VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER. ALASKA. EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Publisher. Business Manager
A1 J. DeJulio
Editor
Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor
Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter
Wasilla Correspondent
Subscription Rates 50c a month, $5 a year
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
UNEXPECTED THRILL
HORRIFIES LABOR DAY
AIR SHOW OBSERVERS
Some 200 observers of the La- j
bor Day Air Show at Palmer Air
port got more than their money’s
worth in thrills when the pilot
and parachute jumper added a I
stunt not included in the script
and just barely escaped catas
trophe for both of them.
The stunt as announced over
the Kiwanis loud speaker involv
ed three up and over loops of the
light plane by pilot Gaylord Ma
han with ex-paratrooper Bob Sin
clair riding the top wing center
section with feet curled down
around the flying wires.
All went according to plan as
Sinclair fell loose from the plane
as it reached a 60 degree angle in
the execution of the third loop.
His parachute opened before the
plane came out of the loop, but
it was not quite out of the path
*of the plane. Caught by the wing
of the plane were the shroud’s of
the chute which collapsed com
pletely.
Quickly Sinclair loosed himself
from the battered chute. He pull
ed the cord to a second chute and
floated safely—not to earth, but
into the chill waters of the Mata
nuska river.
It was an exciting climax to
the 90 minute airshow, but it was
a close call not anticipated by
Mahan or Sinclair. If the shrouds
had been caught in the propeller,
a few knowing observers remark
ed, the air show might have end
ed in tragedy.
' "Smilin’ Jack" Creator
Is Territory Visitor
Jack Mosley, creator of the
famed aviation comic strip “Smil
in’ Jack” has been a guest in
Lieut. General William E. Kep
ner’s Alaskan Command for the
past ten days obtaining authentic
background material for a forth
coming episode in his strip.
Mosley was invited by Tenth
Air Rescue Squadron to partici
pate in actual air search and res
cue and operational flights in the
' Alaskan Command, and while in
Alaska, flew on several opera
tional flights, including a rou
tine search for the Canadian C-54
which disappeared in Southeast
ern Alaska while on a flight to
Korea.
He also flew to Barter Island;
made a flight over an ice pack in
the Arctic Ocean and crossed the
famous Brooks Range in North
ern Alaska; flew over glaciers in
the Panhandle and over the Hard
ing ice field.
Mosley covered almost every
part of the Alaskan theater dur
ing his stay here.
* The cartoonist resides in Stuart,
Fla., but travels extensively to
obtain material for his strip. He
is a Colonel in the Civil Air Pa
trol in Florida. He has been cited
several times for his outstanding
contributions to the advancement
of aviation.
EDUCATION EXHIBITS
DRAW MANY VISITORS
Educational exhibits this year
came in for a large share of the
praises heard from visitors of the
Matanuska Valley Fair,
tart
The Fire Guard Station exhibit
in the well constructed quarters
which will become a permanent S
part of the Fair was inspected by
512 visitors Saturday, 2,225 Sun
day, and 452 up to noon Monday
according to the count of Don De- j
Hart, Forester in charge of fire I
control in Alaska District 1. Mu-1
rals, depicting the three phases
of forestry work were on display, j
These were done by Clyde Clark, |
fire control aid. Fire-fighting car
toons done by Fred Girol drew
attention to several phases of the
forestry work.
Airplane drop chutes, smoke j
chaser packs and portable pumps ■
were included in the display.
The agricultural engineering
housing exhibit by the Experi-!
ment Station showing that Alas- j
kan conditions require insulation i
plus vapor sealing effectively de
monstrated heat costs under 11
types of outside wall construction
were shown with data on oil re
quired to keep an 880 square foot
room enclosed with each at 70
types of outside wall construction.
Sections of each type of wall
construction were shown with
data on oil required to keep an
880 sqare foot room enclosed
with each at 70 degrees with a
zero temperature outside. Six
and eight inch concrete block
construction without insulation
and vapor sealing required 321
and 209 gallons of oil contrasted
poorly with woodenwalls filled
with 6 inches of sawdust and va
por seal requiring 22 gallons of
oil.
Neat and artistic was the Alas
ka Certified Seed Growers’ ex
hibit of grain and grass sheaves
together with the seed from
which each was grown. Potatoes
Df several commercial and num
bered varieties were also part of
the exhibit .
The Alaska Department of
Agriculture exhibit of Valley
vegetables was a favored back
ground for photographers snap
ping pictures of Fair visitors.
Clyde Sherman, the Territorial
Commissioner of Agriculture
was enthusiastic about the whole
Fair. He said he was going to take
several of the entries which
would not deteriorate too rapid
ly to Mt. McKinley this week
where they could be seen by the
scientists who are convening
there.
The Sportsmen’s exhibit in the
Boy Scout log cabin was so jam
med with visitors viewing troph
ies covering almost every inch of
available space that graduation
to larger quarters seemed in or
der.
Other exhibits by the Extension
Service, the Soil Conservation
Service, the Valley Breeders’
Assn*, the MVFCA Creamery and
the Matanuska Valley Health
Council were equally well receiv
ed.
UNITED PROTESTANT
Sunday Services:
10.00 a.m., Sunday school.
11:00 a.m.. Morning worship
7:00 p.m,, Young People meet
ing.
Thursday, 8:00 p. m., Prayei
meeting.
CHURCH OF GOD
Geo. W. Geiwitx, Pastor
Sunday Services:
10 a.m., Sunday school.
11 a.m., Morning Worship.
7:45 p.m., Evening service.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Prayei
meeting and Bible study.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICE
Sunday, 11 a. m.
Home of H. S. Bauer, 2 miles
south, 1 mile east of Palmer or
Springer Road.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Rev. Paul E. Riley, Pastor
Services held at the Wasilla
Community Hall
Sunday School 10:00 a. m
Morning Worship 11:00 a. m
Evening Service 8:00 p. m
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
LATTER DAY SAINTS
10:30 a. m. Sunday School fol
lowed by Sacrament meeting.
Co-Op Club room
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Sunday Services:
9 a.m., Sunday school.
9:30 a.m., Morning worship.
LAZY MOUNTAIN
CHILDREN'S HOME
Kenneth Hughes, Supt.
Directions: Turn left at first road
east of the Matanuska bridge and
go to the end of the road.
CATHERS' CHILDREN'S HOME
Ray Cathers, Supt.
Directions: Turn off from Glenn
Highway on Little Susitna Road
and go 4% miles.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN
HOME FOR CHILDREN
H. A. Richards, Supt.
Directions: On the Wasilla Road
3 miles from Wasilla.
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ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Father James P. Snead
8:30 and 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass
HIGHWAY CHURCH OF GOD
J. H. Davis. Pastor
! Sunday Services:
10 a.m., Sunday school.
11 a.m., Morning worship.
7 p.m., Young People’s Endeav
or.
8 p.m., Consecration service.
Thursday, p.m.. Prayer meeting
at Cathers’ Children’s Home.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Irwin A. Leoppke, Pastor
Saturday Services:
10 a.m., Sabbath school.
11 a.m.. Morning worship.
All are Welcome
WASILLA
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Wenter Harvey, Pastor
Sunday Services:
10:30 a.m., Preaching and Com
munion.
11:30 a.m., Bible school.
7:30 p.m., Evening service.
SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Sponsored by Palmer Church of
God
Sunday Services:
3:00 p.m., Combined Sunday
school and Worship service.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Ray E. Adams, Pastor
Sunday Services:
10 a.m., Bible school.
11 a.m., Preaching and Com
munion.
7:30 p.m., Evening service.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Prayer
service.
BAPTIST MISSION
Sunday Services:
10 a.m., Sunday school.
11 a.m., Preaching.
6:30 p.m., Training Union.
7:45 p.m., Evening service.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Prayer
meeting, held at Krise resi
dence until church is built.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Joseph Freni, Pastor
Sunday Services:
2 p.m., Sunday school.
3 p.m., Worship service.
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