LOCAL RESIDENTS
LENDING SUPPORT
TO EDUCATION RILL
The Palmer Education Associa
tion recently received word from
Senator A1 Owen that he has re
ceived some 40 or 50 letters from
the association’s colleagues and
other interested people of Ma
tanuska Valley urging support of
the legislative program pertain
ing to education.
In his letter Senator Owen
stated that due to the tremendous
press of legislative business he is
unable to answer all of the let
ters he has received in support
of the education program. “I
would certainly count it a great
personal favor if you could cause
a small news item to be published
in the local paper to the effect
that I have received these many
communications and I am most
happy to support their request
for a sound school system and a
more reasonable salary for teach
ers”, he stated.
Senator Owen is from the
Third Division and makes his
home in Anchorage.
SAFETY FIRST
IN HOSPITAL
Safety First recently was invol
ved in an unusual accident. First,
61, is a sales director in Los An
geles, and his name baffled hos
pital attendants.
It happens that First was prob
ing through an attic over his of
fice. He managed, somehow, to
fall through the ceiling and crash
landed on the floor below.
Taken to a hospital, he was
treated for bruises and scratches,
and asked his name. When he an
swered, “Safety First,” hospital
attendants thought they were
hearing some advice or having
their legs pulled.
Safety First cleared it up, how
ever, when; he explained that his
name was given him by his par
ents some 61 years ago, and that
he had a sister who was named
June First. The hospital attend
ants no doubt advised Safety
First to live up to his name.
Attorney— *
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Council's approval. If it was
wrong, then Mrs. Mears is no
more wrong than every Council
member and I do not uderstand
why Mrs. Mears was singled out.”
“If the recall election is grant
ed the earliest possible time the
Court could order it would be in
six to seven weeks,” Shaw said.
“Ballots will have to be printed
and a 30-day publication notice
made. Mrs. Mears would have
only about five months left in
her term. By the time her place
could be filled possibly three and
one half months would remain for
a new council member to serve.
This looks like dirty pool to me.
Spite . . . vengeance ... to be
thrown out of office on the tail
end of a term.”
“The City Council built the
fire hall under their own super
vision. Every bill went through
the Council and every council
member knows that nothing
wrong was done ... the public
doesn’t. The City Council is per
mitted to build with their own
forces. They did. They hired and
supervised ... bought their own
supplies . . . and the bills were
approved. Mrs. Mears signed the
checks. The public doesn’t know
this and the truth has got to come
out somewhere.”
Shaw went on to point out that
at the present time the City of
Palmer is in the best financial
condition it has ever been in and
that capital improvements have
been paid for, with the excep
tion of about $4,000 still due on
the fire hall.
“On the basis of last year’s ter
ritorial tax refunds we will short
ly receive from $4,500 to $5,000.
In other words if we had these
territorial funds now we could
pay off every bill. In addition, the
City has $32,000 coming in from
the sale of the telephone system.”
Councilwoman Lucille Mick
pointed out that even without the
telephone sale funds, all obliga
tions can be paid off following
the receipt of tax refunds.
In referring to the petition
charge of Mrs. Mears signing
checks Attorney Shaw asked: “Is
Mrs. Mears guilty or the Council
guilty? Neither. The Council has
the right to build its own build
ing”. Referring to the steel pur
chase Shaw again asked who was
guilty and stated: “We all know
the answer—everything was done
by Council action.”
Referring to the purchase of
the steam boiler of which Mrs.
Mears is charged with purchas
ing without a call for bids, At
torney Shaw brought out that at
the time of purchase Mrs. Mears
was in Kodiak and Don McKech
nie was Mayor.
“Every municipal officer is sub
ject to recall”, Shaw pointed out,
“for malfeasance, misfeasance oi
nonfeasance. I have talked to
many individuals who signed the
petition and learned that they did
not know what they had signed
This petition is a shame and dis
grace—not only to the people oi
Palmer but of the Territory. I be
lieve this is the first recall in the
Territory under the new law—
and it had to come from Palmer
It is a sorry situation.”
“I publically defy anyone tc
prove acts of malfeasance while
Mrs. Mears has been in office”
Shaw stated. “The records prove
this to be so and anyone desiring
to ascertain the true facts have
access to the city records”.
Following the lengthy reporl
by Attorney Shaw members oi
the Council voted 4-2 to author
ize the city attorney to defend
the city’s interest in the matter oi
the recall petition. Councilmem
bers voting in favor of the mo
tion were Lucille Mick, William
Zahradnicek, A1 DeJulio, and
Betty Mears. Opposed were coun
cilmembers Robert Peterson and
Alfred Hagen.
Darwin Heinie, manager of the
Co-Op’s Fairbanks Creamery, will
fly to Pullman, Wash., this week
where he will join Stewart Dur
rant, Co-Op general manager,
and Jack Flint, Palmer creamery
manager, at the International
Dairy Institute. Matanuska Maid
ice cream samples will be flown
to the Institute and entered in
competition with ice cream from
stateside manufacturers.
Colony Day
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tinue the same stand taken two
years ago by the Chamber when
they approved of the bill pre
venting the erection of large bill
board type signs and provided for
removal of same.
Funds—
(Continued from page 1)
mer, Smith reported. At that time
Dr. Robert Wilkinson will be pres
ent and speak on the Alaska
Heart Association, its possibilities
and of its benefits to residents of
Alaska.
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