Candidates to Meet Voters at League Session Friday
Candidates for office in the
District 7 borough will have an
opportunity to state their views
to voters of the area at a “Can
didates’ Fair” tomorrow, Nov.
15, at 8 p.m. in the Palmer Elks
hall. The candidate-voter meet
ing will be sponsored by the
Palmer League of Women Vo
ters.
Those running for office in
District 7 are named in an offi
cial release from Secretary of
State Hugh Wade’s office, re
ceived here this week. The
election date is set for Decem
ber 3.
Candidates for borough
chairman are Henry L. Jordan,
Rocky Lake; Jan M. Koslosky,
Palmer; and Robert H. Vro
man, Houston.
Running for the five borough
school board posts are eight
candidates. They are May C.
Carter, Wasilla; Morton A.
Giles, Willow; K. R. Gillow,
Wasilla; Lew E. Hanks, Pal
mer; Harlow J. Hodgson, Pal
mer; Joyce Kerttula, Palmer;
George E. (Ed) Smith, Palmer;
i and Emilie St. Pierre, Palmer.
Fourteen candidates’ names
appear in the final tally of
candidates for borough assem
bly, three of whom will be
elected. The assemblyman’s
term of office is three years.
Candidates are Lorenzo F.
(Joe) Martin, Wasilla; Laura
Barnes, Palmer; James A. Cot
trell, Jr., Palmer; George R.
Harbeson, Wasilla; James Ste
ven Hermon, Palmer; Albert A.
Hibbard, Wasilla; V. Louise
Kellogg, Palmer; Harold S.
Newcomb, Wasilla; Rose Palm
quist, Houston; Lemuel Jerome
Smith, Jr., Wasilla; Robert H.
Vroman, Houston; John L.
Weisenberger, Palmer; Milton
A. Wetherington, Willow; and
Noel William Woods, Palmer.
Besides electing the above
officials, the people of Election
District 7 will also choose a
borough manager or borough
chairman form of government.
The League of Women Voters
have compared the powers of
the borough manager and the
borough chairman as follows:
The manager is appointed by
the assembly, and serves at
the pleasure of the assembly.
He is the chief administrative
officer but has neither a vote
nor veto power. He may not in
troduce ordinances.
The chairman, who is elected
by the voters, serves a three
year term as chief administra
tive officer. Although he has
no vote, he does have veto
power, and may introduce or
dinances.
Mrs. Max Clements, presi
dent of the Palmer League of
Women Voters, said this week
that the League favors the first
class borough as the best
means of local government.
(Voters will choose between
first and second class borough
government on Dec. 3).
A statement issued by the
local women’s group said: “The
League feels that the advant
ages of the first class borough
are that additional areawide
powers may be assumed if ap
proved by the assembly, and
transferred from the city (if
the power is a function of the
city at that time) with the ap
proval of the city council. The
area-wide power would be
adopted by borough ordinance
only after public notice, public
hearings and a waiting period.
“Under a second class bor
ough, any powers, with the ex
ception of the three mandatory
powers (assessing and taxa
tion, education, and planning
and zoning), can be assumed
only by proposal from the
assembly, which then submits
a petition to the state local af
fairs agency and boundary
commission. The boundary
commission then conducts
hearings and an investigation.
Depending on their findings,
they will either reject the
proposal or, if they approve it,
instruct the borough assembly
to put it on the ballot and sub
mit it to voters for approval.
“The League feels that a
second class borough would
still be a class of local govern
ment via Juneau by means of
the local affairs agency and the
boundary commission; that it
would be costly, time-consum
ing and inefficient.”
The presentation of the
candidates at tomorrow’s meet
ing will be on an informal bas
is, giving voters and candidates
an opportunity to become ac
quainted with each other.
Thought of the Week:
You go up in life and you
come down. And it's a tossup
on which trip you meet the
nice people.
VOLUME 16. NUMBER 8
THE FRONTIERSMAN
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER. ALASKA, THURSDAY. NOV. 14, 1963
TEN PAGES
Chamber of Commerce
Frontier Cafe
Wednsday, Nov. 20
12:00 Noon
PRICE 15 CENTS
[Reporters—
Natehoah
William J. Boyd, aviation
structural mechanic second
class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel A. Boyd of Palmer, is
serving with Heavy Attack
Squadron 123 at the Whidbey
Island Naval Air Station, Oak
Harbor, Wash.
He will be given an orienta
tion course before assignment
to a particular job. Boyd at
tended Palmer high school.
* * *
Mrs. Bill (Ruby) Miller is j
spending a few weeks in An
chorage with her sister while
attending to business affairs in
the Palmer area. The Millers
are now living in St. Paul.
Minn., where Bill is doing dis
play work for a new Sears
store.
Two girls from the Palmer
area were honored this week
for scholastic achievement dur
ing the annual fall meeting of
.he Associat 1 Women Stu
dents at the University of Al
aska.
Melody Toomey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Toom
ey of Wasilla, and Carolyn
Wallace, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth I. Wallace of
Palmer, received roses for at
taining a grade point average
of 3.0 (equivalent to B) or bet
ter last semester.
Miss Toomey was also selec
ted as a member of Starrs, an
honorary society for freshman
and sophomore women who
have an outstanding record of
scholarship and service to the
University.
Miss Wallace is a junior ma
joring in home economics and
Miss Toomey is a sophomore
majoring in English.
* * *
Mrs. Dick (Barbara) Hamil
ton writes from Miami, Fla.
that the temperature is 80 de
grees and the weather sunny
and beautiful. Visiting her
mother in the southern city,
Barbara expects to be back in
Palmer “around the holidays.”
♦ * *
Maggie McCartney was t h e
luckiest of several lucky win
ners at the St. Michael’s church
bazaar and carnival last Sat
urday evening, for she took
home the first prize of the
raffle, the automatic dishwash
er. Ellen Adcock of Wasilla
won the set of tires, Jimmy
Taylor of Palmer took home
the quarter of beef, and t h e
swivel rocker went to Red
Hardisty.
Minnie Clark won the hand
made bulky-knit sweater raf
fled by the Altar Society, and
Bill Bouwens the set of wall
plaques donated by an Anch
orage resident._
Liquor Dealers Outline Local Problems
PARENTS TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL
NEXT TUESDAY
Palmer parents of high
school students will again j
troop “back to school” on 1
Tuesday, Nov. 19, for their an- |
nual glimpse of the school
life of their sons and daugh
ters.
Parents are asked to report
to the high school cafeteria at
7:30 p.m., where they will be
given a copy of the student's j
class schedule.
They will then attend eight- ;
minute class periods, where 1
they will learn what work the
students are covering and what
the instructors hope to accom
plish in the school year.
Walter Ward, high school
principal, suggested that the
study hall period will give
parents an opportunity to
browse through the school li
brary. During this period. Al
vin Okeson. guidance counse
k-r, will make available to
parents information on the
guidance and testing program.
Following classes, lunch will
be served by the girls in the
home economics department.
Ski Club To See
Film Tomorrow
A film on European skiing
will be shown at the regular
monthly meeting of the Mata
nuska Ski Club on Friday,
Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Grange hall.
Members and guests will
view the film following a short
business meeting. The club is
making final plans for the ski
bus to transport school chil
dren to Independence, with the
target date for the first run
Nov. 23. Johan Johnson will be
the driver.
The regular monthly Ski Pa
trol meeting was held last Fri
day at the home of Ben Dan
sie. Norm Pichler, section
chief for the Alaska division
of the Ski Patrol, was a guest.
Dr. Boyd Skille, who will
|gi\c the annual first aid re
; fresher course, was also pres
| ent. Larry Leveen will train as
, a first aid instructor for the
! ski Patrol under Dr. Skille’s
direction.
Jim Meckel, Susitna Ski Pa
trol’s patrol leader, is to be
awarded a merit star for his
participation in the Alpine Ski
Patrol during the Olympic try
i out? at Mt. Alyeska last April.
1
Turkey Shoot
Sunday, November 17—1 p.m.
—AT—
Alpine Civic Club
Events for all Classes of Shooters
Bowling (enter Sees
First "300" Game
Dave Frame, an 18-year-old
bowler, achieved a “first” for
the Palmer Bowling Center
and a “second” for Alaska in
sanctioned league play when he
bowled a “300" game last Mon
day evening. Not content with
setting one record, the young |
man went on to bowl a 712 ser- j
ies, another “first” for the
Palmer alley.
Dave is a member of t h e j
Pin Poppers mixed doubles 1
league, and his team is spon- 1
sored by Barry’s Lake Resort. '■
He has been bowling for some >
years, getting started as a small
boy. This is his first 300 game.
although he has bowled 700
series previously.
The young bowler came here
from California last spring. He
is employed by the Matanuskn
Maid creamery.
Alter his game has been
checked out and approved by
the National Bowling Congress,
Dave will have a choice of val
uable prizes to reward him for
his extraordinary feat in
achieving a perfect game.
The previous Alaskan 300
score was reached by an An
chorage bowler about two
years ago in a “Bowldown for
Cancer" tournament.
Palmer PTA Deducts Fruitful Meeting
Following Oner? House at Grade Schools
The Palmer PTA adopted a
number of projects at its gen
eral meeting Tuesday, which
followed a well-attended open
house at Central and Swanson
schools. At Swanson. 269 par
ents visited classrooms, while
at Central 238, including 100
who followed junior high class
schedules, participated.
Members at the Tuesday
meet.ng voted to purchase spe
cial shelving and books for the
lower grades for the Central
school library. The PTA will
again sponsor Career Day at
the high school, when special
ists in various fields are invi
ted to help students choose
their future careers. Money left
over from the ski fund last
year will again be used to de
fray expenses of the PTA
sponsored school ski bus.
The organization will also
look into the possibility of ocn
“Tea, Sympathy”
&fay Play Here
"Tea and Sympathy," tin
PvObert Anderson drama, pre
sented last week by the Alaska
Methodist University drama
group, may come to the Mata
nuska Valley shortly.
Doug Hurd, president of the
Matanuska Valley Theatre
Guild, said this week that the
local drama group is negotiat
ing to bring the cast here for a
repeat of the performance ac
claimed by Anchorage theatre
goers as bordering on the pro
| fessional.
Hunt said he hoped to name
j an exact date for the perform
ance next week.
TEXAS VISITOR
SUFFERS ACCIDENT
Lloyd Bailey, brother of Dr.
C. C. Bailey, hit a patch of ice
on the Wasilla road about a
half mile out of Palmer yester
day afternoon and went into a
skid which flipped his car over.
Police estimated damages to
the car at about $300. Bailey is
visiting here from’Texas.
true"'ng a turfed athletic field
near Central school, and of ob
taining. reflecting tape for use
by children during periods
whe; they must walk home in
the dark. Other regular pro
jects like the high school citi
zenship awards and the bicycle
safety school will be continued
this year.
The executive committee an
nounced that the resignation of
Mrs. Frances Hulbert. Palmer
PTA president, has been ac
cepted with regret. Mrs. Hul
bert will take on other duties
with the state PTA organiza
tion The committee will ap
point a new president next
month
The Nov. 12 meeting w a s
conducted by vice-president
Joyce Luther.
POLICE FOLLOW
STOLEN CAR IN
50-MILE CHASE
Fairbanks juveniles made off
with Mrs. Owen Moffitt’s 1959
Fol d Saturday afternoon a u d
involved Palmer and state po
lice officers in a chase wiiich
; ended at a road block in Moun
I lain View.
Mrs. Moffiti discovered that
her car was missing from the
D & A parking lot about 4:30
p.m., and called Palmer police. I
Chief Bencardino notified the
state trooper Dubber at Eagle
River immediately, who spot
ted the stolen car about 5:20
i p.m. at Mile 15. Glenn High
j way.
! Dubber cave chase, clocking
i speeds of the stolen vehicle as
I high a 90 miles per hour, while
police at Mountain,View set up
a load bloc k to slop the fleeing
car. Seeing the obstruction
ahead, the youths leaped from
j the cur and disappeared into
the woods. The driver was ap
I prehended immediately, a n d
, his two companions picked up
I later.
Chief Bencardino reached
I the scene minutes later, and j
I returned the Moffitt vehicle to
| Palmer.
FACULTY TO MEET
VARSITY TOMORROW
Sports fans will witness the
! first Palmer high school bask
i etball game of the season on
i Friday, Nov. 15, in Central
school gymnasium when t h e
varsity will meet the faculty at
8 p.m.
The always-popular match
between students and teachers
: will he preceded by a prelim
inary game at 6:3c p.m.
Wood to Speak Here
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Dr. William R. Wood, Uni
. of Alaska president,
v. i guest speaker at the
Wt i;.*- lay, Nov. 20 luncheon
met of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce, at
12 noon in the Frontier Cafe.
Wood is expected to discuss
the proposed transfer of re
sponsibility for the Alaska Ex
periment Station from the Uni
ted States Department of Ag
riculture to the University of
Alaska.
A recent news release from
the University campus said
that "the University of Alaska
Board of Regents by unani
mous action has requested
transfer of certain functions of
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture to the University.”
Considerable speculation has
arisen in the community as tc
what “certain functions” would
be involved in the transfer
since the release included the
headline, “Transfer of Agricul
I tural Experiment Station to
I University of Alaska.”
Imw- ' Dr. Wood told The
' Er nte : sma , in a telephone
convcrsat on last week that ne
gotiations of the Board of Re- ■
gents with the USD A provided
assurance that there will he no
reduction in the scope of the
i Palmer experiment station op
l eration, and that there would j
j be no reduction in support!
| from the federal government j
I for agricultural research in the ;
I state.
Wood said he w a s asking
for a transfer of responsibility,
not of facilities, and that the
move would bring operation of
the Alaska Experiment Station
more in line with agricultural
research in other states. He
said that the station was un
der university administration
until 1947, when financial diff
iculties caused the transfer to
the department of agriculture.
Juvenile Offenders
Are Biggest Hazard
Jan Koslosky. spokesman for
the liquor dealers and dispen
sers in the city of Palmer, last
Tuesday presented the prob
lems facing businessmen w h o
sell liquor in upholding the
state law. particularly that in
volving sale of liquor to mi
nors.
Addressing the Palmer ci.y
council at their regular meet
ing on Nov. 12. he said that the
liquor dealers have been
meeting together in an attempt
to find an equitable solution to
the problem of minors who at
tempt to purchase liquor. He
noted three trouble areas —
: altered identification cards
dual identification cards, anc
the case of the husband over 21
| who brings his under-age wife
into a liquor establishment.
Koslosky discussed the pos
sib .ity of distributing pictures
of known juvenile violators of
the liquor taw to the bars and
liquor stores, identification
cards with pictures and en
cc-ed in plastic to prevent al
tering. and stiffer sentences for
juvenile offenders.
Councilmen told the delega
tion of liquor dealers that they
can sympathize with the prob
lem. but asked that the busi
nessmen do everything in then
power to assist the Palmer po
lice department in enforcing
the law. both on juvenile viola
tions and regulations as to
closing time.
A local liquor association
was suggested as a means
through which liquor dealers
might work to solve state law
enforcement problems.
The council members, asked
by the state liquor control
board to make a specific rec
ur nnendation on the renewal
>f the liquor license for t h c
rropical Gardens, passed a
motion to recommend to the
liquor control board that the
license be renewed, with a 15
:lay closure penalty. One neg
ative vote, that of Richard
ueiwitz, was cast. It was un
derstood that if the same vio
lations occur during the com
ing year, the council will rec
ommend revocation of the li
cense.
Zoning Reclassification
A recommendation from the
planning commission to rezone
the west half of Block 9
(property behind the Palmer
Bow-ling Center and the B & B
Market) as commercial was
read to the council. Attorney
Burton Biss stated that in or
der to amend the zoning ordi
nance, a public hearing must
be held, with 15 days’ notice
given to owners of adjoining
property. The council directed
the attorney to draw up the
amendment.
Other Business
The city manager was auth
orized to call for informal bids
on group health, life, and acci
dent insurance for city em
ployees.
The council granted author.
zation to Women of the Moose
to operate games of skill and
1 chance
The city manager reported
that the demolition of the A!
King building located behind
Tost’s Service was complete,
and the cesspool filled in. He
| noted several other abandoned
i buildings in the city, and w a s
given permission by the coun
cil to lo'-ate property owners
and to take teps for their re
■ 'oval.
A motion was approved to
cooperate with the school
j board in a request to the state
! department of highways to
; construct a sidewalk for high
, school students along the c ‘ v
portion of Springer Road to
| the high school, also on the
s< th ide of F airvie w Av<
I The council approved the
purchase by the city of a
breath analyzer for use by the
••'•lice department in determ
ining the degree of intoxication
of suspects, purchase price to
be $731. William Hermann cast
a negative vote.
A move to accept the t a x
[ assessor's recommendations to
waive several persona! prop
erty tax bills was passed with
one negative vote, that of
councilman Long.
William Hermann presented
the city with a check for $375,
the amount paid by the city
some time ago for purchase of
a surplus civil defense truck
for use by the Palmer volun
teer fire department. However,
since title could not be ob
tained on the truck, the money
was returned to the city.
General fund hills were ap
proved :.n the amount of
$4.1)31.11, and water depart
ment bills amounting to $1
107.23 were also approved.
Public £nvitc?d To
Lodge Dinner, Dance
A turkey ci.nner with trim
mings will be offered to the
public bv the Palmer Moose
Lodge Saturday, Nov. Hi.
Serving will be from 6:30 to
8 p.m., with the charge to be
$1.75 for adults and 75c for
children.
The evening will finish ■ ff
with a dance a: the lodge, set
for 10 p m. The dance will also
be open to the public as well
as lodge members.
TO COMPLIMENT
HER NEW DRESS
A CORSAGE
—from—
Maud’s Flowers
for the
Purple Bubble Ball
745-3913
TURKEY SATURDAY’ NOVEMBER 16
Serving from 6:30-8 p.m.
; Adults $ 1.75-Children 75c
DANCE TO LIVE MUSIC
AT 10 p.m.
PUBLIC INVITED