Town Meeting Offers
Stage for Criticism
Of Mayor and Sotmcii
The 25 people who attended the
town meeting scheduled by D
T. McMahon in the school gym
nasium Sunday were surprisec
to hear a blistering attack or
the present mayor and the City
Council by Councilman A1 Hag"
en. candidate for mayor.
Revealing a lack of harmonj
between the city fathers, which
has been no secret, Hagen open
ed his attack by saying that he
had been called an obstructionist
He asked the audience to let "the
record” speak for itself. He told
about the mayor's desire to gel
an S18-000 tractor (from the Co
Op) when there are about 20 pri
vately owned tractors in the Val
ley tnat could do the necessary
street work required. He men
tioned the deal on the mayor's at
tempts to get a loader for gravel
for city streets, an attempt that
was given up after four special
meetings when he. Hagen, and
Chet Sandvik held out against
it. He quoted one councilman as
saying he wouldn’t spend one
dime on having gravel hauled by
local men. “So we didn’t get any
gravel on our streets.” Hagen con
cluded. The mayor wanted a new
city hall, but Hagen and one
other "scotcher’ that according tc
Hagen, presently the cityT’s only
, landlord. Other actions rappee
were the spending of S450 for £
telephone survey, the hiring o:
city" workers without Counci
authorization, the firing of Sands
by the mayor after authorizatior
from the Council failed by one
vote because only four were pre
sent, the fact that there’s beer
no budget and no recent financial
statement. He said he thought the
present S3.600 salary for the city
attorney’ was too high and thal
it should be cut down to SI.000
He admitted that the attorney
might have been worth this
amount this past first year with
all the legal work entailed in or
ganizing the city, preparing city
ordinances, and on the water and
sewer projects. He said he wai
against the property tax anc
against the police chief having
two jobs.
It was pointed out from the
audience that a budget had beer
prepared by one councilman anc
copies supplied to all the other
with the idea that it would es
tablish a line of departure foi
revisions or additions and that nc
action was ever taken on it.
D. T. McMahon acted as mastei
of ceremonies for the meeting
disclaiming any motive for call
ing it other than that of ai
honest man interested in thi:
needed civic function before th<
city election. He said that since
none of the service organization:
had sponsored it. he had assum
eel the duty as the right of any
citizen under a democracy'. H<
was openly discouraged by th<
poor showing of civic mindednes:
displayed by the presence of sc
few people and so few candidates
Only two candidates, Willian
Rempel and Ray Nelson, were
present in answer to an invita
tion open to all. Hagen came lat
er. He suggested that member
of the City Council, none of vhon
was present at the time, were
ashamed to come.
Rempel spoke about Palmer’:
bright future and the need fo:
action and drive to get the thing:
done that are necessary for ;
For House of Repr.
VOTE FOR...
M. D. SNODGRASS
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ROY BROCK ELECTED
PRESIDENT NEW
AIRMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Approximately twenty mterest
I ea airmen from the Matanuska
I Valley met in the Co-Op club
i room September 26 at an organi
| zational meeting.
Roy Brock was elected presi
dent of the new club, to be de
signated as the Matanuska Valley
Airmen’s Association. Lee Hart
ley will be vice-president and
Arthur Thompson, secretary-trea
surer. In addition to the officers.
Earl Brown and A1 Dickow will
serve on the board of directors.
Meetings will be held the third
Thursday of each month, board
meetings to be the first Thursday.
Officers of the club urge all
persons holding airmen certifi
cates to avail themselves of the
club. Memberships may be pur
.■hased at S5.00 per year from any
of the officers or present mem- j
bers.
A flying club, to be affiliated
with the Airmen Association, will
be organized sometime in the
future. Flying instructors and
nominal rates will be provided for
those wishing to learn to fly.
A meeting between the Associa
tion officers and Tony Schwamm,
director of Territorial Aviation,
in the near future is hoped for.
At that time emergency lights,
general field conditions and a
1 direct telephone line from Palmer
Airport to Anchorage will be dis
cussed. The direct line is desired
for pilot briefing, weather fore
■ | casts and filing flight plans.
Next regular meeting will be
1 held October 16 in the Co-Op club
room. All members atjd potential
members are urged to attend.
fine community. Ray Nelson
spoke of the Valley’s potentials
in agriculture, coal, "gold, and in
dustry and called for a basic tax
structure that would provide all
the improvements needed to
make Palmer a modern city to be
enjoyed by the traveler and the
one who lives in it.
In summary. McMahon grasped
at Hagen’s criticism about no fi
nancial statement since July 1
to suggest that the present city
clerk was incompetent and tha’t
the city was merely subsidizing
his legal career by paying him
S300 a month for the use of his
office, his clerk, and his own
services. A few minutes later,
when over half the audience had
left, the' meeting was adjourned.
Local Women Invited
To Demonstration
Toastmistress Masting
All interested women in the
Palmer area are invited to attend
a demoniration meeting given by
the Anchorage Toastmistress Club
on Thursday, October 16 at 8 p.m.
in the YMCA. This will be a des
sert meeting.
Purpose of the Toastmistress
Club is to encourage and offer an
opportunity for women to speak
effectively in public. Members
learn parliamentary law through
study and practice. They learn
how to listen ciritically and eval
uate the talk of others. They are
not only receive training in giving
prepared speeches but also in
extemporaneous delivery.
Purpose of the meeting October
16 is to give interested women in
the Pamer area an idea about
what goes on at a Toastmistress
Club meeting. It is hoped that
those who attend will be enthusi
actic enough to form a club in
Palmer. Anchorage Toastmistress
es would welcome the opportun
ity for frequent joint meetings
with the women of Palmer, not
only to increase the audience of
both clubs but also to become
better acquainted.
The Anchorage Toastmistress
Club is the first and only present
club in Alaska. Two clubs are
in process of being organized in
southeast Alaska. There are over
200 individual clubs in Toastmis
tress International. One of the
members of the Anchorage club,
Mrs. Grover Firevoid, is a past
secretary of the international or
ganization.
Toatmistress Club meetings are
held twice monthly. Thev pre
pare women for effective leader
ship in civic organizations and
in community service.
Anyone who wrnuld like to at
tend the meeting should get in
touch with Mrs. Edna LaCoss at
the Eklutna Project Headquart
ers. Offers of rides to Anchorage
will be appreciated, and arrange
ments will be made for those de
siring them.
Local sportsmen planing to
send in trophies for the Boone
and Crockett competition of the
American Museum of Natural
History ought to investigate local
rumors that the competitions have
been discontinued this year before
going to possible unnecessary ex
pense.
FOR THE TERRITORIAL SENATE, VOTE FOR:
Steve McGufcheon, Jack Conrighf and William
A. Egan—Qualified and Experienced
NEVER A DEAL LIKE THIS IN PALMER!
NEW - MODERN
I Bedroom Home - Concrete Basemeni
Garage Attached
YOU'LL LOVE IT WHEN YOU SEE ITU
Total Price $10,700.
And TERMS, Like Rent
ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE PulfflSf 1^68^ lllCl
We Sell the Valley
Attend Conference
Two Reverend Mother Sister
Superiors, one from Holy Cross
Mission and the other from An
dreworski. above the Artie Circle,
will be in the Valley attending
the Child Welfare Conference, as
were Father Conwell from Jun
eau and Monsignor Edgar Gallant,
I Vicar General of the Juneau Dio
cese.
They were guests, together with
Father Snead, of Mrs. James
Smith for dinner on Tuesday eve
ning. On Wednesday evening Mr.
'ana Mrs. Jasper Skok were host
and hostess at dinner for the
group. Following dinner, an open
! house reception for St. Michael’s
; parish was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henning Blunck in
j honor of the Reverend Mother
Superiors.
Remember! uorsuch for Senator!!
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