VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH THURSDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
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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ATA President to
Talk in Palmer On
Market Opportunities
Amos J. Heacock, President o
Air Transport Associates will b
in Palmer some time next weel
to discuss opportunities for ex
port of Alaskan-made product
to Stateside markets, it was an
nouneed today.
Mr. Heacock is particularly in
terested in talking with people
■who have typical Alaskan pro
ducts to sell—Alaskan jams anc
jellies, Alaskan birch and aide;
products. At the present time he
is in the Homer area making ar
rangements for the air ship men 1
of fresh seafood to the States.
He says that the current fighi
lor Alaskan statehood has devel
oped an insatiable interest ir
things Alaskan. There’s a tremen
dous opportunity to build up Out
side markets for budding home
industries in Alaska, he insists
and Alaskans should capitalize on
it.
If time permits, a special Cham
ber of Commerce meeting will be
called to give local people an op
portunity to talk with Mr. Hea
cock about these marketing pos
sibilities. Anyone interested may
stop in at Betty’s or the Frontiers
man early next week to learn the
exact time of the ATA president’s
visit.
General Omar Bradley
To Inspect
Alaskan Defenses
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, ALASKA, August 13
General of the Army Omar N.
Bradley, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff, will arrive here
August 18 for an eight-day inspec
tion of Alaskan defense.
He will be accompanied by
General Nathan F. Twining, act
ing chief of staff, United States
Air Force; General Walter B.
Smith, USA, Director, central in
telligence agency; and Lt. Gen.
Thomas D. White, deputy chief of
staff operations, United States Air
Force.
Other members of the party
will be Brig. Gen. Willis S- Mat
thews, USA, Col. R. J. McDuffy,
USA. Maj. Alvin Robinson, USAF
Capt. R. E. Martin, USA and
Capt. R. D. Bottn. USMC
Gen. Bradley will visit Anch
orage, Fairbanks, and Kodiak
during his tour.
Two Fair Queens—
Continued from page 1
Commenting on this new sup
port, one member of the Fair
Board said this week, “If big
manufacturers will back our Fair,
we’ll get to be a big fair in a
hurry. We need good prizes to at
tract good exhibits.”
Just how these fine manufactur
ers’ prizes will be distributed
among the several Fair depart
ments will be worked out by the
board. Two of the manufacturers’
prizes will be given at the
Chicken Style Show. First prize
winner will receive a Goodyear
bicycle and the second prize win
ner will receive Albers chicken
fed worth $20. These awards and
all other manufacturers’ prizes
jvill be in addition to the regular 1
premiums listed in the 1953 Fair
Premium Book.
Fair Premium books are being
mailed this week to box holders,1
businesses, and other interested
persons in Palmer, Wasilla. An- \
chorage, Seward, Cordova, Homer, j
and Kenai. Major change over last j
year shows up in the 4-H depart
ment, which reflects growing in
terest in 4-H clubwork in the
Valley.
With the opening day of the big
Fair only 16 days away, Manager j
Lester reports that the Fair j
grounds are almost ready for the I
thousands of visitors and exhibit
ors expected.
' HARRY RUST BACK
WITH COMPANY AT
LADD AIR FORCE BASE
Harry Rust, former local boy
reported missing a few weeks
ago, is back with his company at
; Ladd Air Force Base, it was re
‘ ported this week.
. Finding of his abandoned car at
* Goose Bay with the key still in
the ignition at Goose Bay excited
! fears that he might have drowned.
, | Returning to Palmer about two
weeks ago, he reported that he
taken a trip down the Inlet by
. row boat, all the way to Homer
, and back.
Valley's First
Continued from page 1 ~
part of the national crusade of the ■
1 American Cancer Society. Mrs
Mildred Hermann of Juneau is *
! commander of the Alaska Divi- |
I sion. Sixty percent of all funds;
collected in Alaska remain in the
Territory. - j o
Mrs. Hermann conferred with *
members of the local Cancer Com
mittee during a visit to Palmer a P
few weeks ago. She was highly n
pleased with the great interest
; displayed locally through the -‘dis- r
! appearance” of hundreds of can- a
i cer education pamphlets, which p
have ben placed in strategic spots n
throughout Palmer for that very ! s
purpose. a
Mrs. Wilson, the local chair- -
man, is confidant that the com- ^
munity will respond nobly to this !
first appeal for funds for the Can- j
cer Crusade. Many individuals. '
she reports, have expressed their !
appreciation of what the crusade J
! means to them and to their famil- f
! ies and have asked for an oppor-!
tunity to help. The Cancer Cru
sade has a very personal appeal
because almost everyone has a
j near one who has been helped or !
might have been helped through
the education and medical treat
ment it makes possible.
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CNIK ARM
IALMON FISHING
IAN LIFTED TODAY
Today marked the partial lifting
f the ban on salmon fishing in
inik Arm.
Personal use fishing will be
ermitted in Knik Arm itself but
ot in the streams tributary to it.
Local sportsmen report that the
2d salmon run is over, but FWS
gents insist that there will be
lenty of silver salmon for local
eeds. The height of the silver
ilmon run, they say, comes
bout August 20.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Pd. Adv.
Co-Op Members—
Continued from page 1
tervals throughout the annual
meeting Saturday gave 30.06 Win
chester rifles to Mrs. Pearl Trow
bridge and Harold Dinkel, an
electric mixer to Harold Harris, a
21-quart pressure cooker to Ted
Knutson, and a Zenith radio to
Mrs. John Church. Fairview Road
was very well represented on the!
prize list.
The annual meeting gave many
Co-Op members an opportunity
to meet their new manager, Fred
Zieke, for the first time. Also
present was Tom Reiss, who as
sumes managership of the Trad
ing Post tomorrow, August 15,
and his attractive wife, Annete.
Corsages, Plants
and
Cut Flowers
For All Occasions
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746 4th Ave. Anchorage Tel. 42325 or 23351
Annual Game Dinner
Set for October 11
The Matanuska Valley Sports
men's annual game dinner has
been set for Saturday night, Octo
ber 11. it was announced by Clair
Stock, dinner chairman.
Several weeks ago cards were
mailed to members asking that
their intended contribution to the
dinner be listed and returned to
the chairman. Stock said the cards
are coming in regularly but urged
members who have not done so
to please return the cards as soon
as possible.
Returns indicate a wider than
ever variety of dishes for this
year’s dinner, with old favorites
of moose, goat, sheep and many
type fish being augmented by
such dishes as porcupine, octopus
Parki squirrel, moose heart, and
many others.
Entertanment for the evening
will be announced at a later date
Stock said.
Planning Commission
Mulls PTA Proposal
For City Ice Rink
A PTA proposal that the city
take over operation of a city ict
skating rink was referred by th«
City Council to the City Planning
Commission at the meeting helc
last week.
The PTA proposal, which was
endorsed by voice vote at the
last meeting of that organization
pointed to the fact that the city
now has the equipment and per
sonnel for preparing and main
taining such a rink. The poinl
was made that Palmer’s first
Cityr Council might take pride in
the fact that in addition to the
many projects required for a new
ly organized city, it had taken the
V
first step to provide recreational
facilities for the youth of the
community.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Pd. Adv.
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