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VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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Seattle Visitors
Greeted by Palmer
School Band Saturday
John Zawalnioki had his Pal
mer School band and the drum
majorettes out in full force Sat
urday noon to greet Seattle's
Mayor-elect Allan Pomeroy and
party as they arrived at Recrea
tion Hall with Mayor Maynard
Taylor of Anchorage and repre
sentatives of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce.
The visitors were visibly im
pressed by the smart appearance
of the freshly cleaned blue and
white uniforms and the half hour
concert in the brilliant sunshine
in front of the building.
Members of the local Chamber
of Commerce and their wives
who attended the luncheon hon
oring the Seattle mayor-elect
numbered about 30. Among them
was Jan Koslosky whom Pome
roy greeted as an old schoolmate
at Washington State. With Pome
roy were his wife, Loretta; his
mother. Mrs. Molly Pomeroy; Mr.
and Mrs. Webster Harrison; Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Burke, Harold
Kimball: and A1 Rochester. They
were accompanied by Mayor and
Mrs. Maynard Taylor of Anchor
age in a limousine.
O. K. Kincaid, president of the
Palmer C. of C. greeted the guests
and explained the absence of
Mayor Carl Meier, who was ill
in the hospital. The mayor-elect
had with him a special scroll
invitation to the mayor of Pal
mer inviting him and all the
people of Palmer to Seattle's an
nual Seafarer’s Fur and Frolic
next August 1-10.
Pomeroy explained that his trio
to Alaska Originally had been
planned as a rest and a chance
to see his brother, Lt. Col. Everett
Pomeroy, who is living at Elmen
dorf AFB. Before he arrived in
Alaska, his trip had turned into
a good will tour. However, he
said he was more interested in
hearing from Alaskans than in
making speeches himself. He was
confident that the results of his
trip would be expressed in the
next two or three years in the
good relationships between Seat
tle and Alaska’s cities.
Noticing the number of Ki
wanis buttons at the speaker’s
table and in the audience, Ki
wanian Pomeroy said Seattle was
going to be happy to see all the
local members at the meeting of
Kiwanis International in Seattle
next summer.
Seattle City Councilman A1
Rochester, the port city’s official
greeter, graciously admitted that
there wouldn’t be any Seattle if
it weren't for Palmer, Anchorage,
“and all your other Alaskan cit
ies.”
Following the luncheon, the
visitors were given an opportun
ity to go through the Co-Op
creamery and the N.I.M.C. Ander
son, head of Farm Home Admin
istration for Alaska, accompanied
them on their tour of the Valley.
Many of the visitors were armed
with photographic equipment and
were hopeful of “shooting” a
moose in the Valley.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By MARYLOU RIDEOUT
The* Palmasilla Clul> had a
well attended and interesting
meeting on Tuesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Carl Mielke’s.
Mrs. Mielke was project leader.
She outlined the important steps
to be taken when doing home
sewing. Space does not permit all
that Mrs. Mielke told us. but she
did emphasize to sew on a table,
handle materials lightly; permit
materials to feed through ma
chine, do not push or pull, just
guide the material and hold firm
ly in place; press as you go; and
when sewing under arm and skirt
seams, begin from the bottom up.
seams are not so apt to sag.
The Home Agent plans to at
tend the Copper Valley Home
makers’ meeting next Tuesday
evening April 15th in Glenallen.
“Newer Ideas in Home Sewing”
will be discussed. A kit of aprons
and housedresses has recently
been received by the Extension
Service from the Bureau of Home
Economics in Washington, D.C.
and will be used throughout May
at the club meetings in the Val
ley. If you aren’t a member of
a Homemakers Club and are in
terested in an easily made, yet
efficient apron, or housedress,
you are welcome to look at these.
You may try them on; we have
the patterns for your use too.
A nice Easter Day.
Palmer Teachers—
Continued from page 1
Robert Crites; and Nettie Smith
was appointed by President Ste
vahn to summarize and organize
the facts and ask for permission
to present them to the Board 01
Education.
Salaries for teachers in the
Palmer School system range from
a minimum of $4,020 for new
teachers with no experience to a
theoretical top range of $4,820
for teachers who have taught in
Alaska more than nine years.
This scale is the Territorial scale
and applies to teachers having
BA or BS degrees. Teachers hav
ing Master’s degrees receive $100
above this scale. School principals
are paid an additional $300. The
maximum starting salary for a
teacher coming from the States is
$4,220. There is no reimburse
ment for travel from and to the
States.
The Anchorage public schools
presently pay their teachers $500
above the Territorial scale. With
the $300 increase promised for
next year, Anchorage teachers
will be receiving $800 above the
Territorial scale. Fairbanks tea
chers will receive $1,000 above
this scale next year.
Superintendent. Zahradnicek
pointed out that the policy of this
community in regard to the re
quirement that teachers return
to school for more education
every five years was in practice
several years before the war. It
was discontinued during the war
because of the shortage of teach
ers, but it was resumed in the
summer of 1949.
Double Present
Continued from page 1
Wamlli,' Ciiugiak. the Butte, and
Sutton will each have one repn
M-ntativc; Palmer will have two.
and there will I** one representa
tive at large. Line*, of demarka
tion for the different areas were
not defined Past experience re
veals a strong tradition for area
lepreM-ntation on the MKA board,
but this change establishes the
practice for the record.
The third proposition empower
ing directors to set the annual
meeting within the first two
weeks of April passed 219 to six.
MEA Building Tabled
The membership voted favor
ably on a motion that the MEA
building program be tabled f tr
the coining year. This motion fol
lowed immediately after a report
by George Small in which facts
and figures revealed that it would
be impractical for MEA to sup
port a new building at this time
According to Small’s figures, the
cost of maintenance would be too
high for present income.
The financial report as ex
plained by Stewart Hamilton of
the REA regional management
division showed that MEA has
been operating at an extremely
low margin of profit. For each
one dollar of MEA receipts,
60.9 cents went for power pur
chased. 7.1 cents went for taxes
and interest, 10.3 cents was
charged off for depreciation, 21.2
cents went for operation and
maintenance, and patronage capi
tal or the profit amounted to
one-half mil of the dollar.
1,200 Members by 1953
The report of Mrs. Justine
Parks, president of the MEA
Board highlighted the growth jf
the association. Her report show
ed an increase of 250 members,
representing an increase of one
third over the membership of a
year ago. Before the year 1952
is over, she said, MEA member
ship will reach the 1,200 mark.
Mrs. Parks reported on the for
mation last fall of the Alaska
Rural Electric Cooperative As
sociation, which at the present
time is trying to forward the pro
posed Devil’s Canyon project on
the Susitna River “because in
1954, when the Eklutna Project
is completed, Alaska, if growth
continues as it has in the past
two years, will be at the same
point it is now in respect to need
for added power.”
The president also acknow
ledged with thanks the response
and cooperation received by MEA
during the “brownout” emer
gency last winter.
In his report, Manager C. A.
Brewer revealed MEA 1952 plans
for building approximately 25
miles of lines to serve 50 new
members. New taps will be at
Goat Creek and a Lazy Moun
tain extension along Huntley
Road. The 1952 plans also call
for mobile radio equipment be
tween trucks and office for more
efficient service in outages.
Regarding rates the MEA man
ager said- “The financial position
of MEA is not in jeopardy, al
though we are feeling the strain
of paying high rates for energy
and selling for low; that is, low
for this country and the lowest in
this area. We probably should
not intend to produce any large
revenue over our needs for oper
ating and payment of interest
plus principal. We should more
likely subscribe to the policy that
inasmuch as we are a mutual
utility, our income should tread
a course between having suffic
ient revenue to operate satisfact
orily, but not have a large excess.
“Rather we should encourage,
by as low rates as feasible, the
widespread use of energy and
encourage industry and enter
prise.” _
ADV. “Vote once, for Hillstrancf
NEW BABIES
Patrick
Mr and Mr*. (Jerald Patrick
ait* receivin; mngratulat ions on
the birth of a ion Ronald. Born
at Valley Hospital April 2. Ro
land weighed eight pounds, fif
teen ounces.
Franz
A daughter. Carol Elaine, was
born at Valley Hospital to Mr
and Mrs. M. R. Franz of Palintr
on April 3. She weighed nine
pounds, six ounces.
Visitors' Assn. Asks
Listing of Alaska
Tourist Facilities
(JUNEAU. ALASKA)—An ap
peal for tourist facility informa
tion was made today by James
VV. Chadwick, executive director
of the Alaska Visitors Associa
tion, to all individuals, companies
and civic groups throughout Alas
ka, and bordering Canadian
provinces.
“One of the present stumbling
blocks to building a bigger tourist
industry in Alaska is the lack of
complete information about
Alaska’s tourist attractions and
accomodations. We want every
one represented in this compila
tion, which will be distributed to
travel editors, travel agents and
individuals preparing trips to the
Territory.” Chadwick said.
The Association requests that
every operator of a motel, hotel,
lodge, resort, transportation com
pany, or other facility offering
a service to the tourist, write the
Alaska Visitors Association in
Juneau, enclosing available liter
ature, brochures or other printed
and pictorial material. The letter
should include the operators’ es
timate of the availability of his
accommodations for the coming
season. »
“Of equal importance,” Chad
wick said, ‘‘is knowledge of
events staged locally. Chambers
of Commerce. Canadian Boards of
Trade and other civic groups
should send us details on any cel
ebrations, fish derbys or other
festivals which will be held this
coming season.”
This information will be given
nationwide distribution by the
Alaska Visitors Association and
in addition will be included in
the publicity released by the
Pacific Interim Travel Associa
1 :ion of which the Alaska Visitors
Association is a member.
FLORENCE EBY LEAVES
FOR SPECIAL TRAINING
Florence Eby left Palmer this
morning to board the Baranof.
She will be gone from the Valley
for an entire year, during which
time she will complete a gruelling
course in anesthesia at Detroit’s
Grace Hospital. The first market
master of the Valley Farmers’
Market and the organizer of the
Valley’s first nurses’ association,
Miss Eby will be missed during
her year’s absence, but she hopes
to come back prepared to render
a much needed service for the
new Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital.
Mrs. Ralph Wofford, English
teacher at Palmer High School,
was a patient this week at Val
ley Hospital.
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
Re-elected at the meeting of
the newly elected MEA direc
tors last night were Mrs. Jus
tine Parks, president; George
Small, vice-president; and R.
B. Graham, secretary.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
SUTTON MAN INJURED
IN FREAK ACCIDENT
Philip Danielson of Sutton w
icrioufly injured Sunday after
iwn April 6 while outline wood
dripping ft his saw null in Sul
ion.
According to Mrs. Danielson.
"ie was working alono at the mil)
• itualcd about two miles south
>f Alpine Inn. when a piece of
Ihe stripping caught in the saw
>lade. flew back and entered j
Danielson's loft ear. penetrated
he brain, pushed the left eye
>ut and emerged through the
ight center portion of his fore
lead.
Retaining consciousness. Dan
el son drove his car toward the!
lome of Chuck Bairn for help. !
About half way the car became!
mired in the mud and he w i i
forced to walk the remaining
three-quarter mile to the Baim
tome. Mrs. Baim immediately
drove the family tractor to Al
pine Inn and reported the acci
dent to A1 Grasser who went tV
the Baim home and removed
Danielson to Palmer in his truck.
Following first aid treatment.
Dr. C. C. Bailey recommended
immediate removal to Providence
Hospital in Anchorage.
Dr. Milo Fritz of Anchorage
jerformed an operation that
evening, removing a wood splint
er from the brain. Barring in
fection, Danielson is expected to
recover.
HEALTH COUNCIL TO HEAR
PANEL DISCUSSION
ON WATER CHLORINATION
The Health Council meets at
7 p.m. next Thursday night, April
17, to hear a panel discussion on
water chlorination and flourida
tion by qualified experts. It is
hoped that a member of the City
Council water committee will
also be in attendance to describe
how the new city water plans
will improve on the present situ
ation.
Mrs. Richard Jones, wife of the
Matanuska Valley Bank cashier,
arrived in Palmer this week end
with the couple’s three children.
Chamber Mulls—
Continued from page 1
unsatisfactory and that negotia
tions are being continued. Thank
you replies to the generals were I
authorized for their appreciation:
of the deep interest the Valley
has in dairy operations in the
Territory.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Sherman underlined the danger
posed by granting the contract
to an Outside firm when he said.
“If International gets that con
tract, they can put us out of the
dairy business.”
Co-Op Manager Roy Brock re
marked that it would be highly
impractical for any outfit to build
a processing plant at Fairbanks,
as apparently desired by the mil
itary, unless the business could
be expanded to furnish the civil
ian population recombined milk
at prices with which Alaskan
dairyman cannot compete. It
was to forestall this crisis that
the Co-Op worked hard to get
the contract for Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf AFB, and al
though the Co-Op bid was low.
thus Mimp California concern held
up the awarding of the contract
for aeveral months in its attempt
to emir a foothold in the Terri
tory
Home Style Cooking
And
HOME-MADE PIES
THE FRONTIER CAFE
MAURINE AND EVELYN