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VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Publisher, Business Manager
A1 J. DeJulio
Editor
Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor
Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter
Wasilla Correspondent
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Council to Mull—
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new dial switching equipment,
including unattended units for
Wasilla and any other points
deemed necessary: construction
of a new central office building
in sufficient time to house the dial
equipment upon receipt. Sands
also agreed to furnish a perform
ance bond.
Minor Problem
What to do with a 15-year-old
girl who insists on entering a lo
<^*1 bar after repeated insistence
by the management that she stay
out, was the problem Police Chief
Bernie Bcuwens tried to shift on
the council last night.
After much discussion, it was
feared that suggested solutions
involving a minor’s misdemeanor
ordinance, an ordinance invoking
parental responsibility, and li
censing of minors, were not pro
vided for by Territorial law. City
Attorney Harold Butcher prom
ise^ to make a thorough study of
possibilities. For the present, he
suggested that the case be pre
sented to welfare authorities.
“What would they do with a
case like that?” asked Jack Maze
from the sidelines. “Alaska has
no home for delinquent girls. We
couldn’t put her in the city jail.
You might pass a law, but what
could you do to back it up?”
Approve Temporary Jail
In a rapid series of motions and
resolutions, council members (1)
accepted A1 Hagen’s free offer
for jail space under his theater
until May 1, 1952, and authorized
Bouwens to fix it up: (2) con
firmed Mayor Meier’s appoint
ment of Bill Head as city magis
trate and authorized U. S. Com
missioner Dorothy Saxton to act
as magistrate in his absence.
Three new city ordinances, pre
pared by Butcher, were read for
the first time in last night’s meet
ing. Ordinance 13 was adopted as
an emergency measure upon its
first reading. This ordinance pro
hibits solicitation for sales in
business and residential areas
without payment for a peddler’s
license.
Ordinance 14, which must be
read at two more censecutive
meetings before adoption, pro
vides for the licensing of all
trades, businesses and professions
operated, conducted, or carried on
in the city of Palmer, Alaska.
Ordinance 15 also has two more
readings. It is the building code
regulation, and is based on the
uniform building code of the Pa
cific Coast Building Officials’ con
ference as published and printed
1 January, 1949, and containing
52 chapters, including chapter 51,
“Heating Appliances”, and chap
ter 52, “Zoning Laws”.
£opies of these ordinances will;
be posted on the bulletin board of
the temporary city hall in Sev
erns’ Cabinet shop or may be seen
in the city clerk’s office in the
Neal Wright building. A copy of
the uniform building code as de
scribed above is also in the city
clerk’s office.
FINES AND SENTENCE
FOR FIRST CITY
TRAFFIC VIOLATOR
The first city traffic case was
tried this week and Clarence
Moxsley of Spenard was found,
guilty of operating a motor ve-!
hide without a driver’s license on
September 18. In the absence of
a city magistrate, the case was
tried in commissioner’s court, I
where Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton found him guilty and lev-j
ied a $10 fine. On an additional
charge of driving while under the!
influence of liquor on a complaint
signed by Jack Maze of Palmer, I
Mosley was fined $200, given a
60-day suspended sentence, and
driving privileges were revoked
until January 1, 1952.
The charges were an aftermath
of a near-accident when a ve-'
hide driven by Moxsley forced!
the Maze car off the road Sep
tember 18. Police Chief Bernard
Bouwens placed the man under <
arrest following his refusal to!
show his credentials. Moxsley has
had previous traffic violation
charges brought against him in
Arizona and California.
Two Big Dairies—
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and his bride Beverly came to the
Valley with the elder Grovers in
the fall of 1948, when they pur
chased the Wilhelm Ising farm.
Besides being associated with his
father as a dairy producer, Rol
land was herdsman at the Mata
nuska Experiment Station for
more than a year and a half. The
Rolland Grovers have two daugh
ters, Tamara, aged two, and sev
en-months-old Lorene. Only re
cently passing his 22nd birthday,
Grover becomes the youngest
dairy producer in the Valley.
Included in the sale of the Gust
Scheibl farm were 20 head of cat- i
tie and all the farm machinery, j
The Grovers will not live at their
new farm this winter. Under the 1
terms of the agreement, the
Scheibls have a month or two at
the house until they acquire an
other—perhaps on Lazy Moun
tain. The Grovers will continue
this winter to live at the former
Venne farm, owned by Lowell .
Whitaker, son-in-law of the Clif
ton Grovers. Since several re
pairs and improvements are be
ing planned for the Scheibl dairy
plant, the herd will be housed
this wdnter at the Clifton Grover
farm. That will make 70 head of
cattle there this winter.
CLYDE KINGS TO TAKE
WINTER VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde King, Sr.,
expect to leave Palmer on or
about the first of October. Driv
ing out over the Alaska highway,
they will travel to their winter
home in Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia.
Planning to make a stop in Se
attle, Mr. King said if equipment
is available he will purchase
WASILLA
PERSONALS
By BARBARA CARTER
Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Morrison
are here from Houston this week
while on a shopping trip. They
are employed by the Houston coal
mine.
Also on a shopping trip here is
Mrs. Bill Lemn. Huston.
Mrs. Walter Teeland returned
from the States this week, where
she has been receiving medical
treatment the past month at Se
attle. While there she visited with
her many friends and relatievs.
Kenneth S. Clem, educational
supervisor for the Territorial De
partment of Education, has been
visiting the Wasilla school for the
past few days. When visitation is
complete in Wasilla and sur
rounding schools, Mr. Clem will
inspect the new-school at Chu
giak and then on to the Kenai
peninsula.
One dozen schoolmates gath
ered at the home of Helen Carter
after school Tuesday to help her
celebrate her seventh birthday.
Mrs. Bud Brown and two chil
dren, Janeil and Allan, are in Wa
silla again for the winter. Mr.
Brown accompanied them down
from Cantwell, but plans to re
turn there when he completes
work on their home here.
A reception honoring the teach
ers was held at the Wasilla Com
munity hall at 7:30 p.m. Septem
ber 19. Many parents and friends
gathered and greeted the new and
returning teachers. A social eve
ning was enjoyed by the group.
C of C Entertains—
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Hurley, Supt. of Schools William
T. Zahradnicek explained briefly
the issues involved in the school
bond election October 2.
Guests at the Chamber meeting
yesterday were Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Hopkins of Anchorage.
trucks and equipment for ready
mix cement, to be ready for use
in the Valley next year. The
Kings plan to return to Palmer
about the first of April.
Hurley Says—
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APW could buy up the bonds; it
could ask the school board for
cash, forcing members to peddle
their own bonds; or it could be
enem"h assured of the school dis
trict’s ability and desire to pay
their amortized share each year
to wraive the bond requirement.
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QUALIFIED ELECTORS MUST
REGISTER. Only persons whose
names appear on the school dis
trict’s property tax roll are quali
fied to vote in the October 2nd
election. These include both real
and personal property owners. All
persons qualified to vote must
register by September 2, 1952, to
be eligible to vote. A bond issue
requires the affirmative support
of 65 percent of the voters.
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WHAT IS THE MILLION DOL
LARS FOR? Hurley eplained
that $1 million is one-half the cost
of the new high school including
gymnasium, auditorium, work
shops, and everything. Although
approval has been received so far
only for a building without gym
nasium and auditorium. APW has
indicated that approval for these
iteris might be forthcoming as
soon as emergency restrictions on
building materials are lifted. The
school board is asking authority
to issue bonds for the entire high
school at this time so that mem
bers will be able to act quickly
when opportunity arises.
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HOW WILL THE MILLION BE
RAISED? “The proposition you
are voting on October 2nd is not
going to raise taxes”, Hurley
said, “as long as the tobacco tax
is returned to the school and as
sessed property values go up and
not down, we may not even have
to raise taxes”.
(With anticipated yearly tobac
co tax returns of approximately
$28,000, this source alone should
amortize $625,000 of the needed
$1 million. Other possible sources
of income for another $ 10-$ 15
thousand annually include in
creases in the tax assessment
rolls, sales tax money, possible
federal assistance on the basis of
federal employe’s children in
school and/or an additional tv;o
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mill levy on the school district’s
assessed valuation.)
WHEN WILL WE GET THE
SCHOOL?
rnt--lotion start in 1952 is
still possible.
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