Miss Stineburg,
Mr. Jones to Marry
Mr. and Mrs. H e r 1 e e A.
Stineburg of Palmer this week
announced the engagement of
their daughter. Rachael Nancy
Gale, to Mr. Robert William
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Robert Jones of Newark, New
Jersey.
Miss Stineburg. an employee
of the Matanuska Valley Bank,
came to Alaska 15 years ago
with her parents, and is a 1960
graduate of Palmer high school.
Mr. Jones is a graduate of
East Orange high school in
Newark, and is with the Army
Security Agency at Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska.
The couple plan a November
wedding.
Election Is Last Chance For
Palmer to Improve Schools
This is the last fall that Pal
mer Independent School Dis
trict patrons can determine
whether or not to improve
their own local schools, super
intendent R. C. Carter pointed
out this week.
“Hereafter, the question will
concern a much wider geogra
phical area and the school bud
get must be divided through
out this area,” he said.
Under present laws, existing
school districts will be able to
sell bonds through the calen
dar year, Carter stated. How
ever. after formation of the
borough assembly and until
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Town he!'
-racy still works
^Hunger, hai — iger—the price of self
rule came high! No wonder our early settlers
prized the right to have a say in their town
meetings. Today, rural electric cooperatives
give millions a chance to take part in this pure
democracy which has contribute so n* ’ch to
the strength of America.
The name has changed, but the rural electric
annual meeting has the same rule-by-the-people
freedom that characterized the colonial town meet
•ng- Once a year, the member-owners of these local co
operatives get together to find put how their business is doing,
and to take an active part in running it
Free exchange of views, and frank discussion of policy
give any interested member a chance to have his say. To be
come a director, with policy-making authority, a candidate
must win the confidence and the votes of a majority of his
fellow members. Plans, programs, and progress reports are
subject to searching review.
The sanctity of the ballot and the basL ticeuoms of
assembly, speech, and priwta ownership are American Ideals.
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Electric Association
the borough assembly takes
over the operation of the
schools, the selling of the bonds
would have to be done with
the consent of the assembly. If
the borough school should im
mediately assume the respon
sibility of operating the
schools. Carter said, it is likely
that the bonds could not be
sold at all, since the borough
assembly will not represent
the same group of voters that
passed on the bonds. The elec
torate of the Palmer school dis
trict would then have to wait
their turn in line to get any
Check Tax Status,
Marshall Warns
John W. Marshall, local tax
assessor - collector, today re
peated a warning his office has
issued several times in the past
few years.
He advised any prospective
purchaser of property within
the Palmer school district or
the city of Palmer to first check
the tax status of the property
at the tax office.
"Everyone is entitled to such
information, and it is readily
available," Marshall said.
He explained that a simple
check will prevent a purchaser
from being surprised later with
a bill for back taxes against
the property, which he is com
pelled to pay to prevent the
property from being sold. Mar
shall said that this applied to
items of personal property as
well as land and buildings.
new school buildings, as need
in other areas might be greater.
Carter called attention to the
Attorney General’s decision on
July 15 in which he informed
the Commissioner of Education
that “ownership of stata^oper
ated school must be conveyed
by the state to the local school
district as soon as possible after
incorporation. The transfer of
direct administration of these
schools should be made short
ly after incorporation prior to
the beginning of the next fiscal
year and as quickly as is con
sistent with continuity of oper
ation and efficient manage
ment."
A second opinion dated July
IS states that "the Department
of Education must transfer the
school to the local political
subdivision so that such politi
cal subdivision may carry out
its function of providing, oper
ating and maintaining schools.
The department has no author
ity to continue maintaining and
insuring such school buildings
after the formation of a newly
organized borough or city.. If
a brief period is necessary for
the details of the transfer to be
arranged, a use agreement
must be executed, whereby the
political subdivision assumes
the major responsibilities of
ownership including costs of
maintenance and insurance.”
These two decisions point out
that the Department of Educa
tion wdll immediately turn over
the state-operated schools to
the borough, Carter said. Capi
tal outlay for new construction
will then be spread throughout
the borough on some basis of
priority that has yet to be es
tablished. The superintendent
said that the administrative
staff of the Palmer schools is
not well acquainted with the
rural schools of the Matanuska
Susitna valleys, but it is known
that some are not in what can
be considered first class condi
tion.
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TESTIMOHIAL FOR YOUHG MISSIGHARY
STEPHEN DURRANT
A farewell testimonial was
held in honor of Elder Ste
phen W. Durrant, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart A. Durrant.
on Sunday, Sept. 15 in the
Palmer Chapel of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, prior to his departure
for the Southern Far East Mis
sion.
The young man has been
called to serve as a missionary
for the next two and a half
years in that area, with head
quarters in Hong Kong.
Elder Durrant graduated
from the high school in Ameri
can Fork, Utah as the repre
sentative student, and was pre
sident of the high school chap
ter of the National Honor So
ciety. He was president of the
I L.D.S. Seminary and graduated
j in 1961.
j For the past year he has been
studying at the Brigham Young
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Roll for grade point achieve
ment at the conclusion of the
last semester at the University.
Elder Durrant and his family
left Sept. 15 for Salt Lake City.
U.P. WOMEN
TO ELECT
The Women's Association of
the United Protestant Church
in Palmer will hold its quarter
ly meeting on Wednesday.
Sept. 25. in the church base
ment, with the business meet
ing to start at 1:30 p.m.
Officers will be elected, with
the nominating committee pre
senting a slate as follows: Lil
lian Eckert, president; Ruth Es
telle, secretary; Mary Rempel,
world service chairman; Helen
Brundage, evening cricle chair
man: Haleen Ingalls, afternoon
circle chairman; and Etta
Smith, nominating committee
member.
The Wasilla Women’s Associ
ation will be guests of the Pal
mer church during the pro
gram hour, which will center
around the Thank Offering.
The program will begin at 2
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Cooperative Extension Service
Division of Statewide Services
Alaska’s sweet potatoes are
the conversation piece for most
Cheechakos. The Sourdough
Gardener, however, likes sweet
potatoes, as do many old-time
Alaskans.
Potato crops grown in a cool
climate are apt to be sweeter
than those from other areas.
Also, the storage temperature
makes a big difference in how
sweet an Irish potato will taste.
Thirty-eight degrees Fahren
heit is still a popular tempera
ture at which to store potatoes.
It is low enough to keep them
until mid-winter, but excessive
sweetness does not develop.
Two other temperatures are
also used. At 34 degrees F. stor
age life can be increased sev
eral weeks, but it is common
practice to “condition” the po
tatoes by a few days of storage
at a higher temperature before
using or selling them.
A new practice of commer
cial growers is to treat their
potatoes with a sprout inhibit
or. With this treatment pota
toes may be stored in tempera
tures up to 46 degrees F. for
six months or more without
serious damage.
A stable temperature is im
portant in all types of vege
table storage. This means good
insulation throughout the stor
age building. On below ground
storage this problem is pretty
well taken care of, but in other
types of buildings dry sawdust
or commercial insulation
should be used.
Potatoes are living things
and give off heat. If a large
amount of potatoes are to be
stored, ventilation should be
provided to take care of this
heat.
On the other hand, some
type of reliable heat should be
installed to insure against
freezing during extremely cold
weather.
If yours is an old storage
area, it should be thoroughly
cleaned and fumigated before a
new crop of potatoes is placed
in it.
Ring Rot is a highly infec
tious disease that unfortunately
is widspread in Alaska. You
may not see any signs of it
when your potatoes are put in
storage but it may show up
later on. It spreads easily on
equipment, clothes, shoes, soil
or anything that comes in con
tact with diseased potatoes
Home gardeners can be car
riers. so don’t go into a com
mercial grower’s storage area
without a direct invitation. Po
tato sacks and boxes are one
of the surest ways of carrying
Ring Rot and other diseases, so
don't use borrowed (and maybe
contaminated) containers in a
new' or cleaned storage area.
There are a lot of details we
don't have time to talk about
today, but your nearest Agri
cultural Extension Agent is
more than willing to give you
a helping hand. The important
thing is to get your storage
ready now'—not after the pota
toes are harvested.
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