Page 16 —vThe Frontiersman
Thursday, October 31, 1963
PIONEERS TO MEET
AT MOOSE HALL
Pioneers of Alaska. Igloo No.
31 and Auxiliary No. 11. will
hold their regular meeting on
Monday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. in
the Palmer Moose hall.
Officers for 1964 will be no
minated, and delegates will re
port on the state convention
held in Cordova.
Following the meeting. Igloo
members will serve the Auxil
iary refreshments that are pro
mised to be “special.” All
members are requested to
attend.
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By Phyllis Edwards
mr. ana Mrs. Jim nuriey ana ,
family were pleasantly sur- ;
prised Sunday evening when
about 30 friends and neighbors I
dropped in to honor them with 1
a "house warming” party, com- j
plete with a buffet dinner and
a cookie jar filled with unusual \
cookies. The evening was high-'
lighted by group singing with
Katie at the piano.
Mrs. Ted Mommsen is visit
ing in Los Angeles. Calif,
where she was called by the
illness of her brother.
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scnooi carnival was climaxed
by the crowning of the queen
and king Friday night. Con
gratulations to their majesties
Pete Polis and Shirley Fitz
gibbons.
Wasilla School Lunch Menu
Nov. 4-8
Monday
Ground beef and potato scallop
Buttered peas
Mixed fruit salad
Biscuits, butter Milk
Tuesday
Fried Chicken
Mashed potatoes, gravy
Apple and celery salad
Muffins Butter
Oatmeal cookies Milk
Wednesday
Beef-stew Cole slaw
Cornbread Butter
Cake Milk
Thursday
Franks on buttered buns
Potato salad
Carrot and celery strips
Chocolate Cookies Milk
Friday
Macaroni and cheese
Pineapple and cabbage salad
Green beans
Biscuits Butter
Apricc 1 halves Milk
Mrs. Rose Johnson was in
itiated into the Ladies of the
Oriental Shrine Friday and
Saturday at the Scottish Rite
I'emple in Anchorage. Other
Valley women initiated at the
;ame time were Eva Campbell,
V.ma Becker, and Edna John
:on. all of Palmer.
Dowling scores
Late Tuesday Niters
Won Lost
Johnson's Fuel - 2\Vz 7Vz
Wasilla Bar-23 9
Cottle's Corner - 19 13
Green Acres - 13 19
VFW 9265 _ 11 Ms 20 Vi
Wasilla Bus- 5 27
High team. Johnson’s Fuel.
2,677. Dave Fay and Bob Bech
tol tied for high man at 565.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson
entertained Ted Mommsen at
dinner Tuesday evening.
* * ♦
Wasilla area high school
cheer leaders will sponsor a
bake sale at Teeland's Store on
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. Contributions will be ap
preciated, as proceeds are to
go toward patches for the girls’
sweaters.
* * *
The first meeting for the
year of the Aurora Dog Mosh
ers' Club will be held on Fri
day, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. The meet
ing will be held in the ele
mentary school. Plans will be
made for the coming year, and
the race schedule will be dis
cussed. A work party will be
organized to get the club house
ready for use before it gets too
cold. All member are urged to
attend, and anyone else who
may be interested in joining
the club is invited to attend
the meeting and get acquain
ted.
Farmers Ge! Cost-Sharing Assist
Under AGP For Conservation Problems
Farmers who have a con
servation proble m on their
farms which they haven’t yet
been able to work out should
check w.th their ASCS county
office, Darrell L Baird, chair
man. agricultural stablization
and conservation state commit
tee, said recently. Cost-sharing
assistance under the agricul
tural conservation program of
ten is the means of closing the
gap between willingness to
remedy a problem and actually
applying the conservation prac
tice to the land, he declared.
The chairman pointed out
that the program is authorized
truck drivers or hairdressers? newlyweds or grandparents? city folks or fanners?
Who buys more Savings Bonds ?
As statistical-minded as we are to
day, the Treasury Department can’t
answer that question.
The Treasury does know that U.S.
Savings Bonds are owned by tens of
millions of families. So it might be
safe to assume that people in every
walk of life belong to this “savings
dub."
This is a happy fact for the United
States, and for the free peoples of
the earth. For Saving* Bond dollars
are playing an important role in the
making of history.
This $46 billion reserve in the
government's hands is working vig
orously today to help our country in
the major struggle to defend free
dom.
At the same time, Savings Bonds
help build your personal purchasing
t
power by paying good interest and
providing a method of saving that’s
unconditionally safe and readily
cashable. And the higher your pur
chasing power, thp better it speaks
for our system.
It all adds up to one of the best
ways you can save money and at the
same time help your country. Start t
buying Bonds next payday-through
the Payroll Savings Plan where you
work, or from any hank—and see if
you don’t feel pretty good about it :
Keep freedom ie yoar fetvre wife U«S» SAVINGS BONDS
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for Mo iANrlUif. Tki
' (Mi oowopopor for
by Congress in recognition of
the fact that the wise use and
adequate protection of the na
tion’s farm and ranchland is in
the public interest. The key to
ACP is “conesrvation - with -
use” for this land must con
tinue to produce the food and
fiber needed by future as well
as present generations. Pro
gram funds are allocated each i
year among the states and
counties on the basis of con
servation needs.
Naturally, Mr. Baird said,
the ACP cost-sharing program
must achieve the most conser
vation for every dollar spent.
But the program also recog
nizes that agriculture varies
greatly between regions, states,
counties, and even farms. So.
each year, the program is ex
amined carefully by farm of
ficials and leaders, and sug- j
gestions are made for improv
ing it.
It isn’t practical to include
every good conservation prac
tice in the program. However,
a sincere effort is made to see
that available ACP help is di
rected so that the individual
farmer will have assistance
with the conservation problems
on his farm for which cost
sharing is most needed.
Farmers are encouraged to
stop by their ASCS county of
fice to discuss their conserva
tion problems and the possibil
ity of obtaining ACP coopera
tion in carrying out a needed
measure—sooner or to a great
er extent than it would other
wise be done. Information now
is available on 1964 ACP prac
tices which are available to
farmers in Fairbanks, Homer
and Palmer counties, including
practice specifications and cost
sharing rates.
ir11 —
WASHINGTON AND
"SMALL BUSINESS”
By C. WILSON HARDER
It would seem that every time
the Federal Trade Commission
gets into the field of advertis
ing, it displays a vast ignor
ance of what is going on in the
world. It is perhaps fortunate
that there exists Senate and
House Small Business Commit
tees that can show up the error
of the FTC
ways.
* * *
Recently
the FTC
came ont
with a big
blast aimed
at the prac
tice of groups
of indepen
dent mer
chants run- C. W. Harder
ning joint ads in newspapers
advertising the same items at
the same price. The FTC, with
the usual bureaucratic weasel
wording, warned that this
might be illegal.
* * *
This somewhat incensed Rep.
Joe Evins, chairman of House
Small Business Committee. A
study was made.
* * *
The result was that Chair
man Evins issued a statement
telling small businessmen to
ignore FTC on this matter.
* * *
And now the Senate Small
Business Committee, under the
chairmanship of Senator John
Sparkman is going quite thor
oughly into this whole matter
of cooperative advertising
practices, and it can well be
that out of this investigation
will come some revelations
that will turn red the faces of
FTC chair warming legions.
* * •
The principle of cooperative
advertising has been a long es
tablished principle in Ameri
can marketing. While a man
ufacturer will use national ad
vertising to point out the mer
© National Federttlon of Independent Bu»lneu
I
Its of Us products, that does
not tell the consumer where
such products c» be bought.
Thus, as a part of the entire
marketing effort, the individual
retailers have been given a
small allowance, based on
their purchase amounts, to ad
vertise themselves as places
where these products can be
bought, so the consumer does
not have to hunt around. Under
the law, the allowances are
supposed to be equal on a pro
rata basis.
* * *
But, as evidenced by the na
tionwide surveys conducted by
the National Federation of In
dependent Business, this hon
est and above board procedure
has been subverted to engage
in ail kinds of hanky panky.
* * *
Money collected for coopera
tive advertising is supposed to
be spent on legitimate newspa
per advertising. But a few big
detailing outfits have put pres
sure successfully to collect the
advertising money, but never
spend it on advertising, using
it instead to enhance their profit
picture or cut prices below in
dependent competition.
This is not true with all big
retailers. Many are most care
ful to see that every dollar col
lected for advertising is spent
for advertising. But there are
bad apples in the barrel,
oo*
With few exceptions, the FTC
has never lifted its collective
bottom off executive chairs to
find out what is going on.
* * *
Thus, It is possible, that be
tween them, the House and
Senate Small Business Com
mittees will dig up enough
disclosures to cause these
chair-bound investigators to
wear out shoe leather instead
of trouser bottoms.
VOTERS ON DEG. 3 MUST CHOOSE
FIRST OR SECOND CUSS BOROUGH
Under the mandatory incor
poration amendment to the
borough law (House Bill 90,
passed in the 1963 session of
the Alaska state legislature),
the voters of District 7 will
choose between a first and sec
ond class borough.
Information compiled by the
Anchorage League of Women
Voters before the Captain Cook
borough election last Sept. 17
on various phases of borough
government included the fol
lowing discussion entitled:
"WHAT'S CLASS?"
There has been a lot of talk
about the “class” of a borough.
Just what does it mean?
There are arguments in fa
vor of both classes.
Supporters of the “second
class” borough say that, in a
borough of this class, citizens
are permitted to vote on all ad
ditional areawide powers, and
powers in the areas outside the
cities, which the borough may
later assume.
That is true. The proposed
power does go to the public
vote. But several things must
be done first.
The borough assembly must
first approve of taking on this
additional duty. This holds true
in both “first class” and “sec
ond class” boroughs.
In a “second class” borough
the assembly must then submit
a petition asking permission to
take on this additional duty to
the State Local Affairs Agency
and the Local Boundary Com
mission for hearings and ap
proval.
If the Boundary Commission
finds the service requested is
practical and feasible for the
borough to perform, they in
struct the borough assembly to
put the matter on the ballot.
The voters may then deter
mine if they wish their bor
ough government to assume
the power.
In a “first class” borough,
services may be assumed in
the area outside cities which,
by law, a first class city may
perform in the city. Additional
areaw'ide powers are acquired
if approved by the assembly
and transferred from the city
or cities within the borough
upon apprroval of the city
councils. Areawide powers
shall be adopted by borough
ordinance only after public
notice, hearings and a waiting
period.
Supporters of the “first class”
borough say the borough as
sembly, which is elected by
the voters of the borough, will
be responsive to the wishes of
those voters and will not take
on powers and duties which
may not be in the best interest
of the majority.
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AN ALASKAN PRODUCED PRODUCT
Produced and Refined by Standard Oil Company on the Kenai Peninsula
SOLD BY:
Call Johnson Fuel Service
IN PALMER
Call Smith Automotive
or Dave Smith
IN WASILLA
WE SERVE THE ENTIRE VALLEY
—— North to Tazlina — West to Montana Creek — South to Eklutna —
Call Ernie Gilbert
AT BIG LAKE
FOR
AUTOMATIC
SERVICE
Statistical Clark
Exams Announced
The State division of person
nel has announced an open
competitive examination for
statistical clerk I. Positions
covered by this merit system
examination offer starting sal
aries of $420 per month in
Southeast Alaska, $445 in
Southcentral Alaska, and $475
in Central and Northwest Al
aska.
The purpose of the exami
nation is to establish a register
of eligibles to fill anticipated
future vacancies. Each vacancy
will be filled by selection from
among the three persons with
highest examination scores.
Applicants who lived in Alaska
for one year or more prior to
application and who achieve
passing scores will be ranked
above all other persons.
Qualifications for admission to
the examination include two
years of office experience in
volving duties related to sta
tistical work such as tabulation
of data, and high school gradu
ation or the equivalent. Infor
mation and application forms
may be obtained from any
State Employment office or by
writing to the Director of Per
sonnel, Box 2420, Juneau.
Museum Acquires
Russian Kettles
The University of Alaska
Museum recently acquired sev
eral new additions to the Wea
therby collection of Alaskan
relics. The additions, a group
of Russian kettles, were pre
sented to the museum by Mrs.
Rose McCullough of California.
The donation was arranged
through Dr. G. Dallas Hanna
of the California Academy of
Sciences and museum director
Lou Rowinski. while Rowinski
was in San Francisco for the
Western Museum conference
Oct. 11-13.
The Weatherby collection in
cludes historical photographs,
baskets and a number of Rus
sian copper kettles collected by
the Weatherby family while
were operating a fish cannery
on the Kenai Peninsula.
Fair Schedules
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Alaska State Fair, Inc., has
been scheduled for Tuesday.
Nov. 26, in the Palmer Grange
hall at 8 p.m.
New directors will be elected,
and the financial statement for
the fiscal year, as well as re
ports of officers of the board
of directors, will be made avail
able to members.
Interested persons are urged
to attend the meeting and to
become members. A year’s
membership may be purchased
for $1 from Marne Hanks, fair
board secretary, at the MTA
office in Palmer.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Communicable disease re
ported in the Palmer area dur
ing the weeks ending Oct. 18
and Oct. 25 include two cases
of chickenpox, one of conjunc
tivitis, three of influenza, ten
of German measles, two otitis
media, three pneumonia, one
rheumatic fever, and 44 upper
respiratory infections
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