* VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
__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.
Publisher, Business Manager .A1 J. DeJulio
Edit01* .. Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor ..Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter .Wasilla Correspondent
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Wear a Red Feather
What is the price of a walking boy? What would we bid for
a disease-free town? Does good use of leisure have a value? And
a helping hand in time of need?
Priceless these are when applied to ourselves; priceless, too,
to our friends and neighbors. Yet all these things we can have
together through our Community Chest Red Feather campaign.
Let us make our hearts big w ith the gladness of giving. Let
reason assure us that our giving can be handled efficiently and
intelligently the Community Chest way.
Then let us give—as much as we can—and wear the Red
Feather with pride.
. NEW MEA LOAN
WON'T WORK SERVICE
MIRACLES OVERNIGHT
“ I haven’t seen the color of
any of that money yet”, MEA
manager C. A. Brewer said this
week as applicants for service
stopped in all week at the local
office to see when MEA’s new
$1,040-000 REA loan was going 10
be put to work.
Even if the money was here
fin the bank, it coundn’t lick the
copper shortage that is holding
up deliveries of weather proof
service wire. Houses can’t be
wared adequently until the serv
ice wire arrives.
Customers dissatisfied with the
present poor voltage regulation
will have to suffer along a little
longer also.
“We know our customers have
suffered many inconveniences
and even losses, because of poor
“We can’t promise immediate
voltage regulation”, Brewer said,
relief, but we can assure them
that as soon as the Bureau of Re
clamation line from the old plant
to the newr Palmer sub-station is
completed, our regulation prob
lems will be over for a long time
to come.
“Joe Morgan, head of the Bur
eau’s district office in Juneau
says we can expect that line to be
completed some time in Decem
ber.”
HOSPITAL WORK PARTY
Kiwanis President Hugh John
son said today that any willing
worker with a strong back or
good screw driver fingers will be
welcomed with open arms at the
work party being held next Sat
urday morning at the Valley Hos
pital.
The leaky, decrepit old struc
ture has got to house our sick and
injured for another year yet; and
there are holes that need patch
ing and walls to be banked a
gainst the cruel, cold Matanuska
breezes. Eight o’clock sharp is
the hour set but any flight tardi
ness will probably be mutual
with somebody.
SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH
PETTY LARCENY
Two soldiers were apprehended
by the Highway Patrol early on
Monday morning as they were
stripping an automobile parked
in front of Tost’s garage.
Charged with petty larceny
were Harlan Lindvig and James
Carter. They were ordered to ap
pear before U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton for trial Thurs
day, October 11.
Vehicles Damaged
In Three Accidents
Accidents reported by the High
way Patrol this week included
two vehicles overturned on the
Palmer-Anchorage Highway and
the front end of a Packard bashed
in when a car in front made a
sudden stop.
Bobby Meier miraculously es
caped unhurt when his truck
overturned at Milepost 39 be
tween the Branding Iron and
Rusty Dow’s last Friday after
noon. While executing a sharp
curve, a load of lumber slid out
of place, unbalancing the truck
and knocking it over. The truck
cab was almost demolished.
Tech. Sgt. Tom W. Crumpler
received lacerations of the knee
when his car turned over in front
of the West Side Service Station
about 7 a.m. October 2. The High
way Patrol investigated the acci
dent and reported that the driver
failed to make the curve at the
foot of Bailey Hill because of too
much speed.
Glenn Woods smashed up the
front end of his ’51 Packard when
he rammed into the back of a ’49
Onkka cab as t made a sudden
stop just three miles south of
town last Sunday. Ruben Bounds
was the driver of the cab.
Kiwanis to Celebrate
Annual Charter Night
The Palmer Kiwanis Club will
celebrate its third annual charter
night with a banquet to be held
October 27 at the new Moose
Lodge building.
Heading the committees are:
Jim Hurley, invitations; Mary
Lou Johns and Ed Smith, decora
and tickets; Ken Kincaid, enter
tions; Elmer LeDuc, program
tainment and Allan Mick, master
of ceremonies. Women of the
Moose will serve the dinner.
Speaches, dancing, skits and a
few games will follow the dinner.
Tickets will be reserved for Ki
wanis members and their guests.
H. J. HODGSONS
HAVE BABY BOY
A son, Mark James, was born
at Valley Hospital Wednesday
morning, October 10, to Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Hodgson. The very
young man weighed 8 pounds and
8 ounces.
The proud father is head of the
Agronomy Department at the Ex
periment Station, and Mrs. Hodg
son formerly was secretary at
Palmer School.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION
The MATANUSKA VALLEY
BANK located at Palmer, Terri
tory of Alaska, at close of busi
ness on the 30th day of Septem
ber, 1951.
RESOURCES
Cash on hand and
in other banks .$ 658,659.97
Loans on real
estate . 167,079.45
Loans and dis
counts . 327,311.97
Real estate contracts
owned . 5,200.00
Furniture fixtures and
building improve
ments . 19,365.20
TOTAL .$1,177,616.59
LIABILITIES
Total deposits .$1,117,186.48
Official checks .
Certified checks .
Expense checks .
Undivided profits .
Capital stock
paid in . 30,000.00
4,374.26
335.03
20.00
25,700.82
TOTAL .$1,177,616.59
United States of America)
Territory of Alaska )ss
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT)
I, JACK E. MAZE, Manager of
the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the foregoing
statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
CORRECT ATTEST
JACK E. MAZE
Manager
A. L. MADISON
Director
CARL H. MEIER
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 2nd day of October, 1951.
(SEAL) KATHLYN R. PIPPEL
Notary Public in and for Alaska
My commission expires 12-30-51 j
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