VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office aT
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio . Publisher, Manager
Editor . .Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor .Virginia Gallant
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Mrs. C. A. Brewer
Is New President of
Homemakers Council
By Marylou Rideout
The Homemakers’ Council hac
a combined meeting of “old” anc
“new” club officers last Mondaj
at the United Protestant Churcl
with fifty-two members present
It was an unexepected pleasure
to have Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen
Home Demonstration Leader
present. Much was on the day’s
agenda, but four items in partic
ular—Short Course, Achievemen
Day, Year’s program, and the
election of officers.
The election of officers wa:
held. It is always with regrei
that we lose “old” Council officer:
who have so ably held office anc
served so well. Mrs. Newell Tal
cott, president, is replaced bj
Mrs. Cye Bewer, Mrs. Howard
Estelle, vice president, by Mrs
Phil O’Neill, Mrs. Robert Mielke
secretary, by Mrs. John D. Bush
and Mrs. Charles Nelson, treasur
er, by Mrs. Roland Grover.
The club’s program for the yeai
was discussed; and a well-round
ed one was drawn up. Since the
Home Agent will be on leave for
five months, club work will be
continued through the help oi
project leaders. These leaders
will come to the Extension office
for their information each month
at a specified time. First project
leaders’ meeting will be Novem
ber 3 at the Extension craft room
at 10:30 a-m. At this time Christ
mas gift ideas will be exchanged,
Christmas goodies and glo-candles
demonstrated. Two project lead
ers from each club are asked to be
present.
Mrs. Justine Parks and Mrs.
Fohn Hansen gave the highlights
of the Short Course to be held
at the University from October
24 to November 1. Elsewhere in
this issue are given complete de
tails. The Extension Service will
be glad to answer further ques
tions.
Achievement Day is planned
for Monday, October 20 at 11 a.m.
Pot luck lunch at noon followed
by a program of each club’s re
port of achievement throughout
the year: a speaker and skits are
planned. There will be a nursery
for children during the program.
Meeting place will be announced
later.
CITY CALLS FOR BIDS
City Clerk John Shaw was
authorized by the City Coun
cil Monday night to call for
bids for an insurance policy
to cover public liability and
property damage, comprehen
sive coverage, and $50 deduct
ible collision on the city’s 1950
International ^-ton pick-up
truck. Because the policy on
the truck already has expired,
the bids will be opened in the
City Clerk’s office at 1 p.m.
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE
MENT, Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska.
September 15, 1952
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given that Rex
ford C. Kibbe, Palmer, Alaska, en
tryman, together with his witness
es Arnold R. Carson and Carl
Fritzler, of Wasilla, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Anchorage serial No.
011592 for the N%SW!4, NV2 SE^i
Sec. 13 T. 17N. R. 1W. S. M., con
taining 160 acres, and it is now
in the files of the Land Office in
Anchorage, Alaska, and if no pro
test is filed in the Land Office
within the period of publication
or thirty days thereafter, said fin
al proof will be accepted and final
certificate issued.
Virgil O. Seiser, manager
Published: October 2, 9, 16, 23,
30, 1952
COUNCIL VOTES TO
PREPARE TEMPORARY
ICE SKATING RINK
The PT-A proposal that the city
take over the group’s ice skating
[ rink project by providing and
, maintaining a site for this pur
■ pose was adopted in part by the
[ Council last Wednesday on read
, ing the pertinent recommenda
i tin of the City Planning Commis
sion.
The recommendation of the
; Planning Commission suggested
leasing of the lot on Matanuska
; Street between the library and
the Church of God for a tempor
ary skating rink this year and
; inquiry into the acquisition of a
permanent site later. Suggested
; permanent sites included the
school property directly east of
the present school playground
and a low area one block east,
behind the property lines facing
on Snodgrass Avenue. There are
no fire hydrants that could be
used to flood rinks on these sug
gested permanent sites at the
present time, but there is one on
the suggested temporary site.
The Council voted to see about
getting permission from ARRC to
use the lot on Matanuska Street
this year and if permission is
granted to have the site prepared
for flooding by the city road
maintainer. The Council did not
vote to maintain the rink; it was
stated in the discussion that
some service group could take
care of this function.
WANNA KNOW WHO'S
ON THE CITY PAYROLL?
Rita McClafferty, clerk of City
Clerk John Shaw, revealed this
week the names of the following
persons who were on the city pay
roll during the month of Septem
ber: John Shaw, city clerk; Ber
nard Bouwens, police chief; Rus
sell Felzien, street department;
Melvin Haugen, telephone depart
ment (26 days) and Sands (4
nays); Alice Smith, Anastasia
Krise, Helen Larson, Meryl Per
son, and Clara Barhardt, full and
part-time telephone operators; M.
M. Quakenbush for hourly work
on telephone lines; Ray Lancaster,
A1 Klump, Jack Toast, Hank Lie
bmg, and O. R. Mitchell for a
fire department run and the latter
for his monthly stipend as chief;
A1 Klump, William Gabardine,
and Joe Loyer, special police dur
ing the Fair; and Betty Mears,
Gertrude Larsh, and Lulu Sand
vik, election judges.
Haugen was hired for the re
mainder of the city’s custodian
ship of the telephone system for
the U. S. Government with the
understanding that this might
lead to a permanent appointment
if the city purchased. In the ab
sence of Council action in making
the appointment or hiring anyone
else, Shaw as present manager of
the telephone ssytem kept Hau
gen at his work until action was
taken. Quakenbush, a railroad
lineman, helps Haugen on his day
off with pole setting jobs requir
ing more than one man.
HIGH WINDS DESTROY
FLOAT PLANES OF
TWO LOCAL FLYERS
Float planes belonging to two
local flyers were almost complete
ly destroyed by the high winds
that hit an area on the outskirts
of Anchorage with a force of 70
miles per hour last Friday night.
The planes, belonging to Ken
Westenbarger and Jack Lee were
moored at Mirror Lake on Mile
24 of the Anchorage-Palmer High
way. Westenbarger’s plane was
completely damaged except for
the floats, Lee’s was almost com
pletely damaged and the floats
GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Corner Valley St. and Glenn Highway
Entertainment and
Dance Follow Annual
Dame Dinner Saturday
The Sportsmen’s annual game
dinner that begins promptly at
six o’clock Saturady evening will
be followed by entertainment and
a dance, Clair Stock, chairman
of the event announced this week.
Stock suggested that members
pick up their tickets ahead of
time this year in order to avoid
conjestion and delay at the time
of the dinner. Tickets for mem
bers and their guests are avail
able at the Palmer Fountain and
from R. B. Graham.
Entertanment will consist of
specialty numbers by Jack Aiello,
billed as a “Strolling Trouba
dour,” an accordian specialist; se
lections by a new dance band
composed of four servicemen; and
possibly a surprise number. The
GI dance band will provide music
for the dancing.
VOTERS MAY REGISTER
FOR BLOOD TYPING
ON ELECTION DAY
As a part of the continuing
program on blood typing in the
Valley the Health Council will
man a booth in Recreation Hall
on election day to register people
who would like to have their
blood typed in a future clinic.
For those who have already
been typed, metal dog tags have
been prepared by volunteer work
ers. The only expense to these
tags is the cost of the chain, which
is 15 cents. Some people have
already picked up the dog tags
from the Health Center. For those
who have not, the tags will be
available as they stop to vote.
Tags have been prepared so far
only for the adults who have tak
en part in the blood typing pro
gram. As soon as a new supply of
tags is received, they will be made
up for the children typed at
school last year.
FINAL PLANS SHAPING
FOR ST. MICHAEL'S
BAZAAR, OCTOBER 18
Plans for the St. Michael’s
Church annual Bazaar are shap
ing up in final form as the sched
uled date of Saturday, October 18
approaches.
Enthusiasm of the women of
the church mounts with the un
packing of each new box of the
lovely gift items that will be
stocked in the Bazaar’s booths.
In past years, local people have
found that the Bazaar is a good
place to get stocked up for Chirst
mas giving ahead.
The prizes for Alaska’s favorite
game will maintain the same high
standard remembered from pre
vious Bazaars.
Only a week remains to obtain
tickets for the unusual prize
drawings this year. Some lucky
person is going to have a plane
crip to Honolulu and back. What
a wonderful place to go for
Christmas! There are other prizes,
too, including a silver tea service,
a fine wool blanket, and a wrist
watch.
were ruined also. It was reported
that a new machine shed built
on the shore of the lake by Reece
Tetro of Chugiak was demolished
by the wind’s force.
Reporters—
Notebook
Dr. Winston Laughlin leaves
this week to attend the national
Soils Science meeting in Cin
cinnati. He will drive Outside
with his wife and infant daugh
ter and spend some of his ac
cumulated leave visiting friends
and relatives in Michigan and
Minnesota and return to the
Valley before Chirstmas.
It is reported that Mrs. Betty
Kindler and four children are on
their way back to the Valley after
an absence of several months.
Husband Jim has been in Alaska
since the middle of June, and is
employed as chief chemist at the
new Fort Richardson power plant.
Marvin Slaughter is away
this week giving Valdez and
Cordova the once over for pos
sible future points of investiga
tion in the Geological Survey
surface water program.
Mrs. Beatrice Huntley returned
to duty at the Post Office this
week. She and the Marshal drove
Laddie and Magie to the Prairie
Bible School in Alberta, Canada,
where they will be in attendance
this year.
Friday was moving day at
the Alaska Experiment Station,
when Dr. Myron F. Babb and
Hugh Johnson exchanged of
fices to provide more room for
an expanding Agricultural Ec
onomics staff.
It was a tough week-end for
Coach Norman Rousey. Saturday
he looses a football game and
Sunday he goes to sleep listening
to a political speech and falls
out of his chair.
Bobbie Jo Hemmer is helping
out with the tax assessments in
Bill Head's office. Those 1952
tax bills will be in the mails
soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Puddicombe
and family returned to Palmer
last week after spending the past
t\yo years Outside. The whole
family said they were “glad to
be back.”
Dr. Troy L. Pewe of the mili
tary branch, U. S. Geological
Survey, in charge of permafrost
investigations in the field, and
his wife were guests of the Tom
Days last week end on their re
turn from the Alaska Science
Conference.
Otto Geist of the University of
Alaska was a guest of the Roland
Snodgrasses recently. Some
years back, the two men were to
gether on St. Lawrence Island
where they made archeological
and anthropological investiga
tions.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lepak an
nounced this week the ap
proaching marriage of their
'•* s.uqhter, Gloria, to Nile T.
‘"Ted" DeLand. No date has
been set, but an early fall wed
ding is planned.
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen who
heads up home demonstration
work in the Territory is in the
vaney this week for the Child
Welfare Conference.
Kirk Stone didn’t have time to
stop off the train on his return
from McKinley Park recently
He was already two weeks over
due at the University of Wiscon
sin. He sent word to all his friends
nat he’ll be back here next year.
A recent excerpt from the
Monte Vista (Colorado) Journal:
At a meeting of the Elizabeth
Guild of the First Presbyterian
church, Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 18, Mrs. William T. Zah
radnicek of Palmer, Alaska, for
merly of Sargent, spoke to the
group on Palmer and the new
hospital that is being built there.
Mrs. Zahradnicek told of the
great need for a hospital in
Palmer in addition to giving her
audience many interesting facts
about Alaska and its tremendous
growth in Population. The Guild
here are among many other or
ganizations in the United States
joining in the crusade of “Pen
nies for Palmer” to help finance
the hospital building.
A son, Charles Russell,
weighing eight pounds and four
ounces, was born to Don and
Barbara Phillips in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, on September
28.
Mrs. Izola Sims returned to Pal
mer last wek-end from her trip to
New York. She reported a fine
convention for the American Le
gion and Legion Auxiliary. Doc
Sims is determinedly sticking to
His two-month vacation plan and
hasn’t returned to duty.
Wanda Daggs, still shaken
from her automobile accident
near Matanuska Bridge last
week is recuperating at home.
Pinch-hitting for her at the
Valley Beauty Shop so that lo
cal women won't have to let
their hair down is Mrs. Bessie
Duggas, who used to have her
own shop in Kilbourne .Texas. ,
COFFEY INSURES
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Be Sure You're Insured!
It is not enough to “think” that
you have insurance to cover all
risks. You must be sure!
We’ll talk it over and make
sure that you’re insured.
Kay Pippel Insurance
Box 221
New Wright Building
A GROWING CHURCH IN A
GROWING CITY
First Baptist
Church
Meeting in Carpenters' Hall
You are invited to all of the
Services of
r'asiur a. v. tucney
Sunday School . 10 a.m.
Wed. prayer service 7:30 D.m.
Morning Worship .11 a.m.
Training Union .6:45 p.m.
Evening Worship .7:30 p.m.
NEW BABIES
Dodge
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dodge of
Palmer are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of a son, John
Peterson at Valley Hospital Octo
ber 8. The little boy weighed
seven pounds, two ounces at birth.
Bailey
Born Tuesday, October 7, at An
chorage’s Providence Hospital
was Sharon Ann, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ferber Gene Bailey. She
weighed seven pounds and four
ounces.
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
S. S. DENALI S.S. 3ARANOF
Thurs., Oct. 16 Thurs. Oct. 23
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
S. S. CHENA
Sailing October 14, calling at
Seward, Valdez and Cordova
M. V. SUSITNA
Sailing October 21, calling at
Seldovia, Valdez, Seward
and Kodiak.
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY. AGENT
| OFFICE: WESTWARD HOTEL
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
Phone 22001
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Me’s Counting on you to VOTE
ELECT
JOHN F.
GORSUCH
Territorial Senator
Republican
Alaska rests on the verge of a great and prosperous future. As your Territorial
Senator, the finest contribution I can make towards realization of our opportunities,
will be to promote and support sound programs for STATEHOOD, EDUCATION,
i AGRICULTURE, WELFARE, INTEGRATED HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTA
TION SYSTEMS. NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. ENCOURAGEMENT
OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND A SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION based on an
equitable tax program. My efforts will be sincere and your views will be carefully
considered.
GENERAL ELECTION OCTOBER 14, 1952
John F. Gorsuch