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OFFICERS TO
TAKE STATIONS
Newly installed officers of
Matanuska Valley Unit 15,
American Legion Auxiliary,
will assume their stations at
the regular meeting on Thurs
day, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. in the
Legion hall, according to pres
ident Agnes Zaborac.
Two programs will be feat
ured at this meeting. Izola
Sims, unit chairman, will give
a review of Auxiliary activi
ties in the field of rehabilita
tion. President Zaborac will
have on hand several sets of
hand-decorated dish towels for
sale. Proceeds will be added
to the rehabilitation fund. This
fund is used to assist needy
veterans and their families, and
an annual contribution of $100
goes to American Lake Vet
erans Hospital near Tacoma,
Wash., where several Alaskan
veterans are hospitalized.
In commemoration of Pearl
Harbor Day, past unit presi
dent Florence Dunlap will give
a report on her recent trip to
Hawaii, placing special empha
sis on Pearl Harbor and the
National Monument. Arizona.
Ail members are invited to
attend.
The Frontiersman — Page 5
Thursday, November 21. 1963
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Wasilla-Big Lake News
By Phyllis Edwards
Wasilla area residents were
shocked and stunned by the
news of the death of President
Kennedy, as were people a 11
over the world. Work in class
rooms and business places
came to a near stop, while ra
dio and television news media
gave out the details of events
in Dallas in hushed, somber
tones. Scheduled events were
postponed, where at all pos
sible. Schools were closed Mon
day, as were some business
places for part or all of the day
set aside to mourn the loss of
our thirty-fifth president.
The basketball game be
tween Wasilla and Copper Val
ley was held, because the vis
iting team was enroute when
the news was announced. A
time was set aside for silent
prayer at the game in nonor of
the late President,
The Presbyterian Church
held special memorial services
for Mr. Kennedy Sunday mor
ning. Some showed their res
pect in various w^ays in the
area, staying quietly at home,
listening to news casts of the
assassination, attending church
services, and going about their
separate ways, none the less
reverent of the tragic loss of
John F. Kennedy, son, brother,
husband, father, friend, and the
President of the United States
of America.
May our nation's leaders
cultivate the seeds of his la
bors with "vigor" that all may
reap the harvest of freedom, at
home and abroad, and let no
one say that John F. Kennedy
lived in vain.
Richard Harbeson celebrated
his eleventh birthday at Valley
Presbyterian Hospita’. where
he is in traction, treatment for
a broken leg. The Harbeson
family gathered at Richard’s
bedside Saturday afternoon to
help him celebrate the occas
ion. complete with birthday
cakes.
* * *
Mrs. Jean Hendrickson held
the lucky ticket for the Shirley
walking doll, raffled by the
VFW Post 9265, Saturday eve
ning, and Mid Minnick won
the $200 jackpot during the
game time.
Bill and Sharon Betts are
the proud parents of a baby
daughter, born Sunday, N o v.
24, at Valley Hospital. Con
dette weighed in at five pounds
and nine ounces. Both mother
I and daughter are doing fine.
* * *
Wasilla Presbyterian Church
announces that special Thanks
giving services will be conduct
ed Thursday morning at 10
o’clock at the church. The
public is invited to attend.
★ * *
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MONDAY, DEC. 2
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Breaded tomatoes
Vegetable salad
Muffins Butter
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Chooclate cookies Milk
TUESDAY, DEC. 3
Fried chicken
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Waldorf salad
Biscuits Butter
Oatmeal cookies Milk
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
Spanish rice with meat
Creamed peas and carrots
Cole slaw
Muffins Butter
Baked custard Milk
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
Pinto beans
Pineapple and cabbage salad
Corn bread Butter
Cake Milk
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
Tuna-noodle casserole
Buttered beets Fruit salad
Biscuits Butter
Cupcakes Milk
* *
BOWLING SCORES
Late Tuesday Niters
W L
Wasilla Bar-37 11
Johnson’s Fuel -29’z 18Vz
Cottles -24 24
Green Acres -23 25
VFW 9265 _211 z 26' z
Wasilla Bus -9 39
High team game, VFW 9265,
1,011.
High team series, Johnson's
Fuel, 2,794.
High man, three games, Russ
Birdsell, 587.
* * *
The Wasilla Warriors clip
ped the Copper Valley Bucks
twice, Friday and Saturday
nights, Nov. 22-23. This makes
the Warriors’ record 4-0 so far
this season.
Friday night's final score
was Wasilla 71, Copper Val
ley 51. Both teams used a zone
defense, although Wasilla start
ed with a man to man. The
Warriors fouled 12 times and
managed 9-17 from the free
throw line. Copper Valley com
mitted 15 fouls and connected
on 5-11 free throws. Dave Bry
ant fouled out for Wasilla, and
Harry and Nicholas for Copper
Valley.
In the second game, played
Saturday, the final score was
70 to 58 with the Warriors
again on top. Both teams play
ed a zone defense again with
some man-to-man. The War
riors made 13 fouls and sank
! 6 out of 22 free throws.
FARM-CITY WEEK
1963
WHEREAS the prosperity and well-being of this com
munity are dependent upon cooperation between the two
great elements of our society: farmers and urban people,
and
WHEREAS the complexities of their individual prob
lems and the divergence of their activities have led to a
widening gulf of misunderstanding, and
WHEREAS this gulf of misunderstanding must be
eliminated, and each group must understand the other if
our American way of life is to endure, and
WHEREAS Farm-City Week provides an unparalled
opportunity for farm and city people to become re
acquainted,
I, THEREFORE, Thedore O. Schmidtke, Mayor of the
City of Palmer, do hereby proclaim the period of Novem
ber 22 through November 28 to be Farm-City Week: and
I do further call upon all citizens of this community to
participate to the limit of their capability in the joint visits,
the seminars, the pageants, fairs, civic, and social events
attendant to a successful Farm-City Week in Palmer.
Done at the City of Palmer, this 21st day of November,
Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-three.
THEODORE O. SCHMIDTKE
Complete
SAW SALES & SERVICE
WE SHARPEN EVERYTHING
CHAIN SAWS, CIRCLE SAWS, CROSSCUT SAWS
If it was MADE to cot, we can MAKE it cut
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
SIMMONS SAWS
MAIL ORDERS FILLED IMMEDIATELY
I FREE
Sharpening
with every
SIMMONS
SAW BLADE
PURCHASED
Any day now, the temperature can stay at
a nose-dive temperature! Better keep ahead
of Jack Frost by checking your anti-freeze for
your car now! It's better to be safe than
sorry!
KIRK’S SALES f SERVICE
745-3790 PALMER
CROP ASSOCIATION
TO MEET TUESDAY
The hoard of directors of the
Alaska Crop Improvement
Association will meet Dec. 3
I at 9 a m. in the Experiment
Station at Palmer.
Business to he discussed will
include a review of certifica
tion standards, the status of
hulk seed sales and the distri
bution of x-free potatoes.
Persons who have problems
for the directors to consider
are asked to contact their local
board member, Harold Dir.kel
of Wasilla. The alternate mem
ber for the Matanuska Valley
area is Byron Hollernbaek of
Palmer.
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THANKSGIVING
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WARNING
DANGER AHEAD
We of the Matanuska-Susitna area are in a very unique position. We are still
a pioneer group, possessing the pioneer spirit, a people of the land. This fact
alone dictates that our approach to the solution of our problems which lie ahead
will of necessity differ from that employed in areas whose economy is more firm
ly established.
As the pioneer, so must we devise, and improvise, and economize, and util
ize those resources at hand. Our survival will depend on this. Those hardy, in
dividualistic, adventuresome people who are willing and eager to forego the
comforts and conveniences of the more modern developed areas, and launch out
into the wilds to hew for themselves a new way of life, are reliving the exper
iences of our forefathers, and are worthy of our deepest gratitude and admiration.
Through history they have been the vanguards of our civilization. Destroy them,
and we destroy ourselves! People will, forever be our greatest resource. Give to
them the land. It is rightfully theirs, their natural heritage. Let us strive to protect
that right from a system of unrealistic taxation. It will take time and patience and
wisdom, but with these, in time we might well become the leading borough of
Alaska.
We are blessed to have within our bounds some of the state's richest natural
resources, coal, oil, timber, gold and other lesser minerals. Our recreation potent
ial is almost without limit. Lakes, mountains and streams abound whose pristine
beauty will be further enhanced by the presence of people. These resources are
the heritage of all the people and should be used for their benefit. Let us use
them wisely with adroitness*
Let us approach our tasks in the spirit of the pioneer before us, with a unity
of purpose, unselfishly working together toward a common goal, the building of
a great borough and a stronger Alaska, unhampered by a burdensome tax sys
tem before we are able to bear it.
If elected your chairman, it is my purpose and aim to proceed with caution.
It is recognized by all that if we are to have a government, in time, of necessity,
some money must be raised. It is my desire that, regardless of who is elected, for
the formative years, until we are more stable, every effort will be made to pro
vide that money through some source other than chiefly a real and personal prop
erty tax. It is my belief that at the present time such a tax might well destroy our
chances of developing for years to come.
HENRY L. IORDAN
FOR CHAIRMAN
(Political Advertisement Paid for by Henry L. Jordan)
JOYCE KERTTULA
Borough School Board
December 3