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. DeJulio _____ Publisher-Manager
Editor -Virginia Gallant
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Moose Planning Hallow ean Party
Members of the Palmer Moose
Lodge entertainment committee
aer busy this week making final
plans for a Halloween Party
•which will be held at Moose Hall
Saturday evening, October 29, be
ginning at 9 p.m.
Admission to the evening of
fun will be by tickets which may
be purchased at the door. Atten
dance will be limited to members
and their guests.
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Reporters—
Notebook \
George, Sara and Barbara
Brewster of Spring Creek Farm,
recently returned from a six-day
trip to Fairbanks. While there
they visited the Herman Turners
at the Agricultural Experiment
Farm and brought back warm
greetings to their many Valley
friends.
Robert Nichols and family of
Spring Creek Farm left recently
by plane for a seven-week visit
to their homes in New Hamp
shire.
Palmer visit or on Monday was
]3ryan Phifer, information spec
ialist from Washington, D. C
who led communications discus
sions at the annual Alaska Ex
tension Service conference at
College last week. While in Pal
mer Phifer attended the luncheon
meeting of Palmer Kiwanis as
guest of Lew Hanks, extension
service agent.
Wesley P. Venne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Venne of Pal
mer and husband of Betty Ven
ne of Anchorage, was recently
sworn into Army at Fort Rich
ardson by Captain Fred J. Robin
son, U. S. Army Alaska induction
and recruiting officer. Pvt. Ven
ne is currently engaged in a 16
week basic training cycle.
Wesley E. Eckert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Eckert of Palmer,
has been chosen for the role of
Flask in the Washington State
College speech department’s pro
| duction of Moby Dick, to be pre
| sented November 4 and 5 in
j Bryan Hall. Eckert is a senior at
j WSC and is majoring in Dairy
Science.
ivir. ana Mrs. l^eo JNumey ana
family of Wasilla write they are
having a wonderful time vacat
ioning just outside of Chicago.
The weather has been in the up
per 70’s, Leo reports. They had
a good trip down the Alaska
highway, suffered only three
flat tires. They plan to leave for
home this week and expect to
arrive around the first of No
vember.
Ray Winegarner, Palmerite at
tending the Air Force Academy,
will be seeing action during the
football season this year. Sport
news from the Academy list
Winegarner, former PHS foot
> ball star as having ‘“great poten
tial and in another year or two
when his reactions catch up with
his size, could develop into a fine
player”. Winegarner is six feet,
five inches tali now tips the
scales at 210. The Academy open
Weather
Report:
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ed its season October 8 against
University of Denver freshmen
at the Denver University stadi
um.
Members of the Goldusters
Homemakers’ club have donated
the sum of $50 to the Palmer
High School band for uniform
purchases. The school band now
totals over 50 members and the
uniform supply is short of that
figure.
Jack Dunlap was re-admitted
to 5005th Air Force Hospital Sun
day evening following complica
tions resulting from an accident
which occurred July 25.
All women of the United Pro
testant Church are invited to at
tend the Mary-Marthas meeting
October 25 at the home of Doro
thy Laughlin. “Jeep Tracks”, the
story of a’ missionary in South
India and her experiences with
an old army jeep will be review
ed and the study of the Hebrews,
with lesson seven, will be con
tinued.
Monday noon of this week Dr.
Victor Nelson was guest speaker
at the luncheon of the Palmer Ki
wanis. This afternoon (Thursday)
he will address an assembly at
the Palmer High School. Dr. Nel
son is conducting a Preaching
Mission at United Protestant
Church.
Dr. and Mrs. Foster R. Sims of
Palmer who have been attending
the American Legion National
Convention in Florida are cruis
ing aboard the S. S. Evangeline.
They embarked from Miami for
a four day cruise to Havana,
Cuba and Nassau in the Bahamas.
They expected to return to Miami
on October 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Sohriebl of
Palmer returned to their home at
Lazy Mountain Sunday evening
following a few weeks in the
States. They reported a fine trip.
Gust is back on the job at the
Co-Op Warehouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hernmer
who have been living in the Chu
giak area this summer have
moved back to the Valley.
Among area residents who
made the inaugural sleeper-train
trip to Fairbanks was Mayor
Charles W. Wilson who is on a
business trip to the far-north,
city area.
The total area of the USS FOR
KESTAL’s flighit deck is nearly
four acres. The new warship will
commence activities with naval
forces afloat in early 1956.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
September Food
Prices Lower
In Alaskan Cities
Alaskan food costs declined
slightly between June and Sep
tember according to the quarter
ly survey of the retail store prices
of 30 comparable food items made
by the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station.
Higher prices of eggs, oranges,
bread, some meats and canned
fruits were more than off-set by
lower prices for coffee, fresh
milk, apples, potatoes, fresh fruit
and vegetables. Food prices have
declined since September 1952 in
each of the six Alaskan cities sur
veyed. During this same period,
the report states, Stateside retail
food prices have increased. This
decline in retail food prices have
increased. This decline in retail
food prices in Alaska, accompan
ied by improvements in quality
and service, is largely due to the
more efficient operations of local
merchants. Increased local pro
duction and processig have also
cotributed to lower prices and
better services for the Alaskan
consumer.
Based on the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Agricultural Mar
keting Service, “Marketing and
Transportation Situation”, a food
basket costing $9.93 in Seattle
costs $13.86 in Palmer and Sitka,
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Area residents who are hos
pitalized at Valley Presbyterian
Hospital this week include: Mrs.
K Allan Linn, Mrs. William
Kaase, John (Jack) Hermon, Mrs.
Glen Hardage, Mrs. Then-nan
Betts, Wasilla, Mrs. C. C. Hoff
man Mrs. Howard Pennington,
Spenard, Mrs. Harry O’Donnell,
Daniel Carney, Wasilla, Mr. Ole
Johnson, James C. Smith, Wasil
la, Baby girl Prewitt, and Mrs.
Paul Stringfield.
Hospitalized but now out were:
Jesse A. Hunsaker of Low’er
Tonsina, Mrs. Robert Rowland,
Mrs. Gerald Neumann of Chu
giak, Mrs. Everett Adams, Mrs.
Fred Sinyon, Mrs. David West
rack, Young Phil Frey, Mrs. Alex
Carisen, Jr., Mrs. William Pat
terson, Sheila and Ray Smith,
Wasilla and Baby William
Church of Wasilla.
$13.8© in Anchorage, $15.63 in
Fairbanks, $12.80 in Ketchikan,
and $12.55 in Juneau. The average
for the six Alaskan cities is $13.77.
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