24 Candidates Run For Borough Seats On Tuesday Dec. 3
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ing experienced, knowledge
able board members. One of
the major problems of the new
borough school board will be
to consider some equalization
of educational opportunities
within the district and to
strive for equality equal to the
populated districts of the state.
Because of the vast areas and
low tax base, every economy
possible will have to be im
posed. Large consolidated high
schools and centrally located
grade schools utilizing present
facilities to the greatest advan
tage will be necessary.
As a former school teacher
and principal, and at present
an independent school board
member, I recognize the re
sponsibility of the board to do
the most with what is econom
ically possible.
“I will, if elected, strive for
economy and an educational
budget the borough can live
with.”
George Ed Smith
General maanger of Mata
nuska Maid, Inc., Smith makes
his home in the Butte area
with wife Elouise and three
children, all of whom attend
Palmer schools.
He has been president of the
Palmer school board for the
past three years.
He is a past president of the
Alaska school board associa
tion, and a member of the na
tional committee for support
of public schools, on which he
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I serves as chairman of Alaska
representation.
He is a member of Kiwanis,
Elks. Masonic Lodge, and the
Moose Lodge. He is a past
president of Kiwanis and a
past lieutenant governor of the
Alaska-Yukon district, Kiwanis
International.
Mr. Smith, in Juneau this
week, was not available for a
statement.
Emille St. Pierre
Mrs. St. Pierre. Palmer city
clerk, iives in the city with her
husband Bill and two children.
"I decided to run for the
borough school board to assist
and offer my experience in an
orderly transition from the In
dependent School Boards and
for the taking over of state
owned schools,” she said.
"My interest in the schcoi
I board is to maintain a uniform
standard of education and fa
cilities for the whole borough. I
feel sections should be estab
| lished for future representation
[ on the school board, and I
r
feel all school costs should be
distributed area-wide.”
Her previous school board
experience has been as clerk
•„f the Valdez school board
from 1949 to 1951, then served
two years as a member of that
board.
Fourteen candidates are run
ning for the three borough as
sembly posts. Lemuel J. Smith.
Sr., could not be reached for a
statement, and Robert Vro
snan's statement appears above.
Lore.izo F. (Joe) Martin
A former Marine Corps of
ficer. Martin and his wife Lib
by came to Alaska in 1958 to
make their home following his
retirement from the service.
"I have participated actively
as a member of the local bor
ough steering committee since
its activation in the winter of
1953, and in addition I have
made a continuing study of the
problem as it developed,” he
said. "I believe that rny exper
ience and training, coupled
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with my knowledge of the bor
ough concept, qualifies me to
be a member of our first bor
ough assembly.
“I am in favor of a first
class borough and I am for
the borough manager form of
government, but believe that
having a manager should be
de,ayed until completion of the
injunction against the manda
tory borough. I am convinced
that at this time we should
undertake only those services
required by law. I believe that
one of the primary functions
of the assembly is to see t h a 1
services supplied by the state
are satisfactory."
Laura Barnes
Laura Barnes, who now lives
in the Butte area, has lived ir
Alaska since 1956 and h a s
been active in real estate busi
ness in her years here.
"If elected, all I will do foi
the voters is to give them the
representation they ask for,’
she said. "I won’t force mj
ideas on them. If they have
the physical stamina and fort
ltude to come here, they have
the intelligence to know wha
they need to further develop
the area.
“I am interested in develop
ing all of the valley, and thin!
it can be done without injur
ing any part of it.”
James A. Cottrell, Jr.
Cottrell is a dairy farmei
who lives on the Matanuske
Trunk Road with his wife Har
riette and one son. The Cot
trells also have three oldei
children. He has operated hi:
farm here for the past ter
years, and is a member of the
Matanuska Maid, Inc., boarc
of directors.
He favors a second class bor
ough at present, also the chair
man form of government. He
believes that functions ol
health, roads, and police pro
tection should be maintainec
by the state for the present
and suggests some unificatior
of the volunteer fire depart
ments in the area.
He recommends that borough
revenues be obtained from the
tate, from land use, and frorr
taxes, not only from property
but on a broader base to en
able each citizen to carry hi.
just share.
lie .-eeks the position of as
semblyman because he feels
that it is essential that dairy
men be represented, since theii
contribution to the valley econ
omy is important.
George R. Harbeson
Harbeson, a K n i k Road
homesteader, has been a Wa
silla teacher since 1954. He and
his wife, Katherine, are the
parents of five children, all bul
one in school.
“T /irn 1 crmrnrnmnnt
chni i 1A
evolve from the people up
ward, and not be imposed from
the state downward,” he stated
“I do not believe that govern
ment has become so complica
ted that the people of Election
District 7 are not fully capable
of determining their needs in
government. This electorate
does not need representatives
who will tell what is good oi
bad for it, but an assembly
which shall implement by an
ordered, reasoned process the
desires of the people.
“The people of all areas
must feel that this is their lo
cal government. As a represen
tative in the borough assem
bly, I can satisfy them that il
is.”
James Steven Hermon
James Hermon, a member oi
the Hermon Brothers Con
struction firm, lives near Pal
mer with his wife Marianne
and four school age children.
He came to the valley with the
colonists in 1935.
His statement simply says,
“If elected, I will do the best
job I can for the people of the
District 7 borough.”
Albert Hibbard
Hibbard, who homesteaded
on Big Lake in 1947, came here
from Maine. He still makes his
home at Big Lake with wife
Constance.
He says, “I am afraid of high
taxes, which would push us
out of the country. We must
go slowly, finding out our ca
pacity to stand up under taxes.
I advocate moderation — we
have time to wait and work in
to borough government slowly.
I like it here and I don’t want
to be driven out.”
V. Louis* Kellogg
V. Louise Kellogg, who came
to the Valley in 1948, has de
veloped a model dairy, Spring
Creek Farm, on the Farm Loop
Road.
“The most important thing
is to get organized,” she stated.
“We must take it slow until
the referendum is brought be
fore the voters.
| “We need to map out and
evaluate our area, so that a
| system of taxation may be
evolved. Schools are our first
I concern; other things must fol
j low. It is very important to get
| an orderly foundation under
our borough.
Miss Kellogg favors the first
class borough.
Harold S. Newcomb
Newcomb, manager of t h e
Wasilla building and farm sup
ply store, has lived in the Mat
anuska Valley for the past 15
years. His wife, the former Pat
Carson, was the youngest of
the 1935 colonists. They have
four children.
He said, “Since the borough
situation is uncertain, I intend
to be ultra-conservative. If
elected, I will work to main
tain our schools, but will fol
low a foot-dragging policy on
other issues. I favor an inven
tory of property under bor
ough jurisdiction for tax pur
poses. I favor the first class
borough.
“I intend at all times to be
open to suggestions from a 11
people whenever possible.
What the people want will be
my guideline.”
Rose Palmquist
Mrs. Palmquist, who home
steaded at Houston in May,
1955, is the mother of two chil
dren. She has lived in Alaska
since 1947, and has been active
in Anchorage labor union cir
cles. She is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota with a
B. A. degree in political sci
ence, and has had ten years of
experience as a social worker.
“I took an active interest in
the borough election in order
to assist in effecting a well
studied, orderly, step-by-step
growth of borough government.
The transition period was pro
vided for good reason. Let’s
not jump before we look. Let’s
look long and hard.” she stated.
John L. Weisenberger
Weisenfcerger, who lives on
Wasilla Road with his wife Pa
tricia and four children, has
lived in Alaska most of the
I time since he was here in the
! service in 1941. His wife is the
1 daughter of a colonist. He has
I been active in American Le
gion. Kiwanis, the Valley Ki
! wanis, the Valley Hospital As
sociation. the platting commit
tee. Chamber of Commerce,
and the Elks Lodge.
"My platform is based on
my personal conviction that
government should be the ser
vant of the people, not their
master. We need as much home
rule as possible. We need
roads and schools and police
protection, but we must re
member that a 11 cost money
and that we are the source of
funds. We need tourism and
industry. We need to avoid sec
tionalism and instead seek to
improve and serve the entire
borough area. We need assem
blymen who will seek to do
the most good for the most
people,” Weiser.berger stated.
Milton A. Welheringlon
Wetherington, high school
coach at Wasilla, is a resident
of Willow, where he has lived
since 1959. His efforts helped
to build the first Willow school,
of which he was principal, and
he was also the first Democra
tic precinct chairman for Wil
low. He assisted in organizing
the Willow civic group.
He states that he wishes to
see a conservatively-run bor
ough government. "We must
crawl before we can walk.
Let’s keep things as they are
until we know where we are
going, and how. I would like
to see equality in taxation. My
primary interest is schools. I
want to see everyone treated
“fair and square.”
Noel Woods
Woods, a Matanuska Valley
produce farmer, has lived in t
the Palmer area over 18 years
A graduate of the Palmer
school system, he attended
Iowa State a year and a half
and spent two years in the
! U. S. Army. He and his wife
Jeanne live on Springer Road
with their four children.
A member of the Palmer vol
unteer fire department for six
years, he has been fire chief
for the past two and a half.
He believes that the bor
ough assembly should move
slowly toward assuming bor
ough powers, and that with
careful planning many borough
expenses can be held to a mini
j mum.
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the observance of an annual Day of
Thanksgiving predates by more than a hundred years the
founding of this Nation, with historic roots stemming
from the eras when the first white settlers arrived on this
continent; and
WHEREAS, these freedom-seeking individuals came
to North America seeking to shed the bonds of ancient
prejudices, to found a Nation based on the rights and
dignity of the individual, and to establish a place where
he might worship as he pleased, and
WHEREAS, the Honorable John F. Kennedy, Late
President of the United States, in conformity with histor
ic tradition, has proclaimed the fourth Thursday in No
vember as a day of National Thanksgiving, and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Alaska
has also designated Thanksgiving a State holiday; and
WHEREAS, the people of this Nation and this State,
as perhaps no others on the face of this earth, have rea
son to give thanks to the Almighty this year, in that
world peace has been maintained, an advance has been
made to insure against the holocaust of nuclear warfare,
and thought and consideration, as never before, are be
ing accorded the achievement of spiritual unity among
men of all faiths, and
WHEREAS, continued prosperity has come from the
bountiful yield of our soil, forests, lakes, rivers and wa
ters, and
WHEREAS, we can be thankful to God for the cour
age to support with decisive action those principles of
freedom and human dignity on which our Nation is
founded.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM A. EGAN, Governor
of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim Thursday No
vember 28, 1963, to be
THANKSGIVING DAY
in the State of Alaska. I urge all people of Alaska, at
places of worship, in their homes, or wherever they may
be, on that day, to give thanks for the blessings of which
we have been endowed as a Nation and as * State, and
to ask for guidance in striving toward a bitter world
for all men. j
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of Alaska to be affixec*. this eigh
teenth day of November in the year of Our Lord nineteen
hundred and sixty-three.
WILLIAM A. EGAN
Governor