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v ULiUMt 16. NUMBER 4
PALMER. ALASKA, THURSDAY. OCT. 17, 19G3
TEN PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
Two Weeks Remain to File for Boron
lection
PALMER MOOSE
PLAN BENEFIT
Members of the Palmer
Moose club are now making
.Loans for a costume dance to j
be held Oct. 26 at the Moose
ledge at 8 p. rn. The affair,
which will be open to the pub
-ic, v. ,il be a benefit for Duke
Harris.
The charge for the dance
will be $2.50 per couple. There;
wil; be dancing to live music,
and a buffet lunch is planned.
Those attending may come in
costume, ordinary dress, or
“come as you are.”
Tne Duke Harris family, for
merly of Sutton, moved to Spo-;
kane recently to allow their;
on, Jackie, access to the kid-!
ney machine at Sacred Heart!
hospital. By making periodic:
visits to the hospital ,the young j
man can lead a normal life al-1
though suffering from an in
curable kidney ailment.
APARTMENTS
CHANGE HANDS
Purchased Monday. Oct. 14.
. : a marshall’s sale were the
Pioneer Apartments. The buy
er was the Federal Housing
Administration.
FHA has appointed Mrs. I
Laura B a r n e s> of Totemland
Realty to manage the apart-i
ments in line with their policy!
of naming only bonded and li- \
censed reai estate brokers to
managerial positions. The tor- ,
ir.er managers, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas, will remain at the
apartments, he as maintenance
man and she as secretary and i
ookkeeper.
Mrs. Barnes said that the en- j
■ :e building will be renovated!
: - soon as it is practicable. This I
will include redecorating the
apartments, conversion to oil
neat, and the planting of new
lawns.
The name of the apartment
buildings will be changed to
the Palmer Arms, the new
manager said.
Big Lake Election
Set For November
An informational meeting on
proposed incorporation of a
second class city in the Big
Lake area has been set for to
morrow. Oct. 18, at 8 p m. in
the Big Lake school, it was an
nounced this week.
Big Lake businessmen insti
tuted the move to incorporate a
city in the area, circulating pe
titions which obtained suffi
cient signatures to legalize an
election on incorporation,
which is set for Nov. 5 at the
Big Lake Y Grocery.
The proposed city would cov
er 19 square miles, and would
include all of Big Lake, all of
Mad Lake, part of Flat Lake,
all of Rocky Lake, and part of
Lake Stephan, a resident of
the area said this week.
Although estimates of the
number of property owners in
the area ranges from 2,000 to
4.000. only permanent residents
of the proposed incorporated
area would be permitted to
vote in the election. About 50
eligible voters are estimated to
make their homes in the area
permanently.
Legal notices of the election
tve posted at the Big Lake Y
Grocery, the Big Lake school,
and at Burkeshore. Also posted
yesterday in the same locations
are forms on which persons
who wish to serve on the board
of trustees may place their sig
natures to file for election. Any
qualified^ voter may place his
name on these lists, and there
will be space on the ballots for
write-in votes, a spokesman for
the Big Lake businessmen said.
Five trustees will be elected,
who will serve if the vote for
incorporation is successful.
Warning System Would Alert Local
Officials of Danger Within Minutes
Civil defense officials in
Palmer would be alerted with
in minutes of the first warn
ing of approaching enemy air
craft, Robert Risley, director
of civil defense, Alaska Warn
ing Center, said yesterday at
the noon luncheon meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce.
A network of 500 warning
points through the South 48
are tied to the National Warn
ing Center at Colorado Springs,
as are the ten warning points
in the state of Alaska.
The Palmer station is loca
ted in the Matanuska Hotel,
which has direct communica
tion with Risley in Anchorage,
whose station is in turn in di
rect communication with Colo
rado Springs.
As soon as unidentified ap
proaching aircraft are spotted
on the radar screens there,
messages are relayed to con
cerned areas, where civil de
fense officials must make the
decision on what precautionary
measures to take.
The warning stations are
manned 24 hours a day, Ris
ley said.
The length of time available
to prepare for an attack is com
puted by dividing the distance
of the approaching aircraft by
its speed, he explained.
The civil defense director
said that a bill now before
Congress which, if passed,
would provide matching funds
for construction of fallout
shelters in the schools.
Asked about fallout monitor
ing stations, Risley said that
every FAA station in Alaska is
a monitoring station.
Risley, a former resident of
the Matanuska Valley, first
came here in 1936.
He has been active in t h e
Alaskan boy scout program for
years, and is now serving as
Western Alaska council com
missioner.
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BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT!
KITTY is again having
Spaghetti Supper
ALL YOU CAN EAT - $1.75
SATURDAY EVENING - 7 TO ? ? ?
Hallea Lodge
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Their duty will he a set up a
temporary city government
and to arrange for an election
to determine the kind of city
government the area will have
and to elect city officials.
Mrs. Beulah Hobson said yes
terday that the meeting at hen
home last Monday evening was I
the regular meeting of the Big
Lake volunteer fire depart
ment. and was not set to plan
for city incor[ oration, as stated
m the Frontii rsman last week.
MRS. GEORGE E. SMITH ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF STATE PTA GROUP
Mrs. George (Ed) Smith of
the Palmer area was elected
president of the Alaska Con
gress uf Parents and Teacher
at the recently concluded con
vention in Fairbanks. Mrs.
Smith will hold office until the
1965 convention of the ACPT in
Ketchikan, according to Mrs.
James Hulbert, president of the
Palmer PTA and historian for
the state organization.
Fatal Accident
Invokes Local Mao
William K. Lee, 30, of Eagle
River, died last evening after
being struck by a car driven
by Adelard Beylund, 25, for
mer Palmer man now living in
Anchorage.
The fatal accident occurred
on the Palmer highway in the
Eagle River vicinity.
“I saw a shadow before me
and felt a tremendous impact,
then hit my brakes and stop
ped.” Beylund told newsman
Ed Stevens of KBYR last night.
“When I looked back I saw that
I had hit a man.”
Lee was taken to the Alaska
Native Service hospital in An
chorage by the Chugiak ambu
lance. where he was pronoun
ced dead on arrival.
State police said that Lee
was intoxicated when struck
by the Beylund vehicle. Bey
lund, MEA employee, was not
held.
RACEWAY PLANS
TO BE DISCUSSED
An invitation to “everyone in
terested in the future growth of
Pa’mer” was issued yesterday
by Barney Fish at the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon meet
ing to attend a meeting tomor
row, Oct, 18, at 8 p.m. in the
Palmer Moose hall.
Fish said the sports car rac
ing center project south of
town will be discussed at the
meeting.
GENERATION UNIT
REPORTS PREMATURE
Radio reports this morning
quoted Sen. E. L. Bartlett as
saying that Norman Clapp,
REA administrator, has stated
that published accounts of a
loan to Chugach Elecric Asso
ciation for construction of a
gas turbine at the Knik Arm
site are premature, and that no
loan has yet been granted.
Clapp was also quoted as say
ing that no decision has yet
been reached on where a 33
megawatt generating plant is
to be located. REA has under
consideration two applications,
onef from CEA at the Knik
Arm site, and one from MEA
at Sutton.
PENNY
CARNIVAL |
Friday, Oct. 18
CENTRAL GYM-7-9 p m
10c ADMISSION
$85 In Prizes
Mrs. James Wilson of Pal
mer was chosen as state trea
surer. Other new officers of the
Alaska Congress are Mrs. Le.
• ' of Anchorage, 1st vice
pres.dent; Ma.1. A. G. Norris nf
F. rt Richardson, 2nd vice- pre
sident: and Mrs. William Dar
rin c,f Juneau, ecretary. A cer
tificate was awarded to Mrs. '
Lloyd Hill of Palmer for hen
work in obtaining subscriptions ,
to the PTA magazine.
It was suggested at the gen- ,
oral meeting of the local PTA
on Oct. 15 that the organiza
tion again sponsor Career Day
at the high school. The PTA
will also request that a skating
rink be built near Swanson
School for use during school
recesses. The program on safe
ly presented by police chief
Louis Bencardino brought out
the suggestion that the PTA
and local Homemaker’s clubs
arrange to have luminescent
tape provided for chilren’s par
kas during the months they
must walk to and from school
in. the dark,
Anchorage Youths
Raid Palmer Heme
Two juveniles, aged 11 and |
1-1. were turned over to An
chorage authorities Monday
following thefts at a Bailey Hill
home and tlie Pioneer Apart
ments.
Mrs. Owen Wilkerson called
Palmer police about 1 p. m.
Monday to report that her
heme had been ransacked.
Neighbors said they had seen
two boys near the house, and
that they had disappeared in
the woods. Police with the aid
of Dean Geddes, searched the
area and found the boys on the
Matanuska River bank behind
the Max Sherrod property.
The youths had in their pos
session a transistor radio, two
sleeping bags, several cans of
food, two loaves of bread, a $5
bill, pocket knives and shells
for a 22 - caliber rifle. The
sleeping bags, the property of
Bev Schroeder, were taken
from the basement of the Pio
neer Apartments, and the other
items were all the property of
the Wilkersons.
CIVIL DEFENSE
TO BE TOPIC
AT CONFERENCE
Community civil defense will
">e the objective of an invita
tion;,! civil defense conference
for city and state officials in
Palmer on Oct. 22, the Univer
sity of Alaska announced this
week The conference, sponsor
ed by the university’s civil de
fense education program, will
be held in the Palmer Elks hall.
The day-long conference will
begin with registration at 8:45
a.m., and will break at noon
for a no-host luncheon in the
Frontier cafe.
The program will emphasize I
local responsibilities for pro
teetion against the effect of nu
cie.M war. Tin morning session
will outline the threat and
counter - measure.- which are
available. The afternoon ses
sion will consist of workshops
to consider strictly local capa
bilities and needs and measures
to strengthen the Palmer civil
defense posture.
Assisting University person
nel will he representatives of
the department of defense, of
fice of civil defense, and the
state division of civil defense.
Hoads of influential organiz
ations as well state and In
ca; government officials pri
marily responsible for carrying
out the civil defense program
have been invited to attend the
conference.
They include Ted Schmidtke,
Dari . .1 Frank, Richard Gei
witz, Don Irwin, William Her
mann. Walter Briggs, Merritt
Long, Willard Johnson. Eugene
Reid. Lew Hanks, Dr. Arthur
Colberg. Bart Oliver, Sig Re
stad, Mason LaZelle, Max Cle
ments, it. C. Carter, Don In
galls. Joyce Keittula, Jan Kos
losky, Barney Fish, Bob Pippel
Dick Jones, Mrs. James Hul
bert. A. Q. Stine. Jack Maze,
Stan Zaborac. Rodney J«'hn
ston, Louis Bencardino, How
ard Luther, Marvin Slaughter,
Mark Davis. Peter Bagoy, Earl
Ray, Ed Burgan, Dan .McGin
nis, Pat Carter, Joe Krusca
vage, Bud Barnhardt, Noel
Woods, Lee Fowler. Tauno
Lappi, and Don Aemisegger.
Anyone interested in civil
defense problems is urged to
attend the conference.
Original Colonist
Dies In Anchorage
George Campbell, 62, died
yesterday at Providence hospi
tal in Anchorage.
One of the original Matanus
ka Valley colonists, he farmed
for many years in the Valley
and worked for t h e Alaska
Railroad, retiring in 1954.
Campbell was born in Rose
City, Mich., on Aug. 23, 1901.
He is survived by four sons,
Sidney of Spenard, Gerald of
Anchorage, and George Jr. and
Norman, both of Palmer.
Ambulance Drive
Hits $10,000 Goal
Reaching its $10,000 goal this j
week, the Matanuska - Susitna
area ambulance drive has been
officially closed, William Her
mann. drive chairman, has an
nounced. Any deficit between
the delivered cost of the am
bulance and the funds at hand 1
will be made up by the Palmer
volunteer firemen. Hermann
said.
Proceeds' from the annual
Fireman’s masquerade ball, to ,
be held at the Moose hall in
Palmer on Nov. 2, will be do
noted to the ambulance fund.
Persons who would still iikt
to contribute to the fund ma
di 1 by purchasing tickets :
the all, the chairman pointed
out.
The ambulance selection com
mittee has completed its evalu
ation of ambulance equipment
and hid proposals by local deal
ers, Hermann said. The Pon
tiac-National, ambulance con
version, was chosen as most
suitable for local needs and
most economical. In a good will
gesture to friends and custom
ers of the Valley, Kirk's Sales
ant’ Service of Palmer and Al
aska Sales and Service of An
cno .,ge donated their commis
sion on the sale, the chairman
stated.
Ip. commenting on the sue- !
cessful close of the drive, Her- j
ruann said, "Attainment of this j
goal is a wonderful achieve ;
ment for the Valley, a piece of
self-help for which we may ;
justly bo proud."
Vroman, Kertfula
Pick Up Petitions
With 15 d;i\ remaining in
which to obtain signatures and
file petition.' with the Secre
tary of State, only two persons
have thus far shown an inter
est ;n candidacy .n the District
7 borough election, set for
Tuesday, Dec 3.
Robert Vroman of Houston,
has picked up petitions for bor
ough chairman and borough
assemblyman, and Mrs. Joyce
Kerttuhi of Palmer is circular
ing a petition for borough
school board. Woman was the
chairman of the Matanuska
Susitna bon ugh study commit
tee. and Mrs. Kerttula is a
member fu the Palmer Inde
pendent School District hoard
of directors Both would have
won Captain Cook borough
seats if that election had been
successful.
The Dee. 3 election is being
held under the provision ol
the Ho; Bid 90 amendment
to the borough iaw. which pro
vides for mandatory incorpora
tion of D;'tric* 7 as a borough
before Jan. 1. 1964.
Voters in the Dec. 3 electio:
w :! determine w It ether th<
: local government unit will b<
| a first or second class borough
The borough assembly wil
be made up of two member
; from the Palmer city counci
j and three to represent the are;
| outside the incorporated tit;
| limits. The three must be res,
I dents of the area outside th
; city and will be elected by th
| voters Pving outside the citi
V- t'..- will also have to dc
cide whether the borough wi
have an appointed boroug
manager or an elected boroug
chairman form of governmei
and must elect a boroug
chairman who will fake offic
if the second form of govern
merit is chosen. The same pro
j cedure was followed in the re
' cent Captain Cook election.
1 Five borough school boarc
: members will be elected a
I large.
Nominations for the candi
GIFT CACHE IS
OPEN SATURDAYS
Now open each Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the
Gift Cache, a gift shop oper
ated by the Matanuska Valley
chapter of the Alaska Crippled
Children's Association.
The shop is located in the
ACCA clinic building next
door to the Center Theatre in
Palmer. Mrs. Lee Plumbley is
in charge of its operation.
Attractively displayed on
shelves and in showcases are a
variety of gift items, all of
which have been donated to
MVCCA. Among them are
china figurines, linens, jewelry,
the ACCA cookbooks, and Al
askan Christmas cards. Chil
dren's toys are also available
at the Gft Cache.
The Shop was arranged and
the displays were set up by
Mrs. Plumbley and Mrs. Carl
Mielke.
Donations of gift items to the
Cache will be welcomed. Also
on display at the shop is a
good-looking h a m p e r, for
which donations of new linens
are asked. The hamper of lin
ens wiii be raffled at a later
date.
dates for borough chairman.
! borough assemblymen. and
I borough school board members
| must be made by petition. Pet.
i tion forms are available in the
' offices of the deputy magis
trates at Palmer and Talkeetna.
the office of ‘he city clerk in
Palmer, and from Hugh W;■ U .
! Secretary of State. Box 971. J •;
; neau.
Petitions for each candidal'
for the office of borough chair
man or school board member
i must have the signatures of at
least 50 qualified voters whose
legal residence ,n the bor
ough area.
Petitions for the three • or
: ough assemblymen must have
j the signatures of at least 50
i quaiiaed voters whose legal
residence is in the borough
| area but who live outs.de the
; city of Palmer.
All petitions must be filed
with the Secretary of State : t
the address listed above, or in
the office of the Supervisor of
Election.-. 120 East Fifth A.
Anchorage, no later than 5 p.n.
on Saturday, Nov. 2.
MARTIN MEETS
OLD FRIEND —
LUFTHANSA MAN
William P. Martin of P.
2 formerly f the Netherlands.
'! met an old friend last Satur
r day — Fritz Berndt, catering
manager for Lufthansa (Ger
j man national airlines). Martin
^ . also had an opportunity to
h’j meet and talk with Peter Sp<>
it j den. chief pilot. Boeing divi
^ j sion, and Kurt Quennet, sta
e I tion manager. Rhein - Main,
_ I Frankfurt.
The Lufthansa officials wet
in Anchorage to arrange for
Monday’s landing at Anchorage
I ...n : natior.a. Airport of a
chartered jet airliner carrying
j members of the Deutsche Op
tra Berlin from Germany to
Tokyo.
Martin said the Lufthansa
has tentative plans to begin
i weekly flights through the An
j chorage terminal next spring,
j building up to two flights a
j week. The flights would orig
1 mate from Frankfurt and Ham
burg. A spokesman for the air
line indicated considerable in
terest in tourist facilities in
this part of Alaska.
Berndt and a public relations
official from New York City
plan to come to the Matanuska
Valley next month for a hunt
ing trip.
—
WOMEN VOTERS
TO MEET MONDAY
The Palmer League of Wom
en Voters will meet Monday,
Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. Keith McCavit at Pio
neer Apartments.
The program will be based
1 on the article. "A Tale of Two
! Communities.” appearing in
Facts and Issues. Interested
women of the community are
invited to attend.
The local league is planning
a dinner meeting for Nov. 15. at
which Ed Crittenden, Anchor
1 age architect, will be guest
I speaker. Mr. Crittenden will
disc ms his experiences during
a year spent in Finland.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
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FRIDAY, OCT. 18
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