Thought of the Week
A wise guy declares that
while the dollar may not go as
lax as it used to, what it lacks
:n distance, is makes up in
speed.
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 48
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER, ALASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1963
EIGHT PAGES
MATANUSKA ROAD RACES
DOWNTOWN PALMER
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AUGUST 24 . 25
PRICE 15 CENTS
Reporters—
Noteltaoh
John (Jackie) Harris, son of
Mr. ad Mrs. Ernest Harris who
lived until recently at Sutton,
is the first Alaskan to receive
treatment from the revolution,
ary kidney machine, a medical
advance that allows persons
stricken with a formerly fatal
disease to lead normal lives.
The Harris family has moved
to Spokane to allow Jackie
commuting access to the ma
chine at Sacred Heart hospital
in that city. The young man
spends two nights a week at
the hospital for treatment. His
father, in Palmer this week to
wind up business matters here,
said that Jack is getting along
very well and plans to enter
Eastern Washington College of
Education at Cheney for the
fall term.
* * *
The Harris family has also
received word that their son.
Captain Robert E. Harris, suf
fered a broken back in a plane
accident and is hospitalized in
Greenwood. S. C.
Friends here have been told
of the birth of a baby daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. William F.
Tull, former Palmer and Wasil
la residents who are now living
i.n Albuquerque, N. M. Rori
anna Patrice was born Aug. 6
and weighed seven pounds.
Mrs. Tull is a former Palmer
teacher and he was a Matan
uska Valley Bank employee
and Pittman homesteader. Tull
is now attending the Univer
sity of New Mexico. The young
couple plan to return here
next spring.
Four well-known old-timers
around Palmer took off for
their favorite moose-hunting
haun* early Tuesday morning,
and while waiting for the fog
to lift as they discussed where
and how to hunt, were surpris
ed by a fine 2-year old bull
who walked to within 65 feet
of them. The rifleman who had
won the chance to shoot first,
however, proved that even the
experienced get buck fever—to
the extent that he ejected a live
shell out of the chamDer of his
rifie. and had to get back in
position to fire. The bull was
patient, though—he dressed
out to a hefty poundage and
four valley pioneers are enjoy
ing moose steaks.
* *
*
Sylvia Hare, area manager
for Field Enterprises Educa
tion Corporation of Chicago,
111., spent last Friday in Pal
mer, making preparations for
the booth which will feature
World Books and Childcraft at
the fair. Mrs. Marian Leverenz
is representative for this area.
* * *
Helen Leverenz and Sally
Kaczemarck from Boston,
Mass., spent their vacation at
the home of Miss Leverenz’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Leverenz. They left last Thurs
day for Needham, Mass., where
they will teach in the Newton
junior high school.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. William Poslie
from Rhinelander, Wise., have
visited for the past two weeks
at the Harold Leverenz home.
Mrs. Leverenz returned July
20 from a six weeks’ visit at
her former home in Wisconsin.
* • *
Mr and Mrs. Virgil Wilkin
son of Eska left today for Des
Moines, Wash., where they will
make their new home. They
have lived in the Sutton area
for the past 14 years.
* • •
Douglas W. Phillips, Jr
zineman second class, USN
i of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W
illips, Sr. of Star R«ute^ C
isilla. is serving aboard th€
et ballistic missile nuclear
wered submarine USS Ab
lam Lincoln on patrol some
iere in the Atlantic. On i
o-months’ patrol, the Abra
m Lincoln left Holy Loch
otland, in July. She will re
,in entirely submerged thro
hout the patrol. _
Court May Hear Injunction Suit Tomorrow
Sports Cars to Race On
City Streets For Last Time
Recording Office
Moves to Palmer
The Talkeetna land record
ing office has been moved from
Talkeetna to Palmer, Mrs. Dor
othy Saxton, deputy district
magistrate, announced this
! week.
She emphasized, however.
I that the Talkeetna recording
j precinct has not changed: that
I only the recordings and filings
' have been moved to Palmer.
J and that this is a temporary
arrangement.
i Correspondence about filings
and recordings should be ad
dressed to Talkeetna Precinct,
but mailed to Palmer, Mrs.
j Saxton said. She added that a
i change of address has been
| left with the Talkeetna post
| office, and persons who have
; mailed correspondence to the
former address need not be
I concerned.
Lake Louise, a popular resort
j area for many local residents.
I is included in the Talkeetna
1 precinct, she noted. There is a
| may at the magistrate’s office
; map at the magistrate’s office
I who would like to determine
i the precinct location of their
j property.
RESORT OWNER
DIES SUNDAY
Funeral services were held
! yesterday for Mrs. Dorothy
Barbara Meekin, 38, at Holy
Family Catholic Church in An
chorage.
Mrs. Meekin, who died on
Sunday, Aug. 18, in Providence
Hospital, was co-owner of Mee
kin's Lodge at Mile 110 on the
Glenn Highway.
An Alaskan resident for 20
years, she was born at Lady
smith, Wise., on Oct. 4. 1924.
She is survived by her hus
band. Austin; two daughters,
Pamela, 16, and Jackie, 8; four
sons, Ricky, 13, Mike, 11. Steve,
10, and Mark, 7; her mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Schott of Anch
chorage; and three sisters, Mrs.
Fred (Deloris) Kohli of Anch
orage, Mrs. Mary Algarin,
Mountain View, and Mrs.
Evelyn Gunnels, Marquette,
Mich.
The Rev. Francis A. Cow
gill officiated at the Requiem
Mass yesterday. Burial follow
ed in Evergreen Memorial
Park.
40 Drivers Enter
Aug. 24-25 Events
Sports cars will again whiz
through the streets of Palmer
this weekend, Aug. 24 and 25,
the last road race to be run on
city streets here. Construction
of the Palmer Raceway south
of town is beginning, and fu
ture races will be held there.
The Matanuska Road Races,
official title of the weekend
events, will be sponsored by
the Road Runners, Palmer car
club, with the Alaska Sports
Car Club, Inc. the participating
organization. About 40 drivers
have entered the races.
On Saturday morning, driv
ers will meet at 10:45, the flag
raising ceremony will be at 11
a m., and practice time will be
allowed between 11:05 a.m. and
12:10 p.m. Time trials will be
between 12:10 and 2:15 p.m.
Races will be run until late
afternoon, with the last one
scheduled lor 4 p.m.
Racing will begin on Surv
| day at 12:05, with 5:15 p.m.
| set as the finish time.
Spectators are urged to ar
I rive in plenty of time to park
' their cars and get into me
I infield in time to witness the
: beginning of the races. Anch
I orage traffic will come down
! Walker Street to the parking
area in the lots next to MEA
! and Central School. The spec
, tator entrance will be near the
1 Alaska Railroad loading dock,
i and spectators wili be ushered
across the track into the ;n
I field before the races begin
j and between races. Absolutely
| no spectators will be allowed
on the outside of the track or
on rooftops.
Assisting in crowd control
will be four military policemen
from Fort Richardson and five
from the Goose Bay site; mem
bers of the Road Runners; boy
scouts; City police; and at
least one special deputy. They
will be designated by official
armbands and will use eight
radios to keep in contact with
each other.
Local people are reminded
that the unpaid debt incurred
in the last race was the result
of poor crowd control and that
many spectators watched with
out paying. This debt will be
the first obligation to be met
l iter current race expenses are
paid, and local business peo
ple and residents along the 1
route of the race are asked to
cooperate by limiting the num
ber of persons who might
watch the race from their pre
mises without paying.
A portion of Locomotive
Park will be reserved for the
official timers, photographers,
newsmen, and other officials.
Two concession stands, operat
ed by the Road Runners and
the Moose lodge, will be set
up in the infield.
Tickets may be purchased in
advance from any member of
the Road Runners or at Pion
eer Texaco, the Glass Bar. the
Matanuska Hotel, or the city
police.
The race will be fully cov
ered by insurance.
Local businesses who have
contributed trophies for the
race are West Side Union,
Pioneer Texaco, Paul’s Chev
I ron. Motor Inn, Johnson's Fuel
' Benson s Department Store
: MEA, Tost’s Service, the Fron
tiersman, Bert's Drug, John
ny's Barber Shop. Valley
Builders. Palmer Bar, Tropi
; cal Gardens, Schroeder Con
I struction, Thrifty Variety.
Frontier Cafe, Glass Bar. Elks
1 Lodge. Reed’s Hardware, the
Four Aces. Matanuska Hotel.
Kcslosky’s, D’Gutter. Mac’s
Plumbing. D & A Grocery.
Knik Arms Lodge, and Pippel
Insurance. Bovey Trophies
and Import Auto Center in An
j chorage have also contributed
trophies.
In addition. Buddy McKee of
the Tropical Gardens will pre
sent the winner of the big race
with a gallon of Masson Cham
pagne, and the winner of the
small car race with a case of
beer.
One last warning from the
Road Runners: Please keep
your dogs tied or restricted
during the race hours! A loose
dog on the track could be dis
astrous for both the race car
driver and the dog.
Northwest Kiwanians
Enjoy Palmer Dinner
I
Kiwanians — between 650
i and 700 of them—from Wash
| ington, Oregon, Idaho, British
, Columbia, Yukon Territory,
and Alaska poured from a spe
cial Alaska Railroad train into
the streets of Palmer about
6:15 on Monday evening.
They were here on the invi
tation of Palmer Kiwanians as
guests at a wild game dinner
served in Central school audi
torium. They filled their plat
es from a buffet which includ
ed baked salmon, French-fried
halibut, roast caribou and
moose, moose loaf, hew pota
toes, tossed salad, Matanuska
Maid ice cream and coffee—
“Everything Alaskan but the
coffee,” said Harlow Hodgson.
Commenting on the skill of
the lunchroom staff of the Pal
mer Independent School Dis
trict who prepared the meal,
Hodgson said many of the
guests called it the most favor
ful Alaskan food served them.
A number of local vegetable
growers contributed vegetables
both for the meal and for dec
orative displays, arranged by
wives of Palmer Kiwanians.
Gifts of Ed Ueeck’s hand
carved ivory were presented to
Nick Swain, president of Ki
wanis International, and Mrs.
Swain. To district governor
Bedri Saad of Seattle went a
key to the Matanuska Valley,
inscribed with the names of all
Palmer members of the organi
zation. The visiting Kiwanians
were welcomed by Palmer
mayor Ralph Moore. Special
guests were officials of local
fraternal and service organiza
tions and their wives.
Accompanying the visitors
was a 35-piece junior high
school band, brought to the
Psjgific Northwest District con
vention in Anchorage by the
Fairbanks club.
Hodgson expressed apprecia
tion to everyone in the com
munity who assisted in making
the mammoth banquet a suc
cess, including the Rainbow
Girls who waited on tables and
the Boy Scouts who acted as
ushers.
This was the largest service
organization group ever to
visit Palmer.
WRITE LETTERS
NOW, COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN URGES
Dedicated effort from every
interested person is needed to
assuie construction of the Sut
ton Electrical Center. James
Wilson, chairman of the power
development committee, urg
ed today. About 200 letters
have thus far been addressed
to the Alaska Congressional
Delegation in Washington,
D. C. in an eminently success
ful campaign to cite reasons
why the plant is highly impor
tant to the economy of the
area.
“If letters have not already
been addressed to the delega
tion, they should be within the
next day or two." the chairman
said, pointing out that the re
vised MEA application for a
mine mouth power plant at
Sutton will be finished this
week, and resubmitted to REA
within a few days.
“We believe that the Sutton
plant can be highly competitive
with a plant of comparable size
I built in Anchorage.” he stated
( “The basic difference is tha
, one would be constructed a
the source of fuel, and thi
other at the primary load cen
1 ter. | If the Sutton plant ca
coirloete on an engineerin
bas», the final decision froi
, KEA on location of the plai
is nkely to be influenced b
other economic factors — th
need to maintain a vigorou
coal industry, an expartdabl
site with unlimited fuel resour
ces and water reserves, facil
itation of a transmission ti
line between Anchorage am
Fairbanks, development of nev
; industry."
The letter-writing campaigi
is a project of the power devel
opment committee. Interestec
citizens are asked to mail let
ters to the committee, who wul
in turn forward them in on(
packet to the congressiona
j delegation.
Eklutna People
Support Valley
Ambulance Drive
Eklutna residents and per
sonel form the Bureau of Re
clamation have given strong
' support to the Matanuska Val
ley ambulance drive, William
Hermann, chairman, said this
week.
Per capita contributions from
Eklutna were probably higher
' from this community than
from any other section, Her
! mann stated. Contributors
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stin
ger, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wil
i liams, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Cat
ron. Mr. and Mrs. Tauno Lappi,
; Mr. and Mrs. Ike Palmer, Mr.
■ and Mrs. Jerry Nelson. Mr. and
! Mrs. Lloyd Hill. Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Pederson, Mr. and Mrs,
Ivan Stickman, Mr. and Mrs.
Russel Dow, Mr. and Mrs.
j Jack Beard, Mr. and Mrs. A1
Good, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wood
ings, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wood,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick McAllister
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Simpson,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sand, Mr,
and Mrs. David Draze. and Mr.
and Mrs. William McAllister.
“We also gratefully acknow
ledge fine contributions from
Leonard and Betty Moffitt ol
; Palmer and Dick Snyder of
Sutton/'Hermann said, “and a
I special honorable mention
should go to Mr. and Mrs. L. P.
Rorrison for their third dona
tion in the same number ol
months.”
Defendants in Case
Are Stale Agencies
0? ^
The Matanuska-Susitna pe
titioners' injunction suit, orig- t
inaliy set for a Superior Court f
hearing in Anchorage on Mon- i i
day, Aug. 26. may be heard to- I
morrow. Aug. 23. Wendell Kay. f
attorney for the plaintiffs, said •
this morning. Working with 1
Kay on the case is Burton C. ]
Biss. (
The Monday date was moved '
to Friday at the request of *
Secretary of State Hugh Wade, ‘
who is now in Anchorage ^
working with Mrs. Ruth Dodds. ‘
election supervisor, on plans (
for the projected Sept. 17 elec- 1
tion on the Captain Cook bor- •
ough petition. Wade is one of
the defendants named in the
: injunction suit.
Kay said that the Friday
j hearing is still not definite.
1 also that no exact time has
been set. Neither has a judge
be named to hear the case.
“However, Mr. Biss and I
have prepared our case, and
will be ready to present it
whenever the court is ready."
Kay said.
Defendants named in the
case, besides Wade, are the
Local Affairs Agency, Ronald
Cease, and the Local Boundary !
Commission (Paul Choquette,
Gara Lvon, and Ben Fleenor).
The suit alleges that Ronald
Cease and the Local Affairs
Agency unlawfully failed to
process the Matanuska-Susitna
petition and that the Boundary
Commission instead included
its boundaries within the pro
posed Captain Cook borough.
The suit claims that the action
of the boundary commission
I exceeded its legally prescribed
1 powers.
BAILEY SERVICES
EARLY NEXT WEEK
j Funeral services for Billy G.
. ■ Baiiey, 33. will be held in Was
i!ia on either Sunday. Aug. 25.
, or Tuesday. Aug. 27, pending
arrival of his parents, Mr. and
I Mrs. Ivan C. Baiiey, from Fort
j Worth, Texas.
The body of the local fish
, erman, who was swept from a
barge in Cook Inlet on Aug. 3.
was recovered on Aug. 19 about
12 miles from Anchorage near
the mouth of the Susitna River.
Bailey, who was born on
April 4. 1930, in Paducah. Tex
as, had lived in this area since
about 1956. He was a veteran of
| the Korean War.
He is survived by his wife,
Maria; his parents; a sister.
Mrs. Betty Jane Inscore of
Fort Worth; a brother. Daniel
E. Bailey of Dallas, Texas; and
three nephews.
The Susitna Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will be in
charge of the funeral services.
Affidavits were filed by Ro
bert Vroman, chairman of the
-latanuska-Susitna petitioners,
nd Ralph Moore, mayor of
’aimer, along with the motion
or a preliminary injunction.
Vroman's affidavit stated
hat the area included in the
iroposed Captain Cook bor
iugh would be unwieldy and
•xpensive: that it would lack
ffective response to local gov
irnment, would cause uncue
lardship to district taxpayers,
ind would be completely un
lemocratic as far as voting
esidents of the Matanuska-Su
iitna area are concerned. Drs
rict 7 would have only one re
presentative. Council assem
blymen of Anchorage would be
n position to control the merg
ed borough on many important
questions.
Vroman pointed out that the
overwhelming sentiment at
the hearings were in favor of
the original boundaries of the
Captain Cook petition, and that
the boundaries of the proposed
Captain Cook borough are
totally different from any sug
gested by the petitions which
were filed under the provision.
of the borough law. He added
that the original Captain Cook
proposal covered a predomin
antly urban area, that the Ma
tanuska-Susitna valleys are
predominantly rural, and that
their needs are dissimilar.
Moore’s affidavit stated that
the amended Captain Cook
proposal would not give citiz
I ens the opportunity to express
(Continued from page 1)
FARM CO-OP
ELECTS THREE
Three directors were elected
i to three-year terms at the an
nual meeting of Matanuska
j Maid. Inc. on Saturday, Aug.
17. Stewart A. Durrant, gen
eral ma.lager, said this week.
They are Ray DePriest, James
Cottreil, and Dewey Welch
Association business includ
ed the reading of reports from
officers and the general man
ager.
Door prize winners were
Mrs. John Horning. Mrs. Ro
bert McCombs, Mrs. Clyde
Oberg, John Nash, and Mrs.
Martin Kalwies.
Officers for the coming year
were elected at a board of di
rectors' meeting Tuesday. They
are Earl Ray, president; Ray
DePriest, vice-president; and
William Hecker, secretary,
treasurer.
Other members of the farm
no-op board of directors are
Ray Rebarchek. Ralph Gad
bury of Fairbanks, John Nash,
and Harlan Hamilton.
GOV. EGAN TO LEAD 1963 ALASKA
STATE FAIR PARADE ON AUG. 31
$300 has been alloted by the
Alaska State Fair. Inc. for tro
phies, cups and plaques to go
: to winning entries in the fair
parade on Saturday, Aug. 31.
at 1 p.m., according to Ed
Smith, parade marshall.
Leading the parade will be
honor guest for the day, Gov.
William Egan, and Palmer and
Anchorage dignitaries as well
as the official host and hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Snider.
Bands from Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf, a drill team
and a marching color guard
from Elmendorf, a Rainbow
Girls’ drill team from Anchor
age, and an “absolutely fan
tastic" drill team from the An
chorage Saddle Club will ap
pear in the parade. The latter
perform amazing feats with
their horses, according to the
fair office.
Looking their prettiest will
be the ten Miss Alaska State
• Fair contestants in their fust
of several appearances in a
j busy day.
There will be clowns from
both Anchorage and Palmer,
and a children’s pets division
with trophies for the cutest,
most unusual, and best-dress
ed pet.
The Antique Auto Mushers
of Anchorage will again make
their Alaska State Fair tour,
arriving here in time for the
parade. Trophies and plaques
will be awarded to them which
can be affixed to their cars.
The parade marshall urged
that campfire girls, cub scouts,
boy scouts, and any other or
: ganizational groups join the
| parade.
Units will assemble at noon
, on Valley Street between the
B & B Market and Kirk’s Sal
es and Service, also on adjoir,
' ing side streets.
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