Legion and Auxiliary
, Honor Six Students
At Award Assembly
Six Palmer School students
were honored in an award assem
bly held at the school last Thurs
day afternoon hy the local Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary.
Students from the top six
grades were present to see the
' Legion Commander Stanley
Laird present the annual Ameri
ca11 Legion citizenship awards to
the boy and girl selected from the
eighth grade. Robert Barry and
Jerene Stephan were the honored
students. Mrs. Florence Dunlap,
president of the Legion Auxiliary,
awarded five dollar prizes to
Vosella Hughes and Jerene Ste
phan, winners of the Junior High
and Senior High Auxiliary Essay
Contests this year. The Auxiliary
| Poppy Poster awards were made
* by Mrs. Izola Sims to Ruth Henry
of the sixth grade and Carol
Berry of the eighth grade.
Throughout the impressive
ceremony the American Legion
color guard consisting of John
Weisenberger, Richard Demming,
and Herbert Hoff stood at atten
tion while the American flag was
M held aloft.
OF CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT—
NEITHER PAYS
That crime doesn’t pay has long
been axiomatic, but last week at
the City Council meeting it was
revealed that punishment doesn't
pay either—it costs.
The revelation was made in
connection with the ohaymg of
bills for keeping two prisoners in
city jail. Since Palmer lias no
permanent residents in its jail
and residence there has been very
infrequent, no jailer bad been ap
pointed. When Police Oiief Ber
nie Bouwens suddenly found
« himself with a prisoner, he was
forced to scurry around to find
someone available for guard
duty. Then, since no pay scale
had been established, the jailer
turned in his bill. The last one
charged according to the scale he
had been paid as bartender.
Prisoners have to be guarded
24 hours, it was explained—not
because they might escape "from!
the jail (although that, too. has
happened!., but to keep the pris-i
oner from doing harm to himself;
or to the furnishings of the jail.;
Bouwens said he could usually!
be responsible for eight of those'
24 hours, but be had to have;
someone for the other 3®.
In a motion the Council de
cided to set up the occasional job
as jailer at $10 for a T6 hour day,
as needed, or $8 for a 12-hour
aay.
The last prisoner was first
f given a fine and a suspended 10
day sentence on a drunk and dis
orderly charge because there was
no jailer immediately available.
A couple of days later he was
picked up on the same charge
fined $75. and ordered to serve
his sentence. This experience, the
City Magistrate pointed out,
shows the fallacy of trying to
provide law and order by means
of fines and suspended sentences.
There’s also the possibility that
> the prisoner might not have the
money for a fine. What’s the City
Magistrate going to do then? ft
;all boils down to the fact that if
the city has a misdemeanor or
dinance, it has to be enforced;
and if it is to be enforced, it’s
necessary to maintain a jail.
The jailer isn’t the only ex
<C pense to a jail—it has to have a
lock. Last Wednesday night for
perhaps the fifth or sixth time,
the Council was asked to provide
a new lock. It seems that -the Air
Police use the jail for recalcitrant
servicemen until transportation
and escort can be provided to re
turn them to quarters. When
Bouwens can’t be found immedi
ately, the lock is pulled off and
tossed where nobody can find it.
The city has had the use of the
jail in the basement of A1 Hag
r en’s Valley Theater free since
last September, although the
agreement was that the free ren
tal was to last only until May 1,
1952. Nevertheless, according to
the City Clerk’s records, a total
of $229.56 has been spent for
locks, repairs and needed fur
nishings for the jail. Added to
this is the sum of $365.65 as the
cost of housing three city pris
Damage to plows by stumps and stones is pretty well prevented with
a new Break-Away plow developed by engineers of the J. I. Case Co.
Because tractor-mounted plows are poorly suited to ordinary release
hitches, the Break-Away plow itself separates when it strikes stump or
stone, leaving its fore-frame still mounted on Eagle Hitch of the Case
Tractor. It is automatically recoupled by backing the tractor.
The Break-Away plow can be used with “economy bottoms” that have
low-cost disposable shares which are simply replaced when dull—rather,
than requiring trip to the blacksmith shop.
oners to serve their sentences for
a total of 24 days. Against this
expense the city has collected
$135 in fines.'
Strange Disappearance
Explained
Local 'consoiters who have
wondered why bread from an
Anchorage bakery suddenly dis
appeared from store shelves at
the same time the new local bak
ery started patting its bread on
Palmer’s store shelves, could have
heard the official reason at last
week’s City Council meeting.
The reason: the city’s licensing j
ordinance was invoked. Under j
the terms of the ordinance, an
outside person <or company that
solicits business is a peddler and
as such must purchase a peddler’s
license at $25 monthly.
According .to :the City Clerk,!
who explained the difference be
tween wholesale deliveries and
deliveries plus solicitation, a for
mer Palmer bakery was fined.and
prohibited from .doing business in
Anchorage under the terms of a
similar Anchorage ordinance.
One of the main functions of the
licensing ordinances, it was point
ed out, is to protect the local
business mem, who pays .local !
taxes, from outside competition, j
need -reliable
answers to your"crisis
questions" this year!
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Palmasilla Club
The May meeting of the Pal
masilla club was held at the home
of Mrs. 'Curtis Dearborn. There
was a discussion concerning
booths for Settlers’ Celebration
and the Valley Fair. Members
were reminded of the Territorial
food perservation contest which
will close October 15.
Following the business meeting
Mrs. Marylou Rideout held the
attention of the group with an
enlightening “New Ideas in Home
Sewing” demonstration. Several i
members can boast of being mod
els at least once in their lifetime.
They modeled clever, practical
aprons, house dresses, rain capes
and many other items.
The June meeting will be held
at the borne of Mrs. Winston
Laugh lin.
Checchako Club
Thirteen Cheechakos met at the
home of Mrs. Cloy cine Driggers
May 12 for their regular meeting.
Mrs. Marylou Rideout, Home
Demonstration agent was guest
speaker for the evening. Her sub
ject, “Newer Ideas in Home Sew
ing” proved very interesting. Mrs.
Rideout repeated a request for
a 4-H leader in cooking and an
nounced the Territorial contest
Hanning Commission
Delivers Street Data
On 18 Subdivisions
Complete street descriptions for
18 of the city’s 24 or 25 subdivi
sions were turned over to the
City Council last week by Charles
Wilson and Richard Demining,
members of the City Planning
Commission.
These descriptions cover only
those subdivisions where it is
definitely known that a portion
of the street has not been sold
either through negligence or mis
take.
The next step in the city’s ac
quiring title to its streets will
3e up to the city attorney, Harold
Butcher. He will draw up the
leeds from the descriptions. The
final step will be up to the City
Council, which must negotiate
with the subdivision owners to
have the deeds signed. Then the
city will own the streets.
Among the five or six subdivi
sions for which descriptions have
not yet been obtained are a few
parcels of government property.
In these cases, easement to the
streets will be obtained. In cases
where ownership of the streets is
in question, it will be necessary
to negotiate directly with individ
ual owners within the subdivi
sion.
COPPER RIVER
ASSIGNMENT
Marvin Slaughter and Erie
Bresee of the 1 ocal Geological
Survey office left Tuesday for the
Copper River where immediate
construction of a recording instal
lation near Chitna is planned.
A construction crew will be at
the site for a month or six weeks.
Bresee is in charge of the in
stallation.
on food preservation.
The club treasurer reported the
rummage and bake sale held May
10 collected $50.73. Committee re
ports were made by Billie De
Julio and Clara Whetstone on
the sale; Eloise Smith on ham
dinner served at the last meeting;
Dorothy Hurley on the Short
Course program for 1952 and Ida
Stadler on ACCA project which
has given the hospital benefit an
other $58.75 profit from the
Hotel Gift Shop,
The next meeting; will tee held
at the home of Mrs. Kmtheiyn
Wilson. June 9.
Buy an American Legion iPoppy
May 24.
Pastor A. V. Richey
You are invited to all «f the
Services of
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GROWING CITY
First Baptist
Church
Meeting in Carpenter^* Hall
Sunday School .16 a.m.
Morning Worship .11 a.m.
Training Union .6:45 pum.
Evening Worship .7:30 p.m.
Wed. prayer service 7:30 p.m.
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Prospective Bidders
Show Lively Interest
In City Water System
Unusual interest in bidding on
construction of the city’s new
water system was reported at the
City Council meeting last week.
With the opening date sched
uled for June 4, it was revealed
that Thomas Bourne Associates
engineers had already been asked
to furnish 12 additional sets of
specifications to interested con
tractors.
Since the earliest date for start
of construction is in July, thus al
lowing only a few months of
work this year before freeze-up
there is some talk about extend
ing the construction period limit
ation to 365 days.
One of the first steps in the
construction of the water system
was accomplished last week by
MEA with the extension of a
three-phase power line to the
well and reservoir sites.
CITY GETS STUCK
WITH TOWING CHARGES
Motorists who have had the
misfortune of getting stuck on
the city’s streets during this
year’s long break-up period may
take some solace from the dis
comfiture of the City Council last
week.
Since the city took over the
operation of the Matanuska Val
ley Telephone Company a couple
of months ago, the city has been
4-H CLUB NEWS
Leaders for the 4-H Sewing and
Clothing Clubs will have a meet
ing on Monday May 19th at 1
o’clock in the Extension craft
room. It is hoped that these lead
ers can all be present as ideas and
suggestions are needed as to the
revision of the project books.
<E' * * *
The 4-H Baking club will have
its first meeting May 21st, at 1
o’clock in the Extension craft
room, with their leader.
collecting receipts but it has also
been responsible for the com
pany’s expenditures. Last week
the Council had to okay towing
charges for the six times the
telephone company truck has
been stuck in the mud on city
streets. The charges totalled $28.
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