VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Opal Lu Smith .Editor
A. J. DeJulio.Manager and Advertising
Barbara Carter .Wasilla Correspondent
Valdez High School .►.Valdez Correspondent
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Loyal Order of Moose
iaitiates New Members
At Regular Meeting
Two new members were added
to the growing membership roster
of the local Order of Loyal Moose
at a regular lodge meeting held
Tuesday evening in the Moose
Hut. At a simultaneously held
ceremony in the lodge room up
stairs, Ladies of the Moose also
added two new members.
Candidates initiated v. ere Leon j
Flaurie, A1 DeJulio, Moose; and i
Mrs. Pansy Hodgson and Mrs.
^earl Loberg, Ladies of the
Moose.
Coffee and doughnuts were
served after the lodge sessions
during which time Leo Lucas
projected his collection of color
ful slides for the enjoyment of
those present.
Sourdough Homemakers
To Hold Practice Meet
The Sourdough Homemakers’
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Karla Duff early next week
to practice for the Achievement
Day program scheduled for Nov
ember 9 at Butte Hall.
The practice meeting will be
held on Tuesday, October 31 at
2 p. m.
The regular meeting of the
Sourdough Homemakers’ Club
will be held on Tuesday, Nov
ember 14. It will be at the home
of Mrs. M. D. Snodgrass.
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Building at
'Experimental Farm
Nears Completion
The two-story building now un
der construction by the Davis
Construction Company at Mata
nuska Valley Experimental farm
which is to house a garage and
threshing shed is approximately
50 per cent completed, according
to Willard Davis, of the company.
With the coming of the cold
weather and waiting for building
material that will have to be
shipped here from Seattle, con
struction of the building has been
discontinued for the winter
months, Mr. Davis said.
As soon as the material arrives
and the weather breaks, work
will start on the building again,
he said.
RAYMOND PUHLS ARE
PARENTS OF NEW SON
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Puhl are
parents of a new son born at Val
ley hospital. The little boy,
weighing six pounds, eight ounc
es, arrived just three minutes be
fore midnight on October 18 when
he was born at 11.57 p. m. John
James is the name chosen for him
by his parents.
Mr. Puhl is employed here by
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association.
If you are absolutely sure you
are perfect, throw all the brick
bats you wish.
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“Added Attractions”
At Hallowe’en Carnival
Totals $400 in Prizes
Tomorrow night at 7 o’clock the
doors of the Palmer High School
will open on one of the biggest
and best Hallowe’en carnivals to
be sponsored here by the Palmer
High School student body to date,
according to members of the plan
ning committee.
A record crowd of Valley resi
dents and their guests, many who
plan to come from Anchorage, is
expected to attend the annual
Carnival, which has become one
of the school’s traditional events
here.
There is a variety of games and
j concessions planned with “added
i attractions” of prizes valued at a
| total of $400.
At 10 p.m. dancing to the music
' of Schaeffer’s orchestra will start
1 to round out a full evening of en
1 tertainment for both adults and
! children.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the event is com
prised of David Vidgahl, Gene
vieve DeLand, Rose Miller and
Harvey Hiber.
Assisting the committee will be
Jean Smith, in charge of food;
pop and popcorn, Geraldine Kind
gren; “Alaska’s favorite game”
for children and adults, Mrs. Al
onzo Smart; ;
Baseball throw (milk bottles),
Robert Crites; spinning wheel,
Charles Ercegovich; ball roll, John
DeVries; dart stand, Wesley Eck
ert; bargain fish pond, Miss Bar
bara Rumball; regular fish pond,
Mrs. Jean LaCross and Gottfried
Stevahn; ring the goose, Doyle
Ross;
Milwaukee raceway, Duane
Goodrich; ivory cubes, David
Vigdahl; ring thrower, Edison
Thuma; hat check, Rose Miller;
rifle shoot, Earl Sanders; rag doll
baseball throw, Pat O’Connor;
spinning wheel, David Algarin;
novelty stands, Mrs. Margaret
Cope; weight guessing, Stanley
Zaborac.
A radical is a guy who can out
talk you on most any subject.
1
i The Ladies Aid of the United
Protestant church will meet on
November- 1. The meeting will
convene at 11 a. m. at the church
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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because it is the best cooking
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able, more efficient for Hot
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and Refrigerators. PRO-GAS
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farm homes, beach cottages,
boats, PRO-GAS brings you
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on PRO-GAS —your dealer in
your area has it and can
make speedy delivery.
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REPAIR STORM WINDOWS NOW
This week-end would be a good time to take out
your storm windows and give them a thorough
going over. Cracked and broken panes eliminate
the fuel-saving seal furnished by tight storm
windows.
You'll save money this winter if you fix up your
storm windows now.
We have what you need to make the job air-tight,
and inexpensive, too.
Ketchikan Spruce Mill
Alaska Owned and Operated
Palmer, Alaska
ALASKAN SCIENCE
CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD IN WASHINGTON
More than 100 scientists and
administrators actively concerned
v.ith Alaskan research will ad
dress the Alaskan Science Con
ference. to be held in Washing
ton, D. C., next month.
The conference under the aus
pices of the National Academy
of Sciences - National Research
Council will be held November
9, 10 and 11. Twenty individual
sessions are planned, including a
public meeting at which govern
ment officials will speak and spe
cial Alaskan films will be shown.
Papers will be presented cover
I ing a wide range of Alaskan sci
entific interests. There will be an
address by Governor Ernest
Gruening on “Alaska and Its De
velopment” and other speakers
will discuss numerous other sub
jects.
Objectives of the Alaskan Sci
ence Conference are to stimulate
wider interest in research relat
ing to the Alaskan area and to
discuss ways in which those en
gaged in field research can be of
assistance to each other. It will
! also provide ways to make the
results of research more widely
known and available to scientists
planning work in Alaska.
Palmerites Are
i Special Guests at
Kiwanis Charter Night
Palmerites attending the An
chorage Kiwanis Club charter
night celebration this week as
special guests of the club were
Mr. and Mrs. James Hurley, Mr_
and Mrs. Harlow Hodgson and
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam T. Zahrad
nicek. Mr. Hurley is president of
the Palmer Kiwanis Club.
The charter night dinner and
party was held by the Anchorage-'
Kiwanis Ch’b on Wednesday
night at the Aleutian Gardens.
On Tuesday, Mr. Hurley and
James W. Wilson, Co-Op man
ager, on business in Anchorage^
were guests of the Kiwanis Club
there at its regular noon luncheon.
; meeting.
Mr. Hurley, as president of the*
j local Kiwanis, extended an invi
: tation to the members of the A
| chorage group to attend the P;
i mer club’s charter night par.,
which is scheduled here for No
j vember 4.
Plans are now being completed
■ for the local club’s charter night
I celebration which will be held at
i the school cafeteria for members
! and guests of the Kiwanis. A
| dinner party will be followed by
dancing for the evening.
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