I Reporters—
Notebook |
Word was received in the Val
ley recently of the marriage of
Nancy L. Hargan of Kelso, Wash
ington, and Donald J. Moyer, for
mer Palmerirte. The ceremony
was performed at the First Pres
byterian Church of Kelso on Oc
tober 27 by the Rev. Philip Lau
rie. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs.
E. McCollum of Kelso. The couple
plan to make their home on the
west coast where the bridegroom
» is employed in radio work.
(Mr .and Mrs. Charles Shaver
of Palmer have taken a trip to
Seattle where Mrs. Shaver (Viv
ian) will seek further medical
treatment at Virginia Mason
Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Denison
are the new operators at the Ma
tanuska Valley Lodge (Co-Op
Dorm). They began their new
new duties last Thursday and
have announced they will accept
transient lodgers.
Emil Ganschow of the Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station
leaves tonight to spend a few
days m Fairbanks on station busi
ness.
Delegates to the League of Al
aska Cities convention held in
Palmer this week managed a
short trip to the City water works
a trip to Spring Creek Farm
during their busy three-day meet
ing. Because of limited time a
complete tour of the Valley
could not be planned.
The Ladies Aid of the United
Protestant Church held a fare
well party at the close of their
regular meeting for Sophia Eric
aon, a former member of the so
ciety. She was a charter member
of the Ladies Aid and a promin
ent member during her residence
in the valley during the early
days of the Colony. Her husband
helped build the church and she
helped serve coffee and refresh
ments all during the erection of
the building. They also built
tiheir home on the tract which
they later sold to Glen Woods.
They are leaving for Seattle to
make their home and the good
Wishes of the Valley go with
them.
Mrs. William Bouwens, who
has been visiting in the States
the past three months, returned
to Palmer this week. Reported a
wonderful vacation.
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LOCAL COUPLE
PUT NEW ALASKA
SONG ON MARKET
Another Alaskan song has been
recorded and is now on the mai -
ket. Titled “The Spirit of Alas
ka”, the song was written by two
Valley residents, Earl C. and
Jessie T. Chandler, missionaries.
The song, which describes the
natural beauties of Alaska and
its people, was written five years
ago when the Chandlers were in
Ketchikan and first published in
sheet music form in 1952. A tew
copies of the sheet music are still
available at the Valley Grocery
store. Mr. Chandler said this
week thev intend to have a sec
ond printing very soon.
The records were cut in Caiitoi -
nia and are being distributed b>
the Golden Heart Recorders of
Palmer at Koslosky’s Department
store Valley Grocery and by Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler. They are
packed in an attractive mailing
envelope and are suggested by
the composers as convenient
Christmas or souvenir items tor
Stateside mailing.
Prior to the making of the 1 ec
ord Don McCune, Fairbanks
baritone and director of the Fair
COLOSSAL!
Wait & See
BEST BUICK YET
Coming Soon
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Three-Day Convention
Pronounced "Best Yet"
By Visiting Delegates
By Lucille Mick
“The beet convention yet!”
agreed all delegates and visitors
as the League of Alaskan Cities
fifth annual meeting closed here
yesterday afternoon at Elks Hall
with the adoption o? nine resolu
tions and 16 legislative objectives.
Deliberations at the three-day
convention were paced by the
keynote address delivered Mon
day morning by George Rogers
from the office of the Governor,
Juneau. Rogers, recently named
acting director of the newly
created Rural Development
Board, cited three musts for Al
askan cities if they would as
sume the dominant and vital role
in Alaska’s progress: Alaskan cit
ies must broaden their horizons.
They must learn to know them
selves. They must give thought
and support to the devising of
a new complete pattern of local
government in which they can
work effectively and promote
their own interests.
These interests, he pointed out,
are not confined to the arbitrary
limits of the city itself but con
cern the entire economic region
of which the incorporated city
may be merely the business and
commercial center. Illustrating
his point with a brief sketch of
the development of Palmer as the
core of the Matanuska Valley
agricultural economy, he conclud
ed, “Cities prosper and decline
as the economic regions of which
they are the center prosper and
decline.”
Further developing this main
theme the speakers of the Mon
day afternoon session: Jack Mc
kay, executive director of the Al
aska Legislative Council, and
John D. Corcoran of the Public
Administration Service, brought
to Alaska by Operation Statehood
to help brief delegates to the
Constitutional Convention on new
trends in constitutions. McKay
gave a scholarly review of the
historical development of home
rule objectives and achievements,
concluding that the opportunity
offered by the drafting of a new
state constitution might bring this
centuries-old goal of vital, inde
pendent and completely respon
sible local government to reality
in Alaska. Corcoran’s ideas of
local government broadened the
horizons of cities by including the
whole geographic and economic
region on which they depend as
the single structure of local gov
ernmem units.
Theory got down to earth in
Tuesday’s session as delegates
learned how to develop their pro
gressive communities through the
use of federal programs. Discus
sions of advance Public Works
planning loans, Public Facility
loans, urban planning, Civil De
fense surplus property, disposal,
rehabilitation of run-down areas
and urban renewal, community
development through F. H. A. as
sistance—all these possibilties
were outlined by five federal
agency heads during the morning
and afternoon sessions.
Still more down to earth was
the Wednesday session preceding
the final business meeting. At
the Alaska Cities Workshop, city
administrators exchanged infor
mation and ideas on property le
valuation, volunteer fire depart
ment operation, street mainten
ance under contract vs. forced ac
count, and municipal public rela
tions as experienced in their re
spective cities.
to
.UNGS O. K.
“Your friend Joe seemed
ye the life of the party.”
“Yes, he was the only one who
x>uid talk louder than the radio.”
,anks radio and television sta
ton, and Jean Stevens, organist,
ombined their talents on a tape
ecording. The records were cut
rom this recording.
The Chandlers, self-sustaining
missionaries, are pastors of the
■hurch of Christ in Palmer. Pre
iouslv they spent five years in
fetchikan, coming to the tern
ory from Oregon. _
NEW WINTER HOURS
6:30 A.M.-MIDNIGHT. NIGHT CALL SERVICE
MIDNIGHT — 6:30 A.M.
ATLAS TIRES - 6AS GUARD
ATLAS perma-guarA ANTI FREEZE
V-8 ENGINE HEATERS
MeKAY TIRE CHAINS
Weslside Service
Progress—
(continued from page one)
date may be as soon as November
30 and urged all interested per
| sons in the Valley area which
will be served by the new dial
system to buy their membership
and equity as soon as possible
before that date. Installment pay
ments may be arranged for the
equity purchese.
“We will have to continue to
hire telephone operators even
with the new dial system”, he
told listeners. REA requires
that an information operator be
on duty. If possible, some service
type system will be worked out
to offset the expenses of keeping
an operator on 24-hour service.
Possible services the operator
might render were suggested by
Partridge as: An answering ser
vice where a person could leave
a request that his phone be an
swered by the operator while he
was away; a possible burglar pro
tection service; even an alarm
clock service would be possible,
he said.
“Very soon” he pointed out,
“we will have to begin deter
mining the type service the sub
scribers will require—whether
they wish private lines—two-par
ty lines—or more. In answer to
a question Partridge stated that
it would be possible for a busi
ness man to have a phone at his
home and another at his business
on the same line and that boZ*"
j rings could be received at both
! places. Such an arrangement
ment would require extra instal
lation work however, and would
cost the subscriber an additional
amount.
SAFETY FIRST
Two Scotsmen were out walk
ing. And one was jingling some
thing in his pocket. His pal asked
“Jock, you must have plenty of
j money in there.”
“Oh, no,” said Jock, “that’s my
wife’s false teeth . . . you see,
there’s too much eating between
meals in our house.”
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE,
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
Harvey Frease Myers entryman,
together with his witnesses Edna
E. Johnson, and Rodney L. John
son, all of Sutton, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his
homestead entry, Anchorage
Serial No. 015944, for the Lots 7
and 8, plat of segregation of high
wav Sec. 17, T. 19 North, R. 4
East, R/W Seward, Meridian,
containing 43.80 acres, and it is
now in the files of the Land Of
fice, Anchorage, Alaska, and if
no protest is filed in the Land
Office within the period of pub
lication or thirty days thereaf
ter, said final proof will be ac
cepted and final certificate issued.
WALTER E. BECK
Asst. Manager
Published: Nov. 3, 10, 17, 23, Dec.
1, 1955.
1 UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN*
I AGEMENT, LAND OFFICE
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
I Carl Eugene Bingham entryman,
! together with his witnesses, Doris
E. Simpson, Palmer, Alaska and
William W. West, of Anchorage,
Alaska, has submitted final proof
on his homestead entry, Anchor
age Serial No. 020422 for land
embraced in U. S. Survey No.
3290, Tract B, situated on the
southerly side of Knik River ap
proximately 1 % miles easterly of
Knik River Bridge. Lat. 61°30’21"
No., Long. 148°59’34" W. contain
ing 41.25 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska.
If no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, said final proof will be ac
cepted and final certificate is
sued.
WALTER E. BECK,
Asst. Manager
Published: Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov.
3, 10, 17, 24; Dec. 9. 1955.
UNITED STATES' DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MAN
AGEMENT. LAND OFFICE
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that
Frank Herman Friedrick has
made application for a homesite
under the act of May 26, 1934
(48 Stat. 809) Anchorage Serial
No. 021298 for a tract of land des
cribed as U. S. Survey No. 3333,
situated on the northerly shore
of Grizzly Lake. Lat. 62°42'45H
N., Long. 144°ll'42a W., contain
ing 3.02 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above men
tioned land should file their ad
verse claims in the Land Office
within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, or they
will be barred by the provisions
of the statutes.
WALTER E. BECK
Asst. Manager
Published Sept 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20,
27. Nov. 3. 10. 17, 24.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Suiioneile Club
A meeting was held at the
home of Gladys Johnson on Tues
day evening, October 25. New of
ficers were installed by Mrs. Jean
O’Neill. Marie James—President,
Pat Smith—Vice President, Fern
Wright—Secretary, Nadine Gab
bett, Treasurer-reporter. Three
new members were welcomed
into the club Gussie Hale, Chris
tine Clamp and Delores Lancas
ter.
Plans were discussed for Ach
ievement day and a committee
appointed to get the food. Pat
Smiht and Marie James will put
on a skit.
Lorraine Johnson will be dem
onstrator from our club for
Christmas Workshop.
Next meeting will be held at
the home of Marie James Novem
ber 22, at 10:30 a.m.
Following the meeting a love
ly luncheon was served.
Palmasilla Club
The Palmasilla Homemakers’
club met at the home of June
Oberg last month. After installa
tion of new oficers June reported
on Homemakers’ Council and also
presented the program, “How to
Avoid Clutter”.
Among other things we dis
cussed the 1955 Fair, Christmas
Workshop, and Achievement Day.
The motion passed that we omit
the annual exchange of Christmas
presents and that we each do
i nate a dollar towards a gift for
-the Greek baby this club spon
sors. Our next meeting will be
November 8 at Helen Brundage’s
home.
Glacier View Club
Members of the Glacier View
Homemakers’ club held their reg
ular meeting on October 18 at
the Extension Office with six
members present.
The following new officers
were installed Evelyn Sharp,
president; Anna Knutson, vice
president; Lillian Eckert, secre
tary, Jessie Klem, treasurer and
Ruth Estelle, reporter.
After a business meeting Mrs.
Klem led a discussion on the
month’s topic, “How to Avoid
Clutter”.
Carpenters. Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4ih Wednesday
Each Month
Glenn Highway—
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abandonment of the roads.
Niemi presented an interesting
resume of Alaska Road Commis
sion work in the Territory, re
miniscing about the early Col
ony days; the start of the Glenn
Highway in 1941; the first black
top in Alaska put on in Valley
in 1949; and explained the opera
tions of the ARC, and the Bureau
of Roads (whose work is confin
ed to Park areas >. Interesting data
revealed that the Territory now
has 950 miles of paved roads; the
Bureau of Public Roads maintains
310 miles of roads, of which the i
ARC maintains 20 miles within
forest areas; and that the Terri
tory helps maintain about 20 per
cent of local roads in Alaska.
The high cost of paving was
brought out by the engineer who
pointed to the permafrost prob
lem that must be considered in
road construction and paving.
More and more of the construc
tion work is going to contractors,
he said. However, we are still
building the pioneer roads, util
izing materials from other gov
ernment agencies whenever pos
sible.
The highway needs in Alaska
are critical,he stated. Only about
10 percent of the Territory has
highways. Alaska should be in
cluded in any accelerated high
way program, he said and added
that Alaska is not part of the
Highway Act. He said that he
feels that Congress has at least
taken cognizance of the fact that
the Territory was not included in
the Act, although they would be
faxed the same as the states.
Pioneer road building that once
cost between 10 and 12 thousand
DO YOUR EARLY ....
Christmas Shopping
At St. Michael's Sale
£ Left-Over BAZAAR
ITEMS
RUMMAGE ARTICLES
0 BAKE SALE
At
SHAMROCK BUILDING
Nov. 11-10 A.M. - 8 P.M.
Nov. 12-10 A.M. - 8 P.M.
Nov. 13-10 A.M. - 2 P.M.
Sponsored by
ST. MICHAEL'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
; dollars per mile now runs as
; much as $60,000. Niemi asked for
support in getting Alaska includ
<id in the Highway Act.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
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A lifetime of ser
vice to others mer
its a suitable mem
orial. In your time
of need, we want to
be helpful to you in
making this, your
tribute, beauitful
I* and reverent.
PALMER FUNERAL
CHAPEL
William Bouwens, manager
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
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MS Galena, Fri., Nov. 11,
calling Ketchikan, Pet
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Dock)
SS Iliamna, Tues., Nov.
15, calling Valdez and
Seward (ARR Dock)
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