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Civil Defense Town Meeting
Palmer School Gymnasium
January 12. Public Invited
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VOLUME e NUMBER 15
PALMER. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 31 1952
PRICE TEN CENTS
'March of Dimes' Campaign Starts Jan. 2
I
Sportsmen Make
Recommendations at
Annual Game Hearing
A good showing of Valley
sportsmen attended the annual
Palmer-area game hearing held
in the Matanuska Valley Sports
men quarters Tuesday, December
30, and made several recommen
dations for changes in the 1953
1954 Alaska fish and game regu
lations.
Conducted by Ed Chatelain,
biologist with the Fish and Wild
life, discussions and recomenda
tions got under way immediately
with a discussion of the special
moose permit hunting in the Val
ley. Several voiced the opinion
that the special permit season
should be done away with as
well as the second season that
runs from December 1 to Decem
ber 10. Following a show of hands
of those in favor of this change,
the group went on record as
recommending the present 20-day
moose season be changed to Sept
tember 1 to September 30 with
no additional seasons in Decem
ber.
Caribou
Chatelain reported that out of
207 hunters contacted in the cari
,bou checking station near Lila j
Lake this past season, 170 report
ed no difficulty in distinguishing
the bulls from the cows. Thirty
six said thojf ItcJ double and only
one reported he couldn’t tell the
difference. “There is no hard and
fast rule to use for differentiating
between bull and cow caribous
at a distance,” Chatelain said.
“The big ones are the bulls and
hunters who can not pick out a
bull from the herd will have to
learn how,” he stated infor
mation we gathered ai tm heck
ing station has been very help
ful to the department, Chatelain
said and offered his thanks to all
who cooperated in the survey.
Sheep
The past sheep season was
probably the last season that per
mits will be necessary, he report
ed. The primary purpose of im
posing the permit system in the
past was to gather data that has
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PALMER G OF C
TO HEAR PROPOSALS
The local Chamber of Com
merce will hold a rally meeting
January 7 at 12:05 p.m. in the
Co-Op Club Room, C of C Presi
dent Fred M. Zieke announced
this week.
A committee from the Anch-1
orage Chamber of Commerce will
be special guests to present pro-!
posals to be taken to the Terri-;
torial legislature, promoting ad- ■
vantages in the Palmer area.■
These proposals would include;
a land clearing program and the
location of the proposed agricul-!
tural college.
All business men in the Valley
are urged by President Zieke to
attend this meeting.
To Attend All-Alaska Meet
Jim Hurley will represent the |
Palmer Chamber of Commerce
at the All-Alaska C of C meeting
to be held in Juneau, Monday,
January 12, at which time Col. I
James L. Growden, project en
gineer for ALCOA’s huge hydro
electric and aluminum smelter,
contemplated for the Taiya Val
ley near Skagway, will be a
speaker at one of the general
sessions. General sessions will be
held January 12, 13 and 14. New:
officers will be elected and board
meetings will be held on the 15th
and 16th. Many territorial legis
lators expect to be present.
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FINAL NOTICE FOR
SALES TAX COLLECTIONS
GIVEN BY CITY CLERK
City Clerk Larry Mooers this
week mailed tax forms to busi
nesses in the City of Palmer whc
are not up to date with their sales
tax returns.
As a final reminder, Mooers
said this week that individuals oi
businesses who have not filed
complete returns for the yeai
1952 and who may not have re
call at theocnlschrdlu ETAOH
ceived a form through the mail,
are requested to call at the city
office and obtain a form so a
complete return may be made be
fore the January 10 due date.
On that date, all sales tax
accounts in the city, with no ex
ceptions, are due and payable, he
stated. After the tenth of each
month, any delinquent account
will have penalties attached in
accordance with the City of Pal
mer sales tax ordinance, he warn
ed.
VALLEY GETS NEW
VETERINARIAN FEB. 1
According to word received this
week from Clyde G. Sherman,
Commissioner Alaska Department
of Agriculture, Dr. Fred Honsing
er, Territorial veterinarian, will
return to Palmer within the next
few days and remain until the ar
rival of Dr. Richard M. Thomas
about February 1.
Dr. Thomas was recently ap
pointed Senior Territorial Veter
inarian and will be located here
in Palmer. Thomas comes to the
Territory from Wyoming where
he was head of the Bacteriology
Department of the University of
Wyoming and University Re
search Veterinarian.
Palmer Youth
Recovering After
Tractor Accident
Samuel Koppenberg, 18, of
Lazy Mountain Road, is recover
! ing in Providence Hospital fol
lowing an accident Friday even
ing, December 26 while working
with his father and brother, Arth
ur and Jerome Koppenberg.
Koppenberg was run over by
tractor being used to pull logs.
A chain, the victim had wrapped
around his body, became entan
gled in the tracts and he was
pulled under the tractor.
Rescued by his father and
brother, Koppenberg was brought
to Valley Hospital where Dr. A.
J. Colberg administered first aid
and following exrays that showed
a fractured vertabra and ruptur
ed bladder, ordered his removel
to Providence Hospital where Dr.
George Hale performed an emer
gency operation. He was reported
as resting comfortably today.
FULL PROGRAM AT
BAPTISTS' NFW YEAR
WATCH SERVICE
Features of the New Year
Watch Service to be held at the
j First Baptist Church, Wednesday,
December 31 will be the follow
ing: New Year message, sing
spiration, refrestments, fellow
ship and stunts and two religious
films, “Yesterday, Today and For
ever” and “On the Right Side.”
Rev. A. V. Richey has extend
ed an invitation to everyone to
attend the program, scheduled to
start at 8 p.m. and continue until
1953.
FORMER PALMERITE
WOUNDS SELF
IN GUN ACCIDENT
Lee Overton. 26, of Seward
seriously wounded himself
Christmas day while changing
barrels on a .22 pistol. Believing
t,he gun not loaded, Overton was
removing the barrel when the
gun discharged, sending the bul
let through his abdomen and out
his back. v
Rushed to Valley Hospital by
friends, first aid and plasma were j
administered by Drs. C. C. Bailey
and Mack Woodward. Overton
was then removed to the 5005th 1
Air Force Hospital at Elmendorf i
by the 10th Air Rescue who flew
in a B-17 for his evacuation. His
condition today was reported as
good.
Overton is a former Palmer
resident and has been working!
at the Central Garage in Seward, j
He and a friend were spending j
the Christmas holiday with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Curtis when the accident
occurred.
MOTORISTS WARNED
OF ROAD CONDITIONS
Motorists this past week were;
warned by the Alaska Road Com-;
mission to keep travel on the j
Seward highway at a minimum1
because of dangerous slide con
ditions.
The worst area is between Pot
ter and Girdwood, they said, j
| Mudslides and heavy snowslides
)ff the steep walls onto the high
way are causing the conditions
and the road commission asked
that only necessary travel be
' made over the highway.
Zieke Named to
Committee to Study
Waterfront Disputes
Fred M. Zieke, general manag
er of the Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association was
imong 10 Alaska civic and busi
ness leaders who were appointed
to a 34-man committee, created
to seek means to prevent future
waterfront labor disputes by
Seattle Mayor Allan Pomeroy,
December 27. The balance of the
committee is made up of labor
union officials and Seattle busi
nessmen.
“This committee,” Mayor Pom
eroy said, “will be a valuable
sounding board for labor and re
lated problems on our vital water
front. I have asked it to endeavor
to work out a long-range program
for improving the stability of our
waterfront."*
The committee will meet fre
quently and, when deemed neces
sary, will make investigations
and conduct hearings. Mayor
Pomeroy stated.
Over $600 Net In
Recent Scout Drive
The recent Boy Scout campaign
conducted in Palmer was very
satisfactory, Edward Imme. drive
chairman reported this week.
The campaign of less than one
week’s duration netted over $600
in the Palmer area.
Kiwanis-sponsored the cam
paign was started December 8
with a kick-off luncheon at their
regular meeting on that date. All
business houses and many indi
viduals were contacted by Ki
wanis members during the cam
paign, with Ed Smith, Kiwanis
president and Bill Rempel as
committeemen. Chairman Imme
reported that not all returns have
been tallied and that the final
count may show a higher figure.
The funds will go to the West
ward Council, of which Palmer
Boy Scout Troop 654 and Palmer
Cub Scout Troop 354 are mem
bers.
Imme offered his thanks to all
who helped make the campaign
a success.
KIMBALL'S TO HOLD
OPEN HOUSE JAN. 5
Kimball’s Store of Anchorage
will hold open house to which
the public is invited in their new
Palmer branch store on January
5. Coffee and cookies will be
served, starting at 10 a.m.
Mrs. Decema Andresen, owner'
and Mrs. Clara Hickok of Tal
keetna, manager have been in
Palmer the past few days prepar
ing for the opening. A complete
line of McCall patterns, sewing
accessories, ladies ready-to-wear
and associate lines will be offer
ed.
Mrs. Hickok arrived in Palmer
from Talkeetna where she has
been living and working the past
two years. Familiar to many Val
ley folk, Mrs. Hickok was a Red |
Cross representative in Anchor
age and worked in Palmer and
vicinity during and after the war.
Store hours have been estab
lished from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daily.
CREAMERY PLANS TO
MAKE NEW CHEESE
The M. V. F. C. A. Creamery
will start the manufacturing of
country-style cottage cheese very
soon, Keith Walker, new cream
ery manager announced this
week. We plan to make the
cheese for wholesale in bulk
while retail sales will be in car
tons, Walker said.
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HEADS VALLEY DRIVE;
SEEKS NEW GOAL
Community-wide participation,
in the campaign being formulat
ed for the 1953 March of Dimes,
is anticipated by Chairman Wil
iiam A. Remple.
For the second time since it
was inaugurated a decade and a
half ago, the drive will run for
a month, from January 2 through
January 31. This decision was
forced by the record number of
polio cases reported in 1952 and
the tens of thousands of patients
stricken in previous years who
still needed financial aid from
the March of Dimes.
Another factor which led to the
extended campaign period was
the considerable expense of
carrying the research aganst polio
out of the laboratories and into
the ranks of man himself.
Of the more than 55,000 person*
treated for polio in 1952, approxi
mately 44,000 were assisted in
whole or in part by the March of
Dimes.
The field trials to test the ef
fectiveness of a possible preven
tive of paralytic polio were under
written by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis in ad
dition to other vital research pro
jects. Some 55,000 youngsters
took part in the trials.
Palmer Kiwanis Club voted at
their regular meeting December
29 to assist the March of Dimes
in any way possible following a
presentation of facts and figures
pertaining to the considerable ex
pense of carrying out the nation
wide fight against polio by lunch
eon guest Mitch Abood, Third Di
vision chairman of the March of
Dimes.
All community organizations,
churches and clubs as well as in
dividuals will be approached dur
ing the drive and asked for sup
port in the month-long period.
Half of all money contributed
to the March of Dimes is used
by the Third Division chapter to
help pay cost of treating local
polio patients or, in emergencies,
polio patients elsewhere. The
other 50 percent finances March
of Dimes research, professional
education and epidemic aid pro
grams. Then should an epedemic
hit the Third Division, all money
needed to care for polio victims
would be sent from the National
Foundation.
PALMER TO HAVE
“TOWN MEETING”
A general “town meeting” will
be held in the school gymnasium
Monday night, January 19 it was
jointly announced this week by
Civil Defense Director, Edward
Imme and Mayor A1 V. Hagen
The purpose of the community
wide meeting is to acquaint the
public with the urgency of Civil
Defense^ give the public the op
portunity to ask questions and to
explain the local functions of
the administration.
The meeting will be conducted
6y Civil Defense committee
chairman who will present their
part in the overall program and
answer questions. Simple first
aid kits will be on display and
those attending will be shown
how to make up these kits for
home use.
Two films will be shown dur
ing the evening, Director Imme
said. “We are hoping to be able
to get the ‘Texas City’ and ‘Tale
of Two Cities’ films. If not, suit
able substitutes will be shown,”
he said.
A Civil Defense meeting for
all committee chairmen will be
held Monday night, January 5 at
Carpenters’ Hall. All chairmen
are urged to attend.