Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
The committees and members of
each with the &rst named as
chairman, are as follows: Budget
and Finance: Lucille Mick and
Jan Koslosky. Public Safety (fire
and police): William Zahradnicek
and Robert Peterson. Street and
Water: A1 DeJulio and William
Zahradnicek. Planning and Zon
ing: Jan Koslosky and A1 Hagen.
Health, Park and Building: A1
Hagen and A1 De Julio. Person
nell: Robert Peterson and Lucille
Mick. In naming the committees
Mayor Wilson presented what he
feels are the responsibilities of
each and every committee. The
budget committee should prepare
the budget and keep in constant
touch to see that it remains in
balance and notify the Council
if at any time it seems to be veer
ing one way or another. Public
Safety members should keep close
watch for the safety of the people;
make sure laws and ordinances
are enforced or recommend re*
peal; make sure police ot/Icers
conduct is a credit to the city;
meet with department employees
frequently. A close inter-relation
to help employees time their work
would be part of the street and
water committee’s duties. Care of
•the water system should have top
priority, the Mayor said. Mem
bers of the planning and zoning
committee should meet with the
Planning Commission as frequent
ly as necessary and should make
recommendations pertaining to
building permits. Members of the
health, parks and buildings com
mittee would be asked to regulate
the health officer’s duties; deter
mine city’s park needs, and act as
custodian of city building. The
personnel committee was charg
ed with the responsibility of sett
ing up standards for each em
ploye, preparing job descriptions
and make recommendations for
salaries.
Following committee appoint
ments Mayor Wilson proposed to
leave the city employee list as is
at least until the respective com
mittees come up with recommen
dations for changes. “I do not
believe that a city employee’s
length of service should be det
ermined by a change in adminis
tration—rather that he should be
retained on his own merits. If he
is doing a good job, then keep
him”, Mayor Wilson said.
Council members by motion
voted as follows: Frank Connally
be retained as city clerk; John
Shaw as city attorney (with the
committee to make recommenda
tions pertaining to salary>; Ber
nard Bouwens as police chief; Ted
Buzby, water department; Russ
Felzien, street department, and
Joseph Gallant, fire chief. Frank
Connally was approved for the
additional position of city magis
trate. Members of the City Plan
ning Commission were approved
as follows: Three year terms:
Ralph Moore, George Whetstone,
and Seth Cook. Two year terms,
Dr. C. C. Bailey and Jack Flint.
One year terms, Robert Pippel
and Stanley Lowe.
By a unanimous vote, until the
committee presents recommenda
tions and effective November 1,
the police department will be cut
back to a one-man force, consist
ing of the chief of police, with one
extra man to receive not over
two shifts per week.
Mayor Wilson stressed the im
portance of building up the vol
unteer fire department. ‘‘It is up
to all of use to think of some way
in which to do this”, he said. The
committee was asked to explore
possible means of increasing the
present roster.
Council members authorized
the Mayor to negotiate for health
officer services, at a salary as
recommended in the proposed
•budget which was presented for
council study.
Newly Formed
Nurses Group
To Meet October 28
Palmer District No. 6 of the
Alaska Nurses’ Association
will hold a meeting Friday,
October 28 at 8 p.m. in the
craft room of the Extension
Service office.
This newly formed Palmer
District i^ composed of the for
mer Matanuska Valley Nurses’
Association and other register
ed nurses of the valley.
Officers selected at the Sep
tember meeting were Bernice
Traphagen, president; Helen
Maze, vice-president; Phyllis
Long, secretary, and Elizabeth
Campbell, treasurer. The board
of directors is composed of the
elected officers plus Ina Nor
bo, Margaret Sharrow, Ger
trude Jurgeleit and Jessie De
Vries.
The Association cordially in
vites all registered nurses in
the valley to attend the meet
ings and join with them in
making this an organization of
which to be proud.
PLAN SPECIAL MASSES
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
Next Tuesday, November 1, the
Feast of all Saints will be observ
ed at St. Michael’s Catholic
Church with a mass which will be
offered by the Rev. James P.
Snead. This is a holy day of ob
ligation for all Roman Catholics.
On Wednesday, November 2,
All Souls Day will be observed at
St. Michael’s when the Rev.
Snead will offer three consecutive
masses, the first at 7:30 a.m. Al
though this is not a holy day of
obligation all Catholics are en
CQUrsg&d to attend one of the
masses.
On Friday evening, November
4, the Rev. Snead will offer a 7:30
p.m. mass in observance of the
first Friday of the month.
Mrs. Ruth Everett of Goat
Creek will replace Judy Aarestad
as secretary-receptionist at the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
Mrs. Aarestad will be leaving the
hospital November 1. Mrs. Ever
ett is working with her this week.
The huge Navy aircraft carrier
UiSS FORREST AL’s “folding
masts” rise 187 feet above the
ship’s waterline.
Members of the budget and fi
nance committee presented a ten
tative budget for Council study.
A conservative estimate placed
the total income of the City at
$78,450 for the next year.
The city attorney was request
ed to reply to a letter received
from APW in regards to payment
for the City of Palmer water sys
tem. The reply will indicate the
City’s inability to concede appro
val of the construction and cost
of the project because of defec
tive construction of one well and
excesive and unwarranted costs
of repairs the city found neces
sary to bear.
Members of the public safety
committee were requested to pre
pare specification for a call for
bids on the purchase of a courrier
tpye police car.
The City of Palmer will go on
record, following the preparation
of a resolution by the city attor
ney, opposing the abandoning of
any valley roads by the Alaska
Road Commission.
Mayor Wilson announced the
next regular meeting will be held
in the office of the City Clerk
November 8, with a possible spe
cial meeting to be called some
time during the League of Alas
kan Cities convention when
APW officials will be visiting the
city.
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T. R. Rollins, regional physical
agent from the Forest Service of
fice in Juneau was a Palmer vis
itor this week. He arrived on
Monday to check physical records
at the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station. He plans to re
turn to Juneau by way of Sew
ard where he will check similar
records pertaining to the Chu
gach National Forest.
Opening day at the Matanuska
Dairy in Spenard has been de
layed until mid-November, ac
cording to Stewart Durrant, gen
eral manager of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation. The building is prac
tically completed and would
have ben ready for the opening
previously planned for this weex
end but muddy conditions sur
rounding the building have held
up the grand opening.
Wesley Eckert is in Portland,
Oregon with the Washington
State College dairy products jud
ging team to participate in com
petition at the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock Exposition. The
Palmer student is a senior at
WSC and is majoring in Dairy
! Science. He lives at Ferry Hall,
men’s residence hall on the State
College campus.
PFC Calvin W. DePriest, son
of L. M. DePriest of Palmer, re
cently completed a month of in
tensive field training in Germany
with the 10th Infantry Division.
The 10th, sent to Europe under
the Army’s new unit rotation
plan to replace the 1st Division,
has established a training pro
gram as part of the Seventh
Army. DePriest is an auto mech
anic with Headquarters Company
of the mh Infantry Regiment’s
1st Battalion.
Among those who reported in
September to the Pacific Fleet
Airborne Electronics Training
Unit at San Diego was Monte M.
Larsh, aviation electrician’s mate
airman, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emil A. Larsh of Palmer.
Before entering the service in
September, 1954, he graduated
froip Palmer High School and
was employed by the Palmer
Constructors.
Teri Thompson and daughters
and Avis Crowther are leaving
Palmer November 5 for a trip to
the States where the girls will
visit with relatives in Montana
and New York while Teri drives
to Florida and then by plane to
Columbia, So. America where she
will visit her husband Tommy
who is in the crop dusting busi
ness there. Before leaving Mrs.
Thompson was guest at a farewell
party held in her honor at Little
Susitna Lodge by Vic and Edith
Cottini. She expressed her thanks
to her many valley friends for
their past patronage and their
farewell wishes. She expects to
return to Palmer sometime in the
Spring.
Captain Fred Robison, Sergeant
Frank Castaneda, and Specialist
Leonard Francoeur all of the
United States Army, were Palmer
visitors this week. Capt. Robison
stated that they plan to extend
the recruiting services of the An
chorage area to Palmer. A re
cruiting oficer will be in Palmer
at least once a month, and will
be located in a centrally-located
office for convenience of Valley
area youths. A general assembly
will be held at Palmer High Sch
ool on November 23 for all Junior
and Senior male students at
which time the recruiting officers
will be in attendance.
Mrs. Robert Wendt was accom
panied to Anchorage by Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. DePriest this week
Tuesday from where she took a
plane to the States. She had been
staying with them while taking
care of business matters in the
Valley. “It seemed good to be
‘home’, again,” Evelyn said, “the
people in Alaska are some of the
best in the world”. She thanked
all the friends who entertained
her, took her hunting, and espec
ially to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. De
Priest for the hospitality of their
home during her stay in Palmer
and for the farewell party. Evel
yn* took caribou meat back to
Rollins, Montana where the rest
of the Wendt family is busy
building a resort on Flathead
Lake which they plan to call
“Little Alaska”. She extended an
invitation to all their friends to
drop in and see them when they
are in the States.
Mrs. Robert Crites of Palmer
this week flew out to Mayo
Clinic where she will receive
medical treatment. She was ac
companied on the trip by Mrs.
William Benyish of Palmer.
Art Madison is a patient at Pro
vidence Hospital in Anchorage.
Bruce Graham, MEA director,
is attending a Regional 9 meeting
of the Northwest Rural Electric
Cooperative Associations being
held in Riverside, California as a
delegate from MEA. Mrs. Justine
HALLOWEEN PARTY
PLANNED AT SUTTON
All children of the Sutton com
munity have been invited to at
tend a Halloween Party which
will be held at Sutton Commun
ity Church on Monday evening,
October 31 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
A varied program of games,
stunts, prizes and refreshments is
being planned for the evening.
A special guest from Anchorage
will present a slight-of-hand and
ventriloquism program.
Committee chairmen for the
program will be Mrs. Elvina
Klayum, games; Mrs. Francis
Hamilton, refreshment table; and
Mrs. Evelyn Johnson, music.
Youngsters attending are asked
to take cookies or cake. Coffee,
punch, and pop corn balls will be
furnished.
Parks, MEA president, also plans
to attend the meeting. She is go
ing as Alaska director and her
expenses are being paid by the
National Board. The meeting is
scheduled for October 31 and No
vember 1.
Dorothy Batterton, registered
lab technician, was recently hir
ed by the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital. In addition to her lab
duties Miss Batterton also will
handle the hospital’s X-ray work.
Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Newman,
formerly of Spokane, Wash.,
have arrived in Palmer and are
living in North Palmer. Dr. New
man is a veterinarian. Mrs. New
man is a registered nurse and
has joined the nursing staff at the
Recently elected secetary-trea
surer of Harriet Hess Hall, Uni
versity of Alaska women’s dormi
tory, is Donna Harris of Eska.
Miss Harris is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harris and
is a sophomore majoring in ma
thematics.
A regular meeting of the Mat
anuska Valley Fair Association
board of directors will be held
in the basement of the Valley
Theatre Tuesday evening, No
vember 1, according to T. A.
Moyer, association president.
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Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
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tions may be made.
The afternoon session is slated
to get under way at 1:45 p.m.
when building and rebuilding our
cities will be discussed. Richard
Ives, regional director of Urban
Renewal, Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency, San Francisco will
speak on “Slum Clearance, Re
habilitation and Conservation”.
“Redevelopment in Alaska” will
be the topic of Elmer E. Gagnon’s
talk. Gagnon is redevelopment
supervisor, Alaska Housing Au
thority, Anchorage. Virgil P.
Reimer, director, Federal Housing
Administration, Anchorage, will
present “FHA Aids to Commun
ity Development”, followed by a
discussion period.
At 6:30 p.m. an All-Mtaanuska
Valley dinner will be served del
egates, and guests at Moose Hall,
catered by Women of the
Moose. The Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce are spon
soring the dinner. Every item on
the menu, with the exception of
salt, pepper, sugar and coffee,
will have been grown or produc
ed in the Valley. The enticing
menu will include: Wild Wasilla
Wassail; prime rib of Matanuska
Red Dane beef; baked local
spuds; October broccoli, Valley
carrots; tossed Matanuska salad;
cole slaw; home-made cottage
cheese; cucumber chips; local
celery; wold berry jellies; raw
vegetable and low-bush cran
berry relishes; Alaska grain rolls;
fresh Matanuska Valley butter;
Matanuska Maid ice cream top
ped with Valley red respberries.
Tickets for the banquet may be
obtained after Friday morning at
SEEK FORMATION
OF INTER-CHURCH
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
is planning to organize a bas
ketball team in hopes that
there may be several teen-age
church teams organized, and
that an inter-church league
might be formed.
The group will be coached
by John Brown, former Pal
mer High School basketball
star. Brown asks that all boys
interested meet at the Luther
an Church this Saturday after
noon at 2 p.m.
Bettys’, Rice’s Bakery at Figgly
Wiggly, the City Clerk’s office,
or from Virginia Gallant. Tickets
will be $3.00 and must be pur
chased before Monday noon so
that reservations may bemade.
Only a limited number of tick
ets will be available and those
planning to attend are request
ed' to make reservations early by
purchasing their tickets as soon
as possible. Delegate E. L. Bart
lett will be the dinner speaker.
His subject will be “Alaskan Cit
ies and the Federal Government”.
Wednesday morning the Alas
ka cities workshop will be held
during which subject of Proper
ty Revaluation; Volunteer Fire
Department Operation; Sales Tax
Collections; Municipal Public Re
lations, and other general munic
ipal matters will be discussed.
The three-day meeting will
conclude Wednesday afternoon
following a final business meet
ing when report of resolutions, of
legislation, and other committees
are made.
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