Police Chief—
Continued from page 1
and Kincaid: Building Code,
Plumbing Code and Zoning—
Mears, Kincaid, and Felzien; Fin
ance and Budget—Kincaid, Meat s,
and Felzien. Mayor Hagen indi
cated that when Robert Bettine is
well enough to qualify as Council
member, he will assume some of
the committee jobs now held by
the mayor.
No time was wasted in saddling
the newly elected Council with
all the problems regarding the
new water system and the pro
posed sewer system. For riearly
two hours before getting down
to their business of organizing,
they listened to two APW offic
ials: to Willard Carlson, APW at
torney about the possibility of
still getting a sewer system if
Council action were taken .im
mediately on a three-mill levy to
finance the estimated $9,600 year
ly debt cost; and to R. T. Mat
hews, resident engineer supervis
ing the water project, regarding
problems that must be settled im
mediately if the project is to con
tinue.
Elks Lease—
Continued from page 4
quarters. Saturday night, October
18, there will be a party at the
new club to which members may
bring their guests.
Wednesday, October 22, will be
Charter Night for the local Elks.
Their new charter will be formal
ly presented by Louis Odsather
of Anchorage, past district deputy
of the Grand Exalted Ruler.
Saturday October 25th the
grand opening of the new Elks
home will be celebrated by mem
bers and their ladies only. A buf
fet lunch will be served.
Plans call for the new club
quarters to be open for members
every day except Tuesday from
4 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays
the club will open at noon. Tues
iays are reserved for the Teen
Age Round-up, an enthusiastic
and thoroughly independent
group of Valley boys and girls
whose weekly meetings and part
ies have been sponsored by the
local lodge since its organization
last May. With the Elks provid
ing only a meeting place and su
pervision from the membership,
the younsters have developed a
very successful club program
through their own planning and
execution. The Elks are very
proud of them.
The Club 49 had ben closed for
cleaning shortly before the leas
ing of the building was proposed.
The owners contacted the City
Council for approval of the lease
and to request approval of rein
tatement of the Club 49 license
without prejudice on the expira
tion of the lease.
Bob Bettini—
Continued from page 1
second fall, the moose apparent
ly received a broken neck that
brought instant death.
News of Bettine’s accident was
immediately flashed to Eklutna
Project headquarters over the
two-way radio system, and an am
bulance and first aid equipment
for moving Bettine was rushed to
the scene.
Last night as City Attorney
Harold Butcher was driving along
the highway in the Eklutna Pro
ject area, another moose suddenly
charged out from the side of the
road directly into the path of his
car. Butcher’s windshield was
shattered, and there were other
damages to the front of the car
the attorney arrived late to the
first regular meeting of the Citj
Council, to which Bettine was
elected last week, just two days
before his accident.
Contract—
Continued from page 1
of the six-room school. The in
creased enrollment for the cur
rent school year was the ■ basi
for the request for more funds
The reply to this request was no
favorable.
In awarding the contract fo
.he six-room school withou
promise of more federal funds
the School Board is hoping t
scrape up the extra $24,000 neces
sary from local funds.
According to William T. Zah
radnicek, contractors Stock an
"Irove will not start constnictio
in the new building this fal
They expect to bring all thei
equipment to Palmer for an earl
spring start, using the wintt
MODEL WATER
CONNECTION TO
BE ON DISPLAY
V. M. Worstell, superintendent
of construction for Arctic Plumb
ing and Heating, contractors for
the new city water system, an
nounced this week that a model
water connection has been set
up at the quonset hut next to the
Matanuska Hotel for the people
of Palmer to see.
This model connection will
show all the parts to a connection
between the main water line and
the consumer’s house and his
water meter. Shown will be the
exact materials to be used by the
contractor on these individual
hook-ups. Early registration will
make it possible for these indi
vidual hook-ups to be made at the
time the lines are laid throughout
the city and will result in savings
to the individual home and busi
ness owner. Connections with' the
new city lines will have to be
made by the property owners be
fore the water system is in opera
tion late next summer. According
to the superintendent, no one has
requested a connection yet.
Mr. Worstell reports that work
on the water project will prob
ably close down for, the wintei
within the next week or two. Th«
contractors expect to get aboul
10,000 to 15,000 feet of pipe laic
in the distribution line before
leaving for the winter. At presenl
Valley Street is torn up betweer
the highway and Koslosky s. The
10-inch pipe will be laid along
this line and valves put in at eacl
end before closing up the ditch.
Mayor and Five—
Continued from sage 1
gram. They had to find a means
of raising money on which tc
operate the city. They immediate
ly had to develop and adopt or
dinances under which the citj
could be governed properly. Thej
not only had to find a temporarj
solution to Palmer’s water prob
lems but also had to institute im
mediate steps to procure a per
mant water system. He gave th<
first City Council credit for hav
ing done a magnificent job, cit
ing them as men of good faitl
who had devoted themselves un
selfishly to the service of the city
New Mayor A1 Hagen returnee
the compliment by giving the citj
attorney credit for his part ii
the early organization of the citi
and in the intricate labyrinth o
detail involved in getting the
water project under way.
With the formalities out of th<
way, the new Council immediate
ly got down to business, and spec
ial committee assignments wer<
given to each member to be read;
for report and action at the firs
regular meeting of the Counci
Wednesday, October 15.
Valley Approves
Election Proposals
By Huge Majorities
The two election proposals fo
school bonding authority and Ter
ritorial control of Alaska’s fish
eries were approved by over
whelming majorities in the Pai
mer Precinct Tuesday.
Voting “yes” for the bondin
proposal were 520; 111 vote
“no.” On the proposal to transfe
control of Alaska’s fisheries t
the Territory, 587 voted “yes
and 60 voted “no-”
months to get the necessary builc
,ng materials.
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WHERE WILL
YOU BE
THROUGHOUT ETERNITY?
There are only two places where the soul of
the dead go
HEAVEN and HELL
You are now on your way to one of these places
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget GOD.—Psalm 9:17. - _
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of GOD is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6.23
Him that cometh to ‘me I will in NO WISE cast out.
John 6:37
Accept the LORD JESUS CHRIST now as your only
assurance of Heaven.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved.—Romans 10:13.
LEADS IN DELEGATE RACE
E. L. Bartlett, Democratic incumbent, is leading 10 to 7
over Republican Bob Reeve in the race for Delegate to
Congress. Returns from 115 out of Alaska's 249 precincts
give him 10,370 votes to Reeve's 7,638.
Local Gambling—
Continued from page 1
that he had to pay $20 for his
chips to get into the game.
All five men were found guilty
of the charges preferred against
them by U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton. Fines of $40
each were paid by Williams, For
rester, and Van Ryn. Thompson
| and Horton were fined $200.
When Deferant Horton was giv
J en a chance to speak in his de
„ fense he objected to the fact that
L “plants” had been put in on the
, game in question and not at any
. f the other games going on in
; town that night. Defendant
Thompson said that he did not
, run a gambling place and that
he had never been involved in
the games. He said that he had
, put in the card table and paid
' a city license on it only to in
, crease his business of selling
[ drinks. In the past several
months, he said, only three card
games had been played there. He
testified that he never before had
been convicted of any misde
meanor charge.
Thompson asked Blood if his
one will testify that gambling is
going on.”
“This is a nice clean town ac
cording to the people who live
here,” the deputy continued, “bul
when we find evidence to the
contrary, there are nothing bu‘
squawks.”
Similar charges were made
against Thomson and Hortor
after a raid led by Marshal Waltei
Huntley last January. The charg
es were later dismissed for lade
of evidence on the advice of the
District Attorney.
SUPPORT YOUR
Alaska Crippled
Childrens Association
Booth
NOW AT BEUYS'
PROFITS are divided be
tween Valley Hospital
and ACCA.
300 SPORTSMEN AND
GUESTS ENJOY FIFTH
ANNUAL GAME DINNER
The Matanuska Valley’s Fifth
Annual Game Dinner is now a
thing of the past, but about 300!
Sportsmen members and their
guests are still eating lightly this
week trying to make up for that
most delightful of all gastronomic
splurges of the year that took
place in the Palmer School gym
nasium last Saturday night.
Two huge tames were laden
with just about every variety of
game and fish found in Alaska.
And there were Alaskan wild
berries and salads of fresh Mat
anuska vegetables to add just the
right touch. In the place of honor
at a special table of its own was
the 70-pound king salmon, caught
by Bob Walker last summer on
the Kenai Peninsula. Just before
the serving it had been brought
piping hot from the bakery in
its tailor made pan and swathing
of aluminum foil. In spite of the
wide choice of food, little but
bones was left of the huge sea
monster when the tables were
cleared.
Clair Stock, chairman for the
dinner, emceed the affair, and
gave credit where credit was due.
He thanked Mrs. Russel Felzien
for decorating the tables with
flowers picked from Matanuska
Valley gardens on this eleventh of
October. Mrs. Foster Sims was
thanked for roasting the gift of
antelope from Montana and for
pickling another gifts of buffalo
tongue. To Bud and Mary Lacher
went the credit for carving the
meat and fish served at the din
ner; and credit for serving went
to Mary Jane Prather, Ruth Lane,
Jack Dragseth, and Pete Bouwens.
Highpoint of the evening’s en
tertainment was the half-hour
concert put on by the Kansas
| City Singers. Applause drew the
five gifted Negroes and their mas
ter of ceremonies back to the
I stage again and again for their
! Negro spirituals. They had a style
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ACS OFFICE MOVES
TO SEVERNS BLDG.
ON NOVEMBER FIRST
The local station for the Alas
ka Communications System' will
be moved November 1 to the
first-floor corner space in .the
Severns Building, it was report
ed this week.
Telegraph and long distance
telephone service will continue
unchanged from 8 a.m. to 12 mid
night only.
New to the local ACS office are
in extra man. Sgt. Frank West of
Anchorage ACS office, and Cpl.
Joseph Otto of Seattle, replacing
Cpl. James Razor.
never before seen in Palmer.
Their voices and arrangements
were superb.
EVERYTHING REMEMBER?
COFFEY INSURES
£******************•*****£
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it Bern
Have you seen the new kitten
soft wide-wale corduroys? Our
skirts of this new material are
in the most luscious colors from
a soft ivory to scarlet- A few more
Jeri-Jack ' shirts have arrived.
These are bat-winged with zipper
closing and belted—just what the ^
high-school girls are wanting.
At long last we again have some
corduroy creepers in soft pastels
i with playful white lambs em
! broidered on the bibs. Very cute
I and just the ticket for the small
fry this winter.
See you soon—
BETTY
Paid adv.
I '
WELCOME
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 31
Singspiration 8 P.M.
United Protestant Church
1
Tosf's
TIME TU MAKt
A CHANGE-OVER
Now is the time to make the
change-over from summer
weight grease and oil to winter
weight. Let your motor become
adjusted gradually during the
cool weather.
Don't wait to get caught on a
cold morning when your bat
tery will fail to turn the motor
because the oil is to heavy.
Stop in now, for your change
over.
Service
IN DOWNTOWN PALMER
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aeputuies were noi m aiiuuici
place where gambling was going
on last Friday night. He said he
had four witnesses to the fact that
they were and that nothing had
been done about it.
Deputy Marshal Blood asked
Thompson if the four witnesses
would testify to the gambling.
Thompson didn’t know.
“If they’d testify, that’s all we’d
need to "clean up the gambling
that’s going on,” Blood said.
“That’s the reason we have to
plant our people in the games’ no
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CITY WIDE
REVIVAL
Sponsored by First Baptist Church, Palmer, Alaska
SERVICES EVERY EVENING AT 7:30, OCTOBER 19—NOVEMBER 2
Evangelist
Charles C. Bowles
Birmingham, Alabama
Musician & Singer
Glenn L. Farr
Longview, Texas
Pastor
Avery V. Richey
Palmer, Alaska
NEW BUILDING OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MATANUSKA AVE.
GULKANA ST.
CM is the Answer - Everyone Welcome