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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 26
PALMER- ALASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 5. 1955
PRICE TEN CENTS
Palmer Han to Head
Education Conference
Lew Hanks of Palmer this
week accepted appointment as
chairman of the Alaska commit
tee on the White House Confer
ence of Education, by Governor
of Alaska B. Frank Heintzleman.
In a letter received by Hanks
this week Gov. Heintzleman stat
ed he will be serving as early
chairman and requested Hanks
accept the position as full chair
man.
The Alaska committee will
consist of Gov. Heintzleman, hon
orary chairman; Hanks, chair
man; Dr. William Keller, Univer
sity of Alaska, vice-chairman;
Don Dafoe, commissioner of edu
cation, co-vice-chairman; and
Keith Lesh, Anchorage, William
Olsen, Alaska Native Service,
W. L. Angell, Nome, John Cog
hill, Nenana, Lou Joy, Fairbanks,
and T. J. Cole, Sitka, conference
committee.
Hanks who is president of the
Association of Alaska School
Boards, was instrumental in the
formation of the association.
Teelands Store
To Observe
50th Anniversary
Teeland’s Shopping Center,
“A modern store, country style”
celebrates its 50th anniversary,
this Sunday, according to Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Teeland, opera
tors of the store since 1947.
The original store was founded
in 1905 by Mr. and Mrs. O. G.
Heming in the then thriving
town of Knik where they con
ducted the business until 1917
at which time residents began to
leave to settle in the Anchorage,
Ship Creek and Wasilla areas,
all of which were rapidly grow
ing. The Knik Trading Co., as
the business was then known,
was moved to Wasilla where it
was operated by the Hernings
until the death of Mr. Herning
in 1947, following which the Tee
land family purchased the busi
ness. At that time the name of
the store was changed to, its
present title.
Although the Teeland’s have
increased the stock to keep pace
with present day living, the same
atmosphere of a country store
prevails today as it did 50 years
ago. Instead of the old cracker
barrel, one will see modern tele
vision sets, radios, deep freezers
and similar items of modern liv
ing.
In observance of the anniver
sary, the Teeland’s have prepared
a display of artifacts, including
pictures that date way back to
the “good old days” which will
be on display in their store dur
ing the celebration. Other items
of interest include the original
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SOURDOUGH
HOMEMAKERS CLUB
\ Sourdough Homemakers club;|
!; will meet at the home of Mrs- !;
!; Mary King on May 10 inslead !;
/ of Mrs. Margaret Harrison's. I;
SMART HAIR STYLINGS
>by LaVonne
Evening Appointments
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 3301
CO-OP PAYING FOR ;i
I; 1945 EQUITY STOCK
!; Checks have been written j;
!; and 1945 Certificates of Equity ;
in the Matanuska Valley \\
!; Farmers Cooperating Assoc La- \
!; tion will be redeemed upon \
presentation of certificates, I
|; Clayton EssJinger Co-Op com- ;
|| ptroller, anounced this week.
Co-Op Garage
To Hold Free
Welding Clinic
All persons interested in the
latest of welding equipment are
invited to attend a welders clinic
to be held at the Co-Op Garage
on May 12. Demonstrations and
exhibits will be conducted throu
ghout the day, with a school
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
E. C. Peterson of the Alaska
Welding Supplies of Anchorage
will be in attendance to demon
strate the electric welding ma-.
chines, including Heliarc inert'
gas welding on aluminum.
During the evening school
there wil bel an award of door
prizes made. The public is invited
to stop in at the garage and pick
up a registration ticket so that
he may be eligible for the award.
_ Movies will be shown illustrat
ing the varied types of welding
and manual and automatic dem
onstrations will be conducted.
School Budget for
1855-56 Presented
On behalf of the Palmer Inde
pendent School District board
members, William Zahradnicek
presented the budget of propos
ed expenditures for the school
year 1955-56 to members of the
city council on May 3. The total
budget was $449,437 with $329,
498 of this amount to come from
estimated Territorial and Fed
eral receipts. The balance, $119,
939 would be realized from local
contribution.
Based on the 1954-55 tax roll
property valuations in the school
district total $10,606,577. City real
property totals $3,469,788; person
al property, $1,786,847. Outside
city limits real property is valu
ed at $3,336,444; personal pro
perty, $2,013,498.
Figures presented indicate the
levy needed to raise $106,065.77
on present valuations of $10,606,
577 requires 10 mills with the
balance of local contribution to
be supplied by local income
other than taxation.
The budget as presented was
turned over to members of the
budget and finance committee for
further study before any action
will be taken by members of the
Palmer city council.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
MEETING WED. NIGHT
Tax payers of the Palmer In
dependent School District who
desire to protest tax assessments
are reminded of the Board of
Equalization meeting to be held
in the Palmer school tax office
Wednesday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Members of the school board will
sit as a board of equalization to
hear protests.
Notice
The Palmer School Board will meet
as a board of equalization for the Pal
mer Independent School District on
Wednesday, May 11,1955 at 8:00 p.m.
in the Palmer School Tax Office in the
Neal Wright Building.
BILL ROARK
School Board President
PUBLIC INVITED
TO HEAR SALK
VACCINE DISCUSSION
A discussion of the recently
approved Salk polio vaccine will
be made by Dr. C. C. Bailey local
health officer, at a public meet
ing sponsored by the Palmer
Moose on Saturday night, May 8
at Moose Hall. The meeting will
be open to the public and is
scheduled to get under way at
8 p.m.
Dr. Bailey’s talk will center
around the local polio immuniza
tion program. With the vaccine
supply expected in the valley in
the near future, he plans to speak
on the amount available and
the roll which local physicians
will play in the program which
is being sponsored by the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Advance plans for the 1955
program will be laid down and
a discussion will be held on the
present problem of vaccinating
against poliomyelitis. A resume
of some of the trials and tribu
lations which presented themsel
ves before the vaccine was made
available to the public will also
be presented.
Following the talk Dr. Bailey
will conduct a discussion period
during which he will attempt
to answer any questions those at
tending may have in regard to
the polio vaccine and the immun
ization program.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend the meeting.
HOSPITAL PUNS
OPEN HOUSE MAY 8
National Hospital Week be
gins Sunday, May 8 and contin
ues through May 14. In the Val
ley Presbyterian. Hospital, open
house and conducted tours are
planned as part of the celebra
tion.
Lloyd Morley, administrator of
Valley Presbyterian Hospital,
announced that the theme of the
Week’s activities would be the
tradition of service that hospitals
have rendered to their commun
ities.
For any valley resident who
has not had an opportunity to
tour the new modern hospital,
the open house will offer an op
portunity to see for themselves
the modern efficient styling; the
friendly service and the personal
attention the hospital offers.
Morley said that an open
house will be held from 1:00 p.m.
to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tours
conducted by members of hos
pital Board are planned. The ad
ministor said that civic and
church groups could arrange
special tours by calling the hos
pital.
‘It is our hope that National
Hospital Week will help publi
cize the many careers open in
hospital work,” Morley said. He
added: “Our hospitals today are
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ALASKA POTATO )
MALADY SOLVED
BY SCIENTISTS
Several potato fields in the Ma
tanuska Valley and in the Tan
ana Valley were stricken with a
strange malady last year, accord
ing to Experiment Station scien
tists here in Palmer. The trouble
was first noticed after the crop
had ben hilled while it was grow
ing rapidly according to W. M.
Laughlin, soil chemist. Brown
spots appeared on the old leaves
and some plants eventually died.
Charles E. Logsdon, Experiment
Station pathologist, could not
find evidence of disease, nor did
insects have anything to do with
the trouble, said Dick Washburn,
entomologist. Greenhouse studies
were started in April of this
year to track down this trouble,
according to Don L. Irwin, sta
tion director.
Symptoms were obrained in
the green house on plants treated
with large amounts of fertilizers.
Typical spots appeared during
rapid growth and transpiration.
According to C. H. Dearborn,
horticulturist and Laughlin, the
trouble is related to the rapid up
take of fertilizers which under
conditions may exceed the toler
ance of the plant "Which then
starts to die.
Farmers are cautioned not to^
use too much fertilizer on their
potatoes. If more than 800
pounds of an 2-24-12 or 8-32-12
complete fertilizer per acre is
applied in the row, a potato
grower can expect some losses
from this trouble. Unless the po
tatoes are irritated, 600 pounds
of fertilizer per acre is probably
sufficient, according to Dearborn,
especially on fields where this
malady has been severe.
Farmers who plan on mixing
their own fertilizer using am
mophos as a base are given the
following suggestion by Laugh
lin: To 550 pounds of 11-48 am
mophos, mix 50 pounds of am
monium nitrate and 200 pounds
of potash. Mix thoroughly and
apply in the row at the rate of
not more than 600 pounds per
acre. This will supply about 57
pounds of available nitrogen, 200
pounds of available phosphate,
and 90 pounds of potash per acre.
Some of the nitrogen will be in
the nitrate forms which will help
early growth.
21 Terr. Farm Loans
Tentatively Approved
Members of the Alaska Agri
cultural Loan Board found appli
cations totalling $329,000 on file
for consideration when they met
in Anchorage on April 29 and
30. With only $150,000 available
for the biennium, it proved to be
a problem determining which of
the applications would receive
consideration at this time.
Members of the board consist
of Richard Jones of Palmer, Bert
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City Council Notes
James Hurley, Colony Day
chairman, approached members
of the City Council at the May
3 Council meeting, for coopera
tion in the creation of a park in
the triangle near the Palmer
Drug store. Hurley stated the
ARRC would like to turn the
land over to the city for a small
park. The idea primarily, he said
is a beautiflying proposition* The
piece of land is approximately
300 feet long, running between
Valley and Railroad streets, from
the drug store to the front of
Grasser’s Hardware.
Following a discussion period
council members appropriated
$250 to assist in the project, and
approved the use of city person
nel and equipment in helping
- create the park area. Hurley
agreed to supervise the work
which will consist of raising the
triangle area to grade; filling;
adding top soil; seeding; and
fencing. When completed the
park will contain either a granite
boulder or a concrete pillar upon
which will be affixed a memorial
plaque honoring the settlers of
the Matanuska Valley, which the
ARRC has purchased for this pur
pose. Hurley suggested that at
future dates benches, drinking
fountains and other objects could
be added by organizations or in
dividuals to help beautify the
park. It is hoped that work on
the park can be completed prior
to the Colony Day celebration
May 29.
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Council members approved by
motion to permit city water us
ers extra water during the peri
od from April 20 to August 20
providing they comply with ar
rangements similar to those used
last year. Water consumers, upon
presentation of signed statement
that water has to be used for wat
ering gardens, lawns and streets,
will be allowed up to 2,000 gal
lons of water increase without
paying more than their average
cost for the months of March and
April,
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Further discussions were held
on the street problems, including
the possibility of applying crush
ed rock to some city streets; the
possibility of surfacing Valley
street and estimated costs of
these proposals. The project was
returned to the street committee
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Trackmen Prepare
For Meet Saturday
CITY ASKS BIDS
ON HAULING GRAVEL
The City of Palmer today is
sued a call for bids on hauling
ued a call for bids on hauling
stock-piled gravel. Specifica
tions and forms will be avail
able at the office of the City
Clerk in the Wright building
on May 9, as well as publicly
posted on bulletin boards at
the Post Office, Clerk’s office,
and the Trading Post and ad
vertised in the Anchorage and
local newspapers.
J. T. Keppler Gives
Read Easement Into
Echo Lake Area
Picnicers and fishermen of
the area will have public access
to Echo Lake and the picnic
grounds around, thanks to the
generosity of J. T. Keppler who
this week granted a road ease
ment into the Echo and Gregory
lakes to the Department of Fish
eries, Territory of Alaska.
Several months ago Echo Lake
was stocked with rainbow trout
by Alex McRae of the Depart
ment of Fisheries. McRae an
nounced this year that the De
partment hopes to declare the
lake open for fishing sometime
this coming season. A public an-^
nouncement will be made at that
time.
Organize Medical
Staff at Hospital
The last of three informal
meetings for the formation of the
staff of the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital was held in Cobb’s ban
quet room on April 21.
Following the dinner, business
and professional meetings were
held. Those attending were the
following physicians: Dr. John
F. Burnett, Dr. Arthur J. Col
berg, and Dr. C. C. Bailey, all of
Palmer. Also Dr. Richard Card,
5005th AFB Hospital, Dr George
Hale, Anchorage, Dr. H. V. Swin
dell, 5005th AFB Hospital, Dr.
Robert Kessler, 5005th AFB
Hospital, Dr. Peter Koeniger,
Anchorage, Dr. James Pinneo,
Glen Allen, Dr. Towers and Dr.
Mills, both of Anchorage.
A regular monthly meeting of i
the active medical staff of Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital met
May 2 at which time Dr. Bailey
was elected president of the
staff; Dr. Colberg vice-president,
and Dr. Burnett secretary.
KIWANIANS SEE FILM
ON SANTA BARBARA
Palmer Kiwanians were treated
to a Kiwanian’s-view of Santa
Barbara, California-at the May
9 luncheon meeting. A movie on
Santa Barbara, extolling the
city’s famed beauty spots, was
sent to the local club by the Ki
wanis club of the city, along with
a recorded message of greetings.:
The film, which was enjoyed by
every member, prompted the lo
cal group to plan a similar film
on Palmer which they will send
to the California city.
' Trackmen of Palmer High
School will be vieing with
schools from Seward, Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Wasilla at the an
nual track meet to be held in
Palmer this Saturday, May 7.
Palmer has taken top honors
four out of five years and will be
out to retain their crown. How
ever, other schools which are
concentrating more time on track
work, are expected to show keen
competition in many of the
events, and predictions say the
meet will be the closest one ever
run.
The meet will get underway in
the Fairgrounds at 11 a-m. Pal
mer’s trackmen and their events
are as follows:
SHOT PUT:.Ray Winegamer,
Dean Thompson. HIGH JUMP:
Dave Lewis, Jim Nelson. BROAD
JUMP: Lewis, Gus Knutsen,
Dean Parks, Bill Harris, Paul
Campbell. POLE VAULT: Lewis,
Nelson, Harris. LOW HURDLES:
Nelson, Lewis. 60-^^VRD HIGH
HURDLES: Nelson, Douglas Bix
by. 440 and 880 RELAY TEAMS:
John Reed, Norman Stadem,
Winegarner, Bixby, Harris, Ron
ald Aklestad, Campbell, Jack
Worledge and alternate Keith
Smith. 100 YARD: Lewis, Nelson.
220 YARD: Lewis and one
other. 440 YARD: Aklestad, Ro
bert Barry, Larry Trowbridge,
Dick Freeman, Eugene Combs.
880 YARD: Aklestad, Freeman,
Trowbridge, Combs, Knutsen,
Vic Klem, George Sharp. MILE:
Barry, Larry Thompson, Bert
Verrall, Combs, Knutsen, Sharp,
Klem. DISCUS: Winegamer,
Thompson.
Fair Association
Meeting May 13
All members of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Association are re
minded of the annual member
ship meeting which will be held
in the Co-Op club room Friday,
May 13 at 8 p m. Proposed chang
es in the articles of incorporation
and the association’s by-laws
will be presented by an appoint
ed committee.
To Begin Construction
Of New Co-Op Dairy
The site of the new Matanuska
Dairy on Northern Lights Boule
vard in Spenard has been staked
and ready for excavation work.
Builders Sandvik and Roark ex
pect to get construction of the
$100,000 building under way Very
soon, according to Stewart Dur
rant, Co-Op general manager.
The 170-foot well, recently
drilled, has been capped and is
testing out at better than 600
gallons an hour, he said. The
new building is expected, to be
ready for occupancy by early
fall.
Potted plants, cut flowers,
corsages and flowers by wire
for MOTHERS DAY
New shipment of Haeger
pottery
MATANUSKA VALLEY
GARDENS
Theatre Building
Bob & Ruth
“THE BLUES CHASERS”
Have returned to play your favorite tunes
-old and New - Popular, Western, Latin
and Scandinavian Music - Guitar, Accor*
dian, Celeste and Banjo
Playing at
Palmer Bar
FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS
9 till 2