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New Highway Linking
Anchorage and Seward
Will Open Tomorrow
The Alaska Road Commission
announced this week the formal
opening Friday, October 19, cf
the long awaited highway linking
Anchorage with Seward and the
Kenai Peninsula.
Friday ceremonies opening the
$15 million highway will be at
tended by civilian and military
leaders of Alaska as well as Dale
E. Doty, assistant Secretary of
the Interior. Alaska Delegate E.
L. Bartlett; Lt. General William
E. Kepner, CICAC: Col. J. P.
Johnson, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad will take part in
the ceremonies.
TO BE IN PALMER
Alaska Delegate E. L. Bart
lett and Assistant Secretary of
Interior Dale E. Doty are ex
pected in Palmer this week
end, according to advance reg
istrations made at the Mata
nuska Hotel.
The new highway which ex
tends for 127 miles beyond An
chorage to join the 138 mile Ster
ling Highway from Moose Pass
to Seward becomes a vital artery
in the Territory's defense system,
.^out 400 miles of roads are now
linked to Anchorage from the
south. Economically, the road
opens up new opportunities for
the vast agricultural potential in
the Kenai Peninsula. With an
ever increasing civilian popula
tion and continuing expansion oi
military installations, an Anchor
age breadbasket and milkshed to
the south should be no threat "„c
the prosperity of Matanuska Val
ley farmers.
Members of the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce were to give
the highway a ‘"preview” today
with a delegation driving to An
chorage to join with that city’s
Chamber to honor Secretary Doty
*i’ho has been attending meetings
of the Alaska Field Committee
this week.
Bus Service Starts Nov. 1
Regular bus service between
Anchorage and Seward and other
towns in the Kenai Peninsula will
begin November 1, according tc
an announcement made Tuesday
by the Matanuska Valley Bus
Lines. Thus. Valley residents un
willing to try out the new road
with their own cars will be able
to make the trip from Palmer by
bMs.
To Be Surfaced
The entire highway from An
chorage to Seward will be sur
faced with asphalt next year
Contract has already’ been let for
the first 71 miles south of An
chorage. and contracts will be let
for the remaining portions next
spring. It is hoped that the high
way will remain open to the pub
lic during the remainder of the
construction except for periods oi
closure at night.
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Kiwanis Charter Night
Postponed to Nov. 3rd
Due to a conflicting date witn
the Palmer school Halloween
carnival, the annual Kiwanis
charter night has been postponed
one wreek, it wras announced .it
the meeting held Monday. Co
chairmen Jim Hurley and Ed
Smith hope for better luck on
November 3. A full program has
been planned and all Kiwanians
and their wives are urged to at
tend.
Jim Hurley, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, extended
an invitation to all interested Ki
wranians to attend the chamber
meeting Wednesday. A special
program on city planning in co
operation with the city council
prompted the invitation.
The club voted to extend all
help and encouragement possible
to the hospital fund raising com
mittee, following a report by Ed
Smith and Hugh Johnson on the
community-wide fund raising
meeting called by the Valley Hos
pital board last week.
Speaks on Ring Rot
Dr. Donald Coe. plant pathol
ogist at the Experiment Station
spoke about plant diseases that
| have caused world-wide changes
■ and also about conditions in Al
aska. Potato ring rot is the worst
disease confronting Valley farm
ers, Dr. Coe stated. He explained
that it is difficult to control and
will require strict sanitation—
use of disease-free seed, thorough
sanitation of equipment and the
cleaning up of root cellars. Dr.
| Coe predicted the job will be a
| tough one and will require the
support and help of everyone
growing and handling potatoes in
Alaska.
Fines and Sentences in
Commissioner’s Court
A fine of $150, a six-month sus
pended sentence and his driver’s
license revoked for six months
was received by Robert M.
Creech of Anchorage when he
plead guilty in U. S. Commis
sioner’s court October 4, to the
charge of driving while under the
influence of liquor.
On the same date, William
Newbell, Anchorage, paid a fine
of $20 following a plea of guilty
when charged with speeding in
the vicinity of Milepost 45 on
September 29. The charge was
brought by the Alaska Highway
Patrol.
Two Fort Richardson soldiers
charged with petty larceny, plead
guilty and were sentenced to 30
days apiece, October 12. Louis S.
McHughs and James Carter were
brought before Commissioner
Dorothy B. Saxton to answer the
charge following their discovery
by the Alaska Highway Patrol
while they were attempting to
remove chattels from a parked
vehicle not their own.
There were no city cases this
past week.
- GOODRICH MACHINE WORKS
Welding and Machine Work
Located in the ARRC Shop Bldg,
behind Fair Grounds
Phone 20Y1
Palmer
New City Ordinance
Establishes Future
Building Line Limits
An amendment to City Ordin- j
ance 15. the building Code or
dinance adopted last night after I
its third reading at the City
Council meeting last night, sets
up limits for the building line on
all future construction within the
incorporated limits of the city of
Palmer.
The amendment reads as fol
lows:
It is hereby established that no
permit will be issued for the con
struction of new buildings, within
the corporate limits of the City of
Palmer that does not allow' for
sidewalks and/or for the widen
ing of the streets w-ithin the City
of Palmer, under the following
plan:
Plan A
The building line shall be es
tablished not less than 50 feet
from the center line of the follow
| ing streets and their extensions:
Palmer-Anchorage highway and
extensions. Bailey Hill St., Valley
St., Wasilla Highway, Co-Op
Ave., Snodgrass Ave., Fairview
Ave., Swanson St.. Scott Road
; extension, Airport Way, Walker
St., First Ave., unnamed street—
(third street west of Bailey Hill
Street running north and south),
and Springer Road.
Plan B
The building line shall be es
tablished not less than 45 feet
from the center line of the fol
lowing streets: Pioneer Peak St.,
Settlers Ave., Lazy Mt. Ave.,
Knik St., Matanuska St., Eklutna
Ave., and Park Ave.
Plan C
The building line along both
sides of the railroad track, shall
be not less than 125 feet from the
center line of the Alaska Railroad
right-of-way, except for that por
tion of the present built-up area
between Wasilla Highway road
and the Lazy Mountain Avenue
along Colony Street.
Plan D
All other streets in the City of
Palmer shall be governed by the
following formula: the minimum
distance allowable, shall be, in
establishing the building line,
based on the following formula:
one-half the width of the street,
plus 10 feet.
BACK AT KOSLOSKYS
Leonard Lamp is back working
at Koslosky’s following a sum
' mer spent mostly at Moses Lake,
Washington.
.si. .st .a.-if.
REMINDER FOR
MOOSE HUNTERS
With more than 200 applica
tions for permits received by the
Fish and Wildlife Service, local
hunters who wish to have their
names included in the special
drawing for 75 permits to hunt
bull moose in the Palmer area
during the special season, Decem
ber 11 to 23. are reminded that
no applications will be accepted
after October 31.
Application should be made in
writing to the Alaska Game Com
mission, Anchorage, including
name, address, license number
and type of 1952 hunting license.
Fortunate hunters who bagged a
moose during the regular season
are not eligible, nor are the spe
cial permits transferable.
The so-called Palmer area is
that district lying between Kmk
Arm and the Matanuska River
on the east and the Little Susitna
on the west.
HOMEMAKERS’
CLUB
Buile Homemakers
The Butte Homemakers held
their monthly meeting at the
home of Marylou Lashbrook.
There were only five members
present with one visitor.
Plans for Achievement Day on
October 18th were discussed. The
club decided to have a skit.
The coming year’s program
w’as discussed, but the complete
schedule was not made due to ab
! sence of members. Project leaders
for November were appointed.
Movies shown by Miss Lash
brook after the meeting Were
thoroughly enjoyed.
The November meeting place
has not been decided, but notice
will appear in the Frontiersman
before the next meeting.—Hazel'
Plumley, club reporter.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Credit should be given to
local photographer, Gene Gyu
riak for the excellent picture
of the officers of the local Elks
Lodge.
Mr. Gyuriak worked far into
the night last Tuesday after
taking the picture earlier in
the evening in order to have
a finished print ready for the
engraver in Anchorage by
eight o’clock Wednesday morn
ing.
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MUSIC
For Dancing and Listening
Request Your Favorite Numbers
Dancing Every Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun.
Souvenir Counter
T&T
Sourdough Stage Bar
Palmer, Alaska
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New Babies
Mr. and Mrs. James Hermon of
Palmer are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of their second
child, whom they have named
Sam Shaw. Born at the Valley
Hospital October 18. the young
man weighed nine pounds, one
ounce.
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Keith John, new son for Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Collier of Palmer,
was born at Valley Hospital Oc
tober 11, weighing eight pounds.
This is the fourth child for the
Colliers.
Secretary Reviews—
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above everything else-teaching
and practicing Americanism.
As Past Grand Exalted Ruler
Kyle stated in his speech in An
chorage recently, “While we do
not concern ourselves with the
politics of any man, we are con
cerned with “isms”, and v.e will
not accept any other than Ameri
canism.”
"As time rolls on, it is the hope
of every member of Palmer Lodge
of Elks that we may take our
place in the community and be a
■credit to our city, to our Terri
tory. and to Elkdom.”
—L. C. STOCK, Sec y.
PORTRAITS
Oil Tinting
Color Positive Film-Dev-Ansco
Color Positive Prints—Ansco
and Eastman
RAY ADAMS
COMM'L. PHOTOGRAPHY
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
S.S. Baranof — S.S. Denali
October 25
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
— November 1
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
FREIGHTERS
M.V. Sailor's Splice
October 26 for Sitka, Seward
and Valdez.
M.V. Susitna
November 2 for Valdez, Sew
ard and Cordova.
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY, Agent
Phone 22001
Office: Westward Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska