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vision" on private property
does not necessarily mean that
the dog must be on a leash.
Some dogs have been picked
up from private property be
cause they were not tied.
Other Business
The manager was asked to
obtain bids for coal-fired hot
air furnace heat for the city's
yard building.
A motion was passed to table
a request from Matanuska
Maid, Inc. to waive a $2,000
penalty resulting from an er
ror in making tax payments
until agreements with the tax
assessor and the school board
can be clarified.
Councilman Maze asked that
some publicity be given to the
fact that on purchases of sin
gle items, sales tax is charged
on only the first $500—that on
a large purchase, the buyer
pays no more than $10 in sales
tax.
Payment of bills incurred
during the last month was ap
proved.
Two File for Assembly; Four For School Board
Two Wasilla men have filed
petitions for the office of
borough assemblyman for the
proposed Captain Cook bor
ough. They are Robert Vro
man. chairman of the Matan
uska-Susitna study group,
and Ken Gillow, Wasilla busi
nessman.
Four persons from the Pal
mer-Wasilla area have circu
lated petitions for posts on the
proposed borough school
board. They are George Ed
Smith. Joyce Kerttula, and
Lew Hanks, all of Palmer, and
Barbara Kalmbach of Wasilla.
All these petitions have been
filed except that of Mrs. Ker- i
ttula, wlio said she will make
her final decision tomorrow.
Petitions must be filed by
Saturday. Aug. 17.
No other petitions are known
to be in circulation in this area.
Mrs. Ruth Dodds, election su
pervisor for the Anchorage
area, said Monday that Edward
JONESVILLE WINS
Jonesville Little Leaguers
won last night’s game by a
score of 14 to 13. tying with
MTA for third place in final
team standings.
Indian tribal land in Wash'
ton is valued at $332,000,000.
C. Willis (Bagle River) of Bor
ough Section 2 has filed for
borough assemblyman, and that
Dale Pierson of Eagle River
has filed for borough school
board.
A permanent injunction
against the Sept. 17 election
was filed early this week by
attorneys for the Matanuska
Susitna borough petitioners,
following filing of a temporary
injunction last week. The two
attorneys, Wendell Kay and
Burton Biss, were not available
for comment this morning, but
are reported to expect early
action by the court on the in
junction suit.
I SHOP AND SAVE AT THE BIG K SHOP AND SAVE AT THE BIG K|
AVE AT
YOUR CHOICE
Breasts ■ Thighs • Drumsticks
Chicken
HIGH GRADE
Slab
Bacon
16
SMOKED
ROSEDALE
SCORN 5<.r
Sff CORN 5t.,
S. BEANS 5,.,
PEAS 5,.,
TOMATOES 5*
PEARS 4b,
PEACHES
BISQUICK
40 oz.
55'
Carnation """E *1.09
MATANUSKA MAID Vi GALLON
ICE CREAM
85
DINTY MOORE LARGE SIZE
BEEF STEW
55
BRADSHAW’S - 2i/2 lb.
HONEY 89
Folgen (OFFEE ,« 89°
Ss POTATOES35°
HERSHEY'S
Chocolate Syrup 29°
LIBBY'S 1 LB.
Corned Beet Hash <,*,85°
•UCE UW-»H »• jjSjf"* *|S
Preserve! S??. *15
CORN on COB.2 for 29
PEPPERS.29c Ik
PLUMS.46c Ik
BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES. 36c lb.
LEMONS.3 for 19c
STORE HOURS
MONDAY thru SATURDAY 0 a.m. to S p.m.—SUNDAY 9 a.m. to 0 p.m.
KOSLOSKY'S DEPARTMENT STORE
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PALMER, ALASKA
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, agriculture is the framework of any country
and of vital importance to Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the need for greater recognition of agricul
ture and its role in the economy of the State is self evident;
and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the State to pro
mote the growth and expansion of existing agriculture:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM A. EGAN, Governor of
Alaska, do hereby proclaim the period of August 11 through
September 8 as
ALASKA FARM MONTH
l
and urge all Alaskans to participate in doing honor to the
farmers of our State and to promote the sale and use of all
•Alaska grown vegetables, dairy products, livestock, and
grain supplied by the farming industry.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
; and caused the Seal of Alaska to be affixed, this second day
of August in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty
three.
/s/ WILLIAM A. EGAN
Governor
; ATTEST: /s/ Hugh J. Wade
Secretary of State
Alcan Pacific Gets
Creamery Contract
Matanuska Maid, Inc. last
night awarded the contract for
construction of the new cream
; ery in Spenard to Alcan Pa
cific of Anchorage, Stewart A.
. Durrant. general manager of
the Co-op announced this
morning.
Ground-breaking ceremonies
were held at 11 a.m. today,
with Matanuska Maid officials
and representatives of the con
tractor, architect, and fiscal
agency present.
Construction will begin im
mediately, with the building
to be completed sometime in
March. 1964. Durrant estimat
i ed that the new plant may be
opened by late spring of 196-1.
The Alcan bid was for $556.
000. Electrical and mechanical
work will be awarded to an
other contractor. The Co-op
manager said that the total in
vestment, including construc
tion, new equipment, and ma
chinery already owned, will
amount to about $lkfe million.
The Spenard plant will be
built on property already own
ed by Matanuska Maid. The
Alaska Development Bank, a
new fiscal institution in Alas
ka. will provide loan funds for
t h e creamery construction.
Plans for the creamery were
drawn by the B. C. Hamilton
architectural firm of Anchor
age.
CYNTHIA BLISSARD WINS SPEECH
CONTEST SECOND YEAR IN ROW
Local 4-H young people
again brought home honors
from the annual Leadership
Conference held last week on
the University of Alaska cam
pus.
Cynthia Blissard of Palmer
won the state 4-H public
speaking contest in the girls’
division for the second con
secutive year, and Henry Hill
brought home a blue ribbon in
the boys’ division.
KIWANIANS MEET
QUEEN HOPEFULS
The usually all-male Kiwan
is luncheon meeting last Mon
day opened its doors to 11
pretty young women and their
chaperones—the ten 1963 Miss
Alaska State Fair candidates
and Colleen Kendall, 1962 Miss
Alaska State Fair and this
year’s Miss Alaska.
Colleen described to the lo
cal Kiwanians her summer
activities in publicizing her
state. She has attended state
beauty queen contests in Min
nesota, Vermont, Oregon, and
Washington, and will go to At
lantic City to appear in the
Miss America pageant this
September.
This year’s contestants are
Carol Wilson, Suzi Moffitt,
Caralee Kammermeyer, Leslie
Whitt. Terri Granger, Melody
Toomey, Mary Boothby, Linda
Bozinoff, Bonita Bernath, and
Lorraine Dunne.
The girls will appear on two
KTVA television shows tomor
row—Norma Goodman’s Hos
tess House at 3:30 p.m. and
Town Topics from 5:45 to 6
p.m.
On Aug. 20, they will be
guests at a Pepsi party from
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the First
National Bank of Anchorage,
and on Aug. 26 they appear at
the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce luncheon. Sponsors
may also attend the chamber
luncheon, but are warned that
it will be “Dutch treat.”
MUSEUM OPEN
MONDAY EVENING
The Matanuska Valley his
torical society museum located
in the basement of the Frontier
Cafe building, will be open
Monday evening from 6 to 10
p.m., Don Irwin, member cf
the society, announced this
morning. The evening opening
was arranged to allow Kiwanis
Club visitors an opportunity to
see the exhibits of early-day
artifacts.
One hundred years ago, on
July 30. 1863, automotive pion
eer Henry Ford was born on
a farm in what is now Dear
born, Mich.
Kathy Hulbert was named
first alternate in the state 4-H
Club dress revue. Mary Weis
enberger was awarded a white
ribbon in the same contest.
Both girls are from Palmer.
Janie Hanks, also of Palmer,
1 received a $300 Sperry schol
, arship from the Sperry Hutch
inson Co. as a first-place award
in the areawide home im
provement contest.
David Martin was named
first alternate for the two $300
Standard Oil scholarships, won
by Kathy Kleinbach and Ed
ward Buzby of Fairbanks.
The conference, attended by
130 of Alaska’s young lead
! ers, closed Thursday evening
with a banquet in Constitution
Hall.
Dean Charles Keim of the
College of Arts and Letters
spoke to the group on “Youth's
Responsibility, Leadership for
the Future.”
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dents; a $5 book deposit, all
students; $3 towel fee, all pup
ils taking physical education;
and $5 shop card for those tak
ing shop.
Other fees may be charged
for workbooks in specific
courses.
All high school pupils trans
ferring into the Palmer schools
should write to their former
school and ask that their trans
cripts be airmailed to principal
Walter Ward immediately,
Carter stated. This is extreme
ly important and is necessary
to fulfill graduation and sports
eligibility requirements, he
emphasized.
Elementary transfer stud
ents need only present their
report cards.
Bus schedules will appear in
a later issue of the Frontiers
man, Carter said. Parents can
plan on the same schedules as
last year until the loads are de
termined. Any rescheduling
oe aone aurmg or after
the second week of school.
The faculty will begin work
on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and the
first day of school (a full day)
will be Wednesday, Sept. 4.
All pupils in grades 9-12 will
attend the high school, and all
pupils in grades 6, 7, and 8
will attend Central school.
Elementary children, grades
1-5, who transported
and those living within one
and a half irvilfs of Swanson
will attend that school. Ele
mentary pupils, grades 1-5,
living within Q|te and one-half
miles of Central will walk to
and attend that school. The
Glenn Highway is the dividing
line between the two schools.