VALLEY CHURCHES
ARE PLANNING
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
NOV. 23 AND 24
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
i
TRY A FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIED AD for ihai
item you may have for sale,
rent or lease.
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 5
PALMER. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 23, 1955
PRICE TEN CENTS
Co-Op to Pay
Equity for '46 - '47
One hundred and ninety-eigh
residents of the Matanuska Val
ley will receive a surprise Christ
mas present—one and two yean
early.
The Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association board
of directors this week announced
the coming redemption of 1946
and 1947 certificates of equity
The certificates being redeemed
make the third for this year. Cer
tificates of equity issued in 1945
were redeemed earlier this year
Producting and consumer mem
bers will benefit.
Stewart Durarnt, Co-Op gen
eral manager, said the board vot
ed the action at a recent meeting
and timed payments • before the
Christmas holidays. Checks will
’be ready anytime after December
1, according to Clayton Esslinger,
Co-Op comptroller. He said mem
bers should present their certifi
cates at the general office. In the
event the certificates have been
lost or destroyed, the member
may still collect his check by
signing an affidavit.
“The Co-Op feels, Durrant said,
“that by redeeming the certifi
cates at this time it will not only
benefit the member but the en
tire valley will benefit by the cir
culated money”.
Esslinger pointed out that
“these are Co-Op dollars return
ing from 1946 and 1947 patron
age, proving that co-operation
pays.”
During the past five years di
vidends declared by the Co-Op
have advanced from .0135 in 1950
to .1902 in 1955. Years between
were as follows: 1951, .0318; 1952,
152; 1953, .1705. Dividends are
returned to Co-Op members
through the certificates of equity,
redeemable 10 years from date/
and are earned both by producing
members (through their sales and
purchases at the Co-Op* and to
consuming members (through
their patronage).
Make Your Appointments
for
PERMANENTS for the
_HOLIDAYS
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 3301
LAVONNE JOHNSON
SAVE $7.50
Nov. 25 thru Deo. 3
PRE-XMAS SPECIAL
6 - 5x7 Portraits $10
a saving of $7.50
JEAN’S STUDIO
LOCATED PALMER DRUG
■ Ill
SAVE YOUR SHOES AND
_YOU’LL SAVE YOUR MONEY
at the PALMER SHOE REPAIR
NOW LOCATED AT THE CO-OP ACROSS FROM THE
TRADING POST NEXT TO THE BEAUTY SHOP
Complete Shoe Repair Service offered by
Dave and Mary at the
PALMER SHOE REPAIR
“You’ll be surprised what we can do to
make those old shoes look like new”
YOUR OLD SHOEMAKER, DAVE
ROAD COMMISSION
ANNOUNCES MEETING
NOVEMBER 30
A public hearing will be
held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, No
vember 30, by the Alaska Road
Commissionat the Palmer
High School cafeteria, concern
ing the proposed abandonment
of several short stub roads in
the Matanuska Valley. All in
terested parties are requested
to attend. This press notice
was received this week from
M. C. Zimmerman, district en
gineer in the Anchorage ARC
office.
PALMER YOUTH
LEAVES FOR 4-H
TRIP TO CHICAGO
The “Windy City” can not chill
Alaska’s 4-H delegates to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress the end
of this month.
When Larry Trowbridge of
Palmer and Alaska’s other dele
gate, Sandra Dangler, of Seward,
left Anchorage on Monday of
this week they were wearing rab
bit parkas. Sandra is wearing her
own and Larry’s grey chinchilla
rabbit was furnished by Martin
Victor’s shop in Fairbanks.
When their Northwest Airlines
plane landed in Seattle, the two
4-H’ers were met by Arthiel
Spaulding, extension service
agent from Juneau. The Alaska
group is traveling with the
Washington 4-H delegation by
train to Chicago.
The Palmer 4-H winner can
mark 1955 as his big year in 4-H
club work.
Sixteen-year-old Larry Trow
bridge won both first and sec
ond place in the Alaska 4-H pho
tography contest this fall, after
.winning the 4-H gardening trip
to Chicago. This is the second
consecutive year Larry has won
the 4-H photography contest,
this fall, after winning the 4-H
gardening trip to Chicago. This
(Continued on page 8) I
City Conndl Proceedings
Members of the Common Coun
cil approved application of li
quor licenses for 1956 with the
stipulation that all applications
would be accepted upon proof
of payment of 1955 business li
censes of the City of Palmer.
Businesses applying were: Sham
rock Lounge, Frontier Bar, Fron
tier Liquor Store, Koslosfcy’s
Liquor Store, T & T Sourdough
Bar, Palmer Bar,, Matanuska Ho
tel Bar, ’49 Club, and Bert’s
Drug Liquor Store.
Members of the budget and fi
nance committee presented a pro
posed revised personal property
tax form. Following a decision
members voted to refer the form
to the committee for final ap
proval and authorized the com
mittee to have revised forms
printed. They will be mailed to
city tax payers sometime between
Christmas and New Years.
Planning and zoning of the
City was again discussed with
Mayor Charles Wlison pointing
out that many months ago the
City Planning Commission had
made recommendations that have
not yet been acted upon. He sug
gested that small public meetings
be held in the near future so
that individuals living in areas
to be zoned will have an oppor
tunity to express their desires.
The 1955-56 budget was refer
red back to the committee for fur
ther revision and finalizing.
The third and final reading of
City Ordinance No. 63, changing
dates of city council meetings,
was approved and the ordinance
is now in effect. Regular meet
ing dates are second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month, with a
provision for special meetings.
Council members Robert Peter
son and Jan Koslosky were'nam
ed to attend and represent the
City of Palmer, at the public
hearing scheduled for November
30 by the Alaska Road Commis
sion, pertaining to the proposed
abandonment of 13 valley roads.
George Hedla of the accounting
firm of Kincaid and Hedla, pre
sented the completed audit which
was accepted by the Council.
A communication from the
League of Alaskan Cities for the
City of Palmer to suggest a mem
ber for a legislative committee
which will be set up on a per
manent basis. Council member
(Continued on page 8)
Seminars Planned at
Experiment Station
Staff seminars of the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Station
will continue to be open to per
sonnel of other agencies, Don L.
Irwin, director, announced today.
The 1955-56 series will feature
the projects and studies under
way in each department of the
Station. Meetings are scheduled
for 4 p.m. on seven Friday after
noons between December and
April.
The first seminar will be Fri
day, December 2 at which time
Neil Michaelson, C. Ivan Bran
ton, and Arthur L. Brundage will'
describe irrigation studies under
way at the Station. Other semin
ars will be: December 16, Animal
Husbandry; January 6, Entomo
logy, Plant Pathology; January
27, Agronomy;; February 17, Hor
ticulture; March 9, Future Trends
of Alaskan Agriculture (Director
Don L. Irwin); March 30, Econ
omics.
Seminars will be held in the
conference room of the Experi
ment Station in Palmer.
Several persons from the val
ley attended open house at the
Co-Op’s new dairy plant in An
chorage last Friday evening.
Terr. School Tax
Due by December I
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy B.
Saxton this week reminded val
ley residents that the Territorial
School Tax for the year 1955 is
due and payable.
All male and female persons
(including non-residents) over 21
and under 55 years of age must
pay the School Tax of $5.00 per
person. The tax is payable after
the first of January in each year.
It must be paid to the Tax Com
missioner on demand. Failure to
pay the tax when demand is made
subjects the person so failing to
criminal action. If no demand is
made the tax must nevertheless
be paid before December 1, 1955,
after which a penalty attaches of
$2.50.
Anyone who does not recall
whether or not hey have paid
their School Tax for the 1955
year, may check with Mrs. Sax
ton providing that payment
would have been made through
her office. If the payment was
made in some other precinct there
will be no local record.
AGRICULTURAL LOAN
BOARD TO MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
Members of the Agricultural
Loan Board will meet in Palmer
on Monday and Tuesday of next
week in the office of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Expected in attendance are
Paul Greimann and Bert Stimple
of Fairbanks, Vem Mutch of An
chor Point, and Richard Jones
of Palmer. Commissioner of
Agriculture James Wilson is ad
ministrator of loan funds and also
will be in attendance.
Hospital Membership
Drive to Open Soon
CLERK'S OFFICE
TO MOVE TO NEW
BUILDING FRIDAY
Frank Connally, city clerk,
announced today that the of
fice of city clerk will be mov-.
ed on Friday of this week from
the Wright building to the city
building on Wasilla road. His
office will be open to business
at the new location on Mon
day morning, November 28.
Office hours are from 9 aim.
to 5 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays.
POSTMASTER WARNS
CHRISTMAS MAILING
DATES NOW HERE
“It’s time to start those Christ
mas mailings!” Postmaster Bea
Huntley warned today, launching
her 1955 “Mail Early for Christ
mas” campaign.
“On the calendar it’s a month
away but here in the Post Office
it’s Christmas today—and every
day until December 25th,” she
said. Extra office help has been
secured, inkwells filled and in
fact everything is ready for the
mammoth flood of Christmas
mail that is expected to smash all
records.
The Post Office has already
dispatched a tremendous quanti
ty of gift packages headed for
members of the Armed Forces
overseas. Christmas cards for
service personnel can still be de
livered in time of they are sent
by air mail before December 1st;
In the U.S.A., smart people are
now mailing gifts* to friends and
relatives living in other st4tes.
Postmaster Huntley especially
calls on housewives to help in
her effort to deliver every pack
age and Christmas card before
December 25th. “The lady of the
house,” she emphasized, “is reallj
in charge of each family’s Christ
mas mailing program. She selects
the Christmas cards, buys most of
the gifts and sees to it that the
mailing list of friends and loved
ones is up-to-date.
When your Christmas cards are
ready to mail, you will do both
yourself and the postmaster a
real favor by putting the cards
with local addresses in one bun
dle and those for oui-of-iown
destinations in another. Then
mark each bundle with labels
wihich read: ALL FOR OUT-OF
TOWN DELIVERY” and hand
them in through the window.
All valley residents will short
ly have an opportunity to become
members of the Valley Hospital
Association for 1956. Anticipat
ing the next scheduled member
ship meeting on February 15, the
hospital board decided at their
. November meeting to organize a
membership drive. Wesley Norbo,
Brian Cleworth and A. H. Mick
were appointed by board presi
dent John Weisenberger to hand
le this year’s drive.
Selling memberships ’ will be
simplified by means of a new
combined receipt and card. All
organizations in the valley will be
asked to assist in this campaign,
according to the board.
The Hospital Association oper
ates Palmer’ Valley Presbyterian
Hospital which was built with the
help of the Presbyterian Board
of National Missions. Mission
money supplimented Federal,
Territorial, and local funds when
the hospital was built. The hos
pital is operated by the commun
ity, although a $3,000 annual
grant from the Presbyterian Mis
sion helps meet the yearly costs
of $100,000 to keep the hospital
• going.
PLANNING MEET SET
PRIOR TO PUBLIC
HEARING ON ROADS
All persons who are directly, or
indirectly, interested in the com
ing public meeting pertaining to
the abandonment of certain val
ley roads, are urged to attend a
meeting being held Friday eve
ning, November 25 in the Co-Op
rec hall. The meeting will con
vene at 8 p.m. and is being called
to prepare a program to be pres <
ented at the public meetingf No
vember 30. “In this manner we
will have organized presentations
instead of extemporaneous ques
tions and answers at the meet
ing”, a spokesman said this week.
“We feel that if the individuals
and groups effected by the pro
posal will prepare a written state
ment for presentation at the pub
lic meeting, that much time can
be saved and repetition will be
avoided”, he added.
! DRIFTWOOD PLANTERS j;
! Hand-Made by
[ Mr. and Mrs. John Stuart <t
| BEAUTIFUL GIFT FOR «[
; FRIEND OR SELF
; MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP ;!
Theatre Building
Soup, Salad, Dessert, Nuts
Served with listed dinners
f Roast Duckling with Dressing & Applesauce
• Roast Turkey with Pecan Dressing
• Prime Rib Au Jaus
• Homemade Fried Rabbit
• Top Sirloin Steaks
Malanuska Hotel Coffee Shop
10 P.M. ’til 2 A.M. - LIVE MUSIC
ELKS AMD THEIR LADIES ONLY