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A^.iocraiic caucus at
Carpenter's Ha 11 at
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MAT^NUSKA VALLEY
SHS-PHS basketball
series in Palmer Gym
on Feb. 8 and 10.
VOL. THREE—NO. 21
PALMER. ALASKA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1950
PRICE 10
'49 CHEST DRIVE IS $1,000 SHORT OF GOAL
AHA Head To Meet
With Valley People
Next Monday Evening
BULLETIN
Monday's Jtousing- : meeting
has been indefinitely postpon
ed. according^ to a wire receiv
ed from E. Glen Wilder at noon
today. --■!
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ht. Glen Wilder, executive dir
ector of the Alaska Housing Auth
ority, next Monday is scheduled
to address Valley residentsdnter
ested in a local housing program.
The meeting' will be held in the
lunchroom of Palmer School, and
will commence at 8 o’clock.
W. E. Huntley, who will act as
chairman at the meeting, empha
sized that this , is a public meet
ing, open to all Valley residents
interested in housing.
Mr. Wilder is expected to ex
plain the method of financing a
housing project for the Valley
under AHA. New housing legisla
tion permits AHA to loan money
to private individuals or corpora
tions for the construction of hous
ing units, or allows the Authority
to undertake such construction
itself, if other methods of hand
ling are not available.
Exjtficit information on what
must be done to make Palmer el
igible for an AHA loan is expect
ed to be forthcoming at this meet
ng.
Premier Fire
Destroys Cabin
A fire at Premier coal mine
railed fire-fighting equipment of
he Valley Volunteer Fire Asso
riation on the longest run of its
iistory late yesterday afternoon.
V chimney fire set a cabin ablaze,
n which H. W. Adcock and three
ellow mine employes were living.
Since a 20-mile wind was blow
ng, and the cabin, located only
5 feet from the next closest
ouse, contained some dynamite,
hurry call was dispatched for
le fire truck.
Equipment came too late to
ive the burning cabin, but the
•uck stood by to prevent further
jread of the^blajce. The four
ibin residents rsaved only the
othing they wore and some
hich had recently been sent to
i cleaned.
New Docks, Diving Doards, Safety Tower
Recommended for King’s Lake Waterfront
wareiuwu at iving S L,aK«
j summer camp will provide as
much fun this summer for
camping small fry as any tourist’s
mecca in sunny California, if
recommendations made by the
waterfront committee are adopt
ed by the board- Those recom
mendations, as well as sugges
tions to be formulated by. a boat
ing committee which met this
week; will he considered at next
Monday's- board meeting.- That
meeting will be held in Palmer;
The waterfront committee,
headed by Rev. James Austin of
Anchorage, and including repre
sentatives of the YMCA,. Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and the
church groups using , the camp,
suggested these changes and im
provements:
Construction of an H-shaped
dock, with definite areas as
signed to swimmers with vary
ing degrees of skill;
Assignment of a definite lake
area for boating;
Construction of diving boards
for both high and low diving
events;
Purchase and installation of
proper life-saving equipment
ox au Kin as;
Construction of a lifeguard
tower on the beach;
A roped-off swimming area,
with a check-in and check-out
system, s6 that all swimmers
can be closely supervised;
Sounding and survey of the
lake bottom, with the possibil
ity of relocating the entire wa
terfront area, should the sur
vey reveal, another site better
suited to the purpose.
In -addition to these recom
mended changes, as disclosed by
Rev. Victor Alfsen of the com
mittee, the. boating committee,
headed by H. A. Flpyd, is expect
ed to recommend definite types
of boats and canoes for use at the
lake..
j Financing of improvements at
King’s lake no longer presents
the problemi it once did, accord
ing to Reverend Alfsen. Several
civic organizations in Anchorage
have expressed interest in the
camp, and ' have volunteered
funds for improvements there.
The waterfront committee has
already received a contribution of
$1,000 with which to effect im
provenients.
Alaska Seed To Open
In Valley Grocery Annex
Alaska Seed, Inc., has leased
space in the Valley Grocery An.
nex, pending completion of its
new building next to the Ward
Building, it was announced this
week by Ed Baldwin. The com
pany expects to conduct its seed,
feed and fertilizer business from
the leased quarters for the next
six months.
Mr. Baldwin said the firm’s
first two carloads of specially
mixed feed, scientifically balanc
ed to meet Alaskan conditions,
left Portland on Jan. 21. This
feed will be handled at the Val
ley Grocery Annex, upon its ar
rival in Palmer. >.
Hours for the new store, to be
operated by Dick Hunnicliff, will
be announced in the near future.
A stock of fertilizer for the store
is expected to arrive in Palmer
about March 15.
The Russians are building bat
tleship without knowing that the
battlewagons are useless.
IT IS LATER THAN
YOU THINK
i ,
Territorial highway patrolman;
A1 Luebcke this week began is-!
suing warning tickets to motor-!
ists caught out on Valley high-;
ways without the new ’50 license
plates. This week a warning, and
soon the real thing, Mr. Luebcke
promises. The warning season is
rapidly waning, he warned.
Licenses are to be purchased
from U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton, whose office is located in
the Valley Theatre Building. She
is on duty there from 9 to 5 daily,
Monday through Friday. One
way or another, all Valley motor
ists who don’t yet have their li
censes certainly will be seeing
Mrs. Saxton in the very near fu
ture, Mr. Luebcke stated.
The trouble wit hmost democ
racies is that they have too many
citizens who believe that they are
entitled to special privileges.
CO-OP, DAIRYMEN
TO BURY HATCHET
The recalcitrant dairymen of
the Valley and the Matanuska
Valley Farmers’ Co-Operating
Association were preparing this
week to call for a truce in their
winter-long milk war. No defi
nite steps had been taken at
press-time, but Co-Op manager
James Wilson said that both sides
were “beginning to talk about
talking it over.”
Peace talus are not expected to
begin before the middle of next
week, the manager said. He de
nied that the Co-Op had submit
ted any definite proposal to the
dairyme& foV fbteijr. consideration.
One report circulating this week
stated that an offer had been
made by the Co-Op and had been
accepted by the dairymen
Pending the settlement discus
sion, the Co-Op. has asked post
ponement of the hearing request
ing an injunction against Chet
Liebing.
76 Acts Booked
For PH5 Skit Night
Sixteen acts already have been
booked for the annual skit night,
sponsored by the junior class of
Palmer High School, it was an
nounced this week by Harvey
Hiber, committee member. This
year’s skit night will be present
ed in Palmer Gym on the evening
of Feb. 11.
Competition this year, sis in the
past, will be divided into two
levels. Children of grade school
years will compete against one
another, while children of the
junior high school and high
school levels will compete in a
second division. Winning acts
will be determined by audience
ballot.
Assisting Harvey on the ar
rangements committee are Gloria
Carroll and Jean Smith.
BROTHER VISITS
Cyril Kiehi, brother of Mrs.
Victor Alfsen of Palmer, arrived
here last weekend to spend a few
days with his sister. Mr. Kiehi
came to Palmer from Oklahoma
City, where he had been attend
ing a CAA training school. He
left for Skwentna on Wednesday,
where he will be stationed as an
aircraft communicator.
AENCY BUDGETS
ARE CURTAILED
BY LACK OF FUNDS
The ’49 Community Chest drive
in the Valley fell just $1,000 short
of its goal, it was announced this
week by Miss Louise Kellogg,
board chairman. To offset this
shortage, budget requests of
participating agencies were care
fully analyzed, she stated.
“Failure to meet the budget re
quirements of our member agen
cies, Miss Kellogg said, “could
result in serious curtailment of
services to the community. For
this year, at least, we are fortun
ate in that both the Boy Scout
and Girl Scout headquarters for
the territory are now located in
Anchoragfe, and they are interest
ed in furthering the program in
Palmer, where we already have
about 50 children in each organi
zation.
“We will have necessary train
ing courses even though it means
that money raised in Anchorage
will have to pay approximately
one half the cost of these services
for Palmer. Wasilla is now rais
ing money to help meet the
Health Council needs. People all
over the territory are helping to
meet the cost of care for the Val
ley’s crippled children ”
Miss Kellog said it was the
Chest board’s hope that someday
soon Palmer will be able to pay
its way in the cost of these “so
cial welfare, health and recrea
tional services which are making
the Valley an even better place in
which to live.”
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DEMO CAUCUS TONIGHT
Local Democrats will hold
their regular caucus tonight in
Carpenter's Hall. The session
opens promptly at 8 p. m. All
interested party members are
invited to attend.
THIRD SON ARRIVES
FOR MARTIN SHERMANS
A third son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Sherman of Palmer
on Jan. 28- The little boy, who
was born at Valley Hospital, has
been named David. Mr. Sherman
is an employe of the Trading
Post.
3ueen Genevieve Deland To Reign Over Snow Ball
Genevieve DeLand, tiny, blue
ed and blonde, will rule as
tow queen at Saturday’s ball in
timer Gymnasium, it was an
unced to Palmer High School
idents at a special assembly
tt Wednesday morning. Prin
sses in her court will include
i other live contestants in the
een race- They are her sister
0I4 Del*ndi* Bobby Jo Hem
*r, Marilyn Harris, Geraldine
ndgren, Margaret Reed and
tty Blunck.
\ particularly spectacular cor
ation ceremony has been plan
d for the early hours of tomor
• • ClIAUf Doll
opens at 9 o’clock. The ceremonj
begins at 10:15 p. m., when Queer
Genevieve will be borne into the
Gymnasium on a throve carriec
by a crimson-uniformed honoi
guard, the Foamblowers. The
guard will execute a smartlj
paced drill, complete with flash
ing sabers, before bearing Queer
Genevieve to the stage where she
will rceive her crown*
Following the coronation, the
queen and her escort will lead t
grand march to formally open the
Snow Ball.
The chair throne, queen’s trap
pings and honor guard are to be
through the courtesy of Princess
i Aurora, nee Marjory Gropp, the
> Alaska Railroad’s candidate for
queen of the Anchorage Fur Ren
' dezvous.
( Princess Aurora is making a
special trip from Anchorage to
morrow, to pay her respects to
Queen Genevieve. She will ar
rive in Palmer by Brill car at 9:20
tomorrow evening, and will be
: greeted at the station by a spe
i cial welcoming committee from
: the student body of Palmer High
School and the Valley Chamber
of Commerce.
> The princess brings a special
be her personal guest at the An
chorage Fur Rendezvous celebra
tion on Feb. 22, 23 and 24.
One other Rendezvous queen
condidate, Miss Dona Killeen,
sponsored by the Anchorage Ro
tary Club, also will make her
curtsey before Queen Genevieve
tomorrow. Miss Killeen, a pe
titely pretty brownette, is an An
chorage High School senior and is
head usherette at an Anchorage
theatre.
Both of the Rendezvous queen
contestants will be introduced at
tomorrow’s ball, shortly before
the 11:30 intermission hour.
with all members of Palmer High
School’s senior class, invite Val
ley residents to attend the Snow
Ball tomorrow.
Dance proceeds, combined wit*,
the $294 realized from the sale of
votes in the queen race, will be
used to purchase a senior memor
ial for the school. Projects under
consideration by the seniors in
clude the purchase of a new stage
curtain, purchase of a piano, pur
chase of new suits for the basket
ball team or purchase of lockers
for the Gymnasium dressing