VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Owned and Published by Anchorage Shopping Guide, Inc.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Viola Daniels .Editor
Barbara Carter .Wasilla Correspondent
Mrs. Jack Thatcher .Valdez Correspondent
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DANIELS—In the Lion's Den
■ submit the petition to him for a final check, so that
well know that the papers we're asking you to sign are
legal and will hold up when presented in court. When
the lawyer finishes his scanning, we'll be ready to
start.
We're just preparing you, so that you'll know this
time you will have your opportunity to express an opin
ion. We think you people of Palmer are entitled to
that, after bearing with all the surveys we've subject
ed you to in the past several years.
In conclusion, we'd like to remind you that the
circulation of this petition is only a preliminary step,
and by no means is the final answer in the incorpora
tion of Palmer. First, we need 100 signatures of resi
dents within the area. Then, we must take the matter
to court, where the judge will fix a date for a public
hearing. Then, after the hearing, if the judge feels
the facts presented there warrant a vote of the people,
you'll be given an opportunity to vote at a special elec
tion.
Only after those votes are counted, and a two
thirds majority ballot has been cast for incorporation,
can the city of Palmer be created.
Seventy-Eighty-Niners
Is Mew Name for
Valley Teen-Agers
Valley teen-age club members
have*a new name now, it was an
nounced this week by director
Charles Dillon. Hereafter the club
will be known as the Seventy
Eighty-Niners. The name was
submitted by Larry Beck, in a re
cent contest, and won him a $5
prize.
The youngsters are planning
another teen party for the eve
ning of March 31. Location of
the party was not quite definite
at press-time, but Mr. Dillon said
he believed this affair would be
held in the Gymnasium, where
there is more space for party ac
tivities.
EXTENSION OFFICE
HAS NEW BULLETINS
A new supply of recently issued
bulletins of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, which are of in
terest to homemakers, are now
available at the Extension Service
office, it was announced this
week. New bulletins now avail
able for the asking include:
"Make-Overs, Leather, Fur
and Felt."
"Home Tanning of Leather
and Small Fur Skins."
"Savory Herbs Culture and
Use."
"Food Selection." (several).
An Extension Service bulletin,
issued at Fairbanks, on “Making
a Coat” is also available for dis
tribution at the Extension Office
now.
Entertain Anchorage Guests
Mi^s Mary Lou Lashbrook en
tertained weekend guests from
Anchorage this week. Visiting:
Pafner were Miss Beulah Kanis
tanaux and Miss Maudice Smith,
-Anchorage schoolteachers. The
three attended the community pie
-ocial at Knik on Saturday eve
-ling.
Butte Homemakers
Bring Many Guests
To Club Meeting
There were 11 members and
nine guests present when the
Butte Homemakers Club met at
the home of Mrs. Agnes Sandvik
recently.
The group decided at this meet- (
ing to sponsor the rummage and I
bake sale held last Saturday at
the Rec Hall, to help raise funds
with which to purchase a uniform
for the Palmer High School Band.
Members were reminded that
the next meeting would be a so
cial one. It was held yesterday at
the home of Mrs. Mary King.
Members and guests present at
the last business meeting includ
; ed:
Mrs. Angus McKechnie, Diana
Hollis, Mrs. Lentz, Mrs. Mary
King, Mrs. Eva Plumley, Dorothy
Newby, Mrs. Bixby, Mrs. Mary
I Frey, Mrs. S. McMahan, Mrs.
Harry Wimmer, Mrs. Frank
i Brown, Mrs. Katy White, Mrs.
Everett Yohn, Mrs. Rippy, Mrs.
Tee McKinley and Mrs. Peggy
Blom.
Business Forms Company
Names Alaskan Agent
Donald M. Kantola has been
appointed resident Alaskan rep
resentative of Moore Business
Forms, Inc., the company’s Se
attle office announced this week.
Mr. Kantola will reside in An
chorage, but will make field trips
to all of the citibs in the Terri
tory.
The Pacific Coast unit of Moore
Business Forms, formerly known
as Pacific Manifolding Book Co.,
has been doing business in the
Territory for 17 years, but has
never had a resident agent here
prior to Mr. Kantola’s appoint
ment.
Church attendance is at an all
time high, some say because of
ominous talk of the hydrogen
bomb. One would have to be
dropped to get some people in
church, though.
College Site io Be
Selected in April
Decision on the location of the
Methodist College, to be con
structed in Alaska, will be an
nounced following a committee
meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on
April. 19, it was learned this week.
Several Alaskan cities are bid
ding for the proposed liberal arts
institution. Both Juneau and
Ketchikan have been mentioned
as possible sites. Seward and
Homer expect to send a repre
sentative to Cleveland to lay their
brief for the college before the
committee.
Palmer is seeking to have the
college brought to the Matanuska
Valley.
The local Chamber of Com
| merce has been in touch with
' Methodists who will be instru
: mental in choosing a site for the
college. They ask that Valley
residents interested in pushing
for the college help them urge
the case for Palmer by addressing
letters to the college location
committee. Members of that com
mittee include:
Ernest W. Peterson (chairman),
Oregon Journal, Box 1351, Port
land; Bishop A. Frank Smith,
2308 Southmore Blvd., Houston,;
4, Tex.; Bishop Gerald Kennedy,!
514 Journal Bldg., Portland, 5,
Ore.; Dr. Earl R. Brown, 150
Fifth Ave., New York, 11, N. Y.;
Rev. P. Gordon Gould, 1701
Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. 1
W. Vernon Middleton, 1701 Arch :
St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Elliot
Fisher, 150 Fifth Ave., New York,
11, N. Y.; H. C. Snoke, 1701 Arch
St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. John
O'. Bross, 810 Broadway, Nash
ville. Tenn.; Mrs. W. R. Brown,
65 Walnut Street, East Aurora.
\T. Y.; Mrs. E. Paul Todd, 1409 N.
6th St., Tacoma, 6, Wash.; Mrs. A.
C. Johnson, 713 E. 7th St., Hop
kinsville, Ky.
ANOTHER REPORT—
(Continued from page 1)
forage, range and general prob
lems and possibilities of Alaskan
agriculture and horticulture and
livestock problems in Alaska.
The booklet is available locally j
at the Extension Office.
UNIVERSITY IS GIVEN
PACKARD MOTOR STOCK
The University of Alaska re
cently received an anonymous gift
of 100 shares of Packard Motor
Company stock, it was announced
president. The stock’s annual
earnings are to be used to pur
——
I chase Alaskan material for the
; University’s library and for mate
I rial for the scientific library of
j the Geophysical Institute.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
Alaska Seed Changes Hours
For the Convenience of Farmers We Are
Now Open from 8 A. M. to 2 P. M. Daily
And Don’t Forget . . .
Ordr Your Seed and Fertilizer
While There Is Plenty Available
ALASKA SEED, INC.
(Located in Valley Grocery Annex)
FRESH PRODUCE VALUES!
ib. 49*
a. 23°
Bananas
Carrots
,b. 40*
,b. 20'
Lemons
Lettuce
Cabbaoe
*>i, 85'
NOW IN STOCK, BUT IT WON’T LAST LONG
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