Third of Today's Cancer Patients
Cured, State Chairman Reports
Over the past 25 years more
than a million cancer patients
have been cured. A generation
ago less than one out of five
cancer patients was being cur
ed. Today it is one in three.
The programs of the American I
Cancer Society have helped
make this possible,” Mrs. Mary
Louise M. Rasmuson, state i
Crusade chairman, reported in j
her letter to local Crusade
chairmen this year.
Locally, the work of the Am
erican Cancer Society is car
ried on by volunteers who give
of their time to help in the
LIONS, MVCCA
TO ASSIST DRIVE
FOR AMBULANCE
:
The Valley Ambulance Drive
has received the full backing
and all-out support of the Pal
mer Lions Club and the Mat- ,
anuska Valley chapter of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s As- .
sociation. William Hermann, ,
drive chairman, stated this
week.
The Lions Club will donate
its entire share of the pro- ;
feeds from the Colony Day ;
sports car races to the ambu
lance drive, and the MVCCA j
has pledged to share the net ;
proceeds from its exclusive j ]
Colony Day Auto Races Food |,
and Refreshments” concession •
for the benefit of the fund, : i
Hermann said. I
"Members and friends of -
these organizations, visitors to (
the Valley, and in particular
all the home folks are urged to ,
support these community ef- *
forts to the fullest,” the chair- ,
man added.
Donations to the ambulance |
drive during the past week ,
were received from the Palmer
Kiwanis Club, Pippel Insur
ance Agency, Preferred Gen- j
eral Insurance Company, and
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Taylor. I
Members and friends of the ’
Palmer Church of Christ also I
presented the drive with a '
sizeable donation, the pro
ceeds from their church social
on May 11.
STUDENTS START
CLEANUP WEEK
Palmer high school students
will initiate Cleanup Week in
the city on Saturday, May 18,
when a Student Council-spon
sored group will pitch in. and,
with the assistance of the city
dump truck, cover the town
block by block, picking up
debris along the streets and al
leys, Students will meet at 1 :
p.m. at the Little League dia- !
mo'nd.
The opening date for Clean- ’
up Week was chosen at the j
May 14 meeting of the Palmer i
city council when two student
council members, Jackie Snod- j
grass and Jimmy Ehrhart, re- ;
quested that Saturday, a con
venient time for the high
school students, be designated.
The young people originated
the cleanup day idea during
the recent Youth Day activities.
Mayor Ralph Moore request
ed that the residents of Pal
mer cooperate with the high
school group by cleaning up
refuse around their homes and
places of business, pointing out
that Palmer should present a
clean face for its Colony Days
visitors.
It was brought out at the
council meeting that many
residents are unaware that, ac
cording to city ordinance, they
are responsible for garbage to
the center line of the alley
along their property boundar
ies.
MUSEUM TO
OPEN SUNDAY
Climaxing ten years of work
to preserve Matanuska Valley
artifacts, the Matanuska Val
ley Historical Society will open
its long-planned museum on
Sunday. May 19. at 2 p.m,, lo
cal pioneer Ed Ueeck reported
this week. The museum is lo
cated in the basement of the
Frontier Cafe building.
Over 200 items will be on
display, Ueeck said, ranging
from the first stamp mill ever
used in the Willow Creek min
ing district to early-day bear
traps.
A number of mementos ol
the now-vanished town of
Knik are included in the arti
facts on display. Three show
cases have been filled with
relics of frontier Alaskanu. ac
cording to Ueeck.
education and service pro
Krams of cancer, Mrs. James
Hurley, Crusade chairman for
ACS, said.
Volunteers also carry on the
crusade for funds, and this
year the Matanuska Valley un
it has welcomed two new as
sistants, Mrs. Von do lee Page of
“DENEKE” IS NAME
FOR PALMER PARK
‘Deneke was the name
chosen by members of the cit
izen's Park Committee as the
name for the Palmer city park
after consideration of entries
made in the “Name the Park”
contest which ended May I.
rhe choice was made at a com
mittee meeting on May 13.
The name “Deneke”, which
means “moose” in the Athabas
:an Indian tongue, was submit- i
ed by Alicia Drashner, a stu- i
lent at Palmer high school.
Micia will be awarded a S20
savings account for her win- !
ling entry.
Susan Hill, a Wasilla high
ichool student, placed second
vith her entry, “Muskuton.”
ind will receive a $10 savings
iccount.
Third place winner was Jol
ne Spendlove, a student at
Swanson school, whose sugges
ion for a name was “Luluki
va,” meaning, in Indian, "We
ire friends gathered together
lere for the purpose of accom
ilishing something.” Joline's
iward will be a $5 savings ac
ount.
The contest was open to !
•oung people of the area aged
8 or younger. The awards, do
lated by the Matanuska Valley j
3ank, will be presented to the
hree winers in a special cere- j
nony on Colony Day, May 25.
«APT AIN COOK
HEARINGS TO BE
MELD MAY 24-25
Public hearings to consider
he proposed Captain Cook
jorough will be held in the
\nchorage area by the Local
Boundaries Commission next
veekend, according to Ronald i
2. Cease, director of the Local |
\ffairs Agency.
The first meeting will be in
Anchorage on Friday, May 24.
it 7:30 p.m. in Sydney Law
•ence Auditorium.
A Palmer meeting is schedul
'd for Saturday, May 23, at 2
3. m. in the Central school gym
nasium, and a Wasilla hearing
A-ill be held at 8 p.m. on May
!5 at the Wasilla high school.
Telephone calls from local
afficials to Mr. Cease in an at
empt to change the hearing
iates, which fall on Palmer's
Colony Days and Wasilla’s
3ioneer Days, were unsuccess
ful. Cease pointed out that the
Anchorage hall had to be rent
ed in advance, and that the
members of the commission are
lay people and it is difficult to
get them together at one time.
Those who would like to
present testimony at either the
Palmer or Wasilla meeting may
come in for that purpose, it
was stated. It will not be neces
sary to remain for the entire
hearing. Residents of the area
may attend either or both
meetings.
Winner of ARRC
Scholarship Named
David Martin. Palmer high
school senior, is the 1963 win
ner of the Warren E. Cuddy
Memorial Scholarship, George
Mumford, president of the Al
aska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration, announced this week.
The scholarship is granted
each year by ARRC to a worthy
student in either the Wasilla
or the Palmer high school who
plans to attend either the Uni
versity of Alaska or Alaska
Methodist University.
David, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Martin of Palmer,
will attend AMU next year. He
is also the recipient of a Beeth
oven Awards scholarship from
the university.
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! of Sutton. Mrs. Hurley stated.
The 1963-64 budget of the
American Cancer Society calls
for spending 33 per cent of its
funds for cancer research. 19
per cent for public education.
10 per cent for professional ed
ucation. 20 per cent for in
sert ice to cancer patients, eight
per cent for administration, and
10 per cent for fund-raising.
The local Crusade chairman
reported that in Alaska no pat
ient who has asked for aid has
ever been refused.
“The Matanuska Valley unit
hopes that this aid will be
continued, and urges everyone
to respond to its appeal for
funds." Mrs. Hurley said.
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Baccalaureate is
Sunday, May (9
Palmer senior hi h school
students will begin graduation
activities with b;c -.•aureate
services on Sunday. May in. ; t
3 p.m. in Central s-.G.ol au-h
torium.
The Rev. Holland Fiat/ of th<
St. John Lutheran Church will
deliver the baccalaureate ad
dress.
The Processional will be "A
Mighty Fortress is Our God "
played by the Palmer high
school band under the direc
tion of Lee Plumblev. The
chorus, directed by Mrs. Lois
Weldon, will sing “The Crea
tion" and “Be Thou Not Still.”
The band will play "God of
our Fathers” as the recession
al.
Commencement exercises
for the 39 graduating seniors
will be held Friday, May 24. at
8 p.m. in Central school audi
torium.
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Help Needed
At Fairgrounds
H< ip is needed to clean n;
the Fairground.- for • he 1963
season, manag* r Curlev Sut
ton emphasized todav. Only a
‘ mall turnout responded to hi
request for assistant* 1 a s t
week.
The booths ai'ing the mid
way were almost completely
: demolished by the windstorm
in late March and must be re
built. the manager said. A ;.ec
I ond work party is planned for
this Saturday. May It!, with
time to be devoted chiefly to
cleanup of the grounds and
! salvage of usable lumber.
Sutton, while thanking those
i who helped last week, urged
that residents turn out to as
sist in the community project.
It was pointed out that there
, will be visitors in town on Col
1 ony Days. May 25 and 26, and
! that some events will be con
Iducted at the fairgrounds.
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Palmer Dragway Par* of Master Plan—
(Continued from pa'jo I)
in me corporation, wnicri
be sold ior S100 a share, giving
everyone in the Valley' an op
..tt:'.. .tv So participate in t.ie
is-. '-.i ntnt of toe pi' ject, ,t
..as pointed out.
The capital of the association
will be invested in United
Funds, a mutual investment
; corporation, from which 80 per
cent of the invested funds may
be borrowed back for the con
struction of the dragway and
\ other fair grounds improve
ments.
When completed, the project
could make Palmer practically
: self-sufficient, the committee
. members said.
Anchorage businessmen have
been contacted and are in
| rerested in investing in the cor
poration, it was stated. With
the construction of the propos
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, f (J nt'W fllgllV. :v, n » i' iiUJ af.
, will be brought much close’
I ;ind will thus profit from a r«:
; reation project of this type
With the new facilities es
tablished, we will be in an ex
celient position to obtain th>
'Alaska State Fair title, it wa.
pointed out. Other fairs thro
u^nout the state could be* term
ed county fairs, and could thu..
part.cipate in the state fair.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MEETS TOMORROW
The Matanuska Valley His
torical Society will meet Fri
day, May 17, at 8 p m. in the
| Totem Land Realty office t»
discus plans for the open in e
! of the museum on Sunday.
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