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VOL. 4. NUMBER 27
PALMER. ALASKA. FRIDAY. MARCH 16. 1951
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Dates Set for Kiwanis Minstrel Show
Kiwanians to Holil
Easter Egg Hunt
For Valley Tots
In spite of the fact that Easter
will arrive at an early date this
year, the Palmer Kiwanis club
will again stage their Easter egg
hunt which made such a big hit
with the local youngsters last
year, it was announced this week.
Hugh Johnson, president of the
* local group, said each Kiwanian
is to furnish two dozen hard
boiled eggs for the event. They
are to be left at the Palmer Drug
store by Saturday night, March
24. Townspeople are also invited
to contribute eggs, to add to the
youngster’s pleasure. These must
be boiled and colored before de
livery because the Kiwanis club
, has no means of doing it this
year, he added. The hunt will
again be conducted in the area
surrrounded by the Rec hall, the
school and the lodge.
Kiwanians serving on the work
ing committee consist of Jack
Maze, Ev Yohn, John L. Sullivan
and Joe Loyer.
Additional information and
rules for the egg hunt will be an
nounced next week, at the regu
lar Monday night meeting.
The club voted to use its PA
system on a non-political basis in
< urging the public to get out and
vote in the forthcoming „ school
board election to be held April 3.
Member Jack Tost will provide
battery service to the system and
Ev Yohn will donate several rec
ords.
The idea for buying a miniature
railroad has been abandoned on
the recommendation of the fi
nance committee who found it
too expensive a project.
At the board of directors’ meet
ing, which followed the regular
meeting, several bills were ap
proved. The need for better pro
grams was discussed at length by
the members. Jack Maze was ap
pointed program chairman for the
next noon meeting, to be held
March 19, at the Rec dining hall.
Method of Selecting
Palmer City Officials
' Promised Next Week
The Steering Committee in
in charge of the proposed in
corporation of Palmer an
nounced this week through
their legal counsel. Harold
Butcher of Anchorage, that a
report will be made in next
week's issue of the Frontiers
man clarifying the procedure
which must be followed in ob
taining and placing of names of
office seekers on the ballots for
the April 10 election for incor
poration of Palmer and election
of officers for the new city.
Residents of No. Palmer
Air Views on Water
System, Incorporation
The North Palmer Development
Association, representing North
Palmer residents, held a caucus
Monday evening in the garage
building of E. C. Christensen to
discuss matters pertaining to in
corporation of Palmer and the
shortage of Palmer’s water sup
ply
With Ernie Bowens and Frank
Brown presiding, the incorpora
tion of Palmer was discussed pro
and con amongst the group of in
terested people present. While a
few were against incorporation
must were for it. But all were in
accord in that something must be
done about our water situation.
Several wondered why the Co
Op hadn’t done something about
the water shortage several years
ago since shortages had been
known to exist for several years.
Another asked why the Co-Op
raised water rent to $4 monthly
when they can’t supply water. So
why charge for it! Still another
wondered what became of ap
proximately $20,000 which had
been paid the Co-Op over a peri
od of years for water rent by
North Palmer people since no no
ticeable expenditures had been
made towards improving their
lines to North Palmer.
ICY ROADS CAUSE
OF CAR ACCIDENT
Mr. Clyde Sherman, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, was re
leased from the Valley Hospital
this morning, where he has been
a patient since last Sunday.
Mr. Sherman was hospitalized
with head injuries received when
the car in which he was riding
was involved in a traffic collision
at the intersection of Matanuska
and Wasilla roads.
I. M. C. Anderson, director of
the Farmers Home Administra
tion, with whom Mr. Sherman
was riding, suffered a broken rib
and lacerations of the lip. Mr. C.
A. Newton, driver of the other
car, received head lacerations.
Mr. Sherman was here from
Fairbanks, on business. -
The accident was attributed to
icy conditions of the road. Both
cars were badly damaged.
30,000 Receive Easter
Seals From ACCA
The Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association has completed mail
ing throughout the territory, some
30,000 envelopes containing
Easter seals, it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. George Allen,
chairman of the 1951 drive.
Mrs. Allen had the highest of
praises for the volunteer workers
who gave of their time and effort
to make it possible for the asso
ciation to turn over the majority
of all monies collected during the
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Many Men, Women
Of Valley Enrolled
In Training Classes
The Matanuska Valley Nurses’
Association is very gratified with
the number of men and women in
the Valley now enrolled in clas
ses being given for nurses aides
and medical aids, Miss Florence
D. Eby, president of the nurses’
association, announced this week.
Several groups are currently
taking the course, Miss Eby said
in explaining that it is estimated
that approximately 100 lay people
in the Valley will be trained to
assist doctors and nurses in giv
ing care to the sick and wounded
in case of necessity.
The groups include Civic Cen
ter, Men’s Medical Aids, with
Max Sherrod and Gottfried Stev
ahn, acting as instructors; Civic
Center, Women’s Nurses Aids, in
structed by Miss Eby; Palmasilla
Homemakers with Mrs. Francis
Plack acting as instructor; Chee
:hako Homemakers, Betty Shaw,
and Phyllis Long instructing;
Glacier View, Mrs. Ann Deming
and Grace Reid instructing; 12:30
Club, Mrs. Claire Kopperud in
structor; Knik and Waslla home
makers clubs, Mrs. Florence Jones
acting as instructor.
The training program is being
given as a part of the Civilian
Defense plan for the Valley. As
soon as medical casuality stations
are designated in the Valley, the
graduate nurses, nurses’ aids and
medical aids will be ready to staff
the station in 24 hour shifts. Miss
Eby said.
Palmer Legion Auxiliary
Initiates Jr. Members
Palmer Post, American Legion
Auxiliary, celebrated their 32nd
anniversary with a pot-luck din
ner, served at Carpenter’s Hall,
March 15.
Following the dinner, a short
business meeting was held. At
that tipie, six Junior members of
the auxiliary were initiated. This
is the first time the local auxil
iary has had a Junior member
ship. The following girls were
initiated: Robin Niemann, Terry
Niemann, Mary Linda Steelman,
Dorothy Campbell, Ruth Henry
and Dale Yohn.
Mrs. Ann Demming, president
of the Auxiliary, appointed the
following committee to serve re
freshments at the April Fool’s
Day dance to be sponsored by the
American Legion March 31; Mes
dames John Dunlap, Dana Nie
mann, Jeanne Kygar and Eva
Plumley. »
At the close of the meeting a
social evening was enjoyed.
Spring Is Here!
The budding of puss7 wil
lows. early Easter and the
fine weather the valley has
been enjoying all point to
an important day . . . the
21st of March, when spring
will officially make her bow.
May she do it gently.
School Dislricl
Election Is Set
Here for April 3
The Palmer Incorporated School
District will hold its annual
school election April 3rd in the
Palmer School Gymnasium be
tween the hours of 12 Noon and
7 P.M.
This year there are three ex
piring terms to be filled, each for
a two year period. Board mem
bers whose terms expire this year
are: James J. Hurley, Klaire E.
Johnson and Harold L. Thuma.
In Incorporated School Dis
tricts, the Board prescribes the
rules for the conduct of the elec
tion, gives notice of election, and
designates the polling places, and
appoints the judges of election.
The general qualifications of
School Electors are as follows:
a. Citizen of United States, 21
years of age or over.
b. Continous resident of Alaska
during the entire year immed
iately before the election.
c. Continuous resident of the
district thirty (30) days before the
election.
d. Ability to read and write the
English language.
A candidate for the Palmer
board of Education may have his
name placed on the printed bal
lots by filing a Declaration of
Intention to Run and leaving it
at the School Office on or before
12 Noon April 2, 1951. Declara
tions of Intentions may be secur
at the School Office.
COURT DENIES
LIQUOR LICENSE FOR
ROADHOUSE AT BUTTE
An application for a beverage
dispensary license for a proposed
roadhouse to be located at Butte,
near Mile 41 on the Palmer High
way was denied this week by
Judge Anthony J. Diamond.
Diamond stated in his memor
andum opinion on the matter,
“that the petition is not suppor
ted by the written consent of a
majority of the citizens over the
age of 21 years residing within
two miles of the proposed place of
business. . .
A hearing on the petition spon
sored by the Valley Development
Corporation had been held in
District Court last Friday. At that
time a number of residents of the
area voiced their opposition and
presented a counter-petition con
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decond annual event
Scheduled for April; .
Prices Announced
The Palmer Kiwanis Club
Minstrel Show will be presented
Friday and Saturday nights, April
20 and 21, it was announced by
Mr. James Hurley, director, this
week.
Reserved seats and general ad
mission tickets will go on sale
within two weeks Mr. Hurley
added, with reserved seats being
sold in two centrally located spots
in Palmer. General admission
tickets will be sold by club mem
bers.
Prices have been set as follows:
Reserved seats, $2.00; general
admission, $1.50, and students,
75c. All prices include tax.
Mr. Hurley also annnounced
plans for a nursery-play room to
be conducted for “little ones”,
2 to 6, attending the show. It is
planned to use a room at the
school for this purpose with qual
ified attendants to keep the
youngsters entertained and well
cared for while their parents at
tend the show. There will be no
charge for this service, Mr. Hur
ley addded.
End men, under the direction of
Mr. Hurley, had their first re
hearsal Thursday night.
Mr. Hurley stated that the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club Minstrel Show
would definitely not be shown in
Anchorage this year.
PWA Representatives
Expected Here
The steering committee for the
incorporation of Palmer received
a wire from Mr. Don Wilson, di
rector of the Public Works Agen
cy, it was announced by the com
mittee today.
Mr. Wilson stated in his wire
that the agency will send repre
sentatives to Palmer to meet with
the committee and discuss pro
cedures and time intervals re
quired to obtain assistance, from
the Public Works Agency, for im
provement of the Palmer water
system.
MATANUSKA BRIDGE
TO SPAN 40-MILE
JUNEAU—Steel from the old
Matanuska River bridge is being
hauled north by truck to the un
bridged Forty-Mile River on the
new Forty-Mile road, it was re
ported here by William Niemi,
chief of operations for the Alaska
Road Commission.
Erected in 1930, the Matanuska
bridge was recently dismantled
and replaced by a wider, more
modern structure. The new bridge
site is located 106 miles north of
the Forty-Mile road’s junction
with the Alaska Highway.