New School
Serves 12 Pupils
In Chickaloon Area
Children in the Chickaloon area
are getting a chance to go to
school this fall for the first time
in many years.
A new, attractive log school
house being built by Eston Hub
bard will be completed within a !
month. In the meantime, 12 pupils
in the area are having classes in |
a vacant house belonging to John
Shaganoff. A missionary group, j
cognizant of the need for a school
in the Chickaloon. area, is provid
ing the one-room school, which
will also serve as a chapel on j
Sundays. The school and chapel!
form one end of the long build
ing, while the other end will be !
the Hubbard family’s residence. !
Although the building is fur- j
nished by the missionary group, j
the school administration is under
the Territorial Department of j
Education. The teacher and all j
education materials are furnished
by the Territory. John Arneson
has been appointed as teacher in
the new school.
At the present time, transporta
tion to the school is by foot; five
of the children travel three-miles
to and from school over a moun
tain road. The three Lester chil
dren and perhaps the two others
who live on this road plan dog
5led transportation as soon as
snow falls.
In the early ’40s a school was
operated for a few months in the
Chickaloon area, but it was closed
down with the beginning of World
War II.
Lights Shine at
Goat Creek, Knik;
Big Lake Could he Next
MEA power has been extend
ed this summer to the Goat Creek
area, beyond Knik, and into the
Lake Lucile area, MEA Manager
C. A. Brewer reported this week.
Of 20 consumers in the Goat
Creek area added to the MEA
membership list, all but five are
hooked up. Of the five, some are
waiting for wire and some aren’t;
ready to be hooked up. Out Knik ]
vay, the lines have been extend- j
;d beyond the village, and 18 j
new customers are reading by |
electric lights and acquiring new j
electrical appliances. The MEA
line crew is now working in the i
Lake Lucille area.
Brewer said that there are 30
40 potential users in the Big Lake
area, many of whom have ex- :
pressed interest in having power j
extended out that way. Only
three, however, have actually j
signed up. He said that MEA
would have to have at least 20-30
sign-ups before the planning
could be begun on a Big Lake ex
tension. He advised potential cus-,
tomers in that area that there is ;
necessarily about a year’s lag be
tween planning and installation.
These potential customers do not
have to advance money for in
stallation; to make an application
they merely pay the five dollar
membership fee.
The possibility of near-future
development 6i the Big Lake area
took a big step forward this fall
when 110 small tracts offered by
the Bureau of Land Management
were grabbed up by eligible
World War II Veterans.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
8 p.m.
GOOD TALENT AND
SPEAKERS
CHURCH OF GOD
Come to Palmer
YOUTH
FOR CHRIST
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By Richard Blue
Most potato growers in the Val
ley are either starting or in the
middle of their harvesting oper
ations. The memory of last year's j
early freeze of some 90 odd acres,!
probably spurs the diggers to
wind up a littlg earlier. Several
light frosts have nipped back top
growth on most farms so there is
no temptations to try to get a
little extra growth.
Last Sunday local dairymen
running stock on the Susitna
range beat the bushes to roundup
their stock. This ranging program
has been watched with great in
terest by all stockmen.
In the absence of known facts,
many theories, rumors and specu- J
lations developed.
Several of the more common j
arguments were that the cattle |
would escape the natural range |
barriers and wander all over the i
country. In support of this theory, j
was the rumor that myself and j
Linnus DePriest, the station in
seminator, had herded some 341
head of stock back into the range, j
I will state now for the record J
that this rumor is not based on l
fact. L. M. DePriest and myself
investigated a report that cattle
were off the range and found sign ■
and other evidence that several
head were indeed out of range.'
We also learned that someone had ;
jumped a load of cattle outside !
the range before the range was
stocked. It is my belief that this j
small band of cattle in the course |
af their rather wide travels have
aeen responsible for the leaky1
range stories.
As a matter of fact all the cat
tle placed on the range were tak-)
sn out Sunday with the excep
tion of five or six head belonging
to Vic Falk, Sr. and one head of
Harold Thuma’s. These cattle
vere spotted however and are
scheduled to be picked up this
Sunday.
Another adverse theory not
proved by roundup results was
the ability of the range to keep
rattle in shape. Most stockmen
vere pleased with the condition
rf their cattle.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
PLAN TOUR AND
RECEPTION FOR GUEST
Preparations have been com
pleted for the planned visit of
Katherine B. Smith, Grand Chan
cellor of the Women of the Moose,
t was announced this week.
Mrs. Smith will be met at the
;rain Friday, September 19, by
i delegation of Palmer WOM
nembers. Following a lunch she
vill be taken on a tour of the
Galley.
There will be a special meet
ing at 8 p.m. at the Moose Hall,
'ollowed by a reception and buf
fet supper at 10 p.m. to which all
Royal Order of Moose members
rave been cordially invited
This is the first time Palmer
Chapter 942 of the Women of the
Moose have been so honored by
jo distinguished a guest and it is
roped that there will be a large
attendance.
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Kincaid Resigns
As Hospital Manager;
Opens CPA Practice
O. K. Kincaid, manager at the
Valley Hospital the past year, re
signed his position effective Sep
tember 15, Ed Smith hospital
board president announced this
week. On September 16 Kincaid
opened an office in the new Sev
ern Building for private practice
as a Certified Public Accountant.
In making the anouncement,
Smith said the resignation was ac
cepted by the board with regret.
In praising Kincaid’s service
value to the hospital, Smith said
there are no sizeable outsanding
bills owed the hospital and gave !
credit for this standing to Kin
caid’s work. He will be retained
by the hospital as part-time man
ager, primarily in charge of the
construction program and in a
financial advisory capacity, Smith
said.
U. of Idaho Graduate
Graduating from the University
Idaho, Kincaid was first licensed
to practice in the state of Idaho
where he worked as a CPA for
four years in Moscow and Lewis
ton. Coming to the Territory a \
year and a half ago, he was em- j
ployed by the Anchorage firm of
Beaver and Van Seventer, con
ducting a branch office for the
firm in Palmer. November 1, 1951
he was appointed manager at the j
Valley Hospital.
Services to be offered by Kin
caid will include auditing, income
tax & monthly services to individ
uals and business houses. Office!
hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday,
ivith a second office at 204 Turn
again Arms in Anchorage to be
maintained, Kincaid said.
Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid and son
Mike make their home in the
A.HA housing area.
NEW SODALITY
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin Mary held its first meeting j
Monday, September 15, at the
aorne of Mrs. Henning Blunck.
Officers elected for the new or- j
^anization are: Rita McClafferty,
president; Rose Marie Vickaryous.
^ice-president; Janice Barry, j
secretary-treasurer; and Steph- j
inie Sobczak, reporter.
The group decided to have a
booth at St. Michael’s Bazaar and
appointed both a booth and candy
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Staff Announced for
“Banana Belt Breezes”
Staff members of the Banana
Belt Breezes. Palmer High
School’s monthly publication
were announced this week by
Mrs. Dorothy Wofford, the facul
ty supervisor.
Editor of the publication is
Margaret Cope. Monte Larsh is
assistant editor and Barbara
Bentti is make-up editor. Feature
editor is Lowell Krise. Sherry Ball
and Pat Dickson are the art edit
ors. Marilyn Macek a new student
at Palmer High this fall, is busi
ness manager. Sports editor is
Jack McKechnie.
Reporters are: Bob Thomas,
Gary Davey, Dick Geiwitz, Ronald
McNeese, Dan Wolf, John Barn
hardt, Mary Ann Mears, and Bar
bara Kindgren. There will also be
a 9th grade reporter.
For those working on the Ban
ana Belt Breezes this year, their
work on the paper will be a work
shop supplementing their journal
ism class instruction. Mrs. Wof
ford’s new journalism class is
proving very popular. Already.the
enthusiastic staff of the paper is
scurrying after news; their first
issue goes to press about the mid
dle of this month.
Third Division
Candidates Briefed
On REA Role in Alaska
Democratic and Republican
candidates from the Third Divi
sion were guests of the Alaska
Rural Electric Cooperatives As
sociation at a steak dinner held at
the Aleutian Gardens last Friday.
Mrs. Justine Parks, president of
the association, planned the meet
ing in order to acquaint the can
didates, who may represent the
people in the Territorial Legisla
ture next January, with the basic
facts of rural electrification in
Alaska. She pointed out that some
S20 million in REA funds is now
invested in Alaska Co-Ops serv
ing nearly 10.000 member con
sumers.
committee. It was also decided to
hold a special meeting October 13.
Any members of the St. Michael’s
parish who are single and are
out of grade school and wish to
join the Sodality will be most
welcome.
Local M. D. Receives
Cancer Fellowship
Award as Crusade Ends
Dr. Arthur J. Colberg is in Port-,
land this week at the University
if Oregon Medical School, where
tie is attending a post-graduate;
dancer Conference.
Dr. Colberg was one of 10 Alas
ka physicians awarded fellow
ships to attend the conference,
which began Monday and ends
Friday, The fellowships were
awarded jointly by the Alaska
Division of the American Cancer
Society and the Alaska Depart
ment of Health, according to Mrs.
Mildred Hermann, Alaska Can
:er Crusade Commander, and Dr.
2. Earl Albrecht, Commissioner of
Health.
By coincidence the local Can
cer Crusade, which helps to pro
vide funds for post-graduate
training in cancer, ended only last
week. Mrs. Charles Wilson, local
chairman, announced this week
that $386.67 has been collected in
the first crusade to be held in the
Palmer area. Of this amount $69.
67 was collected from coin boxes,
and the remainder was received
from 107 replies to the mail cam
paign in which 800 letters were
sent out.
Visiting at the Dick Jones home
is Mrs. Grace Hamilton of Lin
den, Washington. She is Mrs.
Jones’ mother.
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