Thought of the Week:
Never waste lime in argu
ment with a fool unless you
want to make a fool of your
self.
VOLUME 16. NUMBER 11
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. DEC. 5. 1963
TEN PAGES
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AMU Chorale
United Protestant Church
Dec. 8 2:30 p.m.
PRICE 15 CENTS
Koslosky Elected District 7 Borough Chairman
Chairman, Second
Class Borough Win
Jan M. Koslosky, Palmer
businessman since 1935 and a
resident of the state since 1915,
was elected chairman of the
District 7 borough in Tues
day’s election.
Koslosky polled 719 votes,
with his nearest opponent, Ro
bert Vroman, totalling 386.
Vroman, who served as chair
man of the Matanuska-Susitna
borough study committee and
who led the drive last summer
to get a hearing for the Mata
nuska-Susitna petition, yester
day pledged his support to the
chairman in organization of the
new borough.
Henry Jordan, a third con
tender in the race for chair
man, received 59 votes.
District 7 went along with
the other three areas of the
state who voted in borough
elections Tuesday by choosing
a second class borough. The
' ote was 664 to 450. The bor
ough chairman form of govern
ment was voted in overwhelm
ingly, 775 to 274.
Elected to the borough school
board were George Ed Smith,
polling 907 votes; Lew Hanks,
849: May Carter. 811; Joyce
Kerttula, 790; and Emilie St.
^ierre, 618.
Only one. May Carter of Wa
silla, is from the western area
of District 7. Smith, active in
school affairs both locally and j
on the state level, lives at the 1
Butte. Hanks makes his home |
on Fishhook Road, Mrs. Kert
i tula o:i Matanuska Road, and
I Mrs. St. Pierre in the city of
Palmer. Ail have had previous
Y school board experience.
V. Louise Kellogg, dairy far
/. mer on the Farm Loop Road,
was elected borough assembly
man by the largest majority,
receiving 342 votes. Next was
Harold Newcomb, Wasilla, with
319 votes. Newcomb is manager
of the Wasilla Building and
Farm Supply Store.
Still in question is the third
spot on the borough assembly,
where Vroman has an eight
vote lead over Noel Woods,
Palmer area vegetable farmer.,
Twenty absentee ballots in
1 the Palmer deputy district
magistrate’s office and an un
determined number in the off
ice of the secretary of state'
remain to be counted. The re
suits of these ballots will de-1
termine which of the two men
will serve. Vroman received
304 votes, Woods 296. Vroman,
Houston homesteader, is an en
gineer with the state depart
ment of highways.
A rather heavy crop of write
ins gave Don Ingalls three
votes for borough school hoard
in the Palmer precinct: Bob
Tucker two in the Sutton-Eska
precinct; Doodles Mohan one,
Matanuska; one each for Mrs.
James Hulbert, Mrs. John Soh
reiber, and Bob Klem, Butte;
one each for Gladys Jones.
Richard Karnofsky. Walt Tee
land, Dewey Welch. Gary La- j
Rose, and Jackie Wilkerson, j
Wasilla; one each for M a y ;
Fisher, Ken Getts, and William
Friday, Willow; James Beaver.
2, Talkeetna; and one each for
Dr. Hume, Larry Cummins, :
Don Sheldon, George Hottiv .
and Frank Moennickes, Tal
keetna.
L. J. Smith received two |
write-ins for borough chai.man !
and Rose Palmquist one. both :
from Wasilla precinct.
Write-in votes for borough j
assembly included one from i
Frank Smith, Matanuska pre- j
cinct; one each for Phil O'Neill ,
and Wes Edwards. Sutton: one I
each for Morton Giles and Rob
ert Burner, Willow: two for!
Carol Close, Talkeetna. and
one each for Tex Hillen. Walt
Teeland. and Frank Moen- :
nickes, Talkeetna.
Postmaster Lists
Siail Deadlines
“Box ’em, bag ’em, or bun
dle ’em, but please don't scat
ter your handfuls of Christmas
cards!”
This was the plea of Beal
John. Palmer postmaster. ;ss- j
ued this week.
“Remember the zip code j
numbers,” she added.
The local postmaster quoted
the deadlines set by Tony i
Schwamm, Anchorage post- j
master, which set Dec. 10 as
the deadline for cards to the
South 48, Dec. 15 for local
card mailings; Dec. 5 (horrors,
that’s today!) for parcels to the
Outside, Dec. 14 for local par
cels.
All airmail should be on its
way by Dec. 15, she said.
KOSLOSKY ASKS
STATE HELP TO
ASSESS AREA
Financial help from the state
will be needed to carry out a
program to assess and evaluate
the tremendous area of t h t
District 7 borough, Jan Kos
losky, newly elected chairman
of the borough, said yesterday
at the regular noon meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce.
The transitional funds allot
ment of $10 per person might
be adequate in a thickly popu
lated area which already has
tax rolls set up, the new chair
man said, but will not be suffi
cient in District 7. where the
only area already assessed is
the Palmer Independent School
District.
Koslosky suggested that the
next legislature review the
possibility of a fund erant bas
ed on square mileage rather
than on population.
“We can’t come out urn ad by
starting in the hole, and we
must have a quite complete
tax roll," he said.
"Once this is done, we can
go ahead with an orderly take
over of state schools, and our
competent school board c a n
consider where additional
schools need to be placed for
the best interests of all.”
Koslosky said that although
he had personally favored the
first class borough, he feels
that the second class borough
will be adequate for the t?res
ent, and that at a later date
the voters may decide to
change to the first ciass form
of government.
He said he was pleased with
the results of the school hoard
election, which had placed
knowledgeable people in office,
and thanked his opponent in
the election, Robert Vroman,
for his offer of assistance.
“We do not want to be divid
ed on any issue,” he stated,
"and we must try to carry < .ut
the wishes of the people with
out adding too great a tax bur
den.”
NAMED CAMP DIRECTOR
Now at the Youth Camp near
Wasilla is Wayne Pinquoch, 39,
Palmer resident recently nam
ed superintendent of the camp.
Dr. Levi Browning, state
commissioner of health and
welfare, said the appointment,
went into effect Dec. 1.
Unofficial Returns in District 7 Borough Election
First Class Borough
Second Class -
Borough Manager
vs.
Borough Chairman .
Borough Chairman
Jan Koslosky
Robert Vroman
Henry Jordan
Borough School Board
Joyce Kerttula
George Ed Smith _
Emilie St. Pierre
May Carter
Morton Giles —
K. R. Gillow
Lew Hanks
Harlow Hodgson
Borough Assembly
Noel Woods
Laura Barnes
James Cottrell, Jr.
George Harbeson
James Hermon —
Al Hibbard
V. Louise Kellogg
L. F. (Joe) Martin
Harold Newcomb
Rose Palmquist —
L. J. Smith, Sr. —
Robert Vroman —
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University Chorale To Perform
At U. P. Church Sunday, Dec. 8
The University Chorale. Al
aska Methodist University's
oldest musical organization,
will present a Christmas con
cert under the direction of
Sharon Atack on Sunday. Dec.
8. at 2:30 p.m. at the United
Protestant Church in Palmer.
This is Mrs. Atack's first year
as director of the group, which
is composed of Alaska Metho
dist University students. This
is also the first time the Chor
aie has appeared in Palmer, al
though it has toured extensive
ly throughout the state in past
seasons.
Three Chorale members. Da
vid Martin. Bill Combs, i 1 d
Carol Covich. the accompanist,
wiil travel to their home town
to perform along with 23 o’her
members. Mrs. Atack and her
husband, Dr. David F. Atack
from Elmendorf Air Force
Base, will accompany the
group.
conceit at the Sydney Laur
present its annual Christmas
the church basement before
the students return to Anchor
age.
On Dec. 19. the Chorale will
The Chorale will offer a
wide variety of Christmas mu
sic, including selections by
Victoria, Bach. Saint-Saens
and Brahms, and also many
traditional and well-known
cal ols.
Connie Walters, Jennifer Me
Crory, David Newton and Da
vid Martin will be featured a>
solosists in the concert. An c.c
tet will also perform three
numbers. The concert will be
followed by a free will offer
ing, and the benediction w i 1 1
be given by the Rev. Paul Mo
ver. pastor of the church.
Property Owners Outside Incorporated
Areas Required to File Statements
Persons who own property
outside the boundaries >f in
corporated cities, public utility
districts, or school districts
where records of ownership of
leal property are maintained
are required by law to file a
statement of real property
ownership on or before Dec.
131 of the year in which the
; property is acquired, Mrs. Doi
| othy Saxton, deputy district
j magistrate, announced this
i week.
Failure to file the required
statement subjects t h e owner
to a $10 late filing penalty, Mrs.
Saxton said.
The statements of ownership
must be filed at the recorder’s
office of the recording district
within which the property is
located.
rorms lor iii.ng the state
ment may be obtained from thi
office of the recorder of you;
district or from the office ol
the Alaska Division of Lands
344 Sixth Ave., Anchorage
Forms are furn dted in tripli
cate copies, all three of winch
must be recorded in the re
cording district where tin
property is located. The record
er’s fee for filing is $2.
Owners of patented land io
cated within incorporated mu
nicipalities, school districts o
public utility districts are no
required to file. Neither an
claimants of unpatented mi
ning claims, homesteads, home
sites, and other imperfects'
land office entries until the\
receive the patents for thei:
tracts.
JFK Memorial Fund
Move Begins Here
“We, the undersigned people
of this Matanuska Valley of Al
aska, since John Fitzgerald
Kennedy began his bid for his
New Frontier presidency here
in the Last Frontier, believe it
is altogether fitting and proper
that we initiate and back this
resolution calling for a J o h n
Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial
Fund.”
These words head a petition
now being circulated in the
Matanuska Valley and posted
in many business places in
Palmer. It is being sponsored
by a group of local citizens led
by Mrs. Howard Luther, and
set'ks to establish a memorial
fund to be administered by the
U n i t e d Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF).
The group has asked backing
from service and civic organi
zations throughout the valley.
TOST'S SERVICE
TO REOPEN SOON
Rosina and "Red” Hardisty,
owners of Tost’s Service Sta
tion which was gutted by fire
Nov. 26, are making temporary
repairs and plan to reopen
soon. They will rebuild the sta
tion next spring.
The Hardistys’ black Labra
dor, at first thought by fire
men to have escaped from the
burning building, was found
dead in the station later that
day, evidently a victim of suf
focation.
Mrs. Hardisty said yesterday
that she would like to thank
the many persons who have
offered sympathy and help
since the fire.
and will also seek the support
of Gov. William Egan and the
Congressional delegation in
Washington, D. C. to make the
memorial fund for the late
President a national effort.
UNICEF works to supply
medical care, education, and
proper food and housing to
needy children throughout tne
world. Mrs. Luther said. F o r
i every dollar a country receives
through UNICEF, that country
must provide $2.50 for the pro
jects udertaken, she pointed
out. Thus the country receiv
ing assistance accepts definite
responsibility for promoting ac
tion on behalf of its children.
Every needy youngster in the
world is eligible to receive help
through UNICEF, regardless of
his race, color, creed, or politi
cal background.
Persons signing the petition
are asked to pledge one dollar
or more to the memorial fund.
The Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday ap
proved a resolution supporting
the fund.
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IF YOU HAVE
CHRISTMAS ORDERS
FOR STATESIDE
CONTACT US
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
MAUD’S
FLOWERS
745-3913
Members of the United Prot
estant Church choir will hon- j
or the Alaska Methodist Uni- I
versity singers with a dinner in
ence Auditorium in Anchorage
as the second performance in
the University Collegium Muf
icum series. This concert series
is presented under the aus
pices of AMU and is also spon
sored by the city of Anchorage.
Season tickets will be honored, '
and individual tickets car. be i
purchased for SI.50 the evening i
of the concert at the door.
STATE FAIR
ELECTS FIVE
Members of the Alaska State
Fair, Inc. elected five directors!
to the board at the annual j
meeting of the organization on
Tuesday. Nov. 26.
Re-elected to two-year terms .
were incumbents Dr. Curtis1
Dearborn, Palmer: Harold I
Newcomb. Wasilla; and Virgil l
Eckert. Palmer. Mrs. Alvin
1 Feulrscr of Anchorage and Mrs.
, | Lew Hanks of Palmer were al- i
| so re-elected, each for a one
year term.
Other members of the board |
are L. F. (Joe> Martin and:
Will.am Hoskins.
The financial statement,!
read by treasurer Virgil Eck
‘ ert, listed total income for the
• year as $53,000 and total ex
oenses §30.000. It was point
- i ed out. however, that the clos
-1 ing date for the annual state
r ment was Sept. 30. and that,
t much of the S23.OO0 balance 1 as
■ since been obligated for the
i cost of constructing .he new
; midway and restrooms, and for
' | other improvements on the
: grounds.
’! Officers will be elected for
the 1964 year at a meeting to
be held Monday. Dec. 9.
The state department of high
ways has asked for a ten-foot !
right-of-way on Springer Road,
a strip of property running
along the east side of the
grounds. Dr. Dearborn, 1963 j
president, said this week. He1
noted that granting this right- j
: of-way will bring the boundary !
back to the fair buildings. ,
j Dearborn suggested that in ne
gotiations with the department
j of highways a sidewalk be re- (
quested to allow walking area .
1 for students to and from the !
high school. (
FLY-IN BREAKFAST
TO BE AT BARRY'S
Ham, eggs, and hotcakes
await those who “fly in” to
breakfast at Barry’s Finger 1
Lake Resort on Sunday, Dec. ’
8, with serving to begin at 10
a.m.
Sponsored bv the Matanuska '
Valley Flying Club, the fly-in
morning get-together is open
to the public. Cost of the ,
breakfast is $2 each. ,
A drawing for a $50 member- ]
ship in the Matanuska Valley ]
Flying Club will be held dm- -
ing the breakfast.
You’re one of those earth- ;
bound people? Chances are, no- i
body will object if you drive 1
in or walk in!
Reporters—
Notebook.
Awaiting surgery this week
it Wadsworth General V. A
Hospital in Los Angeles t h i s
Aeek was Rudy Whittaker,
nho wrote the Frontiersman
o say that he wished it were
nossible to write to all of his
friends in Palmer.
His mailing address is Ward
B-2-E. Wadsworth General V
A. Hospital. Los Angeles 25.
Calif.
George Ed Smith, who re
turned last week from Juneau,
reported that William T. Zuh
radnicek, former Palmer
schools superintendent and
now state commissioner of ed
ucation, is in considerably im
proved health and is back on
the job. “Mr Z” underwent
surgery in a Seattle hospital
recently.
* * *
Mr. and Mr Nathan Bag'.ey
(Judy McKinley) are the par
ents of a son bom Nov. 15 c.t
St. Joseph's Hospital in Fair
banks. The new arrival. Dale
Lee. weighed eight pounds,
15 bn ounces at birth.
He is the grandson of Dr. and
Mrs. Lee McKinley of Palmer
and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bag
lev of Soldo.
Dr. Bud Heck of Stockton.
Calif., was a vi.-itor and hunter
in the Matanuska Valley dur
ing the week of Nov. 17. A
gees* of his cousin, Rav De
Priest and wife Tiny, he en
joyed a successful moose hunt
with the assistance of the Bud
dy 'Woods Flying Service. Af
ter obtaining a 60-inch trophy,
he also bagged a nice caribou
trophy. He took some of h i s
game meat back to Californ a,
and left some here to be pro
cessed at the Sausage Kitchen.
Heck, a Kiwanian, visited the
local Kiwanis weekly meeting
while in Palmer. He said he
plans to return next fall, bring
ing with him his wife, Maxine,
to introduce her to the excell
ent area hunting.
Marcella Lang of Dale, Ore
gon writes that she enjoys
comparing the prices listed in
The Frontiersman with those
af her own areas. She tays
;he doesn’t note a very g"eat
iifference in the cost of living
—in fact, some prices are oc
casionally less here than in
Oregon!
* * *
Seven Alaska students are
:urrently enrolled at Idaho
State University in Pocatello,
wo of whom are from Palm
ar. They are Kenneth R. Can
lict, Jr., a freshman in aircraft
nechanics, and Edward Ken
leth Hanks, a sophomore in
dectronics.
The enrollment this semester
otals 3,561 students, a 15 per
rent increase over a year ago,
ind a new, all-time high f '* r
he school which gained its
iniversity name in July. Po
stered are students from 40
dates and 13 foreign countries.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Stock
vrite from the west coast that
hey enjoyed the ferry trio cut.
Hit fought heavy snow on t h e
>ass above Haines, where they
vere marooned for nine hours,
"Seems strange to walk into
t market and see 29c turkey;,
(rapes at 10c a pound, and 3
lunches of radishes for a
lime”, they report.
ANOTHER BIG
Turkey Shoot
Sunday, December 8—1 p.m.
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Alpine Civic Club
Events for all Classes of Shooters
FLY-IN BREAKFAST
BARRY’S FINGER LAKE RESORT
Sunday, Dsc. 8—10 a.m. Nil ??
PUBLIC INVITED
SPONSORED BY
Matanuska Valley Flying Cits!:
HAM, EGGS & HOTCAKES $2.00