24 LOCAL SINGERS
TO APPEAR IN
MINSTREL CHORUS
The Kiwanis Minstrel Show
chorus of 24 voices is nov. com
pletely filled and under the cap
able direction of Bill Rempel will
provide one of the musical high
lights of the year when they sing
in this year's production "Min
strel Fantasy” at the high school
auditorium on March 27, 28, and
29.
In addition to several selections
jf their own, chorus members
will act in supporting roles for
some of the snecial numbers, and
will sing music for the Queen
Pageant. Special numbers to be
mdered are the spirituals ‘'Roll
Jordan Roll” and ‘‘Joshua Fit the
Battle of Jericho.”
Members of the chorus are as
follows: Sopranos—Leona John-1
son, Edith Coe, Evelyn Heinrich,
Esther Brock, Barbara Heddon.
Dorothy Rempel, Ann Louise
Welch and Jessie DeVries; Altos
—Betty Kreutz, Gladys Foort,
Lula Sandvik, Lou Shook, Han
nah Burke and Geneva Stack
house; Tenors—George Crowther,
Norman Rousey. Ray Nelson. Ray
Adams and Art Stacy; Basses.
Fred Stassel, Dave Algarin, C. A.
Brewer, R. M Bicknell and H. J.
Hodgson.
Virginia Carle has been work
ing diligently with the chorus as
accompanist at the bi-weekly re
hearsals.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
A regular meeting of the Ma
k-muska R publican Club will be
icld Tue.-day evening. March 11,
i; p.m. at the Valley Theater, club
President A. Hagen announced to
day.
Homemakers' News
BY MAHYLOU RIDEOUT
MEETING SCHEDULES
Nugget Club
March 6: at Mi's. Marvlou Rideout
Wasilla Club
March 6; Mrs. Ola Grafton
Cheechako Club
March 10; Mrs Newell Talcott
Sourdough Club
March 11; Mrs. Lila Newville
Palmasilla Club
March 11: Mrs Charles Schaefer
12:30 Club
March 12: Mrs. Myrtle Lindsey
Butte Club
March 14; Mrs. Diana McKechnie
Glacier View Club
March 38; Mrs. Pearl Trowbridge
'PS CRACKS DOWN
ON UQUCR STORES
FOR OVERCHARGES
JUNEAN—The Office of Price
Stabilization today announced
settlement of an enforcement ac
tion involving two Juneau liquor
stores for overcharges on beer
sales. Settlement was for SI 16.06.
representing the amount of over
charge. plus a 50 per cent penalty.
The violation consisted of fail
ure to maintain dollar-and-cent
markups in effect during the base
period (December 19. 1950-Janu
ary 26. 1951), as required by Ceil
ing Price Regulation 9. according
to Fred G. Hanford, territorial
OPS director. The overcharges,
averaging 13-5 cents a case totaled
S77.97.
AAAS TO HEAR E. K. DAY
The Cook Inlet branch of AAAS
will hear Mr. E. K. Day of the CJ.
S Public Health Service at the
meeting to be held March 7, 8 p.m.
at Anchorage. Tiie meeting will be
held in the quarters of the Arctic
Health Research.
His subject will be ' Environ
mental Sanitation in Alaska”.
Declaration of Candidacy
EARL D. HILLSTRAND
Democratic Candidate for |
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
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STATISTICS:
Age 38. Democrat since
'31, married, three children
in public schools, schooled
as a lawyer, homesteader,
sells general insurance
(Kessler & Hillstrand, An
chorage), and resident of
Anchorage vicinity for
eight years.
REASON FOR
CANDIDACY:
I feel that not enough
emphasis lias been given to
the helping of businesses,
particularly those of a pro
ductive nature. We need
and must have, more and
new pay rolls in enterprises
that create new wealth if
we are to obtain our econ
omic independence from
government payrolls to
which the entire area is so
subservient today.
"I BELIEVE"
1— All lands cleared, cultivated and utilized for agricultural
purposes should be free from taxes for at least 10 years.
2— New, valid mining ventures should benefit through ap
propriate tax moratoriums. Too, that prospectors should be
encouraged to the extent of even subsidizing them if necessary.
3— That our fishermen should acquire title to the lands at
their sites needed for cabins, the drying of nets, storage and
related uses.
4— That development of schools be facilitated in every poss
ible way so that when elementary and high school facilities
become adequate we may promote and erect a college in the
Third Division containing a department devoted to the prepar
ation of teachers for Alaska.
5— That further land withdrawals be made only after necessity
is determined. '
6— That method should be provided by which property im
proncrly included in utility districts may be removed from
such districts.
7— That adequate and specific salaries should be paid to all
U. S. Commissioners in the Territory.
8— That we should secure proper road improvement and
maintenance for those concentrated areas outside of incorpor
ated cities.
9— We should require all real estate and insurance agents be
bonded.
10— We should provide means whereby public officials within
the Territory may be recalled by referendum.
11— That we should extend the period provided delinquent
taxpayers within which to redeem property.
12— That residents of any given area should themselves de
termine whether a liquor establishment is wanted in their
neighborhood.
13—That the Highway Patrol should be removed from the
office of Territorial Highway Engineer and placed under
Attorney General or Incfependent agency to obtain effective
ether thin “courtesy” patrols;
PAID AO Vi
police protection ret
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Employers Warned of
Reports Due Ma~ch 15
JUNEAU. March 5.—Alaska
j employers subject under the cm- ,
ployment security law have until!
| March 15 to file contribution re
l ports which are delinquent for j
i inv of the four quarters of 1951. j
j ir for prior quarters. This an - !
nouncement was made today by !
fohn T McLaughlin, executive
: director of the Employment So- j
•urity Commission, in connection j
with the allowance of experience
"ating credits for the new credit
ear beginning July 1, 1952.
Only ‘qualified’ employers are'
j entitled to a portion of any sur- j
I )lus declared to be in the un-1
j 'inployment compensation fund
•s of March 15 this year.” Mc
| Lnughlin said “and one of the
factors leading to qualification is
for an employer to have filed all
contribution reports due the Com
mission."
McLaughlin pointed out that
his office will not be able to de
ermine if a surplus exists in the:
fund until March 15 All contri
bution payments made with re-!
;peet to wages earned in covered
employment during 1951, received
by the Commission by March 15,
are included in the computation
of a surplus.
One of the primary require
ments for a reduction in contri
bution payments during the new
j credit year is employment ex
perience during four prior calen
lar years. Many employers in
Alaska, who purchased going con
cerns any time during the past
I everal years, who do not them
i -elves have the required four
years’ experience, may join their
employment record with that of
their predecessors, McLaughlin
-aid. These employers were cau
tioned that they could not be in
cluded in the definition of ‘‘qual
ified,’’ however, unless delinquent
reports, if any, of their prede
cessors were filed by the due
date, March 15. Remittances of
fhe tax need not be made at this
time for delinquent reports, em
ployers are advised, but such pay
ments must be made by June 30.
1952, to complete this feature of
j the qualification.
Territorial employers have al
ready been notified by the Com
mission’s Newsletter. If additibn
->1 information is required by any
Alaska employer to determine his
•ights or obligations under the ex
perience rating provisions of the
law, McLaughlin advised their
writing to the Employment Se
curity Commission at Box 2661,
Juneau.
NEW OFFICERS TAKE
'VSR AT BREEDERS'
MEETING NEXT WEEK
New officers of the Matanuskn
Valley Breeders’ Association will
take over at the regular meeting j
to be held Tuesday evening, j
March 11, at the home of A. A.
Rempel, Sr.
President is Harold Thuma; j
Vernon Williams is vice-president
and Rempel is treasurer.
Two subjects are up for discus- \
don at this meeting: the Little:
Susitna range pasture and the
new Territorial meat inspection!
regulations recently announced j
by the Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
EXPECT THE BEST
In most business deals folks are
entitled to expect the best money
will buy, but in politics the ob
ject is to put in office the best
candidates that money won’t buy.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
NORTHERN
NEON i
' CORP.
SIGHS
Trucks, Cars Lettered
Manufacturers of
Neon Signs, Marquees,
Store Fronts and Tube
Lighting
140 Barrow - Dial 43734
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Completely Automatic
Baling Machine Due
To Arrive in Valley
Believed to be the first com
pletely automatic balers used in
the Matanuska Valley, a McCor
mick Deering and a John Deere
haler are expected in Palmer
soon.
Leonard Moffitt, owner of the
McCormick Deering model stated
that it is a pick-up. twine baler >»'
the largest size, with mounted
power and capable of baling up
to six tons an hour. The machine
will pick up bale; bale from the
threshing machine blower or from
straw or hay stacks.
Keeling that automatic balers
will eliminate much of the shock
weathering of oat and pea hay
that local farmers are very famil
iar with. Moffitt plans to offer
the services of his new baler to
interested Valley farmers. “I be
lieve that early or late plantings
of hay will have equal chances
of being of good quality by being
nured in the swath and windrow
and then baled loosely directly
from the windrow,'’ he stated.
Leonard Kygar and Bob Burn
ham are planning to purchase the
John Deere model This type bal
er has power take off and wire
baling, the only differences be
tween the two models. They also
are planning extensive baling
work this summer.
The success of a baler is as
sured, Kygar said, in that it re
quires but one man for operation
and seventeen times as much hay!
can be stored in bales as in loose I
storing.
PARCELLS CO OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pareells
and sons Mike and Pat left Pal
mer Saturday, March 1, plan
ning to fly Outside. They will
visit with Mr. Pareells parents in
Kingston. Washington.
Before leaving the Valley, Par
nells was employed by the Matan
uska Press. Mrs. Pareells is the
former Jeannette Hemmer.
INFANT DIES
A pre-mature son born to Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Stephan of Mon
tana, Alaska died at Valley Hos
pital only fifteen hours after birth
February 29.
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JtitHt to CatL.
MAG’S
DRIP! DRIP! DRIP!
ALL NIGHT LONG! How can
a person sleep wilh that leaky
shower? The remedy is simple
— as it is for other plumbing
ills in your home. Just call—
MAC'S PLUMBING
and HEATING
BROWN'S WJLL
REMOVE IT!!
Sometimes a box of child
ren's crayons can do more da
mage to clothes and slip covers
than a bomb. Send us the da
maged article. We'll carefully
remove the stains and return
it to you as good as new.
BROWN’S SHOP
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SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTION COMING UR
With March already here, tin
first of April is not far off nn<!
with it. the annual School Board
election
The Palmer School Board will
meet this week to decide exact
ly when the election will be held
Usually it is held on the first
Tuesday of the month, which
would make it April Fool’s Da>
ihis year. However, it is possible
if there are no legal barriers. *,c
combine it with the Territorial
election on April 29.
Voters will have to elect cm
person to the board for a five
year term, and it is possible th.n
there might be an unexpired tern
to fill also. The known vacancj
is being filled at the presen
time by Bill Roark who was ap
pointed to fill out the remaindei
of the l.uriu' Ross's one-year
term
Last April, in accordance v.ith
a change in Territorial law re
garding terms of office for school
board members, .the local board
drew for their terms so that one
would go out of office each year
Ross drew the one-year term.
Maze, two-year; Thuma, three
vear; Hurley, four-year and
Washburn five-year.
MOVE TO ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Render
! have moved to Anchorage where
Mr. Render is employed by th**
Alaska Railroad
While living in Palmer. Render
was employed by the Co-Op
Creamery
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
jjTlr 1c ******* f-vr-*r ic rc it t-ttttt.- t.-t.-tt
Tr n 7T 7% n 7\
Coleman Heaters
and
• BLEND-AIR FURNACES
i JACUZZI WATER PUMPS
> ZENITH RADIO AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
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HARDWARE
GRASSER'S
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FUL-Q-PEP
FEEDS
A Carload of Dairy Feed Just Arrived
OFF-CAR PRICES
5% above cost. Must be unloaded
immediately.
Stock up well—advance in freight rates
effective on arrival of next car.
THE BIG "Q", the thyro-active-lactation
stimulant is now in stock at
Brook's Feed & Supply
PALMER. ALASKA
Be Sure to listen to "MAN ON THE FARM” over KENI each
Saturday, 12:30
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DINING?
DANCING?
BRING THE GANG
FORA
REAL GOOD TIME!
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jl Here's Where You'll
S Find The Very Best in Food
p<
g<. And Drink — And At
jg! Reasonable Prices!
Stop In For
An Evening of Fun.
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ALPINE INN
Mile 61, Glenn Highway
Phone l-J-31