and Matanuska
streets between Settlers Avenue
and Lazy Mountain Avenue be
zoned as business. Remaining
area west of railroad tracks and
east of Matanuska street be
zoned as industrial, to the city
limits; JU1 other areas west of
alley between Matanuska street
and Bailey Hill street be zoned
as residential areas to city lim
its; All properties abutting the
Glenn Highway east of the rail
road track are zoned as residen
tial; Area between the railroad
track and Walker street south to
Park avenue residential; Area
between the railroad track and
Walker street south of Park ave
nue to the Co-Op avenue, indus
trial. Area south of Co-Op ave
nue and west of the school pro
perty to be zoned as industrial
to the township line. Then from a
point west of the Co-Op houses
south to Fairview Avenue zon
ed as industrial.
Area west of Walker street to
Snodgrass street from Park ave
nue south to Fairview avenue
which include the following pres
ent uses: hospital property,
school property, the churches,
the Experiment Station labora
(Continued on page 8)
Mental Health Chief
To Speak at WCTU Meet
Dr. Charles Anderson, of An
chorage, will be guest speaker
at the June 13 meeting of the
Womens Christian Temperance
Union which will be held at the
Church of God on Matanuska
Street at 8 p.m. The public is
invited to attend and hear Dr.
Anderson who will be making
his last valley appearance prior
to his leaving for the States next
month.
iCAN YOU HELP
SEND A GIRL TO CAMP?
With the Girl Scout day
camp and regular summer!;
camp program at King’s Lake I;
camp nearing, it has been an- !;
nounced that there are a few 5
girls in the valley, that be- j!
cause of money circumstances, ;t
will be unable to attend either <[
the day or regular Girl Scout j;
camp this year. !;
If any individual or organ- !;
ization would like to assist a j|
deserving girl so that she ma~ ]j
attend camp along with her;!
fellow Scouters, they may do <!
so by contacting Mrs. Keith <;
Lovejoy by phone, letter or !;
by person. Day camp fees are!;
$2 for the four days; regular !;
camp of ten days in July, will!;
cost $34. Donations will be j!
kept confident if desired. In ;!
all events, however, the girl \
.involved will not know the!;
money Js being given for her !;
camp itiendance. (
Local Girl Scouts Win Honors With Ceremony
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Pictured above are Palmer Girl Scouts and Brownies who
participated in Juliette Lowe ceremonies recently held in
Anchorage. The pageant presented by the local group was
highly commended by members of the Susitna Girl Scout
Council, and the above picture and their ceremony will be
sent to New York as an example of program work originated
by local Girl Scouts. The picture will go in the museum at
the Juliette Lowe home.
Girls taking part in the ceremony which depicted the
Alaska flag, were: Kneeling left to right Barbara Clark,
flowers; Nancy Chance, dipper. Second row: Louise Askins,
north star; Sandra King, last frontier. Back row: Sharon
Lovejoy, bear; Sally Anderson, page, Dorothy Campbell, fields
and streets. Lila Graham, gold and Karen *Cottrill, mountains.
Each girl had written an original poem which was presented
during the ceremony. Money given during the ceremony will
go toward a trip to Sweden for Kay Johnson, Alaskan Girl
Scout chosen to represent Alaska at the Swedish encampment
this year._
PALMER CD TO BE
“ON GALL" DURING
JUNE 15 EXERCISE
Actual participation by the
Greater Palmer Civil Defense or
ganization will be limited to an
“on-call” basis during the test
exercise to be conducted next
Wednesday, June 15, according
to A1 V. Hagen, director of the
Greater Palmer District.
Anchorage is one of 56 cities
in the United States and its pos
sessions and territories designat
ed by the Federal Civil Defense
Administration as targets in a
simulated atomic attack schedul
ed for Wednesday. Official name
for the national exercise is “Op
eration Alert 1955.” The purpose
of the exercise is to promote op
erational capability at all levels
of civil defense by encouraging
increased awareness of the sup
porting role of cities, states and
regions when no attack is made
on such areas. Also, increased
public knowledge and training in
CD survival techniques.
The Anchorage area plan is to
get people 10 to 11 miles from
the assumed target point on the
Elmendorf runways and then
send them south on the Seward
highway. Evacuation from the
Anchorage area is particularly
difficult, George Shannon, Anch
orage district civil defense di
rector said, as the military will
not permit use of Glenn highway
to the north except for residents
of Government Hill.
Public notice was given this
week by Harold E. Pomeroy, di
rector Department of Civil De
fense, Territory of Alaska, of the
pending exercise which will be
conducted within the Greater
Anchorage and Greater Chugiak
CD districts on June 15.
According to the notice conduct
of the exercise requires that dur
ing the period from 6:30 a.m. to
9:30 no northbound vehicular
traffic will be permitted to enter
the Greater Anchorage Civil De
fense district via the Anchorage
Seward Highway.
Conduct of the exercise re
quires also that during the same
period all southbound vehicular
traffic on the Glenn Highway
within the Greater Chugiak de
fense district will be subject to
such traffic control as is consid
ered necessary by the district di
rector for the conduct of the ex
recise. This means that possible
traffic from Palmer to Anchorage
could be held up at the Chugiak
district during the exercise peri
od. The attention of commuters
from the valley area is especial
ly drawn to this part of the ex
ercise.
The evacuation test is expected
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24 From Valley
To Attend
4-H Round-Up
Twenty-four 4-H membrs and
two adult leaders will leave Pal
mer on Monday of next week for
College, Alaska where they will
attend the annual 4-H Round-Up
at the University of Alaska.
Approximately 75 4-H mem
bers are expected to attend the
Round-Up ,coming from Seward,
Juneau, Anchorage, Bethel, Fair*
banks and the Matanuska Valley.
The Valley group will make the
trip by train.
POLIO VACCINE FAILS
TO ARRIVE;
CLINIC POSTPONED
There will not be a clinic for
the second administrations of
Salk poliomyelitis vaccine on
June 14 as scheduled, it was an
nounced today by Dr. C. C. Bail
ey, area health officer. The ex
pected supply of vaccine has not
yet arrived.
Parents of all first and second
grade children of the Wasilla and
Palmer areas are requested to
watch the newspapers, and listen
to the radio, for the date on
which the clinic will be held.
GARDEN CLUB CANCELS
WILD FLOWER SHOW
Members of the Palmer Gar
den Club this week announced
it is necessary to cancel their
planned annual wild flower show
which was to be held later this
month. Because of the lateness of
the growing season, wild flowers
are not yet in sufficient profu
sion to enable the club to stage
a good show.
Members will now concentrate
their plans and work on their
annual flower show, which will
be held sometime in mid-sum
mer.
I ONE FOR THE BOOK
They swear it’s true! Larry !;
Harvey has been spraying in- !;
secticide in the Wasilla area >
in an attempt to control the jj
mosquito problem. While j!
working, some of the spray ;!
was spilled over the railroad <[
tracks. Now—here is is—just!;
the way we heard it—so many \\
blow-flies, sunning themselves >
on the warm tracks, were jj
killed by the insecticide that ;!
a motor scooter being used ;!
by the ARR work crew could j!
not get traction on the rails j[
and workers were forced to !;
push the car by hand. That’s I;
it—there isn’t any more. \
Plans Begin for
1955 Valley Fair
Flag Day Marks
178th Anniversary
The United States flag was
raised in its first unified form on
January 2, 1776 in Cambridge,
Mass. Though it carried in the
upper corner next the staff a
small blue ‘canton’ of the British
e
JUNE 14. 1777
crosses of St. George and St. An
drew, it consisted of 13 alter
nate red and white stripes, one
for each colony. For this flag, on
June 14, 1777, ‘Flag Day,' Con
gress substituted a similarly
striped flag with a canton of 13
white stars on a blue field: In
1794, with the admission of Ver
mont and Kentucky, Congress
added two more stripes and two
more stars. In 1818 the original
13 stripes were restored, to. re
main unchanged thereafter; for
each new state admitted to the
Union, however, a new star was
to be added to the canton. This
now contains 48 stars for 48
states.
AREA CD WORKERS
TO VISIT AIR BASE
Among more than 150 key civil
defense, ground1 observer corps
pud civic leaders from 16 Alas
kan communities, who will visit
the 10th Division control center
at Elmendorf AFB, will be indi
viduals from the Greater Palmer
CD organization, including mem
bers from Palmer, Wasilla, Sut
ton, and the Butte.
Harold E. Pomeroy, Alaska C.D.
director expressed his apprecia
tion for air force approval of the
visits and said, “The 10th air di
vision functions 24 hours a day
every day of the year, and al
though its control center opera
tions are not widely known, they
play a vital role in the security
plans of the nation and Alaska.”
“In the event of war, activities
in the control room will trigger
the air raid warning network and
subsequent civil defense action,”
he pointed out. He said he be
lieves observation of the readi
ness achieved by the 10th air di
vision will give community lead
ers of western Alaska an excel
lent yardstick by which to mea
sure their own civil defense pre
parations.
FRANCES HENRY
NOW OPERATING
VALLEY GROCERY
Frances Henry, 20-year valley
resident, is now operating the
Valley Grocery store at the north
end of Valley street. The store
has been owned and operated by
Larry Bixby the past few years.
Mr. Henry said this week the
store will be open week days j
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will be
closed on Sundays and holidays.
For the present time Mrs. Julia
Adams is assisting him in the
store. Upon the return of Mr.
Henry’s daughter Ruth from a
stateside trip, she will work with
her father in the store.
In addition to the large line
of groceries, meats, drug sun
dries, magazines and toys car
ried by the store in the past,
the new operator has added Bi
ble and religious supplies.
Before taking over the opera
tion of Valley Grocery on May
27, Henry had worked for Mr.
Ed Johns at North Palmer Store
for the past seven years.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Fair association already
have received several inquiries
pertaining to display and con
cession space in the 15th annual
Matanuska Valley Fair which
will be held at the Fairgrounds in
Palmer September 3, 4, and 5.
A1 V.' Hagen, fair association
secretary, last week mailed rate
cards to organizations and indi
viduals who have exhibited or
conducted concession booths at
previous fair. Rates for the 1955
fair will run approximately the
same as in previous years.
Space will be reserved in the
exhibition building for civic,
educational and industrial dis
plays. In most cases where the
display is for educational pur
poses only, and no sales or orders
are taken, there will be no space
charge. Commercial establish
ments are encouraged to display
their wares at the 1955 fair, such
display to be charged only a
nominal front-foot charge.
Food concessions, “hanky
panks”. skill games, and other
type concessions will be charged
$9.00 per front foot (outside
space); commercial and indus
trial space, where no over-the
counter sales are made, but
where orders are taken for future
deliveries will be $5.00 per front
foot. Additional footage may be
negotiated for with the fair
board at a charge to be specified.
Inside the new exposition build
ing a charge of $16.00 per front
foot, with a minimum of 10 feet
will be made. The dining room
and ride concession rates are to
• be negotiated with the board
members. All rates apply to
Space only. Tents, tarps, lumber
and electrical items to be used
are to be furnished by the con
cessioner. All organizations and
individuals desiring space at the
1955 Matauska Valley Fair are
urged to contact the board of di
rectors as soon as possible to be
sure of adequate and desirable
space.
Advertising for the 1955 fair
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Legion Commander
Urges Flag Display
All residents of the valley and
all business establishments were
urged this week by American
Legion Commander Hay Lancas
ter to observe Tuesday, June 14,
Flag Day, by displaying the Am
erican flag at all homes and plac
es of business.
The local American Legion
Post will raise the flag at the
cemetery and at the U. S. Post
Office on that date. Any addi
tional request will be taken care
of by Post members, Lancaster
added.
j; Patronage Tickets ;!
j Now Due at Co-Op ij
;t Now is the time to turn in to !;
;! the Co-Op Office the little!;
«! blue patronage tickets you re- ]'
!; reive at the Co-Op Trading >
I; Post. Warehouse, or Garage. ;I
!; Our fiscal year ends May 31. ;!
Dividends are issued in the j;
;! form of Certificates of Equity !;
;! which are redeemable in ten 1;
j! years. These Certificates are !>
Hased on the margins or pro- /
!| fits for the past year. For the |t
> past 3 years they have averag- s
5 ed 15%. ;!
j! It wi»l not be necessary for ![
\\ you to be in or near Palmer ![
j! when they are redeemable. !;
j| Each year checks are mailed Jj
![ all over U. S. and Alaska to j!
!; redeem Certificates issued ten ;!
!> years prior. j!
> In addition to buying at j;
|! prevailing prices or lower you !;
|t build a nest egg at no cost to !|
j! you. It Pays to Patronize Your !;
![ Co-Op. j!
I; Please turn in your patron- ;
!; age tickets by departments— ;!
> Trading Post, Warehouse, j!
Garage—at the Co-Op Office
;! not later than June 22. !'
<1 Pd. Adv. J.